KBShimmers Fall Collection : Vicious Circles

Hey everyone. Sorry I haven't posted much lately, I been busy job searching. But I finally have time to write a blog now. However, no luck on the job search yet...

But anyways, Vicious Circles is a vibrant red jelly with micro silver glitters, large silver circular glitters and micro bars (honestly you can barely even see them). This glitter combo is so beautiful. As you guys know by now, I love glitter bomb polishes. I loved how I only needed to use two coats to make it opaque ( I think three coats would have had too much glitter). Thought this polish is beautiful, I did have to smooth out the glitters with Gelous. But after one coat of Gelous, the polish was smooth. I added a top coat of HK girl on top of Gelous. The finish ended up being a little squishy, Im not sure if it was due to Gelous or it was because of HK girl top coat but because it has a squishy finish I got chips on my nails 2 days after I painted it and today (the third day I had it on) it is starting to chip more from the sides. Maybe next time I will try to only use Seche Vite over it (which probably will smooth out the glitters as well) and see how that goes.


Despite the chipping which is probably due to the top coats, the polish itself is beautiful and looks more amazing in person.

KBShimmer's Fall Collection: You Autumn Know

Hey everyone =]. I can't believe its September already! Time flies. Lately I been pumped up about fall. I guess its something about colorful leaves and pumpkin-y things. Haha. Besides pretty winter decorations I think fall decorations are amazing as well.

Last month I spent a lot of money on polishes so I decided to go on a September no buy. That means no buying polishes for all of September. There was one exception tho and that exception was the KBShimmer fall collection because it came out September 1st. So as a penalty I extended the September no buy till October 2nd.

I bought four polishes from KBShimmers new fall collection. One of them I bought was "You Autumn Know". Its a cute name for a polish. It is a white creamy polish with fushia, orange and gold glitters. This was my first white base polish I have ever tried and I'm glad this was my first because it is amazing. I remember when KBShimmer first announced its colors, I was a little iffy about it because I had never tried white based polishes. Even after looking at swatches I was still undecided. I thought long and hard about it and I really loved the combination of glitters because it reminded me of leaves with a hint of fushia to it. The polish has lots of glitters so if you dont want too much glitter you can use a white base under like I did.

 I used one coat of Opi's "My Boyfriend Scales Walls" as a base coat and two coats of "You Autumn Know". The application was great, though the first coat may not cover bald spots if your white base does not fully cover your nails. I think I like the polish so much that I want to savor it by using 2 coats of white base next time and just 1 coat of You Autumn Know =].

I took a picture of my nails with a free mini body lotion I got from Bath and Body Works. I love their freebie coupons and as you can tell I love fall stuff =].

Etude House Dear Darling Tint #2 Real Red

Recently I went on a mini Etude Haul on the KollectionK website. It took a while for my package to come in but what can you expect when your package is coming from Korea. Sadly I was at school when they decided to deliver it but I was able to pick it up at the post office after class.

I been looking for lip tints because I don't really like lipstick that end up coming off when you drink stuff. Ever since I passed by Korea during my layover to China, I was amazed by Korean makeup. I decided to try Etude to see how it would work since I would assume that most Asian makeup brands would not put any harsh chemicals (though this has not been proven, its just an opinion to me).

Along with this product I bought an Etude polish (which I have no tried yet) and an all over color which I have in a review on my blog.

Now lets get to the product. This color was in #2 Real Red. The color really is RED. I been looking for a red lip-color that wouldn't be too bright and not too dark for me. The thing I love about this lip tint is that you can build up on color. If you want it to be more subtle just apply less of the lip-gel and it will not come off too strong. There is also a fruity kind of smell to the gloss, honestly, it doesn't bug me at all. The gel does take maybe 4-5 minutes to dry but once it does it stays on for a while. I wore it the other day when I went to Hollywood with my family and I think it lasted a good maybe 4 hours without having to reapply. Also, if you like more of a smooth lip feeling you can always add balm on top of the lip-tint ( make sure the gel/tint has dried completely before applying balm or lasting power might not be as strong).

Overall this is a great lip tint. It does seem to wear off after a while but its decent for the price it is offered at. Heres a picture of me with two very very thin coats of the lip tint ( I basically just made a line with the tip of the wand and just used my fingers to blend it out to the corners of my lip).