Essie No Place Like Chrome and Penny Talk

So at the end of December, I bought a couple of polishes from a blog sale. They were marked down, and both were polishes I've wanted for a while. These polishes are Essie's No Place Like Chrome and Penny Talk.

No Place Like Chrome, and Penny Talk

 They're not new, but new to me! So they deserve a review.

Maybelline Baby Skin Review

So earlier last month I picked up Maybelline's new Baby Skin Instant Pore Eraser. I was psyched to grab this, because I'm always up for trying new primers, especially more affordable ones. This primer is the same price as my normal go to - Rimmel London's Fix and Perfect Pro Primer.

The price ranges from $5.99 to $6.99 around here. Not too bad.

Okay okay, so I know it says it's a transparent gel, but I completely forgot the moment I squeezed the product out. I'm so used to lotion colored primers! Haha.

The feel of this primer is crazy awesome. It's weightless and thin and I suppose it almost feels greasy, but not. It's odd. I love it.

(Pic taken in January)

When I wear this alone, I can see a visible difference in my skin, but underneath foundation it's not as noticeable. It still works great, the primer makes my makeup last all day. The longest I wore this was for 12 hours, and my face makeup still looked great at the end. This is definitely my new fave primer!

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Essie Belugaria Review from the Encrusted Nail Polish Collection

Out of all of the Essie Encrusted Collection polishes, Belugaria is the one that I really wanted. One, because the name makes me think of fancy Beluga Caviar, and two, because the name reminds me of Bulgaria, and I have a fabulous friend from Bulgaria. lol. So yes, the main reasons I wanted this polish was because of the name and not necessarily because I knew I'd like the polish itself. I did like the way it looked in the bottle though!

Bottle of Belugaria

On the Essie site, this polish is described as a "holographic jet black lace". Further description as follows:
"live like a czarina. this richly ornamented jet black nail lacquer is laced with highly textured matte glitter with flashes of rainbow holographics."


I'm going to admit it, I disagree with how they describe this polish. This is not a "lace". It's textured like caviar, which makes sense to me, because, again, the name Belugaria makes me think of Beluga Caviar.

Belugaria on the nails

ORLY Secret Society Collection Review Pt 2

ORLY Secret Society Collection

Continuing with yesterday's part 1, here's part 2 of the ORLY Secret Society Collection! I don't have a picture of all three together for you, but today I'll be reviewing Lavish Bash, Macabre Masquerade, and Masked Ceremony.

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Lavish Bash:

ORLY Secret Society Collection Review Pt 1

Earlier this month, ORLY had a pinterest contest to win their entire Secret Society Collection. I think you just had to pick out an SS polish, then pin some clothes and accessories to make a fancy "Secret Society" outfit. I entered, but never saw any winners announced, so I figured I'd lost. Wrong!!

ORLY Secret Society Collection

 Back on the 22nd of January, I received a box from ORLY. I was confused, because I wasn't expecting anything from them. Then I caught a tiny printed message on the packaging that read "Secret Society Winner". I immediately got excited! I've never tried ORLY before, and here were six polishes for me to try! Woot!!


I'll split the review in two, so here are the first three polishes I'm reviewing:

Voyeuristic Adventure, What's the Password?, and Risque Encounter

 Voyeuristic Adventure, What's the Password?, and Risque Encounter