Miki polishes.

Hey there!

Today I have a new brand to me, Miki. The ever-so-amazing Lani sent me these two polishes and an eye shadow from New Zealand. I had never heard of this brand until she sent me these. Click HERE for a link to their website - it is the CUTEST site EVER! I want every single fruit shaped lip-gloss! 

First up I have #6 to share, an amazing teal/blue shimmer polish. I LOVE this color! It had such a shimmering depth to it. Miki's bottles are small, but the brush is really nice and their colors really pack a punch! This is two coats. Very smooth formula.

Next up I have #16. I didn't fall in love with this one as much as I did with #6, but it's still really cool. A deeper medium purple, #16 has sparse flakies mixed in there as well. The formula on this one was much more sheer, this is three coats.

What do ya think?

China Glaze - Blk-Bila-Bong

Good morning!

Today I have a China Glaze that has just been sitting in my China Glaze Helmer drawer since I bought it dusty hunting this summer - Blk-Bila-Bong. This deep sapphire bad boy came out in the summer 2007 Surf collection. I wasn't all too crazy about the formula, it took three coats to even out the patchiness, but BOY was it worth it! I love the teal shimmer that shines through it's deep sapphire base - it peaks through in such a beautiful way! 

Have a great day!

Pretty Serious Cosmetics - Nightopia

Happy Monday! ........hmmmm....

I worked all weekend, so today feels more like a Wednesday or Thursday. To make today a tad more amazing I though I'd show off my current manicure, Pretty Serious Cosmetic's Nightopia from their new collection In The Night. Kaz is the mastermind and one of the sweetest chicks out there. Not to mention her blog and stash are like Area 51 of vintage polish. Pretty much my polish Bible and one big whopping lemming.

Today I have Nightopia to share, a fantastic green teal jelly polish with amazing green & gold shimmer. I now count this as one of my favorite greens. Ever. Formula was freaking amazing. I love the blue that peaks in around the edges, it really adds to the dimension. Two coats, smooth as a baby's bottom. Bravo, Kaz. Bravo.

Have a great Monday! Hang in there! :p

Essie goodness!

What's up, ladies?! (Gentlemen?.....hmm....LOL!)

Today I have just lovely Essie spam for ya. I tend to overlook Essie's newer collections. They all tend to be boring cremes or nothing to catch my eye. Except for the oldies of course. Ruby Slippers and Viva La Vespa have a special place in my heart and my stash. I really love these three Essie's though. Sometimes they get it RIGHT! 

First up I have Pink-A-Boo. I'm going to go ahead and blame this one on Scrangie. I'm not much of a pink person, and when I do chose pinks, they're never delicate. This was a shock to me that I gravitated towards this one! Pink-A-Boo is from Essie's Resort Collection that came out this past Spring. It has a milky pink base with duochrome-y shimmer swimming throughout. (FYI - it was impossible to capture the shimmer correctly, this polish must be seen in person!) The formula was pleasant. Three thin coats. 

There ya go, you can see the shimmer.

Next up I have one of my favorite Essie's of all time, Dive Bar. Dive Bar starts off as a black-based polish with teal shimmer. I love how it looks almost multi-dimensional on the nail. In the bottle is shows a duochrome effect around the edges of the bottle. It can be stubborn when showing up  on the nail. Man I love this polish. Vampy blue goodness. Two coats.

Last but not least I have Luxedo from Essie's Winter 2010 Collection. Rie hooked me up with this vampy gem over the winter.  OMG I don't know where to start. I DIE (DIE!) for deep rich cremes. I love them so much. Even in the Summer. I'm weird, I know. This is one of my FAVES. A deep, dark rich plum - perfection. (Although it pulls more brown in pics. Odd. Trust me, it's purple.) The formula was amazing as well. Almost a one-coater. 

TOMORROW'S THE WEEKEND!

Pretty Serious Cosmetics - Tux

Monday? Duuuude, more warning next time! :P

Today it's time for the duochrome gem in Kaz's Pretty Serious Cosmetics line to shine! In the months before it's release, Kaz showed us teasers of the polishes to come. The minute I saw this vampy, shimmery duochrome I knew it would be true polish love. And, yes, it was. <3 Tux is a black-based based polish with shimmer taking on teal for the most part, and shifting to purple as well. My camera refused to capture the purple, although the bottle shot at the end of the post caught a glimpse. :p Smooth formula, two coats. 

