Monday, September 6, 2010
polish insomniac: Because It's Fall Mini Minis Giveaway!
polish insomniac: Because It's Fall Mini Minis Giveaway!: "Ulta OPI minis, OPI Go Goth Minis, & 6 WnW Insomnia polishes I am so excited fall is in the air! To celebrate the change is seasons, ..."
Friday, September 3, 2010
ChG Zombie Zest Over OPI HTAT
OMG! I almost did not order ZZ. I thought it looked ugly. Now I'm glad I did. Compared to the other 2 Halloween ChG polishes, ZZ has smaller glitter... which I am finding I prefer. Big glitter can be a big pain to remove. Smaller glitter seems more sophistacated to me, while bigger glitter looks school girlish... I may change my mind, for I am fickle!
This is a coat of ZZ over 2 coats of OPI Here Today.. Aragon Tomorrow. I am thrilled!
Zoya Mimi over Rea
I had put on Rea, which is a metallic plum. It was just a wee bit too pink for me, so I jazzed it up with a couple coats of Mimi. It is gorgeous! Most Zoya polish is gorgeous... if only it didn't resist drying. Perhaps its all the great chemical solvents they leave out to make it safer. I do wish I loved Zoya polish more, cuz I have bunches of it.
CC High Society
I do love this shroomy purple greige. It applied very nicely in just 2 coats. I do find these colors a little boring. I've been really into glitter and bling lately. After an hour I took this off.
ChG Midnight Mission
At first I wasn't head over heels for ChG's Vintage Vixen collection, but its growing on me. I do love MM. This is sort of what I wanted Blue Island Ice Tea to be. This is darker and more interesting than BIIT.
OPI Timeless is More
I bought this, because Polish Addict's blog raved about this polish. Now don't go trying to see her blog, cuz its abandoned and has some funky trojan virus. My security program will not even let me open the website anymore.
This is 3 coats. Yes it is sheer, BUT the formula is amazing! It is a jelly, and very shiny. It glides on like a dream. It practically applies itself. So if you like pale sheers you need this polish! Like all good things, it was discontinued this year...
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Sparkles, Keeper of the Helmer
This is the new kitteh who guards the Helmer
Her cuteness is overwhelming!
Don't let it fool you! She guards the Helmer with her life!
She says to this would-be polish nabbing golden retriever, Gypsy, "Don't even try it, Punk!"
Its hard work being a Helmer guarding kitten!
Her cuteness is overwhelming!
Don't let it fool you! She guards the Helmer with her life!
She says to this would-be polish nabbing golden retriever, Gypsy, "Don't even try it, Punk!"
Its hard work being a Helmer guarding kitten!
OPI Cuckoo for this Color
I really do like this color! Its a wee bit duochrome. Has that darkened edge and glowing color. This is two coats and the formula was divine.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Fall 2010 OPI haul
I went to Cosmoprof today and here's what I decided to get. My husband thinks Cosmoprof sounds like a Soviet Commissary or something. "Heading down to the Cosmoprof, Comrade?"
Anyways.. I may have these names wrong, as I am going from memory. We'll see how I did:
Russian Navy, Royal Rajah Ruby, Eiffel For this Color, Cuckoo For this Color, Yodel Me on My Cell, Ski Teal We Drop, Diva of Geneva, William Tell Me About OPI
I wanted some of the fall OPIs and there were a few essentials missing from my collex. Guess I'm in the fall state of mind, because I picked up only dark fall colors. I did have Dutch Tulips in my hand, but decided it was so close to Red Hot Ayers Rock, that I didn't need it. I, also, nearly bought my Chihuahua Bites, but passed.
Nails Inc Haymarket
I can't decide if I like this color or not. It applied like a dream, of course, like Nails Inc usually does. The next day all I could think of when I looked at my nails were green surgical scrubs. It looked decent on my skin tone, but it was not a thrilling color.
China Glaze Cowgirl Up
I actually only bought this a month or so ago. I got into nail polish about 6 months after this Rodeo Diva Collection came out. It is such an awesome collection, if you appreciate vampy colors with personality and shimmer. I like the way the edges are darkened and the colors glow from the center. I just ordered a whole bunch more Rodeo Diva's this weekend... they should arrive in the next couple days.
This color is almost the same hue as OPI Diva of Geneva. I layered it on top a couple days later, cuz I figured it was dumb to redo the whole mani. I'm sorry I did not get photos of it to show you.
Franken Traffic Cone
I lem'd this polish by OPI-Nicole badly, but never came across it. So, I decided to try and recreate it. I'm not sure how I did, for I've never seen it in person, but in my mind this is what I wanted. The orange freaked out my camera a bit and made my skin pull really purple in the photo, LOL
What do you think?
Franken Traffic Cone Ingredients
Nicole Fresh Squeezed, Color Club's Poptastic neon orange, SH Floral Taffeta, SH Diamonds, Misa Cherry Topping
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
A groovey little bobble
I picked this up for a whopping $1.99 at a gift shop. Its a stainless steel mood band. I ought to try for some other photos of it in other moods. I think its just adorable. I had those big bubbley mood rings in my teens, back in the late 80s, early 90s. What about you?
Finger Paints Easel-y Entertained
Finger Paints Easel-y Entertained, originally uploaded by kennasmomma.Oh my! Look at this! It is so purple and so sparkly. It is violet, not blurple. I put this over that LA Rockstars Rockstar. It was really dull when I finished, so I highly recommend a shiny top coat. Finger Paints is a brand I've shunned a bit after some unpleasant chipping in the past, but I'm giving her another go.
LA Rockstars Rockstar
I have mixed feelings about this polish. I think I'd like it better if the base were a touch less black. The glitter is very fine and smooth, which I like, but it gets lost in the dark base. Do you think if I jelly it up a bit with clear and maybe add some dark vampy eggplant to it, it would make it better? I'm thinking either ChG VIII or OPI William Tell Me About OPI.
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