What a Peach!

Recently I was perusing the aisles of the new large Rexall near my house, and came across the Essie Spring collection. Unlike OPI I feel like the Essie collections go completely unnoticed by me, and I tend to just randomly pick up polishes when I see them. As opposed to the hype behind a lot of OPI collections.

I really like 'A Crewed Interest' because it is a true peach shade, which I have been craving to add to my collection this year. I got this opacity like most Essie polishes with 3 coats. It is very non-offensive and brings out Summer in your nails with out having to go the neon route.

I have really grown to like Essie and it tends to go on sale at either Wal-Mart, Shoppers or Rexall pretty often, so check for deals. My sights are currently set on Mojito Madness and Bikini So Teeny, because I do love the colours and I wont lie, I love the names.

What polishes are you guys after, or trends? and what are you thoughts on Essie?

Second Day Hair

My hair is my favourite second and third day of not washing it. The second day I don't need to use dry shampoo, however my favourite way to style it is, if I straighten it I like to sleep on it wake up and have straight hair like normal. I might still keep it straight the second day, but if I go for a third day my favourite thing is to throw a little dry shampoo on and curl the ends with either a 1 and 1/4 or 1 and 3/4 inch curling iron on the ends which makes a really nice wave. Here's another picture. 

My hair is not the healthiest so I try to avoid washing all that often, now I've tried a few dry shampoo's, but so far my favourite is the Dove Refresh + Care "Invigorating Dry Shampoo." 

I bought this because it was on sale for $2.99 with the rest of the Dove products that week at Shoppers without hearing anything about it. So when I decided to use it I really enjoyed the smell. I'd like to say I did this for "science" haha but really I'm just extremely lazy. I didn't wash my hair for FIVE days. For me that is quite sometime but this stuff just works. My hair looked normal there was no grease and it didn't look flat either. 

It really does just refresh your hair and although most of the reviews on makeupalley.com are negative, I had a positive experience with it and wanted to share. I've had it for about a month now and there is still plenty of product.

The product does come out white, so you do have to brush it through but that's just a thing you have to deal with if you have dark hair. I do spray it like normal people when I wake up in the morning to style my hair. But another way I like to use this and all dry shampoos for that matter is to spray it directly on where my hair typically gets oily the night before until its pretty much white. I then go to bed and if its still there brush it through and go on. I really like this technique and saves the fear of not being able to get rid of the white cast that may happen in the morning.

Tell me in the comments your experience with this if you've tried it or what is your favourite dry shampoo?

Lately

Here is what I have currently been doing in my life of leisure before I have to get a job...

I have been sitting in front of my computer wrapped up in a blanket watching Gilmore Girls. I love the little anecdotes and Lorelai's sarcasm. I kind of hate Rory and would probably make the opposite decision of every big one she made, except maybe dating Jess. But still I love it.

Also, the slippers are by Victoria Secret, I recieved them from my cousin because they reminded her of Minnie Mouse, loove them.

I also may be one of the few girls that actually admits how much they love McDonalds, it's cheap, greasy, disgusting and soooo delicious. I am pretty much ecstatic that dollar drink days are back. Caramel Iced Coffee's are delicious. (way better than the french vanilla) Also is anyone else extremely unimpressed with the new yogurt and smaller fries with the kids meals, cause I know I am. Who goes to McD's to be "healthy"?

Also, while reading this post by Sammi of Beauty Crush  I was inspired by her nails, so I recreated them my self using Joe Fresh Powder Blue on every nail and for the flag used Cobalt also by Joe Fresh, Sally Hansen White On and Essie Red. I also put a layer of Essie Ballet Slippers to kind of tone down the vibrancy of the accent nail.
I love Americana and need to get my paws on some piece of American flag inspired clothing but haven't found that perfect item yet.

Finally, for Mother's Day I made a batch of white chocolate Oreo cookies, you literally heat up the chocolate in the microwave, dip the oreos in, throw some sprinkles on and cool in the freezer. Et voila, c'est fini.

They were yummy, and required very little effort.

So there you go, what have you all been up to, if any of you have a youtube, tumblr or blog I'm always down to read / watch new people leave it in the comments!

Nail Art

My name is Al, and I'm addicted to nail art.

It is now summer for me so I pretty much just sit inside and lurk the internet in my pj's, hair up and no makeup.

To get my beauty fix, I have turned to nail art.

I came across a photo on pinterest that brought me to this blog that has a bunch of ideas of nail art using craft scissors. We have a million different pairs because my dad found a set at a garage sale, so I had to try it out. (you can get them at most craft stores)

Ultimately it took an extremely long time and I would definitely suggest using contrasting colours because no one could tell what I did unless I showed them up close because the colours I used were so similar.

Otherwise, it turned out pretty well even though it required so much effing time, I probably wont try it again for awhile but it is a fun look.

I used OPI Lucky Lucky Lavender and Revlon Perfect Pink. I put down the Revlon shade first then applied Seche Vite, waited for it to dry. Then put the tape I had cut with the scissors on my nail and applied Lucky Lucky Lavender. Out of all 10 nails, the tape only peeled off the colour on one.

If you have any nail art ideas or anything you have done recently, tell me in the comments, or tweet them to me @AlsLoves, I'd love to see. Even if nail art isnt your thing, just tell me what you have been doing recently with your nails