Favorites & Empties: January 2014

Happy Friday! I'm combining my favorites and my empties this month, because I only finished two products. So let's get right to it.

Both of the products that I finished up this month were hairsprays, Vintage Glam Thermal Freeze Spray and Suave Touchable Finish. Suave touchable finish is pretty much my all time favorite hairspray, it is the one that I purchase over and over, and will more than likely continue to. The Vintage Glam was a product that I won from Sally's Beauty back in September last year. I have a love hate relationship with this hair spray. I love it because it holds my style, but leaves my hair feeling touchably soft. I also love that it comes out in a fine mist, but that also leads to why I hate it, the spray lingers in the air for a very long time. First time I used it I sprayed my hair went off to do some other things came back about 10-15 minutes later and you could still see the spray just hanging in the air. Probably not a product that I would repurchase solely based on it's price, $8.49 Just can't see paying that when I can get my Suave for $2.97

Now on to the good stuff, my favorites from January!

Haul: Sally's Beauty

When I am near a Sally's and have a little extra cash on me I always try to get extra nail wheels, my nearest Sally's is about one hour away. Well I went in earlier this week to pick some up, but they were out of stock. However, I did find a great deal on three bottles of nail polish!

I found two bottles of China Glaze Crackle, one in the shade Haute Metal and the other one is Cracked Medallion. Haute Metal was on clearance for $1.50 and Cracked Medallion was on clearance for $.99! I also found a bottle of Color Club polish in the shade Glitter Wonderland, it was also on clearance for $1.99! So even though they didn't have nail wheels I was so glad that I went in and was able to find these deals.

Have you found any good deals at Sally's lately?

Haul: Sally's and Rite Aid

I went to Sally's the other day to pick up nail wheels, but they didn't have any. Anywho I picked up a few nail polishes from there. I got one of the polishes from the China Glaze Hunger Games Collection in the color Smoke and Ashes. It had been marked down to $3.29! I also picked up a couple Sally Girl nail polishes, they don't have names, but one is neon pink and the other is neon orange. I've been kind of obsessed with neon colors on my toes lately!

The neon colors are much brighter in person, my camera

China Glaze Crackle Nail Polish

I am LOVING my China Glaze Crackle polish! I think that it is one of the coolest beauty products that I have ever found. I really like this polish because it gives your nails such a unique look. All of your nails will have a different look, no 2 alike.You can buy this polish from Sally's Beauty Supply. This polish comes in 6 colors: Crushed Candy (blue/teal), Cracked Concrete (gray), Lightening Bolt (white), Black Mesh (black), Broken Hearted (hot pink/magenta), Fault Line (purple). The cost of these polishes is $5.99 each.

The two most important things to remember when using this product is to work fast and use thin layers. Thick layers of the polish do not seem to 'crackle' well. Also if you try to paint over the crackle polish it will not 'crackle' again. Also make sure that the crackle polish is completely dry before you apply your top coat.

Here is a picture of the polish:

Here are a few swatches using the crackle polish! Left to Right: On the first nail I used a few different colors to achieve a rainbow effect. Next I used a blue color from L.A Colors. I also used white and Celeb City from Sally Hansen.

If you would like to know any additional information about this product feel free to leave a comment below or email me at: SmallBudgetBeauty @gmail.com