Cuticle Saver and Nail Growth Tip

Hey y'all!  Most of y'all know I recently took off acrylic nails.  Girls... my nails were destroyyyyyed.  I had them less than a year and my nails would randomly bleed from the middle of them because they were so thin.  It was bad bad bad.  So I'm going on three weeks without them now and they are probably 60% back to normal (which isn't even good) but anything not so painful is improvement. 

I just wanted to share something that I've been doing that seems to have made a huge difference.  I massage Vitamin E Oil into my cuticles and all around them three to five times a day.  This makes them have that freshly manicured look but even better--healthy.  They look so healthy when I put this on (they're not..).  A huge plus to this is that it makes them grow faster.  Massaging the cuticle and nail bed draws blood flow to the area and stimulates growth.  What's to lose?! 

The only negative is that it does get oily/sticky.  I feel like I'm constantly wiping oil off my phone but I'm sure if you don't do this as often as I do you won't have this problem!

I got the CVS brand of this and it was probably 2 or 3 dollars.  I've bought this for so many of my friends I can't even say how much I love this. 

What do y'all suggest for after-acrylic nails?  (Nailtique update coming up--Not good!!!)

XO Be Sweet!

Two New MAC Things

Hey guys! So if you've been following, all of my recent posts are some form of a haul.  This is getting out of hand really fast...  I need to go on a no buy soon!  But while I was at the mall today I did stop in MAC and got two classics that I think every girl should have. 

I picked up Angel lipstick.  It's a frost but really should be more of a creme sheen I think.  It's just a really true pink but more mauvey then barbie pink.  I really think this would flatter anyone's skin tone.  Ask me if you'd like a swatch!

I haven't really worn this by itself lately because my lips just look bad.  It's not that they're chapped or dry but when I put it on it looks like they are, every single wrinkle magnifies and it's very odd.  Does anyone have any suggestions?  Maybe a good exfoliater?

The second thing I picked up was Satin Taupe eyeshadow.  No need to explain this--it's just what it sounds like.

The reason I love this is because its a perfect crease color AND lid color.  For me, it is hard to find one that is not too light or too dark and able to double as the two.  This is SO worth the 14.50& (big deal coming from the bargain queen)

So thanks for reading!  I know this one isn't super exciting just sharing the two classics with y'all!
XO and HAPPY ALMOST VALENTINES DAY! Be Sweet

Huge ELF Lip Haul

Ok I just want to start off by saying it's totally NOT a normal thing for me to buy twenty or so lip products at once so don't judge!  There was a huge Valentines sale with a code for 50% off all lip stuff! So exciting.  Obviously, this was supposed to lure you into the site so you would end up purchasing a bunch of stuff.. nope, I just got lip gloss. A lottttt of it. 

My total was about 22$ including shipping and handling.  Without the code it would have been about 48.  Yay for good deals :)

So here it goes:

1.  Luscious Liquid Lipstick in Baby Lips

2. Luscious Liquid Lipstick in Strawberry

3.  Mineral Lipstick in Natural Nymph

4. Mineral Lipstick in Runway Pink

5.  Mineral Lip Gloss in Pageant Princess.  NOTE: this is not even relatively CLOSE to this color.

6.  Mineral Lip Gloss in Wild

7.  Lipstick in Classy

8. Therapeutic Conditioning Lip Balm in Strawberry Creme

9.  Therapeutic Conditioning Lip Balm in Vanilla Creme

10.  Therapeutic Conditioning Lip Balm in Orange Creme

11. Hypershine Lip Gloss in Fairy

12.  Hypershine Lip Gloss in Blossom

13.  Hypershine Lip Gloss in Flirt

14. Hypershine Lip Gloss in Bubblegum

15.  2 in 1 Lip Conditioning Gloss in Love It

16.  Minty Lip Gloss in Nashville

17.  Conditioning Lip Balm SPF15 in Peaceful Pink

I also ordered three of the new matte lipstick pencils in Coral, Praline, and Natural but they did not ship with this order.  I just contacted customer service about that so we'll see what happens. 

Let me know which of these y'all want reviews or swatches on!  Many of these are NOT true to their website color at all. 

Thanks for reading! Have y'all tried any of these? What do you think?
Comment and subscribe! Be Sweet! <3 Lina

Mini Sephora Haul!

Hey guys :) I made a few bucks while shoveling snow today so I decided to go to Sephora!  I just picked up four little things so nothing big but I figured I'd share.

1.  I LOVE THIS.  Korres Jasmine Lip Butter 10$  The packaging on this is super cute too.

2.  I LOVE THIS TOO.  haha this stuff is GENIUS.  I'll do a separate review on it soon.
     Sephora brand Lip Attitude Glamour in Innocent Beige 12$

3.  Sephora by O.P.I. Nail Polish in Rumor Has It.  It's just a super eggshell sheer white color that's not super cute but it was only 5$ instead of the regular 9. 

