I have never found myself so in love with a nail polish shade before as I am with Deborah Lippmann's Mermaid's Dream. I caught a glimpse of this over at Vampy Varnish (click here for swatches) and it was love at first site. It's a gorgeous seafoam green (which is slowly but surely becoming my favorite color) jam packed with glittery goodness. The catch? It's $18. Is it worth it? With it's unique nature, I think yes. Can I afford it? Sadly no. Grad school is promising to put me in never ending poverty. Will I be scrounging my house for loose change to pay for it? Hells yeah!
You can snag this at NeimanMarcus.com (they have a free shipping code at the moment), Nordstrom.com (also promising free shipping), and Zappos.com (yep, you guessed it - they have free shipping too <3) So at least if you decide to splurge you don't have to factor in shipping :)
First and foremost, HAPPY SUPERBOWL DAY! I know it's not technically a holiday, but its the only day that practically every other channel throws in the towel on their regular programming and just shows reruns, (can't tell you how P.O.'d I am that I can't get my new dose of Mob Wives & Once Upon a Time tonight. Mob Wives even came on New Years!). I'm not much into pro football, more into college games, so I don't have any vested interest in tonight's game. But for the hell of it, GO GIANTS!, just because I don't like Tom Brady's hair lol. Who are you rooting for?
Anyways.....I've been drooling over the Guerlain Terracotta 4-Seasons Bronzer for about a year now. I like the idea of being able to adjust your bronzer within just one product for the change of season or moods or what have you. Why haven't I just copped it yet than, you ask? Well, no real reason other than it being SEVENTY-FOUR FRIGGIN' DOLLARS!!! WTF? Apparently its made with real gold, but you know what? I don't particularly need real gold on my face. I'm perfectly fine with the fake gold shimmer we've all been living with all this time. I think I prefer it actually because when companies make bronzer with it they don't cost SEVENTY-FOUR FRIGGIN' DOLLARS!! But I digress...there may be a bronzer from Physicians Formula that could satiate my desire for this guy, check it out after the jump!
How cute is this thing? You know that feeling you get when you see a puppy do, well, pretty much anything? That's what I'm feeling right now every time I look at Milani's new Illuminating Face Powder. They have 3 shades and it looks like one's a highlighter, a blush, and a bronzer. The one pictured above that I'm drooling over is the blush I think and I'm also loving the bronzer. My brain is telling me that I only want these because of the packaging, but the little girl inside me that loves all things cute is SCREAMING that I must own this NOW! Milani just sent out an email about all their new products so you might want to head over to their website and check it out :)
This is the SPI Manicure Desk that is depicted in the ULTA Holiday 2011 Catalog that includes a lap desk, nail dryer, and nail drill/buffer. I do not own this. This is a problem.
It's an even bigger problem because it's not sold online, apparently only in stores, and the nearest ULTA is over an hour away from me :( And yes, I realize that I could just buy a lap desk, nail dryer, and nail drill separately and have the same thing. But that's not the point. Not only would this be awesome for me (I could've really used this last night, my supposed manicure turned out to be a mess), but this would make a GREAT gift idea for anyone in your life who ever paints their nails or, if they're like me, can't stand having to sit at a desk doing their nails and therefore not being able to watch American Picker reruns at the same time - I like to multi task, what can I say? Ultimately I'm probably going to just get everything separately and maybe some poster tabs to stick the dryer to the desk, because I really do think the concept is a simple yet genius idea. But if you spy this guy at your local ULTA, think about picking 1 up, or maybe 2 or 3 for the DIY nail addicts in your life.
Have you come across in great beauty gift ideas for the holidays?
