Sally Hansen Chrome Nail Makeup in Tourmaline Chrome

Hi!


There are so many things that I love about the world of nail blogging, amoung the million I can name, there are the BLOG SALES! I have found so many polishes for such amazing deals from fellow bloggers. I have little self-control whenever I find one! :P Today I have an amazing oldie from a recent order - Sally Hansen's Chrome Nail Makeup in Tourmaline Chrome!

Now am I the only one who owned pretty much all of these awesome chromes years ago and wish I had never let them slip away? :*( I regret getting rid of countless amazing polishes, this one included. Thank goodness for blog sales! I used two coats of the bad boy, and I forgot until now how careful you have to be with brushstrokes with these chromes! This lovely red would look wonderful layered with some glitter as well - China's Glaze's Snow Globe next time perhaps! :)

After this trip down memory lane, I can't wait hunt down the rest of these! Essie all in one base/ Poshe topcoat

Lynnderella Gotta Love Brains & Essie Cocktail Bling

Happy Sunday, lovlies!


Today is a big day for my lil old blog - I'm showing off one of my very first Lynderella polishes, Gotta Love Brains! I have been admiring (by admiring I mean drooling......) Lynderellas from afar for a long time. Finally a miracle (Jacqui!) came to me in the form of a group order and I purchased my very first two! Gotta Loves Brains was the first I knew I HAD to have, and I am so happy to call it mine! 

Aren't you just in polish Heaven? I know I am! I had a lemming for Deborah Lippman's Glitter In the Air forever, and after seeing this much for creative version, I threw that lemming out the window and Gotta Love Brains has officially became one of the all-time favorite polishes ever! This is two coats over two coats of Essie's Cocktail Bling. GLB is a sheer pale grey base with subtle pink shimmer, which sadly didn't photograph well. It then has large silver hex glitter, holo bar glitter, small blue hex glitter, medium periwinkle blue hex glitter, and pink & silver square glitter. So much creative ideas gracefully swimming in one bottle! I'm in love! <3

For those of you who have GLB, it's perfect match is Essie's Cocktail Bling from their winter collection this year - it's the perfect grey to layer it over!

Essie All In One base, Poshe topcoat

OPI Muppets Fresh Frog of Bel Air with Revlon Spice It Up Snow Bunny

It's Saturday!!! I'm really excited because it's my weekend off! :) I haven't been feeling well lately, sore throat and head aches, so my goal to to swatch my little butt off today! So many beauties backed up it's scary to look at! Today I have a polish that I knew I had to have the moment I saw the promo pics - OPI's Muppets Fresh Frog of Bel Air!

Green is my favorite color AND, as we all know, I love glitter, so this polish BEGGED me to buy it! And of course - I caved. Like right away. Never looked back! ;P FFOBA is a clover green glitter with larger silver glitter - great for layering! I don't think I'd ever wear this baby by itself. I was thinking wearing it over red for a Christmas mani.....hmm.....

Now it's time for the pearly lovely underneath it all! It's the second polish I have to share from Revlon's Holiday 2011 Spice It Up collection - Snow Bunny! Lately I don't know what has changed, I have been so drawn to white shimmery polishes! I can't get enough! (Here's lookin at you, Au Champagne!) Snow Bunny took three coats to reach full opacity - and they were well worth it! I'm in love with Snow Bunny!

As always, I used my go-to Essie All in One Base and my new love - Poshe topcoat

Nails Inc Special Effects 3D glitter in Connaught Square & Wet N Wild On the Prowl in Inkwell

Heeeey, ladies!

Did I ever mention how much I freaking LOVE glitter?! NO?! Well then, I'll just have to remind you! ;p Today I have one heck of glitter for you - Nail's Inc's Special Effects 3D glitter in Connaught Square! (And let's not forget Inkwell from Wet N Wild's On the Prowl, too ;p)

I bought this sparkly baby while shopping during our nail meet up at Sephora this past fall. The minute I saw this glitter, I KNEW I had to have it! There were so many more 3D glitters in the collection - Nails Inc looks like they have great creative minds behind them! :) Connaught Square is a JAM-PACKED fine royal blue glitter with larger vibrant purple glitter swimming within. This is tow lovely coats!

Let's not forget the polish underneath it all - Wet N Wild's Inkwell from their infamous On the Prowl collection. What can I say? I'm a sucker for Wet N Wild's black creme formula!

Revlon Expressionist Collection - Starry Pink

Hello There, girlies!


It took me a while after swatching the first two glitters from the Revlon Expressionist collection to finally get to this pale beauty - and now I can't remember why! :p Here is Starry Pink!

I'm normally not one for pinks - let alone light pinks - but I really love this polish! It has a whimsical almost fairy tail feel to it! :) Starry Pink is a dusty light pink with grey undertones, swimming within are two different sizes of silver glitter. Application was was sheer, and for these swatches I used three. It's a very romantic polish! <3

At first I was under the impression that these Expressionist polishes were a Target exclusive, but I did see the display at Walgreens recently. Hmmmmm....my theory proved wrong. My friend Rie got these for me at Target a while back in Michigan, if your haven't gotten your hands on this yet - it needs a happy home in your stash!


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

My Nail Graffiti Pumpkin Patch

Morning, dolls!


Today I have a perfect fall franken from my resent purchase from Amber at My Nail Graffiti.  Amber runs the blog and her husband is actually the one who makes the frankens - how cool is that?!? I ended up ordering three frankens, and this baby embodies the feel of fall so great in my mind! I know Halloween is over, but I couldn't resist still sharing this beauty. Here is Pumpkin Patch!

Pumpkin Patch is an orange creme polish with various sizes of green glitter, gold shimmer, and the slightest amount of orange glitter. It just reminds me of the crisp feeling of fall. And the bottle? Cutest thing ever! I love the pumpkin sticker and the font for the label. It's the little things in the life that charm the socks of me. :p Formula was buttery smooth, and I could have easily stopped at one coat, but I did two for good measure. Seriously impressed!

Essie All In One Base/ Sally Hansen Insta-Dri topcoat

China Glaze - Emerald Fitzgerald

Top of the mornin to you, ladies!


Sorry for the tacky Irish accent, but today I have lovely green polish to share, Emerald Fitzgerald from China Glaze's Fall 2010 Vintage Vixen Collection! And a wonderful color it is indeed! 

Normally I'm not much for a frost polish, but when you add an emerald green/blue frost to a black-based polish - I'm SOLD! I LOVE LOVE LOVE this! I got this mini beauty in my much talked about nail board meet-up and swap earlier this fall. I have Krista to thank for this one! Thanks girl!

Essie all in one base/ Seche Vite topcoat