China Glaze Agent Lavender and Nerd Lacquer Pinin’ for the Fjords
Friday, 31 August, 2012
I never thought I’d be pairing China Glaze Agent Lavender and Nerd Lacquer Pinin for the Fjords, but it seems I did…
Zoya – Marley
Tuesday, 7 June, 2011
Depend – Nr 058
Thursday, 2 June, 2011
I’ve been slacking. I fully admit it, though I hang my head in shame when I say why. I’m sadly sucked into the world of a video game I’m playing – Dragon Age 2. This is my first time playing an RPG (role playing game). Traditionally, I’ve played MMORPGs (massively multiplayer online role playing game) – EverQuest and WoW to name a couple. So this time I’m playing DA2 on the XBox. I’ve been bound and determined to finish the game, but I’m about 75% through the game and I realized…I hate how my character is relating to another. What have I done? Why, I’ve scrapped the game and started a new one…and am discovering new quests and relationships because I’ve changed one line of dialogue.So while thrilled, I’m also going, “OMG. What have I gotten into?!”
Anyway, since I didn’t do a post yesterday I’m throwing in the color along with my Friday Red.
I am showing you my attempt at doing a week of Holographic polish…here are 2 polishes from China Glaze – Octa Gone Wild and QT
American Apparel – Dynasty
Wednesday, 9 February, 2011
When I saw this color’s name, the theme song from Dynasty (one of my all time favorite shows growing up, btw) popped into my head:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjpCU4Zy9Cs
Hah. So now I’m really showing my age. The 80s were marked with big hair, bad eye make-up and this very odd obsession with purple. I remember seeing so many hues of purple that I honestly thought I was just going to die a purple death. Then, just when I thought I was in the clear, along came the 90s with that f***ing awful purple THING called Barney. I have never hated the color purple so much. I actually banned myself from ever wearing purple until very recently…
Terribly irrational, I know. It’s just how I am.
Illamasqua – Jo’mina
Monday, 27 December, 2010
Tagged by Illamasqua itself as an electric lilac, I was a bit skeptical. What does that mean, I wondered.
Then I put it on my nails…and wore it for a few days. I did the swatching on an overcast day and the colors confused me. They were somewhat different in shade and the overcast shots. Then the sun peeked through a few days later when I happened to still be wearing Jo’mina. It was honestly so different in different lighting that I felt I never captured the true beauty of this color.
It would have to rank as one my top 10 favorite colors because it’s so unique. I don’t have many lavender colors because they are such an odd color on me. Jo’mina, however, looks wonderful on me and I love it.
Gorgeous. Almost muted. So pretty!
Totally bright…It looks even better in direct sunlight.
L’oreal – Delicate Dusk
Wednesday, 15 September, 2010
Part of the Limited Edition Color of Hope for Fall 2010, this color was gorgeous. I had no problems with application.
It’s a gorgeous light dusky purple/violet. I had to have it – even if it it is L’oreal.
So perty! 🙂
Nubar – Sparkle Collection – Spring 2010
Friday, 11 June, 2010
I did show Hyacinth sparkle earlier, but I decided to add it in here again because it wouldn’t be fair to that poor swatch to not be part of the kewl krowd!
Notes: Formula dried fast. I’m not a fan of glitter, but I did fall in love with these. Nubar, Zoya and China Glaze are my favorites. SpaRitual really doesn’t fall in there (even though I love their nail polish) because they are extremely hard for me to come by. If SpaRitual would let me buy on their site or if my fave nail polish man here in CA would sell it, I would be reviewing SR a lot more. The glitter in these are extremely dense. So dense that even 2 coats of a top coat couldn’t produce a smooth surface. I don’t like dented polish. I know it sounds silly, but that’s just me. Each of these polishes were 2 coaters unless otherwise noted. They went on extremely well and no clumpy, lumpy, piss-me-off messes. Way to go Nubar! 🙂
You’ve seen this before. 🙂 I wore it a few weeks ago to cheer me up when we were going into a rain filled weekend.
Not sure why but when I saw this I was reminded of China Glaze’s Ruby Pumps. This was far prettier in the shade than in the sunlight. Sun totally washed it out.
Dug this light green green glitter that had the right combo of warm and cool hues. I think people of both skin tones can wear this safely.
Mega dense glitter that really sparkled so intensely I think it actually tamed the sunlight that shined down on this color. One of my faves from this collection.
I couldn’t make up my mind as to whether I liked this or not. I’m leaning more towards like. Pretty magenta-esque color that was easy to apply.
This aptly named color could have benefited from 3 coats instead of 2. This one is at the bottom of the list for me.
I think this is the type of glitter polish that you use over other dark colors to bring out a prettiness to them. I don’t feel this is a stand alone glitter…maybe I should’ve done three coats.
For me this one and Hyacinth sparkle were my all time favorites. I’m going to have to put this on for the weekend.