Milani Purple Gleam

Happy Halloween weekend #1! We definitely have had a good one so far.  There are days that I absolutely can't believe I'm in college and this weekend definitely was one of them.  However, it really made me realize that I could not imagine being anywhere other than where I am right now.  It's a great feeling to feel like you're where you're supposed to be.  Anyways, I didn't do a Go Buffs mani this weekend, just to keep up with the spirit of Halloween, so instead I'm showing you what I was wearing earlier this week.

When we went to LA we went to a CVS across the street from the hotel we were at. I was halfway across the store when I glanced at the Beauty section (always a bad idea) and noticed the Milani display.  My heart almost stopped as I ran over and discovered all the nail polishes were on sale. I'd been looking for Milani polishes for a couple of years, as the brand isn't in Colorado. And thank goodness it isn't, I know where all my money would be going. So I picked up the color I'd been wanting for years: Purple Gleam.

This is with tipwear from 3 days

Read on for more pictures and the review!

Urban Decay Friends and Family Sale

Uh oh.

One of the bloggers I follow definitely posted about the Urban Decay Friends and Family sale (20% off on everything!), which meant that I got my hands on that coupon code.  My bank account is pretty upset with me, but I just got the message that my package was delivered and I almost started hyperventilating. And I (being the brat that I am) decided to tell my roommate about it, and she definitely spent some moolah too! After some discussion between the 2 of us, we decided on what we would get.

She decided on the Naked 2 palette, since she has a fairer complexion than I do, so the taupe colors would look better on her. I decided on the original Naked palette (both palettes are $50 originally), since I have more of an olive skin tone, which means the darker browns would be perfect.  And then I decided that the browns and neutrals weren't exciting enough, so I got a few of the vintage eyeshadows on sale ($6 each before the discount!) that were brightly colored, so I was very excited.

With shipping, I ended up paying $56! So I was absolutely thrilled.
Read on for details on what I got in my package!

Go Buffs Fall 2012 Version 6.0

We traveled to Los Angeles this past weekend for the CU vs. USC game (in which we were absolutely demolished, let's be honest) but the GBMB had a great time!  We got to LAX around 5:30pm on Friday night, and a lot of us went out to dinner and/or went to the pool. We decided that we would go hang out with the USC band for the night, and while there were multiple people that were less than accepting, we met a few people that were very nice and made it worthwhile. We got back to the hotel and fell asleep around 4:30AM, then we woke up at 9 on Saturday, had some DELICIOUS hotel breakfast (riddled with sarcasm) and went to the game.  While we went knowing fully that it was going to be a bad beat, we definitely missed our Buffalo fans (I've never seen so many middle fingers pointing in my direction just for wearing my uniform).  But on the plus side, the altitude difference made it really incredible how much louder our small band was!

After the game, we decided to just stay up all night (since we had to get on the bus at 5am Sunday morning).  So we called a cab and I went to my first In N Out restaurant! I took that first bite and I was in heaven.  And the Animal-Style Fries? To die for. It was incredible. Then we went to the beach! It was around 11 when we arrived at the beach.  Now I haven't been to the beach since I was 12, so I felt like a little kid riding around in the waves.  I even found a sand dollar! But as soon as I got home, I realized the amount of sand I had in the layers of my bikini was ridiculous. 

We got home to Boulder around 1pm on Sunday, and I would have taken a nap if not studying for my Chem exam tomorrow.  Around 5 we left for the Parachute, Boys Like Girls, and All American Rejects concert in downtown Denver!  The 14-year-old me was extremely happy and the concert was so incredible! Then, after 39 hours of being awake, I finally went to bed.  Thank goodness, I was about to sleep standing up! I'm not going to be doing that again for a while, but I have absolutely no regrets, I'm happy to report this was one of the greatest weekends I've had in college so far! Go Buffs!

I'm in love with Parachute

Can the BLG bass player be any more attractive?

All American Rejects for the win.

Anyway, here's the mani that I wore to LA this weekend, I got a lot of compliments on it from fellow Buff fans! It's two layers of OPI Glitzerland with a layer of Claire's gold glitter topcoat (a gold holo) in a gradient from the tips.

Song of the Day: Kiss Me Slowly by Parachute

OPI Don't Mess With OPI!

So one of my roommates is painting her nails and she asks me "do you have any nail polishes that you haven't worn yet?" And I answered her "probably about half of my collection I've never worn." And she was SHOCKED, so now I am going to be going through a bunch of untried polishes and making my way through them. I don't think I'll do them all in a row (I have too many favorites), but I hope to be doing more of them than I was before.

The first one I have is OPI's Don't Mess with OPI from the Texas Collection a few years ago.  It's a dusty medium green creme.  It was opaque in two coats, and had a nice and shiny finish.  It was very easy to apply and came with a really good brush.  Sorry about the bluriness of the second picture.

Pro's:

• Easy-to-apply formula with a good brush
• Shiny finish!
• Opaque in 2 coats

Con's:

• Stained nails (even with 2 coats of basecoat)

Don't Mess With OPI gets an A! Too bad it stained :(

Song of the Day: I Will Wait by Mumford & Sons

Go Buffs Fall 2012 Version 5.0

We had a Thursday night game this week, and it was an absolute killer. We got home around midnight and I had to finish a couple of papers for Friday.  It was pretty brutal, but now the hell week is over (thank goodness) and I have some time to relax (after I get through practice, a volleyball game, and Buffs Madness tonight).  Anyways, this is what I did for this week of Buff pride: it's two coats of OPI Black Onyx and then a coat of China Glaze Tarnished Gold Crackle.  I haven't used any crackle or shatter polish in a while, and I was totally over the fad, but it was a really fast, easy way to get some spirited nails.

My poor dry hands :(

Song of the Day: My Body by Young the Giant

Color Club Insta-This!

Okay so I got my September Birchbox and in it was a sample size (7 ml, so really not that small) of this beauty.  Oh my gosh. I'm so obsessed.  It's like this blurple creme that I've never seen before. It's very very bright but not exactly neon, but really bright. In some lights it looks really purple and in some light it looks really blue! It also exactly matches the lid on our orange juice jug, but that's not the point. I'm so in love with this one. It applied really smoothly and I had no bubbling, which is a big deal for me, since a lot of my cremes come out looking uneven. This was two coats but it could definitely be a one-coater with a thicker coat.

I don't know what's wrong with this picture, it must have gotten stretched. I swear my middle nail doesn't actually look like this!

Keep reading for more pictures/review!

China Glaze Riveting

I normally can't do any color straight.  As pretty as they are, they just aren't great enough to be worn alone.  This is one of my exceptions.  I wanted to do something to it but nothing I thought of could do the color justice so I just left it.  And ladies, here's the kicker.  My guy friends even noticed this color, if that tells you anything.   The pictures are definitely NOT color accurate, my camera would not photograph them well.  In reality, this orange is much brighter, not so much of a deeper base, and has more of a golden tint.  It definitely shifts between the orange shimmer and the golden shimmer, so it looks different in every light.  I had some light bubbling, but I definitely used a thicker base coat layer than usual, so I take responsibility for that.  This was two coats and I reached full opacity with the slightest visible nail line not visible in person. Riveting launched with the Hunger Games collection and was meant to exemplify District 3.

Most color accurate

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Go Buffs Fall 2012 Version 4.0

Here's the nails for this past game day weekend.  I used two coats of Sally Hansen's Gilty Pleasure followed by Revlon's Black Lingerie with my trusty dotting tool for my drips. 

I'm literally dripping with Buff pride.  Haha get it?

Song of the day: Everyday by Britney Spears