Nail of the Day

Happy Friday! 

Today's NOTD is by Essie, "Bahama Mama".  

Can I just say I am in fall love with this color!!! It's a gorgeous warm, rich, creamy plum

that just screams fall. I can see wanting to wear this color all the time. I love purple's 

this time of the year and this color is not too dark, but just dark enough. 

Without a flash in regular lighting. 

With a flash in regular lighting. 

How pretty is this color?!?! Love, Love, Love it. My new fall fave! 

What nail colors do you love for fall? 

Tuesday Trends

Have you guys seen this nail trend?

You take one nail and paint it a darker shade than the rest of your nails. I decided

to give this a try last week and I'm not really sure how I feel about it.

I've gotten mixed feedback from friends, but mostly negative. One of my guy

friends called it creepy. ha. I was feeling all edgy and cool trying something different,

but like Alison said maybe it's just not the right color combo.

Anyway, just thought I would share. If you are interested in either of these shades

the taupe/grey color is Essie "Chinchilly" and the ring finger is Essie "Over the Edge".

Have a great day!

Friday Fall Faves

So, I thought I would do a Friday Product Fave centered all around nail polishes!!

I am not a huge fan of fall like some people are... I enjoy certain things for sure, but

my most FAVORITE thing about fall is probably the nail polish shades. I love

painting my nails in darker funkier shades. I feel like nail polish is a trend

anyone can follow and feel good about!

So, I have picked several shades that I own and love or that are apart of the

Fall 2011 collections that I like this year!

I have provided a link to each polish to where you can purchase online. Just

simply click the name under the polish and it will direct you to a site where

you can purchase. :)

OPI

"You don't know Jacques"

OPI

"Ink"

Essie

"Very Structured"

China glaze

"Westside Warrior"

China glaze

"Trendsetter"

OPI

"Over the Taupe"

Essie

"Smokin Hot"

OPI

"London bridges falling brown"

OPI

"Catherine the Grape"

OPI

"Expresso Your Style"

OPI

"Mrs O'leary BBQ"

So, there you go... aren't these shades so pretty?! I love them all! I hope you will enjoy

experimenting with colors as much as I do this Fall!

Happy Weekend!

Weekend Rewind-What's in my Bag?

It's that time again!! Time for what you say? For my second addition of

WEEKEND REWIND... WHAT'S IN MY BAG!! Duh!

Ok, so let me start my saying I am really sad b/c I recorded my own little video for

you guys to showcase all my new stuff... I thought it would be more exciting and change

things up, but it won't upload! : ( I'm going to have to take my computer to the Apple

store pronto. Something seems to be wrong lately.

Ok, so enough of that... here are the products I picked up this week/weekend.

Clinique has a new cream shadow called Lid Smoothie. They are an 8 hour water resistant

shadow that dries to more of a powder finish! I bought one of these in the color

gingerly. If you look at the picture below gingerly is the neutral champagne honey

color. It's a gorgeous nude color that you can pair with a matte brown in your crease!

If you have tried the Clinique Quick Eyes Cream Shadow it is similar to that, but different. I used the color, "rock violet" a lot last year. I personally like the new, lid smoothie better

b/c it dries to more of a powder finish. They have a taupe color in this line called sassy-fras

that is soooo pretty that I would love to try as well.

BLUSH!! I've really been feeling cheek products lately. So, I have been on the hunt

for a while for a great light pink/rose colored blush. I have corals, hot pink, and other

shades, but nothing in a pink/neutral. So, I originally bought the Maybelline FitMe

blush in the color "Medium pink." I tried it one day and was so disappointed... it was

so sheer you couldn't even see it on my skin. So, I returned it to Ulta and picked up this Lorac

blush in the color "Velvet Rope." I have been eyeballing this blush for a month or so.

It's a baked matte blush and it's pigmentation is incredible! It takes just a light

dab of this on your brush for it to go a LONG way! When I was exchanging the Maybelline

for Lorac the girl at the counter was like... oh, you are going to be so much happier with this blush! And yes, yes I am!

Another Clinique purchase. Belk has their gift going. This eye duo is called "spruced up."

I will say... I believe this is my favorite purchase of the week! I have been wanting an

olive green color for fall. You know what made me decide that? Did you watch this past

season of The Bachelorette? Well, Ashley had green on her eyes quite often and it made

her brown eyes look GORGEOUS!! So, I was happy to find this duo. I have used it for

the past few days and LOVE it! I really feel like these colors made brown eyes really pop!

