Revlon Crazy Shine Nail Buffer

My natural nails, sans polish, are so dull that I'm kind of embarassed to go without polish. So when I saw Revlon's new Crazy Shine Nail Buffer at my local CVS, I snatched it up. And, let me tell you...the name is accurate. Crazy accurate, in fact. My iPhone photo above doesn't do the shine justice.

The double sided buffer smoothes and evens out the nail surface - creating an outrageous, mirror-like finish. The tool promises to create 400% more shine than bare nails. To be honest, I couldn't tell you the difference between a 100% and 400% increase in shine, but I will say that it looks like I'm wearing a clear topcoat on my nails. And this was achieved in about three minutes (all 10 nails) - no drying time necessary. What I also love is that you can use the white side on polished nails - to restore shine when your mani is looking a lil murky.

Revlon Crazy Shine Nail Buffer retails for $3.99 - but right now it's on sale at CVS for $2.99.

This Week's Deals at CVS

Sorry for the late notice, but I thought you should know about some of the great deals that CVS.com is offering this week. CVS is my favorite drugstore for beauty shopping and these deals offer the perfect opportunity to stock up on beauty products!

1. Beginning of Summer Spectacular Beauty Sale! Now through Sunday 6/19, pamper yourself with buy one Essence of Beauty product, get a second item for FREE on CVS.com! Pick up make-up brushes plus lotions, creams and soaps in fun summer scents that will keep you looking and feeling great all season!

2. Don’t let the heat damage your hair this summer! Now through Sunday 6/19, all John Frieda hair products are a huge 25% off on CVS.com, including the Full Repair hair restoring product line!

3. Stock up on beauty essentials! Now through Sunday 6/19 stock up on your summer beauty essentials including cotton swabs and make-up remover with CVS.com 20% off sitewide! Enter coupon code: GET20SITEWIDE to begin saving.

Shoppers can follow CVS/pharmacy on Twitter @CVS_Extra and Facebook to learn about upcoming promotions.

CVS Clearance Makeup Haul..Almay, Revlon and NYC

CVS is currently having their Clearance makeup sale. I didn't see this one coming because they just had a big clearance sale in the beginning of January. I guess they have to get rid of all this makeup and make room for new products. Thank goodness for G of NouveauCheap for blogging about it. She's my drugstore queen. I love her! So, I went the other day, and they had a great selection of makeup 50-75% off, but I only did a little haul since I haven't even used the ones I got from my last clearance haul and nothing really got me excited.

Here are the stuff I got:

NYC Blushable Creme Stick in Urban Spice 646U. Original price $2.99. On sale for 99cents

I remember when these became popular last year. A lot of bloggers and youtubers raved about them. I'm not really into cream blushes, so I never tried it out. It reminds me of the ELF $1 Essentials All Over Stick, but with less metallic sheen.

Revlon Just Bitten lip stain and balm in Lust. Orginal price: $8.99. On sale for 

I'm all for dual ended products. You get more for your money. It's a lip stain and lip balm in one. It very much reminds me of Mark's Kissink Lip Tintmarker, but without the lip blam. I'm excited to try it.

Almay Bright Eyes Eye Base/Concealer in Medium and Light/Med.

 Origanal price: $9.39 On sale: $2.34

G. of NouveauCheap gave me heads up when this concealer went on clearance a week ago. She remembered I was a big fan of Almay concealers. I really love the Line Smoothing concealer from their permanent line, so I'm hoping these are just as great. 

Go to your local CVS Pharmancy to take advantage of this awesome sale. This is the perfect time to stock up  on makeup for yourself or gifts to friends and family :)

Sale ends whenever they run out, so hurry because they are running out fast. Also, keep in mind that just because they don't have the 50-75% off sticker label doesn't mean they're not on clearance. Most CVS don't even put the stickers or they haven't or they never will. So scan the items just to be sure ^_^

Happy Shopping!

Spotted: MAKEUP on Clearance 50-75% off at CVS Pharmacy

Do you guys remember when CVS had their end of the year Clearance 50-75% off sale? Click HERE to see my haul. Well, if you missed it, then you're in luck because it's back!!! If it wasn't for my girl G of NouveauCheap, I wouldn't have found out about it. She truly is the "Drugstore Queen". ^_^

So today, I went to my local CVS after work hoping to find a lot things, but it was too late.This sale just started yesterday if I'm not mistaken and everything on clearance were almost gone....noooo! There were still some left, but nothing really perked my interest except for the Almay Base and Under Eye concealer.

