Boticca Experience

I wanted to share with you a non-beauty post today.  I recently tried out Boticca for the first time and wanted to share my experience with you.  Boticca is an online shop/market that houses lots of different independent designers of jewelry and other accessories.  I love finding unique jewelry that not everyone I encounter will own.  Yes I do like some popular pieces from places like Tiffany and Co, but it is more important for me to be different and unique.  

Beauty Blog Coalition Weekly Roundup, June 30, 2012

Who doesn’t love FREE beauty loot? Mama Fashionista and Use Me! Products are giving away a styling product worth $25 to one lucky reader!

Looking for easy summer makeup? Retrodiva checks out the lastest fromAnastasia Beverly Hills: the See and Be Seen Kit. Find out which products she’s super crazy about.

Olympic Skater Nancy Kerrigan wore her designs at the Olympics, and so have a gazillion brides, but now

Vera Wang has created a brand new collection that we can all afford. It’s for your FACE, not your body. 

Alison Blackman of the Advice Sisterstakes a first look at the Simply Vera by Vera Wang makeup collection.

Not sure how to use a palette full of polka dots? Brooke from BlushingNoir shows you how to use MAC Powder to the People from Beth Ditto from your eyes to your cheeks!

Jessika aka polish insomniac hates brown polish… until a new polish from the land down under changed her mind!

Ro reviews Milani Infinite Liquid Eye Liners and shares why they’ve become a permanent part of her beauty routine.

Miss L from Beauty by Miss L shows her favorite eye brush set and tells why she likes it.

Confessions of a Sarcastic Mom highlights some great browns from Milani.

The Lacquered Lady tries out Yes to Blueberries Brightening Facial Wipes.

Lola from Lola’s Secret Blog is embarrassed to confess that she was confounded by the Hakuhodo Mizubake Brush for the longest time- that is until she tried it for the first time. This may just be one of the greatest foundation and liquid blush brushes ever made!

Blushing Basics may have turned 31 but MAC sent her a birthday gift to make her smile. Come check out some pics of the new Heavenly Creatures Collection out July 5th.

The FabZilla tests products from Sircuit Skin Cosmeceuticals specifically targeting her greasy face: pomegranate acai at-home peel and sulfate-free facial wash. Yay or nay?

Polarbelle has a bright new reason to smile thanks to the Smile Brilliant LED system.

The Pink Sith thinks she may have found her childhood holy grail lip color and it just might be the new Chanel Fall 2012 Rouge Allure Extrait de Gloss in Troublant.

The Body Shop launches a new and cruelty-free makeup line with Model/Activist Lily Cole. Pammy Blogs Beauty checks out this super cute collection!

My Newest Addiction Beauty Blog gets Color Minded with Bumble and Bumble.

Cosmetically Challenged takes you to California with swatches from the California Gleamin’ Collection by Sation.

Beauty Info Zone reviewed two winners: Reviva Labs Willard Water and Collagen Fibre Eye Pads.

Find out not only why they are so loved but see how you can win these two items for yourself.

Beauty and Fashion Tech looks at 10 Things That Will Ruin Your Complexion.

Girl Gloss has a Make Up For Ever Rouge Artist Naturale Lipstick Review.

Hot weather skin woes? BeautyTidbits has got you covered with tips to Summerize your Skincare.

Nothing goes together better during summer than a tan and bright colors. Curls N Pearls has you covered with perfect turquoise jewelry to sport this summer.

Grab a sneak peak of the latest Sigma Beauty Expert Brow Design Kit to be released on July 23rd!

Need tools for perfect brows? Head to Spontaneous Chick for the billion dollar brows giveaway.

Phyrra is in love with the cult product inspired by beauty balm creams, Illamasqua Skin Base!

Oh So Lacquered reviews two super cute polishes from a new indie brand called F4. But be warned, these polishes might make you hungry!

Wendy from Painted Ladies reviews the Smashbox Photo Finish Color Correcting Foundation Primer … in haiku.

Get your nails ready for summer! Take a look at Geniabeme’s summer inspired gradient nails!

BB Cream. What is it and why would you want it? Emily Hudspeth, hair & makeupshares her favorite and why you will love it.

As a devotee to dark statement lips, the Stepford Witch tries out Tom Ford Lipstick in Black Orchid.

See what Janelle from Glamorous Mama thinks of her first purchase from Jewelmint!

Gia of Bottles and Bottles of Polish shares her favorite lip products of all time- NARS, MAC, Aquafina and more!

Mina loves Pacifica Color Quench All Natural Moisture Lip Tint! Check out her review and swatches of the new shade Sugared Fig at Fabulous Awesomeness.

