Waterfall Nails

I wanted to do a Thanksgiving themed mani, but didn't want to do turkeys, so I thought I would try out a new technique and do Waterfall Nails! I like the way these came out! I've had a few people tell me that they look like flames and I've had a couple tell me they look like Turkey tails :)

Waterfall nails is a super easy technique to do and is something that I will do again in the future. I'm thinking white nails with Neon 'falls'!

For this look I used Avon's Gel Finish polish in Mudslide for my base and used Sinful Colors Clementine, Revlon Delicious, Mark's Saffron and a Yellow for my 'falls'.

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! Anyone go out and hit the Black Friday sales today?

Tomorrow I'll be back with a super cute nail look :)

Haul: TJ Maxx, Ross & Big Lots

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As of late I have been obsessed with Big Lots and TJ Maxx for finding beauty products, especially nail polishes, at discounted prices! Last week hubby and I ventured out on a little shopping trip and the town that we went to not only had those two stores, but they also had a Ross, I was able to find some pretty good deals.

From TJ Maxx I stumbled upon a duo of Orly polishes, Fabulous Flamingo and Ancient Jade, for $6.99! That's like paying $3.50 for each polish, not too bad considering they are priced at $8 for a full size bottle and $3.99 for a mini bottle at Ulta.

I also came across some mini OPI Sets

TIOT: Revlon Rain Forest

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Keeping with the St. Patrick's Day theme from yesterday's post, I have another green polish for today's Try it on Tuesday!

This is Rain Forest from Revlon Color Stay. This was another one of the polishes I found at Big Lot's. Only paid $1.50 for it and seen it at Walmart a few days later for $4.97

Application of this was very nice. First coat is sorta on the sheer side so I added a slightly thicker second coat. I should have just added 2 more thin coats, because the thicker on made it take much longer than it should have to dry. Hence the messed up tips and some dings.

I really like this color, deep green with lots of shimmer, which my camera did not do any justice to. Looks so stunning in the sun, so shimmery!

For next Tuesday I am planning on showing Ruby Without a Cause from Sephora by OPI

Do you like to use deep greens like Rain Forest on your nails?

Haul: CVS Clearance Sale

Y'all know how I love my beauty products on a budget and one of the best place to stock on on some products or try 'new' products that are to expensive when not on sale, is the 50-75% off sale at CVS. This sale is held twice a year, usually spring and fall, and if I have some extra money I try to shop it!

I had posted previously about a few polishes that I had found at this sale, this post is my last CVS sale post for this particular sale.

First up are some nail polishes that I got. I picked up another one of the Maybelline Color Show Shredded polishes in the shade Purple Possibilities, a Sally Hansen Crackle in Wave Break, a Spoiled polish in the shade Mind Your Own Beeswax, and a Maybelline Color Show Metallic polish in the shade Blue Blowout.

Left to Right: Sally Hansen Crackle Wave Break, Color Show Purple Possibilities, Color Show Blue Blowout, Spoiled Mind Your Own Beeswax

 I also got a few new lip products, I figured this sale would be a great time to re-stock my lip drawer since I had recently cleaned out all of my older products. I picked up a Revlon Super Lustrous lipstick in the shade Porcelain Pink. Cover Girl natureluxe gloss balm in the shade Grenache. Milani Crystal lip gloss in the shade Fruit Punch, and two Revlon Super Lustrous Lip glosses, pink whisper and peach petal. I will have a follow up post with in the next couple of weeks with swatches of these lip products :)

Break down of the great deals I got from this sale:

Maybelline Color Show Polishes: Original Price $ 4.19 each I paid $ 2.09 each

Sally Hansen Crackle:  Original Price $7.49 I paid $ 1.87

Spoiled Polish: Original Price $1.99 I paid $.49

Revlon Super Lustrous Lip Stick: Original Price: $8.99 I paid: $2.25

Revlon Super Lustrous Glosses: Original Price: $8.79 I paid: 2.19

Cover Girl Nature Luxe: Original Price: $7.99 I paid $3.99

Milani Lip gloss: Original Price: $5.79 I Paid around $1.45 ( I lost the receipt from this purchase lol)

Did you shop the CVS sale? What did you get?

Haul: Big Lots

I love going to Big Lots to check out their beauty section, you never know what kind of good deals and products you are going to find! A new Big Lot's store opened semi close to my area so hubby and I went to check it out and I scored a few good beauty buys.

