tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33569575634037747892024-02-22T23:42:41.992-08:00The Manicured ManateeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger196125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356957563403774789.post-43528691203804582122011-09-23T11:46:00.000-07:002012-07-05T16:26:08.220-07:00Ruby Kisses Nail Polish swatches part 1 of 3.<span style="font-size: large;">I recently discovered this brand when I was skulking through some old school beauty salons 2 weekends ago. They were on sale for $1.25 and I saw quite a few promising looking colors so I loaded up by basket with 16 colors without a second thought.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Once in the car I started my super scientific ritual of setting up the passenger side dash board as a swatching station and began the shaky business of painting skittle swatches over my existing manicure in a moving vehicle. I am sure it's great entertainment for my fiance who was driving.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I quickly realized that the polises in this collection are almost all dupes to other popular colors BUT at a much more affordable price. All the "creme" type polishes turned out to be jellies that closely mirror the Nfu-oh jelly collection. The glitters are mostly all dupes of China Glazes and Sinfuls with a few original polishes thrown in the mix.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are the first 5 Ruby kisses swatches. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gorgeous true blue Jelly</span>. <span style="font-size: large;">This is 3 coats and It's still sheer. This is gorgeous enough to warrant applying some underwear. Although it doesn't look like it here, this is very close to Nfu-oh 119 with an extra coat and underwear.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ridiculous dark blue jelly. This is a dead ringer for my favorite Nfu-oh polish, 557 at 3 coats. Shown here at 2 coats. This one is pigmented about as well as a jelly can be and still be a jelly. So freakin' happy I got this! If you are fair skinned like me, there just isn't a nail color out there that makes your skin look better than this one does. Also, could the name be any more hardcore awesome? I would have totally made a deal with the man downstairs for this polish! It would have been about the same price though since from a christian view my soul is only worth about a buck anyways.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This pic is with the flash on</span> <span style="font-size: large;">to show the glitter.</span> <span style="font-size: large;">This is really close to China Glaze Ruby Pumps, one of my fav polishes of all time, AND the polish my bridesmaids will wear at my wedding. BUT it's about 1 to 2 shades darker and has some silver micro glitter. This is super well pigmented and 2 coats makes it perfect. LOVE THIS.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here it is without flash in direct light to show the shine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oh. My. God. HATE! I almost didn't upload this photo this polish makes my hands look so filthy and gross. It's unique but poorly executed. This has quite a bit of frost and shows brush marks. VOMIT!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This charcoal grey with tons of silver micro glitter is really close to Sinful colors Secret Admirer. Secret Admirer covers better and dries faster so I would go with the sinful and skip this one. Shown at 2 coats.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Love, MM</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356957563403774789.post-85948402539632153262011-09-17T12:58:00.000-07:002011-09-17T12:58:16.956-07:00Crazy Crackle Combos! Part 1<span style="font-size: large;">Yes, I realize that at this point crackle polishes are totally played out, overdone, lame, and down right aggravating. I am doing this series anyway. Why? Because crackles are still new to me being behind the times and all. Also, I do whatever I feel like. K? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I admit, when I am shopping I cringe at the sight of YET ANOTHER brand releasing YET ANOTHER set of crackles. The thing that irks me the most about it is that all these polish companies don't even TRY to be inventive or original in any way. They just keep cranking out the same exact crackle colors that every other company has already done. I find it kind of insulting to tell you the truth. I realize we are all in the business of making money so why not actually MAKE MONEY by offering us some new freakin colors? The other day I was in Walgreens and saw the new Sinful Colors display of nothing but rows and rows of BLACK CRACKLE! It made me want to take a step back and round house kick the display off the shelf and send it crashing to the floor. NEWS FLASH- I ALREADY HAVE BLACK CRACKLE!!! I'M PRETTY SURE WE ALL DO! </span><span style="font-size: large;"> I am sorry that I am adding to the onslaught that is the crackle catastrophe, </span><span style="font-size: large;">I just like crackles and I like how all the colors look layered over different stuff. Since I mess around with different combos all the time <i>anyway</i> I might as well take pictures and post them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, here we have the first installment of crackle pics. Enjoy, and try not to vom. :D</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgolrpKfnlbd4KJ38o0HaUtImoPI3lWj2YvuXROngKrllN0pUjnmDkTNifqYV_0ty1PJxQ7P3E5LoUdE4rloBv9kVx-vGj0_2wxCR8yK71ELenJ-pL9D7V3VquitqNWJIwNfd-uzKh33RA/s1600/chinacracked+concrete.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgolrpKfnlbd4KJ38o0HaUtImoPI3lWj2YvuXROngKrllN0pUjnmDkTNifqYV_0ty1PJxQ7P3E5LoUdE4rloBv9kVx-vGj0_2wxCR8yK71ELenJ-pL9D7V3VquitqNWJIwNfd-uzKh33RA/s640/chinacracked+concrete.jpg" width="444" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">China Glaze Cracked Concrete over Finger Paints Vintage Velvet.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYl5wzJN7xw9ofpXtsRhj1OthozFQsOgBOyOis1YF8dReyhBQLcg-xXJKRPah-soWLbgBnLhDgz73UHGA59ebqBEgS5uc0ljmXQCgar23Jmqf3jMwQSdXsg2Q5o-zqDNzI98ROkmqTbrY/s1600/chinacrackedconcretefingerlavender.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYl5wzJN7xw9ofpXtsRhj1OthozFQsOgBOyOis1YF8dReyhBQLcg-xXJKRPah-soWLbgBnLhDgz73UHGA59ebqBEgS5uc0ljmXQCgar23Jmqf3jMwQSdXsg2Q5o-zqDNzI98ROkmqTbrY/s640/chinacrackedconcretefingerlavender.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Cracked Concrete over Finger Paints Lavender Highlight.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVhR2HnFBr9sDwvwnSPLHZJXFD8pQosJsPn668ODjIXE2TH7RTaeXO3bm4wVF8_Nt3sUV7HUNJcbzRzPr7yVR-NAwV02aH8QFKWKsYPnlN2UUzUvxouj9uMUffnFYfogjLBRygstmnJ1Y/s1600/chinafaultline.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVhR2HnFBr9sDwvwnSPLHZJXFD8pQosJsPn668ODjIXE2TH7RTaeXO3bm4wVF8_Nt3sUV7HUNJcbzRzPr7yVR-NAwV02aH8QFKWKsYPnlN2UUzUvxouj9uMUffnFYfogjLBRygstmnJ1Y/s640/chinafaultline.jpg" width="428" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> China Glaze Fault Line over China Glaze Secret Peri-wink-le.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidIWdk31mQqm2rMLfUKLgvJk8TS0shzz7uXHt5_ozVXGHfxkNymo_Tpavta2s0WXeE5zc0yCTVgzNSHfKtqUdr6VVUEHThCd6MGlC5V_IDysRgjrcWa-Wb8c_cRgdITVxqEbwN1xG-71o/s1600/chinaplatnumpieces.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidIWdk31mQqm2rMLfUKLgvJk8TS0shzz7uXHt5_ozVXGHfxkNymo_Tpavta2s0WXeE5zc0yCTVgzNSHfKtqUdr6VVUEHThCd6MGlC5V_IDysRgjrcWa-Wb8c_cRgdITVxqEbwN1xG-71o/s640/chinaplatnumpieces.jpg" width="438" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> China Glaze Platinum Pieces over Finger Paints Art of Theft. I REALLY don't like this silver crackle. I can't find anything it looks good over.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg66vQ0Ln0Fql0x9yYsV-Y5dWAOzPWc2zzfEXaE7ETHSgfdbcrX_lm3-pERpE1dVnudIhus2nHQZGTUUlp4KEgh5m8bwpffYflfjzceZffLLHuQNWwgnVKxQftjamqFMDlDiYQIZVH8B18/s1600/opiblackshatter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg66vQ0Ln0Fql0x9yYsV-Y5dWAOzPWc2zzfEXaE7ETHSgfdbcrX_lm3-pERpE1dVnudIhus2nHQZGTUUlp4KEgh5m8bwpffYflfjzceZffLLHuQNWwgnVKxQftjamqFMDlDiYQIZVH8B18/s640/opiblackshatter.jpg" width="427" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> OPI Black Shatter over China Glaze City Siren. LOVE!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoLqrjqgUOGZJaZPVuWQeMFxq2_ut5tpuOophrOxO9pD5bpq71Msg53E2GVNFAdd-Apl15pqa1LCrjb5d_G6OOblpl2YVnnQXv7mCN-U0Ad_z3D1YND7wVK6YXln-j6js8kI5GUqEF3IU/s1600/faultlineprettyasapeackick.