the beauty architect.

I have had my eye on The Balm products for quite some time but was not ready to pay full price for them.  So you can imagine how excited I was to find several kits from The Balm at T.J. Maxx for a fraction of the price that the individual products would go for.  Although each kit was tempting, I finally decided to purchase the one with the popular Mary-Lou Manizer face highlighter.

Illamasqua is a high end brand that has a reputation for having high quality and high pigmented products.  I found that this absolutely held true with their nail varnish in the shade MILF.  Although the name may be a little out there, the polish itself is by far my favorite mint green shade that I have found.