May Beauty and Random Favorites

Hello ladies. I know I kinda late with my May favorites but hope that's ok. Majority of beauty items are completely new to me and I haven't tried them before. All of them are drugstore products and surprisingly enough many are from L'Oreal. I promise you this is not a sponsored video, I just happen to try them at the same time and I actually like them so much so I decided to include them in my favorites. Basically all of the beauty items are products that I've been using pretty much everyday in May. Here is the complete list:

L'Oreal Ideal Glow cleansing oil

L'Oreal eye makeup remover

Garnier moisture match for combination/oily skins

Rimmel Stay Matte powder

Maybelline Color Tattoo in Barely Branded

L'Oreal Infallible eyeshadow in Paradise Orchid

Inglot eyeshadow in #397 Pearl

L'Oreal Glam Bronze in Blond Sun

Maybelline Rocket Volume mascara

If you want to see a mini review of the each item plus my random favorite you can watch my video:

What do you think of my favorites? Have you tried any of them? Let me know in the comments below!

Essie Penny Talk

Essie Penny Talk

Essie Penny Talk is one of nail polishes from the Mirror Metallic collection that Essie released in Summer 2012. The color you see in the bottle has nothing to do with the actual color; in the bottle it looks gold and on the nails it is a beautiful rose gold shade. I was looking for such color for a very long time to be honest.

The color is, like I said, rose gold with metallic finish which almost looks like foil depending on the lighting. The formulation is kinda tricky to work with. I find that if you want to go over the area you just painted before it drys you most likely gonna create bald spots but because the nail polish is opaque, with careful application, you might get away with just 1 coat ( for the swatches I used 2 coats). It is slightly streaky but due to it's finish you most likely won't be able to tell it. The wear time is good and I actually prefer wearing it without top coat. Something that I wanted to mention is that this nail polish stained my nails even though I was wearing base coat but I was able to remove it by slightly buffing my nails with a buffer.

Overall I really like the color and although it's a bit hard to work with I will continue using it just because it's a really pretty rose gold nail polish that I always wanted. On side note, if you have ridges on your nails I would definitely suggest you to use a ridge filler base coat because I feel like this formulation will makes them more obvious.

What do you think of this nail polish?Do you like metallic nail polishes? Let me know in the comments below!

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China Glaze Galactic Gray

China Glaze Galactic Gray

Hello ladies. China Glaze Galactic Gray is my first ever holographic nail polish. I know I'm kind late to the whole holo trend but better late than never. This nail polish is part of one of China Glaze's latest collection Hologlam which has 12 nail polishes. 

Galactic Gray is dark grey nail polish with holographic effect (obviously). I have to admit that the holo effect is not as strong as I thought it would be but from what I read this has the best holo effect of the 12 nail polishes from that collection and I really like it. Now, like I mentioned this is my first holo nail polish so I don't know how other apply but with this one you have to be careful. When you apply the first coat you can't go over it before it drys because it will strike and create bald spots. The application of this nail polish is definitely more time consuming than normal nail polish but I think with 2 coats you will be ok ( for the photos I applied 2 coats). The wear time is good but I'm not sure if it will look better if you apply top coat to prolong the wear time because depending on the top coat it might affect the holographic effect. 

Overall I do like Galactic Gray but if you want strong holo effect you might be slightly disappointed with this one. The nail polishes from this collection are more expensive than regular China Glaze nail polishes but you can buy it online for $4.95 here.

What do you think of this nail polish?Have you tried holographic nail polishes? Let me know in the comments below!

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