Inque Nails Designs and Sale

Inque Nails is having a sale until February 8th: Get 15% off your order with code thanksget15off OR get $5 off your toenail sizing fee with code get5offsizing.

Edit: Reader Vampkat also shared this code: 20% off if you use the code FBPPPQOW

I haven't posted about them yet because I haven't tried applying them. I'm currently working on swatching a lot of polish, so I didn't want to apply the Inque nails and immediately have to take them off and waste them! But, when I get a chance to wear the same thing for more than a day, I'll do an application post about these.

In the meantime, here's a little information about Inque.

Inque Nails are a vinyl nail wrap- a little like a decal, a little like Minx. You apply them with heat and they stick to your nails, similar to the Minx process. Except, with Inque nails, you can pick and create your own designs and they're custom sized to your nails.

The first thing you have to do is register your nails. You take a picture of each hand (and/or each foot if you want Inque for your toes!) and they custom size all your designs to the shape of your nails. I'll explain this more in detail when I post my Inque tutorial.

There are a ton of designs to choose from, or you can create your very own style!

To give you an idea of what's available, here are some of their designs:


This is what the Inque nails look like when they're sized to your nails.

However, it's easier to see the detail in the patterns on unsized sheets, so I'll post the unsized ones for these pictures. Keep in mind that you'll get the sized type above once you register your nails, and they'll be perfectly fitted to your own nail shape.

Amoeba


A Little Cheetah


Dog Gone Crazy



Flight


Go Green (these might just be my favorite!)



Peacock 2 (Peacock 1 is only one feather)


Proud To Be

Snake 4

Aren't those cool?! Such amazing, intricate designs that could never be duplicated with Konad or painting alone. They've added a ton of designs since I picked mine out and there are a lot new styles I want... I'm particularly fond of the new 'Cheese' design. Wish I saw that when I picked mine!

Right now they also have Superbowl designs, in case you're into that kinda thing and want to show some team spirit.

Those are the designs I chose, but there are over 200 designs to choose from. You can also submit your own images for a completely custom design. I'll do a more detailed post on application when I am able.

(These were sent to me for review.)

Dollar Tree Makeup? LA Colors Ocean Breeze Set

Ever since I re-discovered drugstore makeup, I've been trying out random things here and there. Some have been good, some have been bad and there have been a lot of pleasant surprises. So, when I was at Dollar Tree recently, these LA Colors palettes caught my eye. And hey, for $1, I had to try them.

I got four different sets: two of these dual 4-pans and two 10-pan palettes. Here's the set named Ocean Breeze (why is it named that?).


The set came in a little plastic bag with these two palettes in it. After I bought it, I realized that it was supposed to come with an eyeliner, and also that these probably weren't the palettes that were supposed to be in the bag. Gotta love Dollar Tree.


They're so cheap that they don't even have names or real lids. The plastic lids have to be removed, they don't swing open like a regular palette. Not a big deal, just somewhat annoying.

Here are the colors in natural light. Actually, they look more accurate in the artificial light, but this accentuates how similar the palettes look to each other.



Swatched dry, no primer. Pretty good payoff and pigmentation! The least pigmented is the grey, the most pigmented is the hot pink.

The colors in these are amazing. The hot pink is killer, the red is really nice and the darker of the purples is surprisingly vibrant. Totally worth the cost of admission. The palettes are small but the colors are bright and pigmented.

I did a super fast look with these; sorry about the weird flash and fluorescent light pictures, it was already dark out when I thought to take a picture.

I know, my liner is atrocious. It was almost empty, I should have just tossed it instead of trying to use the last drops left in the bottle...

This was:
Too Faced Shadow Insurance
The hot pink shade on the lid
The darker purple shade in the crease
A little Make Up For Ever #92 to deepen the crease
The teal shade on the lower lashline
Kat Von D liquid liner in Black Metal Love
Revlon Grow Luscious Mascara


See? Bright! Pigmented! Very powdery and soft with a slight sticky texture like some of those really inexpensive 'value set' drugstore shadows can be. Not hard or chalky like I'm used to from cheap drugstore shadow.

Now I'm excited to use the other LA Colors palettes I got. Great colors. The other palettes have different shades of red, yellow, blue, green, purple...Woohoo $1 makeup!