tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26397847774989602262024-03-14T05:42:31.477-04:00Beauty FTWLet's get beautiful!~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11471104425742275740noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639784777498960226.post-27467826838590946272012-01-09T02:09:00.000-05:002012-01-09T02:09:09.206-05:00Product Review: Lush’s Crème Anglaise and The Mask of Magnaminty<span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: Verdana; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm soooooo sore</span> from the gym.</span><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: Verdana; text-align: left;"> Miss M is sleeping over tonight, and berating me for not posting on my blog for 5 WHOLE DAYS.</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: Verdana;">I'm sorry for not posting, my loves. Life is still pretty depressing for poor, single me, but <i>things are looking up. </i><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: Verdana;">I got asked on a date whilst working up a sweat at the gym today! -insert applause here- I’m totally gonna go, but I don’t think I want to exclusively date again for a loooong while, because I’m just not emotionally ready yet. (.__.);<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: Verdana;">Enough about my life, and onwards to what you’ve been waiting for: the review! (^o^)/<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: Verdana;">First, a bit about the company for those who have absolutely NO IDEA what Lush is. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: Verdana;">According to their website, the actual company started in 1977, and underwent name and ownership changes until it actually became Lush in 1995. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: Verdana;">They also have this cute little section on the website where it describes the company’s ‘beliefs’. It is really refreshing, and straightforward in theory. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: Verdana;">They use fresh fruits and veggies, don’t test on animals, put their faces on their products, believe in massages and want to fill the world with perfume. <i>Perfume. </i>It’s all there, I kid you not. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: Verdana;">So lemme tell you how I discovered it in the first place... <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: Verdana;">Mmkay. I’d never heard of the company before, so when I stumbled across it in the Garden State Mall, I was d-e-l-i-g-h-t-e-d. Simply gleeful. Walking into Lush was like walking into Bath and Body Works on crack.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: Verdana;">My nostrils were greeted with a fragrant, earthy smell as I walked into the shop. T'was nice.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: Verdana;">I was greeted by a blonde, enthusiastic guy (we’ll call him ‘W’) and promptly ushered to a table where wheel of what looked like cheese were stacked. W gleefully explained to me that the ‘cheese wheels’ were actually soaps, and that I was free to smell all of them if I wished.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: Verdana;">There were blocks of soap that were purple, pink, green, even honeycomb colored (which turned out to be my favorite one, heheh). </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: Verdana;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: Verdana;">I smelled them <b>all</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: Verdana;">They had soaps, and powdered soaps, and soaps that were jiggly like jello… they had soaps <u>for DAYS</u>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: Verdana;">They had such a wide variety of body products, all with whimsical little signs next to them, displaying their names. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: Verdana;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: Verdana;">I felt like Alice in Wonderland, because they were all so curious, and I felt like they were missing the ‘eat me’ tag. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: Verdana;">After making my selections (and receiving an AMAZING hand massage), I went to the register to pay and noticed little black pots in a tiny fridge behind the counter. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: Verdana;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: Verdana;">When I asked the register girl what they were, she kindly informed me that they were freshly made face masks, and asked if I would like a sample.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: Verdana;">Um, YES please? <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: Verdana;">Overall, my in-store experience was phenomenal and I was so happy, I went back a couple of months later and bought some more stuff. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: Verdana;">Which brings us to review number one. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 15.2pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Crème Anglaise is described on the site as a “luxurious English cream”.</span></h2><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 14.4pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;"><i>“Creme Anglaise is made with some of the finest ingredients available. We've used toning sweet orange oil and moisturizing natural butters blended into an almond infusion. An infusion of saffron, the world's most expensive spice, gives it the authentically golden colour of real Creme Anglaise.”</i><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 14.4pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;">Well described, Lush, but does this $45 body cream live up to it’s description?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 14.4pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;">It’s an ivory color, thin and lotiony in texture. You get 7.9 ounces in the jar. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 14.4pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white;"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ingredients</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">:</span></span></b></u><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #444444;"><i>Sweet Almond Infusion (Prunus dulcis), Saffron Infusion (Crocus sativus), Extra Virgin Coconut Oil (Cocos nucifera), Fair Trade Cocoa Butter (Theobroma cacao), Fair Trade Shea Butter (Butyrospermum parkii), Glycerine, Stearic Acid, Almond Oil (Prunus dulcis), Vanilla Absolute (Vanilla planifolia), Myrrh Resinoid (Commiphora myrrha), Sweet Orange Oil (Citrus sinensis), Triethanolamine, Perfume, Cetearyl Alcohol, Benzyl Salicylate, Coumarin, *Eugenol, *Limonene, *Linalool, Methylparaben, Propylparaben </i></span><span style="color: #444444;"><i>*occurs naturally in essential oils</i></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 14.4pt;"><br />
