tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23926604479341932332024-02-22T23:45:47.268-08:00Lacquered LiteratiUnpolished reviews by polished fingersLegrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786906104889313321noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392660447934193233.post-12282967977590248552010-06-22T12:27:00.001-07:002010-06-22T12:27:18.574-07:00I'm still alive!Hey everyone! So so so sorry for the lack of posts this last week or so. I've had a really nasty stomach virus that has being killing me. I've had zero energy to do anything. I hope you all will forgive me and I'm going to have a post up in the next day or so. Thanks for sticking around :)Legrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786906104889313321noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392660447934193233.post-6292747519354566532010-06-12T13:46:00.000-07:002010-06-12T13:46:11.392-07:00Sally Hansen HD SpectrumHello, all! I don't know how it's gotten to be Saturday already! I was busy at work this week with training staff, so I didn't have time to get you any good swatches, but I have one today!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlZ__roVDR7KxFpnp_ALeNB_3vQ5RhJsyAP5ZVj3hlqR4I4_TQRf5Cedi3iT9hIXkp5OdHmF9rxMtoplZLqHIhAK5Pj1CrlixzH-sMozGa8kaXzPT842zrc6xFFiojlb9HKaO16xNC77C5/s1600/IMG_1435.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlZ__roVDR7KxFpnp_ALeNB_3vQ5RhJsyAP5ZVj3hlqR4I4_TQRf5Cedi3iT9hIXkp5OdHmF9rxMtoplZLqHIhAK5Pj1CrlixzH-sMozGa8kaXzPT842zrc6xFFiojlb9HKaO16xNC77C5/s400/IMG_1435.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is 3 coats of the super hot MAC Mercenary. This was from last year's summer collection, Style Warrior, I think? I loooooove this polish. It's the prettiest bronze shade with golden shimmer. This color is such a fun summer color. I love wearing it with teals and turquoises on my toes. Just hotness. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Have a great weekend all! I'm out!Legrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786906104889313321noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392660447934193233.post-32263068553161047552010-05-25T15:27:00.000-07:002010-05-25T15:27:28.401-07:00Bring on Summer!I really am a spoiled Californian, but I'm getting tired of this grey weather. It's the end of May, I demand sunshine and summer weather!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQX8v7d3x05m5beKE_9rtHzyDdQqZm8z2it2Q-EJtGTKELSI5H1AtgAL3pimozAk0lVZdfoyns6HDL4OILHg86fv3R2pJm4uO3PIqVSNJXj9DqJY5P5MaW-Bxjbd8x3HB9jEeg01CSv9WQ/s1600/IMG_1405.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQX8v7d3x05m5beKE_9rtHzyDdQqZm8z2it2Q-EJtGTKELSI5H1AtgAL3pimozAk0lVZdfoyns6HDL4OILHg86fv3R2pJm4uO3PIqVSNJXj9DqJY5P5MaW-Bxjbd8x3HB9jEeg01CSv9WQ/s400/IMG_1405.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Well, this is supposed to be a photo of China Glaze's Flip Flop Fantasy, a bright neon pink, but I don't know what my blog is doing to this photo. Its a super fun bright pink with a wee twinge of coral and it looks that way in my Iphoto, but on here not quite so much. I currently have this on my toes and it's a fantastic color even in the shade. So bright!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These neons are a pain in the arse to photograph, but this one is a must have. I'm gonna do my best to edit it this so it shows up on my blog correctly! Sorry if this throws you guys off :(</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivGuWf9Iztp-YZYUm35JaD6tSV2j18etCtih5HLrBbFVd6xnbnAt_HLDmu6bTs5gCQ-hrPYh96mb2xnv-1MIATIAy5pi345XFMaZsgB1MYXJhcDB4hoMzR3-qdYXr-tnFW9DQjgou3YAjE/s1600/IMG_1415.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivGuWf9Iztp-YZYUm35JaD6tSV2j18etCtih5HLrBbFVd6xnbnAt_HLDmu6bTs5gCQ-hrPYh96mb2xnv-1MIATIAy5pi345XFMaZsgB1MYXJhcDB4hoMzR3-qdYXr-tnFW9DQjgou3YAjE/s400/IMG_1415.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is two beautiful lovely coats of OPI Funky Dunky from the new Shrek collection. I keep calling it "Funky Donkey", so forgive me if I type that! This polish is my first purple creme! I love it. It's a rich purple with a hint of grey in it. It's super duper shiny and looks great sans topcoat. I could practically see my reflection in my nails! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I think I may pick up one or two more of the collection, but I don't know about the Shrek colored greens! Maybe, I should just be adventurous!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigfwOfUBTi798yCZaWAKf6KDizFDgNWzqkLTu_euk6FCWXw_NfU_VFafYJM5jdTaArkTjLrxCAuDyZ1oRLWU0DDNb7kur7e2hwetV2D0LxNELg_ssyZ29SCWYtkiFdS7ZvFgHBsXPJFDYI/s1600/IMG_1346.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigfwOfUBTi798yCZaWAKf6KDizFDgNWzqkLTu_euk6FCWXw_NfU_VFafYJM5jdTaArkTjLrxCAuDyZ1oRLWU0DDNb7kur7e2hwetV2D0LxNELg_ssyZ29SCWYtkiFdS7ZvFgHBsXPJFDYI/s400/IMG_1346.