Wet N Wild On The Prowl - Jungle Fever

Good Morning! It's moving weekend! Goodbye Cleveland, hello Virginia Beach! I'm a tangled mess of excited, sad, anxious, & hopeful.... we shall see! Scary leaving your home state for the first time!

Today I have for you my first of the insanely lemmed and impossible to find On the Prowl from Wet N Wild FastDry polishes! After months of checking every CVS & drugstore I drove by and almost giving up, my lovely friend Evelyn finally found me a few! I feel like a kid on Christmas Morning! I give to you, Jungle Fever!

*Please note that my camera HATED capturing this beauty correctly. It photographed a bright green when in person it has a more army green color. :/

I was pleasantly surprised with Jungle Fever! It's much more stunning in person, and I was happy to find it was a foil-like polish that applied smooth as butter and required only two coats! This polish makes me very excited for the rest of the On the Prowl Collection! Wet N Wild has been stepping up their game lately. (Here's lookin at you, Mermaid's Cove!)

I can't WAIT to get my claws on the rest of the On the Prowl Collection and can't wait to see what Wet N Wild has in store for the future!

These polishes have been beyond difficult to find. If you do, you're LUCKY! They retail for $1.99/bottle at mass drugstore/retailers

Essie all in one base coat/ Sally Hansen Insta-Dri topcoat

Orly Mineral FX - Stone Cold

Good Morning & TGIF!

It's my birthday!!! AKA, I'm getting closer to 30....(I'm 27. ugh.) Today I have for you one of my favorite fall polishes this year so far! When I first saw promos for The Orly Mineral FX Fall 2011 Collection, I knew I needed this vibrant beauty! I was just gawking at this polish when I first applied it and saw it in the sunlight. Want to see why? Sure! :D

Man I just LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Stone Cold! While I was wearing it I got countless compliments on my nails - it's THAT stunning! SC is a bright, vibrant royal blue foil polish that demands to be stared at! It's seriously amazing! Application was a little goopy though, but after the first coat I got the hang of it. As far as long-term wear, this polish held up very well! No chips for four days & minimal tip wear!

This polish makes me love blue polishes that much more and I definitely would like to try the rest of the Mineral FX Collection! Rock Solid also caught my eye, that might have to go on my wish list. :P Have a great Friday!

I purchased Stone Cold at my local Sally Hansen. This collection being Mineral FX, ran pricey for Orly at $7.99 with my Sally card, $8.99 without.

Essie all in One base coat/ Sally Hansen Insta-Dri topcoat

Jesse's Girl LE Julie G Collection - Mermaid's Lagoon

Good Morning, Girls!

Today I have the very first Jesse's girl polish I've tried share with you! I had seen pictures of the display pop up on blogs and Twitter and knew the break-out star of the bunch would be Mermaid's Lagoon. Luckily I popped into a RiteAid with a brand new Julie G display and it was mine!

Look at that shimmer! Lately I LOVE discovering hidden shimmer in polishes!

Mermaid's Lagoon is a great turquoise creme polish with copper/gold shimmer swimming within. It's an amazing summer polish. I used two coats, although I could have stopped with one. Great application, very smooth!

Although ML was the only polish on the Julie G display that I wanted, I am excited to try more Jesse's Girl polishes in the future!

I bought ML at RiteAid for $3.99

Essie all in One base coat/ Sally Hansen Inst-Dri topcoat

Vintage Loreal Grow Strong! polishes

Good morning, dolls!

Lately I have been positively OBSESSED with finding vintage/old/discontinued polishes. REALLY OBSESSED. I found these oldies at the Dollar Tree! They only had the two and I had never seen this bottle before. I was thinking maybe from the 90's? Hmmm not sure! And I thought after eleven years working for drug stores I've seen them all. :P So that shows you how old! 

First we have Fraise!

This being a much older polish, the formula was pretty good on this bright pink creme polish. Two coats were used. But MAN I've NEVER smelled anything like these two polishes. It. Was. AWFUL. I actually got nauseous, the fumes were unreal. Thank god polishes these days are 3 free!

Next we have Alabaster!

This pearly frost was pretty in the bottle but a pain to apply! Alabaster was watery as can be and even after three coats it was still sheer as can be and showed every brush stroke. It never really dried. I'm going to blame it on the bottle age. And yes, the smell for this polish was as bad as Fraise. I'm afraid the smell may haunt me for the rest of my life. *Shivers*

I found these oldies at the Dollar Tree, which at times can be a GOLD MINE for discontinued polishes!

Essie all in one base coat

Pixel - Deep, Dark, & Handsome

Well Hey There!

On one of my recent (and frequent) trips to Ulta, I picked up quite a few Pixel polishes, they're mini polishes that come in an array of great color choices. My fave of the bunch is the beauty I have to share today - Deep, Dark, & Handsome!

Man am I excited about this polish! I go ga-ga for a great purple polish! D,D,&H is vibrant, bright purple jelly SWIMMING with micro-fine pink and blue glitter. It really glows! The tiny brush in the Pixel bottle is very tiny and somewhat stiff, so application was a little tricky. This was three coats, I could have done four. Drooling over this color! Yummy!

Here is a great shot to show you the blue & pink shimmer. :P

Pixel mini polishes retail at Ulta for $2.49/bottle

Essie all in One base coat/Seche Vite topcoat

Cover Girl NailSlicks - Mystic Peacock

Hello There!

Hope you're all having a great weekend! Today I have a GORGEOUS polish I obtained during a swap with my lovely friend Jana from Jeweled Tips. Man am I lucky she sent me this beauty! I bring to you, Mystic Peacock!

Mystic Peacock is a deep, dark, shimmery turquoise. The First coat applied thin and streaky, but the second coat went on like butter and evened out perfectly! MP is a perfect fall color and has a permanent spot in my stash for sure. :) I only have a couple of the old Covergirl NailSlicks. I'll be searching for more in the future for sure!

Isn't she just a great fall beauty? :P

Essie all in One base coat/ Seche Vite topcoat

Essence @Holographic.com polishes

Happy Saturday, ladies!

I'm on vacation for a week and a half! If by vacation, you ask, do I mean packing, packing, and more packing followed by moving? Then YES! :P Ever since they built an Ulta next door to my (old) work, I caught myself going over there every lunch break! Bad for my wallet, but good since I seemed to see all the new displays as they came out! I saw them put up the Essence @Holographic display on my lunch break, and was really wowed! I got a GREAT holo eyeshadow along with two of the three polishes. (I skipped the white holo, didn't do much for me.)

First we have Blue Ray!

As much I really love these polishes, I'm left a little confused by Essence. These are duochromes to me, not holos. Hmmmm.... Either way, I LOVE Blue Ray! It's a great turquoise & blue duochrome beauty that applied great after two thin coats. This color really is fascinating!

Now it's time for Gagalectric!

Gagalectric is a very pretty light lavender & baby blue duochrome. It was very, very sheer though! Shown is three coats, and you can still see how sheer the coverage is! This polish will be much better suited for layering for sure.

Overall I fell in love with Blue Ray and can't wait to start layering Gagalectric. FYI - they have matching eye shadows for every polish. I got the eyeshadow version of Gagalectric and LOVE IT!

Purchased at Ulta for $2.99/bottle

Essie all in one base coat, no top coats