Here are some of the makeup on clearance at my CVS Pharmacy

NYC Color Minute Quick Dry nail polish

Rimmel GlamEyes eye shadows

Rimmel Stay Matte liquid foundation

Revlon Color Stay lip gloss

Revlon New Complexion makeup

Revlon Color Stay Finishing Powder



Revlon Double Twist Volumizing mascara



Revlon ColorStay Eyeliner in Teal



Maybelline Age Rewind Concealer

Maybelline Stiletto mascara

Sally Handen HD nail polish



Almay One Coat Dial Up mascara



Revlon Age Defying Concealer

Almay Bright Eyes Eye Base/Concealer

Cover Girl Outlast SmoothWear lip gloss



 So what are you waiting for? Hit up your CVS Pharmacy NOW! before they run out. And if you find your favorite makeup on clearance, this is the perfect time to stock up! I was told by one of the associates that most of these are being discontinued.

Visit G's blog NouveauCheap for a list of all the clearance items.

Free Physicians Formula Makeup at CVS...whoo hooo!!!

One of my new year's resolution is to keep track of my spending and so far I've been pretty good. I keep my receipts whenever I make a purchase and, I store them in an envelope that I keep in my purse at all times. Last night, I was going through my envelope and I noticed a coupon attached to my last CVS makeup haul receipt. It says, " $10 off on Physicians Formula Powder Palettes, Blushes and Foundations". OMG...are you serious? This got me super excited, you have no idea! It's a wonderful excuse to make another trip to my beloved CVS haha. Oh, and the clearance sale is still going on so for sure I can snag some makeup for free!!!

So after work, I went to my local CVS and to my surprise, they still had some clearance makeup left. Some had stickers, some didn't but most of them were still on sale. I was able to get 4 Physicians Formula items that I didn't get before and they were all 75% off. Then with my $10 off coupon, I ended up paying only a little bit of the balance which was $1.72  plus tax $1.14 (freakin' tax!)....Awesome!




I was so happy with my purchase, my best friend called me a makeup geek! ^_^





So ladies, I hope you didn't throw away your receipts. Check if you got the $10 coupon too!

CVS 75% off Clearance makeup haul...Sally Hansen, Physicians Formula, L'Oreal

Time flew by so fast. It was just last year when I did a CVS Semi-Annual sale haul on makeup that were 50-75% off and now here I am doing it again haha! Click HeRe and hErE to see the stuff that I got from last year. I told myself I was gonna pass because I have too much makeup for what I really need and, I still have a lot of makeup in their packaging and buying more would just be plain crazy O_o...but it was so hard to resist...WEAK! Especially, after seeing blogger friends' haul and seeing what they got made me really want to go. Then I saw April's CVS haul video and I was like, OMG...now I really have to go haha! I blame it on you April...jk...love yah!

So here's what I got..

Sally Hansen Diamond 12 hour lip treatment. They're all on sale for 75% off wow! The shades I got are so pretty, I can't wait to try these out! All for $1.75 each.

and a free Invisible lip liner 

Prep and Perfect lipcare and PM Lip Plumper for $2.87 each (above photo)



L'Oreal HIP liquid lip color in Euphoric and Arresting for $3.75 each. They're so pigmented and they smell delicious.



Physicians Formula Baked Collection Wet/Dry Eyeshadow trio in Baked Sugar for $2.09



Physicians Formula Plumping Lipstick in Mauveberry Potion for $2.75 and Eye Definer Felt Tip eye marker in Dark Brown for $1.85



Physicians Formula Conceal Rx in Soft Yellow for $2.25







QUICK TIP:
-Pay attention to the bright pink 75% and yellow 50% stickers. They're pretty small and easy to miss. I had to walk back and forth down the beauty aisle several times and went through every brand to look for the stickers.

-Also, just because they don't have stickers, doesn't mean they're not on sale which is kind of annoying! I was told by one of the CVS employees to look for slash marks on the label if it doesn't have stickers. If there's no one to help you with prices, then you can check the prices at the price scanner.


So hurry and go to your local CVS now and take advantage of this awesome sale!!!

FOTD: Physician's Formula Organic Neutral Eyes

Hey readers! My neice Elizabeth came up with the name for this look. She called it Organic Neutral because I mostly used Physicians Formula Organic Wear makeup. I used the shimmery light pink and light brown eyeshdows with a tad of black on the eyes and shimmery metallic neutral lipgloss for the lips. (I got them at CVS for 75% off. Everything was $1.99 each ). This look is great for an everyday look.

face:
Mac Studio Fix in NC42 (liquid foundation)
Nars duo concealer in Custard for under the eyes (one shade lighter than your skintone)
Mark Powder Buff in Golden to set the foundation (a pressed powder foundation)
Avon smooth mineral blush in Golden Glow (a neutral blush to a sunkissed glow to the cheeks)
Milani Mosaic blush in After Glow to contour the face (medium tone bronzer) I love this stuff!

eyes:

Almay line smoothing concealer in medium as a base/primer

Physicians Formula Organic wear eyeshadow duo in Hazel eyes. Light pink e/s all over the lids and brown e/s on the crease and lower lashline.
Mac e/s in Shroom on the brow bone as a highlight

