2008 October | Vampy Varnish

October 26, 2008

SuperStar Nail Polish Swatches

SuperStar Nail Lacquer is a new brand of nail polish that I discovered when I saw really nice swatches on Scrangie’s website. I decided to try them out and get 3 colors that she didn’t post, to give readers a variety of ideas. Overall I thought they were just ok. The formula was pretty nice and the price was ok ($8.50), but the colors just didn’t *wow* me as much as I had hoped. Below are my pics and reviews. All pics taken in the sun with no top coat.

Park Avenue Purple

This is 3 coats of polish here. Very nice color, it’s a purplish pink with a nice opalescent blue overlay. Very shimmery in the sun. I don’t know why this color doesn’t grab me, but it just doesn’t.Â

Categorized: Superstar, Varnish

October 25, 2008

Polish Survey Results

Good morning fellow varnish junkies! As promised, I have the results of my nail polish survey. First off I would like to say thank you to all those who participated. I was very excited and amazed to see people all over the world responded including: Canada, Sweden, Finland, Norway, France, Greece, Guam, Puerto Rico, Slovenia and the UK! It’s simply amazing to me that I can just put something on a website and people everywhere are viewing my words and pictures! Ok enough with the sappiness and onto the results.

Question #1 asked what is your favorite brand of nail polish. I gave a list of 13 brands along with “None of the above” and “I change my mind every day!”

OPI took the cake, as they say, with 45% of the votes
“I change my mind every day!” was second with 23% (why doesn’t that surprise me?)
China Glaze was 14%
Zoya was 4%
Rescue Beauty Lounge, Chanel and “None of the above” tied with 3%
Deborah Lippmann, Misa and Sally Hansen all had 1%
Butter London, Adoree, Sephora for OPI, Orly and Creative Nail Design did not rank

I was not at all surprised that OPI won considering their very wide range of colors, formulas, affordable pricing and availability all over the world. I was a bit surprised that some of the others scored so low or not at all though, especially Creative Nail Design and Butter London.

Question #2 asked what is your favorite nail polish color in general and I listed most general colors I could think of

Red was 26%
Blue was 22%
Purple was 14%
Pink was 12%
Black was 10% (yahoo!)
Green was 6%
Brown was 4%
Grey was 3%
Silver & Gold tied with 1%
White, orange & yellow didn’t rank

I must admit I was surprised that red was number one for some reason. I know that red is a classic universal color, but since I lean towards the funkier colors myself, I didn’t expect it to be quite so high.Â

Question #3 asked what is your favorite nail polish formula

Creme was 42%
Shimmer was 29%
Holographic was 9%
Duo/Multichrome was 7%
Jelly & Frost tied at 4%
Glitter, Opalescent & Metallic tied at 1%
Sheer & Foil didn’t rank

Now I love a good creme, don’t get me wrong, but I expected shimmer to win this one. It seems to me that there are SO many more shimmers out there than cremes, but maybe that’s why creme’s win out! It’s harder to find a good creme so when people do they cherish and love it! I love both almost equally, it just depends on my mood. I hope you enjoyed this survey and will continue to tune in for more fun stuff. In the next month or so I plan on doing another really great contest, so keep posted!!

Vamp it up! Fangs Polish Survey Results

Categorized: Survey, Varnish

October 24, 2008

Oh the Horror!

This has nothing to do with nail polish but it does have to do with fashion so here I go. The other day I was wandering around Tarjay in the clothing area minding my own business (and trying not to spend more money) when suddenly I saw it out of the corner of my eye. It was gold, shiny and very thin. At first I thought to myself “No, it can’t be…wait what year is this?” I went closer to the object and reached out to touch it’s slightly sticky coating and then it was confirmed. Yep, it was spandex. Gold spandex leggings to be exact. The same kind that the slutty concert chicks wore at all the Motley Crue and Iron Maiden concerts I went to in my teen years. But wait, there’s more! Not only did they have gold ones, but I also spotted silver and black/white leopard spotted ones! So baffled was I that I took pics of the rare and dangerous creatures with my iPhone. Here they are for your viewing pleasure (or not). Oh and if someone could please explain to me how the hell this trend got started back up again, it would be great. I mean what was bad decades ago is still bad…no?

photo(2) GF Oh the Horror!

Categorized: Fashion, Random, Varnish

October 23, 2008

Swatches Coming Soon!

Hey there fellow Vampies! Sorry I have been totally slacking off in the posting arena lately. I have been slammed at work but am now finally done with all the majah projects and can focus back on things I actually LIKE to do! This weekend I plan on swatching the following:

Butter LONDON – Thames

Butter LONDON – Prince’s Plums

Butter LONDON – Tramp Stamp

And hopefully 3 Superstar Nail Lacquers, depending on when they get here!

In the meanwhile, if you haven’t already, please take my survey!

Categorized: butter LONDON, Superstar, Survey, Varnish

October 20, 2008

Creative Nail Design Fedora – Still Relevant

Fedora is a polish that came out in CND’s Fall 2006 line but I feel is very relevant still today. It’s a gorgeous vampy chocolate brown creme with a reddish hue. Brown is one of *THE* fall 2008 colors and this one definitely hits the trend mark for this year. One thing to note is that I only have on 3 coats in this picture, but I could have used 4 because it is a bit uneven to apply (but worth it). Oh also, I do not have a top coat on either and look how freakin shiny it is!Â