Broadway Nails- Nail Dress Stick-On Wraps

I bought “Nail Dress Stick-On Wraps” by Broadway Nails last week when I was out shopping. I actually went to the store to buy a similar product by Sally Hansen, which I did buy as well (haven’t tried them yet. When I do I will review them too).

Instead of painting your nails with nail polish, you stick these nail stickers on and file off the excess. There were a few different patterns to chose from. I picked the pink and black zebra print nails.

The box came with 2 nail sheets with 14 stickers on each one and a double sided nail file. One side of the nail file was pink which you use to smooth the air bubbles out of the stickers after you apply it. The other side was black and it’s used to file off the excess of the nail stickers. Each sticker has a tab at the very end of it which I liked. It made applying the sticker much easier.

Even though the box included many different size stickers I couldn’t find one to fit most of my nails. If you looked at my nails from far away you couldn’t see the problem but up close I could. On both sides of my nails the sticker did not cover all of my nail. I have small fingernails too but still my nails were not covered. That was problem one.

There were only a few air bubbles but the pink side of the nail file helped to smooth them out. Filing off the excess nail wrap was a bit hard. I had to use some of my fingers to hold down the stickers while I was applying them to my nails or else they would fall off right away. You are supposed to file the stickers in a downward motion but that didn’t work really so I filed across. That just made my nails look all jagged.

I applied these nails at 10 PM. It took about 1/2 an hour or so to apply the nails, so I was done by 10:30 PM which was when I went to bed. By 10:50 PM 3 of the nail stickers fell off. By 11:30 a few more fell off (I had my cell phone right by my bed so I could see the time). Since most of the stickers fell off I peeled off the last few. All I did was lay down in bed to fall asleep and they fell off! On the box it said to apply a top coat which I will admit I didn’t. I really didn’t see that making the product last longer.The stickers didn’t seem to be sticky enough to stay on.

I would NOT repurchase this product. I hated it. Waste of time and money. I don’t remember how much this cost exactly but I think it was around $6. I just wasted $6 on a product that didn’t even last half an hour. Do not buy!

Internet Problems

For the past week or so I couldn’t get online. My wireless router stopped working and I had to get a new one. I will be posting some reviews up soon! 😀

Makeup Storage

Lately I have been buying so much makeup and skin care products that I was running out of room. The draws in the storage shelves I had weren’t closing so today I went to Walmart and bought two more. It’s much better now. 😀

The storage containers aren’t crooked. They just look it in the picture lol.

How do you store your makeup/ beauty products?

Valentines Day Nails

I’ve been testing out a few products that I bought two weeks ago so the reviews for them will be up shortly. Since Valentines Day is a week from today I decided to use that as a theme for my nails.

Nail Polish: An Affair in Red Square by OPI.  It’s a gorgeous red color.

The white roses on the nails are stickers by Broadway Nails that I found at Walgreens. They came in a pack with other kinds of stickers as well.

Oh Deere

One of my favorite places to get makeup ideas from is Doe Deere, the owner of Lime Crime makeup. Doe Deere, whose name is Xenia, moved from Russia to the United States when she was younger. Now she has her a makeup line, but before that she released her own music and sold clothing. Yesterday I was going to do a post on Doe Deere, Lime Crime and reviews on her makeup that I have bought,  but my opinion of her has changed drastically in the past 24 hours.

*Image taken from Lime Crime

A few years ago I remember reading online that quite a few people didn’t like her and they thought she was a scam artist. Since you can’t trust everything you read, I ignored what was written. When people start their own business or are very talented they can receive many haters and I thought that was what was happening. Then yesterday while I was doing research on Doe Deere more than a few posts came up on Google about her being a scam artist. Many of the people who wrote these posts had bought makeup from her and liked her originally but their opinions of her have gone downhill.

I contacted someone I know online (don’t want to give their name out). They said they have known Doe Deere for quite a few years, that they like her and they are shocked by the allegations against her. I do trust this person and I believe they are telling me what they honestly believe, but since there are so many stories about Doe Deere being a scam artist by many different people, I tend to believe the people who don’t like her. Like I said earlier in this post I did like her and was going to do a positive review about her and her makeup line but because there are so many bad things about her I am not going to now. I don’t hate her as she hasn’t personally done anything to me and I’m not telling my readers to hate her. I just want everyone to do their own research and come up with their own conclusions.

To see some of the things that are said about her being not so nice click on the following links:

http://lillianfunnyface.blogspot.com/2009/10/lime-crime-makeup-dilemma.html

http://www.lipsticksandlightsabers.com/2009/10/xenis-speaks-u-guise.html

http://www.examiner.com/beauty-in-new-york/is-it-a-crime-to-look-this-good-lime-crime-makeup (read the comments)

http://emeraldsrain.livejournal.com/149717.html

http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Doe_Deere

http://www.afrobella.com/2009/11/12/the-straight-dope-from-doe-deere/ (read the comments)

There are many more sites out there about this topic. Just Google it.