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoLqrjqgUOGZJaZPVuWQeMFxq2_ut5tpuOophrOxO9pD5bpq71Msg53E2GVNFAdd-Apl15pqa1LCrjb5d_G6OOblpl2YVnnQXv7mCN-U0Ad_z3D1YND7wVK6YXln-j6js8kI5GUqEF3IU/s640/faultlineprettyasapeackick.jpg" width="430" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Fault Line over Icing Pretty as a Peacock. I love this combo! It was like having jewels on my nails.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTlDCnZ6BkX-3XODhD2s_f0aOr5NRlfetRY2-c1kHK3bCJn1Hq4GWloceX3KWaIMD-EI5ntonSOy-Bh3sMsLq0eBehzf6mu94RqDhefIB5bld8ByVM9jC36bY7nIF-juXMZzJ94YDqkSk/s1600/opiblackshatterorlyfresh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTlDCnZ6BkX-3XODhD2s_f0aOr5NRlfetRY2-c1kHK3bCJn1Hq4GWloceX3KWaIMD-EI5ntonSOy-Bh3sMsLq0eBehzf6mu94RqDhefIB5bld8ByVM9jC36bY7nIF-juXMZzJ94YDqkSk/s640/opiblackshatterorlyfresh.jpg" width="404" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> This is most likely going to be my Halloween Mani. It's Black Shatter over Orly Fresh.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi2OP-gLh4sTrDEAYpNRV2HX5cNtQ_wfOK5ybzOENNxvJ3JcfprJuyDPiib1hfCWw-c1W2GUzbd5unqSGU2wIOGafsZXGGV_4sBXq6uQ87Y0GiJsy_xXf7kA496zpgqlsk7uYYXbWzSUQ/s1600/miasecretgoldrubykissesbluemymind.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi2OP-gLh4sTrDEAYpNRV2HX5cNtQ_wfOK5ybzOENNxvJ3JcfprJuyDPiib1hfCWw-c1W2GUzbd5unqSGU2wIOGafsZXGGV_4sBXq6uQ87Y0GiJsy_xXf7kA496zpgqlsk7uYYXbWzSUQ/s640/miasecretgoldrubykissesbluemymind.jpg" width="429" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Mia Secret Gold Crackle over Ruby Kisses Deal With the Devil. I LOVE this Combo and also the Ruby Kisses polish and the name of the polish! 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<span style="font-size: large;">I have found the best way to get crackles to work well and make a lot of cracks is to apply the polish very thin. It will look sheer when you apply it but as it shrinks and cracks it becomes opaque. Also it never works for me if I go over it more than once. I never bother to let my base color dry all the way either. I haven't found a crackle yet that looks good without a topcoat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Love, MM</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356957563403774789.post-36850357205710672762011-09-14T09:30:00.000-07:002011-09-14T09:30:47.598-07:00OUCH!<span style="font-size: large;">Somehow I have managed to injure my freakin neck in an epic way. I have been to the doc and to the ER and next is the ear nose and throat doc. I cannot stand going to the doctor!!! I somehow always manage to get an insanely HOT doctor to examine me as I scream in pain, cry and shoot snot out my nose. I am an UGLY crier you guys.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have a load of swatches ready but I am super looped out on pain medication and have no business talking to more than one person at a time in my condition, much less the internet. I SWEAR I am not disappearing again and will begin posting as soon as I can form coherent sentences. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For now I will leave you with my favorite pet chicken. Fern. AKA Fern Gully the Last Rain Forest. (It's a joke about her beard ok)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">MM</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356957563403774789.post-38750567861838637852011-09-11T10:51:00.000-07:002011-09-11T10:54:23.959-07:00Prehistoric Polish- Zoya Edition.<span style="font-size: large;">I thought it would be fun and interesting and hopefully <i>helpful</i> to swatch some old polishes. I'll be adding installments to this topic every so often. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The thing with really old polish is that when you find it at beauty supply stores, salons or flea markets you really have no way to fact check it. What I mean by that is, there are usually no swatches or references online to compare your polish to in order to find out if it has been frankened, or what exactly has been done to it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's insanely common for nail salons to franken polish. They aren't being malicious or trying to decieve you, they simply want their polish area to look nice and they need to make room for more colors so they often pour mostly empty polishes into one bottle and stick it back on the shelf. This normally isn't a problem for everyday salon goers. They like a color on the rack, get a manicure with it and don't care what the polish name is or even think about whether it's a franken. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The problem arises when a salon has a nail polish sale and a nail fanatic finds a hidden gem of a rare or discontinued polish on the racks, takes it home and looks it up to find it is not what it is supposed to be. Even worse, a blogger buys a franken, and brings it home to find there are no swatches of it, so puts her own swatches online and the whole nail comunity ends up with an incorrect reference. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are lots of things that can happen to your polish before you buy it. It can be thinned, frankened or even straight up replaced with something else. So, for this reason please keep in mind that I have NO IDEA if the polishes and polish names I am showing when I swatch old polish are correct. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My latest find at a lightly traveled beauty supply store was a hoard of old Zoyas! They had a crap ton of them but I only got three because it was extremely clear to me that they had been thinned half to death and I wasn't sure if I would even be able to use them. The store seriously thinned them to the consistency of WATER. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was able to get them opaque enough for pictures (FIVE COATS EACH!!!) and I have got them all sitting out with the lids off to thicken them up. I'll be going back to get one of each color soon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">They only had very light colors like nudes and whites but it's still cool, I think. I photographed each polish outdoors in direct sunlight and in the shade. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Here are the swatches. I wish I knew how old these babies are!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Even though these colors aren't my style or taste I still think they are neat. It really is a testament to the quality of Zoya nail polish that these old polishes that have been through god knows what still held up to the test of time. They dried FAST and weren't gummy or goopey. They also had fantastic luster in their shimmer and shine. </span></div><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">LOVE, MM</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356957563403774789.post-17636862063271343132011-09-09T08:28:00.000-07:002011-09-09T08:28:40.588-07:00A few more Finger Paints.<span style="font-size: large;">Last night I went back to Sally's to grab a few more Finger Paints. I am pretty sure I spotted another nail junkie while I was there. We're a mysterious and illusive species and you rarely see us in the light of day, but I feel like I have the knowledge to identify one of my own kind when I see one. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">She was a 20 something woman with neon green nails filed to perfection. I noticed this from 20 feet away the second she walked through the door at Sally's. Yeah, I always obsessively STARE at strangers until I get a glimpse of their nails. So what? Anyways, she walked in, looking down at the ground, and made a straight B line to the polishes. A dead giveaway. Then she ninja grabbed the China Glaze Crackle Haunting 4 pack that I had JUST PUT DOWN!!! DAMN IT! She instantly bought it and I cursed under my breath for the rest of the night for putting it down. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, fellow nail junkie who STRAIGHT UP STOLE the new China Glaze Halloween collection from me, I hope you like your new polish. PS- I licked the package. Enjoy your strep throat. I'm pretty sure I have a swollen lymph node. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I checked out at the register the SA went out of her way to give me a free purse. I think that means I am spending too much money there. I ended up buying 3 new Finger Paints, a new Orly, Fresh, marked down to 1.99 and China Glaze Secret Peri-Wink-le. It's one of the only CG's in the core collection that I don't already have. So, I got it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'll go ahead and swatch all of my new ones even though the title of this post expressly says <i>Finger Paints</i>. Whatever. I do what I WANT!