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FEATURED - Wednesday, June 4th 2008

Nail Polish of the Day: Dior Golden Nugget

These last two days has just been horrendous in the KY and OH region.  Tornados, thunderstorms, and flooding, oh my!  Hopefully, everyone else is staying dry and cool today.  Two straight days of constant stroms has me feeling quite blah.  I felt the need to spice it up a little with Diors gorgeous, Golden Nugget nail polish. 

I know many of you have asked me about my nail polish swatches.  And, I apologize for my lack of posts but, my nails have been going through a little rehab.  Sometimes it's best to chop 'em all off and start fresh.  Rescue my nails book gave me some great tips on how to get my nails in top-notch shape.  Great book, ya'll should check it out!

Today was the first chance I had to wear Dior Golden Nugget polish.  And, it's a gorgeous bronze metallic nail polish with gold shimmer.  Throughtout the day I kept glancing down at my nails admiring this gorgeous summer color as the light brings out the nautral gold shimmer.  I really think this color is going to appeal to ladies of color and warmer skin tones.  It's more of a deeper bronze color but, the gold shimmer shines like the sun.  This color looks great paired up with Dior's new Eyeshadow quint in Golds 569 ($54).  A new release in their summer collection 2008.  Check out the photo swatches below.

Summer beauty trends are pretty much a given.  From year to year it usually never changes admiring the traditional sun goddess.  Color shades of: Bronze, Golds, and Coppers.  All colors that are right up my alley, that I never get tired of.  Dior 5 colour iridescent eyeshadow quint in golds includes shades of: dark copper, light gold, champagne, golden olive (green-gold) and gold.  This is one of my favorite quints that I purchased this season.  Dior's quints have great color pay-off and staying power. 

I have a ton of nail polish swatches that I'll be posting in the next couple weeks.  Being in nail rehab has my swatches backed up big time.  Some of the collections include: Essie's Summer, OPI Mod about brights, Zoya and some others.  Stay tuned.

Have a great day peeps!

xoxo

FEATURED - Thursday, June 12th 2008

Nail Polish of the Day: Nicole Blue Lace

Nicole by OPI's Blue Lace - an aqua blue shimmer with yellow-green undertones makes this color oh-so fabulous.  A perfect color to go with MAC's gorgeous Cool Heat eyeshadows.  Now, I know ya'll may be thinking, MAC's Plasma Blu.  But, nope.  There are some noticable differences between the two.  What you can't see in the pictures is the yellowish undertones that gives this color green appeal!  And, I love green envy!  Plasma Blu has clearly no greenish or yellow undertones and is much more frosty.

Blue Lace is most defintely an cameleon kind of color.  She's had a chance to show off at the MAC store and at Applebee's for dinner with my Seafoam Green tube top.  I had to actually hold my nails against my top just to make sure it was still blue.  I loved how the seafoam green top reflected off my nails and gave blue lace a huge boast of green. 

This was my first bottle of the "Nicole by OPI" brand.  Being an polish by OPI, I had no doubts.  The application applied smoothly and only two coats were needed.  Nail polish makes me so happy when only two coats are needed.  I absolutely dread applying more than two coats of polish because I can't sit still.  My morning was so busy, I didn't have a chance to apply a topcoat.  And, I'm happy to report - no chipping yet!

    

Blue Lace matches perfectly with the blue-green eyeshadows from the Cool Heat collection.  If MAC featured a Nail Lacquer in this collection, Blue Lace would be her!

FEATURED - Saturday, June 14th 2008

Nail Polish of the Day: MAC Whirlwind

I know your probably thinking -  Summertime's here and I'm still wearing dark nail polish!  Well, I have sort of a fetish for darker colors.  And, I have an even bigger fetish for MAC's whirlwind nail polish.  This has to be one of my all-time favorite nail polishes in general and from MAC.  Described as an gorgeous forest green with aqua blue shimmer that was introduced in MAC's storm signals collection.  Whirlwind is truely one of the most unique colors I own.