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is 3 coats of Sea and Be Seen. It's a light cornflower blue with a slight twinge of purple running throughout the polish. The silver shimmer is interspersed with slightly more chunky particles making for a really pretty effect. I will say that I prefer the bottle a little more to what shows up on my nails. In the bottle you can see some green and purple casts, but on the nail I haven't been able to see it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is two coats of China Glaze Towel Boy Toy. I would've bought this for the name, but the color so happens to be amazing as well! This is a very bright color, but not really a true neon. It's a brightened light blue with ultra fine shimmer. My mom, who isn't a polish fiend, was quite impressed at how fine the shimmer is in this polish. I couldn't quite get a photo of it, but it's more apparent in the bottle than on the nail. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hopefully, I'll be able to get my hands on the rest of this collection. I've got my eye on Flip Flop Fantasy!</div>Legrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786906104889313321noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392660447934193233.post-38543063406711865962010-05-04T11:00:00.000-07:002010-05-04T11:00:01.151-07:00Giveaway Winner!!Congratulations to.......<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Diamond Cosmetics Chainmail Charm is a member of the holo club and the "really cute name" club. This polish is a great find and if you like dark holos you won't be disappointed by the oil slick quality this one has. It isn't a black holo, but more of a charcoal grey with a hint of brown. It dries super glossy and is still holo in low lighting. There are a few similar colors to this out there, but for the price you would definitely do best to get this one!</div>Legrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786906104889313321noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392660447934193233.post-3295754371347869372010-04-26T11:11:00.000-07:002010-04-26T11:11:44.951-07:00China Glaze Eyes Like SapphiresAnother Monday *groan* Well, I'll take the Mondays as long as we're getting closer to summer. The weather in my area this weekend really made me excited for days to come. I even managed to get to the beach :)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Eyes Like Sapphires is a royal blue with a slight frost to it. It also has thicker grains of silver shimmer peeking out, which did result in me getting a few bumps of grit here and there. A good topcoat should be able to even all that out, though. </div>Legrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786906104889313321noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392660447934193233.post-92027462481791387102010-04-22T11:00:00.000-07:002010-04-22T11:00:00.683-07:00Diamond Cosmetics Sweet as SugarSweet baby Jeebus! Lookit at all my new followers! I'm glad you guys are here. Hopefully, you'll all be able to stand my incoherent ramblings and general nonsense :)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This confection for your fingertips is Diamond Cosmetics Sweet as Sugar. It is indeed very sweet! I don't do sheers very often, but this one is quite nice. It looks like I dipped my nails in very fine baking sugar. This was three very thin coats and as you can see I've still got some visible nail line. I'm thinking I would use a more opaque base coat prior to this polish. I don't think you'd have to layer it over a nude polish. </div><br />
Hooray for the week almost being over. I'm so looking forward to the weekend. Are you guys up to anything fun come Friday?Legrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786906104889313321noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392660447934193233.post-81526041500460738282010-04-19T13:11:00.000-07:002010-04-19T13:23:07.497-07:0050 Followers Giveaway!Well ladies and gents, I now have 50 wonderful followers on my little blog! I am so excited to have each and every one of you following me, so I decided to have a giveaway to show my appreciation! Many thanks to all of you!!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">The winner will receive:</div><div style="text-align: left;">- Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Purple Pizazz</div><div style="text-align: left;">- Sinful Colors Cream Pink</div><div style="text-align: left;">- Nicole by OPI Honey-Dew You Love Me (cute blue hearts!)</div><div style="text-align: left;">- OPI Suzi Says Feng Shui</div><div style="text-align: left;">- Poshe Super Fast Drying Topcoat</div><div style="text-align: left;">- China Glaze LOL</div><div style="text-align: left;">- China Glaze DV8</div><div style="text-align: left;">- China Glaze Luna</div><div style="text-align: left;">- China Glaze Blue Hawaiian </div><div style="text-align: left;">- China Glaze Yellow Polka Dot Bikini</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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4) Add Lacquered Literati to your blogroll. Send me a link and I'll make sure to add you back. If anyone has a blog that you would like on my blogroll, please email me! <b>1 entry</b><br />
