Soap & Glory The Righteous Butter™ Body Butter

Soap & Glory is an affordable line of beauty, bath, and body products that come in the most adorable, kitschy, retro, pink packaging. I'd been ogling the products for ages and finally decided to try the body butter, since it's apparently one of the items the brand is most known for. It was only $14.99 from Shopper's Drug Mart for a big tub!

According to the website, this body butter smells "like bergamot, strawberries and mandarin, with floral and fruity mid notes and musk, amber and warm vanilla notes on the bottom." According to me, it smells just plain yummy! In fact, my bf also commented on how good it smells so that's another positive indicator (even boys like it!). You can also skip spritzing on perfume because the scent is strong enough that it lingers but not so strong that it's overpowering.

I've been slathering this on every morning after showering since the instructions say you're supposed to apply it after a shower/bath when your skin is still damp. It seems to work pretty well -- I've noticed my skin is a lot less dry. Plus I love the texture of this stuff. It's thick as opposed to "watery", which is how I like my moisturizers. Now I can't wait to try out some of S&G's other products!

OPI Alice In Wonderland: Absolutely Alice

You can tell I have final exams/papers in a few weeks because I have been spending more time painting my nails than focusing on school. How convenient that I decided to start a blog to provide myself with endless distractions...

Anyway, back to the OPI Alice in Wonderland Collection, as I had planned (see my first review here)! This time I decided to try one of the glitters, Absolutely Alice. AA features a clear base with blue and silver glitter that once on, make your nails sparkle like crazy. It's quite distracting, actually! Unfortunately I wasn't able to get an accurate photo of my nails even though I tried different kinds of lighting and camera settings. I guess it's just one of those polishes you have to see in person.

As with all glitters, you need quite a few coats to reach opacity. Other nail bloggers have said 3 coats worked for them but I needed more (like 4-5 coats). I think this is because I started painting on the coats really thin so hardly any glitter came out. Once I figured out that I needed to paint thicker, the application process became much faster! The final result is quite grainy so going over with a top coat is necessary to smoothen it out (I used Seche Vite).

OPI Jade Is The New Black

Okay, so I know I'm supposedly in the middle of a 4-part review series of the OPI Alice in Wonderland Collection but I decided there's no harm in breaking up the reviews (and because I just couldn't help myself!). I've been dying to try Jade is the New Black from the new OPI Hong Kong collection since it's been getting rave reviews. The collection itself has a good mix of colours, from golds to reds and even a blue.

It's such a unique shade of green and really is reminiscent of jade! Unfortunately I found application rather annoying. I think it has something to do with the formula... thick but somehow streaky and almost watery at the same time? Weird. I only used two coats because I felt that adding another would make it way too thick. It came out opaque enough and the "flaws" aren't really noticeable except to my own eyes. I think I'll overlook how much I hated the application process since the colour is so gorgeous. I also got lots of compliments, which is always a bonus!