tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76592715829048664722024-03-13T20:30:40.769-07:00Polish all day, all night.Nail polish is my life! Feel free to contact me if you have any questions, or want me to review something (I have a huge collection!) at onelesslonelypromqueen@gmail.com :DAnnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11057499641689059021noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659271582904866472.post-49692994788831023162013-01-10T16:03:00.000-08:002013-01-10T16:03:51.886-08:00Essence Wanna Be Your Sunshine + Daring Digits Before Color<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi again! I am going to try to finish up some of my backlogged posts before I leave the library, my internet at home sucks (it's Clear, pay-as-you-go internet, and my house is far away from the signal tower, so I can't upload pictures at home). I have Essence Wanna Be Your Sunshine and Daring Digits Before Color! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I looooove wearing colors "out of season". So bright yellow in the middle of winter is definitely up my alley lol! I will probably wear Nicole by OPI Ladies in the Limelight next, I love those kinds of colors when they are unexpected, when everyone else is wearing dark navy blue :) Essence Wanna Be Your Sunshine is one of the best yellows I have ever used! I used very little of the 5 mL bottle as well, because the color was so pigmented! It has gorgeous, subtle shimmer but is mostly a creme, and goes on perfectly in 2.5 coats. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I could have used just 2 coats if I had applied it more carefully, but I used the extra coat to cover up any bald spots. 2.5 thin coats, I might add, which is pretty much unheard of for me when it comes to applying yellows. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I remember the last yellow I wore was Daring Digits Pink Lemonade, and this was in the summer (I don't know if I photographed it or not, it's been a while!). I am not a frequent yellow wearer, but I do love it when I wear it ;) Essence Wanna Be Your Sunshine is definitely my go-to yellow now! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I only have Daring Digits Before Color on my thumbs because I did not want to deal with glitter removal and I was kind of in a hurry to do my mani, so the glitter topping would have taken too long to dry had I put it on all of my nails. Before Color has black circles and smaller white hexes. I loooove that combo! I adore big circular glitter, so this one was perfect for me :) You can get Daring Digits' colors at ddpolish.com. She has great prices and awesome glitter combos!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-n-qmdJ193gg/UO9V2zUXqgI/AAAAAAAAA1g/87EmKPdF3bI/s1600/DSCI0083.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-n-qmdJ193gg/UO9V2zUXqgI/AAAAAAAAA1g/87EmKPdF3bI/s400/DSCI0083.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2sEqZvaSfqQ/UO9V21n82NI/AAAAAAAAA1k/j0kRO4moo_U/s1600/DSCI0084.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2sEqZvaSfqQ/UO9V21n82NI/AAAAAAAAA1k/j0kRO4moo_U/s400/DSCI0084.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DPX9TI1AShc/UO9V3GSaZuI/AAAAAAAAA1o/jb90XPKisNA/s1600/DSCI0085.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DPX9TI1AShc/UO9V3GSaZuI/AAAAAAAAA1o/jb90XPKisNA/s400/DSCI0085.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RFZxqzp1emo/UO9V4Tu8TkI/AAAAAAAAA10/12d1EOYWS4c/s1600/DSCI0086.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RFZxqzp1emo/UO9V4Tu8TkI/AAAAAAAAA10/12d1EOYWS4c/s400/DSCI0086.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11057499641689059021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659271582904866472.post-83176682096563106692013-01-10T15:23:00.000-08:002013-01-10T15:23:12.950-08:00Super Belated Holiday Patchwork Mani!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm back again! I have pictures of my Christmas/holiday patchwork mani I did this year. I didn't want to take it off, but the tipwear was getting on my nerves! I snapped the pictures on day 3 or 4. It lasted a while! I looooove patchwork manicures! They are easy to do (which is why I do them) but tend to be time consuming because I have to wait for things to dry and it usually takes me a few hours because I don't always do them, usually 5 times a year max, and only for holidays (so I can break out the color schemes). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I did the same color scheme as I have in my previous years of doing the Christmas patchwork mani - red, white and green, with a red and green glitter topped over the white. This year I used Sally Hansen Red Carpet (amazing red glitter in a jelly base, dupe for China Glaze Ruby Pumps), Elianto Racing Green (beautiful foil green with gold glitter), Sally Hansen White On (one of the best whites I have ever used, hands down), and Sephora by OPI Good Tidings We Bling! as the glitter topper. I wish the $OPI didn't have a slightly dark base, because it muddied the white and made it less prominent than I had wanted. Click the pictures to enlarge! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And please ignore the time stamps, I was night kayaking and capsized, with my camera in my pocket to take night photos. To my surprise it survived and still works fine, but it reset itself and so the time stamp does not match the actual time, and I use the SD slot in my computer to transfer pictures so it can't correct itself :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wcvjnzNhOpU/UO9KrfZRU9I/AAAAAAAAAzU/FKuKlKZBzQU/s1600/DSCI0072.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wcvjnzNhOpU/UO9KrfZRU9I/AAAAAAAAAzU/FKuKlKZBzQU/s400/DSCI0072.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UM5Usq5O4L8/UO9KrmnobhI/AAAAAAAAAzY/BuYurnmSZfU/s1600/DSCI0073.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UM5Usq5O4L8/UO9KrmnobhI/AAAAAAAAAzY/BuYurnmSZfU/s400/DSCI0073.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xB6h3V7kozY/UO9Kxd4Du2I/AAAAAAAAAzk/MH9pQjk9qO8/s1600/DSCI0071.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xB6h3V7kozY/UO9Kxd4Du2I/AAAAAAAAAzk/MH9pQjk9qO8/s400/DSCI0071.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G5gUiU9G_8c/UO9KxdCt3AI/AAAAAAAAAzo/Xk65O0Facl4/s1600/DSCI0074.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G5gUiU9G_8c/UO9KxdCt3AI/AAAAAAAAAzo/Xk65O0Facl4/s400/DSCI0074.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZyytJJuEnJQ/UO9K0nEDcbI/AAAAAAAAAz0/xmE2Q0hoNg4/s1600/DSCI0075.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZyytJJuEnJQ/UO9K0nEDcbI/AAAAAAAAAz0/xmE2Q0hoNg4/s400/DSCI0075.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EuELRb3SYm0/UO9K7sDfF4I/AAAAAAAAAz8/RNnnH-0GI6o/s1600/DSCI0076.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EuELRb3SYm0/UO9K7sDfF4I/AAAAAAAAAz8/RNnnH-0GI6o/s400/DSCI0076.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Np4jczJB99Q/UO9K_wQKQbI/AAAAAAAAA0E/VxiigA8bfTA/s1600/DSCI0078.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Np4jczJB99Q/UO9K_wQKQbI/AAAAAAAAA0E/VxiigA8bfTA/s400/DSCI0078.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GGtNIVIB1Ls/UO9LFF0DlNI/AAAAAAAAA0M/JWZd8hDJnjA/s1600/DSCI0079.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GGtNIVIB1Ls/UO9LFF0DlNI/AAAAAAAAA0M/JWZd8hDJnjA/s400/DSCI0079.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cFyTwW5JrLE/UO9LIxmvTUI/AAAAAAAAA0c/9_L7V-98mwU/s1600/DSCI0080.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cFyTwW5JrLE/UO9LIxmvTUI/AAAAAAAAA0c/9_L7V-98mwU/s400/DSCI0080.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iQK6rRoOeh4/UO9LL-3_agI/AAAAAAAAA0k/14xTvYjpw_8/s1600/DSCI0081.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iQK6rRoOeh4/UO9LL-3_agI/AAAAAAAAA0k/14xTvYjpw_8/s400/DSCI0081.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-t25CTc2EMHI/UO9LN0acq4I/AAAAAAAAA0s/MKF8vWzqlHE/s1600/DSCI0082.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-t25CTc2EMHI/UO9LN0acq4I/AAAAAAAAA0s/MKF8vWzqlHE/s400/DSCI0082.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zxYKjw3lpbA/UO9LYgTt9cI/AAAAAAAAA00/1wfTGLIhKN0/s1600/DSCI0077.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zxYKjw3lpbA/UO9LYgTt9cI/AAAAAAAAA00/1wfTGLIhKN0/s400/DSCI0077.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hope everyone had great holidays!</span>Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11057499641689059021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659271582904866472.post-86665532711767953792013-01-10T15:03:00.000-08:002013-01-10T15:03:09.944-08:00Zoya Gilty 18K Real Gold Top Coat over Cult Nails Coveted<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm back! For a brief period of time, at least. I'll probably be blogging until the start of school, and then blog then as a form of procrastination/tool to keep me sane lol. Anyways, I have a backlog of pictures of some manis I took and will be posting them soon!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have Zoya Gilty for you today, the 18K real gold top coat from Zoya, which I bought with the set when the released it the second time, for $35 (they keep increasing the price because gold is a limited commodity, but it still hurts the wallet :/). I purchased the Sephora by OPI one a while ago but didn't like it and returned it because the gold was sooooo sparse that I needed a magnifying glass to see the flakes haha! The Gilty one seems to have the most prominent gold flakes out of all the ones I have seen, and they really shine, no matter the lighting! I got so many compliments on my mani, and everyone was surprised I had real gold on my nails! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is definitely a stunner and I highly recommend it for those days when you feel like you want luxury on your nails! I wore it over Cult Nails Coveted (which is absolutely gorgeous with it's green flaked-jelly goodness), and didn't want to take off my mani because I wanted the gold to stay on! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8l-5w7e4Hgc/UO9H_7u1xFI/AAAAAAAAAx4/fOdRgmbH6KI/s1600/DSCI0029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8l-5w7e4Hgc/UO9H_7u1xFI/AAAAAAAAAx4/fOdRgmbH6KI/s400/DSCI0029.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8I5V8ufCkkQ/UO9ICipvF_I/AAAAAAAAAyA/6MjYHvl7TSQ/s1600/DSCI0032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8I5V8ufCkkQ/UO9ICipvF_I/AAAAAAAAAyA/6MjYHvl7TSQ/s400/DSCI0032.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1wd7WoaZPhE/UO9ICUqQ6PI/AAAAAAAAAyI/jlSMictXAn4/s1600/DSCI0030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1wd7WoaZPhE/UO9ICUqQ6PI/AAAAAAAAAyI/jlSMictXAn4/s400/DSCI0030.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Cz6T4Yl_ooQ/UO9IHH_3GxI/AAAAAAAAAyQ/7LopIK-ql5Q/s1600/DSCI0034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Cz6T4Yl_ooQ/UO9IHH_3GxI/AAAAAAAAAyQ/7LopIK-ql5Q/s400/DSCI0034.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-o1HizmSaqmU/UO9IHKD_BTI/AAAAAAAAAyU/mYTIxeI_WPY/s1600/DSCI0033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-o1HizmSaqmU/UO9IHKD_BTI/AAAAAAAAAyU/mYTIxeI_WPY/s400/DSCI0033.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6iZYSaEm4To/UO9IHVHIqdI/AAAAAAAAAyY/wErnh9fIJes/s1600/DSCI0035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6iZYSaEm4To/UO9IHVHIqdI/AAAAAAAAAyY/wErnh9fIJes/s400/DSCI0035.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QasI92qUv4U/UO9IKdJy0SI/AAAAAAAAAyo/jbBeQJyJ7iM/s1600/DSCI0036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QasI92qUv4U/UO9IKdJy0SI/AAAAAAAAAyo/jbBeQJyJ7iM/s400/DSCI0036.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sorry for the tipwear, I wanted to wear Coveted alone for a few days but didn't get to snap pictures of it before I layered Gilty over it! Have a great day!</span>Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11057499641689059021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659271582904866472.post-47998346596355216582012-08-21T10:42:00.001-07:002012-08-21T10:42:23.953-07:00Sassy Lacquer Color-Changing Funky French<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love the Sassy Lacquers colors (found </span><a href="http://sassylacquer.storenvy.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">here</a>)<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">! I know a lot of artisan nail polish makers have color-shifting pigments in their colors, but so far I've only tried Carrie's color-shifting polishes, and I love them! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this funky french manicure, I used Pegasus Jizz (red orange shift) for the main part of the nail, and Electric Eel (green blue shift) for the tips. It looks so amazing! I used a dark green base for it, Chelsea Psycho Green (it looks black most of the time, so it sufficed). The colors change the closer you hold it to the light. I didn't notice a big change in colors for Electric Eel (it looked like a dark teal/blue shimmer most of the time), but the next time I wear it by itself as a mani, I'll definitely keep my eye out for it to change colors, from blue to green. Pegasus Jizz was amazing, and in natural sunlight, it sparkled and shimmered! In my office, when it was closer to the light, the bronze/red pigments shifted to green/gold, and it was just amazing to stare at when I didn't have any work to do lol :P</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I didn't get to take pics of it while outside, so these are pics from the office, taken in my cubicle. Most of the time it looked like bronze/red with green around the edges. It's amazing even under fluorescent lighting! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QdU3A_D4IPU/T_NnP3MjDOI/AAAAAAAAAZk/V35J9jlHatk/s1600/DSCI0169.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QdU3A_D4IPU/T_NnP3MjDOI/AAAAAAAAAZk/V35J9jlHatk/s400/DSCI0169.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fAUVmcqVYHk/T_NnSWOETLI/AAAAAAAAAZs/xxWq-1jsE3o/s1600/DSCI0170.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fAUVmcqVYHk/T_NnSWOETLI/AAAAAAAAAZs/xxWq-1jsE3o/s400/DSCI0170.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ef6MJnn-sbI/T_NnUjdf_8I/AAAAAAAAAZ0/TW58qYnbGMg/s1600/DSCI0171.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ef6MJnn-sbI/T_NnUjdf_8I/AAAAAAAAAZ0/TW58qYnbGMg/s400/DSCI0171.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_J7ZwYyJsOM/T_NnWsCbwhI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/nI7Z0GKvhkQ/s1600/DSCI0172.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_J7ZwYyJsOM/T_NnWsCbwhI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/nI7Z0GKvhkQ/s400/DSCI0172.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yKqgyLEE7EA/T_NnZS7kclI/AAAAAAAAAaE/aRL102YJztw/s1600/DSCI0173.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yKqgyLEE7EA/T_NnZS7kclI/AAAAAAAAAaE/aRL102YJztw/s400/DSCI0173.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With flash (below). You can see the bronze color, and the green on the tips! I didn't get a chance to get outside, natural lighting pictures because the polish chipped fast on me since Psycho Green is older and doesn't have great polish chemistry with me :/</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D5q0RQ3gTNo/T_NnbwdsmjI/AAAAAAAAAaM/nz_v1CnKUdg/s1600/DSCI0174.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D5q0RQ3gTNo/T_NnbwdsmjI/AAAAAAAAAaM/nz_v1CnKUdg/s400/DSCI0174.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div>
Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11057499641689059021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659271582904866472.post-45949875759106646702012-08-21T10:28:00.001-07:002012-08-27T15:35:56.361-07:00Neon Rainbow Nail Art<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is my attempt at rainbow nail art. I don't really do it much because it takes me forever whenever I try, and usually doesn't end up as perfect as I wanted it to be. I have no patience for painstakingly painting Spongebob on my nails, leaning over and straining my neck for four hours! I did this time though (it isn't Spongebob however) because it was part of my costume. </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every year my school has a festival to celebrate the end of classes, and this year the theme was "Genesis". Some people went as the game console Genesis (remember that? So long ago!), and some people dressed up as Abe Lincoln (I didn't understand the connection lol). I dressed up as a rainbow! I had a friend who went as a rain cloud, and we just happened to match together. </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I did my nails with neon colors, using a white base (RBL Underwear) and a bunch of bright, neon colors to represent the rainbow! I can't remember exactly what I used, but I remember using OPI Big Apple Red, Revlon Royal, Color Club Disco Dress, some Essie neons, China Glaze In the Limelight, a neon orange from Color Club. I apologize for the weird stains on my hands, there was a small Holi celebration and I got pigments all over myself!</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pictures using flash:</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SZd1H8p1YHI/T-zY6uYz0AI/AAAAAAAAAT4/SYClrpTKW5w/s1600/DSCI0051.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></a>
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SZd1H8p1YHI/T-zY6uYz0AI/AAAAAAAAAT4/SYClrpTKW5w/s1600/DSCI0051.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SZd1H8p1YHI/T-zY6uYz0AI/AAAAAAAAAT4/SYClrpTKW5w/s320/DSCI0051.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is my left hand. I made different patterns on each finger on both hands!</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmtrFK_JmKQ/T-zYkPY_iqI/AAAAAAAAAS0/Y9cUzprndIA/s1600/DSCI0043.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YmtrFK_JmKQ/T-zYkPY_iqI/AAAAAAAAAS0/Y9cUzprndIA/s320/DSCI0043.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My right hand:</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VyLZdOOa10E/T-zYnIIk9EI/AAAAAAAAAS8/pYoO6_mMZZw/s1600/DSCI0044.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VyLZdOOa10E/T-zYnIIk9EI/AAAAAAAAAS8/pYoO6_mMZZw/s320/DSCI0044.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nlVHb-FfTgI/T-zYpaVD0PI/AAAAAAAAATE/4zeVvn_T9ew/s1600/DSCI0045.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nlVHb-FfTgI/T-zYpaVD0PI/AAAAAAAAATE/4zeVvn_T9ew/s320/DSCI0045.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sHuSOOS5C7U/T-zYsUoDdoI/AAAAAAAAATM/lShLpDOIGuU/s1600/DSCI0046.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sHuSOOS5C7U/T-zYsUoDdoI/AAAAAAAAATM/lShLpDOIGuU/s320/DSCI0046.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MvuJj8O2voE/T-zYvWnZimI/AAAAAAAAATU/Ppn7lSroQ-c/s1600/DSCI0047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MvuJj8O2voE/T-zYvWnZimI/AAAAAAAAATU/Ppn7lSroQ-c/s320/DSCI0047.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DLuzDyDcRRk/T-zYx0OwJxI/AAAAAAAAATg/lIZLtSLOlEs/s1600/DSCI0048.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DLuzDyDcRRk/T-zYx0OwJxI/AAAAAAAAATg/lIZLtSLOlEs/s320/DSCI0048.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UKdW1ozdbao/T-zY9DFQoLI/AAAAAAAAAUA/xUJtdNDfzhE/s1600/DSCI0052.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UKdW1ozdbao/T-zY9DFQoLI/AAAAAAAAAUA/xUJtdNDfzhE/s320/DSCI0052.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ni2Y-nWNtfY/T-zY_-hJykI/AAAAAAAAAUI/lEzxXH384L8/s1600/DSCI0053.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ni2Y-nWNtfY/T-zY_-hJykI/AAAAAAAAAUI/lEzxXH384L8/s320/DSCI0053.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you were wondering how I did my nails this way, I used a small dish filled with pure acetone, and a very thin nail brush and just dipped and painted, like I would with watercolor. It turned out pretty neat! I even got some compliments from guys who were stunned and mesmerized by how intense and cool looking my nails were!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uFnjzJ8ZBLE/T-zZCchNj_I/AAAAAAAAAUQ/FGcCxxaLSYk/s1600/DSCI0054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uFnjzJ8ZBLE/T-zZCchNj_I/AAAAAAAAAUQ/FGcCxxaLSYk/s320/DSCI0054.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The picture below is most true to life to what my mani looked like:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nK5gMdMaKXk/T-zY3NZQ2AI/AAAAAAAAATw/mLi9HwLcpQM/s1600/DSCI0050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nK5gMdMaKXk/T-zY3NZQ2AI/AAAAAAAAATw/mLi9HwLcpQM/s320/DSCI0050.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sQzmBTG5Qtk/T-zZFw1ELnI/AAAAAAAAAUY/xBvfAaqR-o8/s1600/DSCI0055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sQzmBTG5Qtk/T-zZFw1ELnI/AAAAAAAAAUY/xBvfAaqR-o8/s320/DSCI0055.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5MMuttOAeO0/T-zZI6V5qjI/AAAAAAAAAUk/XEI7Ux10dZ0/s1600/DSCI0056.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5MMuttOAeO0/T-zZI6V5qjI/AAAAAAAAAUk/XEI7Ux10dZ0/s320/DSCI0056.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E2gcMODs738/T-zZM1KWZoI/AAAAAAAAAUs/NyehjnPc5iU/s1600/DSCI0058.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E2gcMODs738/T-zZM1KWZoI/AAAAAAAAAUs/NyehjnPc5iU/s320/DSCI0058.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> That's it for now! I'll break up my post so there won't be a ton of pictures to load!</span>Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11057499641689059021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659271582904866472.post-28721682290863741892012-08-21T10:20:00.000-07:002012-08-21T10:20:02.856-07:00Chanel Quartz Swatch and Review<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is Chanel Quartz. I went crazy and bought all three of the Chanel polishes from the Fall 2011 collection, and wore all of them last summer. This was the most demure out of the three, IMO, but still very pretty. It's like a taupe-pewter color with small iridescent sparkle. My pics didn't effectively capture them, but they are definitely visible in the sunlight. I can't really think of similar colors to it (except the Jessica dupes), but I'm sure they're out there because it isn't particularly unique and neither are the other two Chanels anymore. I normally do not reach for these colors, but I like this one for the brand (I admit I'm a polish snob!) and the tiny sparkles that twinkle in the sun!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DtgHMJl3Uks/TkbgzXwcczI/AAAAAAAAAPM/UAWO8u2X520/s1600/DSCI0511.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640442756483281714" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DtgHMJl3Uks/TkbgzXwcczI/AAAAAAAAAPM/UAWO8u2X520/s320/DSCI0511.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></span></a><br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tn0jUXz1ff8/TkbgzbFYfYI/AAAAAAAAAPE/Jr_Ozj5vA-Q/s1600/DSCI0510.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640442757376408962" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tn0jUXz1ff8/TkbgzbFYfYI/AAAAAAAAAPE/Jr_Ozj5vA-Q/s320/DSCI0510.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></span></a><br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B2V5oMre9h4/Tkbe8hdo53I/AAAAAAAAAO8/endvYwmlGPs/s1600/DSCI0508.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640440714684327794" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B2V5oMre9h4/Tkbe8hdo53I/AAAAAAAAAO8/endvYwmlGPs/s320/DSCI0508.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 240px;" /></span></a><br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8OHYOt30DGM/Tkbe8XSwBKI/AAAAAAAAAO0/gyWVuuNr8MA/s1600/DSCI0506.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640440711954302114" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8OHYOt30DGM/Tkbe8XSwBKI/AAAAAAAAAO0/gyWVuuNr8MA/s320/DSCI0506.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></span></a><br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-y1lO_IlVZg4/Tkbe8DrfKnI/AAAAAAAAAOs/u6Qys1ltpik/s1600/DSCI0505.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640440706689346162" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-y1lO_IlVZg4/Tkbe8DrfKnI/AAAAAAAAAOs/u6Qys1ltpik/s320/DSCI0505.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></span></a><br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CJHkbZvpav8/Tkbe7-QTOqI/AAAAAAAAAOk/zGvo-Tmqng8/s1600/DSCI0504.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640440705233140386" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CJHkbZvpav8/Tkbe7-QTOqI/AAAAAAAAAOk/zGvo-Tmqng8/s320/DSCI0504.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 240px;" /></span></a><br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wheFHcYvtxs/Tkbe7RFe0KI/AAAAAAAAAOc/sU3loT4xib4/s1600/DSCI0503.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640440693108166818" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wheFHcYvtxs/Tkbe7RFe0KI/AAAAAAAAAOc/sU3loT4xib4/s320/DSCI0503.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 240px;" /></span></a><br />
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yGkfaADqQGk/Tkbec7MN_tI/AAAAAAAAAOU/c5vvjPi9ER0/s1600/DSCI0502.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640440171834769106" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yGkfaADqQGk/Tkbec7MN_tI/AAAAAAAAAOU/c5vvjPi9ER0/s320/DSCI0502.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 240px;" /></span></a><br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YvXudCis2j8/TkbecjAUzPI/AAAAAAAAAOM/lP78OWQ2Glo/s1600/DSCI0501.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640440165342432498" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YvXudCis2j8/TkbecjAUzPI/AAAAAAAAAOM/lP78OWQ2Glo/s320/DSCI0501.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></span></a><br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sRk4Qo2FbrE/TkbeccoM4iI/AAAAAAAAAOE/rBhfLw69LVE/s1600/DSCI0500.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640440163630637602" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sRk4Qo2FbrE/TkbeccoM4iI/AAAAAAAAAOE/rBhfLw69LVE/s320/DSCI0500.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 240px;" /></span></a><br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pXkB1DUMPkQ/TkbecPnNMcI/AAAAAAAAAN8/xwQNAlM1AfM/s1600/DSCI0499.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640440160136802754" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pXkB1DUMPkQ/TkbecPnNMcI/AAAAAAAAAN8/xwQNAlM1AfM/s320/DSCI0499.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tyuyAH2AqMw/Tkbeb_6o57I/AAAAAAAAAN0/HwstCFuqML4/s1600/DSCI0484.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640440155923343282" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tyuyAH2AqMw/Tkbeb_6o57I/AAAAAAAAAN0/HwstCFuqML4/s320/DSCI0484.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a></span><br />
Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11057499641689059021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659271582904866472.post-23933718294143470522012-08-21T10:18:00.000-07:002012-08-21T10:18:11.731-07:00Dior Bond Street Swatch and Review<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm breaking up my spam posts because it makes it easier for me to archive my pictures and posts, so if you've seen this before, I apologize, but if not, it'll feel new all over again lol!</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is Dior Bond Street. I literally hunted this down after its release in Fall 2010 I believe. It was so difficult to find because it was pretty coveted. I managed to find it after perusing the Dior website for months, after finding NY 57th Street. I'm not sure if Dior has put this in its regular line, but it's a very pretty staple polish. I think I was a bit disappointed when it was darker than I had expected. It's still very special to me because it was one of my long-time lemmings and is one of the dark fall colors I'll reach for often, especially because it has a great dusty look that works perfectly for the cloudy Portland weather in the fall (and all year round), and the secret Dior sparkles only you know are there, like a little secret between you and your mani.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0Kkua-DFz8o/Tkbh-Cp7v9I/AAAAAAAAAP0/vNJux2gEQ-g/s1600/DSCI0568.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640444039309017042" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0Kkua-DFz8o/Tkbh-Cp7v9I/AAAAAAAAAP0/vNJux2gEQ-g/s320/DSCI0568.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 240px;" /></span></a><br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-81bATHMrLgE/Tkbh92SeVtI/AAAAAAAAAPs/yCREiWQ9Xhk/s1600/DSCI0566.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640444035989395154" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-81bATHMrLgE/Tkbh92SeVtI/AAAAAAAAAPs/yCREiWQ9Xhk/s320/DSCI0566.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></span></a><br />
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g98i1CVjChA/Tkbg0SkjMYI/AAAAAAAAAPk/RsJg5KwF9fQ/s1600/DSCI0564.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640442772271083906" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g98i1CVjChA/Tkbg0SkjMYI/AAAAAAAAAPk/RsJg5KwF9fQ/s320/DSCI0564.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></span></a><br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yV0BhMsvD6k/Tkbg0BFqWkI/AAAAAAAAAPc/Dz-PudRZoew/s1600/DSCI0561.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640442767578126914" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yV0BhMsvD6k/Tkbg0BFqWkI/AAAAAAAAAPc/Dz-PudRZoew/s320/DSCI0561.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 240px;" /></span></a><br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KElXUrPiqSY/TkbgzkFQHAI/AAAAAAAAAPU/_w0qZYnomLU/s1600/DSCI0559.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640442759791778818" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KElXUrPiqSY/TkbgzkFQHAI/AAAAAAAAAPU/_w0qZYnomLU/s320/DSCI0559.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></span></a><br />
Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11057499641689059021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659271582904866472.post-92012776479752902262012-08-13T16:54:00.003-07:002012-08-13T16:54:51.638-07:00Essie Bright Tights - A Neon Orange Summer!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Third post of the day, and the last! At least, until I take pictures of my current mani :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have for your Essie Bright Tights! It's the perfect neon orange. Like all neons, it needed white underwear, otherwise it was going to be a hot, streaky mess. I almost never wear orange but wow, this is one I'll wear all the time! I used Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear White Out for the underwear, only 2 coats of that. It's a really, really good formula white nail polish, almost on par with RBL Underwear, with the Prowide-like brush and non-streaky formula. It's about $2-3 too, which is icing on top of the cake. I used to use OPI Alpine Snow, but it just is streaky, and takes 3 opaque coats, and doesn't dry fast enough for me to put on the neon in the time frame I like (within a couple hours of applying the white). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wasn't able to get too many pictures of Bright Tights because it was very hard to capture the true neon-ness/brightness of the color. It's so gorgeous, but definitely needs underwear to be opaque and brighter than normal. Whites always boost the brightness of a neon, so always use underwear with neons, unless it can be opaque on its own. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love Essie's neons, they are so wonderfully bright and easy to put on (once you put on underwear, of course). They are the best ones I've used. It just sucks I couldn't wear it for more than a few days because neons, with white underwear, chips quickly, so I had to take it off after it kept chipping. No more talking, onto the pictures!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">DISCLAIMER: The actual color is much more retina-searing than this!</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MpNb_ALBNNs/UCmS9ORP04I/AAAAAAAAAwk/csQTJYC6hmI/s1600/DSCI0681.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MpNb_ALBNNs/UCmS9ORP04I/AAAAAAAAAwk/csQTJYC6hmI/s320/DSCI0681.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-N1uJGFCnb7w/UCmS4E8Gr9I/AAAAAAAAAwI/Wlw17Jjc9y0/s1600/DSCI0573.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-N1uJGFCnb7w/UCmS4E8Gr9I/AAAAAAAAAwI/Wlw17Jjc9y0/s320/DSCI0573.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-G4uf4rdErcU/UCmS50t1BZI/AAAAAAAAAwQ/0wK2-H1WWQ8/s1600/DSCI0665.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-G4uf4rdErcU/UCmS50t1BZI/AAAAAAAAAwQ/0wK2-H1WWQ8/s320/DSCI0665.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0-Eb342-DDg/UCmS7lcOi2I/AAAAAAAAAwc/aT5iSMg9yaw/s1600/DSCI0666.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0-Eb342-DDg/UCmS7lcOi2I/AAAAAAAAAwc/aT5iSMg9yaw/s320/DSCI0666.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FFX3jz_OeqM/UCmS_Xuh5AI/AAAAAAAAAws/TqrI-g3wb08/s1600/DSCI0682.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FFX3jz_OeqM/UCmS_Xuh5AI/AAAAAAAAAws/TqrI-g3wb08/s320/DSCI0682.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Cl3uP9LQxNI/UCmTAhu5FAI/AAAAAAAAAw0/yeT9Rdb1OE8/s1600/DSCI0683.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Cl3uP9LQxNI/UCmTAhu5FAI/AAAAAAAAAw0/yeT9Rdb1OE8/s320/DSCI0683.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lKekYLluk-8/UCmTB1_bvAI/AAAAAAAAAw8/ceFNfCK1fgQ/s1600/DSCI0684.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lKekYLluk-8/UCmTB1_bvAI/AAAAAAAAAw8/ceFNfCK1fgQ/s320/DSCI0684.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Dbka-0zvXfk/UCmTDZ3zqUI/AAAAAAAAAxE/Z7zH-nxidIU/s1600/DSCI0685.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Dbka-0zvXfk/UCmTDZ3zqUI/AAAAAAAAAxE/Z7zH-nxidIU/s320/DSCI0685.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-evnJTLIfJzs/UCmS19gx0bI/AAAAAAAAAwA/Z88m0kZGw_o/s1600/DSCI0572.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-evnJTLIfJzs/UCmS19gx0bI/AAAAAAAAAwA/Z88m0kZGw_o/s320/DSCI0572.JPG" width="320" /></a>
</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since I don't have my normal 30-40 pictures of my manicure (lol), I'm going to add the rest of the pictures I have of Coco that I had on my memory card.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Vbso6sVMmH4/UCmSsO_EPRI/AAAAAAAAAvQ/2LXRSGV8ujs/s1600/DSCI0465.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Vbso6sVMmH4/UCmSsO_EPRI/AAAAAAAAAvQ/2LXRSGV8ujs/s320/DSCI0465.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LsjIPUlD2RU/UCmSt86vmZI/AAAAAAAAAvY/0piAIpQaw9c/s1600/DSCI0468.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LsjIPUlD2RU/UCmSt86vmZI/AAAAAAAAAvY/0piAIpQaw9c/s320/DSCI0468.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NT_-kvIs6U8/UCmSvbPxbmI/AAAAAAAAAvg/7f4W4xBbqD8/s1600/DSCI0470.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NT_-kvIs6U8/UCmSvbPxbmI/AAAAAAAAAvg/7f4W4xBbqD8/s320/DSCI0470.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iBQf8fLCNZs/UCmSwyRt-0I/AAAAAAAAAvo/nY3hcfxMtik/s1600/DSCI0471.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iBQf8fLCNZs/UCmSwyRt-0I/AAAAAAAAAvo/nY3hcfxMtik/s320/DSCI0471.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cP9v8XQLVcI/UCmSyZHL22I/AAAAAAAAAvw/wmy_JIX3ucg/s1600/DSCI0499.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cP9v8XQLVcI/UCmSyZHL22I/AAAAAAAAAvw/wmy_JIX3ucg/s320/DSCI0499.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bKUlDEYIgAQ/UCmS0A7SKHI/AAAAAAAAAv4/0ULDXmac0UQ/s1600/DSCI0500.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bKUlDEYIgAQ/UCmS0A7SKHI/AAAAAAAAAv4/0ULDXmac0UQ/s320/DSCI0500.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11057499641689059021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659271582904866472.post-89013435027224157822012-08-13T11:59:00.003-07:002012-08-13T12:15:14.004-07:00Sinful Colors Cinderella Swatches and Review<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think today will be another multiple post day! I just don't have the organization and desire to do daily posts and wait to put up posts so it's one a day because that's just not my style. Whenever I do something at home, like clean and fold laundry, I do it all in one stretch, for four hours straight. Other days, I don't fold or clean anything because I just don't feel like it. I like to get things done all at once. I guess I'm a live in a moment kind of gal haha.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have to give a presentation at work on Wednesday about what I learned during my internship, so writing about nail polish is getting me on a writing roll! Anyways, today I have for you Sinful Colors Cinderella. I'm sure you've seen tons and tons of swatches of it on numerous blogs that expound the wonderful qualities of the beautiful color, and I'm here to add to that litany of praises.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cinderella is a baby blue color with copper/orange/red/pink glass fleck shimmer. It's absolutely stunning in the sun. Under fluorescent/inside lighting, you mainly see the baby blue but there is a hint of the glass fleck. It's not like the hidden shimmer in Dior polishes where you have to tilt your hand 45 degrees while 2 inches away from the light source to see the shimmer, but rather a secret flash of shimmer, kind of like a dress with a long slit that you don't notice until the person wearing the dress moves. Sooooo pretty.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It sucks I couldn't get too many pics of Cinderella outside, so I had to resort to taking most of the pics at the office. These were taken a couple of days after I first put it on - so there was some tipwear. I'm sure you can find better pictures elsewhere, but here's my review and swatches!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was a little harder to apply because the formula was a little runny, so I had to do three coats. It was slightly streaky, which made it harder to get totally even, which is why I had to do three coats. Totally worth it though, it's a gorgeous color!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wllcAjstbQM/UClOBNVyF0I/AAAAAAAAAtI/8KYrCBKPQz0/s1600/DSCI0537.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wllcAjstbQM/UClOBNVyF0I/AAAAAAAAAtI/8KYrCBKPQz0/s320/DSCI0537.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lOEZiwlxR3o/UClODDTJPbI/AAAAAAAAAtQ/rMtPosxyYRc/s1600/DSCI0538.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lOEZiwlxR3o/UClODDTJPbI/AAAAAAAAAtQ/rMtPosxyYRc/s320/DSCI0538.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-b1zaLkTMh9s/UClOE2TQjDI/AAAAAAAAAtY/zM02WZq7jEQ/s1600/DSCI0539.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-b1zaLkTMh9s/UClOE2TQjDI/AAAAAAAAAtY/zM02WZq7jEQ/s320/DSCI0539.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w9sRDzhbauk/UClOGF5akHI/AAAAAAAAAtg/JY-6FkvOK5M/s1600/DSCI0540.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w9sRDzhbauk/UClOGF5akHI/AAAAAAAAAtg/JY-6FkvOK5M/s320/DSCI0540.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1O7a3Xy8QrI/UClOHg1OD4I/AAAAAAAAAtk/V8PR6taHdI4/s1600/DSCI0541.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1O7a3Xy8QrI/UClOHg1OD4I/AAAAAAAAAtk/V8PR6taHdI4/s320/DSCI0541.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7DGtp6IQWOY/UClOJku9rpI/AAAAAAAAAtw/dBiM5nJAezQ/s1600/DSCI0542.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7DGtp6IQWOY/UClOJku9rpI/AAAAAAAAAtw/dBiM5nJAezQ/s320/DSCI0542.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V_1xcyC2WHI/UClOLYheKHI/AAAAAAAAAt4/EWgjeUmLTqI/s1600/DSCI0543.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V_1xcyC2WHI/UClOLYheKHI/AAAAAAAAAt4/EWgjeUmLTqI/s320/DSCI0543.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MncFrTN21WI/UClOMkr0TzI/AAAAAAAAAuA/b44Bi-RjPnY/s1600/DSCI0544.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MncFrTN21WI/UClOMkr0TzI/AAAAAAAAAuA/b44Bi-RjPnY/s320/DSCI0544.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Do you see the beautiful shimmer? It's so hard to capture with my crappy old camera, but it's there!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BV8TKASS7N4/UClOOBto4uI/AAAAAAAAAuI/Db77BoIk06c/s1600/DSCI0545.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BV8TKASS7N4/UClOOBto4uI/AAAAAAAAAuI/Db77BoIk06c/s320/DSCI0545.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oUfBSq8VYr0/UClOPSkpUyI/AAAAAAAAAuQ/JpMoFZlisKI/s1600/DSCI0546.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oUfBSq8VYr0/UClOPSkpUyI/AAAAAAAAAuQ/JpMoFZlisKI/s320/DSCI0546.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2ed2C2UlZS8/UClOQvMULzI/AAAAAAAAAuY/tU6K3BNYgZc/s1600/DSCI0547.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2ed2C2UlZS8/UClOQvMULzI/AAAAAAAAAuY/tU6K3BNYgZc/s320/DSCI0547.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YWxkPcXmWz8/UClOR2h2lxI/AAAAAAAAAug/A75l211bomc/s1600/DSCI0548.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YWxkPcXmWz8/UClOR2h2lxI/AAAAAAAAAug/A75l211bomc/s320/DSCI0548.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11057499641689059021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659271582904866472.post-42083871688169269812012-08-13T11:31:00.003-07:002012-08-13T11:32:39.342-07:00Lyn B Designs Cacophony Swatches + Review (Pic Heavy!!)<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How are you guys doing? I'm getting ready to go back to school in two weeks! It's so crazy that my internship ends the day before I fly back to school! I have a review of Lyn B Design's Cacophony for you today! I saw her designs on Etsy when I was browsing around for new Etsy sellers (there's always new ones popping up - I just bought 3 from Polish Revolution, who opened her store yesterday!). She has a large inventory for an Etsy seller, so I spent a good hour or two looking lol. I couldn't find too many swatches, so I just went with my gut and bought colors that I knew I'd love, glitters with buildable jelly bases. When I bought from her store, she had a buy 2 get 1 sale, so I had to jump on that!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cacophony was up my alley because it's 1) blue, 2) full of glitter (hex!!), and 3) is a jelly! I love it so much that I'm still wearing it, and I put it on last Wednesday, and I almost never wear nail polish longer than four days usually. I only have minimal tip wear, which is amazing considering how much I do with my nails. Only one finger, my index finger on my right hand, had a horrible chip, which warranted me to pick it all off and then put on a different Lyn B Designs color - Ragtime Roses (my bonus polish). I've noticed so many American female Olympians who've done really funky and cool patriotic nail designs, so I wanted a red accent finger with Cacophony. Ragtime Roses is the red counterpart of Cacophony, minus the holographic hex glitter and the square glitter (red jelly glitter). Sadly I couldn't get pictures of it before it chipped and I took it off :(</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It applied perfectly in 2 thick coats, and I used a third to cover some patches on some fingers. It has beautiful depth, which I tried to capture with my camera in different lighting, in a sunny parking lot, inside with flash, even at the grocery store underneath the bright lights! When not under bright lights, Cacophony looks like it a deep blue jelly with silver hex and square glitter. It's pretty under every lighting!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enough talking, onto the pics (caution - many, many pictures)!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PXGi14VxS2M/UClDE98Hz7I/AAAAAAAAAsc/8HxF0QFDmVw/s1600/DSCI0784.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PXGi14VxS2M/UClDE98Hz7I/AAAAAAAAAsc/8HxF0QFDmVw/s320/DSCI0784.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PaYjM4HXrE4/UClB8rOiVhI/AAAAAAAAAm8/K1eRf5FmzvM/s1600/DSCI0656.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PaYjM4HXrE4/UClB8rOiVhI/AAAAAAAAAm8/K1eRf5FmzvM/s320/DSCI0656.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_egBFwZCuyg/UClB-UFQnCI/AAAAAAAAAnE/3H3zPct3HQ8/s1600/DSCI0657.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_egBFwZCuyg/UClB-UFQnCI/AAAAAAAAAnE/3H3zPct3HQ8/s320/DSCI0657.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Qad3pG66CQU/UClB_uxSyMI/AAAAAAAAAnM/7RWCHQYU1so/s1600/DSCI0658.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Qad3pG66CQU/UClB_uxSyMI/AAAAAAAAAnM/7RWCHQYU1so/s320/DSCI0658.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1h_vZHnBjhM/UClCBbAm1TI/AAAAAAAAAnU/rwJwbxYdft4/s1600/DSCI0659.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1h_vZHnBjhM/UClCBbAm1TI/AAAAAAAAAnU/rwJwbxYdft4/s320/DSCI0659.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TG5LdJGr1uE/UClCCqCJXJI/AAAAAAAAAnc/X2L5fSah1Xg/s1600/DSCI0660.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TG5LdJGr1uE/UClCCqCJXJI/AAAAAAAAAnc/X2L5fSah1Xg/s320/DSCI0660.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hkT6_idFPmo/UClCFvYThWI/AAAAAAAAAns/teGfk0NNY5c/s1600/DSCI0662.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hkT6_idFPmo/UClCFvYThWI/AAAAAAAAAns/teGfk0NNY5c/s320/DSCI0662.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZT9DWaseLtQ/UClCHPUNvvI/AAAAAAAAAn0/6eJKs_0fXhw/s1600/DSCI0663.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZT9DWaseLtQ/UClCHPUNvvI/AAAAAAAAAn0/6eJKs_0fXhw/s320/DSCI0663.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4dx02lEkcpc/UClCITC65rI/AAAAAAAAAn8/KEX0JZvrV9Q/s1600/DSCI0664.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4dx02lEkcpc/UClCITC65rI/AAAAAAAAAn8/KEX0JZvrV9Q/s320/DSCI0664.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RhibMzjQldk/UClCJwWjFfI/AAAAAAAAAoE/NuSJlm-HQGI/s1600/DSCI0667.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RhibMzjQldk/UClCJwWjFfI/AAAAAAAAAoE/NuSJlm-HQGI/s320/DSCI0667.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0yuBAACvkw0/UClCLsXDFoI/AAAAAAAAAoM/096I0BE9Xrw/s1600/DSCI0668.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0yuBAACvkw0/UClCLsXDFoI/AAAAAAAAAoM/096I0BE9Xrw/s320/DSCI0668.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VCokNkfHNZA/UClCNBXbuiI/AAAAAAAAAoY/_6wPp3q3uyc/s1600/DSCI0669.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VCokNkfHNZA/UClCNBXbuiI/AAAAAAAAAoY/_6wPp3q3uyc/s320/DSCI0669.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KLBhrN0PY9M/UClCOXWyq4I/AAAAAAAAAog/MEzssbQRCug/s1600/DSCI0670.