Yet another fabulous color by Essie!

On Monday I received my order from Ulta (yay for 20% off!) and immediately had to try one of my new nail polishes - Essie's Demure Vixen. I was excited to see that the polish has an iridescent quality to it but slightly disappointed to see how sheer it was. I was able to alleviate the sheerness by applying three coats and then the top coat (Good To Go by Essie - super fast drying) which helped to set the three coats.



Demure Vixen is a great color for spring and reminds me of the prettiest light purple Easter egg you've ever seen.

Next up is the other new bottle of polish, Splash of Grenadine... Confession time: I get way TOO excited to try new nail polishes. I guess there are worst addictions in life ;)

Must Have Monday

My Must Have Monday item is something you may either
a) have in your arsenal of beauty products
OR
b) look at and say "what do I do with THAT?!"

Let me introduce you to the Kabuki brush. I was first shown the wonderful ways of it way back when I used Bare Minerals. It was part of the BM regiment and although BM didn't work for me, the brush certainly did.

Since my BM days, I've continued to use a Kabuki brush for powder and bronzer application. I like that it's full and round, easy to use, and covers a lot of face space without feeling like I'm piling it on.

I love my Kabuki brush so much that I just took advantage of the Ulta.com's Friends and Family Sale of 20% off (Good through Saturday - Code: 15555) and ordered another one. Thanks to Sara over at Living Our Dream for posting about the sale! The $14 brush comes down to $11.20 with the sale - a good deal for a brush that will last you quite a long time!

And of course I didn't pick up JUST the Kabuki brush... I indulged in a little nail polish retail therapy because I'm obsessed!




Top to bottom... can you tell I love pinky polishes?!:
Essie To Dry For top coat (the absolute best top coat anywhere - hands down! I even bring it with me when I'm going to have a manicure at a salon - it's THAT good!)
Splash of Grenadine
Demure Vixen
Big Spender