</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1n3owTsvcgmHy-BASKrxQTy8JbWQwIFAtcAWhUMz3sA8fKoa09N_-8lwAaCirQMvjKuDxvD0HxZtvfKocLI8DvQ-X4Alo5Q96T0DFKIr1Ag_M786LyiDq1EgtNbxHUM5PyLgN0xcS1u4/s1600/chinaglazesecretperiwinkle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1n3owTsvcgmHy-BASKrxQTy8JbWQwIFAtcAWhUMz3sA8fKoa09N_-8lwAaCirQMvjKuDxvD0HxZtvfKocLI8DvQ-X4Alo5Q96T0DFKIr1Ag_M786LyiDq1EgtNbxHUM5PyLgN0xcS1u4/s640/chinaglazesecretperiwinkle.jpg" width="410" /></a></div> <span style="font-size: large;">First up, this gorgeous hidden gem from China Glaze that I have somehow managed to ignore until now. So weird because I absolutely LOVE this color and I am wearing it right now. It's a little sheer but worth it.</span> <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb0TsZcAHnydKrHFRAKTQg5czTgRSlTTAlWf_bptpCIH0IPSLxWsU6t6DF0pOocuNM1EHDZFhtmPiCjZuh3bz455FC4BkNqXdCay7J-eRMOS9gYltnABCKIhUaQuVyCNT21Y0oXIBtZuc/s1600/finger+paints+pretty+as+a+porttrait.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb0TsZcAHnydKrHFRAKTQg5czTgRSlTTAlWf_bptpCIH0IPSLxWsU6t6DF0pOocuNM1EHDZFhtmPiCjZuh3bz455FC4BkNqXdCay7J-eRMOS9gYltnABCKIhUaQuVyCNT21Y0oXIBtZuc/s640/finger+paints+pretty+as+a+porttrait.jpg" width="434" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Pretty redish purple. I really like this one. I have found that all the Finger Paints I have purchased dry super duper shiny. Mama likey!</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizdMyL-hlYMBgjnbEPYuxYQ3AwctxNtA-r1wJIkO4ySRCoTg6NCENByGdnF5d_u1i5eLboLnAIXW8GV8V5e7M4dl0OMf78Temv0jcUtGiBqWzLRxYPD6E0Smcox3nQKOaPU0rh5rDEqaI/s1600/fingerpaintsartoftheft1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizdMyL-hlYMBgjnbEPYuxYQ3AwctxNtA-r1wJIkO4ySRCoTg6NCENByGdnF5d_u1i5eLboLnAIXW8GV8V5e7M4dl0OMf78Temv0jcUtGiBqWzLRxYPD6E0Smcox3nQKOaPU0rh5rDEqaI/s640/fingerpaintsartoftheft1.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">HOLY SHIT! Dark blue super pigmented jelly with loads of super tiny pink shimmer. I LOVE THIS! I am so glad I got this one, I put it down 3 or 4 times.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhR6hyC0oatl9z3ijHuNhOZunpJOKCbVLvvhnIWF786iktVyz3kYHnH03k-vm7uHF7FwpRmrx1OHETifKOnJGu-xnnvrm1YkE6IhsbQkrRgdpb5knDPcrSR1I5v2hYNuFDqFGjSXYNfXg/s1600/fingerpaintsartoftheft2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhR6hyC0oatl9z3ijHuNhOZunpJOKCbVLvvhnIWF786iktVyz3kYHnH03k-vm7uHF7FwpRmrx1OHETifKOnJGu-xnnvrm1YkE6IhsbQkrRgdpb5knDPcrSR1I5v2hYNuFDqFGjSXYNfXg/s640/fingerpaintsartoftheft2.jpg" width="406" /></a></div> <span style="font-size: large;">Here is another view of the polish above without flash to show the insane shine. Sooooo shiiiiiiiiiiiiinyyyyyyyyyyyy.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3GHTkD6HGA1XXEVOw_MZXeRUQpydlooCOaFzyJCFG7kIEWFHVSKzFCEBqFuq9X6u53649noXKZz0HhCBwgi4FquCXTdcdEzi4rRCNqWaFGtlc04jWtZQLVZHu-nxGSd7tU-W6LhIvvp8/s1600/fingerpaintslavenderhighlight.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3GHTkD6HGA1XXEVOw_MZXeRUQpydlooCOaFzyJCFG7kIEWFHVSKzFCEBqFuq9X6u53649noXKZz0HhCBwgi4FquCXTdcdEzi4rRCNqWaFGtlc04jWtZQLVZHu-nxGSd7tU-W6LhIvvp8/s640/fingerpaintslavenderhighlight.jpg" width="450" /></a></div> <span style="font-size: large;">Wow. A perfect lavender that does not make my skin look red. Love it.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_xKR7RNqStKZq9Z60BKG39FAkjAE7WJW9_lbDkLkrcuDzqvyeMFOQP0ba4vVxTpjo0aEAHQlI7kR1N2kZmR8eX3q5jXUemBsRxTva0cOUv2UWiK-MfyrhmSGy56N8gACprExcbyX9HZw/s1600/orlyfresh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_xKR7RNqStKZq9Z60BKG39FAkjAE7WJW9_lbDkLkrcuDzqvyeMFOQP0ba4vVxTpjo0aEAHQlI7kR1N2kZmR8eX3q5jXUemBsRxTva0cOUv2UWiK-MfyrhmSGy56N8gACprExcbyX9HZw/s640/orlyfresh.jpg" width="404" /></a></div> <span style="font-size: large;">Last we have my clearance polish. I think they sold everything from this new collection but this one polish so they marked it down. I saw this last weekend and it was 6.99. It's a neon so it dries matte. Pictured here at 2 coats with no topcoat. I'm not crazy about this but I am fairly sure that for Halloween I'm wearing this with OPI Black Shatter on top because it looks CRAZY AWESOME.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Love, MM</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356957563403774789.post-70933508399993644312011-09-08T13:57:00.000-07:002011-09-08T13:57:58.387-07:00Lessons From the Looney Bin- De-Pocket before you Paint!