First I got a bottle of gud, from Burt's Bees, body lotion in the fragrance Orange Petalooza. Smells so good and leaves my skin feeling super smooth and only cost $2! Next I got a two pack of Revlon polishes, which were also only $2. I got the shades Fig Jam and Strawberry Cream. These are supposed to be scented, I think they just smell like any other nail polish. I also picked up a pack of Ponds Evening Sooth cleansing towelettes for $3.80. Lastly I got an ELF blending eye brush for ninety-five cents!

Have you scored any good deals from Big Lots recently?

Winner Mail!

I was so excited to find out that I had won Lori Ann's giveaway for her 1 year anniversary of her fantastic blog, Bat an Eyelash. If you haven't already you should go check her out! She posts hauls, favorites, reviews,  swatches and more!

Here is what I won:

• Tea Tree Oil foot repair balm This is going to be great to get my feet ready for flip flops and sandals!
• MUA Heaven and Earth eyeshadow palette I have seen a lot of blog posts and videos on this brand and I have been wanting to try out their products for a while. So excited that I finally get to now!
• Mabelline Studio Gel Liner in Charcoal I have tried cream eye liners, but never gel.
• Macadamia Healing Oil Treatment This is another brand I have seen a lot of in the beauty world and another product that I have been wanting to try!
• EOS Sweet Mint Lip Balm I love mint lip products and this is one of the EOS balms I didn't have :)
• OPI nail polish in Bubble Bath My very first OPI polish!
• NYX blush in Pinched
• NYX Cream Blush in Boho Chic
• Revlon Lip Butter in Raspberry Pie

And this adorable NYX lacy bag!

Thanks so much Lori Ann!

I will have reviews and swatches of all these products up in the next few weeks. I wasn't able to swatch them for this post, I've been sick for the last week and a half and didn't want to contaminate my new goodies :)

Have you every tried any of these products?

December Favorites

This month I had quite a few favorites, so let's just jump right on in!

Face Favorites:
This month a foundation made it's way on to my favorites list, simply because I have not been able to wear foundation lately, until I was introduced Loreal Youth Code Serum. With that being said, obviously the Youth Code Serum is one of my favorites this month. Revlon Color Stay foundation has been my go to foundation this month. I really like the coverage I get from it. Cover Girl CG Smoothers Tinted Mositurizer is also on my favorites list this month. I love using this when I'm in a hurry to get ready or when I only want very light coverage. I have also really been loving my Milani Illuminating face powder in Amber Nectar, gives a nice hint of color to my pale skin.

Eye Favorites: 
This month I have really stuck to a quick and natural looking eye. Staring off with Avon's eye shadow primer, review coming soon. Then I'll take my Milani shadow eyes in champagne toast and cover my lid. Then I've been using the crease shade out of the Wet n Wild Walking on Eggshells trio, for my crease shade. Then using Wet n Wild's single shadow in the shade brulee as my highlight color. Lastly I would use my TheBalm Mary-Lou Manizer to brighten up the inner corners of my eyes.

My favorite eye liner this month was my Sumita contrast eye pencil and my favorite mascara has been my Kiss i-Envy.

Lip Favorites:
My go to lip products this month have been my peppermint Baby Lips and my two Model Co Shine Ultra lip glosses.

Hair Favorites:
I had a couple of hair favorites this month. First up Not Your Mother's Smooth Moves, I can not get enough of this stuff! I have also been using Tresemme heat tamer spray when I flat iron my hair. I used to not use a heat protectant but I've been heat styling my hair a lot more lately so I thought I should start using one.

Other Favorites: 

My favorite fragrance this month has been Paris Amour from Bath & Body Works. It was an early Christmas gift from my friend :) I have also been loving my Vita Moist hand cream that I got from Avon. I have a few tubes scattered about the house, so there is one around when ever I need it.

What were your favorites this month?

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

Latest Target Beauty Bag

I was so excited to see my Target Beauty Bag in my mailbox the other day. I am really happy with the samples that came in this bag.

First off it came with a sample of Garnier Fructis Color Shield shampoo and conditioner. I'm really anxious to see what this smells like, it's made with Acai Berry antioxidants and Grape seed oil. Another interesting thing about this product it has UVA & UVB Protectant in it.

Next I got Aveeno Active Naturals

CVS 75% off Sale Swatches

Here are the swatches from the polishes I got from the 75% off sale at CVS