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KLBhrN0PY9M/UClCOXWyq4I/AAAAAAAAAog/MEzssbQRCug/s320/DSCI0670.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Lyn B Design's bottles - really long skinny brush, but it looks super cool and doesn't interfere with the application.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Fn8PTcRocrQ/UClCR2aeHXI/AAAAAAAAAow/Cpbh6XaGX1U/s1600/DSCI0672.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Fn8PTcRocrQ/UClCR2aeHXI/AAAAAAAAAow/Cpbh6XaGX1U/s320/DSCI0672.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-u1bc-xAONfs/UClCUi0B9-I/AAAAAAAAAo4/3w_wSMzvekA/s1600/DSCI0673.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-u1bc-xAONfs/UClCUi0B9-I/AAAAAAAAAo4/3w_wSMzvekA/s320/DSCI0673.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AB-MFMBJPuM/UClCWZZ6WSI/AAAAAAAAApA/2i8daO5sCTo/s1600/DSCI0674.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AB-MFMBJPuM/UClCWZZ6WSI/AAAAAAAAApA/2i8daO5sCTo/s320/DSCI0674.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tmb8Rl_uYOc/UClCXzj8GUI/AAAAAAAAApI/sSwX2UvilTY/s1600/DSCI0675.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tmb8Rl_uYOc/UClCXzj8GUI/AAAAAAAAApI/sSwX2UvilTY/s320/DSCI0675.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--nlpOM1s9j4/UClCeq8vjvI/AAAAAAAAAps/9goY_l1r2QY/s1600/DSCI0679.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--nlpOM1s9j4/UClCeq8vjvI/AAAAAAAAAps/9goY_l1r2QY/s320/DSCI0679.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3xqJHgBYuco/UClCgAgK2nI/AAAAAAAAAp0/n1jugqxedCo/s1600/DSCI0680.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3xqJHgBYuco/UClCgAgK2nI/AAAAAAAAAp0/n1jugqxedCo/s320/DSCI0680.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SlHkM18dk5o/UClChhbKS9I/AAAAAAAAAp8/E92Vun2ERkM/s1600/DSCI0691.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SlHkM18dk5o/UClChhbKS9I/AAAAAAAAAp8/E92Vun2ERkM/s320/DSCI0691.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hjxgWZshaEc/UClCkNWBBFI/AAAAAAAAAqM/fpF-yjOx5hI/s1600/DSCI0693.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hjxgWZshaEc/UClCkNWBBFI/AAAAAAAAAqM/fpF-yjOx5hI/s320/DSCI0693.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SX56ZL13eOU/UClCmIS7mWI/AAAAAAAAAqU/7Nha0LPou2c/s1600/DSCI0705.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SX56ZL13eOU/UClCmIS7mWI/AAAAAAAAAqU/7Nha0LPou2c/s320/DSCI0705.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tLT75MJGOmI/UClCnmi1TKI/AAAAAAAAAqc/pT3kWEu1F1s/s1600/DSCI0706.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tLT75MJGOmI/UClCnmi1TKI/AAAAAAAAAqc/pT3kWEu1F1s/s320/DSCI0706.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vU8nkE4BSJU/UClCpdxByzI/AAAAAAAAAqk/feypgxSuN6s/s1600/DSCI0756.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vU8nkE4BSJU/UClCpdxByzI/AAAAAAAAAqk/feypgxSuN6s/s320/DSCI0756.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KbzoEXrvDvU/UClCq0ulByI/AAAAAAAAAqo/nTka6h9PMqQ/s1600/DSCI0757.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KbzoEXrvDvU/UClCq0ulByI/AAAAAAAAAqo/nTka6h9PMqQ/s320/DSCI0757.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2UEJRzzlz9g/UClCt1JR9-I/AAAAAAAAAq4/4nYdw-Z95v4/s1600/DSCI0758.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2UEJRzzlz9g/UClCt1JR9-I/AAAAAAAAAq4/4nYdw-Z95v4/s320/DSCI0758.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kwvpOE5dkfg/UClCvFtybwI/AAAAAAAAArA/7hQtqaHLLvY/s1600/DSCI0759.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kwvpOE5dkfg/UClCvFtybwI/AAAAAAAAArA/7hQtqaHLLvY/s320/DSCI0759.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5Vs7HCpboOo/UClCxWom7MI/AAAAAAAAArI/-GXeZfPQ2A8/s1600/DSCI0767.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5Vs7HCpboOo/UClCxWom7MI/AAAAAAAAArI/-GXeZfPQ2A8/s320/DSCI0767.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oryUtYabA5c/UClCzpPM2dI/AAAAAAAAArQ/6ggiJdT0dzM/s1600/DSCI0768.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oryUtYabA5c/UClCzpPM2dI/AAAAAAAAArQ/6ggiJdT0dzM/s320/DSCI0768.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5ZvUeXv0ZNc/UClC2ulYdmI/AAAAAAAAArg/X3XYWtZM09M/s1600/DSCI0770.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5ZvUeXv0ZNc/UClC2ulYdmI/AAAAAAAAArg/X3XYWtZM09M/s320/DSCI0770.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-htR5iuce2RY/UClC4ZQ3ycI/AAAAAAAAAro/8Lnd2bKRDM8/s1600/DSCI0771.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-htR5iuce2RY/UClC4ZQ3ycI/AAAAAAAAAro/8Lnd2bKRDM8/s320/DSCI0771.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4q2W9-QQyrs/UClC5sp1HiI/AAAAAAAAArw/3WBZOZixYm4/s1600/DSCI0772.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4q2W9-QQyrs/UClC5sp1HiI/AAAAAAAAArw/3WBZOZixYm4/s320/DSCI0772.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PqTGZum4jbE/UClC7oQfitI/AAAAAAAAAr8/pXjulynGspQ/s1600/DSCI0775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PqTGZum4jbE/UClC7oQfitI/AAAAAAAAAr8/pXjulynGspQ/s320/DSCI0775.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ESsThWi1K24/UClC-UN9qtI/AAAAAAAAAsE/hn1uHkeKgJc/s1600/DSCI0779.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ESsThWi1K24/UClC-UN9qtI/AAAAAAAAAsE/hn1uHkeKgJc/s320/DSCI0779.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BBNdXj95Rlg/UClDA81KDlI/AAAAAAAAAsM/wvtaZUxswa4/s1600/DSCI0780.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BBNdXj95Rlg/UClDA81KDlI/AAAAAAAAAsM/wvtaZUxswa4/s320/DSCI0780.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-y06S8cweuLM/UClDCP49sEI/AAAAAAAAAsU/oMCalXR0Xa4/s1600/DSCI0783.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-y06S8cweuLM/UClDCP49sEI/AAAAAAAAAsU/oMCalXR0Xa4/s320/DSCI0783.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm going to miss the Olympics so much! What are you nostalgic for at the end of your summer?</span>Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11057499641689059021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659271582904866472.post-18967232605276150622012-07-31T17:53:00.001-07:002012-07-31T17:53:45.224-07:00Butter London Shandy - Office Professionalism<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi guys! Have you been watching the Olympics? I love watching TV and movies in general, but I put aside all my TV shows and movies during the Olympics and that's basically all I watch lol.</span><div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last week there were a lot of visitors at work and my boss made us dress up more nicely than usual. At the company, you can basically wear jeans and a t-shirt and you're fine because it has a start-up feel. I usually wear just that because I don't care very much about how I look, but the week with visitors necessitated more formal wear, so I upped my game by dressing in pantsuits and white button downs. I also wore more understated, office colors to be more "professional". </span><div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wore a poorly done American manicure (which I do not have pictures of because it was slightly awful looking, just all wrong for my skin tone), done with OPI Bubble Bath and Orly 50/50, for the first half of the week. For the second half of the week, I wore Butter London Shandy, which is a beautiful nude color for people who are more yellow-toned. It's a beige-nude color that has more yellow in it, so it's more wearable for me than say, OPI Bubble Bath (I should swap that because it looks kind of bad on me and Essie Mademoiselle looks so much better). It has that great Butter London formula, so it went on with three-streak free coats. You can wear it sheer, but I don't like that, so I wore it opaque. It's a great alternative nude color for people with more yellow in their skin. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I haven't really seen swatches of it, so here are my pics!</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xXG6iQER8C0/UBh47R1NzII/AAAAAAAAAkg/IMZmRvJiOlo/s1600/DSCI0531.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xXG6iQER8C0/UBh47R1NzII/AAAAAAAAAkg/IMZmRvJiOlo/s320/DSCI0531.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sorry for the tip-wear on my thumb, I took the pictures after I had on the mani for a few days.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c0T0Tqgcm7g/UBh49NFY_XI/AAAAAAAAAko/9GtqY7ZxfRs/s1600/DSCI0534.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c0T0Tqgcm7g/UBh49NFY_XI/AAAAAAAAAko/9GtqY7ZxfRs/s320/DSCI0534.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4Xk_4avYOsY/UBh4-ZZKBsI/AAAAAAAAAkw/p-1kApyol4w/s1600/DSCI0535.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4Xk_4avYOsY/UBh4-ZZKBsI/AAAAAAAAAkw/p-1kApyol4w/s320/DSCI0535.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1JO-6ctZGAk/UBh4__UMz_I/AAAAAAAAAk4/32sg6Kbg3MU/s1600/DSCI0536.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1JO-6ctZGAk/UBh4__UMz_I/AAAAAAAAAk4/32sg6Kbg3MU/s320/DSCI0536.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WSrJmkhELv8/UBh5Bq46UtI/AAAAAAAAAlA/blfcO94giLg/s1600/DSCI0551.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WSrJmkhELv8/UBh5Bq46UtI/AAAAAAAAAlA/blfcO94giLg/s320/DSCI0551.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rqxV0rQ2k5M/UBh5DEqYt-I/AAAAAAAAAlI/7yGBBurOFnU/s1600/DSCI0552.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rqxV0rQ2k5M/UBh5DEqYt-I/AAAAAAAAAlI/7yGBBurOFnU/s320/DSCI0552.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YtYb0loGwDA/UBh5FD-o70I/AAAAAAAAAlQ/FWkply7esuY/s1600/DSCI0554.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YtYb0loGwDA/UBh5FD-o70I/AAAAAAAAAlQ/FWkply7esuY/s320/DSCI0554.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sorry for the bright neon orange (Essie Bright Tights), but it was easier for me to capture the nude color in the bottle when I'm holding it rather than on my office desk. You'll see these orange pics again in a post coming soon, kind of like a post crossover (like what Private Practice/Gray's Anatomy does lol). </span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-064tctrUvds/UBh5Gzn40nI/AAAAAAAAAlY/sz-3aS1SPCc/s1600/DSCI0572.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-064tctrUvds/UBh5Gzn40nI/AAAAAAAAAlY/sz-3aS1SPCc/s320/DSCI0572.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XLx3PLcaamY/UBh5Igr-c8I/AAAAAAAAAlg/AS8t95cooBI/s1600/DSCI0573.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XLx3PLcaamY/UBh5Igr-c8I/AAAAAAAAAlg/AS8t95cooBI/s320/DSCI0573.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A picture of the bottle by itself - it's slightly darker that shown (darn the fluorescent lights!)</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SDAXkBBr5jw/UBh5Kc2s5gI/AAAAAAAAAlo/kMqHBAfAdQc/s1600/DSCI0575.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SDAXkBBr5jw/UBh5Kc2s5gI/AAAAAAAAAlo/kMqHBAfAdQc/s320/DSCI0575.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope you guys are excited as I am to watch more Olympics! I'm slightly obsessed with Camille Lacourt. He is all of 6'9" of French deliciousness. I watch the Olympics to scope out beautiful people, and Camille is one lol. I'll probably keep adding photos of him during posts I make during the Olympics. An incentive to write everyday! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are some pics that show his spectacular good looks (I'm keeping it PG haha):</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TfailIX-K48/UBh9tvPTT0I/AAAAAAAAAmQ/IfWRxj5oYQA/s1600/tumblr_ll96s573rm1qf12epo1_400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TfailIX-K48/UBh9tvPTT0I/AAAAAAAAAmQ/IfWRxj5oYQA/s320/tumblr_ll96s573rm1qf12epo1_400.jpg" width="230" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wDKvrneDsIM/UBh9uAq33UI/AAAAAAAAAmY/8mxdYVE5fIg/s1600/tumblr_lpbjb2NV9j1qbvw1a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wDKvrneDsIM/UBh9uAq33UI/AAAAAAAAAmY/8mxdYVE5fIg/s320/tumblr_lpbjb2NV9j1qbvw1a.jpg" width="198" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
</div>Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11057499641689059021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659271582904866472.post-68420095878992305932012-07-18T17:12:00.001-07:002012-07-18T17:13:39.156-07:00Elegant glitter: Sally Hansen White Glitter<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How are you guys doing today? I have some free time at work, and I'm staying late since I have a show in the city later, so I thought I'd give my blog a little love lol.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love white glitter, and really any time of hex glitter that doesn't have bar glitter in it. I love custom made n/p, but a lot of them do contain bar glitter, and it automatically makes me wary. I don't really like it for some reason, unless it adds an extra oomph to the polish (I loooooved OPI Save Me) or Sassy Lacquer Uncle Sam. I don't really buy glitter with bar glitter unless it adds to the beauty and complexity of the polish. With that said, Sally Hansen White Veil was right up my alley, especially since it's so elegant looking. I love glitter, and I think elegant looking glitter is my favorite (stuff with milky bases like <a href="http://polishwhoreder.blogspot.com/2012/06/nostalgic-nail-lacquer-duckie.html">Nostalgic Nail Lacquer Duckie</a>). It's white hex glitter with slightly bigger light gold hex pieces. It can definitely be worn on it's own since it's so opaque, but I haven't tried it yet. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is one thick coat over OPI Royal Rajah Ruby, and then I mattified it. Sorry I couldn't get un-mattified pics! It looks cooler matte anyhow ;)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can probably achieve the same opacity in two thin coats. It was pretty easy to apply for a glitter, and went on pretty evenly too. I didn't like how "cloudy" it looks on some of my nails, a consequence of trying to drag out the glitter from one spot as it was drying.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gb76IsdVYng/UAXyY-hg3fI/AAAAAAAAAis/7hofV_8LBK4/s1600/DSCI0488.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gb76IsdVYng/UAXyY-hg3fI/AAAAAAAAAis/7hofV_8LBK4/s320/DSCI0488.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dFetKLUbRK8/UAXx_WZRfQI/AAAAAAAAAiE/3HGy_ArvqLc/s1600/DSCI0393.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dFetKLUbRK8/UAXx_WZRfQI/AAAAAAAAAiE/3HGy_ArvqLc/s320/DSCI0393.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ykz_jAIGuCI/UAXyewrCzRI/AAAAAAAAAi0/8j_bnjAplUI/s1600/DSCI0489.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ykz_jAIGuCI/UAXyewrCzRI/AAAAAAAAAi0/8j_bnjAplUI/s320/DSCI0489.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RYnLpQeJ5eE/UAXyjJtcG2I/AAAAAAAAAi8/RINdMwzgMjA/s1600/DSCI0490.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RYnLpQeJ5eE/UAXyjJtcG2I/AAAAAAAAAi8/RINdMwzgMjA/s320/DSCI0490.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0L_z3z_WX_E/UAXynVpfVlI/AAAAAAAAAjE/8HoMHWwZMrs/s1600/DSCI0491.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0L_z3z_WX_E/UAXynVpfVlI/AAAAAAAAAjE/8HoMHWwZMrs/s320/DSCI0491.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L8_jiuLk0Ww/UAXyrmfEQQI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/2-PS1RAeRMs/s1600/DSCI0492.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L8_jiuLk0Ww/UAXyrmfEQQI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/2-PS1RAeRMs/s320/DSCI0492.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iZAh375XM9I/UAXyxCwaOzI/AAAAAAAAAjY/oUEtS-VVfj4/s1600/DSCI0493.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iZAh375XM9I/UAXyxCwaOzI/AAAAAAAAAjY/oUEtS-VVfj4/s320/DSCI0493.