LUSH Dirty Toothy Tabs Review

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Hey girls! Today I'm going to share a cool product I've recently tried with you. When I went to LUSH a few weeks ago to pick up a tub of their coveted Lemony Flutter, one of the sales ladies asked me if I wanted to try their 'new toothpaste tabs.' Now, I'm pretty into oral hygiene - I brush, floss and Listerine at least twice daily and after she told me a bit more about the Toothy Tabs, I decided to buy a box.

Toothy Tabs are a line of solid toothpastes made by LUSH. On the Canadian website, there is only one flavor available, Dirty, but on the UK website all six are. This leads me to believe that some flavors have not been released in certain countries, however don't quote me on that. Anyway, I bought a box of Dirty Toothy Tabs and I've decided that I quite like them. 

To use the Toothy Tabs, put one of the tabs between your front teeth and chew it up. Next, brush with a wet toothbrush, rinse, spit and you're done! The first thing I noticed when I tried this product was the taste. They don't taste good. Not bad, mind you, just not good. The taste sort of reminded me of salt and plants. Don't let the taste deter you though! It's not very strong. The next thing I noticed was the texture. It's a bit chalky, but once I started brushing I didn't really notice. 

On to the good things about this product! I love, love, love how it smells! The back of the box says "sexy spearmint" and I'm going to have to agree with that! My breath felt fresh for hours, while my mouth wasn't left feeling colder (if you know what I mean) like a regular toothpaste would have left it. This made it so much comfortable to drink water afterwards and it didn't affect the taste of the food I ate. It also left my mouth feeling incredibly clean. You know that wonderful clean feeling you get right after you step out of the shower? That's what my mouth and teeth felt like after using the Toothy Tabs. 

Wow this post is long winded for me, eh? I'll finish up by saying that this product is great for traveling (no need to deal with exploding toothpaste tubes), easy to use and a great alternative to a regular aluminum/plastic toothpaste tube since the box is 100% recycled material. 

 

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LUSH Toothy Tabs retail for $3.95 CAN for 9g (40 tabs).

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Several Updates!

Hey Girls! Sorry for missing a couple posts over the last few weeks. I've decided to cut back my posting. I haven't decided how often I'll post, but I imagine It'll be at least twice a week. I was originally going to start cutting back the second week of September because of school starting up again, but I'm so busy already! Another reason for the cut back is my nails have been taking a beating from all of the polishing/removing. Oh, and Hurricane Irene is heading my way, so if I'm mia the next few days, that'll be why.

Another thing I wanted to mention was that I've been thinking of expanding this blog by posting about other beauty products besides nail polish. Mind you, I don't wear any make-up other than mascara, but I'd like to start sharing/reviewing the skin/hair/etc products I use. Would this be something you girls would be interested in? The blog would probably still be 90% about nail polish. Also, If you've noticed me changing the blog layout lately, I can't find anything I like enough to keep. So, that's just me experimenting! If you have any concerns about the layout (font to small, to light, etc.), please contact me!

***Oh, and I've been saying "Hey Girls!" at the beginning of my posts and I'd just like to say that if there are any guys out there who read this blog feel free to send me a comment or hit me with an e-mail and I'll switch to "Hey everyone!" or something like that again!

Thanks a bunch to all of you who read this! Please leave your thoughts in the comments or send them to me in an e-mail!

Friday Favorites 11

Jacki's Revlon Royal Layering.

Tasha's Glitter in the Air Swatch.


Kimaloo's Big Beautiful Blue Blooms.


Amanda's Colorful Explosions.


Elsa's Choose Me Swatch.

OPI Muppets Collection Press Release!

This holiday season, OPI pays homage to America’s favorite Muppet friends as they hit the big screen in Disney’s The Muppets.  With an all-star cast including Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper, Kermit, Miss Piggy and the entire Muppet crew, the family comedy opens in theaters nationwide on November 23, 2011. 

Inspired by the film’s namesake lively and colorful characters, OPI launches twelve limited-edition Nail Lacquers for Holiday 2011. “OPI is so excited to work with Disney to celebrate this long-awaited movie release,” said Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, OPI Executive VP & Artistic Director.  “Not only do The Muppets characters inspire fun, bright and joyful colors, the fashionable Miss Piggy lends her name to three high-shine pink-based hues, ranging from bold red flecked with silver to a multi-dimensional strawberry shade.”

This line features six shimmery reds and neutrals, as well as six glitter-packed shades, including:

Animal-istic
This wild bright red cannot be tamed!

Meep-Meep-Meep
Missing out on this fuchsia would make you weep, weep, weep!

Wocka Wocka!
The popular deep berry makes everything fun and merry!

Pepe’s Purple Passion
This deep, decadent shade is the best purple ever, okay!

Designer, de Better! 
And this light metallic bronze is ready for the runway.

Warm & Fozzie
A feel-good shade of metallic copper.

Rainbow Connection
The rainbow glitter of your dreams.

Excuse Moi! 
Ahem! This pink glitter has something to say!

Gone Gonzo!
The aqua-blue glitter is taking over the world!

Fresh Frog of Bel Air
A glitter that prefers the greener things in life.

Divine Swine
The finest, most fabulous magenta glitter ever.

Gettin’ Miss Piggy With It!
Red glittery fun for everyone!

