Obsess or Own: Butter Elixir Face Oil

First of all, big news, people- I got married!!

Over the last year, my fiancé and I have been planning our nuptials in Thailand and on November 23, 2014, we walked down the aisle and made it official!  So, I guess that's why I haven't had as much time to devote to this blog as I've wanted.  It's definitely still been a year full of Ogles, Obsesses, and Owns (especially when it came to wedding stuff, but we'll have to devote another post or three to that subject).

Thailand is a whole world away (about a day's flight time)- we spent a month there preparing, getting married and mini-mooning- a month is surely enough time to forget how frigid NYC gets in the winter and I was rudely reminded when we landed in JFK airport a week ago and my warmest piece of clothing was a measly little fleece jacket.  I was frozen!

Cold weather = dry skin.  UGH.

After a month of gloriously luscious skin right before the wedding (after several months of consistent microdermabraisons, lots of water consumption, and lots of 8-hour sleep nights), my skin instantly dried up- patches of flaky, red skin as soon as that cold air hit my face.  *cries*

I'm still searching for the solution, but after a stroll around Williamsburg the other day, I discovered a product that I think might just work.  Have you guys heard of or used Butter Elixir?

I found it in Catbird and after a couple drops on my hand, I was amazed.  The face oil was a beautiful scent and it glided on so easily.  It soaked into my skin right away and left gorgeously dewy skin behind.  It gave my hand the healthiest natural glow.  I was mesmerized.

Apparently, this product was created by a few NYC yogis that were looking for something to moisturize with after yoga classes (right up my alley).

I should've bought it...I think.  I came home to read some reviews, but I'm already totally Obsessed.  Right now, my night time moisturizing routine consists of just slathering on coconut oil with a touch of warm water mixed in, topped with Pond's.  That's right, simple Pond's face cream- what you get at your local Walgreens.  Nothing fancy.

I am feeling like it's not enough to combat the cold, dry conditions of the impending NYC winter, so I may have to get this face oil.  If you've used it before, let me know what you think!  This could be another Obsess to Own story...we'll see!
  

Pass on Owning...Butter Nail Products

I don't really like to be negative about things on this blog, but I need to express a recent disappointment.

Along with shoes, bags, rings, and crop-tops, I'm obsessed with nail art.  I'm always looking for the next cool nail color and next sparkly color to wear whether it be for Monday Fundays (which are rare) or Hump Days or most recently, the holidays.  I went through this endeavor last year, too, but I had come out with this polish:

Butter Polish in West End Wonderland

Looks beautiful, right?  Well, it is.  It comes out of the bottle and onto the nail pretty much like a solid stream of gold sparkle.  It's like fingernail bling.  And furthermore, it's healthier for the nail!  Butter Polish is better for your nails than some other brands because they don't contain Formaldehyde, Toluene, or DBP.

Downside?  It doesn't stay on the nail!  Maybe because it's a glitter polish, but because it spreads on like sheet, it comes off that way, too.  That means one chip, and your manicure is over.  This polish ran me $15!  Clearly an Ogle only polish.  I was fooled.

Not giving up on the brand itself, I was roaming through Ulta during Black Friday and I found these cute nail stickers:

I was so excited to wear them to a party I had coming up.  I took the time to shape my nails into perfect ovals to accommodate the images on the nail stickers.  Then came the moment of truth.  I took them out of the package.  My heart sank.

They weren't like nail stickers I had used before (Sally Hansen Salon Effects).  They were just straight up stickers that had been shaped to fit onto your nail.  They were plastic feeling.  They had weird sticker glue on the back.  They were, in short, TERRIBLE.  After I placed the first one on, I felt like a child that was trying to shape her favorite unicorn stickers to fit on her nails.  They just didn't make the cut.

Here's the worst part- I went to remove the sticker and not only was it really hard to peel off, but it left behind this sticky gunk residue!  And these cost me $10!  Down the drain...

I've been fooled twice by Butter now and I'm not going back.  Game over, Butter.  I'm moving on.

Have I just had a couple bad experiences?  Are there any Butter Die-hards out there?