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f99aramSdEU/UAXy4M7xYWI/AAAAAAAAAjg/4KisEvhWYYc/s1600/DSCI0494.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f99aramSdEU/UAXy4M7xYWI/AAAAAAAAAjg/4KisEvhWYYc/s320/DSCI0494.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SdMuBRG9QTI/UAXzOkj1F1I/AAAAAAAAAjo/juRLPlRvPXM/s1600/DSCI0495.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SdMuBRG9QTI/UAXzOkj1F1I/AAAAAAAAAjo/juRLPlRvPXM/s320/DSCI0495.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dv8aiCjHAhc/UAXz5VdJQhI/AAAAAAAAAjw/xDYuhO5KMkA/s1600/DSCI0496.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dv8aiCjHAhc/UAXz5VdJQhI/AAAAAAAAAjw/xDYuhO5KMkA/s320/DSCI0496.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FwdAO_EM-AQ/UAXz-K2OyQI/AAAAAAAAAj4/xuLHJ7b4qEA/s1600/DSCI0497.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FwdAO_EM-AQ/UAXz-K2OyQI/AAAAAAAAAj4/xuLHJ7b4qEA/s320/DSCI0497.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EVxur0lauUo/UAX0CrE0p8I/AAAAAAAAAkA/QNZoSkfxxxU/s1600/DSCI0498.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EVxur0lauUo/UAX0CrE0p8I/AAAAAAAAAkA/QNZoSkfxxxU/s320/DSCI0498.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't know the name of this cat, but it sure is cute! It's a neighbor's cat, a very friendly one, who is absolutely adorable! I think it may be a mix between the tiger stripe cat and siamese cat (sorry, I don't know too much about cats and the different looks). I love to play with her, and she's just so frickin' adorable! I managed to snap a pic of her when she was rolling on the ground wanting to be played with, but it was still pretty hard because she's so feisty and wouldn't stand still!</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jooIoDYCCoQ/UAXx6TI3wOI/AAAAAAAAAh8/6Beyd2mzL00/s1600/DSCI0389.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jooIoDYCCoQ/UAXx6TI3wOI/AAAAAAAAAh8/6Beyd2mzL00/s320/DSCI0389.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coco spam, just to balance out all the cat pictures. She's frickin' adorable too!</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vfZQSxM8MnI/UAX0HmsqEgI/AAAAAAAAAkI/Mq_X1ROa2uM/s1600/DSCI0499.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vfZQSxM8MnI/UAX0HmsqEgI/AAAAAAAAAkI/Mq_X1ROa2uM/s320/DSCI0499.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gFk0bXnfS-A/UAXyFp6Sy0I/AAAAAAAAAiM/WHcuGjGJkow/s1600/DSCI0465.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gFk0bXnfS-A/UAXyFp6Sy0I/AAAAAAAAAiM/WHcuGjGJkow/s320/DSCI0465.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cwh791iQbBY/UAXyKjKpb7I/AAAAAAAAAiU/Mls39XlZwH4/s1600/DSCI0468.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cwh791iQbBY/UAXyKjKpb7I/AAAAAAAAAiU/Mls39XlZwH4/s320/DSCI0468.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hreSNdnNUhI/UAXyPZ93i5I/AAAAAAAAAic/NFcZIAhXBz0/s1600/DSCI0470.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hreSNdnNUhI/UAXyPZ93i5I/AAAAAAAAAic/NFcZIAhXBz0/s320/DSCI0470.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h6PjfzbwPkI/UAXyUFyfKEI/AAAAAAAAAik/3J4sgJ5yNFk/s1600/DSCI0471.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h6PjfzbwPkI/UAXyUFyfKEI/AAAAAAAAAik/3J4sgJ5yNFk/s320/DSCI0471.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3c6ZplcgGig/UAX0MQjPABI/AAAAAAAAAkU/dtR9hirqKU0/s1600/DSCI0500.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3c6ZplcgGig/UAX0MQjPABI/AAAAAAAAAkU/dtR9hirqKU0/s320/DSCI0500.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11057499641689059021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659271582904866472.post-36729672361436881062012-07-17T15:07:00.000-07:002012-07-17T15:07:19.751-07:00Claire's Lime Yours Review<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi again! Second post of the day! </span><br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have for you Claire's Lime Yours. It's a really cool looking polish in the bottle, very neon. I don't classify it as a neon myself because I have high standards for a neon lol. Before I call any polish neon, it has to burn my retinas first! Otherwise it's just bright, or really really bright. Lime Yours is really, really, really bright. For others, it is neon. For me, it is simply BRIGHT!</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's a bright neon green color, unlike the other neon greens I own because it has more yellow in it than the others. It makes it pop more and look cooler! It looks pretty plastic too. I remember Orly had that Plastix collection, of satin/matte colors, but this is totally plastic. It's a weird jelly, plastic kind of color. I had to add a top coat to make it look shiny because it dried kind of satin, since it's so bright.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The application was a PITA. I wanted to hit the bottle, scream at it, and throw it across the room and smile gleefully as it cried neon green tears as it dripped down the wall. But I restrained myself, because that behavior was not appropriate when watching Antiques Roadshow (three hours of it!!). </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's a really hard polish to apply, even harder than some glitters I've tried, and glitters can be horrible, with all the dragging. This was worse, because it wouldn't even out, no matter now thick of a coat I put on my nail. It took about three hours (yes, I watched three hours of Antiques Roadshow on Saturday night, in fact I do that every Saturday night. I love it. Don't judge) and four coats to even out. It really didn't completely even out until I put on my Poshe quick dry topcoat (why does every use Seche? Poshe all the way!). THEN it looked fabulous. It was like, BLAM! In your face green. If you use very thin coats, and layer on 5-6 coats, it will still look like VNL crap nail polish from hell. You need to load it up on the horribly thin Claire's brush and just apply. And hope for the best. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Despite its shortcomings, it photographs beautifully, and very brightly! Definitely eye-catching since it's pretty neon, especially in the shade. Wish the application was better. I'll keep this for now, but it will be a long time when I put this on, probably when "winter is coming" (haha just had to insert a Game of Thrones reference). </span></div>
<div>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Onto the photos!</span></div>
<div>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vv2bMjT8ay0/UAXeUXp2iMI/AAAAAAAAAf4/MFvhDzXHmXw/s1600/DSCI0472.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vv2bMjT8ay0/UAXeUXp2iMI/AAAAAAAAAf4/MFvhDzXHmXw/s320/DSCI0472.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gGo4suTfyHQ/UAXeZE0qb4I/AAAAAAAAAgA/Xaw4ee9B_5k/s1600/DSCI0473.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gGo4suTfyHQ/UAXeZE0qb4I/AAAAAAAAAgA/Xaw4ee9B_5k/s320/DSCI0473.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eLGpo7lJhls/UAXed1omvlI/AAAAAAAAAgI/3hD08oPmEck/s1600/DSCI0474.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eLGpo7lJhls/UAXed1omvlI/AAAAAAAAAgI/3hD08oPmEck/s320/DSCI0474.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_LzXHgxtowg/UAXeicKuc5I/AAAAAAAAAgQ/TrC7f3J7DOY/s1600/DSCI0475.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_LzXHgxtowg/UAXeicKuc5I/AAAAAAAAAgQ/TrC7f3J7DOY/s320/DSCI0475.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2ZXeUbGRl0g/UAXenF_5dDI/AAAAAAAAAgY/M8ls19hdLYY/s1600/DSCI0476.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2ZXeUbGRl0g/UAXenF_5dDI/AAAAAAAAAgY/M8ls19hdLYY/s320/DSCI0476.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N2Nkl8Geqss/UAXer0K7mHI/AAAAAAAAAgg/oAvndVw9U4g/s1600/DSCI0477.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N2Nkl8Geqss/UAXer0K7mHI/AAAAAAAAAgg/oAvndVw9U4g/s320/DSCI0477.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EGgjPhiD15I/UAXewoTM0BI/AAAAAAAAAgs/MqO9VCYj6lI/s1600/DSCI0478.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EGgjPhiD15I/UAXewoTM0BI/AAAAAAAAAgs/MqO9VCYj6lI/s320/DSCI0478.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-g2KW72E1siQ/UAXe1LqWRyI/AAAAAAAAAg0/_j7wwL9NFhk/s1600/DSCI0479.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-g2KW72E1siQ/UAXe1LqWRyI/AAAAAAAAAg0/_j7wwL9NFhk/s320/DSCI0479.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wZ47NpWfbjc/UAXe5uBRaGI/AAAAAAAAAg8/ALThy8DCBq8/s1600/DSCI0480.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wZ47NpWfbjc/UAXe5uBRaGI/AAAAAAAAAg8/ALThy8DCBq8/s320/DSCI0480.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2eoecgkJ7cA/UAXe_2hJSxI/AAAAAAAAAhE/O0R7IVmu0bE/s1600/DSCI0481.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2eoecgkJ7cA/UAXe_2hJSxI/AAAAAAAAAhE/O0R7IVmu0bE/s320/DSCI0481.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GGNfRpP1s90/UAXfEjdxAMI/AAAAAAAAAhM/UvixkbYB6ts/s1600/DSCI0482.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GGNfRpP1s90/UAXfEjdxAMI/AAAAAAAAAhM/UvixkbYB6ts/s320/DSCI0482.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pics of LY in the shade, against the fern-plant things (took these in the parking lot of 24-Hour Fitness). It matches! </span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dpWeTm2LLpg/UAXfKmtlkDI/AAAAAAAAAhU/JYNKL3xIZ5U/s1600/DSCI0483.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dpWeTm2LLpg/UAXfKmtlkDI/AAAAAAAAAhU/JYNKL3xIZ5U/s320/DSCI0483.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7LBOVXUwxtk/UAXfQ1MazII/AAAAAAAAAhc/yQGH-WdhuLI/s1600/DSCI0485.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7LBOVXUwxtk/UAXfQ1MazII/AAAAAAAAAhc/yQGH-WdhuLI/s320/DSCI0485.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--z_7rOWMsIc/UAXfVX0Wr2I/AAAAAAAAAhk/pz-ocq6WksA/s1600/DSCI0486.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--z_7rOWMsIc/UAXfVX0Wr2I/AAAAAAAAAhk/pz-ocq6WksA/s320/DSCI0486.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pNqKQqb5cfU/UAXfaOC6flI/AAAAAAAAAhs/VXFWQQ4jEvw/s1600/DSCI0487.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pNqKQqb5cfU/UAXfaOC6flI/AAAAAAAAAhs/VXFWQQ4jEvw/s320/DSCI0487.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hope you guys have a great day!</span></div>Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11057499641689059021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659271582904866472.post-43761461261518403312012-07-17T14:25:00.001-07:002012-07-17T14:26:16.300-07:00Dandy Nails Come Out and Play Review<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hey guys! I've got some backlogged pictures on my camera, and on my photo file at home, so I'll be posting pretty often in the next couple of days!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sandy (of Dandy Nails) had a restock and I managed to snag a couple of items, and I had my eye on this one. Shipping was pretty quick and I got my lovelies in my hands and was able to get Dandy Nails Come Out and Play!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Come Out and Play is such a cool looking polish. It is a squishy, neon purple jelly. Well, not quite neon, but it's bright. It's like a slightly darker, more jelly-ish Essie Perky Purple was mixed with lots of white glitter, this would be the result! I wish I wore it longer, but I did so much copying and heavy lifting (boxes) that I broke a nail, and took it off so I could file my nails to make them even :/</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyways, I was able to get pics of it before I took it off! I highly recommend Dandy Nails, you can get her polishes <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/DandyNails">here</a>. Follow her on Facebook to get updates of her next restock!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This pic, and the other pics that show a red-purple are the most accurate representations of the color. The blue-purple is not the right color! It's definitely a violet color. My camera could not capture the depth or the true, bright color of it, but just try to imagine it much brighter! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5aVXVK09lzU/UAW62H6_wfI/AAAAAAAAAfA/6qd8M7icWJU/s1600/DSCI0462.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5aVXVK09lzU/UAW62H6_wfI/AAAAAAAAAfA/6qd8M7icWJU/s320/DSCI0462.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-o7tj5w9IqBE/UAW6OmvQN9I/AAAAAAAAAd8/OgGBg57He9Y/s1600/DSCI0312.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-o7tj5w9IqBE/UAW6OmvQN9I/AAAAAAAAAd8/OgGBg57He9Y/s320/DSCI0312.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AV-RGxoCsqM/UAW6S1ppuBI/AAAAAAAAAeI/yt_ZxBoDiJw/s1600/DSCI0313.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AV-RGxoCsqM/UAW6S1ppuBI/AAAAAAAAAeI/yt_ZxBoDiJw/s320/DSCI0313.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gA3oa0bYV-E/UAW6mwUuaZI/AAAAAAAAAeo/VP4gtZDVkUc/s1600/DSCI0459.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gA3oa0bYV-E/UAW6mwUuaZI/AAAAAAAAAeo/VP4gtZDVkUc/s320/DSCI0459.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GryCCrwzrCU/UAW6rztSPKI/AAAAAAAAAew/W5RkQ_qjy3E/s1600/DSCI0460.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GryCCrwzrCU/UAW6rztSPKI/AAAAAAAAAew/W5RkQ_qjy3E/s320/DSCI0460.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ebzm39mWwEY/UAW6xWj_qyI/AAAAAAAAAe4/GNhC8vMJnys/s1600/DSCI0461.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ebzm39mWwEY/UAW6xWj_qyI/AAAAAAAAAe4/GNhC8vMJnys/s320/DSCI0461.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Qtii0YGdcG0/UAW67JFhF6I/AAAAAAAAAfI/GiZBjGc7Cpw/s1600/DSCI0463.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Qtii0YGdcG0/UAW67JFhF6I/AAAAAAAAAfI/GiZBjGc7Cpw/s320/DSCI0463.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-miRKWnNCoek/UAW7AE3XOlI/AAAAAAAAAfU/r5eTW8qtAkE/s1600/DSCI0464.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-miRKWnNCoek/UAW7AE3XOlI/AAAAAAAAAfU/r5eTW8qtAkE/s320/DSCI0464.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q8PN_9TsPME/UAW7IeFoSXI/AAAAAAAAAfk/RE2RHN1RhOI/s1600/DSCI0467.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q8PN_9TsPME/UAW7IeFoSXI/AAAAAAAAAfk/RE2RHN1RhOI/s320/DSCI0467.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m6_4zvkzpPo/UAW7EtK-BaI/AAAAAAAAAfc/T2vx_HT_QTU/s1600/DSCI0466.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m6_4zvkzpPo/UAW7EtK-BaI/AAAAAAAAAfc/T2vx_HT_QTU/s320/DSCI0466.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Picture of my nail polish against my bunny Coco's white fur. It's a pretty accurate color portrayal!</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Suf-3Wd680c/UAW7MQ_ZjCI/AAAAAAAAAfs/jkVsYBWqVM0/s1600/DSCI0469.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Suf-3Wd680c/UAW7MQ_ZjCI/AAAAAAAAAfs/jkVsYBWqVM0/s320/DSCI0469.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EEvJdNs-S8c/UAW6cQBmYhI/AAAAAAAAAeY/4ErzQbDweqI/s1600/DSCI0318.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EEvJdNs-S8c/UAW6cQBmYhI/AAAAAAAAAeY/4ErzQbDweqI/s320/DSCI0318.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gratuitous pictures of Coco, because I think she is so cute and a minority in the "pictures-of-my-pets" world! And don't worry, that is not a tumor under her chin, just her extra skin because she's getting older lol. I've had her for 6 years, and she already finished growing when I got her!</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UvMdLFm9inE/UAW6Xo-NfyI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/1gumbLc8a24/s1600/DSCI0317.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UvMdLFm9inE/UAW6Xo-NfyI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/1gumbLc8a24/s320/DSCI0317.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JHYX9MeHlFY/UAW6g2aBnWI/AAAAAAAAAeg/ckp4wr5Oyas/s1600/DSCI0319.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JHYX9MeHlFY/UAW6g2aBnWI/AAAAAAAAAeg/ckp4wr5Oyas/s320/DSCI0319.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2GjkVIuqB2A/UAW6Kasfe3I/AAAAAAAAAd0/gwwpeNzzjtc/s1600/DSCI0307.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2GjkVIuqB2A/UAW6Kasfe3I/AAAAAAAAAd0/gwwpeNzzjtc/s320/DSCI0307.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Isn't she adorable? Have a great day!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11057499641689059021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659271582904866472.post-68097473886890458972012-07-05T14:45:00.001-07:002012-07-05T14:45:48.324-07:00Nicole by OPI Holiday's Glaze and China Glaze Shaken Not Stirred<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Third post of the day! I'm having a productive blogging day at work lol. I found a lot of old pics of manis on my flickr, and these pics are just the last of them.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is Nicole by OPI Holiday's Glaze. It's a pink holo, and it's gorgeous, a linear holo that shines in even low light.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/up2d8onmyl1f3/5535112514/" title="DSCI0226 by up2d8onmyl1f3, on Flickr"><img alt="DSCI0226" height="375" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5054/5535112514_c51006ed38.jpg" width="500" /></a>
