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July 4, 2014 By Cassie 30 Comments

Beach Beauty Must Haves – 4th of July Edition

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Today is the 4th of July, WOOT-WOOT! Which means that a lot of you are probably heading out to watch some fireworks or are going to the beach. If you are planning on heading outside to view those fireworks, or you’re planning on going out anytime this summer you should check out these Beach Beauty Must Haves. Neutrogena Wet Skin Spray Sunblock || $10.79 –

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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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May 27, 2014 By Cassie 55 Comments

Ulta and Sephora Birthday Haul

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  My birthday was back in April and I decided to wait until the end of April to film a collective birthday haul. I wasn’t able to get this onto my YouTube channel and here on the blog until now due to some medical issues. However, now I’m back on track so expect tons more videos and posts coming your way soon! Here is the

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February 5, 2014 By Cassie 39 Comments

OPI Brazil Summer 2014

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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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January 20, 2014 By Cassie 36 Comments

OPI Hey Baby Swatch and Review

OPI Hey Baby Swatch and Review on southeastbymidwest.com

Purchase: Ulta Cost: $9.00 OPI Hey Baby is part of the new collaboration between OPI and Gwen Stefani. The line consists of seven different shades of 5 different formulas. Hey Baby is one of two Creme Gloss formulations. These can be found through Ulta, Sally Beauty, Amazon, and other similar retailers. Ease of Application Hey Baby went on super easy and was neither gloopey nor

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January 7, 2014 By Cassie 20 Comments

OPI Gargantuan Green Grape Swatch and Review

OPI Gargantuan Green Grape Swatch and Review on southeastbymidwest.com

Today I’m reviewing and showing swatches for OPI Gargantuan Green Grape nail polish. I will be judging the polish on Ease of Application, Color, Feel, and Lasting Power. Ease of Application It was pretty easy to apply two coats of this polish. Sometimes with polishes when you go to apply the second coat it go a bit tacky. This polish did not have that problem

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May 2, 2013 By Cassie Leave a Comment

April Beauty and Life Favorites

Today is May 2nd, in general that means that another month has passed us by but for our purposes it means that it’s time for another favorites post. For my April Favorites I decided to choose 10 items and split them between 5 non-beauty and 5 beauty items. Beauty Favorites My favorite beauty item of the month is for sure the Theodora Palette I got

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March 12, 2013 By Cassie 3 Comments

OPI is Now at Ulta

Ulta has made a big announcement… They are now carrying OPI Nail Lacquers both in their store and online. I am so so so so happy about this announcement, I can’t even tell you. I don’t know about you guys but OPI polish is extremely hard to get around us and really the only way that I have found to get it is through Amazon

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