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Barielle Swatches

Tuesday, 9 March, 2010

More swatches of Barielle swatches…absolutely gorgeous!

So I love this shade of blue…but I’m telling you, this copper glitter totally mars it. I think this color could’ve been much much prettier without that odd color of glitter thrown in, don’t you? IMO, this would’ve been the perfect shade of blue ever on the face of the earth…aside from that awful shade of copper. Then again, I guess there is a reason it’s called Falling Star.

Now this is an awesome shade of green…I love that it’s got a lovely shimmery sheen running through it. It keeps it on the cooler side of warm. I love it!

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It's like…Butter!

Monday, 8 March, 2010

Ah…it is like butta! The colors are fabulous, the application flawless…the smell isn’t as revolting as other polishes, thank God. It still smells like nail polish, but it’s a lighter smell — is that even possible? 🙂

One of those eponymous greys for this spring. It’s similar to Chanel’s Particuliere and Color Club’s High Society. This has a bit more grey than the others…it’s nice, but I def prefer Tramp Stamp.

I don’t know why but this color really had love written all over for me. It looks like a light raisin color in the sun, but it’s not. It’s truly a rich, gorgeous purple-y brown…freaking fabulous. The color is closer to real life in the shade shot. Isn’t it beautiful?

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Suedes

Some OPI Suedes

Friday, 5 March, 2010

Two things:

1) click the thumbnail you want to see, then click the same thumbnail again after it’s taken you to another page

2) Please excuse the badly mangled cuticles and lack of moisturizing on them…OPI said don’t use a base coat, don’t use a top coat, don’t use any lotions, etc while wearing this. Blah, blah, blah. I followed it for the most part…except on a few where they said “NO BASE COATS!!!” I used one. Bite me.

For the most part, I won’t be saying anything really because the pics really do speak for themselves. 🙂

IMO, it looks best with a top coat…don’t you agree? It just makes the color so much prettier!

Again, I like it better with the top coat…it just brings out the prettiness of the color.

Hm. Jury’s out on this one for me.

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Random Essie Swatches

Thursday, 4 March, 2010

Some Essie Swatches I’ve been meaning to upload, but kept forgetting…until now! 🙂

I thought I was gonna love this color when I put it on me. Nerp. Nope. Didn’t like it one bit…NOT ONE BIT. It almost looks like I’ve got skittles on my fingers, doesn’t it? LOL

Not a bad shade of a pastel. It’s not too obnoxious, but it will do. 🙂 At least it doesn’t look like Skittles. 😀

This is my favorite of the three. I guess when it comes down to it, I like purple – even if it’s lavender.

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china glaze nail polish swatches

Random China Glaze Swatches

Wednesday, 3 March, 2010

I found these random China Glaze swatches I had done…don’t know when, but it seems like it was a while ago. 🙂

China Glaze’s tribute to Audrey Hepburn. They made a Tiffany blue just for her. As some or most of you know, Tiffany’s holds the patent for the blue so you can only get close to replication, but not the actual blue…or green. Or whatever color it is.

Secret Peri-wink-le

Indoors, no Flash (Top) and Indoors with flash (bottom)

Oddly enough…I really liked this color. It is a true periwinkle. While this color never looks good on me in reality, in my head I say it looks fabulous and keep on wearing it. 😀

Lubu Heels

Indoors, no flash (top); Outdoors (bottom)

Not one of my favorite colors. I thought this was the ghetto cousin of Midnight In Moscow. Yea, I went there.

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Nubar – Peacock Feathers and Indigo Illusion

Tuesday, 2 March, 2010

I’ll just let the pics speak for themselves!

Super pretty denim blue with a duochrome shimmer that flashes purple and bronze. Very hard to capture, but definitely quite gorgeous!

Super pretty purple/blue…kinda…blurple with a fabulous duochrome that makes it look like it has a green sheen running over the polish. Very eye catching! One worth keeping in your collection. Grab it before Nubar discontinues it.

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Nars – Tokaido Express and Purple Rain

Monday, 1 March, 2010

I had some old school Nars nail polish from the mid 90s…and I so wish I hadn’t lost them in all our moving. They came with me from Vegas…to the Bay Area…then to Chicago…I swore I packed them when we moved to Scotland…Swore up and down I saw them in a box when we landed in Arizona…Swore again that I had it when we went to live in India…Thought I couldn’t find it so I checked when I got back to Arizona…then thought I had left them in California…nope, they’re gone. Poof. Vanished. Forever.

Then I got these… *drools* You cannot fully appreciate them until you make them mondo huge on your screen – click the image and you will be taken to that same image but on a different page. Click the same image again and then BAM! insta big picture and you’ll go, “OMG! I have to get these colors!!!1!”

Look at that. I’m absolutely speechless. A gorgeous purple nail polish with a subtle magenta-like shimmer that just throws this color into another realm.

Almost appearing like a berry purple in shade, this little chameleon of a color totally changes in direct sunlight…it looks almost wine-y with a lovely bronze shimmer that runs through it. Fabulous!

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Nubar's Cleopatra Collection – Part II

Sunday, 28 February, 2010

This is the shimmers and glitter part of the collection.

The glitter in this very pretty purple isn’t as obnoxious as say…your regular glitter type of polish. It’s still a pita to remove, though! But it’s nothing like OPI’s Absolutely Alice or anything like that. Thank God! It’s a bit of a reddish purple that some may find very appealing

I look at this color and think…disco roller derby night. Those scary satin shorts. Tube tops. I don’t know why those images flash into my head. Yet, they have and they remain there…Hm…the shimmer in here is so strong it makes it almost like a metallic, doesn’t it? This color reminds me more of a raspberry than a purple, to be honest. Well, at least it looks that way on my skin! 🙂

Good googalamoogala! The shimmer in this bad ass baby saved it from being a flat out boring purple creme. Well, to be honest, I think it would’ve been a gorgeous purple creme on its own, but the subtle shimmer in it makes it so purty!

Oh. My. Stars. Oh. My. Goodness. While this color reminds me of Yoga-Ta Get This Blue (it’s that micro shimmer/glitter thing going on in the polish), it’s the darker more seductive cousin of the two. I’ve always been a sucka for dark nail polish and this truly made my heart sing! A beautiful indigo that has some gorgeous reddish/purple shimmer/glitter thrown in…OMG – *swoons*  You’ve got to see the full technicolor blown up pic of this – click the thumbnail for the sunlight version. It will take you to another page with the same image. Click on the image and the pic will be HUGE and you can see the absolute detail on this gorgeous, fantabulous, kick a** color. I’m serious! It’s that freaking gorgeous to me.

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