Tagged: Fall 2009

Good morning!!

This past weekend was really bizarro, we had a freak thunderstorm here, and in case you aren’t familiar with the SF/Bay Area, we rarely get thunderstorms even in the heart of winter. It was kinda fun actually! The best part was my dog didn’t even seem to hear it, but then again he is 15 and starting to lose some hearing The worst part was that the weather was crappy all weekend, and with no sun meant no swatches, until now…

Today I’ve got your first peek at swatches of one of Illamasqua’s new nail varnishes from their Dystopia collection for fall/winter. They have two in this collection, and I’ve got Obsess to show you. Check it!

Obsess in bright sun

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Half of our short week is almost over, can you just deal with a couple more days of work until freedom?

As you may have heard MAC has released a new collection of six nail polishes for fall/winter 2009. This collection was created by Jin Soon, who is a professional nail artist and founder/owner of Jin Soon Natural Hand and Foot Spas in New York. To be honest, I had never heard of her before this collection came out. I’m not really one to fall all over myself following every single nail technician and fashion trend around. I like what I like, doesn’t matter what “fashion” folks tell me to like. Just keepin’ it real.

This collection definitely says “fall” to me, the (mostly) creme colors are dark, vampy and some a bit unusual. I am totally in love with a few of them and just kinda *meh* on a few others.

The formula on these is pretty decent. They are thin and all applied very evenly and needed three coats. Not sure about wear compared to MAC polishes of ‘yore (which tend to be chippy) because I haven’t yet worn any of these for any length of time. Peep ‘em!

Cool Reserve

Cool Reserve is a very pale grey/lavender creme. It reminds me of a lighter version of Sephora’s Metro Chic. I like this, but feel like it’s already been done before. This was three coats.

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Yo!

Orly recently released a new collection called Once Upon A Time for fall 2009. I don’t have the entire collection unfortunately, the best one, Enchanted Forest is missing as well as Mirror Mirror, so sorry about that!

Pixie Dust

Pixie Dust is an awesome pale blue/grey with silver shimmer. It almost looks sugar coated, which I love! This was three coats.

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It’s Saturday and it’s a long weekend and I’m feelin’ fine! How are you guys today?

OPI is releasing a collection of six previously released colors in a “suede” finish this fall. It sounds kinda weird, but it’s really cool and unique looking. They are a cross between mattes and satins and I really like them all. The only thing I would have changed about them is the names. It gets confusing when you have Lincoln Park After Dark, Lincoln Park After Dark Matte and Lincoln Park After Dark Suede, if you know what I mean…

The formula on these is really great. They could really all be one coaters because they are really opaque, but I did two coats here. They dry really quick and are smooth to the touch. Peep ‘em!

You Don’t Know Jacques! Suede

You Don’t Know Jacques! is a shimmery golden taupe color. This color was also featured in their matte collection.

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We’re almost there, 5:00 is only a few hours away!

I am late to the party with Nubar’s Modern Matte collection for fall 2009, but that’s ok. These are beautiful, satiny, shimmery matte colors that are a lot different from the other mattes I have shown before which are either chalkier OR mostly black and grey tones. I also couldn’t resist putting on Nubar’s Diamont top coat with these to see what they looked like glossy and WOW, I was even more impressed with the bling.

A word about formula on these. These, like most mattes, dry really fast but not as fast as some so you have a brief moment to fix any issues. They are also all two coaters. See results below!

Vital

Vital is a wine colored pink/purple with lavender, blue and other colored shimmer.

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