Archives: November 2008

November 14, 2008

Tons of Swatches Coming Soon!!

TGIF Vampies! It’s a beautiful day here in Cali (supposed to hit 77, yahoo!) so I am planning on doing a lot of sun swatching over the next couple days. In order to whet your palette’s, I thought I would show you what I am planning on bringing you this weekend. Hope you are as excited as I am!

Essie Mega Mini Treasures Tons of Swatches Coming Soon!!
Essie Tons of Swatches Coming Soon!!

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November 14, 2008

Political Polish Anyone?

The election is officially over, and no matter which side you voted for, we are all supportive of this great country of ours and the colors Red, White and Blue. So even though we must all wait in anticipation of President Elect Obama to take office in January, we can have some fun in the meanwhile with, you guessed it, nail polish! There is a great blog writer for the Boston Herald named Darren Garnick that actually did a post on his site all about pro-Obama manicures. He specifically writes about The Polish Addict’s blog. As you may already know she is very pro-Obama and did a few posts on cool political manicures right before the election.


He also wrote a really cute piece on OPI’s Russian polishes and the connection between them and Soviet spies. I find it pretty cool that a professional writer takes the time to write about nail polish of all things on his website so check it out!

borisnatashawebx Political Polish Anyone?
Graphic courtesy of CultureSchlock.com

All hail the U.S.A.!


Categorized: Misc., Varnish
November 13, 2008

Drugstore Nail Polish Swatches Part 2

Happy Thursday! As promised, today I am bringing you part 2 of my drugstore nail polish swatches. I found a new (and very cheap) brand that I had never seen before which is called CQ. It’s in these really cute bottles and seemed pretty decent. I also saw some nice Borghese ones that I wanted to try which are more expensive at around $8.00 each. And finally a cool looking metallic from NYC. All of these were found at my local Rite Aid. All pictures taken in sunlight with no top coat.

Nails 007 Drugstore Nail Polish Swatches Part 2
CG – Silver Taupe

Isn’t it cute? I think I might like the bottle shape more than the actual color on this one. It went on very sheer, which isn’t my fav, but after three coats, it wasn’t too bad. I would say it’s a light beige/taupe color with a lot of silver glitter in it.

Nails 008 Drugstore Nail Polish Swatches Part 2

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Categorized: Borghese, CQ, NYC, Varnish
November 12, 2008

Drugstore Nail Polish Swatches Part 1

Happy Hump Day Vampies! So today I decided to post a bunch of drugstore polishes I recently came across that looked decent. Normally I am not a huge fan of “cheaper” polishes (I am such a makeup snob) but the colors on these were too good to pass up! This will be part 1 of 2 posts since I got so many this time around! All pics taken in sunlight with no top coat.

Nails 001 Drugstore Nail Polish Swatches Part 1 Nails 002 Drugstore Nail Polish Swatches Part 1

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Categorized: Revlon, Sally Hansen, Varnish
November 10, 2008

BB Couture For Nails Swatches

Thanks to Katee over at e-polishblog, I discovered a new brand of nail polish that looked pretty intriguing from her swatches here. I definitely needed the green she had which is called Poison Ivy but decided to also get a couple others she didn’t swatch so you can see a variety of their polishes. Pictures are all taken in sunlight with no top coat. Enjoy!


DSC03193 BB Couture For Nails Swatches
Poison Ivy

This color was everything I had expected it to be! The consistency was flawless going on and I only needed two coats. The color is a beautiful Kermit the Frog green creme and I have fallen madly in love with it. I don’t own anything like it and am extremely excited to add it to my green collection!
DSC03199 BB Couture For Nails Swatches

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Categorized: BB Couture, Varnish