Tagged: Spring 2010

Good morning!

Misa is coming out with a new spring 2010 collection called Mardi Gras. All the creme colors in this collection are inspired by the Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans.

Now I’ve never been to Mardi Gras but I have been to New Orleans. From what I have seen of pictures of it though, a lot of these colors are pretty spot on. The formula is another story…

The formula was a huge PITA for me on all but two of these. They were extremely thick, sticky and almost stringy. It felt like putting actual house paint on my nails. The good thing is they were incredibly opaque, but still hard to work with. Not sure what the issue is with these but maybe it was just my bottles?

I am a little disappointed that these were all cremes. I do like cremes a lot, but feel like that’s all we have been seeing from Misa as of late, and I wanted a few shimmers or something different to shake things up.

Anyway check them out below!

Shake It To The Samba

Shake It To The Samba is an apricot colored creme. This is a really nice color, but the application was a problem. This was two coats.

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Helllloooooo!

I think this post will get a lot of people excited

I am giving away one set of Milani’s new 3D Holographic nail lacquer collection, which recently came out for spring!

As you may know, these are a wee bit hard to find, and it took me some hunting in various drugstores to get them all. I know a lot of you (at least on Twitter) were looking for them and if I remember, a lot of those outside of the US were wanting to get your paws on them also. Well now is your chance.

The rules

Who: This giveaway is open to everyone, everywhere!

What: One set of the 3D Holographic collection which consists of 6 colors

Where: You can enter here or double your chances to win by following me on Twitter (VampyVarnish)

When: Now until Sunday March 14th at 6:00 pm, Pacific.

How: Leave a comment and valid email address on this post saying which of these you are the most excited about. You can also follow me on Twitter and RT (retweet) the following message to double your chances of winning: RT @VampyVarnish: RT to win Milani 3D Holographic Nail Lacquer http://bit.ly/9H7mCQ

NOTE: Please understand that you can only enter once here and/or Twitter. If I see your email address or name more than one time on either of those it will be deleted, so don’t bother trying   And don’t panic if you don’t see your comment right away, comments are moderated, and can take up to 24 hours to show up.

If you want to see my swatches and review, check them out here.

The winner will be announced via email on Monday March 15th, and will need to respond to me within 72 hours or I will have to choose another winner.

Good luck!

-VV

Hallo mates!

Nicole by OPI has some new colors out for spring that I recently found at Walmart. They were on a stand that said “Walmart exclusives” so I’m not sure if these are only available there or what.

I have always had really great luck with the formula on these babies. They are super duper creamy and smooth, and usually pretty opaque in two coats. Peep ‘em!

Wink Of Twink

Wink Of Twink is a silver with holo glitter. I would say this is a medium holo,meaning not as holographic as say the China Glaze OMG collection, but more holographic than some others I have seen. This was three coats.

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Here we are on Monday, yet again, sigh.

Color Club has a new collection called Rebel Debutante for spring 2010. The flyer I got with these says “Rebellious shades that go from classic to trendy”. I’m not so sure I totally agree with the statement that these are rebellious shades. I think this collection is fairly tame actually. There are a few standout colors here, but I didn’t feel like anything totally original was created in this collection.

The formula was pretty good on these, if a but thick. A couple were harder than others to apply and I’ll note those ones below.

Check them out below!

Who Are You Wearing?

Who Are You Wearing? is a pale white/grey. I wound up liking this more than most of the others for some unexplained reason. It’s just a very pretty light color, but isn’t boring. I think I like the grey in it. This was on the sheer side so was three coats.

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Hey there!

I am off to a late start this morning. Not feeling that great, bad headache, ugh. But enough about me, here is something fun for your Friday!

Milani has recently come out with a much talked about (at least on Twitter) holographic nail collection. I looked for these all over the place and couldn’t find them. Finally a couple weekends ago I made a whole day out of going to various drugstores and came across them at CVS, yay!

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the bottles are ugly. They are just so dated looking, I wish they would change the shape and caps (and their logo while they’re at it). But remember grasshopper, sometimes you must look past the ugliness to see the beauty inside.

The formula on these was great, no issues whatsoever. These were all three coats for good measure. They are all pretty holographic, so no worries about it being false advertising here! They are also super smooth to the touch, no gritty glitter feel at all. Check them out!

HD

HD is a silver holo. This is on the sheer side of silver, so I used three thicker coats and possibly could have used another.

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