Cult Beauty £10 off £50 or more & Strangebeautiful back in stock!

Calling all nail polish junkies!

Strangebeautiful is back in stock at Cult Beauty and now you can get £10 off your orders of £50 or more with the code BOX10. The promotion is valid until the 30th I believe, so act now.

 

As some of you know, my birthday is next week and having had 4 (yes I counted) breakdowns associated with turning 32, I had to pick myself up from my despair, put on my big girl panties and deal with my aging. HAHA, I'm laughing at how ridiculous I'm sounding now that I wrote it out, but yes I did have several "OMG" moment.

So I decided to treat myself to a night over at a spa hotel, get pampered and feel beautiful and also treated myself to......

STRANGEBEAUTIFUL!!!!!

Photos taken from Cult Beauty.com

I have heard so many people talking about this brand for the last few months, and a few people I know were actually given several volumes of this, so of course I had to see what the fuss was all about.

Yes there is fuss, and rightfully so.

What instantly drew me into this product was the packaging.  As I am a slave to minimalist packaging, this caught my eye instantly. The hard and heavy acrylic casing is so contemporary that it just exudes money. Then the name...Strangebeautiful - wow, that is the exact definition of the aesthetics that surrounds me.  I like to think I'm a "strangebeautiful" type of gal.  I'm not conventionally considered beautiful, but isn't their some beauty in even ugly things? I hope you follow me there.  I always say phrases like"it's so ugly it's beautiful".  So yes, the name and packaging instantly drew my interest.  However, it wasn't until I read the concept behind the brand that I knew this was a company that I had to follow.  The brand is so conscious about the importance of colour in everyday life, and art.  This is exactly the type of intellectual, artsy, "nerdy" backing of a beauty product that I have been waiting to see.  I love it!

So I took my hard earned pennies, and I purchased myself this volume.

I have a feeling that I am going to be a cult follower of Cult Beauty.  Luckily, Chanel's new polishes didn't interest me, so I can spend that money I usually allot to Chanel to Strangebeautiful.

For £49.99, click below to purchase these at Cult Beauty website

Library of Camo Volume

Volume 1

Volume 2

And if you take advantage of the offer,  you have to make it over £50 for the code to work, so I found this product to bring my total over £50.

For £1.95, the CND Kanga emery board is suppose to be the cat's meow, and I also think it's the cheapest item off of Cult beauty site that you can purchase, and it will take your order over £50 to qualify for the £10 off promotion.

Photo taken from Cultbeauty.com

Did you take advantage of this offer?

What items did you get? Show n tell ladies :)

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I'm still getting adjusted it seems. I'm sleeping late, because my body clock is still on EST/US time.  I have all the products to do a haul post for, and I'm still fiddling with my new camera.

That's right, you heard me right - My awesome super duper brother bought me a Samsung WB700 digital camera.  I'm still learning how to use it, but the photos are so clear, and I'm really excited to take some better pics for this blog!  I already notice a huge difference, and all I'm doing is point and click, so I can't wait to get down to the nitty gritty and learn how to take proper photos. 

So while I was on the boat, my cuticles were just down right disgusting.  The chlorine pool water just damaged my cuticles, so I went and had a manicure done.  I wasn't really happy with my overpriced manicure, but it did temporarily fix my cuticle problem.

This upcoming photo is a picture of my manicure, but I have a big issue with it.

First, my cuticles were already dry only after 24 hours.

Second, I didn't get the name of the polishes that I used.

What is wrong with me?

What kind of a blogger am I? 

So my huge apologies!!!! but maybe someone out there who is a lover of CND will know what I used.

The base coat was a black creme.  It was a one coat opaque polish.

Now the top coat is definitely a CND Effects polish.

I just can not remember which one.  I should have written it down, but I intended on returning back to the spa to purchase the polish, and I completely forgot!!!! 

double d'oh!

The effect topcoat added an awesome duo chrome wash over the black polish.

It began magenta, then turned into an orange, then a yellow, with a slight hint of a green.

It reminded me of a wanna-be Clarins 230 (not as prominent but as close to a 230 as I'll ever get).

Any guesses????

(and please excuse the cuticles, just nasty Sue, jut nasty lol)

Thanks for any suggestions!!!