Thursday, January 31, 2013

January Haul Fun with Polish, Plants, and More.....

Good Morning there, girls!

Today is a fun day for me, today marks the beginning of a new monthly tradition, Haul Fun with Polish, Plants, and More..... ! Heather and I recently struck up a wonderful friendship and mutual love for vintage polish so we thought it only fitting to share what we haul in every month! I've been cutting down on my polish buying lately so I only raked in a mere 37 in January. (Which may seem like a lot to you, but really I wasn't seeking any out like I normally do! I SWEAR LOL!) Enjoy! 


Bath and Body Works Polish (These are so hard to get your hands on, so I'm more then ecstatic that I got my hands on THREE bottles this month!)

L-R: Color Drops Blitzen (!!!!!) It's rare enough to find Color Drops - but make it a red, blue, & green bar glitter with the snowman charm still attached?! Best eBay find in ages.

Beautiful By Nature polishes unnamed nude and Pearl (blog sale score)


Knocked another StreetWear off the wish list! 

L-R: Midas, Orchid Chrome, Sunflash (all blog sale scores)


Revlon has always been a favorite brands of mine, and their new polish releases are AH-MAZING! Keep it up, Revlon! :)

L-R: Celestial FX, Hearts Of Gold FX (both from CVS), Urban Decay Big Bang (blog sale score)


L-R: Revlon Sweet Nothings Satin Sheets, Revlon Dark Pleasures Steel-Etto (both eBay finds), Essence Ready For Boarding Peel Off Base Coat (swap from the lovely Lauren)


L-R: Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Mermaid's Tale (CVS)

Sally Hansen Salon Lacquer Project Runway (!!!!! This has been on my wish list forever! I got it for a GREAT price on eBay!)

Sally Hansen New Lengths Mosaic Creme (blog sale score)



CHRISTMAS ORLY'S!!!

L-R: Five Golden Rings (blog sale score), Ho Ho Ho (eBay find)


L-R: MAC Jade Dragon, L'Oreal Bijou Crystals B. Rebellious (both thrift store finds for only 99 cents a pop!!!), Mode Gothic Crown (swap with Lauren)


Pretty Serious Cosmetics Haul!

L-R: Seasonal Sunset, Santa's Sunburn, Hot Summer Nights


My Sally's Haul!

L-R: Seche Collage Overlay (HEX AND BAR GLITTER!), Cranberry Splash, With Love, Pizzazz


L-R: OPI Liquid Sand Stay The Night (eBay find), Nicole By OPI A Lit-Teal Bit Of Love, Virtuous Violet (both on clearance at CVS)


Ulta3 glitters from my swap with the amazing Lauren from Australia! 

L-R: Luck Of The Irish, Disco Fever, New Years Eve


L-R: Pot Of Gold, Twinkle Toes, Over The Rainbow


Don't forget to check out Heather's post! 








Sunday, January 27, 2013

Retro Sunday Squared With The Scholarly Nail - Green Vintage OPI's - Jasper Jade

It's that time again!

Welcome to another lovely addition of Retro Sunday Squared with myself and Jacqui and The Scholarly Nail! I look forward to these posts so much when we have a chance and today is extra exciting since we're showing off green Vintage OPI's! 

Today I have Jasper Jade to share, one of the rarest OPI's I have and by far one of my faves! Jasper Jade came out in their 1996 Rocky Mountain collection. It's fitting that I would post this polish on Retro Sunday Squared since Jacqui and I each found a bottle while dusting hunting together over the summer. I SWEAR that chick and I have the best of luck together! Jasper Jade is a kind of green right up my alley, a blacked green polish with the perfect hint of shimmer. Formula was on the thinner side as older polishes can be, this is three coats. So awesome. (AND this was my first time getting this on my tips - I'm wearing it now!)








Don't forget to check out Jacqui's post! :D


Friday, January 25, 2013

Maybelline Express Finish - Fuchsia Fling

TGIF!

Sorry this post is really late! It's snowing here in Virginia Beach AKA pandemonium has taken over and people don't know what to do! Myself being from Cleveland, this ain't nothin'! I'm snuggling up for the night with my DVR and finally taking some time to swatch for the first time in weeks!