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> De-Pocket Before you PAINT!!!</span></div><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It took me over a year to figure out this lesson. It's something that is SURE to happen about 5 seconds after the last brush stroke of your perfect mani. BAM! Your cellphone rings or a text comes in. WHERE is your cellphone? Of course it's deep in the pocket our your jeans or burried in the abyss of your purse. What happens next is a frantic attempt to fish out your phone withut ruining your nails which, let's be honest, is so impossible it's hilarious.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So... Before you paint your nails, remove your phone from your pocket or purse. Your mani ritual should go like this-</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1- Choose polish.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">2- Go Pee.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">3- Locate cell phone and remove it from wherever it is WEDGED.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">4- Paint nails.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">5- Grin ear to ear over how brilliant you are.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">HTH,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">MM</span><br />
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</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356957563403774789.post-2470267767404537162011-09-08T09:26:00.000-07:002011-09-08T09:26:53.576-07:00My first Finger Paints.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> <span style="font-size: large;">For some reason I have always resisted Finger paints polishes. No matter how much I have ever loved any of their colors I always told myself NO! I think I may have been scared to open the gates of collecting a whole new brand? Maybe it's because I don't have any space on my nail polish racks? I'm not sure, but that business has come to an end. This past weekend I bought my first 6 Finger Paints.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVMvhVl1EG8kG6hHDXhZomu6DJ69BKPEOMLu59CeqWBtaMYrF3r7xQTx72Yc4l4cIUqieBsRnMbwxOtRGzKlThOaqofoTjttozQZTwSK8TKFOLo0Iqra1Gj0Up4deIIPtCAlIJf67FgVs/s1600/fingerpaintsmilitarygreen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVMvhVl1EG8kG6hHDXhZomu6DJ69BKPEOMLu59CeqWBtaMYrF3r7xQTx72Yc4l4cIUqieBsRnMbwxOtRGzKlThOaqofoTjttozQZTwSK8TKFOLo0Iqra1Gj0Up4deIIPtCAlIJf67FgVs/s640/fingerpaintsmilitarygreen.jpg" width="440" /></a></div> <span style="font-size: large;">LOVE! This smokey light green creme reminds me a lot of something else but I can't put my finger on it. Is this an Essie Sew psyched dupe minus the shimmer? I am fairly sure that if I searched my stash long enough I would find a dupe of this. I don't really care though</span>.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrSXir6sZbL19UBC4u7KFSYL3QNoSd0RWZMU7MOKebApENhrxsaaMe-FJharT51ikfMvQEEUQe_bE44L70omhD-g5pEyc3-y7d24yAP71JU5bjx59Trn-OvRuBC-OzHDppcNSrYYcyizs/s1600/fingerpaintstoteally.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrSXir6sZbL19UBC4u7KFSYL3QNoSd0RWZMU7MOKebApENhrxsaaMe-FJharT51ikfMvQEEUQe_bE44L70omhD-g5pEyc3-y7d24yAP71JU5bjx59Trn-OvRuBC-OzHDppcNSrYYcyizs/s640/fingerpaintstoteally.jpg" width="424" /></a></div> <span style="font-size: large;">Drop dead gorgeous teal creme that leans blue. This one is a crowd pleaser for sure. It's my fiances fav out of all my polish purchases this fall and both of the girls went home wearing this last weekend.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1hOnyihe1Ax4nyrLR53qUQWWt14aqHzPwn2icNwSvjACW5TwBarWZ1TlpYkBu0CDBkTaJ-8b50ne4SoL02ibWrt7xMB3tLRK4GJBhhV-OXXZNBLwNYJuZa34y5EgInt2w46JDU88YMec/s1600/fingerpaintstoughtarttofollow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1hOnyihe1Ax4nyrLR53qUQWWt14aqHzPwn2icNwSvjACW5TwBarWZ1TlpYkBu0CDBkTaJ-8b50ne4SoL02ibWrt7xMB3tLRK4GJBhhV-OXXZNBLwNYJuZa34y5EgInt2w46JDU88YMec/s640/fingerpaintstoughtarttofollow.jpg" width="428" /></a></div> <span style="font-size: large;">OMG!!! I must be dreaming! Super dark green creme that isn't streaky, doesn't get gummy, covers well, and dries fast??? I will be needing another bottle of this no doubt!