China Glaze “Crimson”

This is one of the polishes from my recent Ulta haul. Its part of the China Glaze Haunting collection. At first I thought with a name like Crimson it would be a deep dark red. I was pleasantly surprised to find that it is actually a blacked purple crème. Formula was great, went on opaque in 2 coats. Seche Vite made it super shiny and like dark glass. You can see from the messy clean up job the purple tint around the cuticles. So pretty but I only wore it for a day because of something else you will see coming in a later post.

ZOYA!!!!!

For a while I have been admiring all the lovely Zoya polishes from a far. An $8 price tag plus shipping had been holding me back from purchasing. But because of the recent BOGO sale I couldn’t resist any longer. I picked up 4 since the limit was buy 2 get 2.

My beauties first picture Dannii and Jem, second picture Colette and Posh

I chose to use Posh for my first Jem manicure. It is a wonderful matte finish red. I was worried it would dry funny but it didn’t. Formula was great and went on smooth. It was almost opaque in one coat. Only needed a second to hide a couple of bald spots. It would not photograph right at all. These are the best pictures from my attempts.

Hauls!! September and beginning of October 2011

These are some recent polish hauls from the end of September thru the first few days of October. I have worn several of these recently.

First up is Ocean State Job Lots. They sometimes have great deals on name brand polishes. I have found some L’Oreal, SH Complete Salon Manicure, and Borghese. This time around I found a ton of Revlon polishes marked down to $1.49 then again to $1.04. These are normally $5 at my local Rite Aid or Walgreens. I got 12 total!

No Shrinking Violet and Sweet Tart 

Black with Envy and Oh My Magenta

All Fired Up and Pink Again

Red Hot Tamale and Endless Possibilities

Plum Night and Effervescent Opal

Make Mine Mango and Scene Stealer

A trip to the Rite Aid near my parents house yielded me Revlon’s Starry Pink and nail art pens in pink, white, and purple. I already have the two others from Revlon’s new glitter collection. 

The next day I went back to the same Rite Aid and picked up several of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wears from the main color line. I already own all the others and since there was a buy one get one 50% off sale I thought I would pick up the rest.
Top Row Purple Potion, Twisted Pink, Blizzard Blue, and Grey Area

Bottom Row Hot Magenta, Green with Envy, Invisible and Pink Boa

Then a few days later I stopped at the Walgreens near my grandmother’s house to pick up the Sinful Colors and Pure Ice crackles in black. (I have a black crackle comparison planned for another post.) It was there that I finally found the Fantasy Makers Halloween collection.

Pure Ice and Sinful Colors black crackle polishes

Fantasy Makers Black Magic, Creepy Pumpkin and Purple Potion

*** This is the Black Magic with the orange shimmer***

Later that day I stopped at the Walgreens near my work because I could tell the display at the other Walgreens was missing something. There I found Fantasy Makers Night Glow their version of the glow in the dark polish. 

Friday after work, I stopped at the Rite Aid near my grandmother’s looking for the Halloween make up display hoping to find more nail art pens. But instead found the recent Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear limited edition display. Now I already had almost all the colors except 3 of them. I was able to pick up Tealy Cool and Pink-y Ring. Now I am only missing Very Cherry.

On Saturday I went to the Rite Aid near my parents and found a ton of stuff on clearance. I ended up spending more then I intended but couldn’t pass up the deals that I found.

City Colors no name Blue and Purple

Sally Hansen Hard as Nails in Set In Stone, Hard Lemonade, Heart Of Stone, On the Rocks, and Hard-ly There 

And now I rarely buy these but Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure were 50% off, making each less then $4 a piece.

Strike A Pose, Model Behavior and First Kiss

Summer Plum and Delphinium

Barracuda and Paparazzi

And finally after seeing it swatched on Candy Coated Tips, I had to go buy L’Oreal Owl’s Night. It’s a super pretty dark bluish purple with tons of gold glitter. So excited to wear this one!! ***After using this one I now realize it is more of a blackened gray with gold glitter in it.

**Happy Dance** Awesome giveaway!!!

So why do a happy dance? Oh I don't know... How about a chance to win the entire China Glaze 2011 Holiday Collection called Let It Snow!!

Thats what is going on over at Carinae L'etoile's polish stash! Just click on the link and head over to her blog to entire! Good Luck, I know I got my fingers crossed!!

Look at these beauties!

credit for the picture goes to Fashion Polish

China Glaze “Cross Iron 360” and “Black Mesh”

After I took off my last mani, I went to close the window and had quite the break. My left thumb nail tore completely off. No saving it. It is still long but not as long as I prefer.

This is a blurry photo but this is how it looks filed down.

Another mani from my Haunting Collection that came the other day. China Glaze Cross Iron 360 is a beautiful burnt orange metallic. I think it was originally part of the Ski collection from a few years ago. Formula was great, went on easy. Completely opaque in 2 coats. Sadly, I didn’t get any pictures of it just plain. I added a coat of Black Mesh crackle top coat. Like all crackles, it needed to be put on in one thin coat. The drying pattern was varied with some large cracks and some smaller with most being vertical. As always a couple coats of Seche Vite made it absolutely gorgeous and super shiny! Lots of pictures, enjoy! Oh and excuse the mess around my cuticles, this was pre clean up.

China Glaze “It’s Alive” and my very first nail mail!!!!

I was stupid excited to get my very first nail mail on Friday! The previous week I had ordered the China Glaze Haunting Collection from Sally Beauty Supply. It was the last day of September and I had to use my 15% and $5 off coupons that day. Basically it made it free shipping. I was surprised when it showed up with an orange color instead of the top coat. I wasn’t expecting it but I am always excited to have a new color. In order China Glaze Cross Iron 360, It’s Alive, Black Mesh crackle polish, and Ghoulish Glow.

Cross Iron 360 and It’s Alive

Black Mesh and Ghoulish Glow

I had to try It’s Alive first thing. It is a beautiful green glitter, both micro and hex. It is completely full of glitter too which made the formula a little thick and hard to apply. It was also a top coat monster. Two coats of Seche Vite, the one coat of Ghoulish Glow, and then another of top coat before it was smooth. The color made it worth all the layers. So, so pretty and glittery. But the glow in the dark polish did muddy the color. In the pictures you can see the difference between them. My pointer fingers are both without Ghoulish Glow. This polish lasted for all of 24 hours before it started to pop off in full sheets. I think next time I wear it I will layer one coat of a solid color before putting on a coat of It’s Alive.

Revlon "Black With Envy"

This was my mani for all of one day. Nothing against the color, I just got something that I was so excited about I had to change it immediately. More about that in another post. J This is a beautiful dark gunmetal gray with a silver shimmer to it. It went on really well and took two coats for it to be opaque. Overall a very pretty color and it will be worn again sometime.