Still waiting... Color Club Dance to the Musique collection.

I love this set of polish and I feel it's totally worth swatching it this far after it's release. Mostly because I need to swatch SOMETHING while I'm waiting for new collections to come out or I might loose it.  Actually my step chitlins left their polish stash at my house by mistake and I've been meaning to swatch all their stuff before they get back and rip it from my hands. So that's on my waiting list as well.  They have like 40 something polishes already, LOL whooops!  It's not MY fault that's for sure.  I have no idea where they get their polish obsessions from, talk to their mom I think it must be all HER fault.

On to da swatches.

I think this is supposed to be a blackened orange shimmer but in reality it is a sheer burnt orange FAIL. This is FOUR coats.

Gorgeous jewel toned red, this is a one coater!  PS- I'm still re-learning to paint my nubbins so back OFF I know its messy! 

Loooooooooooooove!  This is like a blackened rusty redish, brownish shimmer and it's so awesome dudes. 2 coats.

Dark purplish blue shimmer with particles of pink and blue glitter. Killer polish.

Super dark blackened eggplant. OMG!  This is so pigmented it just sorta applied itself! One coater here folks.

Another gunmetal shimmer but this one has silver micro glitter. Super sheer, 3 coats. Again sorry about the frazzle nubbins are hard to paint, people!

Over all this collection is simply wonderful, I highly recommend buying it at your earliest convenience.

Love, MM

Leftovers

I have ended up with some mismatched swatches that don't really go with anything else or can't really be made into a single posts. Either because I forgot to post them or forgot the reason I swatched them. Well they could but I don't feel like doing it. So, I'm just going to cram them all right here and call it a day.  Plus, now I have shorties and I need to get these long nailed photos cleared out because I can't just go around posting all sorts of nail lengths jammed together like it's no big deal, and be all "la te da" about it. Because as we all know I am an organized person and I hold all my nail related matters to the utmost of ridiculously OCD standards. 

This was 2 coats and also my 100th China glaze! Application on this was good, not streaky or gloppy.

Also 2 coats and good application. I wish this was more GREEN and not so pastel, cutesy, and stupid.

Guess how many coats this was dudes? FIVE. I got this in a swap so I really am hoping it was thinned before I received it because that is LAUGHABLE. Pretty polish though.

This is so freakin awesome. I love this polish, but all I can do when I look at this photo is sit here and grimace, cussing out my nails because they are not growing out fast enough.  I miss my long nails SO MUCH.  Oh yeah this was 3 coats, no problems.

Love, MM

Outta Gas

I better head on over to the Chevron Station.  I think they have spam and I'm gonna get me some while I'm in there.  I wonder if Octaveous is working today. 


Octaveous is a really, REALLY, large black man that worked at Chevron when my BFF and I were in high school.  Say it with me guys, Oct-a-v-ous.  Anyway, one time sitting in the car in the Chevron parking lot my BFF called him Oct-a-v-i and I was like, "Dude, his name is Octaveous." And she was like, "No it's not, it's Oct-a-v-i because he's so fat, he's plural."  She busted out this little gem BEFORE we went inside to buy things.  Of course he was working that day and I have never had to try so hard not to laugh in my entire life.


They DO have spam? Awesome.

China Glaze For Audrey with Orly Wild Wisteria.

Color Club Take Me To Your Chateau with Orly Dazzle.

China Glaze It's 5'clock Somewhere with Orly Witches Blue.

China Glaze LOL and DV8.

China Glaze Flyin' High with For Audrey.

Color Club Take Me To Your Chateau with China Glaze Salsa.

Essie Mint Candy Apple with Sinful Color black on black and Art deco nail art in white.

Nfu-oh 560 with Orly Cashmere Cardigan.

2 coats Essie ridge filler, one coat Rimmel stronger and Art deco nail art in black.

China glaze white on white, China Glaze Seduce me and Salsa and Art deco nail art in pink.

