L'Oreal - Blue Metal

Hello!

I really need to start swatching more of my vintage L'Oreals. I have some really GREAT ones in my stash and I really don't give them enough time on my fingertips or on my blog.  I need to fix that STAT. 

Today I have Blue Metal to share. HOLY METALLIC BLUE POLISH. WOWZA! I knew this was going to be beautiful on the nail, but MAN it's so amazing and in-your-face! JUST LOOK AT IT! Blue Metal has that perfect mixture of being deep and dark, yet having that bright shimmer in it! This is two coats. So amazing. GAH. 

What are your fave metallic blues?

Chanel - Gold Lame

Happy Hump Day! 

Today I have a Chanel to share - Gold Lame. I can count my Chanel's on both hands,but I really love their polishes! (HELLO, LUNA!) This, ladies and well....ladies, is an example of LOOK UP SWATCHES BEFORE YOU BUY! I bought this from a blog sale over the summer, and I'm not sure I would have dropped the 17 bucks if I had done so. Ah well. 

Gold Lame is from Chanel's 2010 Noir et Or Collection. (Think Black Satin &  Illusion d'Or Le Vernis.) I don't hate this blonde gold polish, I just don't like it with my skin-tone. At all. I think it would be MUCH prettier on someone with darker skin! I'm also not crazy about the brush strokes. On the plus size, I do love the festive feel of this polish. Reminds me of a holiday party! This is two coats.

Pretty, just not for me.

China Glaze - Blue Bells Ring

Hey there! I'm back!

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. We drove back to Ohio to spend a few days with family and friends. We ate a lot, drove a lot, and had lots of laughs - it was perfect! :) 

Today I have a polish to share from China Glaze's Holiday Joy Collection from this winter - Blue Bells Ring. I want so many polishes from this collection (THOSE GLITTERS!) but I'm trying to cut down on polish shopping so I can do Christmas shopping and Secret Santa's. The moment I saw this VIBRANT metallic blue masterpiece, I knew I had to make an exception. This blue is so intense and in your face - pictures don't do it enough justice! It must be seen in person! It was pretty much perfect after one coat, but I used two. So pretty! 

Have a great Monday! <3

Retro Sunday Squared With The Scholarly Nail - Vintage Urban Decay

Here we go again!

Jacqui and I love doing these posts, and today we have vintage Urban Decays to share. Jacqui has some first generation UD's to share so I cannot WAIT to see what she has to share today! EXCITING! (And yes, I'm very jealous LOL!) I love Urban Decay polishes. I think I have about a dozen or more second generation polishes in my stash and I have many on my wishlist!

First up I have Trip to share. Trip is a fun, yet admittingly not unique,it's a bright fuchsia polish with blue-toned shimmer. Great summer pink! Trip is an eBay find, the sticker was missing on the bottom but I let that slide since the price was right. Two coats. 

Next we I have Hot Pants, the newest addition to my UD collection. I was the sole person bidding on this on eBay was it was in perfect condition when it arrived, it seemed as if it had never even been opened. Hot Pants is a nude/light pink metallic polish. I'm not sure how keen I am of it with my skin tone, but I really like the polish itself. Three coats.

Don't forget to check out Jacqui's blog!

Retro Sunday Squared With The Scholarly Nail - Cover Girl Nail Slicks

We're baaaaaaaack!

Sorry we missed a few weeks here, ladies! Don't blame Jacqui, it was totally my fault. ;p Working fifty plus hours a week, planning a wedding, and Hurricane Sandy make for one busy gal!

Today we decided to share some gems from our vintage Cover Girl Nail Slicks stashes! The funny part is that the two I've chosen to share with you today were both gifted to me by Jacqui herself. She freaking ROCKS. Did I never mention that?! :D First up to share I have Deep Blue Sea. WOW. ZA. O_o This blue is just AWESOME! Sheer, build-able, sparkling, metallic blue goodness. Almost a perfect cross between the night sky and well, as it's name says, the deep blue sea! This is three coats. LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE.

