Bitter Gold by Amanda Nail Serum is an amazing nail strengthening serum with a secret. It’s a translucent, odorless serum polish that goes on clear and magically disappears into the nail with nothing left behind except stronger nails. The serum contains a cocktail of ingredients: Silica and Biotin to strengthen and harden nails as they …
Coming Attractions on NSDB for Spring 2019
Instead of a review, today I’m doing a quick “Coming Attractions” over the next few months post! As you can see, I have a ton of skincare products to review. In order to adequately review most skincare products (except maybe cleansers and toners), I need to use the products for about a month. So I …
Morgan Taylor Professional Nail Lacquer: No Way Rose
Just buy it already! I have been singing the praises of Morgan Taylor Professional Nail Lacquer for months, and I probably sound like a broken record (wow, people probably don’t say that anymore). But in spite of the fact that MT doesn’t have a lot of holos or thermals or tons of glitter polishes (they …
Recent Ulta Presidents Day Sale Small Haul
As often is the case, I took advantage of the recent Presidents Day sale at Ulta to replace a couple of items that I knew I am running out of and to try a couple of new things on sale. My favorite primer with skincare benefits is IT Cosmetics No. 50 Serum Anti-Aging Foundation Primer. …
Glam Polish Heffalumps And Woozles
As I mentioned in another polish review recently, my nails have been surprisingly good this winter. I think it must be because it hasn’t been such a bad or cold winter here in Massachusetts this year. So I have been wearing polish more often. Also, I follow a lot of nail bloggers these days, and …
Zoya Caresse and Lauren Nail Polishes and Giveaway to Enter
I know I shouldn’t say anything and jinx it, but so far this winter, my nails look pretty darn good. I’m continuing to take 10K mcg biotin every day (my favorite is Natrol strawberry flavored Fast Dissolve tabs reviewed here), and I know without them my nails would be a cracked mess. In the winter, …
NOTD: Zoya Ruthie Nail Lacquer
Yesterday started with me being awakened by the doorbell. The HVAC repairman arrived 90 minutes early. When does that ever happen? He brought a part to install in my ancient humidifier that was added on to my furnace when I bought the house 17 years ago. I offered him a cup of coffee, and when …
My Best of Makeup, Makeup Tools and Nail Polish from 2018
I love to look back and see what I discovered in 2018 that I really loved. Here are the makeup products, makeup tools or accessories and two nail products that I found in 2018 and have become favorites of mine. Surprisingly, no eyeshadow palettes. I am thinking I don’t need to buy any more …
My Holiday Nail Polish Choices 2018
This fall, I hardly wore nail polish at all because I was doing a lot of garden work. And as the temperatures got colder, my long summer nails broke. But after taking advantage of the pre-holiday sales, I have a lot of new polishes to try out. I was definitely in the mood for shimmer, …
My Pre-Holiday 2018 Beauty Haul
I mostly shop for cosmetics during sales. There are enough sales these days that it’s not hard to wait. Ulta had two 20% off sale opportunities, and Sephora had a 20% off coupon for VIB. Sephora also had a $20 off $75 close to Christmas that I passed on since I had bought enough during …
My Zoya Haul and Zanna Mani
I always look forward to Zoya’s Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales. They’re the best. This year on Black Friday, I bought four of the quads, 2 to give as gifts and 2 for me. At $9 for four polishes, they were a complete steal! Even at the regular $30 price, they’re a good deal. The two …
Morgan Taylor Hollywood’s Sweetheart Nail Lacquer & A New Superfast Drying Topcoat
As the temperature has gotten colder, my nails that were very long this summer have started breaking. My two index fingernails started it. In response, I filed my other nails somewhat but not to as short as my index nails. Boo. Even taking biotin everyday and using cuticle and nail cream, the winter is tough …
OPI Infinite Shine 2 Fan Faves: Grand Canyon Sunset
The OPI Infinite Shine 2 collection is supposed to be a long-wearing, super shiny set of polishes. Infinite Shine 2 has a base coat and a topcoat as part of the collection. Infinite Shine 2 is supposed to be super shiny and is supposed to last 11 days. Several weeks ago, I noticed (probably on …
Do Certain Colors Make You Buy Them Over and Over Again?
A couple of weeks ago, I was watching a YouTube video from a very sweet blogger/vblogger, Cassie from Southeast By Midwest, who was talking about her 5 favorite nail polishes. I don’t know what came over me, but the minute she showed one of her favorites, TGIF from Formula X, I had to have it. …
Summer 2018 Beauty Empties
Summer flew by. So sad to see it go. But it was a fun, busy summer for me. No complaints at all. In fact, I was so busy that I didn’t get a chance to write an empties post at the end of July. Instead I’m doing a mega empties post for July and August. …