Polish or Perish: October 2009

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Happy Halloween!!!

Happy Halloween everyone!! Halloween is my favorite holiday and I have a few pics of some of my Halloween manis from the past week.First, I wore OPI Glow-Ink the Dark over Rescue Beauty Lounge Underwear to help with opacity. Unfortunately, Underwear and I did NOT get along so this mani is kinda messy. Also, I smudged the corner of my thumbnail....

Wrong holiday: Lippmann Happy Birthday

Lippmann Happy BirthdayI'm not a fan of supporting businesses or business people I'm not fond of but I couldn't help myself on this one! OMG, it is a birthday party in a bottle! I hesitate to use some high-falutin' word like "evocative" for stuff like nail polish but this is just... it's just reminds me so much of being at a kiddie birthday...

Friday, October 30, 2009

I love Polish Swapping

There are two reasons I love MUA.The Nail Board - Countless swatches aka "spam", tips and tricks, support, and the occasional hilarious characterThe Swapping CommunityOn MUA you can swap your unwanted or ignored polish with others. It's a great way to try different polishes w/out the guilt.Sometimes, I acquire a long sought after polish...

China Glaze Spellbound

China Glaze SpellboundOld news but still one of my favorites from this season. Look at all that silver and orange hex glitter packed on like that! (Three coats are pictured above.) Might be a bit too chunky for many people but you all know how much I adore ultra blingy glitter! Not that there's much sun to speak of in October (for most of...

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Kleancolor "neons"

Neon Purple(2 coats)I was pleasantly surprised to find that there was a shimmer in it. This definitely needed 3 coats.Neon Sapphire(2 coats)I bought this for the giveaway, but I loved it so much I had to buy myself a bottle as well. It really reminds me of RBL's Dead Calm. The photo is a little dim so the color is a bit lighter.Neither of...

Some Misa Fall 2009 swatches: Can't Nobody Take Me Down and Sorry, Just Can't Help It

Umm, hi. These are practically opaque in one coat. It's incredible. There's still some VNL with one coat but these polishes are remarkably pigmented! For the first time in... well, since I learned that nail polish rarely looks good with one coat, I was tempted to just do a one-coat NOTD with one of these, just for the novelty of it. (I chickened...

Before I totally forget for the fourth day in a row...

D emailed me yesterday and was like, "You might want to announce the winner of the Kleancolor giveaway before people start thinking it was some sort of ploy to get more Google Followers." And I'm like, "Oh, I totally forgot to do that...!" ...and then I forgot to do it again. So, two days later, I am doing it now: The winner of our Loyal Reader giveaway is the lovely Pinkginger! Congratulations! Pinkginger, you've got six gorgeous...

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

L'Oreal Star Magnet

PurpleWhat color does this look like to you? L'Oreal thinks its purple. Moving on...Magnetic GreyThere's a purple-y-ness to this polish in the bottle. But it doesn't show quite as strongly on the na...

Two Nails Inc swatches: Spitalfields and The Serpentine

I have been dying to try Nails Inc polishes for awhile so when I saw a couple on eBay for a reasonable price (and reasonable shipping), I decided, "Hey, why not?" Kinda wish I kept my money. Maybe these polishes are other peoples' cups o' tea but it ain't mine. They are, without a doubt, beautiful colors and super pigmented, but I found them...

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

iNOTD: China Glaze Metallic Muse from the Khrome collex

Maybe I'm using a bad basecoat for it (Nubar Nu Nails) but I have had no good luck with the Khromes yet. Millennium was a disaster on me (streaky, painted right off my nail and then Diamont ruined it even further). But Metallic Muse was not as bad. Still, it took three coats for me to straighten it out. :( I must be doing something wrong...China...

Theme mani using Migi Nail Art pens

Thanks to another reader request for a lesser known brand I had never heard of (and therefore went to track down), I was able to get my claws on a free set of Migi Nail Art pens from the company. These are double-sided, double...tipped? B3F nail art pens. Each pen screws apart into two little vials of nail polish (0.16fl oz with free refills!)...

NOTD Zoya Ki

Actually this is yesterday's NOTD since i've changed my mani this morning but it's raining cats and dogs out, so no pictures of my current mani. So i've been growing my nails out for the past two months and this is where they are today. Unfortunately, this morning at the post office while rummaging through my handbag, my pointer fingernail...

Monday, October 26, 2009

Halloween NOTD China Glaze Dreamsicle and Lippmann Fade to Black

Some news I learned today made me stop and remember how grateful I should be for every day that I am here with my loved ones. It is so easy to take everything for granted. I've lost sight of my gratitude for my life lately in the midst of my miserably busy life as a graduate student, when I should be daily giving thanks for being able to...

OPI Holiday 2009 swatches: Ginger Bells and Sapphire in the Snow

Two more swatches from the OPI Holiday collex! Not as interesting as Merry Midnight or Holiday Glow but gorgeous cremes nonetheless. :)OPI Ginger BellsIt was hard to capture this color. A muted orange: not a common color and likely one that most people will pass up. It's not really a "beautiful" color but I love it anyhow. Easy to apply but...

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