Tagged: Varnish

Hey there!

I have something to show you today that I am pretty sure you aren’t going to see on any other nail polish blog. It was quite a find!

A few months ago I was walking around a nearby city called Martinez in the “antique” part of town. There are quite a few antique stores in this historic downtown, and I hadn’t been for years, so the hubbie and I decided to see what they had. Oh and before you ask, no, I didn’t have to drag him, he happens to be a huge collector of many things (you can ask my garage if you don’t believe me) so he’s always happy to look!

Whilst meandering through one of the larger stores, I was looking in the glass cabinets at the smaller items and saw this old red Cutex box. Of course I immediately asked if I could see it and when I took a peek inside, I knew it was going to be mine. Turns out it was a vintage Cutex manicure set circa the 1920′s or 1930′s (they aren’t sure and there are no dates anywhere on anything inside) and in really great condition. The asking price was $65.00 but I finagled them down to $50.00. Take a peek inside!

The outside, shiny red and pretty (except the sticker where the price tag was)

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Top o’ the mornin’ to ya! It’s Monday yet again…I wonder how many good compared to bad Mondays we have to deal with over a lifetime?

Anyhoo, I’ve got Sally Hansen’s new Hi-Definition colors for fall 2009 to show you today. These are some seriously awesome colors and they are all shimmery metallics. One of them, Opulent Cloud, is the exclusive shade of the fall 2009 Tracy Reese runway show. She created this color to show off the many hues in her fall collection and you will see how awesome it is below.

The formula on these is really great. I had no issues and all were totally opaque in just two coats. Peep ‘em out!

Gigabyte

Gigabyte is a soft light pink that flashes gold. This is definitely a cool color, even with the gold, so it looked really great on my fair skin.

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