Looking for the quintessential bronzer? The Beauty Professor sings the praises (and provides plenty of swatches!) of Rouge Bunny Rouge Bronzing Glow Powder in Netherway Cove.

Ashley from Peek.Ponder.Publish shares a simple flower nail design created with a bobby pin! Check out this cute mani.

Do you remember the first time you purchased a nondrugstore polish? BeautyJudyshares her first OPI, Route Beer Float! Swatches and sentimentalism in this week’s “Stash Attack!”

The Beauty Blogazon Weekly Round-Up for June 30, 2012

Mama Fashionista- In the on going quest to perfect her skin care routine, Mama Fashionista discovered a match made in heaven: LUSH's Angels on Bare Skin and the Clarisonic Mia!

My Newest Addiction Beauty Blog- Laura reviewed and swatched the Romantic Eye Shadow Collection from Too Faced.

Ishah x Beauty-What's on Ishah x Beauty's menu? A Glitter Sandwich! Lovely layers of shimmer, glitter and flakies.

Lucy's Stash-Parrot nail art manicure - Scarlet Macaw in the jungle painted with acrylic colours.

Liquor, Lube and Lipstick- I See Rainbows Everywhere! - Would you go to work with bright eye makeup? I did!

Confessions of a Sarcastic Mom- Milani browns are in the spotlight.

Adore-a-Polish- A little Colorstay for your day with this Revlon Colorstay Top Coat review.

Captivating Claws- Shows you an amazing green sparkly Zoya gradient

Cosmetics Aficionado -This Minnie Mouse Manicure is not only super cute and super easy, but it is short nail friendly!

Phyrra -Phyrra is in love with the cult product inspired by beauty balm creams, Illamasqua Skin Base!

Dorothy's Little Wonderland - What I brought with me during my travel adventure.

Beauty Product Review- A shiny face isn't pretty, check out what makeup product I used to get rid of shiny face!

Tolmu Rull tells all -Have you ever bought anything big and been insanely happy about it? Tolmu Rull's biggest beauty buy ever comes from Poland and weighs 12,5 kgs!

Shades of Beauty, Inc.- Klout Perk...Essie Mojito Madness

Emily Hudspeth, hair design and makeup artist - BB Cream. I found my favorite one and I want to share!

The Stepford Witch- Who doesn't love makeup that's meant to make our beauty routine simpler? Now let's see if Speed Brow is the right eyebrow product for the job!

The Polished Zombie -No need to call a medic, It's Just A Flesh Wound.

The Beauty Delicacy - Go Pastelle this Summer.

Beauty by Miss L -Do you want to know what was in this month´s Estonian monthly subscription box called Glambox?

GIVEAWAY: Zoya Tracie and Myrta

I recently did a post on the Zoya Beach & Surf Collection polishes that I own and I am happy to be able to give one lucky winner two of the polishes from the collection: Tracie and Myrta.  Tracie is a beautiful pale grassy green with a silver frost and Myrta is an orange coral with a gold and silver metallic shimmer.

I hope you are as excited about this giveaway as I am!  I just want to say thank you to those of you that have followed me since the beginning and also thank you to those of you that just started following.  I cannot express the way you all make me feel.  I love being able to give back to you guys and was recently approached with a wonderful giveaway opportunity!  

Thanks to Verve 360 Pittsburgh hair salons for providing the wonder Zoya polishes!  When the winner is chosen I will e-mail you and get your address information so that they can mail you the prize.  US only.


Thank you all!

xoxo,

Laura

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Sneak Peek: QVC New Beauty Test Tube for August 2012

Hello!  I found the next New Beauty magazine at my local grocer this morning and I wanted to show you the contents of the next Test Tube, like I usually do!  Sarah Jessica Parker is on the cover of this issue.  She is looking fabulous as always.

Scherer Chameleon in Heat

I wanted to share with you a polish that I have had for months (maybe a year) and never worn.  Scherer Chameleon polish in Heat was a gift from a friend and although it is pretty I never reached for it.  I was organizing my polishes the other day and when I stumbled across it, I decided I needed to change my mani anyway.  :)

Too Faced Romantic Eye Shadow Collection Review and Swatches

I know the Too Faced Romantic Eye palette isn't exactly new, but I have been reaching for it a lot lately and realized that I never reviewed it! 

Bumble & Bumble Color Minded

I am a big Bumble & Bumble fan and when I heard they were coming out with a collection geared toward color treated hair, called Color Minded, I instantly became interested.  I don't dye my hair different colors but I do color my hair every few months to cover kill gray hairs. 

Zoya Kimber

It is a particularly miserable rainy hazy day and I decided to polish my nails with the most upbeat color in the Beach & Surf collection: Kimber.  I mentioned before that it reminds me of Jem and the Holograms (my all time favorite cartoon EVER) because it matches the haircolor of it's namesake.  

