Kiko???

I have some vacation time coming up, so my boyfriend and I are heading to Italy. We'll be away for 10 days and I'm excited to see the sights and get my shop on in another country! I've travel quite a bit but never to Italy, so I was intrigued to find out about their nail polishes of course. This brand kept coming up, its Kiko Makeup Milano. The nail polishes look like they range from 1.50 - 3.90 euros. They seem to have quite a range of colours and even a magnetic line. Looks like a promising brand to check out. I saw that they have a Sephora not far from our hotel, and of course I'm all too excited to see what their drug stores carry. 

SPOTTED: In Bellingham & Lynnwood WA, November 2011 Part 3

WET N WILD WALGREENS EXCLUSIVE ICE BABY COLLECTION

Only four left :( I bought Diamond In The Rough and It's All In The Cut.

These are the latest displays I seen while in the states last weekend. There we seriously sooo many new displays! You can see part 1 and part 2 of the displays by clicking here. These are the Walgreens, Ulta, and Walmart displays.  I loove seeing post like these! It's almost like shopping. 

SINFUL COLORS WISH HOLIDAY COLLECTION 

(WALGREENS)

SPOTTED: In Bellingham & Lynnwood WA, November 2011 Part 2

SALLY HANSEN CHRISTMAS SALON EFFECTS (RITE-AID)

More from my little adventure, part one was all of Sally's Beauty Supply's new displays and this post is mostly Rite-Aid. I'm a huge fan of Rite-Aid right now, they always have tons of room for stand alone displays and they always have the latest out. This particular Rite Aid was in Bellingham, I did go to a few different Rite Aids cause I was on a mission to find Loreal Owl's Night, and I did finally find it!!! I was so excited, I'll post some swatches very soon cause can't wait to wear it.

SALLY HANSEN LIMITED EDITION DESIGNER COLLECTION 2011

(RITE-AID) 

SPOTTED: In Bellingham & Lynnwood WA, November 2011 Part 1

FINGER PAINTS MERRY AND BRIGHT COLLECTION (SALLY'S)

OMG I must say there are so many new Holiday displays out now! I took a little 'nail polish' adventure into Washington and heres what I found! This is from the Sally's Beauty Supply in Bellingham which is about 15 minutes from the boarder crossing. It's right by Bellis Fair mall. 

CHINA GLAZE - LET IT SNOW COLLECTION

(SALLY'S)

I was surprised to see some Twinkle Lights! Thats my favourite from this collection.

Tips 'n Tricks: Buying Nail Polish on eBay

I'm sure some of you Canadian nail polish lovers, know exactly how I feel... You want a certain polish but you can't find it here! Of course it's not sold in this country or for some reason the limited edition collection never came to a store near you, in comes eBay! I loooove eBay. Before I moved to Vancouver, eBay was really my only way to get some of the "good stuff." So here are some of my tips and tricks to using eBay to buy nail polish (and believe me I've bought lots!)


- Always use PayPal, it really helps protect you the buyer and its so easy to use.


- Check the sellers Feedback profile, read what other buyers have said about that particular seller. Use a seller that has close to 100% positive feedback, read any negative feedback the seller has, steer clear of any sellers who have negative feedback from not sending an item or sending items not as they are described in the listing. 


- Don't forget to calculate the shipping cost or the duties on you order to the listing price. Read the listing carefully. Know exactly what you are getting and if there are any extra "fees" associated. 


- Shipping in Canada is very slow, so you will have to be patient! You might be the last person to get that great polish :(


- If you are buying more then a few polishes, try to find a seller who has most if not all of the ones you want, that way you can take advantage of any shipping discounts you might be able to get for ordering multiple items. If the seller does not list the shipping cost or mention a shipping discount for more then one item, message them to ask BEFORE you place your bid or buy it. More often then not they will offer a discount, something like "for each additional item shipping is $1"


- Do your research! It doesn't take very long, and you can save a bunch. Take advantage of the 'Sort by' tab. You can sort in lots of different ways. If you want your order faster you can sort by distance. If you want the cheapest you can sort by price, which you can even sort by 'Price + Shipping: lowest first' which is great cause it takes a lot of math out of shopping for you!


- Make sure that you can't get it somewhere else that you can get your order to you faster or cheaper. Check out a few websites too, depending on the country you live in it may be cheaper to order from a website that specializes in nail polish. I've wanted to order from many of these US or Europe based websites soooo many times, but often when you get to the check out and type in 'Canada'... shipping is three times as much as the items! Often times if the website is based out of the same country as you, you can get free shipping if you spend over a certain amount, so factor that in too before you place an eBay order. Check out some Canadian nail polish websites and calculate if its cheaper to order that way.


- Check out the sellers return policies, do they have any policies if your nail polish comes broken? or if they send the wrong item?


- Does it make sense to Buy It Now? (similar to buying from a website, you have bought the item) or does it make sense for you to place a bid in an Auction? (at auction you may be outbid)


- Don't wait too long if your item does not come! You only have a certain amount of time to resolve any problems. eBay is typically pretty good at getting problems solved promptly. 


- Learn a bit of lingo: HTF (hard to find), BN (brand new), BIT (buy it now)


- Keep track of local blogs! Sometimes eBay isn't the best deal. Local bloggers usually have sourced out where to get the best deals and will usually mention where they got it and how much they paid. Maybe they have a store near you that carries the brand or colour your looking for or they might have coupon codes to a nail polish website!


Finally... enjoy looking at all the pretty bottles! eBay can be great of get HTF nail polishes or if your into nail art its great for supplies!

Proud day to be Canadian - Quo by Orly!

Uh Suprise! I had no idea that this line was coming out. I was just walking though Shoppers yesterday and I spotted Gosh's new Fall collection and these! Quo which is Shoppers Drug Mart's exclusive cosmetics brand has teamed up with Orly to produce some wicked polishes.  I bought 3 of them, the display had 5, but judging from the pictures in google images there is going to be a whole line coming out!

This was the display, the 2nd and 4th from the left look like Luxe and Rage.

Turquoise Moonlight

 Night Sky

Celestial Star

I knew I wanted these right away but I was on my lunch break when I noticed them and my wallet was in my office, so I asked the lady to put these on hold and I would come back. I went back three hours later, all of Turquoise Moolight were gone already and there were only a few of the other colours left. Not all Shoppers Drug Marts have this display out yet, I went to my dentist today which is beside another Shoppers and they didn't know anything about any Quo nail polishes.