Lacquer packed with micas and sparkle gives a 3-dimensional textured look that makes nails look like jewelry. With shades ranging from textured glitters in rainbow, red, green and blue to softer shimmers in copper and bronze metallic hues, these twelve colors provide the perfect accessory for the holiday season.

As with all OPI nail lacquers, these shades inspired by Disney’s The Muppets contain no DBP, Toluene, or Formaldehyde, and feature OPI’s exclusive ProWide^™ Brush for the ultimate in application.

This limited edition promotion will be available beginning November 2011 at Professional Salons, including Beauty Brands, Beauty First, Chatters, Dillard’s, JCPenney, Pure Beauty, Regis, Trade Secret, and ULTA, for  $8.50 ($10.95 CAN) suggested retail for each Nail Lacquer.

For more information, please call 800-341-9999 or visit www.opi.com. Follow OPI on Twitter @OPI_PRODUCTS and become a Facebook fan!

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ABOUT OPI

As the world leader in the professional nail care industry, OPI is committed to providing high-quality products and services to both salons and their customers, along with a focus on industry safety and innovation. Known for its exceptional formula, fashionable colors and iconic names, OPI’s heavily-pigmented lacquers are super rich, long-lasting and chip-resistant – offering an affordable luxury to consumers. OPInail lacquer is available in over 200 shades and contains no DBP, Toluene, or Formaldehyde. Each lacquer features OPI’s exclusive ProWide^™ Brush for the ultimate in application. Currently, OPI is available in over 100 countries and retails a full line of professional items, including nail treatments, finishing products, lotions, manicure/pedicure products, files, tools, gels and acrylics.

ABOUT THE MOVIE

On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world's biggest Muppet fan, and his friends Gary (Jason Segel) and Mary (Amy Adams) from Smalltown, USA, discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) to raze the Muppet Theater and drill for the oil recently discovered beneath the Muppets' former stomping grounds. To stage The Greatest Muppet Telethon Ever and raise the $10 million needed to save the theater, Walter, Mary and Gary help Kermit reunite the Muppets, who have all gone their separate ways: Fozzie now performs with a Reno casino tribute band called the Moopets, Miss Piggy is a plus-size fashion editor at Vogue Paris, Animal is in a Santa Barbara clinic for anger management, and Gonzo is a high-powered plumbing magnate. With secret, signature, celebrity cameos, Disney’s “The Muppets” hits the big screen Nov. 23, 2011. 

Cover Girl Violet Vision

Hey Girls! Today I've got another Cover Girl polish to show you, Violet Vision. It's a very light, metallic blurple. I love it! 

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Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Sheer Strawberry & Feather Nail Fail!

Hey girls! Today I've got a swatch of Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Sheer Strawberry. I think this polish is great for doing french manicures. As the name says, it is pretty sheer, this is four coats.

I thought this would be a nice color to layer some feathers over to create feather nails since I had been wanting to try it for a while, but it's not as easy as it looks!

I put some craft feathers on my nails and then cut them to size, added a coat of Nicole by OPI Love Your Life to add a bit of sparkle and then finished off with a top coat. Looking back, I probably should have cut the feathers before I stuck them too my nail. 

Sorry for the bad photo quality!

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Friday Favorites 10

Enamel Girls's Dry Water Marble Tutorial.

Anutka's Go Team, Go!


Shadow's Hibiscus Nail Art.



Jane's Gold Explosions.


Brittania's Across the Ocean.

OPI Silver Shatter

Hey girls! Today I have another swatch for you, OPI Silver Shatter. I was hesitant to buy this polish because of all the stories I've heard about other beauty blogger's crackles/shatters thickening up to the point where they can't be used anymore. Needless to say, I caved and bought the Silver Shatter anyway. Here are some photos of OPI Silver Shatter over OPI Road House Blues.

I am very pleased with this polish so far. It applied very nicely and it's so shiny! What do you think?

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OPI Road House Blues

Hey girls! Today I've got a swatch of OPI Road House Blues to show you. Road House Blues is a dark, navy blue creme that slightly leans towards a blurple. It's from the OPI Touring America Collection and, the only one I happened to pick up from that collection.

I quite like this color, what do you girls think?

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Splatter Mani!

(This is a scheduled post, as I'm getting all four of my wisdom teeth out today.)

Hey Girls! This Monday's PAA nail art challenge theme was splatter, so I attempted my first ever splatter mani. All of the splatter manicures I've seen recently have been over a white base, so I went with black to try and be a little bit different. :)

I started with one coat of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Black Out, it's sooo shiny by itself!

I used Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear White On (White), Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Green With Envy (Green) and Nicole by OPI My Lifesaver (Blue) to 'splatter' the black.

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OPI - New Zealand's Perfect Match

Hey girls! I just saw this over on Nail Juice and how awesome is this!? OPI is going to put out a special set of current colors for the rugby world cup.The colors are Black Shatter, Silver Shatter, Black Onyx and Birthday Babe.


P.S. There won't be a regular post today, I've been too busy to paint my nails! 

Friday Favorites 9

Jane's Titanic Inspired Nails. 

Stephanie's Arizona Green Tea Nails.


Kimaloo's A Little More Rosey.


The Nail Buff's Cafe Latte With An Edge.


Hayley's Galaxy Nails.


Spooky Nails' Lunar Eclipse Layering.