Chanel Winter Nights quad (black e/s) applied lightly on the crease for a slight definition

Mark eyemarker in Java (dark brown e/l) on the upper lash line

Physicians Formula Organic wear eyeliner in Black Night (deep black e/l) on the water line

Maybelline Big Lash mascara upper and bottom lashes

Physicians Formula Organic e/s duo in Hazel Eyes

Physicians Formula Organic e/l in Black Night








lips:
DuWop lip venom as a lip primer. You can use a any lip balm
Wet and Wild l/l in willow (a nude lip liner)
Physicians Formula Organic wear lipgloss in Super Ginger (Shimmery metallic nude)

Physicians Formula Organic wear in Super Ginger = LOVE!!!

I can't get enough of this lipgloss. I even bought another one as a back up ^_^

I'm glad I got to try the Physicians Formula makeup line and, I am so pleased with the quality. I'm not really into Organic makeup and I dont know much about them but this stuff is really awesome. I will do a review very soon.

Have a great week everyone!!

Whatever Happened To Ultima II?

I might be showing my age with this question...but can I ask, whatever happened to Ultima II? Back in the day, that shiz was my jam. Ultima II was one of my first forays into prestige makeup and I was obsessed. I had this one brown matte lipstick (hey, it was the mid-nineties) that I wore down to a nub. And don't get me started on their Glowtion Skin Brightening Moisturizer.

And when the line popped up at my local CVS, I thought I had died and gone to heaven. Then it died.

A recent Google search turned up a ton of online retailers still hocking Ultima II cosmetics...which leaves me wondering if Revlon is still secretly producing these products, or if the online stores are selling old stock.

Ah, Ultima II...thanks for the memories.

Be The First To Try Maybelline's New Pulse Perfection Vibrating Mascara

Maybelline's Pulse Perfection Mascara is the first mass market vibrating mascara. At $14.95, it costs roughly half the price of prestige vibrating mascaras. Pulse Perfection won't be on shelves until mid-June, but you can get its pulsating applicator all up in your lashes as early as this Monday.

For one day only (May 18th), visit Maybelline.com/Pulse to snag a tube a month early. The link will take you to one of four online retailers (CVS, Target, Walgreens or Walmart) to purchase the mascara.

Covergirl Outlast Lipstains - Now at CVS

Yes, child...I was at CVS yesterday buying up a bunch of nonsense* so that I could use my "Get $5 off a purchase of $25" ExtraCare Card coupon - and I spied CoverGirl Outlast Lipstains!!!

*To be honest, it wasn't really nonsense. I picked up L’Oreal Skin Genesis Daily Moisturizer Oil Free Lotion (I recently ran out and almost had a conniption), travel sized tube of Crest with Scope (for a Christmas trip to Spokane, WA to see my in-laws) and Selsun Blue Moisturizing Formula (never wear black without the blue, baby).

Big Props To Rimmel London

Big props to Rimmel London for creating two ab fab mascaras for under $8, and to my BFF Kristen for bringing this brand into my lifestyle.

A few weeks ago, Kristen called me to wax poetic about the fluttertastic virtues of Glam'Eyes Mascara. Like she promised, it delivered high octane lashes like you wouldn't believe. This mascara ain't for the faint of heart, and you wallflowers best save this tube for a night out. It gives the eye a sexy, dramatic look that is sure to set tongues wagging.

But I was most impressed by my impulse buy. CVS was offering a buy one, get one half off promotion...so I also tossed Lash Maxxx Mascara into my basket. This mascara magically multiplies my sparse lashes and gives them a glossy black coat, with zero clumps. The wand takes a little getting used to, as it applies the product with a comb comprised of ultra-fine bristles. But once you get the hang of it, you'll marvel at how believably lush your lashes look. The fringe is so natural, you'll forget that you aren't genetically blessed.

Run your ass out and buy both of these mascaras - for the price of one department store tube!

Don't Risk Leaving Your Toothbrush Unattended...Try DentaBurst

A few weeks ago during a restroom break at work, I noticed a cup on the counter by the sink. And in said cup was a toothbrush. What the bleep?!?! Grossness.

I used to have aspirations to become a pediatric dentist/orthodontist (long story), so I can appreciate a passion for dental care. But treating a public lavatory like your personal bathroom is taking it to the extreme. Plus, in my opinion, leaving your toothbrush unattended in a public place is incredibly naïve…I mean, haven’t they heard about the Big Brother episode where the vindictive girl cleans the toilet with her rival’s toothbrush? I’ve never even seen that show, but I’ve heard about that eppy a million times.