Two heavy coats were used in my photo swatches or you could get by with three light coats.  Good color pay-off, no chipping and the staying power was definitely there.  This is most certainly a must have color if you love blue and green nail polish shades.  However, it is an limited edition color but, I'm sure you can still find it on ebay.  Candid shot below.

Dark nail polish colors never go out of style, even in the summer.  But, I know it's time I jump on that summertime color wagon.  So, you'll be seeing some pretty electrifying colors to come!

Hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend!

FEATURED - Wednesday, June 18th 2008

Nail Polish of the Day: China Glaze IDK

I'm showing some love to one of my favorite brands, China Glaze.  IDK (I don't know) featured in the OMG collection was the shade I picked - a light lilac purple holographic polish.  The formula applied easily and dries to a matte finish.  A top coat is recommended if you desire that glossy finish.  The holographic colors are eye-catching and hard to caputre a true image. Check out the candid photo below.

If your not familiar with China Glaze's holographic polishes - well, they are much like OPI's Designer Series.  Not neccessary the same colors, just the same appearance.

FEATURED - Friday, June 20th 2008

Nail Polish of the Day: Nicole Virtuous Violet

Happy Friday, ya'll!  The weekends about here and I wanted to spice it up with something fun for tonight.  Nicole by OPI in Virtuous Violet has been sitting on my shelf screaming to be used for quite sometime now.  And, what on earth was I waiting for?!  I usually buy polishes on a whim and just forget about them, until one day.   Virtuous violet turned out to be so much prettier than I ever excepted.  You can never judge a nail polish color by it's bottle - that's what I love.  The shades are always unpredictable.

The texture and shimmer reminds me of OPI's Russian Navy and Ink.  Vitruous violet can easily be the cousin of those two colors.  Think ink and russian navy but with an periwinkle purple base color.  Looking at the bottle you don't see the periwinkle color because it applies rather sheer.  But, the blue and pink shimmer makes it a deeper purple.  I used three coats in my photo swatches.

What is Nicole by OPI?  Don't let the Nicole name fool you because the quality is just as good as professional OPI.  This brand is marketed for the average consumer verses the salon quality. ;You'll notice that Nicole is sold in most your local walmart, target, and many others.  I didn't put on a top coat until this morning and it was in perfect shape.  It may have been sheer but the quality was just as good.  Check out some comparisons below.

Check out some photo comparisons below.

Sally Hansens's Spark and is almost 100% identical to OPI's Russian Navy.  I have yet to see a comparison this close!

Have a great weekend peeps. Be safe.

FEATURED - Monday, June 23rd 2008

Nail Polish of the Day: Nicole's Fav

Ya'll have to check out the Nicole by OPI brand, seriously!  The unique nail polish colors are just as fabulous as OPI.  Today's polish is named Nicole's Fav and I can see exactly why it's her fav!  The color is described as an gorgeous vibrant orange with gold shimmer.  A perfect color for summer and to go perfectly with all the summer collections out there.

Everything was perfect about this color - the pay-off is amazing and only two coats of color needed.  Check out some close up pictures below.

The swatch above was taken in natural light and below in sunlight. 

Amoungst all my polishes, orange is a shade you won't see much - only because I haven't found a nice, wearable color.  So, I'm happy to add this to my small and growing orange collection.  In the meantime, check out Stephanie at The Polish Addict orange comparison's.  Her nails rock.

Hope your having a great day!

FEATURED - Monday, June 30th 2008

Nail Polish of the Day: NYX Jungle

Happy Monday!  Hope ya'll had a great weekend.  It's been mostly cloudy and fairly chilly in the eastern region.  Can you believe this crazy weather?!  Anyway, today's nail polish is NYX in Jungle - an aqua blue color base with green and gold shimmer.  This is my second nail polish purchase from NYX and I'm overly impressed.  The color applied like a charm with three light coats and the drying time was perfect  - not fast drying, yet not slow.  Add additional coats and you'll see the green and gold shimmer shine through.  In the sunlight, you'll notice the gold shimmer gives the color more of an yellow undertone.

