Hello Everyone! Sorry it's been so long! I've had technical difficulties. Anyways, I'm back and I'm here with something exciting! Misty has been so wonderful and kind and has chosen myself (and others) to review Lilly Anne's Garden Halloween Box. It releases September 2nd and is $17 + shipping. It includes an acetone additive in the scent Witches' Brew, a 5ml roller ball cuticle oil in Treats or Treats, a sugar scrub in Candy Corn and 3 Halloween charms (skull, pumpkin and Spider with a pearl center). What I love the most about Lilly Anne's Garden products is how gentle they are on my super sensitive skin. Any fragrance and lotions (Bath and Body Works, etc) I break out immediately. With these products, they are super gentle, moisturizing and DON'T irritate. It's such a joy to be able to use amazingly scented products without the suffering,
Acetone Additive- Witches Brew
Witches Brew is described "The spicy notes with a hint of licorice and rich patchouli make for a mysterious, yet familiar and compelling scent". I honestly don't know how else to describe the scent other than amazing. It has a sweet side to it.
If you are unfamiliar with an acetone additive, it's a liquid that you add to acetone (or nail polish remover) to prevent drying of your skin and cuticles. I love how easy Lilly Anne's Garden's Acetone Additive is to use. Add a few drops to a small dish of acetone or remover and that's it! Or squeeze the whole bottle to 32 oz of acetone/remover so you don't have to remember every time. I love how the color is purple (it does NOT stain your skin or nails) and a cute orange cap.
If you are unfamiliar with an acetone additive, it's a liquid that you add to acetone (or nail polish remover) to prevent drying of your skin and cuticles. I love how easy Lilly Anne's Garden's Acetone Additive is to use. Add a few drops to a small dish of acetone or remover and that's it! Or squeeze the whole bottle to 32 oz of acetone/remover so you don't have to remember every time. I love how the color is purple (it does NOT stain your skin or nails) and a cute orange cap.
Here's a picture of my nails before using the additive. My cuticles and nails are peeling and dry and cracked.
...and here's the after using the acetone additive. A few drops help keep my nails and cuticles from drying out further AND moisturizes. Just a few drops! Incredible! I notice that when using the additive, it helps keep the acetone/remover smelling great and not too strong of a scent.
Sugar Scrub- Candy Corn
Ah, the sugar scrub. It is ABSOLUTELY adorable! Misty layered the colors of the scrub to look like candy corn. It's the little details like that, that make it so special and amazing. The scent is described "Warm vanilla candy with top notes of butter with a slight hint of almond". I'd say the vanilla and butter are spot on.
How I use the scrub, is I use the back of my thumbnail and scrap about a teaspoon-tablespoon of product (depending on how much therapy my hands need). Under running water, I massage the scrub into my nails, cuticles and my hands. It's a very gentle scrub and contains the same oils that are used in the cuticle oil.
Here's my hand before using the scrub. Embarrassing I know, see how gross they are, crusty and dry? Yuck.
So much better right? Nice and moisturized and ready to rock and roll!
Cuticle Oil- Tricks or Treats
My absolute favorite product from Lilly Anne's Garden is the cuticle. Nothing beats Butt Naked, that is my ultimate jam, if you've stalked my IG or LAG IG, you would have seen how banged up my cuticle oil is, and it's even more loved haha. Moving on! The cuticle oil was the first thing that I smelled when I opened my box. It smelled sweet and like bubblegum. It's amazing. Tricks or Treats is described "Begins with top notes of pumpkin, persimmon, and apple; followed by middle notes of blueberries, elderberries, currants, orange and cinnamon; and well rounded with base notes of sugar cane and vanilla". To me, it smelled like a fall bubblegum.
Ok, so the most embarrassing. It is what it is when it comes to your non dominant hand/Cindy. Here I'm showing you her because I want you to see how incredible the cuticle oil is. Before ^dry and nasty.
Voila! It's insane magic. No more dryness, no more cracking, no more nastiness. Incredible. Amazing. Magic.
Pumpkin Charm
Here's my Halloween Mani using the Pumpkin Charm included in the box. A watermarble swirl using Sweet and Sour Lacquer- Smoothing Sauce (Base Coat) I'll Be In My Room (orange) and Lou It Yourself- I'm So Wasted (Yellow) ,What's Up Watermarble Tool and Sweet and Sour Lacquer- I Peel Good-Apple (Liquid Latex) and Glisten and Glow-HK Girl Top Coat.
Skull Charm
Here is another Halloween Mani using the Skull Charm. I used Rica- Blackout and Whiteout (Images), Bundle Monster Stamping Plate 413, Winstonia Sticky Marshmallow Stamper and Sweet and Sour Lacquer-Smoothing Sauce (Base Coat) and I Peel Good-Apple (Liquid Latex) and Glisten and Glow-HK Girl Top Coat .
Spider Pearl Charm
Here's my last Halloween Mani using the Spider Pearl Charm, Sweet and Sour Lacquer- Smoothing Sauce (Base Coat), I Peel Good- Apple (Liquid Latex) and Saucy Marbles (Clear Watermarble Polish), Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear- Black Out, Lou It Yourself-Light Matter (White), What's Up Watermarble Tool, and Glisten and Glow-HK Girl Top Coat.
Phew! What a long post! Absolutely worth it! I hope you enjoyed it, I couldn't get enough of this Halloween Box. I loved it! The charms are adorable, all the nail care items smell incredible and actually work! This releases September 2nd for $17 plus shipping. Start saving now, this is something you don't want to miss out!
Thank you so much for sticking around, happy polishing and I'll see ya in my next post!
Links to products mentioned:
www.lillyannesgarden.bigcartel.com
www.amazon.com/Sally-Hansen-Nails-Xtreme-Color/dp/B004KRV8MS/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1472353175&sr=8-1&keywords=sally+hansen+xtreme+wear+nail+polish+blackout
www.etsy.com/shop/justricarda?ref=l2-shopheader-name
winstonia.com/
www.bundlemonster.com/?___SID=U
glistenandglow.bigcartel.com/
store.whatsupnails.com/
www.sweetandsourlacquer.com/Default.asp
louityourselfvinyls.com/
Thank you so much for sticking around, happy polishing and I'll see ya in my next post!
Links to products mentioned:
www.lillyannesgarden.bigcartel.com
www.amazon.com/Sally-Hansen-Nails-Xtreme-Color/dp/B004KRV8MS/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1472353175&sr=8-1&keywords=sally+hansen+xtreme+wear+nail+polish+blackout
www.etsy.com/shop/justricarda?ref=l2-shopheader-name
winstonia.com/
www.bundlemonster.com/?___SID=U
glistenandglow.bigcartel.com/
store.whatsupnails.com/
www.sweetandsourlacquer.com/Default.asp
louityourselfvinyls.com/