For those of you who are looking for minty freshness on the go, I’ve found the perfect product for you. DentaBurst teeth cleaners are better than gum because they remove plaque whilst freshening breath. Just place Dentaburst on your index finger, rub it on your teeth, and enjoy the feeling of a clean mouth. The mint flavor tastes great, and it’s also available in cinnamon.They’re individually wrapped, in packs of twelve – so toss a few in your purse, store some in you car, or stash a couple in your desk drawer at work. I think I might leave some on the bathroom counter of my office restroom, and hope that my dental hygiene-happy colleague takes the hint.

DentaBurst is available in the dental aisle at CVS and Target.

Johnson's Baby Cologne

By the weekend, my rash had gotten so bad that I had to go back to the doc’s office. Afterwards, I took my new prescription to CVS - then browsed around the store, waiting for my Rx to be filled. While searching for the magazines, I took a wrong turn down the baby aisle…and guess what I saw? Johnson’s Baby Cologne. Yes, you heard me right. Baby cologne.

Here’s the 411 on this shameful new product:

Johnson’s Baby Cologne has a gentle, fresh fragrance with a pleasant combination of floral and citrus hints. It leaves your baby smelling clean and fresh. This clinically proven mild formula is alcohol free, making it just right for your baby's delicate skin.

What is this world coming to? What kind of parent is thinking, “Damn, my baby really reeks. Maybe Johnson’s is onto something with this baby cologne!”

I actually smelled this stuff, and it’s truly awful. Don’t get me wrong – I do not condone spritzing cologne on infants. But if your target consumer is still in diapers, wouldn’t powdery notes be more appropriate than floral and citrus scents?

I think that if any parent attempts to purchase Johnson’s Baby Cologne, they should be met at the register by Child Protective Services. Just a thought.

Click here for the horrendous commercial.

SPINLASH!!!

I’m addicted to magazines. No, really. I have a problem. Every month, I buy every fashion/beauty/celebrity gossip mag you can name and read them cover to cover. And I don’t subscribe because I can’t bear spying one of my faves on a magazine rack before it shows up in my mailbox. Yeah, it’s an expensive compulsion.

Anyway, my husband marvels how I can spend hours reading one of my mags. I dog-ear pages and take copious notes so that I can later share with all of you. For the past few months, I’ve been seeing these ads - towards the back of the magazine – for this new invention called SPINLASH. This mascara has a rotating brush that simultaneously separates, organizes, shapes, coats, lengthens and volumizes eyelashes. Allegedly. Sounds amazing, right? But how credible can this product be when it’s pictured right next to that weight-loss supplement ad (you know the one with the woman wearing the same neon bikini in her before and after pics)?

So I got my hands (and lashes) on SPINLASH to see if the product lives up to the hype. And to my surprise, it did! Here’s the dish…

SPINLASH uses a rotating rubber brush that simultaneously combs and coats lashes. The motion of the rotating brush is slow and steady, so there’s no need to fear putting this near your eyes. The brush rotates 360 degrees in both directions for upper and lower lashes, and to accommodate right and left-handed users. It comes with either black or brownish black mascara that is safe for contact lens wearers…but the best part about SPINLASH is that you can use it with your favorite mascara! Just use your mascara’s regular brush to apply to the SPINLASH brush…it’s really just that easy.

SPINLASH retails for $14.95 and is available at Target, CVS, Claire’s and other mass retailers nationwide - as well as at SPINLASH.com.

I’ve Been Holding Out On Y’all

I’ve been holding out on y’all. Not on purpose, though.

Just now, I was searching around the blog – taking inventory, if you will, of what products I’ve tested thus far. When I went looking for my glowing review of Atopalm’s MLE Cream, it was nowhere to be found.

I must have told so many people about this miraculous moisturizer that I tricked myself into thinking I had reviewed it on Spoiled Pretty. But, alas, I did not – so here’s the 411, without further ado.

There’s nothing special or sexy about the packaging, fragrance (it's unscented), or name of this cream. But what I absolutely adore about this moisturizer is that Atopalm obviously put all of its resources into making a stellar product, rather than clever marketing.

Do you have dry skin? Do you suffer from dry flakes, no matter how much you moisturize? Is your skin extremely sensitive? Is rosacea your skin’s arch nemesis? Got a nasty case of eczema? Then you need to get this wonder cream!

Atopalm MLE Cream has plant-derived ingredients to aid in the replenishment of natural skin lipids to form a protective barrier against the elements. It also helps prevent the over evaporation of the skin's own moisture. And it helps in restoring the skin barrier depleted by microdermabrasion, facial peels, and other harsh treatments. It can be used on both the face and the body, is suitable for adults and children, and is side-effect free!

MLE Cream is the only moisturizer that quenched my perpetually parched face this winter. It fully hydrated my skin without turning greasy, even hours later.

Atopalm products are available at Amazon.com, CVS.com, and SkinStore.com.