Shakeup Your Makeup

Tons of Halloween items are starting to pop up in the drug stores and mass merchandisers!  While at Meijer over the weekend, I spotted the coveted pumpkin polishes, along with several offerings from Fantasy Makers, Sally Hansen Salon Effects Nail Stickers, and Kiss.  I love this time of year - it's always fun to see the new products come out!

 

 

Have you seen this collection out? Have you tried any of them?  Thoughts?  I'd love to hear what you think!

 

I didn't get any of these, but do think they are really cute.  Have you picked these up?  Which one is your favorite?

 

 

I spotted some new Maybelline Color Show Nail Stickers at Meijer yesterday.  I was drawn in by this gorgeous orange below, and the rest are pretty neat as well.  Price was $6.49 each and there were lots to choose from!  They were kind of tribal looking, which was neat.  Something beyond the glitters and solid colors out there. 

 

Closeups of the nail strips below. 

 

Meijer never fails when it comes to all the new products and various Halloween makeup goodies this time of year.  The Halloween aisle wasn't as packed as normal, but I still found lots of things to share with you.  First up, Sinful Magnetic polishes.  Of all the magnetic polishes I've seen, this is the first one I've seen with a removable magnet, meaning you could collect various different patterns to use on all of your magnetic polishes.  Smart! 

 

You can see the "ring" that has the magnet on it in the picture below.

 

Next up the Kiss Nail Artist Halloween Stickers.  I love their seasonal stickers - they are so fun and cute, and a really simple and easy way to add some holiday spirit to your manicure, without a lot of time or effort. 

 

Also from Kiss, the Lip Dress lip tattoos.  These are definitely outside of my comfort zone, but they would be a neat way to really snap up a Halloween costume (i.e. the Cheetah lips if you were dressing up as a cat, etc).

 

There were also several varieties of Nail Stickers a-la-Sally-Hanson-Salon-Effects...

 

First up, Kiss Nail Dress.  Several varieties here, but I think I already showed you these from a Walgreens spotting. 

 

Also, Fright Night had some Nail Wraps and new polish colors for Halloween.

 

These nail wraps aren't exactly Halloween specific - they are bright and could certainly be worn anytime.  Below are some closeups of the wraps. 

 

Have you seen any of these?  Have you tried the Lip Dress by Kiss? 

 

Jumping on the magnetic nail polish trend, LA Girls has a display at Meijer, that not only had some different colors, but also had some different designs to apply outside of the typical stripes/squiggles.  Each color had a different type of magnet available, be it a "target", "V", diagonal, "c" or star.  I believe these were $3.99 a piece. 

Sally Hansen has a new Limited Edition Insta Dry collection out now - this set is full of rich blues, purples and a few really vamp colors.  The one I was most drawn to, called In A Flurry, was a black base with holographic glitter in it.  I did buy, so when I get around to wearing I will definitely take pictures. 

Have you seen this collection yet? 

Spotted at Meijer this weekend, the new Wet 'n Wild Limited Edition Magnetic nail color collection.  This collection has more bold and primary colors compared to a lot of the warmer shades of other collections I've seen - i.e. there is a rich evergreen/Kelly green as opposed to the typical olive greens I've seen on the shelf.  The colors look really pretty in the bottle without the magnet, so I'm sure they are neat once applied.  Retail is $4.99, and I believe there were 8 total colors in the collection.

Have you seen these yet? 

Maybelline's Great Lash has another limited edition display this year, including 4 different colors in mascara.  There is a bright blue, green, teal and purple.  At Meijer they were $4.39 each. 

I wish I liked Great Lash more - these colors are beautiful!

These came out a while ago, but I have seen the display pop up again over the past several weeks.  This one, pictured at Meijer, was fully stocked, but when I went back two days later to pick something up, there was only one polish left.  I did not get any of these, but the Jewel overcoats are very pretty. 

Feel free to click the pictures to zoom in for a closeup. 

I spotted this at Meijer over the weekend, and am wishing I actually bought one of them.  There were two sets that I could see - one came with pink, lavender and blue, and the other set came with red, silver and black.  Both contained the dotting tool. 