Picked up this Sonia Kashuk eyeshadow brush at Target Circles on clearance.

It was $12.99 and was marked down to $3.84. Actually using this for concealer.

Another cheek product! Told you I was into cheeks! This is by Jemma Kidd and it's called

"Dewy glow all over radiance cream" in the color "rose gold." I learned about

this product on youtube from my girls, Pixiwoo. It's a great summer product for

highlighting your cheekbones to give you that dewy fresh glow to your skin!

Target started selling her line this spring, but you can't find this product there. I bought

mine from a company called www.b-glowing.com. I think this product could

last you a lifetime b/c it only requires a bit of this to get the look you want!

Whaaaaa? Another nail polish! Yes, oh yes! So, I am going to Destin, FL this weekend

with family and a best friend and her little boy. I wanted a color that said tropical and

this one does it. It's by Essie and it's called "Turquoise and Caicos." I think I bought

this shade as much for the name as the color. ha. Yes, I wanted a blue color b/c it is

a bit more out of my comfort zone, but the name makes me happy. I have been planning

a Caribbean vacation for the girls in my life.. mom and nana... and we actually looked into

visiting Turks and Caicos! We ended up picking Mexico instead, but maybe another time

I will get to visit the real Turks other than on my nails!

So, there you go. Hope you enjoyed this week's edition of What's in my Bag!

Weekend Rewind. What's in my Bag?

Hey Guys! I hope you all had a great weekend. I thought I would start doing a segment

called... Weekend Rewind, What's in my Bag and tell you about the treasures or finds

I pick up on the weekends!

I can pretty much guarantee you I will always find myself in a Target or mall at some

point through the course of a weekend and why not share with you what I buy!

So, you ready?! Weekend Rewind....

Friday I traveled to my hometown Cullman, AL where my besties from high school

had a cookout/celebration for my friends Rebecca and Robbie that are having

their second baby girl next month! Congrats for them. Since Rebecca already has

a precious little girl... "Taylor Brooke" named after me, or at least that's what

I tell myself :) ... I wasn't sure what she really needed/wanted. I have heard other girls

talk about Sophie the Giraffe chew toy for babies and everyone seems to rave about how

great they are. So, I went to Buy Buy Baby in Birmingham Friday afternoon and picked

one of these up. Rachel seemed to think it was "creepy," but I thought it was super

cute! If you have a baby or need to find a little something for a gift then read up on

Sophie! Seems to be a nice gift.

Saturday I went to BridgeStreet Mall in Huntsville with a one of my friends and

picked up the Body by Victoria Demi Bra. I had a coupon for a free pair of panties and those

coupons always have $10 off a bra. I NEVER EVER EVER buy new bras! I wear the same

boring beige Calvin Klein bra ALL THE TIME!! I'm just not very exciting in that dept of

my life. It's not that I don't like pretty bras it's just not what I choose to spend my money

on! $50 bucks on something that no one EVER sees... I'm good. But, my friend Alison

is trying her best to persuade me to buy pretty bras!

So, being that is was tax free weekend and all here in Bama I decided I could use a new bra.

This Demi bra has memory fit that conforms to your body. It feels like those memory

foam beds.... mmmm it's so soft and I can't even tell I'm wearing a bra. SCORE! With the

discount it ended up being $32.00! Yay. For ole Vicky that is pretty cheap.

This is the bra, but I got the color berrylicious.

Click here for more info

Then off to my favorite place on earth Target Circles!! I picked up a couple Essie polishes.

This was my first Essie purchase. I have picked out their shades at the Nail

Salon before, but have never purchased. I LOVE these colors.

One thing you should know about me is that I DO NOT care for fall. Unlike

most of you out there that long for the cooler weather, football season, cute scarves,

and jackets I dread the dark nights and cold weather!

However, with that being said one thing I love about fall is dark finger nail polish.

This shade is called "Over the Edge."

Essie describes it as a "dramatic midnight silver."

To me it's a gorgeous charcoal with shimmer.

LOVE THIS COLOR!!

This color is called "Chinchilly."

Doesn't that name kind of remind you of fall?

Essie describes this shade as a "sleek granite gray."

Gray over the last year or two has become my favorite color. So, I cannot wait to

try this shade out. It's such a pretty neutral.

So, there you have my first Weekend Rewind. I hope you enjoyed!

Have a fabulous week!