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July 7, 2014 By Cassie 50 Comments

Nicole by OPI Roughles On What Grounds

Nicole by OPI Roughles On What Grounds on southeastbymidwest.com #notd #nailart #nails #beauty #beautyblogger #bblogger #OPI #Roughles

Purchase: Local Stores (can not find online) Price: $8.00 (Price May Vary) Nicole by OPI put out a new set of polishes called Roughles earlier in the year. The Roughles polishes are a speckled texture polish that dry with a matte finish. Roughles are different from other textured polishes in that they have dark speckles inside of the lighter polish which adds a nice cooler

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June 30, 2014 By Cassie 58 Comments

4th of July Nail Art Tutorial

4th of July Nail Art Tutorial on southeastbymidwest.com #nailart #notd #nails #beauty #beautyblogger #bblogger #4thofjuly

It’s been awhile since I’ve done a nail art tutorial post and since I have plans to cover more nail polishes I thought doing another nail art would be a great idea. Due to the fact that the 4th of July is in a few days and America is participating in the Fifa World Cup of Soccer I thought a 4th of July Nail Art

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June 23, 2014 By Cassie 64 Comments

Color Club Safari Sunset Swatch, Photos, and Review

Color Club Safari Sunset Review on southeastbymidwest.com #beautyblogger #bblogger #nails #nailart #colorclub #review #beautyreview

Purchase: Color Club Price: $8 Color Club’s Safari Sunset is part of their Safari Garden Collection. Safari Sunset is one of six colors in the collection and is a gold toned shade. Application This polish applies pretty well and dries super fast. However, you don’t get an even coat of color and it’s very streaky with just one coat. That being said, a second coat

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June 13, 2014 By Cassie 52 Comments

People VIP Gift Box Unboxing

People VIP Gift Box Reveal on southeastbymidwest.com #peoplevip #beautyblogger #bblogger #kloutperk

About People VIP Gift Box People VIP Gift Box costs $204.66/year paid in one lump sum. With that amount you get a one-year subscription to People Magazine, a six-month print and digital subscription for a friend, and 3 People VIP Gift Boxes filled with stuff. Unboxing Product One As far as I can tell this bracelet was custom made for the People VIP Gift Box.

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March 24, 2014 By Cassie 47 Comments

Revlon Scented Polish in Wintermint Swatches & Photos

Revlon Scented Nail Polish in Wintermint Swatches, Photos, and Review on southeastbymidwest.com #nails #nailart #bbloggers #revlon

Purchase: Amazon, Ulta, Local Drugstore Price: Varies The Revlon Scented Polishes are polishes that dry to light fragrance. If you smell them while they are in the bottle you’ll get a small hint of what the fragrance will be, however, that will be masked with the typical “nail polish” smell. Once dry, you’ll be able to get a whiff of the true fragrance occasionally. The

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March 12, 2014 By Cassie 48 Comments

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Swatches and Photos

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Swatches and Photos on southeastbymidwest.com #nail #nails #nailart

Purchase: Amazon, Ulta, Local Drugstore Price: Varies The Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure claims to be a base, gel polish, and top coat in one that will last up to 10 days. I wanted to give you a “just applied” swatch of this product. This will not be a full-on review, that will be coming in 10 days (give or take a day or so)

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February 28, 2014 By Cassie 27 Comments

ncLA Let’s Pop Bottles…Pink Champagne Review and Photos

ncLA Nail Polish Let's Pop Bottles...Pink Champagne Review and Photos on southeastbymidwest.com

Purchase: ncLA Cost: $16 ncLA Let’s Pop Bottles…Pink Champagne is a purplish-pink polish. This particular polish is a metallic shade that is only available to purchase from ncLA. I got this product from my Wantable subscription box. Ease of Application This polish applied super easily. There were a few times were it was a bi streaky but I actually think that was my fault because

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February 5, 2014 By Cassie 39 Comments

OPI Brazil Summer 2014

OPI Brazil on southeastbymidwest.com

Purchase: Ulta, Salons, Sally’s Beauty, etc. Cost: $9.00 Brazil by OPI is the newest OPI line to hit the market. It will be launching Spring/Summer of this year. There will be twelve full-size polishes available for purchase and a four-piece liquid sands mini set. Company’s Description: Brazil by OPI brings the colors of tropical rainforests and warm sandy beaches to nails and toes for Spring/Summer

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February 3, 2014 By Cassie 69 Comments

OPI Cajun Shrimp Swatches, Photos, and Review

OPI Cajun Shrimp Swatches, Photos, and Review on southeastbymidwest.com

Purchase: Drugstore.com Cost: $8.00 OPI Cajun Shrimp is a red shade that is part of their permanent collection. This polish is a regular gloss polish and can be purchased anywhere OPI polishes are sold. Ease of Application OPI Cajun Shrimp goes on flawlessly and evenly. I have applied this multiple times and I have not had any problems with patchiness, streaking, or any other application

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February 1, 2014 By Cassie 27 Comments

January Beauty Favorites

January Beauty Favorites on southeastbymidwest.com

The Video Lipstick My first favorite for the month is a MAC lipstick that I purchased recently. This shade is Sunny Seoul which, in my opinion, is a “Your Lips But Better” shade. This basically just smooths out any lines on the lips and makes it a little pinker. This is very moisturizing as well. Stay tuned for a full review and swatch photo’s coming

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