<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/up2d8onmyl1f3/5534532967/" title="DSCI0225 by up2d8onmyl1f3, on Flickr"><img alt="DSCI0225" height="375" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5177/5534532967_60b17a4e77.jpg" width="500" /></a>
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In case you're wondering, I'm holding Chanel Cristalline, a really, really old Chanel color that's similar to Chanel Intermezzo, just with more of a pearly pink finish.</span><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/up2d8onmyl1f3/5534533585/" title="DSCI0227 by up2d8onmyl1f3, on Flickr"><img alt="DSCI0227" height="375" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5215/5534533585_6385107c80.jpg" width="500" /></a>
<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/up2d8onmyl1f3/5534532639/" title="DSCI0224 by up2d8onmyl1f3, on Flickr"><img alt="DSCI0224" height="375" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5059/5534532639_6cd848a8a2.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is China Glaze Shaken Not Stirred. These pics were taken before I knew how to work the macro function on my camera, so I apologize for the really crap pictures. It's a beautiful pink-tinged purple glass-fleck. You really can't see anything clearly, so you'll just have to refer to other bloggers' beautiful pictures of it to really appreciate the beauty of it.</span><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/up2d8onmyl1f3/5187610406/" title="China Glaze Shaken Not Stirred (holding BB Couture Diamond Dust) by up2d8onmyl1f3, on Flickr"><img alt="China Glaze Shaken Not Stirred (holding BB Couture Diamond Dust)" height="375" src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4154/5187610406_20f6c3efb6.jpg" width="500" /></a>
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm holding BB Couture Diamond Dust in the pictures. It's such a pretty topper for nail polish! I rarely layer nail polish, but this is one that I still need to try out!</span><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/up2d8onmyl1f3/5187011313/" title="BB Couture Diamond Dust by up2d8onmyl1f3, on Flickr"><img alt="BB Couture Diamond Dust" height="375" src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4152/5187011313_7f52e274f3.jpg" width="500" /></a>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/up2d8onmyl1f3/5187011111/" title="BB Couture Diamond Dust by up2d8onmyl1f3, on Flickr"><img alt="BB Couture Diamond Dust" height="375" src="http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1040/5187011111_85de0f5bd1.jpg" width="500" /></a>Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11057499641689059021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659271582904866472.post-5896990177070045142012-07-05T12:14:00.002-07:002012-07-05T12:17:09.126-07:00Comparison post! Essie Da Bush vs. Sinful Colors Seaweed<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last summer, when Essie came out with Da Bush, I bought it immediately because I love these weird camo green colors. I love OPI Who the Shrek Are You (I've worn that 3 times, 2X to see Wicked, and once for St. Patrick's day in a patchwork, and it's rare for me to wear a polish twice!), and am dying to get Finger Paints Sexy Sundress! When I saw Sinful Colors Seaweed at Walgreens, I bought it immediately, but I had a feeling I'd seen it before. I dug out Essie Da Bush and found what had caused my deja vu! I didn't get Stranger Tides, so I couldn't say if they were dupes, but had I known that Sinful had pretty much duped the whole OPI Pirates of the Caribbean collection, I would have gotten all of them and not bought any of the OPI ones!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From left to right: Essie Da Bush, Sinful Colors Da Bush, Sinful Colors Adventure Island</span><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/up2d8onmyl1f3/5837490279/" title="Essie Da Bush, Sinful Colors Seaweed, Sinful Colors Adventure Island by up2d8onmyl1f3, on Flickr"><img alt="Essie Da Bush, Sinful Colors Seaweed, Sinful Colors Adventure Island" height="375" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5119/5837490279_cb7a56321c.jpg" width="500" /></a>
<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/up2d8onmyl1f3/5837490475/" title="Essie Da Bush, Sinful Colors Seaweed by up2d8onmyl1f3, on Flickr"><img alt="Essie Da Bush, Sinful Colors Seaweed" height="375" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3217/5837490475_fe9a7bd6ef.jpg" width="500" /></a>
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Essie Da Bush is on the left, SC Seaweed on the right (sorry for the ugly nail wheel, I ran out and painted over other colors!):</span><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/up2d8onmyl1f3/5838042438/" title="DSCI0234 by up2d8onmyl1f3, on Flickr"><img alt="DSCI0234" height="375" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5307/5838042438_e5125416a4.jpg" width="500" /></a>
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A close up to show the differences, but they don't exist! They are complete dupes. I think the Sinful Colors collection that Seaweed was a part of was limited edition, so I don't think it is available anymore :/</span><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/up2d8onmyl1f3/5838042640/" title="Essie Da Bush, Sinful Colors Seaweed by up2d8onmyl1f3, on Flickr"><img alt="Essie Da Bush, Sinful Colors Seaweed" height="375" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3047/5838042640_2acbbeb4bd.jpg" width="500" /></a>Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11057499641689059021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659271582904866472.post-54770173311362885842012-07-05T12:00:00.002-07:002012-08-21T10:31:47.512-07:00Another 4th of July mani, One Year and a Day Late!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had a niggling feeling that I had done an Independence Day patchwork mani before, and I found the pics of the one I had done last year for July 4th on my Flickr account! Here they are:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My left hand. I loved the flag I did, though it literally took almost an hour to do just one finger because I wanted the stripes to be perfectly straight. I didn't have striping tape, so I just stuck to using the Sinful Colors nail art polishes with the thin brush and went very slowly to make perfectly straight lines. It was such a pain in the butt that I resorted to doing my handy dandy signature patchwork because it was much easier to do and still was an eye-catcher! I can't remember the name of the blue, but it was the Sinful Colors bottle I was holding in my hand, and was on display for the 4th of July last year, along with the nail pens. The white was Rescue Beauty Lounge (RBL) Underwear, and the red creme was RBL </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chinoise. The stars are a random cheapie n/p. I remember rushing to do this patchwork because it was late, and I had to go to sleep, so it isn't as sharp as I usually like (like the one I did for this year, in the post before this one).</span><br />
<div>
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/up2d8onmyl1f3/5907175287/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="DSCI0324 by up2d8onmyl1f3, on Flickr"><img alt="DSCI0324" height="375" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6010/5907175287_47bc0ff326.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/up2d8onmyl1f3/5907131217/" title="DSCI0316 by up2d8onmyl1f3, on Flickr"><img alt="DSCI0316" height="375" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6035/5907131217_bc3e0c80d8.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/up2d8onmyl1f3/5907615992/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="DSCI0325 by up2d8onmyl1f3, on Flickr"><img alt="DSCI0325" height="375" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5272/5907615992_c69179753e.jpg" width="500" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/up2d8onmyl1f3/5907109201/" title="DSCI0315 by up2d8onmyl1f3, on Flickr"><img alt="DSCI0315" height="375" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6045/5907109201_2f52fed136.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My right hand. I am right-handed, so doing nail art on my right hand is a bit of a challenge sometimes, but I am getting better at writing with my left hand with so much practice! I was so tired I didn't even bother doing a patchwork, so I just resorted to a funky french, with RBL Chinoise for the red, and RBL Dead Calm for the blue.</span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/up2d8onmyl1f3/5907707632/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="DSCI0318 by up2d8onmyl1f3, on Flickr"><img alt="DSCI0318" height="375" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5160/5907707632_ca14274d8e.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the county fair, I usually wander around alone because my dad is off at the horse races all day, so I'm left to myself. I try to read outside for a while, get bored and hot, and then walk around, seeking solace in the air-conditioned buildings. I really like looking at the mostly student artwork, some by adults, and this picture was one submitted by an adult! I was happily surprised to see a picture of nail polish. I think I identified the polish as China Glaze Atlantis (that's how I get people to believe I have over 1000, prob. 2000 n/p is by ID'ing what they are wearing!). It was so cool I took a picture of the picture lol.</span><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/up2d8onmyl1f3/5907642466/" title="DSCI0339 by up2d8onmyl1f3, on Flickr"><img alt="DSCI0339" height="375" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5235/5907642466_51640b0f73.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
\<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hope everyone had a great 4th of July!</span><br />
<br />Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11057499641689059021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659271582904866472.post-18869650094127372132012-07-03T14:33:00.001-07:002012-08-21T10:41:51.944-07:00Sassy Lacquer July 4th Glitter Patchwork Mani!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have a new indie seller I love! I recently purchased from Carrie of Sassy Lacquer from her Storenvy front <a href="http://sassylacquer.storenvy.com/">here</a>. I purchased Uncle Sam, Pegasus Jizz (and Plasma...they are the same color, just different names, but more on that later), Chameleon Charge, and Electric Eel.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is my current mani, to commemorate the 4th of July, America's Birthday, Independence day, etc. I don't think I've ever done a patchwork mani for the 4th of July, otherwise I would have taken pics and put it up on my blog here lol. Anyways, I decided to do one because it's been a year since I've done a patchwork mani, and I had the right colors to do it! I used Orly Lunar Eclipse for the blue, Barry M Red Glitter for the red part, Wet n Wild French White Creme for the white creme, and Sassy Lacquer Uncle Sam for the blue, white and red glitter over the white creme!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sassy Lacquer Uncle Sam (such a great name for the polish!) has blue, silver, red, and white square glitter, with smaller blue, red and white round glitter, and and blue, red and white bar glitter! It's simply brilliant! It's a pity that the white creme hides makes the white glitter pieces hard to see! I'm wearing it over Hard Candy Envy on my toes (didn't include a pedi pic, but will soon!), and all the glitter is prominent and eye catching! Anyways, here's my festive mani!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EuMjegWNgkA/T_Nngc_oqlI/AAAAAAAAAac/PXwtb6ABESE/s1600/DSCI0194.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EuMjegWNgkA/T_Nngc_oqlI/AAAAAAAAAac/PXwtb6ABESE/s400/DSCI0194.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1xO4FCUOw9s/T_Nn8FbtznI/AAAAAAAAAcE/U2Mnwnhpcu0/s1600/DSCI0208.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1xO4FCUOw9s/T_Nn8FbtznI/AAAAAAAAAcE/U2Mnwnhpcu0/s400/DSCI0208.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ApBdI6Xj_Yw/T_Nni6_r1dI/AAAAAAAAAak/ozy-f8Bqnt4/s1600/DSCI0195.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ApBdI6Xj_Yw/T_Nni6_r1dI/AAAAAAAAAak/ozy-f8Bqnt4/s400/DSCI0195.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CGuJkj5MZII/T_NnnuAgRHI/AAAAAAAAAa0/0qKrMCwYLZw/s1600/DSCI0197.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CGuJkj5MZII/T_NnnuAgRHI/AAAAAAAAAa0/0qKrMCwYLZw/s400/DSCI0197.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MvhA0279BXU/T_Nnp3N7L6I/AAAAAAAAAbA/amaB9WLSkgY/s1600/DSCI0198.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MvhA0279BXU/T_Nnp3N7L6I/AAAAAAAAAbA/amaB9WLSkgY/s400/DSCI0198.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--HavJOq01zI/T_NnsdGj2XI/AAAAAAAAAbI/CrgF2CiKptU/s1600/DSCI0199.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--HavJOq01zI/T_NnsdGj2XI/AAAAAAAAAbI/CrgF2CiKptU/s400/DSCI0199.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f9lEBWwq8wM/T_NnuaRG8FI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/51tfoRa65A0/s1600/DSCI0200.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f9lEBWwq8wM/T_NnuaRG8FI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/51tfoRa65A0/s400/DSCI0200.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jdvVU7tMZXc/T_NnwhD6i8I/AAAAAAAAAbY/Y98DZNztSqQ/s1600/DSCI0201.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jdvVU7tMZXc/T_NnwhD6i8I/AAAAAAAAAbY/Y98DZNztSqQ/s400/DSCI0201.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ocOAjY7ka2s/T_Nny9B0N0I/AAAAAAAAAbg/npLQ24Wr7t0/s1600/DSCI0203.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ocOAjY7ka2s/T_Nny9B0N0I/AAAAAAAAAbg/npLQ24Wr7t0/s400/DSCI0203.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-n1OobuHxIsw/T_Nn3ZkwZRI/AAAAAAAAAbw/vw6iF14YF6k/s1600/DSCI0205.