Another great color is the new version of Las Vegas which, was one of my first purchases from NYX.  This gorgeous forest green with shimmer is a must have color espically, if you love Nar's Zulu or deep green shades.

Two coats is a light aqua blue with green and gold shimmer.

 Three coats is more of an blue with noticeable green shimmer.

Four coats totally rock this color.  I'll be the first to admit, applying that many layers of nail poliish is such a drag.  But, the color difference from each application is huge.  The color is described as a deep kelly green with gold shimmer that is really pretty and the blue is hardly noticeable.    

So, I have alot going on this week.  Today was pretty exciting when I received my shipment of new Chanel nail polishes - Gold Fiction and Kalediscope (drool)!  Both are gorgeous colors, espically Kaledicscope - a pewter metallic with green undertones.  I'll be posting those in a couple of days.  Also this month - Chanel is releasing the Robertson Blvd collection - an highly anticipated collection of pink, orange, yellow and purple nail polishes (whohoo)!  Girls - you don't want to miss out on that collection, the colors are hot!

FEATURED - Tuesday, August 5th 2008

Nail Polish of the Day: Chanel Melrose

Chanel in Melrose is a true bubblegum pink shade that's sexy yet feminine.  Two coats applied perfectly for me in the swatch above.  At first, Melrose wasn't so impressive because it's just your standard bubblegum pink  shade.  Before looking at my other polishes, MAC Steamy or Essie's Hard to Get were colors I had in mind but, Chanel proved me wrong again.

Check out the photo comparison below.

All the polishes above are completely different than Melrose.  Zoya's Sweet may look simliar in the picture but, in real life is more pastel pink.  However, Melorse is probably going to be the easiest to dupe out of the Robertson Blvd Collection.  Hope everyone's having a great Tuesday.

FEATURED - Tuesday, August 12th 2008

Nail Polish of the Day: MAC Cosmetics Perplexing

Today's nail polish of the day is MAC Cosmetics in Perplexing that was recently introduced in the Lustre Twins collection.  A vibrant purple color with blue and pink shimmer that dries to a thin matte - satin finish.  Now, the bad news - the formula is plain awful.  Honestly, I lost track of how many coats in my photo swatches - yes, it was that many!  Since it applies rather thin, it's easy to pile on the applications.

Perplexing texture reminds me of Rainy Day from the Storm Signals collection but, in a shimmer version.  It applied very blotchy and the visible brush strokes was very disappointing.  It's a great color but bad execution MAC.

Check out more swatches below.

Tonight is the MAC launch party for Cult of Cherry collection and I'm uber excited, woot woot.  Godiva choclate cherries and campagne - yum!  And the best part the Cult of Cherry collection - a much anticipated collection for fall.  Dark, vampy colors are right my alley - can't wait.  Hopefully, I'll have my swatches up tomorrow morning - if I make it outta there alive.

FEATURED - Friday, August 22nd 2008

Nail Polish of the Day: Revlon Amber Ablaze

It's Friday - yeah!  Hope ya'll are off to a good start for the weekend.  Today I'm sporting one of Revlon's newest fall colors - Amber Ablaze.  A deep rustic orange shade with gold and red shimmer that's very stunning and a must have shade this Fall.  Wow, this is really gorgeous and a perfect match to MAC's Cult of Cherry quad in Spiced Chocolates.

My swatches above were applied with three coats (my usual norm) drying to a semi satin finish with good shine factor.   The formula dried alot quicker than I liked but, no big deal and certainly not a disadvantage.  You'll want to apply three to four quick swipes and your ready to go. 

Check out more pics below.

The best way to describe this color is Brash in MAC's Spiced Chocolate quad which, is gorgeous btw. 

Have a great week and be safe!

FEATURED - Monday, August 25th 2008

Nail Polish of the Day: Borghese Palermo Plum

Today's polish of the day is Borghese nail lacquer in Palermo Plum (oops, mis-spelled in my pic above) - a deep purple wine shade that's an divine color this fall season.  My photo swatches applied flawlessly with two coats.