Duochrome goodness!

Three down, three to go! :D

New Aussie brands! Chi Chi Get Down & Boogie and Face Of Australia Barbados Let's Go Scuba Diving

Good Morning!


In spite of a very aggravating week (I got rear-ended eleven days ago. My neck and head have been hurting me and the other insurance is dicking me around. GRRR >:/ ) I had an enormous nail mail day! Among the many  packages and boxes was a very special one from my new and most amazing friend Lauren from Australia. She has become a great pal of mine and I've been sent the most amazing Aussie brands that are new to me!  


First off I have a Chi Chi polish to share - Get Down & Boogie. OHH. MYY. GAWDD. Amazing blue, I need a gallon of you! Get Down & Boogie is a GLOWING (I mean GLOWING!) vibrant blue polish with heavy, crazy shimmer. I'm in love beyond words. O_O Two coats. Great Formula. I need more Chi Chi in my life.

Next up I have yep, another new brand with an amazing polish to share! This time It's Face Of Australia, and I have Let's Go Scuba Diving is from their Barbados collection. I'm blown away again! Actually this whole collection looks freakin amazing - check it out HERE. The formula on this was phenomenal. I'm talking A England, paints-your-nails-for-ya smooth. I was left beyond impressed! Let's Go Scuba Diving is a teal polish with teal and blue shimmer. I choose to do three thin coats. Once again, I need MORE Face Of Australia polishes. :D

What do ya think? :P

Old and New - China Glaze - Violet Hush & Nicole by OPI's Khloe Had A Little Lam-Lam

Hello there!

Today is another Old and New post! For the Old section I have China Glaze's Violet Hush, yet another great blog sale find! Violet Hush is an old China Glaze with the old bottle style, silver cap, and silver lettering as well. I love this polish for it's mauve color, and I actually enjoy it's frostiness, which I know most don't enjoy in the nail community. I'm weird, it's okay. It's a less obvious type of frost and I really love it on my nails! Great formula, almost a one-coater but went with two. 

Next up I have the base color that I used to Red Carpet Lacquer's Grifter - Khloe Had A Little Lam-Lam by Nicole for OPI. The name makes me want to puke in my mouth, but the color itself is awesome! I love the deepened teal color so much. The formula was pretty decent, this is two coats.

Have a fantastic day!

Old and New - Maybelline Jean Jacket & L'oreal VIP Status

Hello!

I'm sitting on my bed eating Nestle chocolate chips, drinking pink lemonade, and re-watching season one of True Blood. This is one awesome evening indeed! :D Hoyt looks so young! Anyhoo, today I have two more amazing polishes to share in an Old and New post, and first up is a Maybelline - Jean Jacket. I don't know exactly why, but I love denim inspired polishes lately. Funny thing since, to be honest, I don't really wear jeans much. I'm more of a dress and leggings/tights kinda gal. Jean Jacket is a great blue metallic polish with purple shimmer. Definitely has the unwashed new jean feel to it. Two coats.

Next up I have another polish from L'oreal's new line, VIP Status. This is the one polish I KNEW I had to have right away and these swatches are evidence why! VIP Status is a teal(ish) frosty shimmer polish with a blackened base to it. Kind of reminds me of a teal version of Revlon's Black With Envy. Maybe not quite, but it reminded me of that anyway. Application pretty good and I really love the end result of this polish. I think it's a must have for polish collectors. Two coats.

Have a kick a$$ day! <3Dana

Models Own Beetlejuice Collection - Emerald Black

Allo, girls!


It's my wonderful day off! I've decided to dedicate this entire day to nothing but polish! Swatching all and day vegging out on mindless TV. Merry Christmas to myself! Today I have yet another polish from Models Own's Beetlejuice Collection, Emerald Black. I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about this polish, but I ended up really loving it!

I always have been and always will be a huge fan of dark, vampy polishes. It's been that way forever. I really thought this polish would be "blah" at first glance in the bottle, but it really pops on the nail. Needless to say, I fell in love! Emerald Black is a black-based polish with shimmer that shifts from green/teal to a blue color. It is really stunning but also hard to capture in pictures. Perhaps you just have to see it for person. :P This is two coats. 

Gotta love that shimmer!

Essie All In One base/ Revlon Quick Dry topcoat