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Nars Danmari Cheek Palette: Limited Edition and All About Cheeks!
Saturday, December 10th, 2011 | Makeup, Photos, Product Launches, Product Picks | Comments Off
Meilily Product Pick & Photos + Review: Limited Edition Nars Danmari Blush & Bronzer Palette!
The Nars Danmari Palette is a gorgeous limited edition set of six NARS Cosmetics blushes and bronzers. This kabuki-inspired cheek palette is just in time for the holidays and currently exclusive to Sephora. Great gift!
Why buy just one Nars blush (for $27) when you can get all six of these beautiful blushes (and bronzers) for only $65?!
Nars Danmari Blush & Bronzer Palette Shades:
- Orgasm Blush: Peach pink with gold shimmer – A cult favorite!
- Super Orgasm Blush: Peach pink with gold glitter – Party girl glam!
- Desire Blush: Bright pink – Don’t be scared!
- Sin Blush: Muted deep berry with golden shimmer – Nicely neutral and deep!
- Casino Bronzer: Medium-dark brown with slight golden shimmer – Coffee with your cream?
- Hungry Heart (1) Highlighter: Golden ivory with gold shimmer – Not your mother’s ivory!
The Nars Danmari Palette is a great gift idea for anyone who loves makeup!!! Overall, this is a well-curated blush and bronzer set- perfect for the single gal… or any gal in fact.
More Details & Descriptions: Nars Danmari All About Cheeks Palette… › Continue reading
Nail Polish Strips that Work? Sally Hansen Nail Effects Strips
Thursday, November 24th, 2011 | Nail Polish, Product Picks, Swatches | Comments Off
Meilily Product Pick & Swatches: Sally Hansen Nail Effects Strips – Fishnet Design!
Need a fun gift idea – for yourself? While everyone else is out fighting holiday crowds, get yourself to the drugstore and pick up some Sally Hansen nail polish strips!
Sally Hansen Nail Effects nail polish strips come in a fun array of patterns, and the fishnet design in particular is fresh, modern and stylish. These nail polish strips are long-lasting and actually stay nearly perfect for one full week! Best of all, applying the Sally Hansen nail strips is cleaner and less error-prone than bottled nail polish.
More Photos, Swatches & Details of Sally Hansen Nail Polish Strips…
My favorite of the nail polish designs, shown here, is called Misbehaved. › Continue reading
Gel Nail Polish Removal: Long Lasting Shellac Manicure for Natural Nails – Photos & Details
Monday, August 1st, 2011 | Nail Polish, Photos, Product Testing | 2 Comments
Meilily Photos & Swatches: Shellac Gel Manicure Removal: After Week 3!
Concluding the first ever Meilily gel manicure photo and swatch series, which tracks one gel manicure over three weeks, this finale explains how to remove a gel manicure, at home, by yourself. It’s not pretty, folks, but it can be done!
The Meilily Guide to Removing Gel Polish at Home
They say you need to go to a salon to remove your gel manicure and, while it is true that there are special products for removing gel polish currently only available to salons, where salon removal consists of wrapping, soaking, and sliding the gel off, removal can also be done, perhaps less gracefully, at home.
Meilily Gel Manicure Removal DIY How-To:
1) Find the loose edges around the gel polish on each nail - By week 2 or 3 you should start to see a lot of nail growth and possibly a few loose edges on the gel polish. Identify the areas around the edge of the polish on each nail that you may be able to loosen. › Continue reading
Bite Beauty: High Pigment Matte Pencil with Resveratrol – Good Enough to Eat?
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011 | Makeup, Photos, Product Launches, Swatches | Comments Off
Meilily Product Review, Photos & Swatches: Bite Beauty High Pigment Matte Pencil in Honey Berry!
Bite Beauty is a new Sephora-exclusive product line that immediately turned my head, in part because of the elegant simplicity of the textured grey packaging with glossy red lettering, but also because of the alluring range of shades and textures – all just for lips. Also, the fact that Bite Beauty lip products contain food-grade ingredients and the resveratrol equivalent of five glasses of red wine is kinda cool too.