If you are a regular on Pinterest, I'm sure you see all the cute designs people come up with for their manicure, and this would be such a good addition to your collection if you don't already own a tool. 

Have you seen this one yet?

Next up the Color Club Take Wing collection.  Let me just say how happy I am to see Color Club displays now out and about in the stores where I live.  For years I've seen these polishes swatched on the blogs and haven't been able to find them, but I'm thinking times are changing here in a good way!

The Take Wing collection is a set of beautiful bright and summery colors with iridescent flakes and glitters.  I picked up three colors I will swatch for you later.  These are so gorgeous.  Retail was $3.99 a piece. 

Have you seen either of these?  What colors did you pick up?

Another new collection spotted at Meijer this past weekend - the Maybelline Exotic Escape Summer 2012 Collection.  This is a set of 5 eyeliners, 5 eyeshadow sets, 5 lipsticks and one blush.  These colors are very bright and tropical, so if you are looking for something a bit bolder now that the weather is starting to warm up, these might be just the thing.

More pictures after the jump!

The Meijer I do my usual grocery shopping in has finally restocked with some new cosmetics and nailpolish, so I have quite a few things to post here.  First up, some Color Club.  I'm so happy to see these finally stocked on a regular basis, instead of just in little holiday packs.  I read about and see this brand on blogs all the time, and have never found anywhere to purchase until now. 

Meijer had a huge end cap/rack of Color Club's Magnetic Polishes in a variety of shades.  I took closeups below, as well as purchased two (Hipnotic and Sci-Fi) so I'll post pictures and reviews of those once I am able to swatch them.  There are a total of 6 colors to choose from on this display.  Price for each was $5.99 a bottle, which was more than regular Color Club polishes ($3.99 a piece at Meijer), but I believe these are bigger bottles, although I could be wrong. 

More pictures below after the jump...

I snagged this Studio M polish half off the other day when I was getting groceries at Meijer.  I believe it's from their spring/Easter collection and at $1.49 I had to pick it up. 

Cute Chick is a very pale metallic lavender-pink with iridescent microglitter throughout.  I'd say there are even traces of tiny flakies in it too.

Here's a closeup of the side, so you can see the color and the shimmer.

Below is three coats.  This is a very sheer, thin polish.  It's a beautiful color and a nice way to wear color in a subtle way.  This would also be beautiful layered ontop of another color: purple, black, white, etc...

I wanted to try and capture the shimmer in this polish, but my camera died, so I snapped a few shots with my camera phone.  They aren't quite as hi-res as the others, but you get the point.

Like I've said, I really like the color selection of the Studio M polishes.  Yes, they aren't quite as pigmented as some others, but for $2.99 a piece, the selection is nice!

Milani Black Magic Liner and Eye Glimmer were on clearance at Meijer a few weeks back, so I picked up two to try out: Teal and Pink.  These are dual ended eyeliners, with one side being a blackened liner in the color stated, and the other end being a thick glitter-crayon topcoat. 

From the Milani website:

A dual-ended pencil that delivers three amazing looks! Apply blackened liner on lash line or on the eye lid for deep, dramatic eyes. Use the glimmer top coat over the blackened liner to create a spectacular dazzling look. Wear the glimmer top coat by itself on entire eye lid for a magical effect! 

The other side (the blackened side) is difficult to decipher the color, which is the point.  When actually swatched, there is a hint of shimmer, in either teal or pink in this case.  The consistency of this side of the pencil reminds me of a kohl.  Somewhat chalky, but actually quite pigmented and easy to use, I preferred this side of the pencil to the glitter portion.

Below are swatches of Pink and Teal.  From left to right: glitter side alone, pencil/kohl side alone, glitter on top of kohl.

Notice how the glitter side actually washes out the kohl/blackened pencil?  That really frustrated me.  I really don't think I'll use the glitter side.  It was chunky, difficult to use/blend, and really doesn't show up on it's own.  Instead I will lend these pencils to the use as a smokey/smudgy liner. 

Have you tried these before?  What did you think?