Nubar forest and Nfu-oh 568 with Art deco nail art in white.

Essie African Violet with Lippmann Maneater.

China Glaze Ravishing Dahling with Orly Matte Vinyl. 


Love, MM

Never Go Full Retard- Color Club Rebel Debutante Collection.

The Rebel Debutante Collection has kept Color club just barely from falling off the edge and going "full retard" a la Tropic Thunder my current favorite movie. The formula is better and most polishes are 2 coaters.  There are no stupid glitters, and the color selection except two, one dupe and one monstrosity, is quite good. This collection is also all cremes which makes me very happy. 

  I love this one. Great application and a great nude shade. This was 2 coats.

OH THE HORROR!  What the hell is this?  Oh my god this is so horrifically UGLY.  This was 2 torturous coats.

A pretty light grey. 2 coats, smooth and nice.

 Despite my awful picture this really is a gorgeous dusty red/brown based purple. I love this one. A LOT. 

Glossy classic pink, 2 coats.

Awesome greyish lavender. This applied like butter! Sweet polish.

Super light grey creme. It was nearly a one coater.

Of Color Clubs three new collections, Poptastic, Pardon my French, and Rebel Debutante, this is the one to buy, people. Although it pisses me off that Color Club left the best polish, Gossip Column a gorgeous looking teal, out of the set and you have to buy it separately.  Poptastic is filled with re-promotes from old neon collections, more info on that here.  And, Pardon my French is just plain stupid. But, do keep in mind that one polish from the Rebel Debutante collection is a dupe to another "new" polish.  Twiggie from Poptastic and Rebel debutante from it's namesake collection are the exact same polish.

I'm giving away a brand new set of the Rebel Debutante Collection to one lucky follower to try and redeem myself from giving away the stupid Pardon my French Collection last time. Also because I just like giving stuff away.

Rules for entry are:


1) You must be a follower.
2) You must tell someone else about the giveaway and tell me who you told in the comments.  Blog it, tweet it, email it, link it or speak it, all is fair. Just do not tell your freaking pets, ok.  Don't post and tell me you told your cat or dog and definitely NOT your turtle! 
3) One entry per person.
4) If you would like to tell me your favorite quote from Tropic Thunder, knock yourself out. Mine is, "that smelled just like bologna for some reason".

International readers welcome! Contest ends next Saturday at midnight.

Love, MM

Color Club Pardon my French Collection

*sigh*

This collection left a lot to be desired.  The formula on the cremes save one, Take me to your chateau which was a one coater, was streaky, sheer and took 3+ coats to even out. Not to mention the colors are BOOOR-ING, played out, and one of them is just plain, straight up, ugly dude!  I mean come on, a couple of overdone pinks and pastels, 2 boring glitters and one ugly glitter?  This is a FREAKIN STUPID collection Color Club!

The glitters were totally sheer, crap, and basically unbuildable, unless you want to deal with INSANE tip drag. So I had to layer them, which I hate!  If you wanted to achieve bottle color on those glitters, you would need to take the drastic measure of letting each coat dry completely before applying the next of a total of about 5-6 coats. Even if you use a nude base coat, which I did, bottle color is going to take a good 3-4 coats.

I feel like a real ass for giving this as a prize a few weeks ago.  I hadn't swatched them when I gave it away, otherwise I never would have.  I'm sorry your prize is crap, dear winner.  I think the name of this collection is pretty hilarious considering all the cussing that will take place all over the world as pissed off women try to paint their nails with these polishes.

 3 coats, not worth it.

4 coats, retarded.

 2 coats over nude. So sheer!

Who the hell's skin is this color?  My BFF will lol at this because it's clearly ONLY for people with Jaundice.

This is one of the ugliest polishes I have ever seen. It's 2 coats over a nude.

This one applied awesome. It was good in one coat but I did 2 out of habit.

 This is 2 coats over take me to your chateau.

Love, MM