This is going to be my official review on Borghese Nail Lacquer since I haven't had a chance to do so.   Palermo Plum was my second shade of Borghese.  The brush and formula is absolutely marvelous and my favorite by far.  When it comes to painting my nails - I'm not a professional my any means.  Sure, I can paint within three swipes but not without touching my cuticles.  The brush allowed me to apply pefectly with hardly no clean-up.  Very impressive. 

If more brands were like Borghese - I could do more swatches for you guys!  Check out the candid shot below.

This color may look more of a reddish-wine but, actually has more purple distinction in real life.

Monday's are so blah, aren't they?  It's overcast, hot, muggy - just rain already and stop with the tease!  As much as I'm a Califonia girl at heart but living in KY - I'm ready for the cold weather and Fall to come.  How about you guys?   

FEATURED - Tuesday, September 2nd 2008

Nail Polish of the Day: Milani Disco Lights

Hope you guys had a fabulous labor day weekend!  At least it's only a four day work week for some of us.  Milani's Disco Lights is such a fun color, isn't it?  An ultra feminine, pink, party shade that's screaming for fun and excitement!

When I'm browsing nail polish, it takes an interesting or unique shade to catch my attention.  And, Disco lights was calling me from da club.  I mean - what girl doen's like to sparkle?  This may not be your practical shade you can sport around at the office or anything but, it's pretty to look at.

The application applies thin and takes three or more coats to achieve bottle color.  Tomorrow I'll be posting my pedi picture in this color.  It looks so much better on toes than it does nails!

FEATURED - Friday, September 26th 2008

Nail Polish of the day: MAC Seasonal Peach

Happy Friday everyone!  I vouched to myself that NYC's molten metal wasn't coming off.  But, I really wanted to try MAC's new polish from the Cremesheen collection.  First off, I totally regret removing it because it wasn't worth it, for sure.

Seasonal Peach - a peachy pink creme that reminds me of Nars Orgasm but in a creme form.  For this "so called" revolutionary formula, it was everything but that.  My application was just awful.  Infact, I tried applying this two different ways.  Thin coats and thick coats and it just didn't work out for me - leaving the finished results rather streaky.

The good news: it's a nice soft feminine color that looks great on lighter skin tones.  My NC-35 skin tone was just was too extreme for this shade.  Giving the appeal of a brighter peach that stood out like a sore thumb.

   

Hope you guys have a great weekend!

FEATURED - Saturday, September 27th 2008

Nail Polish of the Day: MAC Cosmetics Vin Goth

So, it wasn't two minutes and that crappy Seasonal Peach was off my nails.  It so - does not deserve a Saturday.  Heck, it don't even deserve a Monday at that! 

It's Saturday and I wanted to go out in style with some Vin Goth from MAC.  This is an oldie - but definitely a gorgeous one at that.  A purple grape loaded in purple-pink and silver shimmer that is oh so drool-worthy.  One particular reason this color's so fab - it actually looks purple indoors and not a dark black shade.  The subtle pinkish shimmer keeps it from getting to goth.

Check out another swatch below. 

Your probably thinking - your such a tease since this is one of those hard to find shades..  Hard to find but not impossible.  I've seen these pop up on Ebay (even tho I don't condone it) at okay prices.

Hope your having a fabulous Saturday!

FEATURED - Sunday, October 5th 2008

Nail Polish of the Day: Loreal Fanatic Fuschia

Hope you guys are having a great weekend.  Today I'm wearing one of Loreal's newest fall colors.  Fanatic Fuschia - a deep fuschia pink shade that's actually more appealing in real life.  This picture didn't turn out quite as I hoped.  Sadly, the color represtentation isn't as accurate for some reason.

In Loreal's new fall display, two limited edition nail colors are featured - Fanatic Fuschia and Plum Pop.  Orignially, I didn't pick up Fanatic Fuschia because it wasn't so unique.  But, after seeing this several times at the store, my mind was changed very easily.  Plum Pop - is another shade I picked up and is more of a black purple color that's featured on Penelope Cruz in the promo display.  I'll be posting that sometime next week.