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<li><span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 14.4pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">The fact that it contains saffron, an ingredient rarer than gold in certain parts of the world is pretty cool. And it’s second on the ingredient list. So it’s not an overhyped claim. It’s really in there.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 14.4pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Does a decent job moisturizing. My hands and body are definitely softer putting this on.</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: red;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; line-height: 14.4pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 14.4pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">It doesn’t moisturize me for long. For almost fifty bucks, I want something that at least gets rid of the dreaded scaly winter leg. It doesn’t.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: red;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; line-height: 14.4pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 14.4pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">You have to wait for it to sink in. I know you have some heavy-duty oils and butters in there (yeah you, cocoa butter) again, waiting forever for the lotion to sink in sucks.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: red;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; line-height: 14.4pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 14.4pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Did I mention I really dislike the scent? </span></span></li>
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;">You just have to decide for yourself whether the decent moisturization, awesome ingredients, and the grandmother-inspired scent is worth its $45 price tag. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 14.4pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;">However, just based on smell alone, I unfortunately won’t be repurchasing this. Sorry, but I’ve smelled some of their other stuff, which to me, is what I’d rather smell like. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</span></i></span></h2><h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 15.2pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: Verdana; font-weight: normal;">“</span><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: Verdana; font-weight: normal;">Seriously minty body mask. </span></i><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: Verdana; font-weight: normal; line-height: 14.4pt;"><i>Mask of Magnaminty was worked on for years before it was settled on. Our inventors have been almost obsessive in their quest to invent the ultimate facemask. The formulation had to be just right in MoM to ensure that it was intense, but not harsh.”</i></span></span><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 14.4pt;"> </span></span></h2><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f243e; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 14.4pt;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f243e; font-family: Verdana;">It contains ground aduki beans, bentonite gel and china clay. The aduki beans apparently exfoliate your skin, while the clay and gel pull dirt of out your pores. This stunning combination of ingredients is supposed to leave you with brighter skin and feeling super refreshed. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 14.4pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: Verdana;">Ingredients: </span><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #0f243e; font-family: Verdana;">Bentonite Gel, Kaolin, Honey (Mel), Talc, Ground Aduki Beans (Phaseolus), Glycerine, Evening Primrose Seeds (Oenothera biennis), Peppermint Oil (Mentha piperita), African Marigold Oil (Tagetes erecta), Vanilla Absolute (Vanilla planifolia), Limonene, Perfume, Chlorophyll, Methylparaben.</span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #0f243e; font-family: Verdana;"> </span><span style="color: #0f243e; font-family: Verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: blue;">The effect. My skin feels nice and clean when I rinse it off. The aduki beans, although annoying in application, definitely do their job exfoliating when you’re washing this mask off. Just make sure you wash off in circular motions. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; text-indent: -0.25in;">It’s really refreshing. It tingles oh-so-nicely while it’s on your skin. It’s a really nice pick me up, especially if you were to store it in the fridge on a hot day, and apply it as a cooling mask. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: blue;">It lasts a while. Like 3-4 months. You don’t have to worry about refrigerating it, although it would probably keep longer. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; text-indent: -0.25in;">It’s annoying, but fun to apply. It's always an adventure, getting this on your face. You have even more fun when you’re doing it with your friends.</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: red;">The price is a bit steep for a face mask.</span></span></span></li>
