China Glaze: Mrs. Claus (Tis the Season to be Naughty and Nice)

Happy Friday everyone! I hope you all have a fantastic weekend. Do you have anything fun planned? Tonight I am going to dinner at my parent's house to celebrate my Dad's birthday and tomorrow it's off to my brother in law and sister in law's house for dinner to celebrate my mother in law's birthday. So lots to do.

Today I wanted to show you another beauty from the China Glaze 'Tis the Season to be Naughty and Nice collection. I know I am slow to get these up but I do things at my own pace, so if you've seen this a million times I do apologize. 

This is Mrs. Claus and it is a stunning red with silver glitter. It leans slightly magenta so I'd call it a soft red. I didn't think I'd love this on me but I do! It's really quite beautiful. The glitter is fantastic and really makes the nails shine. I wish I had more sunshine when I swatched because that was difficult to capture. I think it's just perfect for the holiday season and I adore the name!!!

Formula wise once again China Glaze does not disappoint. I really adore their polishes and this is no exception. Went on easily, opaque with just 2 coats. Lovely.

You can get this color alone but it's also included in several of the gift sets China Glaze released with this collection. It's in the one that includes the fabulous Peppermint Oil. Yum! So that's awesome for a stocking stuffer.

So is this festive enough for you? Did you pick it up? Will you? Let me know!!! Thanks for reading and have a wonderful weekend!!!

Disclosure: This product was sent to me by PR for consideration. All reviews are done at my discretion and are 100% honest. Please refer to my disclosure statement above.

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Umberto Beverly Hills Blow Dry Lotion

Hi everyone! I wanted to do a quick and different review for you all. I was recently given a chance to try the Umberto Beverly Hills Blow Dry Lotion and I wanted to share my thoughts on the product.  

For background, my hair is long and thick and when it air drys it is disastrous. LOL okay it's not so bad, it's just wavy in an unruly way, so I usually blow dry and flat iron my hair. My hair takes FOREVER to dry and I usually don't use products other than a heat protectant which is probably why it takes even longer to dry. I have been using this for about a month now so I think it's an appropriate amount of time to form an accurate opinion. 

This is product is a light lotion type consistency. It smells nice in my opinion. It's sort of a unisex scent, fresh, clean, slightly cologne like but not overpowering at all. It's not as cologne like as Chi or Bio Silk products, it's scent is subtle and pleasant and once your hair is dry you don't smell it at all really.  The consistency is nice and does not weigh down my hair at all which is a blessing.

This product is used on damp hair before blow drying. I use the recommended nickel sized amount and put it through all of my hair with my fingers then I blow dry as usual. 

I have to say, this absolutely cut down my drying time by a significant amount. I was really surprised the first time I used this.  I love that about this. It cuts down the drying time and makes me have to use my flat iron a little less because I get pretty sleek results from just blow drying. In fact, if I was pressed for time I would feel comfortable skipping the flat iron all together because this really does give me a nice frizz free look. I am really happy with the results. 

Here's a screenshot of the back of the bottle showing both directions and ingredients:

As you can see, it's paraben free which is great because I know many people are concerned with that. 

Overall if you're having issues with you hair taking forever to blow dry I'd suggest trying this out because I really have been taking much less time to dry my hair. I really love the consistency, smell and results so I can honestly say when this bottle is gone I will purchase another one. 

You can purchase this product at Target stores (LOVE TARGET!!!) for $9.99.  I go to Target all the time so I am excited that this is so readily available and inexpensive. The bottle is HUGE so I find the price reasonable.  The bottle is 8 fl. oz. which is HUGE and since you don't need much it should last months.

Have you tried this or any other product by Umberto? Let me know! I think I am going to check out more of their products next time I am at Target.

Disclosure: This item was provided by PR for consideration. All reviews are done at my discretion and are 100% honest.  Please refer to my disclosure policy above for more information.

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My 1st Attempt at Water Marbling and a Mini Review of Belle of the Ball by Confetti

Hi everyone! I hope you're all doing well. Today I wanted to show you my first attempt at water marbling. If you follow me on twitter you may have seen my preview of this a few weeks ago.  If you're not familiar with water marbling check out My Simple Little Pleasures' Youtube channel where she has tons of tutorials, like this  one. Mine is not even close to as good as hers but I tried LOL. 

I wasn't too ambitious with this because I've never done it before so I only used two colors, a purple from Confetti called Belle of the Ball  which I am totally impressed with by the way. It's stunning and so shiny/squishy looking. I love it) and   black by Rimmel called Black Satin. 

Mini review of Confetti's Belle of the Ball: I bought this polish for $1.99 at CVS and I am so happy I did. I thought for sure with all the amazing purples in my collection I'd have a dupe for this but I don't think I really do. The finish of this color makes it really unique to me. It's got a squishy and ultra shiny finish and was opaque in just 2 coats. I found application to be easy-peasy  it glided on well and required almost no clean up. I think this is going in my favorites for sure!!

Let me tell you this process is messy! I couldn't take it! I only did accent nails because I knew I'd be frustrated trying to do them all. I could not get down how to make the designs look the same each time so the result is two totally different designs on each hand. I am also not sure these particular polishes worked best for this technique because I had tons of epic fails before finally settling on the lame finished project.

Overall I don't think I did too horribly for my first time but I am definitely not looking forward to trying this again any time soon. I am pretty proud of myself for trying because nail art just isn't my thing but the more I blog the more I desire to come up with creative designs to share with you all.

So on to the photos:

What do you think? How did I do for a water marbling virgin? Which design do you like best? Have you had water marbling successes? I want to see!! And OMG, isn't that purple color just to die for? I just love it and  $1.99 at CVS is a steal! 

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