Today I have another Maybelline vintage gold cap polish to share - Fuchsia Fling. It's just so freaking awesome! The base is a sheer fuchsia base LOADED with shards of fuchsia and a very minute amount of silver glitter. It's so stunning! It actually wore REALLY REALLY well! I wore it four days with minimal chipping/tip wear. This is three coats.







Everyone be safe out in the snow!




Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Maybelline - Zip Fly

Good Morning!

I hope you're all having a great week so far! Life's been pretty busy lately with working so much, planning a wedding, and trying to have a social life makes for one busy blogger! I don't want to quit blogging, so my posts just might not be every day - but I'll post as often as I can! 

Today I have one of my favorite Maybelline's - Zip Fly. I have an obsession with SSN-esque polishes and this is on the top of the list! Zip Fly has that deep navy blue background with micro-fine silver glitter swimming within. The brush was wonky as can be though. Why this happens with old Maybelline gold caps I just don't know. Either way, LOVE LOVE LOVE. I *think* this is two coats.





Have a great day, all! <3


Saturday, January 19, 2013

Pretty Serious Cosmetics - Seasonal Sunset

Happy Saturday, everyone!

Today I have my final polish I purchased from Pretty Serious's Christmas Without Snow collection - Seasonal Sunset. Hummina hummina hummina! WOWZA, BABY! I knew this was on my must-have list and I'm so glad I was proved right! If there's two three things that Pretty Serious knocks out of the ball park, it's red, green, and glitter. They remain the tops in my stash and true loves of polish!

Seasonal Sunset is a rusty red jelly based polish just BURSTING with copper and red irregular glitter. It burns from within! What an amazing polish with an equally amazing name! It's ON FIRE! I think this is a perfect holiday polish with a splash of sass! LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE! Formula, as we've all come to know and love from Pretty Serious, was perfection. This is three thin coats. 








Knocked me off my seat!




Friday, January 18, 2013

Stash Shots! Nail Fetish

TGIF!

I hope you've all got a fun weekend planned - I'm working on Saturday but Sunday is my fiance's 29th birthday! Taking him to his favorite pizza joint and going bowling with friends! 

Today I have my vintage Nail Fetish collection to share. I remember when I started working at Walgreen's in 2000, these were awesome! Fetish also carried great lip liners and bubblegum flavored lipgloss to name a few. I've been reliving my years from the Dollar Store - a GOLD MINE for vintage polish at times! Enjoy!

Alien, Mirror, Iguana, California Love

Dominate, Penny, Clash, Dude

Fairy Dust, Tank Top, Babe

Captive, Storm, Icon

Cancer, Pisces, Scorpio

Galaxy, Sci Fi
Have a great Friday!


Thursday, January 17, 2013

Stash Shots! Vintage Urban Decay

Hello there!

Sorry for the late post, I woke up with a horrible migraine and pretty much wasted my entire day laying in bed in silence. *sigh* I'm feeling a little bit better now, but I just moved to my couch to watch Sex and The City. 

Today I have my vintage second generation Urban Decays to share. While photographing them, I realized I'm missing my bottle of Trip! What the heck?! I hunted for it everywhere and can't find it! ANNOYING!! Enjoy, ladies!

Bruise, ACDC, Exhaust, Metropolitan 

Midnight Cowboy, Twisted, Sin, Florescent 

O, Kiss, Graffiti

Cult, X (mini), Gash (mini)
Have a better day then me, please! :p

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Pretty Serious Cosmetics - Hot Summer Nights

Good Morning!

I hope you're all having a great week so far! Work hasn't been nearly as crazy as it normally is, so I'm really grateful for that! Today I have another polish from Pretty Serious's Christmas Without Snow Collection, Hot Summer Nights. From the moment I first saw pics of the bad boy pop up on Kaz's blog I KNEW I had to get my hands on it! Hot Summer Nights is a deep, RICH navy jelly polish with gorgeous glitter swimming within! I love that starry nights polishes and I can gladly call this one of my favorites! The way the glitter peaks through is just so magical! Formula was a little thick but on point and was perfect after two coats. 








What do ya think? AMAZING RIGHT?!