I'm back online home dawgs!!!

Hello. I have not had internet since April 28th 2010 and I am lucky to still be alive.  Seriously have you ever been without internet for that long?  SERIOUSLY?   Do you realize how long that is in "interwebz time"?  It's like 5 years ok.

The first week or so I tried to be cool about it and act all one with nature and, "I'm living the simple life" hanging my clothes out to dry and not shaving my legs, THEN, I became so desperate for a connection to my beloved laptop I started to play those dumb ass games in the accessories tab just so I could spend time on the computer.  Go ahead punk, challenge me to a game of minesweeper, I freaking dare you.  I am a P.R.O.

A quick side note here- Dear poor pathetic winner of my Boston Terrier Rescue giveaway. Your polish was mailed yesterday and please tell me how you would like to receive your $25 bones. I am so incredibly sorry it has taken so long to get you the goods!

Anyhoo here are a few swatches of the china glaze poolside collection, NOT.  What I mean is, here are the two polishes from the poolside collection that I bought, slathered in glitter because they are stupid on their own.

Towel boy toy is the base for this one. It applies ok but I am SICK of neons and this is a 3+ coater worn alone. BLECH.

Meh.  This is Kiwi coolada under sour apple. It looks like crap alone and takes a lot of coats but this combo was kinda cool. I actually wore it for over 24 hours which is almost a record.

Here is Electric Lilac over the purple polish from the poolside collection...oh WAIT they didn't freaking MAKE a purple they just made three more identical bright pinks instead. The base for this, since I was unable to acquire a new purple, was spontaneous. 

It's great to be back dudes.

Love, MM

New York Summer Pt 6

Click here for part 5

So far the formula on NYS polish has held about 95% consistent.  The jelly neons and cremes apply great with no drag. The shimmers and frosts are sheer and require 4+ coats. Mostly everything with "hot" in the name isn't a lie, and they dry in a reasonable amount of time. Sheer or not, these polishes can handle 6-7 coats without dragging at the cuticle or tip and that my friends is an insane feat to accomplish!  Not that anyone is going to sit and apply six coats to discover it, other than me of course. You're welcome.

Here is the first exception to the rule.  This being SIX coats is NOT HOT people. Not hot. And where is the turquoise and for that matter where the hell is the BLUE?  Six coats is hilarious to me.

I guess don't hate it. This was 3 coats. It's just kinda ok. Deffinately not hot. It applied great though. I'm lying, I totally HATE this.

This was my biggest disapointment out of the entire NYS collection.  Why?  This is NOT purple and certainly not a HOT purple.  This is a mauvey, ugly MAGENTA with some type of brownish undertone.  Totally not hot. This was 3 coats BTW.

Totally accurate name. I want to say this was 4-5 coats. LOL.

Highlighter yellow neon jelly. Wow! This is 3 thin coats and it dried FAST. Now this one is worth buying if you need a good neon yellow. No drag and good coverage! Bonus- no red fingers!

For more information on NYS polish check out parts 1-5. 

Love, MM

New York Summer Pt 3

Click here for Part Two.

This set of NYS polish followed suit perfectly with all the others I have swatched.  No cuticle drag on the  neon jellies, smooth application overall and good drying time. So instead of regurgitating everything I've said in part one and two, let's get this polish parade on the road! Speaking of parades, why are they always so stupid anyway?  I always spend my time trying to mentally will the stilts dude to fall. I mostly do this to try to take my attention off how overly aggravated I am at whoever is forcing me to watch the parade, because there is no way I would be willingly watching a PARADE. But I'll just spoil the fun for you and take away all the suspense. The stilts dude doesn't fall. HE NEVER FALLS!

This polish is pretty but what a major disappointment! From the color dots it was represented as a teal/grayish blue jelly or cream.  A really AWESOME looking polish.  But oh well, it's just another stank ass light blue shimmer with green flash.  This was 3 coats.

Wowza.  This one is super pigmented. It could have been a one coat wonder which is the first time I have seen that from NYS, but I did 2 coats anyway.  This is really dupey to China Glaze Cowgirl Up.  It's a tad darker though with MUCH more gold flash.

OH! You startled me! I almost didn't SEE you there. This is a freakin NEON purple people. WOAH. It was way too bright to capture, but I did get a good representation of the color.  This was 2, flowing, non cuticle dragging, coats.

I would LOVE this if it were a tad less orange but it's still really cool.  A neon red jelly? Come on! This was a 3 coater with great application just like ALL the rest of the NYS polishes I have swatched so far. Awesome.

New York Summer Pt 1

New York Summer has a lot of freakin awesome polish.  Most of their jellies are actually neons, which dry matte, but a clear topcoat fixes that right up.  I haven't had problems with application or cuticle drag yet despite the fact that many of the jellies require 3 coats, sometimes more.  They dry as fast as any normal drug store brand but with the added benefits of having lots of great colors and being only $1.59 at Transdesign.com. 

This took 4 coats to be this opaque.  While it applied well, I see no purple and definitely no star.

Gorgeous Tiffany blue jelly.  This will dry matte as it's a "neon" unless you topcoat it.  It is a near dupe to China Glaze For Audrey except in jelly form.  This takes 2 thick coats, or 3 thin ones. I had no application issues whatsoever.

Here is a comparrison of it with China Glaze For Audrey on my ring finger.

This was 3 coats. No cuticle drag! This seems to be a great trend with these jelly neons!  Normally I have a horrible time with it on any jelly.

I tried my best to get an opaque swatch of this but it took something like 7-8 coats to get it this opaque!  I think it's safe to say based on the few I've swatched that the NYS glitters are meant to strictly be topcoats.  The upside is that the glitter was smooth and not very grainy at all once dry.

Random Fail.

So, I set out to swatch a totally random set of polishes to slap up here to mix things up a bit. Seeing as how I just realized that every single "random" polish I swatched is a China Glaze I would call that a pretty big fail.

It's kinda like this folder on my desktop labeled "random crap" but inside it every single file is organized into sub folders by category. Not very random. *sigh*  

At least the colors are random. These are all 2 coats unless otherwise noted.

Neon green jelly. This is 3 coats.

Neon blue jelly with glitter. I love this one.

Adore this!

I really like this one also.