Revlon Polishes - Quick and Dirty Haul Swatches

Hey Ladies,

While changing my polish yesterday I did some quick and dirty skittle swatches of the majority of my Revlon haul. The 2 I didn't include were Gum Drop and Plum Night, Gum Drop is a back up that I have already used on my toes :) and Plum night I had alright swatched the day I got the polishes :) ... but forgot to photograph

On to the polishes:

From left to right - Peach Nectar, Peach Smoothy, Grey Suede, Lilac Pastelle

Lilac Pastelle - a nice lilac cream/jelly? (this was a weird one, semi-jelly? lol either way I like it). 2 coats, applied pretty evenly. If I were wearing this for a full mani I would probably apply 1 last thin coat to avoid any streaking.

I like this colour, it is a bit lighter than Gum Drop and leans more red, where as Gum Drop leans more blue.

Grey Suede - a light brown cream with light golden shimmer. 2 coats, applied very well! I love the subtle shimmer this polish has, this will be great for fall. I wonder how it would look with a matte top coat... I wish I had thought of that last night when swatching!

Although the polish is named "Grey" Suede, the polish is actually a light taupe brown.

Peach Smoothy - a light peach cream with subtle golden shimmer. 2 coats, applied evenly. This is a very nice neutral, the shimmer adds that little something special.

This was one of the Revlon Scented polishes. From what I can remember from last night, the scent was sweat, but not too peachy. It reminded me of vacation lol.

Peach Nectar - a peach jelly. 2 coats, applied evenly. If I were wearing this as a full mani I would definitely add another coat or 2, I didn't expect this shade to be so sheer, it looks so bold and bright in the bottle. I think the extra coats would eliminate the VNL and this polish can also double as a base for a French Mani.

So what do you think of these polishes? Whats your fave?

Blog Awards - Who I Nominate :)

Hi Ladies,

In my previous post I said I would tag somg bloggers for awards that were given to me, so here we go!

Sunshine Award

Thanks again to: Megan from Kitschy Suburbia for the award :)

Here are the guidelines:

1. Save the image above and post it on your own blog.

2. Pass the award on to 12 fellow bloggers.

3. Link the nominees.

4. Let nominees know they have won this award by commenting on their blog.

5. Share the love and link to the person you received this award from.

The Happy 101 Award

Thanks again to Anita from Splashings of Serendipity

Rules:

1. Post who gave you the award

2. State 10 things you like

3. Give this award to 10 other bloggers and notify them with a comment

10 of my favorite things are:

1. my boyfriend :)

2. my family

3. photography

4. junk food - any chocolate or candy in general

5. going for walks

6. my cats - even though Marley is gone, he is still my favorite furry little guy. Smokey has been comforting me since he passed away.

7. Animals in general

8. clothing/fashion

9. TV - i've been getting in to some great shows lately (modern Family, Dexter, how I Met Your Mother)

10. NAIL POLISH!!! ... it's a crazy obsession... obviously lol

Again it was hard to choose, but here is the list, I tried to pick blogs that have not received the award yet. Every one I chose gets both awards so enjoy!

1. Also known as...

2. Another Bottle of Polish

3. ipolish

4. Bethaniee's Nails

5. Bring on the Bling

6. Chrysanthemum

7. Cosmetic Cupcake

8. Dainty Darling Digits

9. Deez Nails

10. Dizzy Nails

11. R3 Daily

12. Sparkly Paints

Click the blog names to check out their site!

Revlon Warehouse Sale Haul and a Blog Award :)

Hi Ladies!

Today is the first official day of fall, woot :) As much as I love summer, fall kicks ass. I love that change in season, and I LOOOOVVEEE Halloween, so definitely looking forward to that!

Anyways, on to my mini Haul. I checked out the Revlon/ Johnson & Johnson Sale over the weekend, I was thankful to hear about it over at in a nutshell..., I missed it the last 2 times it was around so thanks for blogging about it :)

Overall it was just ok, nothing too special, plus one side of the warehouse had really weird stuff ... in that section I picked up some halloween cookie cutters lol, this was among the not to weird stuff.

On to what I purchased, nail polish of course:

Left to right: Plum Night, Gum Drop, and Lilac Pastelle

Plum Night - a deep, dark purple

Gum Drop - A light lavender purple with blue undertones (scented when dry)

Lilac Pastelle - a slightly lighter lavender than Gum Drop, red undertones

Left to right: Peach Smoothy, Peach Nectar and Grey Suede

Peach Smoothy - a light peach with subtle shimmer (scented when dry)

Peach Nectar - a medium light peach cream

Grey Suede - a grey/brown/taupe with subtle shimmer

I picked all of these these polishes up for $10, the promo was 3 for $5. They still had a good range of colours left considering the sale started last Tuesday and I went on Saturday. I already owned some of the brighter colours they had, so I left them (with the exception of gum drop, love the colour and the scent!)