Next up I have Cherry Brandy. I love me some red polish, so this cherry metallic/frosty red is right up my ally! The formula is thin, like most older metallics. I had some cuticle pooling, but nothing I couldn't handle. Three coats with this as well.

Don't forget to check out Jacqui's blog too!

HALLOWEEN MONTH! Fright Night Claw Polish in Toxic

TGIF!

I hope your week went well! I've been working extra hours to help pay for my wedding, so I'm working pretty much this whole weekend. I'm finding it hard to find time to really sit down and swatch, so if I miss a few days here I'm sorry! :(

Today I have an eBay find from about a year ago that I forgot I had, Fright Night Claw Polish, Toxic. These little coffin bottles are SO FREAKING ADORABLE! I seriously need more! I know these could be found in the Halloween sections of retail stores, but alas, I never saw them. Toxic is a fantastic metallic green polish. The top of the coffin was a little awkward to hold to paint, but other than that formula was easy breezy. Two coats.

Have a great Friday!

HALLOWEEN MONTH! Wet N Wild Megalast Root Of All Evil

Happy Hump Day!

Today I have the final polish that I picked from from Wet N Wild Megalast's Halloween Pick Your Poison collection - Root Of All Evil. I LOVE this polishes I picked up from this collection! Wet N Wild is just a great cosmetics brand all around to me, and their LE collections tend to really wow me. Root Of All Evil is a fantastic, vibrant metallic deepened cobalt blue stunner. As I know I said before, I really love these thick Megalast brushes, the apply onto my nails like a dream. Formula was just as great as the last two. Two coats.

Have a great day!

HALLOWEEN MONTH! Retro Sunday Squared with The Scholarly Nail - Wet N Wild: Fantasy Makers

Hey, ladies!

It's officially my favorite time of the year - it's FALL! I love Fall more than anything. The smells outdoors, the scents that companies release, the clothing, the polish (DUH!), and Halloween! I think I'm going to be a Ghost-buster this year. Anyhoo, today marks the beginning of my month of nothing but Halloween polish - and what better way to kick it off then with a Retro Sunday Squared post with Jacqui?! Today we decided to share our older Wet N Wild Fantasy Makers polishes. I really thought I had way more then I do. Maybe I sold them on my blog sale or swapped them? Who knows. 

First up I have Fiery to share. And fiery it IS! WOWZA! I totally forgot I had this one, I bought it in a blog sale about a year ago. It's molden, glowing, orange magic! I almost have no words to describe this polish, pictures really don't do it enough justice. Think CG Harvest Moon on steroids. My bottle is only about 1/2 full, and I really need a back up. Two coats. What a perfect fall orange!

Next up I have Black Ice. I really love these keep burgundy based polishes with green shimmer. Think Urban Decay Bruise. There's just so much dimension with these types of polish, they have vampy yet mysterious feel. Black Ice is a shade that Wet N Wild released a couple times I believe but this is the only version that I own. Formula was pretty thin, this is two coats.

Don't forget to check out Jacqui's blog! 

Retro Sunday Squared With Scholarly Nail - Vintage Hard Candy - Cloud & Cosmic

Hello there, ladies! 

Jacqui and I had to take a short hiatis due to my moving and getting my life together again, but we're back now! Today we chose to do vintage Hard Candy polishes. Jacqui has the most AMAZING HC collection, so I know shes going to blow you all and myself away! The two I have to share today are actually both gifts from her! ;) They're both minis, so sorry in advance if the posture holding the bottles is the little awkward. :p 

First up I have Cloud. OMG I was blown away by this one! Cloud is a sky blue metallic polish with flecks that shift from silver/white to gold. The name of this polish really holds true to it's airy look! So light and delicate. I was really happy with this formula, this is two coats. 

Next up I have Cosmic. To be honest, when I think of a polish with the name Cosmic I think of a deep blue or black and holo glitter. What we have here is a slick light mauve/pink polish with micro-fine silver glitter. I love this color so much, but I think I'd love it more on me if I had a tan. I have total lobster hands with my fair skin! Once again, great formula. Two coats.

Don't forget to check out Jacqui's blog!