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December Hauls

So, I admit it. I’ve been a slacker lately. With the holidays (lame excuse I know) and some personal issues the blog has fallen on the backburner more than I should have let it. I’m trying to get back into the habit of posting regularly though. What better way to start than showcasing the pretty polishes that joined my collection last month?

DSC04260OPI Sui Says Feng Shui, Gargantuan Green Grape, and Gift Cards for Everyone!; Orly Miss Conduct, Halo and Mermaid Tale

DSC04261China Glaze Fuji Fling, Immortal, Dreamsicle, Angel Wings, Make a Spectacle and Oxygen

DSC04264China Glaze Glitter All the Way (mini, but its a huge mini!), It’s a Trap-Eze, Whirled Away, Get Carried Away, Lasso My Heart and Red Stallion

DSC04266Finger Paints Cop an Attitude (magnetic); Layla Cherry Diva; Zoya Gilty 18K topcoat, Dove, Willow, Flora and Avril

DSC04268Essence Chic Reloaded, Oh My Glitter!, Gorgeous Bling Bling, Walk on the Wild Side, Ultimate Pink, and Grey-T to Be Here

DSC04270Julep Dakota, Pippa, Hayden, Penelope and Renee; Color Club Age of Aquarius and Wild at Heart; Candy Lacquer White Wedding and Orly Old School Orange

DSC04271Ciate Angel Wings, Mistress, Speed Dial, Headliner and Dangerous Affair

DSC04273Ciate Glass Slipper, Cutie Pie, Ladylike Luxe, Caberet and Vintage

DSC04276Ciate Power Dressing, Cookies and Cream, Fade to Greige, Enchanted Rose and Mojito

DSC04277Ciate Magic Carpet, Halo, Cupcake Queen and Big Yellow Taxi

DSC04279Ciate Cavier Mani Pearls in Bumble Bee, Prom Queen, Candyshop and Sundance.

I didn’t turn into a crazy polish buying fool in December, I had an amazing secret swap partner who bought a ton of older polishes that I missed out on and spoiled me rotten. I also got the Ciate Manicure calender and used it for an advent calender leading up to Christmas. Lastly, I made a quick trip into Ulta and they finally had a stocked Essence section and I was able to find the polishes I was looking for.

November Haul

Here are the polishes I found myself unable to live without this month. I bought way too much considering I’m participating in a secret swap and shouldn’t have purchased anything. Most of the non-Julep ones were from trades or blog sales so its not as bad as it seems.

I upgraded to the full Julep collection in November and these are the ones I kept: Matte Top Coat, Hailee, Amber, Donna, Nora, Minka, Brit, and Meryl

Illamasqua Scarab, Julep Eva, Eileen and Georgia.

DSC04158Orly Devil May Care, OPI Skull & Glossbones, OPI Play the Peonies, OPI DS Classic and SOPI It’s Real

DSC04160China Glaze Pizzazz, Glistening Snow, Cranberry Splash, Glitter All the Way and With Love.

DSC04162Color Club Snow-Flakes, A-England Iseult, Zoya Felicity, Zoya Rose and Zoya Clara.

DSC04165Color Club Halo Hues Blue Heaven, Cloud Nine, Harp On It, Halo-Graphic, Cherubic and Angel Kiss

DSC04166Wet N Wild Toxic Apple, Poison Ivy, Root of All Evil, Venomous Vixen, Lethal Injection and Deadly Dose

DSC04168A-England Princess Sabra & Morgan Le Fay, Urban Outfitters Silver Holo, Pink Holo and Green Holo.

DSC04171Gosh Holographic Hero, China Glaze Deviantly Daring, OPI Tickle My France-y, OPI Cuckoo For This Color

DSC04173Snowman white sparkle, Snowman Red Glitter, Lynnderella Lovey Dovey, Hits Demeter

China Glaze Fast Track

Today I’m wearing China Glaze Fast Track from the Hunger Games collection. Honestly I’ve worn this one several times and each time I like it a little more than the time before. Usually I think browns look sort of blah on me but the shimmer in Fast Track makes it look really good.

Fast Track is a warm brown polish with a great gold shimmer. I applied two coats for the photos below. This is definitely a staple in the work appropriate sector of my collection.

September Haul

After being so good in August, I bought a bunch of polishes in September. Just for reference, here’s what I bought last September. There were some amazing sales though and I was able to knock a few big items off my wishlist like OPI Black Spotted, Zoya Harlow and Illamasqua Hemlock. Now if only I could get my hands on Illamasqua Raindrops…

China Glaze Pink Plumeria, Surfin’ for Boys, Kalahari Kiss, I’m Not Lion and I Herd That

Julep Gwyneth, Essence Off To Miami!, SOPI XOX Betsey, SOPI Cartwheels on the Catwalk, China Glaze Orange You Hot?, and China Glaze Under the Boardwalk.