Also purchased but not pictured was 2 bottles of Vaseline Sheer Infusion for me and my boyfriend, I got him hooked on this! Its a great lotion, but for the size you get, it is pretty pricy, between $7-$9. At the sale they were $4.50 each.

Now on to the award :) I received the Happy 101 Award yesterday from Anita over at Splashings of Serendipity!

I love the cupcakes, they look so yummy! Thanks again Anita :)

I still have to tag 10 bloggers for this award and 10 for the previous award I received. But it is so hard to pick, so many great blogs! I will definitely post up tonight who I will give these awards to, so stay tuned.

Have a great Tuesday everyone :)

Claire's Mood Polish

Hey ladies!

Today I have for you one of Claire's mood polishes, Daring/Innocent. This is Grey when cold and a peachy yellow when warm.

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Application of this polish was super smooth and easy, the polish dried quickly and to a matte finish. Below are my fingers cold.

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Below are my fingers warming up.

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and lastly, below are my fingers fully warm.

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This polish is interesting. I kind of like when it is in between, it has this caramel colour to it that is different. I get a little bit of a funky french with this polish, but I that is due to me chopping off my nails :( ... I had a couple breaks on the weekend, so I decided to start all over.

The "funky French" I do end up getting makes my nails look dirty or something lol it is a very different polish, definitely do not own anything like this in my collection.

I almost wish they had the grey with a more neutral peachy colour, so it would actually look like a French manicure.

What do you think of this polish? If you own it, what has your experience with it been like?

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A Boring Haul and great deals!

Hi ladies,

Today I have for you a haul that I find somewhat boring, but since I am still wearing my houndstooth mani, I decided to share it with you anyways :P

I picked up the above polishes for 50 cents each, these are mostly topcoats. From left to right:

- Sally Hansen No Chip 10 day nail colour - Sensual White (for Konading)

- Maybeline Salon Expert - Top coat (* Note - the yellow really threw me off, but I had picked this up before for franking purposes and found that it worked great when I Konad with black and doesn't smudge :) It also has a great shine and does not show yellow when on the nail. I am wearing it currently over my houndstooth mani)

- N.Y.C - Top Coat

- Sally Hansen - Mega Shine Top Coat

- N.Y.C - Nail Colour Quick Dry, I pick these up whenever I find them, they dry my polish super fast!

- N.Y.C - Double Base and Top Coat, I had picked this up accidentally, the quick dry and the top coat look obviously different in the picture, but in real life they look closer together. I thought I was picking up more of the quick dry! When I got home I realized they were different. I have never tried this one before, but am willing to give it a shot.

Next batch of items, left to right:

- Kiss Acrylic Top coat, I'm sure you can tell I am looking for new top coats, I can't stand Orly's anymore!

- Sally Hansen - Nail Nutrition , I picked this up at the Dollar store for $1.25!

-Sally Hansen - Quick Colour (this SUCKS! please don't buy! I saw a review for this on another site and still wanted to try it out for the gimick, but please, don't waste your money on this unless you like thin, sheer colour and a crappy brush! I may do a quick review to show you the crappiness!)

- N.Y.C - Lengthening Mascara, I found this half off at the superstore :)

All of the above were under a $1.25!

Lastly I have some gloss :)

Maybeline volume XL Seduction Lip Plumper

Sally Hansen - Comfort Shine Lip Glaze - Fresh Watermelon

Sally Hansen - Comfort Shine Lip Glaze - Fresh Strawberry

All of the above were $1.00 each

So there you have it, my little haul from the weekend, see anything you like?

Fall Fauxnad

Hi Ladies,

Today I have some Konad/Fauxnad with my previous mani, OPI - Greenwitch Village

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I used the houndstooth pattern from the Bundle Monster plate set. This was my first time using one of their full nail designs, it wasn't too difficult to get the stamp center, but I had to practice a bit.

For the stamping polish I used an old Sally Hansen 10 Day No Chip polish (they come in the thinner rectangular/square bottles) The colour I used is Black Berry, its a really really REALLY dark blue in the bottle but stamps black. It's great because it is highly pigmented and dries fast, BUT if you mess up you can just scratch it off and stamp again! I love that! As long as you seal it with a topcoat when you are done, you are good to go :)

It's a little gappy on the sides, but I tried my best to get it entered and straight without having to double stamp every finger.

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This was also my first time trying to match up stamp patterns on my thumb nail. They really need to make these design bigger! And I definitely need to practice for next time.

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What do you think of the thumb? does it look even to you? lol

Witch Nails

Morning Ladies :)

I will keep this one short today, I am wearing OPI - Greenwitch Village. This is the perfect witch green, it reminds me of the bad witch from the Wizard of OZ! I applied 3 thin coats, application was great because of the pro wide brush :)

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I really like this colour for halloween, I'm a little bit of a halloween freak ;). I figured that if I didn't wear this colour now then I probably wouldn't wear it later. I know I will end up with new polish by then lol how sad is that :(

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Anyways tomorrow I will post some nail art with this polish :)

What colour in your stash reminds you of Halloween?