</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOgt0tpJd8lc9CTerFa117iDffH6983Zk6Ah2g1rnkeRUyE9r2ONH3U3lfV_LkJ34DlihayiTO1A3JSrfssEnW0LX06lStubfWpNIXn6w55qiO4EfS4NCytFXUnl3REklNQw2g-xv3DW8/s1600/fingerpaintsvintagevelvet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOgt0tpJd8lc9CTerFa117iDffH6983Zk6Ah2g1rnkeRUyE9r2ONH3U3lfV_LkJ34DlihayiTO1A3JSrfssEnW0LX06lStubfWpNIXn6w55qiO4EfS4NCytFXUnl3REklNQw2g-xv3DW8/s640/fingerpaintsvintagevelvet.jpg" width="432" /></a></div> <span style="font-size: large;">This is my mani today. I adore this greenish bluish greyish creamy polish. This is a one coater.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho7Z63diG8bYrErXMKkPjxqjze3kFCeDe928jzJqWSFYelA04gHV10exLqGaar_SV6ZrOB339DFBtzacoJwEA5spXijLkMC4h35Ju1okB4M3xzqKwA7BRdpr5FZi4JQtrSeWcn94XOA6g/s1600/ingepaintssignedinwine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho7Z63diG8bYrErXMKkPjxqjze3kFCeDe928jzJqWSFYelA04gHV10exLqGaar_SV6ZrOB339DFBtzacoJwEA5spXijLkMC4h35Ju1okB4M3xzqKwA7BRdpr5FZi4JQtrSeWcn94XOA6g/s640/ingepaintssignedinwine.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">This photo is showing the polish about 2 shades lighter than it is in person. I really like this red jelly but it takes a good 3 coats to get it to the opacity pictured and I still had visible nail line. </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5HUHpYQxuUDVxrGufBVdXoJyeNYUgCswkIiOLhvZD__ENf1XCZ5gKeuyV9sYvm_BCwHzlm0fWaFKb5fSc0ZSukse2phjrnk5_Iq7rjs9vYgdVkVo-qS5OpJR7qyM-AkUREpGDAyLUTYs/s1600/fingerpaintsbluecrackle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5HUHpYQxuUDVxrGufBVdXoJyeNYUgCswkIiOLhvZD__ENf1XCZ5gKeuyV9sYvm_BCwHzlm0fWaFKb5fSc0ZSukse2phjrnk5_Iq7rjs9vYgdVkVo-qS5OpJR7qyM-AkUREpGDAyLUTYs/s640/fingerpaintsbluecrackle.jpg" width="430" /> </a></div><span style="font-size: large;">I also picked up my first crackle ever! I have since gotten several more but I still really love this one.This is over To-Teally Chic. I am WAY behind on this whole crackle business.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Over all I really love Finger Paints. I think the name is so cute and the bottle is awesome. Good colors and formula. I am going back for more this weekend. I just wish they were cheaper. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Love, MM </span> <br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356957563403774789.post-50166402829213134592011-09-07T19:27:00.000-07:002011-09-07T20:37:15.805-07:00China Glaze Metro Collection.<span style="font-size: large;">I love this collection SO MUCH I just had to post it. This is one of the rare China Glaze collections where I love almost all of the colors. Normally I have to have no more than 6 of a 12 piece set but for this collection I had my heart set on 9 of them!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was so obsessed with these that for the first time ever I went to Sally's and paid retail for them so I could get instant gratification. For someone as cheap as me that is really saying something.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This collection is so incredible but for some odd reason the promo pictures and advertising are really misleading. In the promo pic the polishes are arranged in such a way that the collection really looks STANK. It looks like burnt oranges and nothing but reds. YUCK! They really screwed up with that photo. I am willing to bet this collection would have been 50% more popular had they pulled the purple, grey and green polishes to the front of the display in the photo and let the red and pink polishes hide in the back. </span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The formula on these is amazing across the board. All the cremes except one are careful one coaters and 2 of the glitters cover in a mere 2 coats. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of the reasons this collection is so mesmerizing to me is that</span> <span style="font-size: large;">the colors are super complimentary to one another. They look fantastic side by side making you feel like you need all of them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Swatches!!! Please keep in mind I am re-learning to photograph nail polish since it's been FOREVER! </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjUDAw5NgbKYEHQXWDDjR-JvNgOHJL2gE7PFnP33MsMXS46Ii4bzyjDoxE9eympCnSBNtJFFCa5YD5GZhcbN2hXM76mcLqWMH4eNe9Yic525ZUzSoeXMIRBOVTAAE8OfOt-5vNnKozhTM/s1600/chinacginthecity.