Illamasqua Hemlock, OPI Black Spotted, OPI DS Reserve, Reflection and Extravagance. Can you believe my Ulta just stocked up on these DS polishes? I was more than happy to pick up some of them.

OPI Gouda Gouda Two Shoes, If You Moust You Mouse, German-icure, My Very First Knockwurst and Schnapps Out of It!

Zoya NYFW  trios Julie, Gie Gie, Piaf, Sharon, Jacqueline and Neely. The Zang Toi trio came with a bonus Trixie but I’ve already swapped it away since it was a duplicate.

Zoya Tanzy, Jolene, Harley, Charity, Alegra and Kelly. Technically these are from August since that’s when I ordered them but they didn’t get here until the first week in October. I guess Zoya bit off more than they could chew with their BOGO promo.

Zoya Lotus and Harlow. Essie Brazilliant, Super Bossa Nova and Smooth Sailing.

July Hauls

Another month flew by and more beauties were added to my collection. Here are the polishes I just couldn’t live without this month. What’s on your list?

The Wet N Wild Saved by the Bell Collection (L-R): Nerd Alert: Screech, Pom Pom Kelly, Pin ‘Em Slater, Straight A Jesse, Fashionista Lisa and Chick Magnet Zack

Black Cat Lacquer Fifty Shades of Grey, Let Them Eat Cake and America F%ck Yeah, Nostalgic Lacquer Pride and Rescue Beauty Lounge Santa Fe Road

BB Couture Tequila Sunrise, Essie Turquoise & Caicos, Show Me the Ring, Raise Awareness and Exposure

Finger Paints (L-R): Stunning Stilettos, Tiffany Imposter, Micheltangelo, Peaceful Purple and Blank Canvas Cream

OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, Orly Forever Crimson, Decades of Dysfunction, Melt Your Popsicle and Glowstick

China Glaze Luminous Lavender, Agro, Color Club Velvet Rope, Zoya Renee and SOPI It’s My Pink

Wet N Wild Heatwave, Club Havana and Sugar Coat, Fresh Paint High Voltage, Pistachio and Hot Lava

Rimmel Sunset Orange, Sinful Colors Timbleberry, Megan Miller Coral Bliss, NYC Times Square Tangerine Creme, Wet N Wild Dreamy Poppy and Julep Hayden

China Glaze Pink Voltage, Exotic Encounters, Zoya Cho, Sally Hansen Coral Reef and Seche Vite

Julep Meryl, Yumi, America, Mila, Kate, Daphne, O Canada and Chelsea

Deborah Lippmann Lara’s Theme, Ray of Light, Let’s Go Crazy, Naked, Oh! You Pretty Things, Pearly Queen and Footloose

Jade Deja Vu, Fascinio Violetta, Magia Negra, Vermelho Surreal, Illamasqua Nomad and Muse, Zoya Parveen and China Glaze Fast Track.

China Glaze On Safari Press Release

Sorry I’m super late on this one. But I’m also super excited about this collection. I’m looking forward to picking these up soon.

 

UNTAMED COLOUR AWAITS YOU

China Glaze® Introduces 12 New Crèmes and Glitters for Fall 2012

Los Angeles, CA – (May 2012):  China Glaze® nail lacquer invites you to take an exotic expedition with its Fall 2012 collection, On Safari.  Be captivated by the earthy tones, rich plums and celestial sparkles that make up this adventurous assortment of polishes.

The China Glaze® On Safari features 10 rich crèmes and two glitters including:

·    Kalahari Kiss: Light sand brown
·    I’m Not Lion: Glistening gold and multi-color glitter
·    Call of the Wild: Beautiful chocolate brown-dark cherry blend
·    Adventure Red-y: Vivid red
·    Desert Sun: Delicious caramel
·    I Herd That: Brilliant copper glitter
·    Man Hunt: Bold cobalt blue
·    Exotic Encounters: Lush green crème with blue undertones
·    Elephant Walk: Cool graphite grey
·    Jungle Queen: Smoky violet
·    Purr-fect Plum: Bold burgundy
·    Prey Tell: Daringly dark red

On Safari is also available in:
·    6-piece “Native” Collection: Man Hunt, Exotic Encounters, Elephant Walk, Jungle Queen, Purr-fect Plum and Prey Tell
·    6-piece “Tourist” Collection: Kalahari Kiss, I’m Not Lion, Call of the Wild, Adventure Red-y, Desert Sun and I Herd That
·    12-piece counter display

The China Glaze® On Safari collection will be available at fine salons and beauty supply stores nationwide in July 2012.  Individual polishes retail for $7 MSRP; the 6-piece sets retail for $42 MSRP.

China Glaze is free of DBP, toluene, and added formaldehyde. China Glaze nail lacquers are available through salons and professional beauty supply stores nationwide. For more information, visit: http://www.chinaglaze.com or follow China Glaze on Facebook and Twitter: http://twitter.com/ChinaGlaze

China Glaze is a division of American International Industries.