Isolaz

Since I started using the Green Apple Peel by Juice Beauty my skin has been looking pretty good. There’s still a few zits on my face but not many, so I am very happy at the moment.  I’m so glad my friend recommended it to me. Other than acne, one of my problems with the skin on my face is blackheads. I don’t have any on my forehead, but my nose has tons. While browsing TotalBeauty.com the other day I came across an article there on Isolaz. Never heard of Isolaz before but it sounded interesting. Here’s what Totalbeauty.com had to say about it:

The procedure: Isolaz

What it is: An in-office acne treatment that uses a broadband light and a vacuum to deeply purify pores.

How it works: A cleansing vacuum loosens and extracts dirt and excess oil from deep within pores then a painless light helps to destroy acne-causing bacteria.

Downtime: There is no redness or crusting following the procedure and patients can resume normal activities immediately.

Average cost: $200-350 per treatment. Four to six treatments are usually needed, but some patients may need more or less.

After doing more research on this I really want it done but I don’t have the money for it at the moment. Even if I did I couldn’t get it done because it only seems to be  in 6 places (Canada, Ireland, Germany, Japan, Spain, United Kingdom). I couldn’t find any information on it being done where I live. O (Operahs magazine), Allure, Instyle, Marie Claire and a few other magazines have mentioned Isolaz so hopefully it will become avaliable in the United States at some point in the future.

Anyone know anything about it? Ever had this treatment?

For more information visit Isolaz.com.

Neutrogena Triple Moisture Deep Recovery Hair Mask

Today was supposed to be my second day of school (I go on Tuesdays and Thursdays) but we had a snow day. Every week the schools around here have had at least one snow day since this winter started. The amount of snow we have been getting is insane. We are well over the average amount of snowfall and winter just started last month.

Since it’s so cold out the heat inside the house has to be turned up high and it’s been drying out my hair and my skin. My skin is so dry that it’s itchy. I keep scratching at it nonstop which just makes it all red.

My hair has always been frizzy, but because of the radiator it is becoming even dryer. On Monday when I went shopping I bought a hair mask by Neutrogena. I’ve been wanting to try it for a while but never bought it (I can be cheap sometimes lol).

Neutrogena Triple Moisture Deep Recovery Hair Mask

The  directions say to “apply a small amount to your wet hair after you shampoo it. Leave on for 3 to 5 minutes and then rinse well”. Sometimes I put olive oil in my dry hair and let it soak in my hair for a while so I decided to do that with this product. I covered my hair completely with this mask and let it sit for 1 hour 20 minutes. After I washed the mask out of my hair with just water, no shampoo. I did it last night and wasn’t going anywhere so I didn’t need to use shampoo. My hair felt really soft after. This morning I washed my hair, with shampoo, in the shower. I didn’t use conditioner because I wanted to make sure this product worked. After I dried my hair, it felt so smooth and there was no frizz (I did use a straightener but my hair before that didn’t look frizzy at all).

The next time I use this hair mask I think I will put it on my dry hair again. It might just be me, but I feel like putting this on wet hair for 3 to 5 minutes won’t do much for my hair. Overall I did like this product. It made my hair feel really smooth and it helped with the frizz. The only downside (for me anyway) is that it’s a bit pricey. The product cost $7.49 USD but the jar isn’t very big. If you have long hair like I do you will get 3 uses of this tops. The jar is about half empty already. I would repurchase this hair mask  if my hair gets really dry and frizzy again (which I know it will).

For more reviews on this you can visit Makeupalley.com.

For reference: my hair is naturally wavy, few inches longer than my shoulders, I rarely use a straightener or hair dryer and my hair is dyed about 4 times a year.

Any questions about this product please let me know. 😀

Is Luuux a Scam?

I heard about Luuux months ago but I only recently thought about joining. For those of you who don’t know what Luuux is I will explain. It’s a website where instead of having a blog on WordPress, Blogspot, etc, you post at their website. Every time you add or comment on someone content, or like a post you get points. The points can be redeemed for prizes such as makeup brushes, Apple iPads, cameras, gift cards plus many other things. I know some people would say it sounds too good to be true but I use Swagbucks which really does work so I thought Luuux was a great.

That was until earlier today I was looking at a makeup blog (I honestly can’t remember which one as I was browsing a few at one time) and they said that Luuux has quite a few flaws which made me think that joining may not be a good idea. I went to Google and looked for more information on this website and while many people did like the website, many had problems with it. For one, there was a MAJOR problem with people on the website stealing other peoples content. Since the more you post, the more points you get, people are trying to post often and stealing other peoples content is much faster than typing up your own stuff. You can’t always stop people from taking your content especially the words that you type but for pictures you can at least put your website link on the image to stop people from taking them.

Another problem is that when you do get enough points for a product you have to pay for shipping yourself. You can either pay for shipping by using more points or using actual money. Shipping should be included in the price of the product. You shouldn’t have to pay for your shipping yourself!

There were quite a few other issues but those two seemed to be the biggest.