So, this weekend I was able to check out MAC's Emanuel Ungargo - which was slightly disappionting.  But, don't worry because Chanel's Holiday 08 collection certainly makes up for that!  The true stunner is the gold highlighting powder.  It's truely magnificent and quite different from the Gold Fever highlighter that was featured in the Fall 08 collection.  I'll be posting the holiday swatches and reviews shortly!  Stay Tuned!

FEATURED - Wednesday, October 8th 2008

Nail Polish of the Day: Sephora Metro Chic

Happy Hump Day, ya'll!  At my previous job, one of my co-workers would come in every Wednesday and say "Happy Hump Day".  It drove us girls bonkers to the point we'd always laugh.  It's been rainy here and I just want to crawl back into bed.  But, I didn't.  Instead, I decided to finally open my Metro Chic ($10.00) that I've been stashing for quite sometime.

This baby has been getting alot of press lately.  So, I wanted to see what all the rage was about.  A grayish purple creme that certianly lives up to the name "Metro Chic".  The formula was thicker than I liked and applied rather streaky at first.  But, eventually smoothed out when it was all said and done.

Metro Chic is different and unique.  Metro Chic is always sold out at sephora stores and online.  Giving those two reasons - it's bound to be all the rage, duh!  But,  please, don't get stupid and pay those insane ebay prices.  Because all in all, it's not worth more than the retail price of nine bucks.  I share the same views with one of my favorite nail polish blogs, The Polish Addict.  So, make sure you check out her blog and put an end to this madness.

 

Ok, enough about my rant.  One reason I like Metro Chic - it's a cross between purple and gray, two of my favorite colors.  Indoor lighting, the grayish appears more visible and outdoors you'll notice a purple gray shade.  But, don't let the "temporarily out of stock" on Sephora's site get you down because they will be restocking this.  Infact, they've replinished stock three times already.  So, don't give up all hope.

Although, there may not be an exact dupe - we have some good contenders,  I'll be posting in the next few days!  Have a great Wednesday, you guys!

FEATURED - Monday, October 13th 2008

Nail Polish of the Day: Revlon Steel her Heart

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend.  One of Revlon's newest Fall colors, Steel her Heart ($4.99) is my nail polish of the day.  A metallic charcoal steel with matching shimmer.  I'd say this is a true charcoal steel metallic and is much different from your basic silver or even Gunmetal shades.

My only problem was the application.  As you see in the my swatch above, it was fairly streaky.  But, that could have been from my sloppy application.  I may have to give this a go at another time.

So, my nails were starting to get super long.  And, even though I like short square nails - long nails are the bomb.  If only and I say this delicately, they would just stick around already.  Needless to say, I didn't break a nail - just went a little (mean alot) file crazy.  Being a perfectionist - I just couldn't accomplish a good shape therefore, their short again!

Have a great day guys!

FEATURED - Sunday, October 19th 2008

Nail Polish of the Day: Sinful Coco Diamond

Can you guys believe it's almost November?  October seems like it's just flying on by and we know what that means - cold temperatures - yuck!  Anyway, today's nail polish of the day is a new one from Sinful, Coco Diamond ($1.99).  This may be a little hard to describe but I'll try my best.  A taupish grey base color followed by a minty green shade with green and aqua blue glitter/shimmer.

My application required three coats with no true problems.  Within my first coat I noticed the greyish taupe shade to be more visible but, was more of an minty green following the second and third layers.  Coco Diamond would also look great topped over a grey or black.

 

I found a small Sinful display at my local Walgreens consisting of five of six colors.  The only shades that caught my attention was Coco Diamond and a blue shade that I'll be posting in a few days.

Hope ya'll had a great weekend!

FEATURED - Wednesday, October 22nd 2008

Holiday 08: Dior Black Sequins Nail Polish

Black is rapidly becoming my new "it" color.  Seriously, I just can't get enough dark, black, vampy shades!  Now on the other hand, my mother would simply cringe to the fact of a "black" polish, but she's so old school.

