Categorized: Shimmery

December 10, 2008

Sephora by OPI Swatches

Good afternoon! Today I am bringing you some fabulous Sephora by OPI polishes I recently picked up. In case you don’t know, they have recently re-stocked all their polishes at Sephora, so what was once sold out, should now be available! Have AT IT! The formulas on these were all fantastic. No bubbles, no streakiness just smooth like glass. All pics taken in sun with no top coat.

Sephora by OPI Opening Night Sephora by OPI Swatches
Opening Night
Isn’t she lovely? First off let me say I LOVE this color on me, but hmmm have I seen it before somewhere? Why yes! In fact it’s a dupe for OPI’s Yoga-Ta Get This Blue! which you can see my swatches of here (scroll down to the bottom). So I would say don’t buy both if you have neither, but definitely get one if you have none! Oh and this was only two coats because it was super pigmented, fabulous no?

Sephora by OPI Meet For Drinks Sephora by OPI Swatches

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Categorized: Sephora by OPI, Varnish
December 8, 2008

Chanel Haute Chocolat for Christmas Contest!

Hello Vampies! I am excited to announce my new giveaway contest, which I think is a perfect Christmas gift for either yourself or someone you know. I will be giving one lucky (random) winner a bottle of the much coveted, Limited Edition, Chanel Haute Chocolat polish! Now I know some of you saw pics or maybe tried it yourself and were not as impressed as you thought you would be. I totally get that, but I also think that has something to do with the hefty $20.00 per bottle price tag! But if you got it for free, wouldn’t that ROCK? The facts are these (and yes I am a Pushing Daisies fan and SO sad it was canceled):

  • When: December 8-15, 2008 (10 am Pacific to 10 am Pacific)
  • What: 1 new bottle of Chanel Haute Chocolat
  • Why: Because it’s Christmas sillies!
  • Who: Anyone can enter, including those International folks
  • How: Leave me a comment and your email address so I can get ahold of you if you win!


Good luck!

elf girl computer desk lg clr Chanel Haute Chocolat for Christmas Contest!

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Categorized: Chanel, Contest, Varnish
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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November 26, 2008

Carolyn New York Swatches (More!)

Morning Vampies! Today I am going
to show you the other three Carolyn New York swatches I took. It is a
cold rainy grey day here and supposed to be the next couple days, so I thought these colors were fitting! I am
hoping to somehow take new pics of the Color Club cremes so I can show
you in decent lighting, but without my friend the sun around, it might
be difficult! The Carolyn New York polishes all had fabulous
consistency and application. All pics taken in sun
with no top coat.

Carolyn NY Handball Courts Carolyn New York Swatches (More!)
Handball Courts
This is a really nice silvery dove grey shimmery polish. It went on pretty sheer so it needed three coats. I love, love, love grey polish and was really pleased with this. For a second I thought it might be close to OPI’s Sheer Your Toys, but no. This is more grey and doesn’t have the red flecks that OPI’s does. It is very close to RBL’s Concrete Jungle, but this has shimmer whereas that is a creme.

Carolyn NY Hangin On The Stoop Carolyn New York Swatches (More!)

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