Color Club Halo Hues Spring 2013 Swatches

I bring you today, swatches of Color Club's Halo Hues Spring 2013 collection!

This collection consist of 6 linear halographic polishes!  This collection is more vibrant than the first Halo Hues collection released in 2012.  

Beyond.  A black based halo.  

Cosmic Fate.  A orange/copper/beige/nude halo.   

Eternal Beauty.  A bright purple halo.

Kismet.  A gold/green/chartreuse halo.

Miss Bliss.  A pink halo.

Over the Moon.  A bright cyan/blue halo.

Overall, this is a must have collection for me and I'm super duper happy I got it.  These are great halos for the price.  The formula is also great.  You can definitely wear it sheer with only one layer or put on 2 for full opacity.  The only shade I had to put on 3 layers was Kismet but that color is so beautiful and the formula is so easy to work with that I do not mind a 3 layer at all!  My favorite shades will have to be Over the moon; it's so vibrant and beautiful!!  These pictures did not do these polishes enough justice.  As you all know, it's very hard to capture the halo goodness and effect of halo polishes. 

Have you tried this collection?  Which shade is your fave?

Disclosure:  Products purchased by yours truly.

How I clean my makeup brushes

My brushes are due for some cleaning.

Other than water, I use Dial (antibacterial) soap bar.  I do not recommend you washing your natural, black bristle brushes with this though.  It makes the brush bleed like crazy!  

Here's a short clip of how I wash them.

Review: Pure Brown Circle Lenses

This is my first pair of circle lenses ever.  I was always held back from purchasing any bc I have pretty sensitive eyes but I must say, I love these.  They are very comfortable on my eyes and looks quite natural (the color that is).  It comes off blackened brown on my eyes.  It makes my eyes look very "doll-like" and I love the effect.  I even layered this on top of my clear prescription contacts and it was still very comfortable.  So comfortable I didn't know they got stuck to one another until I went to take them off at the end of the night LOL.  But it didn't damage either lenses at all.  I just soaked it in saline for a while and allowed them to come off each other themselves.

Here's a picture of me wearing the Pure Brown lenses.

Review: Nail Dryer

I purchased this nail dryer from bornprettystore.com for $13.25.  It's portable, travel friendly and battery operated.  It dries my nails in less than 5 minutes.  I will warn you...you will have to change the position of your hand every few seconds or your nail polish will dry with ripples.  Delivery is from China? and it took roughly 15 days and it's very well packaged.  For $13.25 and free shipping, I have nothing to really complain about.

My Makeup Storage

I posted up some of my makeup items on a blog sale and it sold well.  Whatever was left, I fitted them into a travel makeup bag.  The one I use is by Mary Kay.  I LOVE it!  It's so travel friendly!  The outside is black and the inside is pink and it rolls up and velcro.  Inside, there's 4 removable plastic zippered compartments and a swivel hook for hanging.  This has been my travel bag for 3 years now.  It's so cool having all my makeup in one bag...I don't have to sit and debate on what to bring anymore!  But it did kind of sucked because some stuff would be tucked away under.  So I decided to reorganize my makeup.  I picked up a 3 draw sterlite organizer.

So in the organizer on the left (all this was what fitted in my travel bag), I have foundations/powders on the bottom, blushers/bronzers in the middle and eyeshadows/lippies on top.  To the right of that, is a office organizer I got like 4 years ago.  This also comes with 3 draws.  I keep more of the little stuff here...like concealers, eyeliners/brow pencils, foundation samples, tools and brow powders.  On the far right, I have my brush cleaner, cleansing water and a lil glass jar to keep any samples I want to try or use.

I use to keep my brushes in 3 plastic drinking cups and sat them on top of the office organizer but it blocked my view of my palettes so I never used them.  So, I decided to switch them to this holder.  I used this holder to store my brush cleaner, bb creams, sponges, and samples before.  I actually really like having my brushes in this holder.  It has 5 sections.  The middle middle section is just a rectangle so I keep my hair brush and lash curler in there.

I don't plan on growing my collection anymore with unused items.  I don't have the space to store them or the money, of course.  It's expensive having a child!

Swatch/Review: Maybelline Eye Studio Color Tattoo Metal

I have 2 of the 5 new Maybelline Color Tattoo Metal cream shadows.

Barely Branded & Inked in Pink

Barely Branded is a frosty champagne/beige and Inked in Pink is a frosty rosy/gold pink.

My thoughts:  I love the formula of the color tattoo line.  These in particular appear to be much creamier and silkier in texture than the original color tattoos.  I like that they can be worn opaque or sheered out.  I don't mind applying these cream shadows in a pot with my fingers but I do wish they would come in a "crayon" form for easier/cleaner application.  These do dry down to a powder-like finish (like the originals) so I don't mind wearing these alone (I usually do).  These (like the originals) have a great staying power (water alone will not take these off).  I do notice a little creasing by the end of the day if they are worn alone (especially on super oily lid days) but nothing too noticeable.  All in all, these are a bang for your buck!

Haul: Drugstore Nail Polishes

CVS was having a huge (50-75% off) end of year sale on select items.  Here are all the polishes I hauled from that sale.  FYI, I bought these from multiple locations.  Each store had different items on sale.  I bought other stuff too but I just want to talk about the polishes for now.  Btw, pictures are taken with iPhone 4.

 First up, Revlon Colorstay.  These were 75% off.

Next, Nicole by OPI Kardashian collection.  These were 50% off.  I've been wanting Kim-pletely In Love for the longest time!

Last but not least, Milani.  These were 75% off also.

I can't wait to wear these.  I will definitely post up swatches of all the polishes soon so stay tune!  

Did you get anything from the sale?  Comment below if you did.  I'd love to know what goodies you picked up.