Football and Fingernails: July 2011

Monday, July 11, 2011

July Birchbox

Not going to lie, I was so excited to get the Cynthia Rowley birchbox (don't know who she is but this box is so pretty!) For those who don't know for $10 you get a box of 4-5 deluxe samples and sometimes full sized products. Great deal right? And as excited as I was to get this, wasn't impressed at all. These are the products that I received:

A shine spray, a fruit and nut bar, a eyebrow pencil, shower gel and a face wash. Meh. I've gotten much better ones before, and I was disappointed because I know there's about 10 different versions of this box, and I unfortunately don't think I got a very good one. On a better note I love the design on the box before you open it. I may have been disappointed in the products but this box is gorgeous!

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Orly Sec 'N Dry topcoat review Raspberry Rush

I'm going to start out by saying I've tried a lot of topcoats that I've loved... Out the Door, Seche Vite, Poshe.... but I HATE Sec 'n dry by Orly! I lost my poshe topcoat in the black hole behind my bed so I had to turn to S'ND, I've used it as a manicure reviver and I absolutely love it. But as a topcoat... heck no I'm not a fan. It didn't dry quickly at all for me, and even after an hour I still got dents in it. Which I've never experienced after an hour of using any other quick dry topcoats and a china glaze nail polish. I'm stuck using it for the next couple of weeks until I get a chance to get a new bottle of Poshe.

Raspberry Rush by Color Club. Smelled like those itty bitty jaw breakers that I got once at the Jelly Belly Factory I didn't really smell the raspberry but it smelled good enough to attack my father to smell while he was trying to take a nap. I liked the color enough but, pink polish really isn't my thing.