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Buenas dias! (Good morning in Spanish).

Today I have a new mint green polish from RGB for holiday ’09.

I have reviewed a few RGB colors in the past and liked them. I did have some issues with some of the red’s being a little watery, but am definitely willing to check out other colors. This one is a beaut! Check it out.

Minty

Minty is a mint green creme. This doesn’t have a ton of blue in it, and is a true mint green in my eyes. The formula was really nice and not streaky as I had expcted. It’s not chalky and doesn’t come off as pastel looking. I really like it, it’s probably my fav mint green color now! It was on the thick side, but not hard to work with. It was totally opaque in just two coats.

Check out my other RGB swatches here.

You will be able to find this color on their website here soon, and it retails for $14.00.

So do you guys like this one? Have you tried any RGB yet? Comments are VERY welcome!!!

-VV

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The holidays are fast approaching, are you ready? Do you know what you want or what your friends/family wants? Well I might have the solution!

I have put together a list of nail polish/manicure gift ideas for you! These polish collections are all ones I have swatched and personally endorse. The manicure ideas are all products I currently use and love.

You can find pricing and where to buy these products at the bottom of my posts. The links under the “Other Manicure Ideas” section will take you straight to their website to purchase.

Classic Holiday Nail Polish Collections

• China Glaze Loves You Snow Much collection

• Diamond Cosmetics holiday 2009 collection

• OPI Holiday Wishes collection Part I & Part II

• Color Club Wonderland collection

Other (non-Christmas colors) Collections

• Essie winter collection

• BB Couture For Men (2nd collection)

• China Glaze Wizard of Ooh Ahz collection

• Nubar Chocolate Truffles collection

• Jessica Baby It’s Cold Outside collection

• Urban Decay Apocalyptic

• CND Colour & Effects

Other Manicure Ideas

• CND Almond Hydrating Lotion (search under “Creative” category)

• CND Almond Soothing Creme (search under “Creative” category)

• CND Solar Oil (search under “Creative” category)

• Nubar Foundation base coat and Diamont top coat (my two favs)

• Sephora glass nail file

• Essie Matte About You top coat

• Jaqua Pink Buttercream Frosting Guilt-Free Treats gift set

Happy shopping!

-VV

Ohayo gozaimasu (good morning in Japanese)!

BB Couture has a new men’s collection, their 2nd one, made up of six new amazing colors. I shall be showing you swatches of those today.

What I love about BB Couture is that they don’t follow the typical pattern most other companies do. They put out collections all year ’round, not just seasonal ones. That means that the colors aren’t necessarily “seasonal” ones either, which is great. I get sick of red, green and silver this time of year! The one thing I wish they would do is announce their new collections via email or whatever, so that I know when they actually come out. Sometimes I visit the website and there are all these new colors on there I never heard about!

The formula on these is fantastic, as BB’s usually are. Peep ‘em!

Impact Driver

Impact Driver is a dark greyed out blue with really fine pink/green/purple micro-glitter. I love this, it’s very unique and pretty. This was three coats.

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And that, ladies and gents, is why I bought my new BFF, the Canon Rebel T1i DSLR. Need I say more?

During Thanksgiving week, my in-laws were staying at the house. This meant that my step-daughter had to sleep on a cot. Chase took it upon himself to take a quick nap on her cot. I think he thought it was his since it was so close to the floor. But he’s 15 1/2 now, so he can pretty much do whatever he wants.