Today's nail polish of the day is the new Black Sequins ($19.00) from Diors Holiday collection.  A black lacquer filled with silver almost duocromey fleck like shimmer.  Ok, so I don't know if I'm going crazy or what.  I'm really seeing these flecks turn blueish in the sunlight.  Even in some of my swatches you'll notice a silver/blue effect.

Check out more swatches below.  

 With topcoat.

My application was smooth with no true problems.  Black Sequins drys to a glossy/very slighty semi matte.  You'll probably need a topcoat to accomplish a glossy look.  If your wondering - is this the most uniuqe?  Well, probably not.  So, if your not head over heels for black polish - I'd pass on this one.  If you love black - go for it girlfriend.  

 

Ignore my jacked up middle finger.  Today, I stubbed it in our linen closet and wasn't about to cut it that short.  Black is a hard shade to get a percise comparison, but I assure you each one has their own differences.

Let's start off with the closest comparison which would be Chanel's Black Satin.   Black Sequin has more chunkier, visible blue/sillver shimmer compared to Black Satin but are similar.  It's a great alternative, espically if you wished Black Satin had a little more kick.   

Dior's Black Sequins ($15) is now available at Sephora for a limited time only.

FEATURED - Thursday, October 23rd 2008

Nail Polish of the Day: Creative Rock Royalty

Rock Royalty ($2.99), a deep purple with pink and blue shimmer, is one of my favorite purple shades.  One main reason Rock Royalty tops my favorites, this vampy "purple" color is actually visible indoors and outdoors compared to, for example, Sally Hansen's Plum it.  Sally's, Plum it, is an fantastic color but tends to look on the blackish side with indoor lighting.

Creative Nail Design introduced this vampy goodness last fall in the Imperial Anarchary release.  Since this "old" but "not forgotten" collection still available online, I'll be reposting the photo swatches in the next week or so.  It's a nice selection of six colors ranging in reds, pinks, charcoal, purples retailing at $2.99/ea.

Check out some comparisons.

Here are some purple nail polish comparisons.  Another fabulous shade is Sally Hansen's Plum it.  If you haven't had a chance to pick this one up, I would highly recommend it.  Purple also looks hot on toes.

Hope your having a fabulous day!

FEATURED - Friday, October 31st 2008

Nail Polish of the Day: Essie Groovy Grape

Happy Friday and Happy Halloween!  It would've made more sense to have a halloween manicure as my nail polish of the day, but I was too excited to try out this groovy color.  Plus, Halloween isn't as fun all grown up.  Sure, we can dress up and go to costume parties, but I want candy dammit!

One of my readers and fellow nail polish bloggers, Katee, was kind enough to send me this gorgeous Ulta Exclusive in Groovy Grape ($8.00).  A rich, dark vampy purple with red shimmer that is stunning.  I absolutely love it, thanks doll!

The application was simply perfect and a dream applying.   

Groovy Grape is available for a limited time only at Ulta stores.  Hope you have a fabulous and safe Halloween friday!

FEATURED - Monday, November 3rd 2008

Nail Polish of the Day: Revlon Crushed Crimson

Happy Monday!  I've been enjoying the fantastic weather these last two days, while it's here anwyay.  Today I'm sportiing one of Revlon's new fall colors in Crushed Crimson ($4.99).  Described as a mix between cinnamon, plum, and brown with fine subtle shimmer that's actually very pretty.

Crushed Crimson isn't the usual suspect you'll see on my nails or in my collection.  But, after having two close encounters with this shade, is a clear sign it was meant to be, obviously lol.

A few days ago, I picked this up but decided to put it back right at the last minute.  Then, just yesterday as I was browsing through my November issue of Instyle magazine, there it was again, bingo!

My application required two coats and no true problems with the formula.  Crushed Crimson is now available at most stores.  Have a great day!

