NOTD: Water Marble

The other day I was out running some errands and I went in to Fred's and seen this fabulous set of of neon L.A Colors polishes. The packaging says Tropical and on the back it says it's a limited edition set. I pick this up for $5

After I swatched all the polishes in the set I thought to myself, these would work great for a water marble mani, so that is what I did with them. They are beautiful on their own as well and I don't feel like my camera does them any justice, they are such bright and vibrant colors.

Here are the swatches of the polishes:

Swatched over White

No base

Now on to the water marble mani! I have only done a handful of these type manicures and I'm not that great at it but I really loved how this one came out!

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Haul: Dollar Tree & Big Lots

The Dollar Tree and Big Lots are two really great places to find awesome beauty products at a very low price! I went and did a little shopping at each of these stores last week and wanted to share with you the items I picked up.

We'll start with the items I got from Big Lots. Usually when I go there I will find a least a couple of good beauty buys, this time was no exception. I picked up a pack of epielle Green Tea Cleansing Tissues, not sure how well these will work, I will let you know, but for the price I could not pass them up. You get 60 wipes in the package and they were only $2.00. They also had 30 count packages for $1.

I also spotted some of the Goody Spin Pins. I got one of these from Influenster a few months ago and I love it. I have seen these at Walmart and they retail for around $6-7, Big Lots had them for $2.50! Of course at that price I had to pick one up.

The last few items I got were nail polishes (like I need anymore lol) They were $1.00 each. I got a Sinful Colors Magnetic polish in the shade Polar Opposites, I don't like the magnetic part of these polishes, but you can wear them just like regular polishes. I also got a Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in the color Blizzard Blue, it's a sheer color, but looks awesome layered over black. I got a NYC polish in the shade Python Green and a polish from the Holiday Lights line that was out in Rite Aid stores last Christmas. It does not have a color name on it, but it's just a clear/white flakie polish with the super cool light up brush!

Left to Right: Sinful Colors Polar Opposites, NYC Python Green, Holiday Lights, Sally Hansen Blizzard Blue, and Milani Pink Pop (Dollar Tree)

Also from Big Lots I found a set of Sally Hansen mini polishes called Happy Manicures with Gem Crush, never seen any of these before. The set comes with Big Money, Be-Jeweled, Bling-tastic and Lady Luck. The names are not on the bottles so I do not know which is which. These glitter polishes can be wore alone with two coats. They are super pretty and so sparkly! I got the set for $3.00

Moving on over to the Dollar Tree. I went there specifically because I heard that they had Milani products, ummm Milani products for a $1.00, I think so. I only got three items, a nail polish in the shade Pink Pop (pictured above) and two of the HD Advanced Lip Colors, one in Classy Nude and one in Raspberry Blush. I really like these lipsticks they are creamy and feel very moisturizing on the lips. Also they are kind of sheer, which I like, but if you like darker lipsticks you can build them up.

Top to Bottom: One swipe of Raspberry Blush, A few swipes of Raspberry Blush, One swipe of Classy Nude, A few swipes of Classy Nude

While I was there I seen some L.A. Colors Trio and picked up a couple of those as well, I got Sunflower and Orchid.

Sunflower Trio

Sunflower Trio Swatches

Orchid Trio

Orchid Trio Swatches

I also wanted to pick up one of the NYC Sunny Bronzers, so I had been looking for it at Walmart cause I thought it would be the cheapest there. Well all of them had been opened, so I thought I'll just run by Rite Aid and see if they have it, they did and to my amazement, at a cheaper price than Walmart! $2.99 at Rite Aid versus $3.97 at Walmart! I'm hoping this will make a good bronzer for me since it is kind of light and so thankful that is does not have shimmer!

Have you bought any new beauty products lately? If so, what did you get?

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St. Patrick's Day Manicure

I decided to do a special manicure for St. Patrick's Day and loved the way it came out so I wanted to share it.

I used a NYC white cream for the base and used a fan brush to brush on some stripes. For my stripes I used a L.A Colors green and gold glitter.

Did you do a special manicure for St. Patrick's Day? If you did, leave me your link below, would love to see what you came up with.

Shop My Stash #2

Sorry for bombarding y'all with three post today. This is the last for today, I promise! I meant to put this up yesterday, but was feeling a little under the weather.

So last week I shopped my Stash for a few products and samples. I really enjoyed my WEI to go Beauty sample of gelled oil cleanser, but I did not like the ideal skin perfect finish that was with it. I put it on and my face looked a hot mess! I think the color was too light for me, so that came right back off! I also really liked the sample of Pixi flawless beauty primer, it was actually a colored primer, not white like all the other primers I've used. I think my ELF eye shadow duos will be getting a lot more use now too, more to come on them in my Try it Again Tuesday post! I didn't get much use out of my Avon Smooth Minerals lip gloss, I found myself always reaching for my Revlon Lip Butter. The Milani eye tech extreme eye liner I am still on the fence about. I had a hard time getting this to look good on my eyes. Will keep trying though.

This week I shopped my stash for the following products:
Wet n Wild Cream eyeliner in Black, City Curls mascara by NYC, L.A. Colors Little Black Book of eye shadows Glam Edition, I picked this up at the Dollar Tree back in March of last year. I really don't think I have used this at all! I also picked two Rimmel Royal lip glosses.

Will you be shopping your stash this week? If so what items are you using?

Review: L.A Colors Cafe Au Lait

L.A Colors Cafe Au Lait is a small palette of six colors that range from cream to plum. The shadows are velvety to the touch, they remind me a little of how NYX shadows feel.