I cannot find a picture of the next two anywhere! And we all know my camera skills are horrendous... sorry:(

4.  Sephora MultiAction Nail Polish in Plum.  I don't know how much these always are but I got it for 1$ :)  This is a very matte plum shade that's a little chocolatey and purpley.  Very pretty for winter/fall.

This just shows that you CAN go to Sephora and not spend your college tuition money.  I got four things for about thirty dollars which can be similar to drugstore prices!
Thanks for reading!  Comment and subscribe!
Have y'all gotten any really good Sephora deals?  What have you bought there lately?

XO Be sweet <3

CVS HAUL

Hey guys!  It NEVER snows here... last weekend it was 75-80 degrees and now it's 19 feels like 7.  Gotta love Texas crazy weather.  So I've been cooped up in the house for a full two days now and JUST went outside for the first time today!  Walked to CVS and of course hit the makeup aisle. 


Here's what I picked up!


1.  L'oreal HIP Bright Shadow Duo in Roaring. 


None of the pictures I found are really true to color.  Both are darker and I love love love the taupey one.  This is 7.99 but mine was 75% off so I got it for 1.99ish

2.  Revlon Beyond Natural Blush and Bronzer in 420 Nude.  I have no idea how much this is but I wanna say 12 or 13.  I got this for 75% off also, so I only paid 3ish.



3.  Rimmel Lasting Finish Lipstick in 070 Airy Fairy.  This was also 75% off so instead of paying 5.29 I paid a little over 1.

4. L'oreal Paris HIP Shine Struck Liquid Lipcolor in 660 Euphoric.  Got this for 75% off of 12 and paid about 3. :)

5. Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick Pearl in 405 Silver City Pink.  This was originally 7.99 but I got it for 50% off so I paid about 4.

6.  Rimmel Lasting Finish Lipstick in 006 Pink Blush.  This started at 5.29 but I paid 1 is because it was 75% off.  I think I'm going to really like this one.  It's a super true kinda bubble gum pink.



7.  And last but not least!  Almay Intense Color eyeliner for green eyes in 004 Raisin Quartz.  This is probably my seventh one of these.  I use it every single day.  I don't want to talk too much about it because I'm planning on doing a whole post on just this.  It's the only thing I paid full price for and it was 7.99

So that's it! Yay for bargain shopping! Tell me which of these you want reviews on or which you have and liked/didn't like!  Be Sweet, comment and subscribe <3

The Mint Balm

This has been a coveted item in my crazy household for a good month now.  Seriously I've had to search for it a good six or seven times... people steal it and hide it.  It's SO good.  I really just bought this after a facial to humor the lady.  She was all up in my face trying to sell me anti-wrinkle stuff and age spot faders I was like I'm in highschool!!! Soooo I bought the chapstick.... ThankGAWD I did.

This is Glo Minerals The Mint Balm with SPF 15 moisture treatment... I think it might have some rosemary in it too?

Reasons I love it:

1.  It's huge.  Seriously this things the size the bottom of an OPI nail polish.  LOVE IT. I'm such a sucker for jumbo lip products.

2.  Yummy Yummy Yummy.  It smells SO good.  It's the kind of mint like an Altoids that's kinda spicy.  It's a really sweet mint like a sugary peppermint?  I hope y'all know what I'm talking about...

3.  It really works! A lot of times I find products will have one thing I like, i.e. color, smell, etc. but it doesn't actually do anything.  This balm is beyond moisturizing and you only have to use a tiny bit!

4.  Super duper long lasting.  I put some on after dinner tonight at 7ish and its stilllllllll on my lips.  Y'all it's like 10:30....

GO GET THIS NOWWWWWWW it'll change your life.

Be Sweet!!

OPI Dupe!

Ok to start.. sorry for this awful break!! I didn't die or runaway or anything I've just been insanelyyy busy.  Just checked facebook for the first time in two weeks. That says a lot.

Anyway... I found a dupe for OPI's Russian Navy.  There are a lot of dupes for this but this one is the most perfect I've seen. 

With Flash ^^

Without Flash ^^

This is New York Color Minute Quick Dry Nail Polish in West Village.  As you can see in the swatch, (actually you really can't see much sorry about my fail camera skills.  I'm working on it)  West Village is blue-er with just one coat but with two it's equivalent.  Obviously, the formulas not as good.  CVS vs. OPI.  not complaining at all.. I'm a bargain junkie, just thought I should note it.  But I do think these are almost exact if not perfect.  The only thing I can really say that's different is that Russian Navy has a little bit more of a purple iridescence but I honestly never noticed it until I turned the camera flash on it!

This is completely worth skipping the expensive nail polish on.  Get the dupe :)

Do y'all have any good ones?  Tell me tell me! 

PS!!!! Another one I discovered today!  Milani Nail Lacquer in 830 One of a Kind is a great dupe for OPI's Here Today Aragon Tomorrow.

Love y'all be sweet, comment and subscribe :)