For more information on this topic visit the following links:

Have You Tried Luuux?
Luuux: A Place Where Thieves Get Ahead
Luuux.Com Do I Smell Something Fishy
Luuux Users Please Don’t Try Me!

Those are just a few websites that complain about Luuux. There are many more out there just Google it for more information.

On Luuux I saw some posts by some girls getting bitchy about non Luuux users complaining about the website. I know not all the girls are stealing other peoples posts but I just wanted to get the message out there and tell readers to be careful when they sign up for stuff online.

Long Ass Day

I have a killer headache because today was a long tiring day. It was my first day back at school after winter vacation so that means new classes. My mom came into my room early this morning to tell me she was driving me to school because it was snowing out a bit and she said she doesn’t trust me driving in the snow (she doesn’t trust me driving in the summer either though lol). Then she went on and on yelling at me about how my father saw me driving to fast down our street. My dad yelled at me yesterday but he shouldn’t talk. He drives faster than me and he has road rage!

So on the way to school my mom noticed an icon lit up on the dashboard telling her that there was a problem with one of the tires. We got to my school at 9:20 AM (my class started at 9:30) and my mom sees that her front left tire was flat. Some guy who was getting out of his car to go in the school notices that there is a problem so he says he will help. While he is trying to help us he sees the spare tire stuck under some metal bar and he can’t get to it since he doesn’t have any tools. We thank him for trying and then he leaves.

I call my dad and he says to  tell my mom to call AAA. She tried and it couldn’t go through. Then I kept trying but we kept getting a busy signal so my mom called my dad and told him. Since class was starting I went inside to find my classroom. A  different class took over the classroom I was supposed to be in. I was confused since I didn’t know where to go, so I waited for a few more people to show up. We waited for about 10 minutes and then another student appeared and said we were being moved to another classroom. The class seems to be a bit boring I think. It’s American Literature I and it’s on readings from authors before the Civil War. I like to read but I don’t like people telling me what to read. The teacher said if you miss more than a  few classes you will get a zero. Ugh. I get sick a lot. Better not be sick for this class then!

When I get out of class I call my mom and I find  out that my dad got through to AAA and it was going to be up to a 3 hour wait. A man from AAA told my dad that yesterday they got over 300 phone calls! 😮 That’s a ton. My mom was sitting in the schools lounge area so I sat with her. I felt like a nerd. First day of school and I’m trying to make new friends and I sit with my mom. Nice. Lol. The whole time she kept talking and talking to me. It was driving me nuts.

My grandmother had a doctors appointment scheduled for last Tuesday but because of the major snow storm she had to cancel it. She rescheduled it for today at 10:00 AM but because of the flat tire my dad had to take her. It was important for her to go because she has high blood pressure and the medicine she had been taking gave her a bad allergic reaction. 😦

My dad called and says he will be there in 2 minutes and AAA calls right after and said they will be there in 5 minutes. Me and my mom went outside to wait for them (in the freezing cold). Then my dad got there and I felt like the biggest nerd ever because I was at school with both my parents. The AAA guy comes and fixes the car but I can skip the details on that. Not really interesting. :p

After my class I had to go to work. Since I knew I was going to be late to work I called my boss and told her that. The good thing about my job is that I don’t have a specific time to go in at. I can make my own hours but I always go in at the same time. Since I got to work late I left late. Since I wasn’t expecting the flat tire to happen, I thought I would go to work, then come home and eat. But because of the flat tire everything got delayed so I hadn’t eaten. When I don’t eat much I get a bad headache. Now my head is killing me. Hopefully tomorrow will be better although I doubt it because we are getting more snow then and on Thursday. 😦   /Rant.

I Need to Stop Buying Stuff

I start school tomorrow (wish me luck!). I wish I had another week. This vacation went by so fast! A month ago today was Christmas Eve. That’s crazy how it flew by. 😮

Yesterday I told myself I need to stop buying so much stuff. I do a lot of online shopping. I said “no more buying anything until the end of February”. That’s cheating a bit though since this month is almost over and February is the shortest month. Today I went to the store and bought quite a few things although that just means more beauty reviews!

*Neutrogena Triple Moisture Deep Recovery Hair Mask
Never tried this before but I like the brand Neutrogena and my hair needs more moisture in it. It’s so dry and frizzy.

*Sally Hansen Salon Effects in #210 Frock Star
Saw these online and I’ve been wanting to try them (sorry the picture is so blurry).

*Broadway Nails Fashion Divas Nail Art
Never used nail stickers before so I wanted to try them.

*Kiss Nail Artist Stickers
I thought these were cute. They can make a solid nail color more interesting.

*Broadway Nails Fashion Diva Toenail Kit #BGNO1
They were on sale and I’ve never tried fake toe nails on before. I have them on now so someday this week I will write a review on them.

*Broadway Nails Nail Dress Stick-On Wraps
Sorry the picture is blurry! 😦

I also bought some candy which isn’t good as the weather is so bad I haven’t gone to the gym in ages. Reviews coming up on these products soon! 😀