Nails of the Day with Spoiled by Wet N' Wild!

I picked up two polishes by the Spoiled brand which is made by Wet N' Wild and $1.99. I was looking for a good neon pink and it didn't matter to me the brand. I was drawn to "Plastic Flamingo" which is a gorgeous creamy hot pink that is not so neon that you're scared but just neon enough to make an impact. As if neon pink wasn't enough to do that, I wanted to put a glitter polish over it so I grabbed the "I Gotta Confection to Make" (how did OPI not come up with that shade name? Clever!) which is a bright pink glittery polish containing lots of iridescent glitter. I have to say that after doing a manicure with both of these together, I am impressed. And not just "pretty good for $1.99" impressed, I think it is honestly some good quality polish. 

"Plastic Flamingo" goes on so nicely. The brush is similar to Sally Hansen Complete Manicure brush which is fairly wide. I have small nail beds so one streak down the middle pretty much covers my whole nail! And it goes opaque in two coats. And it isn't even streaky after only one coat. I used two coats of that and two coats of "I Gotta Confection" which was a very nice glitter. I prefer the look of it over another polish because it doesn't pack enough of a punch on its own. Not that it doesn't have enough glitter because it does but its mostly a clear polish with glitter rather than a colored polish with glitter. 

These pictures don't do this pink sparkly fun times manicure justice. On the nails, the pink looks more of a hot watermelon and it would be divine on the toes! 

Photo taken by me, on top of my daughter's Barbie book! I thought it made a good background (above)

Spoiled Plastic Flamingo & I Gotta Confection to Make (above) with flash

I'm still trying to get the "prettiness" to show up properly (above)

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Review for Coastal Scents 28 Neutral Palette (Alleged Dupes For Popular MAC Shadows)

That's right, I said "alleged". I am late to jump on this Coastal Scents bandwagon but better late than never right? Not in this case. Never would have been way better than late. But if you don't know, Coastal Scents is an online brand that became kind of popular as they started sending various YouTube gurus free stuff to show in their videos (they make various items like decent inexpensive brushes too). You can get several styles of palettes for very cheap, I'm talking 88 shadows for like $20 or something. I'm not speaking for the quality or performance of any other palette but the one I ordered, the 28 Neutral Palette. I ended up buying it after seeing a 40% off sale on the CS site (this was a few weeks ago but they do sales like this every now and then) so I ended up getting the palette for around $11 plus a ridiculous $6.95 shipping charge which pretty much equaled the price of the palette before the 40% off. 

The reason why I got the palette was because several people in several videos and several blog posts have said these shadows are close dupes to many of the popular MAC neutral shadows. I figured why not, for $11? At the very least, my 5 year old can use it for playing dress up.  

First let me tell you briefly what you get: 

-roughly 8 shadows that can be used for highlight shades or basic light neutral lid colors and what not

-8 shadows ranging from mid-toned browns to shades of pink and berry

-8 shades of darker neutrals like blacks and browns and deep burgundy and a couple more mid-tone neutral browns

There are a mixture of matte and shimmer but nothing overly glittery and annoying. Overall, its a great pairing up of shadows with a great selection of finishes. And that is, unfortunately, is where the compliments end.

I don't particularly find these to be MAC dupes, I mean anyone can find something similar in their collection that one of these shadows may resemble in some way. For instance, in the CS palette, there is a chalky black shade with red shimmery flecks (bottom row, last shadow on the right) that is said to be a dupe for MAC Carbon. Hmm. Not really. If it were a matte black then I would say sure but come on now, that is a stretch. I know dupes don't have to be exact, I'm not saying that, but they should be in the same ballpark or at least next door to that ballpark to be called a dupe. Basically, around 2 shadows per row of 8 have decent pigmentation upon first swipe. I am convinced that the light pink shade in the CS palette (third row from bottom, third shadow over from left) that is supposed to be a dupe for MAC Phloof! is in fact actual chalk. I see no difference between the likes of that shade and my daughters pink sidewalk chalk. The very frosty white shade, which is said to dupe MAC White Frost (from bottom-up, first row, first shadow) is the only decent one in the row because it is pigmented and soft. If you really like frosty white, you're in business but I personally won't get much wear out of it. On the opposite end in the far right corner, top row, last shade in the row, is a very pigmented deep burgundy with shimmer (supposed MAC dupe for Beauty Marked). Everything in between is crap. 

And to further kick a horse while they're down, these shadows don't wear well (on me). Not at all. They kind of all start to blend into each other by the end of the day afternoon.

There are a couple of different versions out there of how people interpret which MAC shade is closest to which CS shade but I included the version I liked best (below).

In closing, even though I'm not wild about these shadows, they aren't terrible for the price I paid. Or if you're just starting out with makeup and want to experiment, they have so many other palettes with more shadows that may be better. I've heard good things about their 88 Warm Palette and other 88 color palettes (shimmer, metallics, and combos of all finishes). If you're interested just go visit Coastal Scents online (only sold online). Thanks for reading!!

Photo taken from www.makeupandbeauty.com (this is the CS palette with names of MAC dupes)

This is a photo I took with flash (above)

Image from www.matylovemakeup.blogspot.com (CS swatches above)

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Seriously Amazing Mascara: Mally Beauty Volumizing + Before and After Pics

I have TWO favorite mascaras in the whole entire world, one being Benefit They're Real and the other is Mally Volumizing Mascara (seen on QVC). The reason why Mally edges out They're Real by just a hair is because I find that They're Real dries up rather quickly while Mally goes on and on and on and can even be revived with a few drops of saline solution for a few extra days of usage. I tried that same thing with the Benefit mascara and it didn't work. So let me tell you why you will most likely love this mascara.

1. It does everything ALL IN ONE, it lengthens, separates AND most importantly volumizes!

2. Its affordable, I usually find mine on EBAY for around $14 dollars but you can also purchase it in a duo from QVC for around $28+tax+shipping (that is why I prefer EBAY)

The concept behind this mascara is that Mally Roncal (amazingly gorgeous celebrity makeup artist) used to use a combination of products to do her clients lashes. She would take an Italian black mascara, black Japanese pigments (to make lashes extra black and glossy), and a Parisian-cut lash comb to separate the lashes. This rather arduous process prompted Mally to create a mascara that could do all of these things with one tube and created her Mally Volumizing mascara which became an instant hit and multiple beauty award winner on QVC. I would say it has a slight similarity to L'OREAL Voluminous but its not as wet and it separates and lengthens better. Additional notes: only available in black and no waterproof version. Take a look at my pathetic lashes before Mally and after Mally. 

Picture of me and my naked eyelashes (above)

Picture of me with 1-2 coats of Mally Volumizing (above)

Picture of me with 3 coats of Mally Volumizing Mascara (above)

 

The Mally Volumizing mascara wand, photo taken by me (above)

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