Hey everyone! Thanks for being patient with me this week. I haven't been too motivated, but I did get some swatches done for you guys. I'm needy and don't want you to abandon me :P
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!
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!
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Creme,
OPI,
Purple,
Summer '10
Oy, a week without posting. Sorry, all! Life just got away with me last week and I pretty much did not turn my computer on for the last 5 days. Bad, blogger, bad!!
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.
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.
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China Glaze,
Frost,
Purple,
Shimmer
Wow! I now have 40 followers on my lil' blog and I must say I appreciate each and every one of you! It's nice knowing that people find me (somewhat) entertaining :) I think once I hit 50 I'm gonna have a cool polish and book giveaway! Thank you all again so much!
Here we have Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Purple Pizazz. I do really love this polish, but it is seriously so dang sheer. These photos are with three coats and in the direct sunlight I still had visible nail lines! *grumble* At least this polish applied well and it's beautiful jelly finish makes it a must have from your local drugstore. Check out the fine flecks of reddish glitter!
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Jelly,
Purple,
Sally Hansen
PURPLE RAIN!!! I finally have the polish that kicks Vendetta's wannabe bum!
This is my first NARS polish and I am so damn impressed. This color is a deep purple with red and blue shimmer throughout the entire polish. The shimmer in this polish is amazing. I almost did not want this polish from how it looked in the bottle, but boy I'm glad I got it. RUN to Sephora and get this! Well, driving would make more sense, but you get the urgency, right?
These pictures looked great in my Iphoto, but they appear to be a little washed out once I uploaded them to Blogger. This polish is a deep purple that leans on the side of red, not a light purple at all.
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NARS,
Purple,
Shimmer
We had a few days of sun last week, so I definitely made it a point to break out my holos. So, here I am continuing the holo theme, but this time with China Glaze!!!
Here is the ever beautiful LOL from the China Glaze OMG collection. I must say I do like writing in internet speak from time to time, ROFLMAOCOPTER11!! Juuuuussst kidding. This is a great mid purple holo that I cannot get over. These bad boys look so great in the sun! Check out that rainbow effect!
You do have to be a leeeedle bit careful applying these. You can use a base coat, but I make sure mine is bone dry before applying my polish coat, otherwise you may experience some drag. Holos have a tendency to chip rather quickly, so I usually wear a topcoat with them, even though it dulls the shine a little bit.
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China Glaze,
Holo,
Purple
Today has been kind of a mess today and I apologize for the crap photo! I'm going through some issues with family, so I've been awfully distracted and stressed, but I'm trying to keep positive!
I think it's obvious I was distracted while photographing this! My fingers are all wonky. This is Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Grape Going and I believe it's from their spring line of the Insta-Dri polishes. I do like this polish, with its very super duper fine shimmer. Let this be said: It is nowhere near as beautiful as RBL Scrangie. It's not really all that similar except for the mid purple base.
These Insta-Dri brushes are not too bad, but I do find that my gap is not as neat when I use this polish. I think mine may have a few stray hairs that just make it a little messy, but other than that the shape suits my nails. It does dry quickly, but still be careful when doing multiple coats. Grape Going required two.
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Purple,
Sally Hansen
