NOTD - Sephora {Spread The Word}

I swear, I'll never get the hang of painting my nails. 

But, I can't be bothered with fakes although they look stunning and I'd love to try out a marble set. Maybe during summer, we'll see.

Sephora's Spread the Word is a bright fuchsia, more of a summer color but it's okay to break the rules sometimes right?

This polish has a wide brush making it easy to coat the nail in one swipe. Opaque this color only needs one coat in all honesty but I always apply two no matter what I'm wearing. We're on the third day with only minimal chipping around the nail bed, not bad! Comparing to Essie which usually ends up chipping before the end of the first day. Not to mention, I didn't use a base or top coat with this.

I think the Sephora brand has a lot of gems. Their nail polish has a great formula, opaque color and smooth application for a decent price. 

What's your favorite polish brand?

♥

Bri

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Benefit - Eye Bright

When I bought this my expectations were low but I was pleasantly surprised by this hidden gem.

The Eye Bright pencil from Benefit is an under eye brightener and although it works well, for what it is I find it a little overpriced for the amount of product. ($26 CAD).

Benefit describes it as a "nap in a stick"I don't know about it being on the same level as a nap, who doesn't love an afternoon nap? There's no feeling quite as good as being snuggled in your bed.

The stick is a bright pink which helps perk up the eye area to make you look more awake.

Not only does it make a great eye brightener but if you're looking for a subtle highlight you can blend a bit along your cheekbones and down your nose to brighten up the face. I use this mostly on the inner corners of my eyes as it really helps to make it look like you had a solid eight hour sleep the night before. I have tried using it under the eye to help with dark circles but I found it hard to blend out nicely and found it pulled the skin as well so unfortunately I'll stick to using it in my inner corners and under my brow.

Not a product you need but if you're in search of something to perk you up in the mornings other than your daily does of coffee this is a great little stick.

What do you use to brighten your eyes?

♥

Bri

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e.l.f polish in metallic elegance

Hello everyone, please excuse the nails.

I couldn't manage to get all the black polish from previous out of the corners of my nails and as you can see it's peeking through in these photos.

A while back I purchased the e.l.f. brights nail polish cube which included 14 sample size nail polishes for $14. I have never tried e.l.f. products before but I'd heard a lot of hype so I took the plunge. 

Today I wanted to share my thoughts on the "Metallic Elegance" polish by e.l.f.

You can't tell by these photos that it's metallic but it is. The polish itself is extremely sheer, it takes about 3-4 coats to achieve color pay off which is a mega pain as I'm a very impatient person and can't stand having to wait between every coat. It applies unevenly and goopy and streaky as I'm sure you may have noticed. The packaging for these mini polishes I enjoy as it's very simple but still cute sitting on your dressing table. It's a nice color don't get me wrong and I think e.l.f polishes are a bit hit and miss as there were others in the cube I loved, sad to say this was not one of them although they have to yet to chip so that's a bonus!

E N C H A N T R E S S

Enchantress by CoverGirl is a vibrant pink lipstick. Claims to be moisturizing however I beg to differ.
CoverGirl claims that these lipsticks are infused with silk protein to keep lips moisturized. Don’t get me wrong I love these lipsticks but CoverGirl is out to lunch on that claim.
After about only an hour these become cakey on your lips and really dry them out, best idea is to wear a lip balm underneath and maybe even a sugar scrub before application. The color of Enchantress is VERY pigmented and vibrant and a rich pink although the color it applies as is not the color it stays. During the day it turns into a darker pink and it stains your lips. When I wake up in the morning after wearing this I still have pink left in cracks on my lips and I have to scrub my lips raw to get it out…No thanks.
Most of the flaws of this lipstick I can live with for the fact the color is so great but if you’re after something moisturizing toss this out the window!

Sugar Coated

Hello everyone, as you know I did a review about the Happy Hour nail polish from the Sephora collection which I adored and actually am currently wearing on my nails! I said I would review the rest so here's review #2. Sugar Coated is a very light pink, its far too light to only do with one coat of polish.

 

 

 

 

This color was nowhere near to the perfection of happy hour. After the first coat I had to wait about five minutes to apply another, you have to apply about three coats to get an even decent color payoff. Even after waiting for each coat to dry, the polish still gets clumpy at the lightest touch. The pictures below are with a top coat as well....

Overall I'm very disappointed in this color.