WEEKLY BEAUTY CRUSH: MEOW!

First and foremost before I jump into this week’s #WeeklyBeautyCrush I thought I owed you guys an explanation as to where the HELL I’ve been the past three weeks. Well….things are great, amazing even. In life you will be presented with many opportunities some of them are not worth your time and are meant to be passed up. But, the ones that aren’t…you just know. And the minute I heard about this opportunity I had to jump on it. 

If you aren’t already aware, in addition to the Style Closet Blog I also have an online children’s boutique named after my children called, London Rock Kids. In a nut shell I will be opening a Pop-up Shop this coming Wednesday October 1^st through December 31^st. It was very rushed and is all happening so fast so I need a lot of help with it but it will all work out. For more information and find out how you can help and support the London Rock Kids Pop-up Shop click here. 

So with that aside let’s move right along to the Weekly Beauty Crush…

The Scoop

Usually I would keep something like this until the next #ManiMonday post but I wanted to share this new collection with you guys and I didn’t want to wait until next week.

The Products

This week I’m crushing over the new NCLA & Hello Kitty collaboration which is a collection of 8 nail wrap sets that come with 26 ultra-thin adhesive wraps in each. These bold and creative wraps have everything from neon, to 3D, to tropical floral prints. There are bold bright colors for those of you still holding on to summer for dear life and there are black, white, and red wraps for those ready to take the fall by storm. 

 

Availability

This new collection retails for $18 each and can be found at shopncla.com. And if you’re feeling creative and want to create your own nail wraps be sure to download their MY NCLA app from the App Store.  

 

#MANIMONDAY - THE SIMPSONS

The Scoop

So a little while back some of you might remember I shared the news about one of M.A.C.’s upcoming new collections which was the Simpsons collection or what I like to call, “Marge 4 M.A.C.”. Back then when I was writing the post two months seemed so far away before I would be able to get my hands on the collection but here we are – I made it to the September 4^th launch in one piece (lol). So, it just so happened that the launch was scheduled on my son’s third birthday so while we were out at the mall doing some school shopping I took a slight detour the M.A.C. store here in the Christiana Mall. 

I was surprised that when I went I wasn’t immediately bombarded with Simpsons marketing propaganda. Instead, the collection was set off to the side on one little display. For all of the buzz that surrounded this collection I was just expecting more of a fuss around the in-store launches; but I digress. The display housed four lip glosses, two eye shadow palettes, one blush, and one nail sticker set. 

Because of my weekly #ManiMondays I of course wanted to grab the nail stickers. I debated a little while between the purple shaded lip gloss called, “Itchy & Scratchy & Sexy” and the blush in ‘Pink Sprinkles’ but finally decided to go with the blush. 

About The Simpsons Nail Stickers

As soon as I took the stickers out of the package I was immediately reminded of the Sally Hansen Salon Effects stickers – they must be made by the same manufacturer. One important note here about these stickers is that they are nail polish strips and not vinyl nail stickers. After going back and forth between the polish strips and the vinyl stickers I would definitely have to pick the polish strips every time.

These stickers applied easily and the sizes were perfect for my large nail beds. Some things I think could have been changed or added to these nail stickers include:

1. Feature some strips with Marge’s hair in blue instead of the entire nail strip being yellow

2. Featured different color sticker sets – possibly in the colors of the lip glosses

Overall, I definitely am a fan of these nail stickers. I think the shade of yellow is one that will be flattering on all skin tones and the size of the stickers is a plus in my book. I hope M.A.C. decides to launch a line of nail stickers outside of just a collaboration collection. The stickers retail for $16.50 and are available online and in stores.

The Look

#MANIMONDAY - COLOR FRENZY

 

The Scoop

Happy Labor Day everyone! This week I'm showing a little U.S.A pride for this week’s #ManiMonday. And, just a slight update on last week’s #ManiMonday post – I took the Sally Hansen Fuzzy Coat off yesterday and it did require a little elbow work to fully remove the “fuzz”. I definitely had to use more polish remover pads than I normally would. This week I used more Sally Hansen products the first is the Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Extreme Wear ($10, amazon.com) nail color in “White Out” and covered it with the Sally Hansen Color Frenzy Textured Nail Color ($3, ulta.com)  in “Red,White, & Hue”. The color Color Frenzy line has been flying off the shelves; Amazon even says there’s only one left in stock. 

About Sally Hansen Fuzzy Coat

The Sally Hansen Color Frenzy Collection is a line of nail polishes featuring 8 unique splatter effect multi-dimensional glitters. In looking at the bottle you get the impression that there will be this explosion of glitter on your nails when it’s applied however I did not feel that was the case (and you’ll see what I mean in the pictures below). So needless to say I was a little disappointed in the amount of glitter that was left on my nails. In addition, the “Red, White, & Hue” polish is made with a pink tinted clear polish so when I placed it over my white nail polish it dulled down the color. My nails also took forever to dry, I woke up this morning with impressions on my nails and this was after my nails had ample hours of dry time. So with all of this I was not a huge fan of this week’s mani. I was pleasantly surprised however with the Hard as Nails nail polish because of the value – it was great for the $3 price tag.  

The Look

Despite the pink tint of the Color Frenzy polish my nails still came out pretty white…

 

#MANIMONDAY - FUZZY COAT

 

The Scoop

For this week’s #ManiMonday post I left the nail wraps alone and picked up some polish instead. I purchased the Sally Hansen Fuzzy Coat nail polish a few weeks ago and thought this might be a good time to give it a shot. I chose two different colors to put UNDER the Fuzzy coat which was a nude and a blue/aqua. 

About Sally Hansen Fuzzy Coat

The Sally Hansen Fuzzy Coat line is made of a unique fiber texture that creates a 3D look on your nails. It comes in an array of multidimensional shades and dries quickly. It’s available in shade from a pale pink up to a black. You can wear them alone or over a complimentary color. I opted for a complimentary color.

The Look

The color I bought was ‘All Yarned Up’ which includes blue, orange, and yellow. The below pictures really don’t do it any justice because I really like the way the Fuzzy Coat nail polish took my normal/plain mani and upped the glam factor.  I do like the way the Fuzzy Coat looks against the nude color nail polish better than the aqua - what about you? I think I'd like to see how the black and white fuzzy coat polish looks up against a red for the coming fall/winter season.