FEATURED - Tuesday, November 4th 2008

Nail Polish of the Day: Rock the Vote

Can you believe Election Day is finally here, whohoo!  Today I decided to go a little patriot considering this being a history making day with either a black president or a woman vice president.  If your wondering who I voted for?  Obama all the way baby, even though my heart will always be with Hil.

I'll be the first to admit, I'm not an "Nail Art" girl, but polka dots are one of the easiest designs you can do.  The colors that were used are OPI Blue my Mind (two coats), China Glaze High Roller (two coats) and Sally Hansen White Patent leather for the polka dots.

Sometimes I resort to an white acrylic paint for the polka dots because it's thicker and much easier to deal with.  In this case, I just used Sally Hansen's White Patent Leather along with a old MAC 203 lip brush to paint the dots.  When working with polka dots, a fine pointed tip brush seems to work best for me.   

Hope your having a great election day!  Get out there and vote, Change is coming!

FEATURED - Wednesday, November 5th 2008

Nail Polish of the Day: Nars Saratoga

Happy Wednesday everyone!  Today I'm wearing the insanely gorgeous Saragota ($16.00) by Nars cosmetics.  A ruby red shade drenched in gold shimmer that's my new favorite holiday red.

Sephora is constantly restocking this baby because it's such a popular color.  My swatches don't even justify the beauty and sparkle of the gold shimmer that makes this the perfect red.  

Check out more swatches below. 

 

Saratoga is now available online at Sephora.  If you see "temporaily out of stock" don't fret, they will be restocking this soon!

FEATURED - Friday, November 7th 2008

Nail Polish of the Day: OPI My Private Jet

A few days ago, when I was organizing my nail polish stash, I set aside this piece of eye candy for one of my notd's this week.  OPI's, My Private Jet is unlike any polish.  Described as a smokey gray holographic glitter that looks gorgeous on your nails.

My Private Jet was originally released back in 2007 with the Night Brights collection.  Since then, OPI released a new version that is quite different from the original.  Read more from The Polish Addict on the MPJ drama.

Check out more swatches below. 

 

There's really no way to tell which version if available.  I'd just pick up two bottles and hope for the best. 

Have a fabulous and safe weekend!

FEATURED - Tuesday, November 11th 2008

Nail Polish of the Day: Petites Shimmering Bark

Shimmering Bark ($1.39) isn't "officially"my nail polish today, but it certainly was a few days ago!  I've been recouping this weekend from watching my four year old neice and didn't have a chance to post this.  Thank goodness we can give her back though - whoa such a handful.

I'm all about different and unique colors when it comes to drugstore nail polishes and Shimmering Bark ranks up there.  A hard shade to describe, mauve/plum/brown/taupe with purple and pink shimmer.  Can that description possibly get any longer, lol?!

It's different, yet a nice fall plummy color to coordinate perfectly with the OPI "France" family.  Priced at $1.39 a pop, Petites offers a nice range of colors including, a few really spectaular shades that I'll be posting as my NOTD's this month.

Petites are available at Walmart stores.  Have a wonderful day!

FEATURED - Saturday, November 15th 2008

Nail Polish of the Day: Givenchy Purple by Night

Happy Saturday!  It's 86 degrees, sunny and beautiful at Captiva island in Sanibel, FL.  Since Wednesday, we've been vacationing in FL and the gorgeous beach and warm weather keeps holding me back from opening my laptop.

I've had Givenchy's Purple by Night ($15 for .018 oz) for quite sometime now and I'm just getting to this, sorry guys!  Described as a purple loaded down with fine purple, gold and silver shimmer that's insanely gorgeous.

Although this is a fabulous purple shade (probably one of the best out there) I find it hard to recommend because it's so darn expensive - which is one reason I'm not going to go on and on!  Darn that Givenchy - Why does fabulous colors have to be so expensive!  

The sun wasn't working on my side and the only pictures I was able to capture was indoors with a flash.  But, I feel the color representation is pretty accurate.  Application was flawless and opaque in two coats, but I'm a die hard three coater.

Purple by Night ($15) is now available at Sephora for a limited time only.

Hope your having an excellent weekend!

