Author: Hilary Baumann
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April Birchbox 2012 unboxing
Unboxing video: via YouTube What’s inside: amika: Obliphica Nourishing Mask (see why I couldn’t pronounce this!) The ingredient list looks wonderful… but I’m not sure if the “fragrance” is synthetic or from natural oils. I’ve sent them an email and I hope they will let me know. EDIT: They responded “We use natural oils in…
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Talbots Outlet Shopping (April 10 2012)
So I went shopping today at the Talbot’s Outlet again. I ended up with 4 tops which I think will be good spring additions to my wardrobe. I ended up taking photos of some of the other things I tried on. Click on the images below to enlarge and get descriptions.
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Mixing Nail Polishes – Lattes at Tiffany’s
I SWEAR this isn’t going to be a nail polish blog. It’s just what I’m a little obsessed with at the moment. So I’ve been looking for a warm grey for awhile so a couple of weeks ago I was mixing polishes and came across a combo I liked. Easiest way to do this is put…
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Beauty Label Breakdown from the Birchbox blog
Birchbox posted an excellent breakdown of 7 different ecological certification organizations that often are displayed to differentiate products from simple “natural” marketing hype. I couldn’t have said it better myself so here’s the link! 🙂 http://www.birchbox.com/the-haute-box/the-beauty-label-breakdown/ And a not so “spoiler” spoiler – April’s Birchbox is supposed to be filled with natural goodies! Yay! I…
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FinalFour UK Nails – Team Spirit nail polish
Quick post – did my nails in team colors for the University of KY today. Thanks to the ideas on pinterest to use a pin in a pencil eraser to do dots on your nails. Though now I kinda want itty bitter letter stamps for my nails.
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“Foiled Again” – gold foiling or gold leaf on clothes & nails
“Foiled again” get it? Ok, that would make more sense if I had previously written about gold foiling or even any kind of gold on clothes, right? Apparently I’ve been getting into golds lately. As exhibited by both some recent clothing purchases as well as nail polish choice. Outfit Top to bottom (click images…