To try out the Bite Beauty line, I picked up a Bite Beauty High Pigment Matte Pencil in Honey Berry, because it looked gorgeously mauve-nude swiped on my hand and because it reminded me of my beloved Nars Velvet Matte Pencil formula. How did it stack up?
More on Bite Beauty High Pigment Matte Pencil, Photos & Swatches… › Continue reading
Gel Nail Polish: Long Lasting Shellac Manicure for Natural Nails – Photos & Details Week 3
Thursday, June 9th, 2011 | Nail Polish, Photos, Product Testing, Swatches | Comments Off
Meilily Product Pick, Photos & Swatches: Long-lasting Shellac Gel Manicure: Week 3!
Wondering how a Shellac gel manicure looks by week 3? Well, so far so good, with one random chip from earlier, some nail growth, and still a whole lot of shine! Check out these photos and swatches from Week 3 of my CND Shellac gel manicure in shade Strawberry Smoothie!
In general, my gel manicure still looks great a full three weeks later – › Continue reading
Priti NYC Non-Toxic Nail Polish in Sweet Sultan: Photos & Swatches
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 | Nail Polish, Product Picks, Swatches | 2 Comments
Meilily Product Pick, Photos & Swatches: Priti NYC Nail Polish in Sweet Sultan!
Given how much I “heart” Priti Soy Nail Polish Remover, I’m rather surprised that is has taken me this long to try Priti Nail Polish, a non-toxic, 3 Free nail polish developed to be safe for children and expectant moms.
As part of my very first Priti Nail Polish haul, I picked up an intriguing neutral shade called Sweet Sultan, described as a “matted gray rose” on the Priti website. Sweet Sultan by Priti NYC has since become one of my favorite nail polish shades ever, a really great work-to-play neutral polish. It’s even up there with my favorite Paul & Joe Beaute Nail Enamel in 05 Teacup.
Tons More Photos & Swatches of Priti Nail Polish in Sweet Sultan…
The first photo above shows Sweet Sultan applied in 1-2 coats: › Continue reading
Meilily Giveaway: Spring Bronzing Essentials from Josie Maran & Clarins
Sunday, March 27th, 2011 | Contests, Free Stuff, Makeup, Photos, Skincare | 22 Comments
Meilily Spring Bronzing Giveaway: Josie Maran & Clarins Beauty & Skincare!
[The winner is.... Kayleigh! Congratulations!]
To celebrate Spring and to thank our readers, Meilily is giving away a set of Spring Bronzing Essentials with products from Josie Maran & Clarins! Enter to win this week until April 1 – we’ll post the winner here!
Giveaway Product Details:
- One Josie Maran Cream Bronzer in Beach No. 1 (full size, mirrored compact).
- One Clarins Delectable Self Tanning Mousse SPF 15 (15 ml deluxe travel size tube)
Alima Pure Mineral Makeup: Rainforest Limited Edition Collection – Photos & Swatches
Thursday, March 10th, 2011 | Beauty and Awareness, Makeup, Photos, Swatches | Comments Off
Meilily Product Photos & Swatches: Alima Pure Mineral Makeup Rainforest Collection!
If you’re looking to brighten up your color palette for Spring and you haven’t yet checked out mineral cosmetics brand Alima Pure, I am certain you will enjoy this peek at their new Limited Edition Rainforest Collection set. (For soft romantic shades, be sure to check out the Alima Pure Fairy Tale collection.)
The new Alima Pure Spring 2011 Rainforest Collection includes four finely milled mineral eye shadows inspired by the “jewels of the earth,” the rainforest. (Shown above clockwise from top left: Kapok, Macaw, Bromeliad, Jaguar).
More Photos & Swatches of the Rainforest Collection Mineral Eyeshadows… › Continue reading
Gel Nail Polish: Long Lasting Shellac Manicure for Natural Nails – Photos & Details Day 5
Friday, February 18th, 2011 | Nail Polish, Photos, Product Testing, Swatches | 1 Comment
Meilily Product Pick, Photos & Swatches: Long-lasting Shellac Gel Manicure: Day 5!
