My Makeup Collection 2018: Nail Polish & Nail Accessories

Hello, everyone!  How was your weekend?

Last week's MMC was supposed to be the last post in this series, but I decided at the last minute to add other beauty products to this series.  If this is something you're interested in, let me know!

I have quite a few nail polishes (I'm addicted to OPI - as you can see!) and I wanted to show you all that I have.

OPI x Hello Kitty
Starry Eyed For Dear Daniel, Look At My Bow, Never Have Too Mani Friends, Spoken From The Heart, Let's Be Friends, My Twin Mimmy, My Pal Joey, Say Hello Kitty!, Super Cute In Pink, Charmmy & Sugar, 5 Apples Tall, Small + Cute = <3, and Kitty White

OPI Germany Collection
Danke-Shiny Red, Every Month Is Oktoberfest, and German-icure by OPI

OPI (Satins-Shimmers-Glitters)
Big Apple Red, Cajun Shrimp, Mermaid's Tears, Alpine Snow, In A Holidaze, Suzi Says Feng Shui, OPI Red, Suzi Loves Cowboys, I'm Not Really A Waitress, Haven't The Foggiest, Yodel Me On My Cell, I Juggle...Men, Bling Dynasty, Significant Other Color, Simply Smashing!, This Color's Making Waves, DS Mystery, DS Indulgence, Rainbow Connection, Yoga-ta Get This Blue!, First Class Desires, and Russian Navy

OPI Shatter Collection
Gold Shatter, White Shatter, and Silver Shatter

OPI Burlesque Collection
Take The Stage (mini), Rising Star (mini), The Show Must Go On, Let Me Entertain You, Tease-y Does It, and Ali's Big Break

Clear Polish
Orly Bonder Rubberized Basecoat and OPI Natural Nail Base Coat

Nicole by OPI
Blue Lace, Star Of The Party, Always A Classic Coca-Cola, and Party In The Penthouse

Sephora by OPI
Just A Fairy-Tale

Essie
Mint Candy Apple, Pretty Edgy, Fiji, and Bikini So Teeny

Konad
Black and White

Sinful Colors
Kylie Trend Matters Velvet Collection in King Size

Sally Hansen
Petal To The Metal, Heather Hustle, and Black Out

Julep
Ming, Shelly, and Heidi

Butter London
Yummy Mummy and Ruby Murray

Formula X
Ignite, Revved Up, and Huntress

LVX
Serene

Deborah Lippmann
Mermaid's Dream and Baby Love

Misc.
PS Cosmeceutical (no shade name), Adesse in Suzannemi, and Pretty Woman (no shade name)

~Accessories~

Hello Kitty Nail Set

Nail Decals

Nail Stamping
Bundle Monster set of stamp discs and Konad scraper

Fake Nails
Kiss 100 count oval nails

Dotters
This is a set I found on Amazon.  The description said 10 different size dots, but as you can see, one side on all of the sticks are the same size.  So it's really only 6 sizes, but I don't mind.

Whew!  That's everything!  I really need to go through my nail polish and get rid of a few.  I have some shades that are very similar and there's no reason for me to keep "doubles".

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you have a great week!

My Makeup Collection: Eyeliner

Hello, everyone!  I hope you had a nice weekend.

I thought it would be fun to go through my entire makeup collection and show you guys everything I have as a new series for my blog.  I love seeing other people's makeup collections on YouTube and blogs and I know a lot of other people are just as nosey as I am.  So for this first post in the series I decided to show you all of my eyeliners.

Here are all of my Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On eyeliners: T-B Voodoo, Stag, Black Velvet, and Perversion.

 Kat Von D (yes, I know one is a brow product but I use it as eyeliner): Five Fearless Years Liner in Trooper (LE).  L-R Tattoo liner in Trooper, Tattoo Brow in Medium Brown, and Lightening liner in Jett.

Lime Crime Unliners: L-R 6th Element (discontinued), Rhyme, Orchidaceous, Citreuse, Reason, and Blue Milk.

Avon: L-R Glimmersticks Diamonds liner in Sparkling Silver, Glimmersticks liner in Starry Night, Glimmersticks Diamonds liner in Flashy Copper, Glimmersticks liner in Saturn Grey, and Glimmersticks Diamonds liner in Golden Diamond.

Rimmel London: Soft Kohl liner in Pure White and Scandaleyes liner in Nude.

Almay: Intense i-Color for Blue Eyes pencil liner and liquid liner.

Stila Cosmetics: Smudge Stick in Tetra and Stay All Day black liquid liner (one I'm using now and one is a back up).

And finally, brands that I only have one product from: NYX Cosmetics Powder Black Liner, BH Cosmetics Waterproof Eye Liner in Dusty Gold, Lancome Drama Liqui-Pencil in Noir Intense, Julep Gel Eye Color in Taupe, The Balm Cosmetics Mr. Write (Now) in Scott, and Makeup Forever Aqua Eyes in 12L.

And that's my entire eyeliner collection.  I hope you enjoyed this post and are as excited about this new series as I am! 

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you have a great week!

Julep Maven June Box

Hello, everyone!  Last month I saw an ad for Julep in my Facebook feed.  It said that anyone with a birthday in the month of June could receive the June box with the special June birthstone nail polish (Alexandrite) for free (just pay $2.99 for s+h).  I've never tried any products from Julep before, but the June birthstone nail polish looked absolutely stunning so I decided to give it a go.  I received three nail polishes in the shades Ming, Shelly, and Heidi, and an eyeliner in the shade Smoky Taupe.

Heidi (the June birthstone shade) is a beautiful duo chrome nail polish of deep purple and teal.  You can't really tell that it's a duo chrome on your nails like you can in the tube, but it's still a gorgeous shade of purple.  (Picture shows color after two coats.)

Shelly is a nice mint shade.  It did seem to crack very easily on me however.  (Picture shows color after two coats.)

Ming is a very sheer purple shade.  I personally am not a fan of sheer nail polishes.  I like mine vibrant and opaque.  So this shade is a bit of a dud for me.  I'd probably only ever wear this shade when I want to wear nail polish but it isn't necessarily appropriate to.  (Picture shows color after two coats.)

One thing that I really like about Shelly and Ming is that on the top of each tube is a sticker where you can apply a swatch of the nail polish so you can see which polish is which in a drawer or box.  I just used a cotton swab to apply a swatch on each one.

I love this eyeliner.  It glides on smooth and it a beautiful taupe shade.  I don't have a shade like this in my collection, so I'm sure I'll be getting a lot of use out of this.

I'm not sure if I'll stay subscribed to this.  I'm really only excited about half of the products I received (the Heidi polish and the eyeliner).  The shade Shelly is nice, but I have similar shades that I like more.  I know I won't use the shade Ming.  This monthly subscription service is $24.99 per month.  For only liking half of what I got, I don't think I want to spend that much money each month for hit or miss products.

Have you tried any products from Julep?  What are your thoughts on them?  Thanks for stopping by!