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Friday, April 29, 2011

MAC: Girls Will Be Girls

Girls Will Be Girls came out in 2008 for the MAC Fafi Collection. It's pink with coral pearl. Delicious. I love how over the top girly this nail polish is. I am an extremely pale person and it looks great against my tone but I think it would look better against darker tones.
Here is an intentionally blurred photo so you can see the pearl. <3__<3
Gorgeous!!
So of course, I can't stand not hanging something else on top of the nail color.
Soooooooooo I did this:
 I thought it would make it girlier but for some reason I do not like it at all.
Plus, LOOK!!!, shrinkage (teehee).
For the first time ever!
Base Color: MAC Girls Will Be Girls
Image Plate: Konad M71
Stamp Color: Orly Wild Wisteria

I am not a fan of this konadicure fail bomb. Opinions?

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Sally Hansen: Raspberry Race

This is one of the colors I picked up yesterday during my drugstore haul.
Raspberry Race is a purplely, pink shade. Gosh I am horrible at describing things. While applying it, I wanted to lick it. Raspberry race is a perfect name for this. I used two coats.
I can't stand to have my nails with no design.
I whipped out my H19 plate that I ordered from Chez Delaney. I will do a review on those (amazing!!!) products later.
It was hard to capture the design because I used my flash and the stamp color was silver chrome.
Base Color: Sally Hansen Raspberry Race Insta Dri
Stamp Color: Sally Hansen Color Quick Fast Dry Nail Color Pen in Silver Chrome
Image Plate: Chez Delaney H19
Top Coat: Seche Vite
Look at the cute little birdie!!!

-xoxoxo


Sally Hansen: Blue-Away

It's no secret that Sally Hansen is in my top 3 favorite nail polish brands. They have such an amazing variety of colors. I especially love the Insta Dri line. It's great for a quick mani and the polishes are amazing to stamp with.
I present to thee Sally Hansen Insta Dri in Blue-Away. It's a perfect vibrant shade of baby blue. I've gotten a lot of compliments on this polish. It just pops out at people. I used two coats.


On my way to work, I was feeling a bit down. Sooo, I stopped of at Walgreens and decided to treat myself to some retail therapy.
(Left to Right)
Kiss Nail Art kit
Sally Hansen Raspberry race
Sally Hansen Pink Blink
Maybelline Go-Getter Green
Then when I got to work, I was really bored because it was really quiet and nothing was happening.
I use soft purple from the Kiss Nail Art kit. I really like the way it turned out. Though I am sure I will get better with practice!

xoxo

Monday, April 25, 2011

China Glaze: 2030

2030 is a gold color that was part of the Khrome Collection. This would be the perfect color for C3PO for a Star Wars inspired mani.  I don't like this color as an all over color. I much prefer it as a stamp color. Because I have extremely ridged nails, I feel like it looks odd and it accentuates the ridges.

This is a more accurate color of 2030.

-XoXo

Butter London: Henley Regatta

Butter London Henley Regatta is blue-green, turquoise micro glitter in a clear base. It takes 3-4 coats to achieve an opaque look. 
I am rather disappointed with this polish. I expect something more. At $14 a bottle, I feel it should have been opaque in at least 2 coats. 
This is my first bottle of Butter London polish and I cannot give a definite answer on whether I would buy from them again or not.
I got tip wear within three hours of painting my nails and all I was doing was playing Little Big Planet 2. 
There is no denying that it's pretty but for $14, I will pass!


Sally Hansen: Chartreuse Chase

Chartreuse Chase is a beautiful lime-y yellow green with mint green shimmer flashing through it. It was a bit difficult to capture the gorgeous shimmer in this shade. I hope this will give you an idea of it.


This color is part of the Sally Hansen Spring line of Insta-Dri.
I can't express enough how much I love this color. I can't wait to try it out as a stamp color.
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri never disappoints, in my opinion.
I bought this color at Ulta and it retails for $4.99.
This is 2 coats
-XoXo

Thursday's Haul

I had around $18 in extra bucks for CVS so I went to see if any new polishes were released. To my surprise, Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear colors were only $1.99 each.
From left to right I got:
  • Going Green
  • Wet Cement
  • The Real Teal
  • Caribbean Coral
  • Loreal Coral Starfish
  • Seche Vite Fast drying top coat
  • Kiss Nail Artist kit
I ended up paying $3 for all of this haha.