Archives: October 2008

As soon as I saw swatches of OPI’s Holiday in Toyland collection on The Nailphile and All Lacquered Up, I knew I was a goner. I didn’t order them all, I got the five I liked the best judging from their swatches, and I am NOT disappointed! All pics are taken in sunlight with no top coat. Enjoy!

“Sheer” Your Toys!

I love this polish, it’s one of my favorites this season. It’s a really gorgeous lavender/grey shimmer that really isn’t “Sheer” after 3 coats. One of the coolest things about this (which you can’t see in my pics of course) is that it has red sparkles in it! They are subtle but there and it makes it like nothing else I own.

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China Glaze came out with a Holiday 2008 collection called Sleigh Ride which are all VERY glittery Christmas colors. Not sure if these will be sold individually, but right now they are sold as a set on 8ty8beauty for $8.04. Pick ‘em up while you can, they are well worth it! All these pics are taken in sunlight with no top coat.

Tinsel

Talk about bling. This is a super glittery silver polish and the name fits perfectly! I have on 3 coats here. An almost jelly like consistency this one is perfect for New Years. What’s even better is that it was super easy to remove for a glitter!

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Good evening vampy readers! I just wanted to send a quick reminder to
those of you who haven’t yet entered into my contest. There is only 1
day left to enter for a chance to win a bottle of Metro Chic by Sephora
by OPI. The contest closes at 5:00, Pacific time tomorrow, Oct 10th. I am going
to try my hardest to announce the winner tomorrow evening, however, I am
going out of town until Monday so I might not get the info out until
then. Please hold tight and GOOD LUCK!

Orly has just come out with their new Holiday 2008 collection called Masquerade. There are only three colors, but they are all pretty nice. They are called Enchanting, Belle Of The Ball and Mysterious. All of the formulas were really smooth and creamy and these are all taken in the sun with no top coat. My pics and reviews are below.

Enchanting

This was my least favorite of the three, although it’s still nice. It’s just not a totally original color. It’s a bright red creme with a slight touch of pink. This is 2 coats pictured here. A good color just not spectacular.

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I am finally back from San Antonio and feel SO swamped with both regular work and website stuff! I have been desperate to show some swatches I did a couple weeks ago so I am doing this post now. I also have a gazillion new polishes I need to swatch still and will hopefully get to some of them today. The swatches below (all taken in sunlight) are older colors from Orly, CND and Nicole by OPI but I hope you will find them useful!

Velvet Rope

As I have found with most Orly polishes, the application was really nice. This is 2 coats here. This is a really pretty grape color with lots of large-ish lavender & silver glitter particles. Very nice and shimmery in the sun and indoors.

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