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;">Overall, this facemask is definitely a good one. I would repurchase this because I like the way it makes my skin feel, and it’s got great ingredients.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;">If you can't afford the $22 price tag, then an excellent cheaper alternative would be <b>Queen Helen’s Mint Julep Mask</b>, which has excellent reviews all over the net, is available at pretty much every drug/beauty store, and is muuuuch cheaper than the MoM. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;">Just google it. I have both maks, and they’re great.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;">However, if you want a luxurious mask with all-natural ingredients, and an authentic spearmint scent, then by all means get your butt over to Lush and GET this bad boy.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;">Did I also mention that if you return 5 of the black pots they sell their stuff in, you can get a free fresh face mask?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Both silvers seemed to work together quite nicely. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please, enjoy!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<li style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span>3 coats of Sally Hansen Extreme Wear – ‘Celeb City’</b></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span>2 coats of Essie Luxe Effects – ‘Shine of the Times’</b></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span>1 coat of Seche Vite</b></li>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I feel like this would be a cute yet simple New Year’s Eve mani for those looking for something that will be flashy, but match with most outfits. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also, the macro on my camera will be fixed soon. I don't know what's wrong with it, but that and the flash function are being sillyfaces. So my pictures aren't as sharp as I'd like them. :/</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On a different note for those of you who are concerned, it’s been three days after my big breakup. Other than posting to my blog, I’ve been doing nothing but moping around. (TT_TT)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’m ashamed to say I haven’t left my bed except for necessities, and I’ve just been on the computer stumbling around. I’ve just been sleeping all day and on the computer all night. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s so depressing, especially since I SHOULD get out of bed and get some exercise and sunlight, but I just can’t find the motivation to get up. I feel like I made the right decision in the end, but I also feel nostalgic every 5 seconds, and miss him terribly. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It sucks.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ah, well, I may be a gross wreck, but at least I have cute nails right? Doing my nails keeps cheering me up. Maybe I'll shoot a long awaited makeup video or something... <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hopefully your Tuesday is going better than mine is... hahaha. Anyone have fun plans for the day? I'll live vicariously through you. (;___;) <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I don't know about you guys, but unfortunately my 2012 started off on a sour note. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I broke up with my boyfriend of two years last night, and missed the ball drop. It was horrible, and I'm still a bit shaken up that it actually happened. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But a new year means a new start, and I'm determined to not wallow in sadness this year and make better decisions... </span><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-center;"><span style="font-size: large;">(⌒_⌒;)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So I decided to make myself feel better with a fresh pink manicure!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Being newly single sucks, but what better way to cheer yourself up than self-indulgence, right? That and a whole lotta post-new year's cake. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It isn't as blue-based as the last two pics make it seem, I swear. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And sorry for the bits of polish on my cuticles. Undetectable in real life, these suckers always show up everywhere when I blow up the pictures on my computer. Boo. :/</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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<li><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1 coat Sally Hansen - Hard as Nails HARD AS WRAPS Acrylic Gel + Nylon</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1 coat Seche Vite</span></b></li>
</ul><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">For my hands, I used: </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So there'll be more of that, I promise.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Did anyone do anything fun for New Year's this year? And any good post-breakup advice from breakup vets? This was my first, and longest relationship. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Peace, love and New Years Greetings, my loves!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">~Chas</span></div>~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11471104425742275740noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639784777498960226.post-77926399255732327132011-12-08T17:15:00.001-05:002011-12-08T18:06:02.810-05:00Peppermint-ilicious. (Say THAT 3x's fast!)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I hope your day is going well so far. </span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It’s pretty nippy here in NY, but I’m keeping warm all snuggled in my bed today, craving hot chocolate. But I’m too busy stumbling/being lazy/fb stalking to make some. Mehhh. </span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Anywhoo, I've decided to kickoff the blog with a sort of cliché, but FUN ode to the holiday season with this awesome candy-cane inspired manicure. