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Happy Saturday folks!

As you may have heard Sephora by OPI has their new fall collection out on their website already. It looks like they have about nine new colors and I bought four of the ones that looked the most interesting to me.

I wound up being pretty pleased with three of the four. I was a little worried because some of them were described as “sheer” but they really are only sheer if you use one coat.

The formula was pretty decent. The metallic ones were a wee bit streaky but not too bad. They all were only two coats with one exception.

Go My Own Way

Go My Own Way is a kind of dusty blue metallic teal with light blue shimmer. This reminds me of the ocean. It’s an unusual blue, which makes it fairly unique for me. I liked it even though it was a little streaky. This was two coats.

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What’s up!

Today I’ve got the second half of the OPI Swiss collection for fall 2010. This is made up of 6 creme colors, 4 of which are reds…Having said that I must confess: red looks good on me! As much as I am disinterested in most reds when I first see them, it almost always happens that they wind up complimenting my skin tone. Go figure.

I must say that the first half was much more interesting to me both because the colors were more my type and I favor shimmers. But there were a couple in here I really like also.

The formula on these was great, not a single issue whatsoever. They totally flowed smoothly, nicely, and all were just two coats.

Color So Hot It Berns

Color So Hot It Berns is a bright, cool, poppy red. These kinds of reds always amaze me when I put them on because they look…so…darn…good! But I DO have a bunch like this so it’s nothing I haven’t seen before.

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Afternoon!

I have something special for you today! As you might have heard, Ulta did a limited edition 5 piece nail lacquer collection called Glam Goth. I am really glad I picked up a set…or FOUR recently

This is my first time using Ulta’s nail formula so I didn’t really have any expectations whatsoever. Turns out I was pretty pleased with them! They all applied really nicely and most of them were totally opaque in two coats.

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For Bitten

For Bitten is a deep reddish/brownish/black with chunks of duochrome glitter. This one is highly unusual and gorgeous. It flashes so many different colors and it looks lit from within. LOVE! This was two coats.

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Good morning!!

Guess what I have today for you? One of Zoya’s new collections for fall 2010 called Wicked. This is a collection of 6 new amazing glittery, metallic colors that I think will knock your socks off! And let me first tell you the hell I went through before swatching these.

I left work at 3:25 to take the company bus to the BART train station, which is what I do every day. I found out that there were no trains running to my side of the Bay though because of an accident. Well it so happens that Mr. VV drove into the city, so he came by the BART station to pick me up. He got there at 3:50. We were stuck in GRIDLOCK traffic all the way home. I got home at 6:50!! So I spent 3 hours and 25 minutes trying to get home. All because of a stupid Giants game that just let out at rush hour. Ridiculous; I have never been in traffic like that. We lierally could have been in Lake Tahoe or Reno in a hotel room relaxing by the time we got home!

So I get home, am starving, but then see I got the Wicked collection delivered. The sun was disappearing, I was in the middle of cooking dinner, yet I swatched! I’m a multi-tasker at heart I even stood in the middle of the lawn while the sprinklers were going off to take these pics, so I hope you enjoy them! Bear in mind these were taken at 7:15 so the sun was going down.

The formula on these was really great I didn’t have any issues whatsoever.They were all opaque in two coats.

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Edtya

Edtya is a fern green with multi-colored shimmer. This is totally stunning in person, this pic doesn’t do it justice at all. The green is a deep greyish/green, and all the green, gold and other colored shimmer is just fantastic! LOVE IT and don’t have anything like it.

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Good evening!

I was so excited about these I swatched them as soon as I got them this afternoon, and wanted to post them as soon as possible.

This of course is China Glaze’s new Vintage Vixen collection for fall 2010. Yes fall. Already. We are not even into summer yet, but fall colors abound. But you know what? That’s fine with me because the fall collections are always my favorite. That’s when we see most of the darker and more weird colors come out, which I adore.

I must admit when I saw promo pics of these and heard the word “frost” being tossed about, I wasn’t all that thrilled. But it turns out I REALLY like the majority of this collection and was pleasantly surprised how un-frosty they turned out to be. They are more metallic than frost.

This collection comes in two separate sets, but I am showing them all to you now. Just so you have the info, here is how the sets are broken down:

Part 1 includes:

• Classic Camel
• Swing Baby
• Ingrid
• Goin’ My Way?
• Foxy
• Riveter Rogue

Part 2 includes:

• Hey Doll
• Bogie
• Emerald Fitzgerald
• First Class Ticket
• Midnight Mission
• Jitterbug

The formula was totally great on almost all of these. I had no problems with any of them but some were more opaque than others.

Check them out below!

Classic Camel

Classic Camel is a khaki/yellow/beige color with gold glitter flecks. This has a very warm yellow base but surprisingly didn’t totally clash with my skin. I was most excited about this color because it looked the most unusual from the promo pics. I was right! This was two coats.

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