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-n1OobuHxIsw/T_Nn3ZkwZRI/AAAAAAAAAbw/vw6iF14YF6k/s400/DSCI0205.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bottle pics to show the amazing amount of glitter in the bottle!</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-b5fuK6bANFM/T_Nn-gvgxuI/AAAAAAAAAcM/ied0FFtch9I/s1600/DSCI0211.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-b5fuK6bANFM/T_Nn-gvgxuI/AAAAAAAAAcM/ied0FFtch9I/s400/DSCI0211.JPG" width="300" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pL0yMIfkz3A/T_NoCynEtMI/AAAAAAAAAcc/RlLiVeuh_3k/s1600/DSCI0213.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pL0yMIfkz3A/T_NoCynEtMI/AAAAAAAAAcc/RlLiVeuh_3k/s400/DSCI0213.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Natural lighting, at the county fair:</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SpWf7ykh81E/T_NoFQgtTGI/AAAAAAAAAck/NjgQqtWhnB4/s1600/DSCI0214.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SpWf7ykh81E/T_NoFQgtTGI/AAAAAAAAAck/NjgQqtWhnB4/s400/DSCI0214.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kn0LKwEJSp8/T_NoHVUXejI/AAAAAAAAAcs/yMUiSn_K1RU/s1600/DSCI0216.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kn0LKwEJSp8/T_NoHVUXejI/AAAAAAAAAcs/yMUiSn_K1RU/s400/DSCI0216.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-En45urfsOYE/T_NoJfcfHyI/AAAAAAAAAc0/va0JQafDAys/s1600/DSCI0217.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-En45urfsOYE/T_NoJfcfHyI/AAAAAAAAAc0/va0JQafDAys/s400/DSCI0217.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XT5g65ml_cA/T_NoN012u7I/AAAAAAAAAdI/Gnaf2nfoLBI/s1600/DSCI0219.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XT5g65ml_cA/T_NoN012u7I/AAAAAAAAAdI/Gnaf2nfoLBI/s400/DSCI0219.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My mani matched my Icee cup!</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pKTlXKERLRQ/T_NoQjvkEUI/AAAAAAAAAdQ/ZyroiuKOsDM/s1600/DSCI0223.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pKTlXKERLRQ/T_NoQjvkEUI/AAAAAAAAAdQ/ZyroiuKOsDM/s400/DSCI0223.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PalLyo1V7gs/T_NoS5x3o1I/AAAAAAAAAdY/qDXHoydaFY8/s1600/DSCI0224.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PalLyo1V7gs/T_NoS5x3o1I/AAAAAAAAAdY/qDXHoydaFY8/s400/DSCI0224.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hope you guys have a happy and safe 4th of July!</span></div>
Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11057499641689059021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659271582904866472.post-53751294511187326352012-07-03T14:30:00.004-07:002012-07-03T14:30:54.960-07:00Parissparkles/Paris Sparkles Election Day Swatch and Review, and why I buy custom<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I didn't get to finish posting all the swatches I had yesterday because there was a company party that took me away from the computer lol. Anyways, I'm continuing to post my swatches! </span><br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I remember I was on the bandwagon of buying custom-made nail polish before everyone else "discovered" it, so I was able to easily get Lacquistry's colors (in fact, she was one of the first custom-made nail polish artisans I found on Etsy, and luckily managed to get some really amazing colors because they were so readily available!) and Lynnderella's items. I really like supporting people who are trying to make extra money by making beautiful nail polish and selling it, and people have such great ideas for unique nail polish, with care and customer service that huge corporations don't really have the time to do. It's so much harder for me to get the custom-made colors I want sometimes because everyone else wants it too, but I take what I can get, when I get lucky and there are restocks, and I enjoy them when I get them! It's like the joy of finding that VHTF nail polish you've been looking for and lusting after forever, and finally getting it in the mail! </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's why I love custom made nail polish so much right now. All of my new n/p purchases are pretty much artisan polishes because what OPI and Essie and the other huge n/p companies are rolling out pretty much similar colors to what I have or what other companies have (the Chanel Peridot/Graphite dupes anyone?). Sometimes with artisan polishes, it's a hit or miss, especially if you are buying colors or lines that other people haven't really reviewed before. It's like trying to discover treasure. It's pretty fun, and in the process, I get to see other people's creativity and thought in their work.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ok, now that the rant is over lol, I have pics and a review for a custom-made nail polish from Parissparkles/Paris Sparkles (not sure which is right? It's like the Fingerpaints/Finger Paints spelling), Election Day! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S3kuARYiBww/T_I44H3RYZI/AAAAAAAAAY0/KQ3vOFTQicI/s1600/DSCI0109.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S3kuARYiBww/T_I44H3RYZI/AAAAAAAAAY0/KQ3vOFTQicI/s320/DSCI0109.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gUnlq3sV_Kc/T_I47XcbInI/AAAAAAAAAY8/Z6ZdbDY6CdU/s1600/DSCI0110.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gUnlq3sV_Kc/T_I47XcbInI/AAAAAAAAAY8/Z6ZdbDY6CdU/s320/DSCI0110.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6KuU1LS-Leo/T_I4_52kgUI/AAAAAAAAAZE/pwFK0mAzfO4/s1600/DSCI0111.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6KuU1LS-Leo/T_I4_52kgUI/AAAAAAAAAZE/pwFK0mAzfO4/s320/DSCI0111.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YBY2bnFngCs/T_I5BjpCYYI/AAAAAAAAAZM/pHjMY_Vi5Uc/s1600/DSCI0112.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YBY2bnFngCs/T_I5BjpCYYI/AAAAAAAAAZM/pHjMY_Vi5Uc/s320/DSCI0112.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CeBQRnOxFyw/T_I5EnZBfVI/AAAAAAAAAZU/Z4nQJqKrH5o/s1600/DSCI0113.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CeBQRnOxFyw/T_I5EnZBfVI/AAAAAAAAAZU/Z4nQJqKrH5o/s320/DSCI0113.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the bottle, it is packed with red and blue hexagonal glitter with holographic glitter as well. It was really pretty in the bottle but didn't have any reviews I could find for it, and it seemed just perfect to wear in time for the California Primary. I wish the base was more translucent because while there was a substantial amount of glitter, the opaque base hid the beautiful sparkles, so from a short distance, it just looks like a white creme. If the base was milkier, more jelly-like, the glitters be more prominent. It just didn't wow me after I put it on, but in the bottle, it has so much promise. It also needs to be shaken up because the glitter sinks to the bottom (this happened with the other two glitter polishes I bought from Parissparkles). I'll try to use some clear polish to make it milkier since I don't have suspension base, but I heard that Parissparkles is reformulating the base to make it more jelly-like (I heard from another blogger, not the creator herself, so it may just be hearsay). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Though this didn't necessarily live up to my expectations, Parissparkles has a ton of other amazing polishes in her etsy store <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/parissparkles">here</a>. Check her when she gets back from vacation!</span></div>Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11057499641689059021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659271582904866472.post-18766459255846737212012-06-29T11:40:00.000-07:002012-06-29T11:40:21.320-07:00Nostalgic Nail Lacquer Duckie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is going to be post 3 of 4 today, I think! So many pictures, not enough blogging!</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have an indie polish to showcase today, Nostalgic Nail Lacquer Duckie. I remember watching Pretty in Pink when I was 15 and loving that era (I'm a 90's baby) that I never got to really live through, except through John Hughes' movies! So glad I get to see it through nail polish now though, with Duckie! It's a gorgeous mint green jelly with corresponding green glitter. I think these are my favorite types of indie polishes, because they have a delicate quality to them that glitter-packed indie polishes don't have, and they are much easier to remove! They are still striking, soft, and complex all at the same time!</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Duckie is one of my favorite jelly glitters that I have from custom crafted nail lacquers (trying to get out of the habit of saying indie polishes, because I know some sellers don't like being called that). The gold glitter gives the polish sparkle, but doesn't go overboard. It wasn't hard to distribute the glitter evenly, I just had to shake the bottle a little bit before applying each coat because the glitter would sink to the bottom. It had so much depth to it because the glitter pieces were suspended between each layers, making a natural jelly sandwich. It's best to let each layer dry before adding another so the glitter pieces don't get moved when you add another coat.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm amassing a scary amount in a very short time, so prepare for my pics to come soon! I only have one other Nostalgic Nail Lacquer polish, Rio, which I'll showcase soon!</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O_Et_Wfjwzk/T-zjuUgu-EI/AAAAAAAAAXs/egyWeaOt11s/s1600/DSCI0100.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O_Et_Wfjwzk/T-zjuUgu-EI/AAAAAAAAAXs/egyWeaOt11s/s320/DSCI0100.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jNIWHWcC3RY/T-zjv5R7FrI/AAAAAAAAAX0/Z7yPiGCHLCk/s1600/DSCI0101.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jNIWHWcC3RY/T-zjv5R7FrI/AAAAAAAAAX0/Z7yPiGCHLCk/s320/DSCI0101.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ctZUpdR0h3U/T-zjxJDuvRI/AAAAAAAAAX8/PxH4mH9lfb8/s1600/DSCI0102.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ctZUpdR0h3U/T-zjxJDuvRI/AAAAAAAAAX8/PxH4mH9lfb8/s320/DSCI0102.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yzx1QOJ6wLY/T-zjyiGMrNI/AAAAAAAAAYE/F__OqnK21kU/s1600/DSCI0103.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yzx1QOJ6wLY/T-zjyiGMrNI/AAAAAAAAAYE/F__OqnK21kU/s320/DSCI0103.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xH5kImNIS70/T-zjz0X1_QI/AAAAAAAAAYM/7tOJvRtEd9M/s1600/DSCI0104.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xH5kImNIS70/T-zjz0X1_QI/AAAAAAAAAYM/7tOJvRtEd9M/s320/DSCI0104.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bvcuoTMtvoE/T-zj1NGUfxI/AAAAAAAAAYU/2FtATNR22jI/s1600/DSCI0107+-+Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bvcuoTMtvoE/T-zj1NGUfxI/AAAAAAAAAYU/2FtATNR22jI/s320/DSCI0107+-+Copy.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xIS8_9fbfmQ/T-zj2TD1ybI/AAAAAAAAAYc/ASbvUyEi1Fw/s1600/DSCI0107.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xIS8_9fbfmQ/T-zj2TD1ybI/AAAAAAAAAYc/ASbvUyEi1Fw/s320/DSCI0107.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UlQNpdVEgh0/T-zj33Qju8I/AAAAAAAAAYo/F2sEOtSG9sY/s1600/DSCI0108.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UlQNpdVEgh0/T-zj33Qju8I/AAAAAAAAAYo/F2sEOtSG9sY/s320/DSCI0108.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can't wait to get the other polishes from the Bizarre Teenage Love Triangle collection Nostalgic Nail Lacquer has - the whole collection is made up of glitters in a jelly base (not to mention amazing names! The My So-Called Life ones are calling my name!). You can get them <a href="http://nostalgicnaillacquer.bigcartel.com/">here</a>, but Erin (the creator) is currently sold out of everything. You can get updates from her <a href="http://thesugarcubeblog.blogspot.com/">blog</a> about restocks and how to get her polishes! Happy hunting!</span><br />
<div>
<br /></div>Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11057499641689059021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659271582904866472.post-31992331581192078532012-06-28T16:06:00.001-07:002012-08-21T10:20:14.954-07:00Confetti My Favorite Martian Swatch and Review<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I remember when my nails were this long and pretty. I haven't really been taking good care of them since studying consumed all my time and energy during the year. The pics were taken last summer.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is Confetti My Favorite Martian. I absolutely adore this polish! It's a slightly glass-flecky grass green that is a more yellow-leaning. It's not a glass-fleck like China Glaze Strawberry Fields, but has the same quality of shimmer. It's really hard to describe, and my pics don't do it justice. The shimmer changes to blue in some lights, giving it this slightly otherwordly cast. It's such a good polish for the price too, only $2 at CVS! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ulQnhhCuWwA/Tkbi2PCP00I/AAAAAAAAAQ0/Jvc2h-zFlWE/s1600/DSCI0645.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640445004704895810" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ulQnhhCuWwA/Tkbi2PCP00I/AAAAAAAAAQ0/Jvc2h-zFlWE/s320/DSCI0645.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Picture of my mani against my bunny Coco's fur! She's so cute!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0ga0fy-6sbg/Tkbi17zH1PI/AAAAAAAAAQs/-pYSuTfMS3I/s1600/DSCI0642.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640444999541183730" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0ga0fy-6sbg/Tkbi17zH1PI/AAAAAAAAAQs/-pYSuTfMS3I/s320/DSCI0642.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></span></a><br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AkaQI2dCo60/Tkbi1sLJ28I/AAAAAAAAAQk/cpRLejSiq-c/s1600/DSCI0640.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640444995347012546" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AkaQI2dCo60/Tkbi1sLJ28I/AAAAAAAAAQk/cpRLejSiq-c/s320/DSCI0640.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 240px;" /></span></a><br />
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3v53qnifrWc/Tkbi1G0ASyI/AAAAAAAAAQc/f2fSmlN4SaU/s1600/DSCI0638.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640444985317804834" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3v53qnifrWc/Tkbi1G0ASyI/AAAAAAAAAQc/f2fSmlN4SaU/s320/DSCI0638.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></span></a><br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l1-wxmARTe8/Tkbi082WrmI/AAAAAAAAAQU/JYNvyoNeN-M/s1600/DSCI0636.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640444982643306082" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l1-wxmARTe8/Tkbi082WrmI/AAAAAAAAAQU/JYNvyoNeN-M/s320/DSCI0636.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></span></a><br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C0tshWt-Sww/Tkbh_U24qSI/AAAAAAAAAQM/tJg0OeFR1Mc/s1600/DSCI0633.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640444061375047970" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C0tshWt-Sww/Tkbh_U24qSI/AAAAAAAAAQM/tJg0OeFR1Mc/s320/DSCI0633.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></span></a><br />