Anyway, due to the rain the first picture is a bit hazy so I took a couple more to try to represent it as true as possible.  

The picture above is with a flash.  It shows the hot pink/fuchsia tones to the polish.  It also has a gold shimmer to it but it isn't really picking up too well.  The picture below is without flash and it looks similar but I feel it shows how the color leans a bit red.

xoxo, 

Laura

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Zoya Zuza

Very simple mani.  This is the beautiful Zoya Zuza.  I was expecting it to be a touch more turquoise/blue but it really looks more greenish teal.

I kept the 2nd photo because I love the fact that the palm tree in my front yard is casting its awesome shadow in the background.  :)

xoxo,

Laura

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Manic(ure) Monday: Pink Parka Peonies

Hello my lovely ladies!  I ditched my ring finger Water Marble because I was just irritated everytime I looked at it and I replaced it with a solid coat of Hot Pink. 

Ramble: My Weekend in Photos

Hello everyone!  I took a lot of photos this weekend.  It rained a lot so I didn't go outside much and when I did I documented that too!  haha  My family and I were really low key this weekend which was nice.  I enjoy being able to just hang out every once in a while.  

Beauty Blog Coalition 4th of July Competition

The Beauty Blog Coalition members may not all be American, but we do love to celebrate all holidays with our friends, so we bring you the 4th of July Competition, with not one but two $300 USD Visa gift cards!  All terms and conditions may be found at the bottom of the Rafflecopter widget.  Please allow the widget to load in full.  Competition ends 5 July 2012.  You may enter on any of the blogs below - Rafflecopter won't allow you enter twice.  You may tweet about the giveaway (the last option in the Rafflecopter) every day for extra entries!  


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Plum Dandy FOTD

It has been a while since I have done a Face Of The Day and I am sorry.  I haven't really done anything interesting as of late.  The focus of this look is the gorgeous Besame Plum Dandy eyeshadow I showed you all a while back.  I love it.  It is super perfect.

Beauty Blogazons Weekly Round-Up June 23, 2012

Pink Sparklz- On Wednesday's we wear pink! Pink NOTD! Sinful Colors & O.P.I.

Mama Fashionista- Allow Mama Fashionista to introduce you to Evie Evan and the last concealer you will ever need (it's HG status)!

Ishah x Beauty- It's Girl's Night at Ishah x Beauty! Check out some good eats, drinks and my FOTD.

Phyrra- Wanna steal the spotlight? Phyrra tells you to break out the Anastasia See and Be Seen Kit.

Midnight Manicures- Water Marbling with Patricia, see this nail art technique at it's best.

Beauty Product Review- Discover the mask that has completely changed my complexion and made every night a spa night!

Cosmetics Aficionado- Hourglass Femme Rouge Velvet Creme Lipstick in Ballet might be your perfect Barbie pink.

Creatively Yours by Ro- Smooth out your edges with Carols Daughter Macadamia Hold & Control Smoother

Adore-a-polish- Get scrubalicious with this yummy grapefruit sugar scrub from Qtica.

Confessions of a Sarcastic Mom- Check out four lovely Zoya shades at Confessions of a Sarcastic Mom

Sincerely Stephanie- Looking for an easy way to do nail art? Check out how you can create art using your own fingerprints!

Shades of Beauty, Inc.  It Works!  BZZAGENT REVIEW: Smooth 'n Shine® Keratin Power Semi-Permanent Hair Tamer

Mani Curiously- The First 50 Giveaway Celebration! Come celebrate Dom & E's first follower milestone with this great giveaway!

Laura from My Newest Addiction Beauty Blog checked out the Hey, Sailor! collection from MAC and shared her review on the limited edition Fleet Fast blush!

Beyond Beauty Lounge- Easy Ombre with The New Black

The Beauty Delicacy- The sweetest shade of red gloss perfect for Summer

Beauty by Miss L- Check out Miss L´s bright summer eye makeup look

Emily Hudspeth, hair design & makeup artist- The Big Reveal is here! Part 3 or the "After" of the makeover series for this soon to be new mom, is on the blog. Next up, the makeup lesson.

Liquor, Lube and Lipstick- My latest hair adventure, combining my two favorite loves, neons and ombré hair.

Cosmetically Challenged- Cosmetically Challenged shows you what Orange Neon nail polish is all about with Sations "One & Only Orange" from the California Gleamin' Collection

Nails Beautiqued- It's summertime! Want some nailart ideas?  How about some Wispy Flowers.

Dorothy's little wonderland- What should I do if I would like to change the skincare routine. Tips and tricks to minimize the irritations