L.A Colors Cafe Au Lait

I am not all that impressed with this little palette. Eye shadow primer, I feel, is a must with these shadows. It seemed to me that I had to really pack on the product to get it to show up the slightest bit on my eyes, and I was using two of the darkest shades in the palette. I had high hopes for this little palette since the colors swatched so well on my hand. I'm still kind of on the fence about this palette. The shadows are buildable for a darker look. I just feel like you have to use too much of the product to achieve a darker looking eye look. I do however, think that it works okay for a very neutral, natural look, which is nice, I was just hoping for better pigmentation.

I will probably still continue to use this palette for when I do want a very light, neutral eye look.

These are the swatches. Really wished they showed up on my eyes like they did on my hand.

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Quality: 3/5
Value: 4/5
Packaging: 5/5
Pigmentation: 3/5
Overall:15/20

Dollar Tree Mini Haul

First I would like to say I love the Dollar Tree! I don't have one in the town that in, but there are a couple in the surrounding area and I always check out the makeup section when I'm there. This trip I found some really neat goodies!

First up I found some nail art supplies from Donna Michelle. They are eight bottle sets. One set is glitter and the other is little balls also known as caviar in the nail art world. I was so excited to find these at just $1.00 each, I could not pass them up, not to mention I have wanted to try the caviar look for quite some time.

I also found a NYC quad in the shade Riverside Park. This quad is made up of beautiful shades of greens. I've used this once and really liked the look that I was able to achieve with it.

I also picked up a L.A Colors 6 Color Eyeshadow in Cafe Au Lait. I have not had a chance to use this yet, but the colors are absolutely gorgeous. It's a mixture of plum, pink and brown.

I'll have reviews on the eye shadows soon. Have you picked up any good finds at the Dollar Tree recently?

Nail Of the Week

This is the last Nail of the Week post for November! Next month I'm going to move them to Mondays and call it Mani Monday.

So this week I went super light with my nail color. Nouveau Cheap had a post about milky glitters in the drug store, but that you can make your own at home. She has a picture up of her DIY milky glitters and I really wanted to give it a try so I used what I had at home. I use Pink Pearl by L.A Colors for my base color, I think I may have put 2 coats. Then I used a glittery polish that I got in a Wet N Wild mini set last Black Friday, it does not have a name. I topped the glitter with a thin coat of the Pink Pearl. I like how it came out, but I think I would rather use a different milky looking polish. Nouveau Cheap recommended Wet n Wilds Megalast polish in 2%, I may go pick that up and give this milky glitter manicure another try.

What did you wear on your nails this week?

BLOG SALE

First off the rules/guidelines for the sale:
* I only accept payments via PayPal. Please send payment as a gift so neither of us are charged fees.
* I will only ship within the US
* All Items are sold on a first come, first serve basis.
* Shipping will cost $3.00 for the first item and $.50 for each additional item.
* All sales are final - no returns, refunds or exchanges. I also will not be held responsible for any lost or damaged packages. I will package items as carefully as possible. Insurance available upon request (at an extra charge).  Please feel free to ask questions or if you'd like a picture of an item with a different view to be able to see it better then please let me know. I want you to be happy with your purchase. 
* Items that have been crossed out like this are no longer available.
* All of these are described as accurately as possible. If you want pics, let me know.

How to order

Once you decide what you would like, EMAIL me at SmallBudgetBeauty@gmail.com. Let me know the items you want along with your full name, physical address and email address associated with your Paypal account. Please use BLOG SALE as the subject.

* I will invoice you from a different email address- DO NOT PAYPAL ME until you receive my invoice!

Products Available:

 NYX Eyeshadow Singles L-R Smokie Mountain, Super Creamy, Golden Amber, Rust. First 3 were gently used, Rust is new and sealed. $2.00 for used ones, $3 for new one.

 Wet n Wild Pride new and sealed $2.00, L.A Colors Trio Sand Dune, Grassy Knoll (swatched) $1.00 each, Rimmel Smoulder quad (swatched) $1.00

  Jillian Dempsey For Avon Perfect Eye Kit  in Deep Purple, Used 1 time. $3.00

 Avon Wash-off Water-Proof Mascara in Black, NEW $2

 ELF Super Glossy Lipshines L-R Pink Kiss, Goddess, Watermelon, Candlelight, Pink Kiss. $.50 each

 ELF Glossy Gloss (swatched) L-R Wild Watermelon, Ballet Slippers. $1.00

 Avon Super Shock Lip Gloss L-R Melon Madness, Bronze Blitz $2.00 each

 Avon Glow Lip Gloss in Ultra Violet, Avon Glazewear Intense Lip Gloss in Intense Plum $2.00 each

 Mark Glow Baby Glow Lip gloss in Honey (Swatched) $3.00

 ELF 2-in-1 Conditioning Gloss in Love it $1.50

 Rimmel Lipstick in Pink Champagne, Revlon lipstick in Peach. $2.00 each

 NYX Diamond Sparkle lipsticks, Brand new. L-R Sparkling Orange, Sparkling Nude $3.00 each

 ELF Mineral Lip Gloss L-R Au Naturale, Pageant Princess $1.50 each

 Wet N Wild Mega Shield Lipstick in It's a Girl $1.00

 Essence Mini Lip Gloss Set (swatched) $2.00

 Outspoken Fragrance by Fergie. New $4.00

 Avon ANEW Clinical Luminosity brightening serum. New and sealed. I have 2 of these. $11.00

Physicians Formula Tinted moisturizer in Fair to Light. New and sealed $5.00