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4CTn5qr3tjw/Tkbh-5E1P6I/AAAAAAAAAQE/vQUj8txR4gI/s1600/DSCI0631.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640444053917351842" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4CTn5qr3tjw/Tkbh-5E1P6I/AAAAAAAAAQE/vQUj8txR4gI/s320/DSCI0631.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aT8iI_4ze1w/Tkbh-U7XA0I/AAAAAAAAAP8/KN34ety3Scg/s1600/DSCI0628.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640444044213945154" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aT8iI_4ze1w/Tkbh-U7XA0I/AAAAAAAAAP8/KN34ety3Scg/s320/DSCI0628.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a></span>Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11057499641689059021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659271582904866472.post-65329535336481677012012-06-28T15:46:00.001-07:002012-08-21T10:30:36.894-07:00Cult Nails Unicorn Puke over Verity Deep Violet Birthday Mani<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi guys! I finished school about a month and a half ago, and started an internship two weeks ago, but I still haven't managed to find time to post til now! When work is really slow, I'm on nail blogs, shopping websites, or MUA lol. I hope work isn't so slow in the future because I don't want my shopping addiction to balloon out of control again!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This manicure is from my birthday, in April! So long ago! I'm wearing Verity Deep Violet with Cult Nails Unicorn Puke (aka Clairvoyant) over it on all of my fingers except for my thumbs. It's been a tradition for me to use Deborah Lippmann Happy Birthday on them! I made a jelly sandwich with it, my first try! These pics are about a couple of days after I initially painted my nails, so please forgive the tipwear. I love them! They looked sooo deep and beautiful, full of flakey <span style="background-color: white;">gorgeousness </span><span style="background-color: white;">(is this the correct singular term for flakies? There hasn't been a consensus lol), but it was difficult to capture with my crappy 5 MP camera (Polaroid i533). The flakies would look primarily reddish-orangeish gold, but shifted colors the closer I held it to a light source, shifting to a more greenish-blueish cast. So pretty!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fKN82UMacN4/T-zYAzJqnDI/AAAAAAAAARQ/v5m0DqNosqI/s1600/DSCI0024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fKN82UMacN4/T-zYAzJqnDI/AAAAAAAAARQ/v5m0DqNosqI/s320/DSCI0024.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bpAh_hC67lc/T-zYDk3DPjI/AAAAAAAAARY/j5KFk66TYDk/s1600/DSCI0025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bpAh_hC67lc/T-zYDk3DPjI/AAAAAAAAARY/j5KFk66TYDk/s320/DSCI0025.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RHONYh0KkAM/T-zYGJDUJxI/AAAAAAAAARg/IxcHhy34QYs/s1600/DSCI0026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RHONYh0KkAM/T-zYGJDUJxI/AAAAAAAAARg/IxcHhy34QYs/s320/DSCI0026.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FDdjPyf0r6w/T-zYIZLmR0I/AAAAAAAAARo/piBprMjVJ4w/s1600/DSCI0027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FDdjPyf0r6w/T-zYIZLmR0I/AAAAAAAAARo/piBprMjVJ4w/s320/DSCI0027.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0lqZialtjyw/T-zYLcGXxiI/AAAAAAAAARw/T0vAz2yKnPI/s1600/DSCI0028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0lqZialtjyw/T-zYLcGXxiI/AAAAAAAAARw/T0vAz2yKnPI/s320/DSCI0028.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XFJQsBFSRVM/T-zYN3TPN_I/AAAAAAAAAR4/eGsNlvwNCQM/s1600/DSCI0029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XFJQsBFSRVM/T-zYN3TPN_I/AAAAAAAAAR4/eGsNlvwNCQM/s320/DSCI0029.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-x7piJa-KMm0/T-zYSRzT-JI/AAAAAAAAASA/1XPHqSfjSZ8/s1600/DSCI0036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-x7piJa-KMm0/T-zYSRzT-JI/AAAAAAAAASA/1XPHqSfjSZ8/s320/DSCI0036.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CWFseyaGBck/T-zYVmI8Q2I/AAAAAAAAASM/bwugpH8u6_Q/s1600/DSCI0037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CWFseyaGBck/T-zYVmI8Q2I/AAAAAAAAASM/bwugpH8u6_Q/s320/DSCI0037.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l0n0OFdIpZI/T-zYYvbfPII/AAAAAAAAASU/V-ldb3QJ-rM/s1600/DSCI0038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l0n0OFdIpZI/T-zYYvbfPII/AAAAAAAAASU/V-ldb3QJ-rM/s320/DSCI0038.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Wr_7gsbvJFI/T-zYbctYcfI/AAAAAAAAASc/T4J8A9J16i4/s1600/DSCI0039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Wr_7gsbvJFI/T-zYbctYcfI/AAAAAAAAASc/T4J8A9J16i4/s320/DSCI0039.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T-YnXxtzCEY/T-zYeGta-vI/AAAAAAAAASk/2JljKKZD9Og/s1600/DSCI0040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T-YnXxtzCEY/T-zYeGta-vI/AAAAAAAAASk/2JljKKZD9Og/s320/DSCI0040.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8osYF9Vh_3g/T-zYgwKFx9I/AAAAAAAAASs/U1ePWSEpNAI/s1600/DSCI0041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8osYF9Vh_3g/T-zYgwKFx9I/AAAAAAAAASs/U1ePWSEpNAI/s320/DSCI0041.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div>
Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11057499641689059021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659271582904866472.post-70361592470626852092012-04-11T01:52:00.003-07:002012-06-29T10:53:57.298-07:00Splat is hosting a giveaway!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Miranda, of Splat by Arfblat, is hosting a giveaway from a couple jelly polishes and the perfect glitter polishes to create amazing jelly sandwiches! Click <a href="http://splatbyarfblat.blogspot.com/2012/04/jelly-sandwich-giveaway.html">here</a> to enter! Good luck!</span>Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11057499641689059021noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659271582904866472.post-37120910725182311202012-02-13T22:53:00.000-08:002012-06-29T10:46:23.056-07:00Valentine's Day Mani: Hard Candy Lava<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;">Such a long hiatus away from my blog! I miss some aspects of blogging. It's a bit of zen for me. I started college, and there's a pile of work I have to do every night, that I usually put off for a couple of hours, while I surf the internet, shopping for things I absolutely do not need (more tights and nail polish!). This is my Valentine's Day mani, Hard Candy Lava. It's soooo gorgeous! It's like a foil glitter version of China Glaze Ruby Pumps, just fiery red with gold shot through (but the red overtakes a lot of the gold, and turns it into glowing orange-red embers!):</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708881464917506338" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nr0CZCSSqAM/TzoFcgU4OSI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/9VkLm5hGi38/s320/DSCI0077.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708881909867470818" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2xCCG-HL_xk/TzoF2Z5N3-I/AAAAAAAAARI/ybXoZ8xufI0/s320/DSCI0078.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Look at the hot fiery glow! Hope you guys have a great Valentine's Day!</span></div>Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11057499641689059021noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7659271582904866472.post-88509265432745781182011-07-16T11:30:00.000-07:002012-06-29T11:27:02.173-07:00The Changing to Autumn - Chanel Peridot<div>
<div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's the haiku I wrote for this wonderfully mysterious duochrome:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The changing of leaves</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beautiful change to autumn</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chanel Peridot</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I present to you Chanel Peridot (ETA: found camera, took new pics! This beaute is soooo photogenic). This color is a chameleon, gold with green around the edges , then green with gold edges, then lean it closer to the light source and it turns into a wonderful teal duochrome. I must admit I'm not as much of a duochrome lover as I am a holo or flakies lover because I generally wear cremes more often than shimmery/brushstrokey colors, and this falls under the "slightly brushstrokey" category.</span><br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I changed my mani on Wednesday because I Graphite dulled a bit and had some tipwear that I just couldn't stand looking at anymore. So I picked the next Chanel baby I ordered and voila! Insta magical duochrome. I saw a bush that resembed it, burnt goldish yellow down the middle and green on the sides, and it instantly reminded me of this color. It's a really beautiful color with flashes of pink sometimes as well, but the wear time is the only thing bugging me! Chanels generally get good wear time for me, especially if it's a color like Mimosa/Morning Rose/Mistral, those colors that take 3-4 coats to become completely opaque. Those lasts for 1 week + for me, no chipping. After a few days Graphite chipped off a little, but not to the point that required me to completely redo my mani.</span></div>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now...onto the PIC SPAM!!!!</span></div>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aD46g_YLRMU/Tiszm7r3ynI/AAAAAAAAANI/8LNXycmfpRQ/s1600/DSCI0469.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632652502906686066" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aD46g_YLRMU/Tiszm7r3ynI/AAAAAAAAANI/8LNXycmfpRQ/s320/DSCI0469.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></span></a><br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-O60Eh2P4rbM/TiszmuNS_dI/AAAAAAAAANA/Ou5YpGptTq8/s1600/DSCI0467.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632652499288784338" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-O60Eh2P4rbM/TiszmuNS_dI/AAAAAAAAANA/Ou5YpGptTq8/s320/DSCI0467.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></span></a><br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qKzYU5DHEhc/TiszmeDzXII/AAAAAAAAAM4/9-RlVU7MJiI/s1600/DSCI0466.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632652494953995394" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qKzYU5DHEhc/TiszmeDzXII/AAAAAAAAAM4/9-RlVU7MJiI/s320/DSCI0466.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></span></a><br />
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-inSM1T3PGRI/TiszmFDzo7I/AAAAAAAAAMw/321Lf--urnM/s1600/DSCI0465.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632652488243127218" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-inSM1T3PGRI/TiszmFDzo7I/AAAAAAAAAMw/321Lf--urnM/s320/DSCI0465.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></span></a><br />
<div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dcdBQHecLsY/TiswKqDB31I/AAAAAAAAAMo/C6ppIcqqscU/s1600/DSCI0464.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632648718600757074" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dcdBQHecLsY/TiswKqDB31I/AAAAAAAAAMo/C6ppIcqqscU/s320/DSCI0464.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></span></a><br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zhi6LT7qsQE/TiswKSi7UhI/AAAAAAAAAMg/wjh-kvERYZ8/s1600/DSCI0463.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632648712292094482" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zhi6LT7qsQE/TiswKSi7UhI/AAAAAAAAAMg/wjh-kvERYZ8/s320/DSCI0463.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></span></a><br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rgqGkPv7bo4/TiswKON2HYI/AAAAAAAAAMY/O-K2rt6CHt0/s1600/DSCI0462.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632648711129931138" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rgqGkPv7bo4/TiswKON2HYI/AAAAAAAAAMY/O-K2rt6CHt0/s320/DSCI0462.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></span></a><br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_OWs_cuw-FI/TiswJ_CHeSI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/eT1cfHaAO0g/s1600/DSCI0461.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632648707054205218" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_OWs_cuw-FI/TiswJ_CHeSI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/eT1cfHaAO0g/s320/DSCI0461.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></span></a><br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Yf9CDCFJ0SE/TiswJuAWvbI/AAAAAAAAAMI/NJrFnjxfEVY/s1600/DSCI0460.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632648702483414450" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Yf9CDCFJ0SE/TiswJuAWvbI/AAAAAAAAAMI/NJrFnjxfEVY/s320/DSCI0460.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></span></a><br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NniedDsSdPs/Tisvvhz8_pI/AAAAAAAAAMA/sscsGRncl-0/s1600/DSCI0459.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632648252533571218" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NniedDsSdPs/Tisvvhz8_pI/AAAAAAAAAMA/sscsGRncl-0/s320/DSCI0459.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></span></a><br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0HHieIkreFA/TisvvY69kzI/AAAAAAAAAL4/BN2p6J6vfEs/s1600/DSCI0458.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632648250147050290" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0HHieIkreFA/TisvvY69kzI/AAAAAAAAAL4/BN2p6J6vfEs/s320/DSCI0458.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></span></a><br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-b0JdnbMyw-s/TisvvA1UFjI/AAAAAAAAALw/8YxTJm-d4JI/s1600/DSCI0457.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632648243680908850" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-b0JdnbMyw-s/TisvvA1UFjI/AAAAAAAAALw/8YxTJm-d4JI/s320/DSCI0457.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></span></a><br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RnmkjwzSXao/Tisvu7_GYzI/AAAAAAAAALo/CjvzS80ioKY/s1600/DSCI0456.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632648242379776818" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RnmkjwzSXao/Tisvu7_GYzI/AAAAAAAAALo/CjvzS80ioKY/s320/DSCI0456.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></span></a><br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dp5HBYzh0uU/TisvuuDvlGI/AAAAAAAAALg/inGy3GTIt-I/s1600/DSCI0455.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632648238641157218" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dp5HBYzh0uU/TisvuuDvlGI/AAAAAAAAALg/inGy3GTIt-I/s320/DSCI0455.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 240px;" /></span></a><br />
<div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are a few little chips in my Peridot mani and some tipwear, but that's pretty good for a duochrome that feels like an Nfu-Oh holo (the original formula, thin and prone to chipping). All in all, it's a pretty darn good duochrome and a pretty cool color. I wish the sun had been out whe I snapped the pics. This is what summer in July looks like in the Bay Area</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i7Pt2qUDF90/TiHf1BlVb7I/AAAAAAAAALA/wuvRE6J0rQ8/s1600/Snapshot_20110715_4.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630027111240921010" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i7Pt2qUDF90/TiHf1BlVb7I/AAAAAAAAALA/wuvRE6J0rQ8/s320/Snapshot_20110715_4.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a>Oh, the dreariness of it all. It's not right to wear winter clothes in summertime!</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uC39ojRIu68/TiHf1Nj3ihI/AAAAAAAAAK4/zk1WkrYYWls/s1600/Snapshot_20110715_2.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630027114455992850" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uC39ojRIu68/TiHf1Nj3ihI/AAAAAAAAAK4/zk1WkrYYWls/s320/Snapshot_20110715_2.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></span></a></div>
</div>Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11057499641689059021noreply@blogger.com0