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</u></span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel2CxSpFirst" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span>1 coat ORLY Bonder Base Coat</b></span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel2CxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span>1 coat Milani – ‘White’ (to make the red brighter)</b></span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel2CxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span>2 coats Wet N’ Wild – ‘Everybody Loves Redmond’</b></span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel2CxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span>Sally Hansen Nail Art Pen – ‘White’ (for the stripes)</b></span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel2CxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span>1 coat Sally Hansen Diamond Strength – ‘Diamonds’</b></span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel2CxSpLast" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span>1 coat Seche Vite Topcoat </b></span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, the glittery-ness was added as an afterthought, and I really like it. It was pretty subtle indoors, but out in the sunlight it was all </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">OH HEEEY</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;">! I'm adorable and holiday-like. Marvel at my cuteness.</span></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The traditional peppermint ones are <i>sooooo</i> delicious, right? </span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But the rainbow flavored ones are the best!! Oh god, I’m drooling just thinking about them. Heheh. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can never think of any flavor to compare them too though… it’s just its own, unique thing I guess.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What do you guys think? Did you like the manicure? Any specific mani themes you would like to see for the holidays? What’s your favorite holiday candy?</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Leave a comment below, or shoot me an email at beautyftw at yahoo dot com.</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Peace, love and rainbow-flavored peppermints for all!</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Why, hello there ladies and gentlemen!</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Pleased to meet you all, and I’d like to humbly <b>WELCOME</b> you to my little corner of the Internet! Welcome, welcome to Beauty FTW. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sooo, onward to the formalities and such. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mmkay. My name is Chasadie (pronounced ‘Chah-suh-dee’, in case anyone wanted to know, hahaha), and I’m a beauty connoisseur. It’s pretty mind blowing, the degree to which I love <i>anything</i> beauty related, actually.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Nail polish, makeup, face masks, conditioner, you name it. If it has something to do with making me look purty, I’m <b>on</b> that ish like a bee to honey. My family thinks there’s something wrong with the sheer amount of beauty products I own, but you know what? I say to each his/her own. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you like to collect pieces of cardboard with pictures on them (otherwise known as trading cards), then do you. You like knitting? Make an awesome hat shaped like the Eiffel Tower. If butterfly corpses with pins in them are your thing, then, again, that’s pretty creepy, not gonna lie, but that’s what makes you happy. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Beauty is my niche. I love the feeling of putting on a fresh coat of nail polish almost as much as I love biting into a slice of cake. (You’ll learn to love my inner fat kid as I blog more, heheh) It’s what makes me insanely happy, and happiness is key, right? <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So again, welcome. My purpose here is to provide you with the same happiness I feel when I use/learn more about the ever expanding world of beauty, all while putting a smile on your face that will last even when you ‘x’ out of your browser.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There will be posts on makeup of all kinds (mostly drugstore though, because I’m currently a broke college kid, boo!), nail polish and nail looks, hair products, bodycare, and so much more! I'm really excited to start posting!!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I’ll be posting video tutorials, and reviews too, for my lovelies who don’t have a clue as to what a dotting tool is, or why it’s important to use a primer for long lasting makeup. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Any sales or interesting articles relating to beauty will be posted here as well, along with the occasional posts about my silly pets, whom I love so much. I have the world’s cutest puppy/demon named Ruby, and a fishie named Quincy, whom I adore. They will be ambassadors of cute for this blog. Because they're necessary for... uh ... quality control purposes. Y-yeah!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNfm5urWJF6bTGhm-ACwOvLGA2a1YY_12sKDwhUwbFYAqRiYxlstG3ssAiKLmtYZaeKDDfIZJTZTuoNx2Wli06WcMvQf6SKdHUkN3pNIKxcRmtUTiRVrYs2Pd2G-Ii5AjnRd618_sUa7Cq/s1600/IMG_3205.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNfm5urWJF6bTGhm-ACwOvLGA2a1YY_12sKDwhUwbFYAqRiYxlstG3ssAiKLmtYZaeKDDfIZJTZTuoNx2Wli06WcMvQf6SKdHUkN3pNIKxcRmtUTiRVrYs2Pd2G-Ii5AjnRd618_sUa7Cq/s640/IMG_3205.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And that’s pretty much it! I look forward to your comments/questions, and you can reach me by either leaving me a comment below telling me <strike>how awesome you think my blog is</strike> your thoughts and opinions, or emailing me about anything else you want to know @ <a href="mailto:beautyftw@yahoo.com">beautyftw@yahoo.com</a>.</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpLast" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">~Peace, love and sprinkles, Chas</span><span style="color: #17365d;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11471104425742275740noreply@blogger.com0