My Frugal Glam: Drugstore Nail Polish

Over the weekend, a friend asked me about my nail polish. She thought I was wearing a luxury brand. I told her the polish I'm wearing only cost $1.99. She was surprised because, it looks like it would of cost more. My friend usually buys Chanel but I got the feeling that she might end up browsing the drugstore aisles for a bargain or two.

Everyone wants to look their best but nail polish is just one of those products, I just can't see spending a lot of money on. For the price of some of those luxury polishes, you could get a professional manicure.

I'm not trying to discourage anyone from purchasing luxury nail polish, it's just not my thing.
I am perfectly happy with my drugstore brands and my nails look great.

Wednesdays Beauty Picks

Even though I'm away on a business trip I found some beauty products you might be interested in. I'm a huge fan of the Boots products and I love their reviving eye gel. Also included are seven more beauty picks worth trying.



Boots No7 Reviving Eye Gel
$11.99
Target



New mark Juice Gems
Flavored high-shine gloss, Ten shades available
$6.00 each



Phenomen Oil
Intensive Moisturizing Cuticle Oil
$12.40
jessicacosmetics.com



New Clinique Even Better Skin Tone Corrector
$39.50



SMN (Santa Maria Novella) Lip Moisturizer
Enriched with cocoa butter, olive oil, vitamins E and F and calendula extract
$22.00
lafcony.com



New The Lash Stash
Mascara sampler set
$28.00
Only at Sephora




















Bath & Body Works Signature Collection
Moisturizing Shampoo and Conditioner in Mango Mandarin
$7.50 each or 2 for $10.00

More posts tomorrow

Beauty Pick: butter LONDON 3 Free Nail Lacquers

A polish I love so much that I hate to tell anyone about is the butter LONDON 3 Free Nail Lacquers. I also love the oh so Brit sayings and names for each shade such as Union Jack Black, Hen Party, Eastender and Frilly Knickers. They have an amazing mix of shades that are chic and go with just about anything you're wearing. The 44 lacquer collection is priced at $12.00 a bottle. You can purchase them at the official butter LONDON website or at Beauty.com.

The butter LONDON products contain NO Formaldehyde, NO Toluene, and NO DBP (Dibutyl Phthalate). Their motto is "We believe in Colour, not Carcinogens".













1. Primerose Hill Picnic
2. Bezzie Mate
3. Come to Bed Red
4. Macbeth














5. Tramp Stamp
6. Tea with the Queen
7. West End Wonderland
8. Henley Regatta













9. Billie No Mates
10. Dolly Bird
11. Royal Ballet
12. Chancer

Brighten Nail Imperfections with Barielle Nail Brightener

Now that fall and winter's passed, time to make way for the light and bright shades of spring and summer. But if your nails took a beating from the dark and bold shades of seasons gone by, and now left you with nails that are so dull, stained, or yellow that all you can think of is hiding them.

But, no need to go that extreme, an easy way to get your nails back to their natural color is to use a nail brightener and a great one to try is Barielle Nail Brightener ($16.00, barielle.com). An amazingly cool treatment with a light iridescent sheen. What's great about it?

1) it dries quickly and
2) has a unique anti-oxidizing properties that hydrate and brighten nails.

It can be applied alone for that no-fuss manicured look or under nail polish for color correcting protection. Bonus: you can also apply a coat on top of your favorite nail polish to give it a subtle pearly sheen.

OPI's Fall/Winter 07 Russian Collection

Get into the Fall Beauty Season with a rich and beautiful shade from OPI's F/W 07 collection. The Theme is Modern Opulence.

Russian Collection: MODERN OPULENCE

Modern opulence. An easy, assumed elegance, a sense of grace, and an instinct for the finer things in life. A love of luxury and a taste for refined style. Colors that capture a new moment in elegance and opulence - a feeling of luxury and refinement that transcends time.

SUMPTUOUS.
SOPHISTICATED.
AND MAGNIFICENTLY MODERN.














L to R:
Russian Navy, Catherine The Grape, Midnight In Moscow, Vodka And Caviar, Siberian Nights, Rubble For Your Toughts














L to R:
An Affair In Red Square, Boris And Natasha, Kreme de la Kremlin, Suzi Says Da!, Cosmo Not Tonight Honey, St. Petersburgundy

Allure Magazine's Editors Favorite Nail Polish

The editors at Allure magazine have pegged the Chanel Le Vernis Nail Colour in Laurel Canyon ($19.00, chanel.com) as one of their favorites. They find the polish to be refreshing after the dark and gothic shades that were on so many nails during the fall.

The find the shade to be truly sexy for summer and find it stunning on brown or bronzed skin.