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To save yourself some sanity feel free to put all your entries into one comment. No matter what, please include your email so I'll be able to contact you. You have until May 3rd, 2010. Have fun!Legrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786906104889313321noreply@blogger.com186tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392660447934193233.post-54768923874749546562010-04-16T13:19:00.000-07:002010-04-16T13:19:23.229-07:00OPI Russian Navy SuedeI really jumped aboard the matte train this last fall and I was really happy to see different companies embracing the trend. I will say that in the case of OPI the Suede collection is FAR superior to their matte collection. Their mattes were just so chalky looking, blegh. Here is one of my faves from the Suedes.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is two coats of Diamond Cosmetics Fiery Coral. It does live up to it's name with its bright coral pop and fine eye catching shimmer. This is a great spring and summer polish!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I love the formula on Diamond Cosmetics polish. They have a good solid application and the dry time is relatively fast. It's nice to see that for around two dollars you get a great quality polish! </div>Legrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786906104889313321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392660447934193233.post-73276626771476595192010-04-10T10:00:00.000-07:002010-04-10T10:00:00.318-07:00Zoya Sparkle: The Love Affair Continues...So after the lovely pre-marriage bliss that was my first Sparkle post, this could be considered the honeymoon post. I think? Yeah, I've probably lost my marbles, but it's all out of love. Imagine cool blue tropical waters and these colors on your hands....<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">There you have it folks. How could I resist wanting to be with Zoya Sparkle forever? I promise I'll be loyal and true! Ok...well...maybe until the next Zoya collection comes out ;)</div>Legrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786906104889313321noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392660447934193233.post-11254524123787649132010-04-08T17:31:00.000-07:002010-04-08T17:31:17.468-07:00Zoya, will you marry me? Part II've never really wanted to marry a nail polish, but Zoya has made me want to marry an entire collection (possibly a bottle of remover as well). I can picture it now....Zoya Sparkle and I will play in the sunshine and watch our little sparkle babies scamper in the grass.<br />
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</div>Legrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786906104889313321noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392660447934193233.post-29149521664453043392010-04-05T16:07:00.000-07:002010-04-05T16:07:52.815-07:00Post Easter food coma...Ok. I really need to get back into the swing of posting frequently. Sad thing is that it still isn't consistently sunny in my area! I did get some swatching done today, so I'll have to awesome Zoya posts this week, whoop whoop!<br />
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Here was my Spring mani I wore for Easter. Although I've loved these spring colors and pastels, I think I'm ready for some summer colors!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdUps3p2gVwDj5Nd5-sDHlZLUGQQc-0OVMi-D9sv7SNCLD4CkBGYWTgG3-QiwGKEm2A9_HwwcIJtnL2Q2VF-eR_IdG4LpeegEjN4HFXxOvrWx4TZBPziSCVX39vJG-OdGK-M86TM5M8e9C/s1600/IMG_1228.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdUps3p2gVwDj5Nd5-sDHlZLUGQQc-0OVMi-D9sv7SNCLD4CkBGYWTgG3-QiwGKEm2A9_HwwcIJtnL2Q2VF-eR_IdG4LpeegEjN4HFXxOvrWx4TZBPziSCVX39vJG-OdGK-M86TM5M8e9C/s400/IMG_1228.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I chose to do two coats of China Glaze Flyin' High with an accent nail of Lemon Fizz polka dots. I only do simple nail art, otherwise I'd end up with some ugly swamp creature nails! I thought this was festive and it went well with the two minutes of sun we had yesterday, haha.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Legrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07786906104889313321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392660447934193233.post-16355239905991075962010-03-31T19:08:00.000-07:002010-03-31T19:08:54.044-07:00My first holo: Do not wear while driving!I keep realizing how many holo polishes I have. Hopefully, you aren't all sick of these kind of posts, cause I could stare at holo photos all day!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPaGRdO9CqweGthWWKaGOS23mB4MVu5NB8pYpH-MAhX2HmwQJXSNuzQFbm_l0hbJbYWr1PXHPJBT2Q5ntbmUB3eQtG3av8RE4254WkQQuKZbapkfRw7R0FgrMqDaTh0toYu1BscG7fN3c/s1600/IMG_1174.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPaGRdO9CqweGthWWKaGOS23mB4MVu5NB8pYpH-MAhX2HmwQJXSNuzQFbm_l0hbJbYWr1PXHPJBT2Q5ntbmUB3eQtG3av8RE4254WkQQuKZbapkfRw7R0FgrMqDaTh0toYu1BscG7fN3c/s400/IMG_1174.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is 2 coats of China Glaze Cowgirl Up. This is such shimmery, frosty purple and once out of the bottle it really shows its stuff. There are teeny little blue flecks of glitter throughout the polish and if you pay attention you'll catch them from time to time. Ignore the wibbly application on my ring finger, because this polish applies very smoothly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I don't normally wear purples this tone on my hands, but this can definitely be an all year polish color. I'm thinking it'd look great as a pedi. </div><br />
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