FEATURED - Wednesday, November 19th 2008

Nail Polish of the Day: CK Steele

It was incredibly hard to choose a nail polish of the day with so many new choices from my vacation, but CK Steele ($10) came out on top.  A true metallic steel nail color that's rich and extremely pigmented.

With Steele being so heavily pigmented, my usual three coat "rule" was thrown out the door.  The application only required two coats due to fantastic color pay-off.  However, I did have a little trouble with my application and it wasn't the formula, but more so the wide fluffy brush.

Sometimes a wide brush has their disadvantages, espically in my case.  Since my nail beds are rather small - a full, wide, professional brush may not be best and I found CK's brush just that - fluffy, wide and a litte hard to navigate on my small nail beds.  If you notice a unusually large gap between my cuticle and the nail color, well that's becuase of the wide brush.

Crossing my fingers, hoping it's just a brush defect, which may be a good possibilty.  Regardless of the brush situation, this is a fab-tastic metallic color!  I have another shade coming this week that I'll be testing out. 

CK Calvin Klein cosmetics are only available at Sephora. 

Collections I've had forever, but haven't posted yet: Misa Poised Passion, OPI France, China Glaze Under the Mistletoe, OPI Holiday, OPI by Sephora Swatches, NFU Oh colors, Misa Fall Runway....shoowee - lots to do!

I'm going to leave ya with a little tune-age today.  One of my favorite songs that I listen to compulsive-obsessively! Great song with a good meaning too - check out the lyrics.

 

FEATURED - Saturday, November 22nd 2008

Nail Polish of the Day: China Glaze Recycle

Happy Saturday Ya'll!  Today I'm sporting around the lovely, yet grungy Recycle by China Glaze.  Since tonight's ladies night, I wanted to coordinate my outfit with my polish and what better way than a universal shade such as gray!

Recycle is one of those highly unique shades that just don't have an comparison.  Infact, it's the only true gray color in my entire nail polish collection - so what's up with that?!  We need more of an gray selection, damnit!

When the E-collection released back in Spring, I wasn't to thrilled about this color.  And, I just think it didn't fit with the typical "spring" shades.  But, hold the press - this is super hot to coordinate with the fall and winter trends going on right now!  Gray certainly appeals more than you may think - blues, teals, blacks - the possibilites are endless.  Give it a shot girlfriend.

Have a safe and awesome night!

FEATURED - Monday, November 24th 2008

Nail Polish of the Day: Hot Topic Gray Muted

Happy Monday!  It's your typical start of the week - cold, rainy and the perfect time to just crawl back in bed.   Today's nail polish of the day is Hot Topic's Gray Muted ($2.99).  Best described as Recyle and Teal's long lost cousin.  A stormy gray-blue creme that had excellent color pay-off with just one simple coat!

Talk about unique, different and cheap.  All rare qualities in the nail polish world nowadays.

Check out more swatches below.

Some photo comparisons below.

Although Recycle and Gray Muted may look very different, it was hard to notice a difference under artificial lighting at Hot Topic.  It's such a complimentary wardrobe color - gray, blue, teal, black.

Hope ya'll have a wonderful Monday!  Think short work week!

FEATURED - Wednesday, November 26th 2008

NOTD: Nail Fantasies Twist and Shout

Happy Wednesday - or should I say Friday for most of us!  The night before Thanksgiving was always a huge night for me back in the day.  Nowadays, the government's buckling down and it's not worth risking someone's life or your entire world as you know it.

It's winter for sure!  And I'm hating it since my return from the gorgeous sunshine state, Florida.  With all the blah weather at hand, I need some cheering up with an eye opening shade such as Twist and Shout ($2.20) by Nail Fantasies.

So, there's a story behind this one, but isn't there always a story with nail polish?!  This is the only shade at my local Walmart that totally stands out - yet is always sold it.  I've seen Twist and Shout for months and months now.  And, always thinking "who would ever wear that color anyway!"

Well, guess who just bought it and loves it now! *running away with her foot in her mouth* 

Check out the swatches guys!