China Glaze - Glitter All The Way

Happy Sunday, everyone!

Today I have some old swatches that I forgot about to share with you! I love Christmas polish collections so much! If you're a red, green, blue, or glitter I WILL snatch you up! There were so many great polishes in China Glaze's 2012 Holiday Joy collection, and today I have Glitter All The Way to share with you! This is less of a holiday polish to me, and more of a Mardi Gras polish for SURE! I'm obsessed with New Orleans, well Louisiana in general, and Mardi Gras has always fascinated me! It's a party it a bottle!

Glitter all the way is clear based with purple, green, red, and gold various sized glitters swimming within. The result is a bling-y manicure indeed! This two.....maybe three?... coats over a pink polish and I love the way it looks! I can't wait to see what China Glaze has in store for us this holiday season!

Enjoy your Sunday!

<3 Dana

I'M BAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!

Oh hey there!

Yea, yea, yea. It's been almost three months. I know. Life's gotten into the way. Planning a wedding, getting a new job and promotion, having more of a social life, having other new hobbies/passions (Warhammer 40k, wax blogging) that polish blogging just took a back seat. I stopped buying for a while, I even stopped painting my nails for over a month and a half. The passion's coming back to me though! I've been buying polish like crazy again (poor wallet) and I might even be up to swatching if I ever get the time! For now I have a quick swatch to share that I never uploaded, China Glaze's Running In Circles from their Cirque Du Soleil collection. Who can go wrong with a great green glitter this bright?! I hope this isn't my last post for another three months, I'll be back soon! ;)

Have a great rest of your Sunday!

China Glaze - It's A Trap-Eze!

Allo!

I'm digging my current manicure so much, I just had to post it today! Life doesn't allow me any swatching time right now, so I've been settling on posting my manicures that I'm wearing. :) I'm starting to get a little back-logged so I'll start trying to play catch up soon.

Today I have It's A Trap-Eze! to share. I don't know why, but I've been wearing a lot less vintage polish and a lot more newer ones. Hmm. Weird. I received It's A Trap-Eze! from my recent Secret Cupid swap, it had been on my wish list since I first laid eyes on this collection. What's not to love?! Milky pale blue base loaded with multi-sized rainbow glitter. So awesome. Right up my alley. Formula was thin, but of course it makes for great layering looks for this bad boy! This is three coats. LOVE.

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Have a great day! 

Sally Hansen Salon - Project Runway

Happy Monday, gals! (ugh. I know. Came way too fast.)

Today I have a polish that had been on my wish list FOREVER and thanks to good ol' eBay it's finally MINE! Project Runway was the one that got away for so long, since it was a Canadian release only. (BTW, why do you always release awesome Canadian exclusives, Sally?! NOT. COOL.) Everything about this polish is freaking amazing. The color? That rich, yet glowing forest green polish. The glitter? Irregular micro glitter in a golden green. The sheerness of the polish really adds depth to it as well. I wore this polish for DAYS before it chipped to the point of no return. Gah, I love this dang polish so much. I miss the old square Salon bottles, too. This is three coats of one amazing @$$ polish.

Valentine's Day Layering Fun! Zoya Elisa & Sally Hansen Hard As Nails 14 Karat

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!

I hope you all have a much more romantic day/night planned then me, Jeffrey and I are both working tonight. Ah well, we had our big dinner date a few nights back. <3 Today I wanted to show off a bright and Valentine's Day-esque manicure. 

Elisa is one of the three Zoya's I recently got during there last promotion. I freaking LOVE this red! It's so in-your-face vibrant - just like Pretty Serious Santa's Sunburn actually! (Sorry Zoya, PS is still my fave. The gold shimmer wins all.) Formula was great, this is two smooth coats. As much as I love Zoya's formula, their polishes tend to chip almost instantly on me. Sucks. On my accent nail I have two coats of vintage Sally Hansen Hard As Nails 14 Karat, a FABULOUS recent Dollar Store find. 

HAVE A GREAT VALENTINE'S DAY! <3 <3 <3

Layering Fun: Revlon Top Speed Celestial FX & Sally Hansen New Lengths Mosaic Creme

Hey there, dolls!

Today's my day off, so I thought I'd actually post today LOL! I'm trying really hard to get back into the swing of things by posting every other day now. I miss the days that I could post everyday, but like just won't allow that right now. *sigh* Oh the life of a blogger. I feel like I've been out of the loop with the polish community for so long. 

Anyhoo, today I have a layering combo to share that shows off one vintage polish and one brand new polish that just came out! Revlon, as you know, is one of my favorite brands EVER. Between StreetWear and their overall amazing-ness, that steal my heart over and over again. Today I have one of their new Top Speed glitters to share (which are now CORE! Yippee!) Celestial Fx. I love the concept of this polish! Silver micro-fine holo glitter with large star, moon, & diamonds. They were quite the pain in my you-know-what to fish out. This is one coat over Sally Hansen Mosaic Creme, up next!

Next up I have the undies of the manicure to share, Mosaic Creme. OMG I've been lemming after this polish for so long, and I was so happy to snag it from a blog sale. Mosaic Creme is a dusty slate blue/gray creme polish that has a stone cool feel to it. I don't know why but I adore this polish. So much. This is two coats.

Have a great Thursday!

China Glaze: Pizzazz

Hello there, ladies!

I know I mostly try to post my passion for vintage polish, but I gotta tell ya - there have been so many newer polishes coming out that have really caught my eye! This winter I fell head over heels over China Glaze's Holiday Joy Collection. I ended up with over half the collection, and looking back I think I might still need to get my hands on more. :P 

Today I have one of the stand-out glitters Pizzazz to share today. Gah this polish is so awesome! The main glitter that stands out is the silver, but following closely behind is pink, blue, purple, orange, and green. It's a party on my nails! This is three coats over Revlon Orchid Chrome. LOVE. I can see myself reaching for this glitter for many times to come. 

Enjoy your Tuesday! :)

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Mermaid's Tale: DL Across The Universe Dupe!

TGIF!

I can't believe it's already Friday, this week FLEW by! I know I've been MIA on and off lately, but I've been slowly getting back into the groove. I love blogging more than anything, but sometimes when you loose that motivation it's better to take a step back rather then to push it. 

As a vintage polish collector, I rarely ever get really excited about new release polishes. In my mind there's an endless supply of old polishes to rediscover and get excited about. But lately I've been getting REALLY excited about a lo of new polishes coming out! One of them that I NEW I had to have is today's polish, Sally Hansen's Mermaid's Tale. I've ALWAYS wanted DL's Across The Universe, and never had a chance to get my hands on Essence Blue Addicted. So when I saw the first pics of Mermaid's Tale I squealed and start my hunt! I found this bad boy at CVS for those of you who are on the hunt as well. Formula was a little on the tricky side. Very sheer for the first coat, and no matter how long I let the coats dry and how thin I applied them, it got goopy and thick. This is four coats.

Enjoy your Friday!