Author: RiaG

Jindie Nails – Red Velvet Revolver Re-formulated

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Hello lovelies! Let’s try this comeback again. Believe it or not but we have been sick … AGAIN … and this time it was norovirus. It’s still not completely gone but I’m good enough to sit down and do something. I have so so much stuff to show you guys. I would need at least a week to work a few hours a day to get everything photographed, tested, blog posts written etc. Unfortunately I don’t have a few extra hours a day right now but I’ll try my best to get the regular posts going again as soon as possible.

So today I have another Jindie Nails polish for you. This is Red Velvet Revolver Re-formulated. It’s a gorgeous burgundy jelly with gold, silver and holographic glitter. This was actually more opaque than I expected and I got a good result with just two coats. Application was easy and I didn’t fish for the glitter. I did turn the bottle upside down before application as usual. Also no glitter placement was needed. (more…)

Polishers Inc. – Negative space

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Happy Polishers Inc. Sunday everyone! Since I literally have just a few mins to write this post I’ll make a long story short. This manicure looked so much better in my head but since I didn’t have a very good day today and I did this mani at the last possible moment I didn’t have time to redo it. So this is what you get for my negative space manicure this Sunday. (more…)

My newest Dollish Polish pretties

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Hello lovelies! As you have probably noticed I’ve been on a short break. I’ve just felt completely drained out of energy and tried to charge my batteries a little. Yeah, I have too much to do, no charging happening any time soon so I just better get back on the saddle and suck it up ;) I’ll start by publishing the posts when ever and after I get a few more of them ready I’ll start the regular scheduled posts again.

So here’s two new additions to my ever growing Dollish Polish collection. These are from the Pulp Fiction collection and as I write this they are both available at Dollish Polish webstore.

First we have English Mother F*ucker, Do You Speak It?


“soft rose/berry shade has a subtle metallic sheen with a hint of red & pink glass flecks”


This was almost a one coater for me but I applied two. So easy to apply nice and smooth. Dry time was quick too. I wore this for at least 4 days and there was no chipping. Very good quality and lovely color! I also love the fact that I can see the shimmer on the nails too and it’s not only visible in the bottle.

On the photos I’m wearing one coat of Essie Nourish Me, one coat of Glisten & Glow Stuck On Blu!, two coats of English Mother F*ucker, Do You Speak It?  and HK Girl top coat.


 

The other one I bought from this collection is Zed’s Dead Baby, Zed’s Dead.

“a rich mossy olive green, loaded with green iridescent flakes & micro flakes”

This one is more jelly like but still opaque with two coats. Also easy to apply and dried fast. Flakes are quite visible on this one and I just love this shade of green. I think this would also make a great base for stamping.

This is one coat of Essie Nourish Me, one coat of Glisten & Glow Stuck On Blu!, two coats of Zed’s Dead Baby, Zed’s Dead and HK Girl top coat.

 

***These polishes were purchased by me. I don’t benefit from clicking the link on this post in any way. 



Ooops! I did it again …. and I’m blonde

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Sorry I’ve been MIA for a few days. Now that all the kids have finally been healthy for a week or so my body is starting to give in. I’ve basically been sleeping 2-5 hours a night for a couple of months now and when I’m no longer stressing over sick kids I feel like I can’t do anything but sit on the couch wearing my comfy home pants. I did manage to do some shopping though and went through a major hair color change. Now I feel like a brand new person.

I have been suffering from postpartum hair loss and my hair is quite thin at the moment. I had grown out my own natural color and I really liked it but the color made my hair look even thinner. So I decided to go back to my old ways and bleached my hair. I bleached it twice to get it to be as light as I wanted. Now there’s still a hint of yellow shade left on the lengths. I just bought a good silver shampoo and a silver spray leave in conditioner yesterday. With those I’m trying to achieve a perfect silver blonde shade. I can’t stand the yellow shade on my hair when it’s blonde so I fight it with everything that I can :D I’ll rather have grey hair than have a slightest bit of yellow shade on it.

I’ll have a hair post with photos up when I get the shade to look exactly how I want it.

 

 

Glam Polish – Fairytale Life Duo (Mei Mei’s Signatures Exclusive)

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For a while I’ve been drooling over Glam Polish pretties and I finally got around ordering some. I bought the Fairytale Duo that is Mei Mei’s Signatures exclusive. The polishes are pink Princess Parking Only and purple Beauty Queen. Can I just say OMG!! I love these!

Princess Parking Only is such a bright pink, almost neon and Beauty Queen is the prettiest purple I own now. These are so bright and loud and super pretty at the same time. Both of them also have holo micro glitter on them. Unfortunately I have no sunlight photo of Princess Parking Only but it is a sparkling as Beauty Queen is on direct sunlight.

Formula on both of these was excellent, almost a one coater. So easy to apply and normal dry time. I wore both of these for three days and there was no chipping or staining the nails. You have to rub a little with the remover cos of the micro-glitter but nothing like actual glitter polish.

