Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Kelancolor Red-Hot

Apt polish name is apt.

It's pretty enough in the bottle:




And pretty meh when swatched alone:



But when layered over black (Pop Beauty Black, in this case), it is RED HOT:


I LOVE this mani, and I'm so sad I'm going to be removing it shortly (need to file in the worst way! ack!). This polish looks great over Milani Garnet Gems (or CG Lubu Heels or any similar shade), too, which is what I should have paired it with in the first place, but I forgot I had it and just wound up swatching that combination on a false nail after my full mani was done.

Loooove.

Definitely going to break this one out again after Easter, but on shorter nails and I'm sure I'll love it even more then, just because I prefer wearing darker shades on shorter talons.

Kleancolor has a ton of crazy, fun glitters, along with your more normal shades, and they're super affordable. They even offer free shipping over $40 on their website. I got this one from ebay, but I'll definitely be place an order on the official site sometime in the near future.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Whoo!

Fiiiinally up and running over on Etsy \o/

Yeah, that's all I got... at 3:41 in the morning.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Rainbow glitter mani




Loooooved this mani. The glitters are all from the Color Club glitter collection that came out a few years back, except for the blue, which is Pure Ice Strapless, I believe. They're all layered over a coresponding cream shade... I don't even remember all the ones I used. Um. Ruby Deer by China Glaze (red), Pippa by Zoya (yellow), Starboard by China Glaze (green), the blue... that might be Calypso Blue (?) by Orly and then Grape Pop by China Glaze (purple).

I do wish I had a true yellow glitter, but the gold worked okay layered over Zoya's Pippa, I think.

Sunday, April 10, 2011

March madness?

Purchases made in the month of March. I think I need a twelve step program.








Sunday, March 27, 2011

Shop

Just a quick head's up: added some polish I want to unload and some custom nail sets to my shop :D

OPI Simmer & Shimmer

I recently purchased three of the Burlesque glitters (better late than never?) and this was the first I wore. Loooove it. I'm wearing 2 (?) coats over China Glaze Sea Spray in the images.






Haul post soon-ish, hopefully. I have accumulated an embarrassing amount of polish this month, and I'm still expecting a shipment in the mail x_x

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Milani Silver Dazzle

 I hate that all I can think about when I see the name of this polish is Edward Cullen... It is pretty dazzling, though.






Thursday, February 17, 2011

China Glaze Lightning Bolt

Crackle Glaze in Lightning Bolt over Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Sea Breeze... I think. The sticker fell off on the bottle. Whatever it is, I love this combo!




There's definitely a learning curve with these. This is my second mani with the Crackle Glaze, and while I didn't think I did too bad the first time around, this one is definitely better. There's only one nail I'm not happy with since I applied a bit too thick, but other than that, I love it.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Haul!

My China Glaze Crackle Glaze came in yesterday and, oh my God, these things are SO much fun to play with. I didn't get the purple one because I wasn't too fond of the shimmer finish for a crackle polish, but I plan to place another order right after this entry to amend that. I NEED it. And I'll probably pick up a few back ups of at least the black and the white.

The Pop Beauty polished are from a different order that I got last week and haven't shared yet.

 (China Glaze Crackle Glaze Lightning Bolt, Cracked Concert, Crushed Candy, Broken Hearted and Black Mesh)

 (China Glaze Dorothy Who? and Grape Pop)

 (Pop Beauty Twinkle, Radioactive, Ablaze, Turquoise, Ocean, XMas and Black)

The shimmer in both Radioactive and Ablaze are INCREDIBLE. I captured it pretty well with Radioactive, but not so much with Ablaze. It's the same kind of shimmer in both, though. So pretty.

Zoya Valerie

This is actually my second bottle of this shade. Not because I used up the first, but because I traded it. I wasn't impressed the first time around for some reason, but I gave it another go and actually really liked it this time. The gold shimmer in this didn't show up on the nail as prominently as I wanted the first time, which was why I let it go, but it totally showed up this time. The pictures don't capture it that great, but trust me, it was there.