So far so good, with only one chip and a whole lot of shine! Check out these photos and swatches from Day 5 of my CND Shellac gel manicure in shade Strawberry Smoothie!
*If you missed it, you can view photos and swatches from Day 1 of my Shellac manicure here, with details on the gel manicure process and where to get it done! As you may have heard, gel nail polish is supposed to last without chipping between two to three weeks if done right. Is that true? Find out here!
Day 5 Shellac Manicure Results & Photos…
I was still very happy with my gel manicure, even on Day 5! The shine and gloss lasted impeccably without any dulling, and my nails looked freshly manicured. Amazing! The only chip to report by Day 5 actually happened on Day 2 of this gel manicure- How embarrassing!
I swear my Day 2 chip resulted from a fluke nail-caught-in-teeth accident that I cannot explain. › Continue reading
Gel Nail Polish: Long Lasting Shellac Manicure for Natural Nails – Photos & Details Day 1
Thursday, January 20th, 2011 | Nail Polish, Photos, Product Testing, Swatches | 5 Comments
Meilily Product Pick, Photos & Swatches: Long-lasting CND Shellac Gel Nail Polish Manicure!
If you’re like me and can’t help but mess up a manicure before even leaving the salon chair – painted nails a scraggly mess by day two – then you’re in luck! There is a revolutionary new nail polish, gel nail polish, that is rapidly rising in popularity. It is a cross between a regular polish and gel nails set with UV light. This gel polish is painted onto natural nails just like regular polish, but cured under UV light layer by layer.
I recently tested out this new gel manicure and came away with my fingernails transformed into glossy, shiny gems of polished goodness, an effect that lasted two whole weeks!
The salon I went to used CND Shellac polish and also Harmony Gelish products. The shade I tried on and photographed is CND Shellac in Strawberry Smoothie. Love it! › Continue reading
Alima Pure Mineral Makeup: Holiday Limited Edition Fairy Tale Collections
Friday, December 17th, 2010 | Beauty and Awareness, Makeup, Photos, Product Launches | 1 Comment
Meilily Product Photos & Details: Alima Pure Mineral Makeup Holiday 2010 Fairy Tale Collection Sets!
Even if you don’t believe in fairy tales anymore, you will want to check out mineral cosmetics brand Alima Pure and their Limited Edition Holiday Fairy Tale Collection sets. I tried the Limited Edition “Once Upon a Time” (shown above) and “Happily Ever After” mineral makeup sets from the Fairy Tale Collection, and am now enchanted with Alima Pure’s high-quality additive-free mineral cosmetics.
Not only does Alima Pure know how to make high quality mineral makeup, but they also really know how to package it. You’ll easily fall in love with Alima Pure’s beautiful pigments and also their whimsical motifs. (Apparently Alicia Silverstone is a fan too)! Best of all, Alima Pure products are fragrance-free and formulated without irritants like bismuth oxychloride or preservatives. (Btw, they’ve even received a Certified Natural Cosmetics seal under strict European standards!)
The Alima Pure Holiday 2010 Fairy Tale Collection includes › Continue reading
Benefit Cosmetics Comparison Swatches: Girl Meets Pearl, High Beam & Moon Beam
Monday, November 1st, 2010 | Beauty Tips, Makeup, Photos, Swatches | 4 Comments
Meilily Swatches: Benefit Girl Meets Pearl, High Beam, Moon Beam
Meilily Product Swatches: Comparing Three Benefit Cosmetics Highlighters!
As requested, here are some swatches that will help you compare the three Benefit Cosmetics highlighters: Girl Meets Pearl, High Beam, and Moon Beam.
Benefit Cosmetics‘ first pink liquid highlighter, High Beam, quickly became a popular beauty staple, and more recently Benefit created Moon Beam, the next addition to their liquid highlighter family. Now, with the launch of the new Girl Meets Pearl luminizer, it has gotten pretty hard to tell all these Benefit liquid highlighters apart.
Meilily to the rescue! Believe me, after you see these highlighters swatched side by side, you will see a difference… Check out Meilily’s Benefit highlighter comparison swatches: › Continue reading
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