For both of these manicures I have a coat of Essie Nourish Me, a coat of Glisten & Glow Stuck On Blu!, two thin coats of polish and HK Girl top coat.

The duo is not available at the moment but will be restocked in the future. Follow Mei Mei’s Signatures FB page for more information.

If you missed my yesterday’s post please click here and check out the info about the changes to my social media pages. Also if you could be so kind and go like my new FB page I’d greatly appreciate it.

 

***This duo was purchased by me. I don’t benefit from clicking the links on this post in any way. 

 

Changes to my social media pages

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My blog is going through some major changes and I have started the process from my social media pages. I have decided to drop the Polishaholic part from my name and now only go as RiaG. As a result for this my social media account addresses have changed to RiaGBeautyBlog. This has affected my Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest and Tumblr pages. I have also created a brand new FB page.

So here are the new addresses and they have also been updated on the side bar icons.

 

INSTAGRAM    ***    http://instagram.com/riagbeautyblog/
TWITTER    ***    http://twitter.com/RiaGBeautyBlog

Also here’s my NEW FB PAGE address

http://www.facebook.com/RiaGBeautyBlogger

Please go like my new page and feel free to also unlike the old page since I will be posting the same content there until all the changes are done and the old page will be deleted.

 

Burt’s Bees Honey & Grapeseed Hand Cream

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I got Burt’s Bees Tips ‘N’ Toes Hand & Feet Kit for Christmas and one of the products in that package was Burt’s Bees Honey & Grapeseed Hand Cream. I immediately fell in love with this hand cream and when the little tube was empty I ordered a normal size one from Lookfantastic.com.

This is kind of a funny one to use. I apply a small amount on my hands and at first this feels almost slimy. It’s a weird feeling. I keep rubbing my hands together until they start feeling really sticky. When they feel so sticky that it’s hard to keep rubbing my hands together I stop and wait for a couple of minutes and after that the cream is fully absorbed and I can continue what ever I was doing. If you apply too much of this the slimy feeling won’t go away and the cream takes a long time absorb.

This is the most moisturizing cream I have found for day use. This moisturizes really well and dries really quick at the same time and that is rare. You just have to find the right amount to use and not apply too much.

I have also been using this at nights too after rubbing Bliss Kiss Pure Nail Oil all over my hands. Works great that way too though then it doesn’t absorb quite so quickly and I usually wear cotton gloves for a bit.

This has quite a strong honey scent so if you don’t like honey this might not be for you. I myself quite like the scent too and it’s not too overpowering.

 

 

 

 

They have change the packaging and I have no idea if they have changed the formula of the lotion too. This is what they are selling now at Lookfantastic.com. I intend to order another one soon and I really hope the cream has stayed the same.

Ingredients: water (aqua, eau), simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) butter, vitis vinifera (grape) seed oil, glycerin, beeswax (cera alba, cire d’abeille), stearic acid, theobroma grandiflorum (cupuacu) seed butter, macadamia ternifolia (macadamia) seed oil, glucose, fragrance (parfum), sodium borate, xanthan gum, sucrose stearate, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, honey (mel, miel), rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract, tocopherol, beta carotene, glucose oxidase, lactoperoxidase

 

***This hand cream was purchased by me. I don’t benefit from clicking the links on this post in any way. 
 

Out of my comfort zone – Brown eye makeup

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Lately I’ve been wearing more colorful eye shadows cos I haven’t been feeling the brown/nude ones so much. I decided to give Urban Decay Naked Basics palette a try after a good while and this is what I came up with.

I have to say I’m still not feeling it. I liked how the soft eyeliner looked and the eye makeup in general but I just wanted to add a little bit of color. I ended up adding the color on my lips but it wasn’t enough. I’m definitely going to do this kind of makeup look again and use more color.

I also tried the new Lumene Bright Now Vitamin C Shine Control Creme-Gel I got in a subscription box earlier last week under this makeup and it didn’t work well. I used the Rimmel Lasting Finish 25H foundation and it didn’t apply over the Lumene cream nearly as well as it does over Philosophy Hope in a Jar. So all in all this was only a very average face day.

 

Face 

Rimmel Lasting Finish 25H Foundation with Comfort Serum – 102 Light Nude
Dior Skinflash Radiance Booster Pen – 002
Sensai Loose Powder (translucent)
NYX Mosaic Powder – 02 Latte
Grimas Eyeshadow 580 as a highlighter
Helena Rubinstein blush – Urban Beauty 01 Star Light

Brows

Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow Pomade – Medium brown

Eyes

Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion
Urban Decay Naked Basics – all shades except FoxySugarpill – Diamond Eyes for a bit a sparkle
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil – Zero
Maybelline The Colossal Go Extreme mascara

Lips

MAC Lipstick – Flat Out Fabulous (retro matte)
MAC Lip pencil – Magenta