Archives: December 2008

December 6, 2008

China Glaze Romantique – Warm Collection

As promised, here are the warm colors from the China Glaze Romantique collection. Personally I liked the cool set a bit better because I am fair and some of these don’t mesh as well with my skin tone, but they are still pretty. All were only two coats and again all had really nice application and pigmentation. Pictures taken in sunlight with no top coat.

China Glaze Admire China Glaze Romantique   Warm Collection
Admire
Admire is a pretty flattering silvery pink/lavender metallic. I was surprised that I liked it this much, normally something like this doesn’t do it for me.

China Glaze Delight China Glaze Romantique   Warm Collection

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December 5, 2008

China Glaze Romantique – Cool Collection

Good Friday afternoon Vampies! It feels like it’s been an eternity since the sun has come out ’round these parts! I was finally able to do some swatches of the China Glaze Romantique Spring 2009 collection. Today I am bringing you the cool colors, which were my favs. Since I am blue/grey eyed and blonde haired with fair skin, cool colors always look better on me. All these went on fabulously in only two coats and extremely smooth and buttery. They are metallics and tend to streak if you go too fast or thick, so take your time when applying. Pics taken in sun with no top coat. Hope you like!



China Glaze Cherish China Glaze Romantique   Cool Collection
Cherish

Sorry for the horrible pointer finger placement, but the other pics I took didn’t come out as nice. I think this was one of my favs in this cool collection. It’s a really nice silvered out celedon green. It reminds me of a MAC I had years ago that I got rid of for some silly reason. 

China Glaze Adore China Glaze Romantique   Cool Collection

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December 4, 2008

Totally Hilarious and Ridiculous!

So my friend sent me this link and I HAD to create one for myself, starring my animals. This is way too much fun! Check it out and see:

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Categorized: Random, Varnish
December 4, 2008

butter LONDON 20% off

Hey all. Just wanted to send a quick post that butter LONDON is having a 20% off all online orders deal on Dec 4th-Dec 9th. They have some cute Holiday Lacquer Duo sets this year!

holiday08 1 butter LONDON 20% off
Photo courtesy of butterlondon.com

December 3, 2008

A Few of my Favorite Things

It’s hump day yet again Vampies! I apologize for the lack of posting lately. You see, it’s been really foggy and gross here and with no sun, I cannot take any decent nail polish pics. My house is like a cave, I do not exaggerate. We have to turn the lights on in the hallway even at high noon in summer because its so dark! Whoever designed that house needs a piece of my mind, but that’s a whole other ballgame…Anyhoo, I am hoping to get a light box for X-mas and if not, I will be creating one because this simply will not do. I have some lovely China Glaze and Essie swatches to show you soon including some spring ones! I also ordered another round of Carolyn New York to show you (they updated their website and now it’s much more user friendly and cool, check it out!). I thought I would bring you a list of a few of my favorite things to try and keep you entertained today. Oh and by the by, this doesn’t include nail polish because I think that’s obvious! Let me know some of your favorite things as well in the comments.

  • My iPhone. I coveted this beauty for awhile before I bought one about a year and a half ago and I haven’t looked back. I LOVE IT!
  • My MacBook Pro. Yes another Apple product, this laptop rocks my world in so many ways and it’s SO sexy looking
  • MAC makeup. I have been a HUGE fan of MAC for 15 years now (eekkk that ages me). I just counted the other day and I have 22 lipsticks (that’s after getting rid of about 10 in the last year), 12-15 lipglosses, 15 eyeshadows, 15 eyeliners, 1 other eyeshadow I have used for eyebrows for 10 years, 1 concealer, 3 polishes (all about 10-12 years old and still going strong), 2 powders (pressed and loose), 1 foundation, 4 blushes, 2 paints, 1 pigment, 4 liquidlast liners and many brushes. WOW!
  • Fluffy silly cats. As you may know, I have 3 and I love them way more than is *normal*
  • My sweet 14 year old dog Chase with his huge bat ears
  • Make Up For Ever’s HD Foundation. I just got this this past weekend from Sephora and it REALLY rocks! It totally hides my fine lines and lasts all day. I am impressed fo sho!
  • Prescriptives Colorscope Lip Gloss in Limited Edition Icy. I just got this also and I don’t normally buy their stuff, but I saw this and had to own it. It’s a snowy white color with lots of multi colored reflective particles in it. SO awesome
  • Rock & Republic jeans. What can I say, I am a sucker for their jeans. They make me look tall and slim somehow and the pockets are always awesome (can only afford them if they’re on sale though!)
  • Sephora. Need I say more?
  • “Overheard In” websites. Overheard in New YorkOverheard in the Office, Overheard at the Beach and Overheard Everywhere. If you have not gone to these, you must do so NOW! They are so hilarious I die every time I read them.

Vamp it up!

Categorized: Random, Varnish