About American International Industries
For nearly 40 years, AII has been the leading manufacturer and worldwide distributor of innovative, quality beauty and skin care products for men and women.  Our product lines include Ardell, Andrea, Body Drench, Bye Bye Blemish, Checi, China Glaze, Clean + Easy, Clubman/Pinaud, Duo, European Secrets, EzFlow, Fright Night, Gena, GiGi, Gypsy Lash, IBD, Jeris-Lustray, No Tweeze/Micro Tweeze, ‘N Rage, Prolinc, RAW, Seche, SuperNail, Surgi-Care, Waterworks, Winning Nails, Woltra, Woody’s, and Youthair. For more information, visit our website: http://www.aiibeauty.com.

My First Water Marble

I wanted to try something different today since its a holiday and I’m pretty patriotic. So I found this tutorial and decided to attempt a water marbling manicure. Its not perfect but I’m proud of it for my first time.

I had a difficult time picking a red since I have so many. I decided on China Glaze Salsa for the red, China Glaze First Mate for the blue and the only white I have Sally Hansen White On. If anyone has suggestions for a good creme white leave a comment. Or any suggestions on how to keep a red looking red and not pinkish I’d appreciate those too.

June Hauls

Happy July to everyone! Can you believe we are in the seventh month of 2012? Crazy.

These are the polishes I swapped or purchased in June 2012. Actually most of them were swapped. Let’s get to the fun stuff shall we?

Color Club Blossoming Collection (L-R): Blushing Rose, Blue-Ming, Lavendarling, Sweet Pea, Hydrangea Kiss and Diamond Drops. I purchases these polishes.

Color Club Take Wing Collection (L-R): Daisy Does It, Sparkle and Soar, Fly With Me, Metamorphosis, Sky High and Wing Fling. I purchased these also.

Cult Nails Fairytale Collection (L-R): Feelin’ Froggy, Happy Ending, Princess, Evil Queen and Charming. I purchased these also but in my defense, I purchased them in May but they arrived in June.

China Glaze, Awakening, Electric Beat, Fairy Dust and Flying Dragon (Neon Version). OPI Pedal Faster Suze which I’m wearing now. These are the last few I purchased.

China Glaze, Foie Gras, Dress Me Up, Vertical Rush, Thataway. Models Own Pro Lilac Lite. I swapped for these.

Hard Candy Splendid, Essie East Hampton Cottage, Essie Ridge Filler, OPI I Juggle …Men, OPI Suzi and the Lifeguard, and OPI Gettin’ Miss Piggy With It. I swapped for these also.

Sonnetarium Samari Princess, Color Club Covered in Diamonds, Estee Lauder Chameleon Prism, NYC Matte Topcoat, NYC Starry Silver GLitter, Catrice Aretha’s R-E-S-PINK, and Cult Nails Feel Me Up. I swapped for these also. I’m not going to lie, I partially wanted the Estee Lauder because the bottle looks like an ice cube with a little bit of nail polish inside.

Starting from the top, Julep Alyson, Annette, Emma, and Renee. I swapped for these.

China Glaze Dance Baby, China Glaze Flirty Tankini, China Glaze Fuchsia Fanatic, OPI Call Me Gwen-Ever, Orly Jealous, Much? and Orly Prelude to a Kiss. These polishes were given to me in a secret swap.

Zoya Moxie, A England Saint George, A England Lady of the Lake and Deborah Lippmann Mermaid’s Dream. This is the second part of a secret swap.

 

China Glaze Dance Baby

When I first saw the Electropop collection earlier this year, I didn’t really worry about buying too many of them because they were the type of colors that show up in every spring collection. Then one by one I ended up with most of them. Its like they sneaked their way into my polish collection and once they were there, I didn’t even really mind so much. Today I’m wearing one of those shades.

Dance Baby is a medium blue based pink creme polish. Even though I’m a sucker for pinks this like this, Dance Baby and I are not friends. I had the worst application issues! Dance Baby was a streaky mess, I had to do three coats to try and even it out.

You Pick Thursday! Max Factor Fantasy Fire

Okay so besides being completely late with my You Pick Thursday!, I also made a slight miscalculation as to my base color. Since Electrify & Fantasy Fire were tied, I went with Fantasy Fire.

Every blog post I’ve ever seen with Fantasy Fire has put it over a blue shade. I don’t have a lot of blue polishes and wanted to try something different. So I wanted to put it over a red in hopes that the shimmer would come out beautifully. Next time I’ll definitely try it over a blue though.

I put two coats of Fantasy Fire over China Glaze Velvet Bow. Velvet Bow is a dark red jelly creme hybrid. It makes Velvet Bow have a beautiful golden shimmer. Its like a lighter Lubu Heels.

This is Velvet Bow all by itself for comparison purposes.