Categorized: Purple

November 18, 2008

Essie Swatches and Zoya Kalista Contest!

The Essie swatches are here folks! The wonderful people over at Essie were kind enough to send these to me gratis, thank you so much! Overall I found these to all be really nice colors and applications. My pics all taken in sunlight with no top coat.

Essie Imported Champagne Essie Swatches and Zoya Kalista Contest!
Pink Champagne from the Mega Mini Treasures Collection
Here we have Pink Champagne which is a very light white/pink frosty/shimmery polish. Because it was frosty it was a tad streaky and took a careful application to smooth it out. It’s also fairly sheer so needed three coats. It is a pretty color but maybe a little too tame for me in general.

Essie Jelly Apple Essie Swatches and Zoya Kalista Contest!

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Categorized: Essie, Varnish
November 16, 2008

Zoya Swatches


Good Sunday Morning! Today I am bringing you some random Zoya swatches. As you may know, I don’t normally wear pink that much, BUT I saw Scrangie do a whole plethora of pink swatches not too long ago and I wanted at least 50% of them for myself! See she started a crazy lemming in me. So I ordered some of the Zoya ones and am showing them to you today, along with some other colors I wanted, but didn’t have yet. All pics taken in sunlight with no top coat.

Zoya Erika Zoya Swatches 
Erika

Isn’t Erika just pretty? I love it. It’s a very light pastel pink with lots of gold shimmer. The gold is really what makes this one stand out. It was pretty sheer, this is three coats, but it went on smoothly and with no issues. Love!

Zoya Sweet Zoya Swatches

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Categorized: Varnish, Zoya
November 15, 2008

Nfu-Oh Swatches

Ladies & Gents, I think I have found my new favorite (for now) polish line! Nfu-Oh polishes are A-MAH-ZING! First off I would like to say that I did order these from eBay (seller is Fabulous Nails) and I don’t have any issue with that, I know some people do. My choice was to either order them from a place that ships from New Zealand and be charged between $40-50 for shipping OR get them from eBay and a guy who lives literally 1 hour from my house and get them in 1 day. Gee, decision, decision! So I ordered the six that appealed to me the most, but now I swear I want ALL OF THEM they are soooo pretty. And it’s not just the colors and great formula either. The bottles are hands down the cutest I have ever seen. Si Francois, sophistique et adorable (So French, sophisticated and adorable)! All pics taken in the sun with no top coat.


Nfu Oh 125 Nfu Oh Swatches
Nfu-Oh – #125

I love this color, I think it might be my fav of the bunch. As you may know I am a huge fan of olive greens and while this does border on chartreuse, it’s definitely got olive in it. This is three coats here. The shimmer is so pretty both in sunlight and in indoors.

Nfu Oh 56 Nfu Oh Swatches

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Categorized: Nfu-Oh, Varnish
November 14, 2008

Givenchy, Laura Mercier, Rescue Beauty Lounge Swatches

Good afternoon! These polishes below are ones I was super excited about getting because they all seemed unique and stunning. I have to say I am not disappointed in any of them. Also, I am experimenting with the size of my photos so you will notice these are slightly bigger than before. Let me know if you like/hate/or are indifferent to them. All pics taken in sunlight with no top coat.

Givenchy Purple By Night Givenchy, Laura Mercier, Rescue Beauty Lounge Swatches
Givenchy – Purple By Night

I am declaring Purple By Night purple of the year! After reading about the bottle size of Givenchy polishes on other blogs (.18 ounces), I wasn’t expecting a huge bang for my buck and I was right. At least price-wise. Color-wise it’s a whole ‘nother story! This is two coats of purple-y goodness here and it was smooth as butta. The color is grape purple with SOO much shimmery colored glimmer in it, it’s just BLINGY. The shimmer in it looks to me to be pink, lavender and gold and it truly is stunning. My only complaint is that I am already worried about running out because it’s SO small!

Laura Mercier Avant Garde Givenchy, Laura Mercier, Rescue Beauty Lounge Swatches

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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