Sally Girl TTFN

Sally Girl TTFN

TTFN is a dusty mint-sage creme with blue undertones and is opaque in 2 coats. The formula was a little thick, which can give you cuticle drag if you don't let each coat dry, but was easy to work with. It does not level well, though, as you guys can clearly see on my pinky. Dry time was a bit slow because of the somewhat thick formula. TTFN dried with a nice gloss.

*For the record, TTFN was a little separated at the top of the bottle, meaning it was a bit old when I received it.

I'm sure you guys are wondering if the bottle is really as small as shown. It really is! To give you guys a clearer picture of the size, here it is next to Essence You Belong To Me:

Essence polish bottles are 0.16 fl.oz/5 mL while Sally Girl bottles are 0.18 fl. oz/5.3 mL. I find this very interesting because it looks like Essence has more product inside their bottles than Sally Girl does, probably due to the bottle size and shape. Both also cost $0.99.

TTFN is my first Sally Girl polish. What do you guys think of Sally Girl?

See you guys on the other side of the day!

- M

Sally Beauty Haul + Rescue Beauty Lounge Lemming

My Sally Beauty Haul

Face Secret Cosmetic Wedges with Vitamin E - They feel very soft and squishy, but definitely have structure to them. Can't wait to try them out for gradients, galaxy nails, and etc.! :D

Select-A-Style Wheel (Fruit Fimo) - This thing is so hard to spin! It gets stuck on certain areas of the wheel. Bleh! Already, I can see that some slices are not cut very well and missing some pieces.

Finger Paints Late Night Rendez-vous - A shimmery blue that appears to flash green and gold.

Sally Girl TTFN - A dusty mint-sage that is blue-toned.

Sally Girl Pink It Up - A pink coral.

*In-depth reviews of the cosmetic wedges and fruit fimos will come once I have a good idea of how they work.

I am honestly very disappointed with Sally Beauty Online. I ordered from the site believing I will be satisfied and because I don't have a Sally Beauty store even remotely near me. However... After two days of ordering, I was curious as to why I didn't receive an e-mail that my order had process and shipped. (Why only a couple of days? It's because that's how long it takes for my orders from other sites to process and ship.) On the third day or so, I received an e-mail saying my order was delayed. Alright, fine. At least they got my order and finally notified me. I got another e-mail a day later showing what and the quantity of what I purchased and notifying me that my order finally shipped. It wasn't until I received my package yesterday that I knew why my order was probably delayed: one of the polishes I ordered, Finger Paints Movie in the Park, was out of stock and Sally Beauty was probably scrambling to update the inventory. But what my real problem with Sally Beauty Online is this: my second e-mail did not say anything OUTRIGHT that the polish was out of stock and that I was getting my money back. Instead, they listed the polish as still on my order, but with quantity: 0 and total: $0.00. Granted, I was not carefully looking at the e-mail, but I did see the polish was still listed. I really think Sally Beauty should have e-mailed me in a separate e-mail (or, at the very least, in the same e-mail and before stating that my order was shipped) that it could not send me the polish because it was out of stock and that I would be refunded, instead of just implying it. 

This problem also occurred when I ordered a haul from ULTA online. However, they e-mailed me actually saying that Nicole by OPI Khloe Had a Little Lam-Lam (which I got the next time I ordered from ULTA) was out of stock, how they didn't have a backorder process at the time, and that I would not be charged for any missing items/pending holds. ULTA was very honest and up-front about it, which Sally Beauty was not at all. Bottom line is that I will probably not order from Sally Beauty online again (also because of the quality of some of the products). I will be sticking to ULTA online.

On a much happier note... My lemming for Rescue Beauty Lounge Jane has finally been FULFILLED!

Rescue Beauty Lounge Jane

Love the packaging and how Ji Baek (the owner and creator of the lovely, awesome, magnificent, etc. RBL polishes) put it as first-class mail! (No wonder shipping was more expensive than I was used to!) I can not wait to wear this gem!

If you want any RBL polishes from the Real Housewives of Tudor Dynasty collection, they are still online (brought back by the Vintage Bring-It-Back system). Anne, whose beginnings were from that collection, appears to be a part of RBL's core collection, but I'm not sure. However, even core collection polishes can be sold out. Act fast!

Well, that's that! I hope everyone has a good weekend!

See you guys on the other side of the day!

- M

Confetti My Favorite Martian

Confetti My Favorite Martian

My Favorite Martian is a green-yellow glass fleck and is opaque in 3 coats, with the first coat sheer. The formula was a little runny, but not as much as Moonstruck. I didn't have a hard time applying either polish. Dry time was pretty good. 

Much like Moonstruck, I can't believe I waited so long to try My Favorite Martian out! Jeez, what is wrong with me? Granted, I was afraid the yellow tones would clash with my skin tone, but it doesn't. It's so pretty up close.

See you guys on the other side of the day!

- M

Confetti Moonstruck

Confetti Moonstruck

Moonstruck is a taupe creme that leans purple and is opaque in 2 coats. The formula was a bit too watery for my tastes, but the dry time was pretty good. It dries very shiny; I love it when polishes do that! 

I've been meaning to try Moonstruck  for a while now (read: for 2 years now), but another polish would always catch my eye. Such a shame because Moonstruck reminds me why I love cremes so much. Especially ones that dry very shiny! 

Confetti polishes, from what I know, are only sold at CVS.

See you guys on the other side of the day!

- M

Orly Space Cadet

Orly Space Cadet

First of all, I need to get this out of the way.

Do you see that gorgeous color shift?! I'm warning you, if you continue reading this post, you will go out of your way to find this stunner! You have been warned!

Actually, for some suspense, I'm going to post the rest of the pictures after my review! ;)

Space Cadet is a multichrome and is opaque in 3 coats. It flashes rose-pink, orange, yellow, golden green, pink-purple... I'm actually not sure. It flashes so readily that I don't even know how many or what colors there are. One thing is for sure is that the teal base peeks through. Anyways, the formula was great! It applied SO well! The polish was packed with pigments too! As always with Orly, the brush handle was very nice to use and rested comfortably between my fingers. Dry time was quicker than average.

...YOU NEED THIS POLISH. YOU NEED IT. End of story.

Now here's the rest of the pictures, which shows the beautiful color-shift. Have you guys died of suspense yet? :

In the shade:

Bottle shot! :

I believe a part of myself just died and went to nail polish heaven. R.I.P.

Anyways, I wanted to swatch this beauty for you guys because I have some pretty sad news. I got in organic chemistry lecture and lab this summer. It lasts 10 weeks and covers one whole year of ochem. I'll be much too stressed and busy to post often. :( Posts will, hopefully, be here and there until the class ends. ...At least you get to see this treasure before I'm on temporary leave, right? 

See you guys on the other side of the day!

- M