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjUDAw5NgbKYEHQXWDDjR-JvNgOHJL2gE7PFnP33MsMXS46Ii4bzyjDoxE9eympCnSBNtJFFCa5YD5GZhcbN2hXM76mcLqWMH4eNe9Yic525ZUzSoeXMIRBOVTAAE8OfOt-5vNnKozhTM/s640/chinacginthecity.jpg" width="418" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-size: large;">Purple and silver micro glitters of a few different shades in a clear base. This is 3 coats. This one is my least favorite of the 9 I bought but I still like it. It's sort of different.</span> <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglL_piPFYkGbTFhrt4D1HBDNdBMrMRRdoOM0XF90tSVrVt_Fg5ppaJq9oSxMosWeDgnqJqN5VXtRyYj6iAo2BhQwIlN_FxtClz6g6oZ4yRJMdlDM0nnpLNREqE8UIn4yrzAOghPW5ag_Q/s1600/chinaconcretecatwalk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglL_piPFYkGbTFhrt4D1HBDNdBMrMRRdoOM0XF90tSVrVt_Fg5ppaJq9oSxMosWeDgnqJqN5VXtRyYj6iAo2BhQwIlN_FxtClz6g6oZ4yRJMdlDM0nnpLNREqE8UIn4yrzAOghPW5ag_Q/s640/chinaconcretecatwalk.jpg" width="424" /></a></div> <span style="font-size: large;">I adore this dark grey creme with a hint of blue. This is my all time favorite grey creme. This is the only grey I own that doesn't make my skin look over the top red.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT1uq41nuCaOzbx8RLOuD3C42LU-2qPsnRwf7tj_Vr8D-KRsJUDIrZIQLcXMbOUadVOOcFJ1Q-OvqqxZ6lWljm1GNtyh4vGHpzSZB18QA782WTwbaEuBTAk-WiOsGPFOaNvxC0igEmrWU/s1600/chinamidtownmagic1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT1uq41nuCaOzbx8RLOuD3C42LU-2qPsnRwf7tj_Vr8D-KRsJUDIrZIQLcXMbOUadVOOcFJ1Q-OvqqxZ6lWljm1GNtyh4vGHpzSZB18QA782WTwbaEuBTAk-WiOsGPFOaNvxC0igEmrWU/s640/chinamidtownmagic1.jpg" width="412" /></a></div> <span style="font-size: large;">This is an eggplant base with duochrome micro glitter. The glitter flashes from orange to lime green. This is 2 coats. Amazing color!Even though I mostly stick to cremes these days I really love this one and I can't wait to wear it.</span> <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGpKGbAWWMxzklgfFBleQKCpxeftPZiCo0R5k5qFP_mtBvBOoNUcyKq6e0fl9AfBHKqv79aiQK1PSQFEmvwEAaKGHEbSJGEr1wq2tngRJu4oXMVMcO2p_qvkyZHDPItFZBVGelQIIMCg4/s1600/chinamidtownmagic2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGpKGbAWWMxzklgfFBleQKCpxeftPZiCo0R5k5qFP_mtBvBOoNUcyKq6e0fl9AfBHKqv79aiQK1PSQFEmvwEAaKGHEbSJGEr1wq2tngRJu4oXMVMcO2p_qvkyZHDPItFZBVGelQIIMCg4/s640/chinamidtownmagic2.jpg" width="410" /></a></div> <span style="font-size: large;">Another view.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR2UcgaIycg2HKSSUTL6J8mzEKFiZKnYVXskn_-iWLcGP2dNIDdISus0GQTojDh8Biti19iJHsO0OVXG7CUmXObohgk2BbQtTl3gH3HWDmEglU2gadjdUbxJbCleDK0OQ3J8QZI12cTkg/s1600/chinaskyscraper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR2UcgaIycg2HKSSUTL6J8mzEKFiZKnYVXskn_-iWLcGP2dNIDdISus0GQTojDh8Biti19iJHsO0OVXG7CUmXObohgk2BbQtTl3gH3HWDmEglU2gadjdUbxJbCleDK0OQ3J8QZI12cTkg/s640/chinaskyscraper.jpg" width="438" /></a></div> <span style="font-size: large;">Simply stunning dark blue, almost navy blue jelly with loads of silver micro glitter. This is only 2 coats!!! This is a must have.</span> <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinwl0KC1AW7_bsjW74pO0ekEBJKnWzBeZqEL7DpzKPLCuC7K-EAT_q2yDnw65uFCBxuNWGgqHoq5Ja4JNFfyuGJFGVhDCfytEJ7IMt_5hQV0oGkJSvK08tXgKXXLQMp2wa0XEp0rrSUwM/s1600/chinaurbannight.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinwl0KC1AW7_bsjW74pO0ekEBJKnWzBeZqEL7DpzKPLCuC7K-EAT_q2yDnw65uFCBxuNWGgqHoq5Ja4JNFfyuGJFGVhDCfytEJ7IMt_5hQV0oGkJSvK08tXgKXXLQMp2wa0XEp0rrSUwM/s640/chinaurbannight.jpg" width="442" /></a></div> <span style="font-size: large;">Really gorgeous red based purple creme. This is really pretty but not really unique. This one needs more coats than all the other cremes. It's a minimum 2 coater.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIj4wn-xX2SEF5CbgWMFGlxxkKi2nNEwYHwM4oNrS4IdVX4Be_70Y7glyo087iIciMKnEOXkiGTt3pOZYwV7ScbMcxaPZwqpYdlkJC0TOcOePvR_8dKpttANz5735kInO3rAv06mtqKo8/s1600/chinacitysiren.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIj4wn-xX2SEF5CbgWMFGlxxkKi2nNEwYHwM4oNrS4IdVX4Be_70Y7glyo087iIciMKnEOXkiGTt3pOZYwV7ScbMcxaPZwqpYdlkJC0TOcOePvR_8dKpttANz5735kInO3rAv06mtqKo8/s640/chinacitysiren.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"> I really LOVE this red. I am so into red polish lately, especially cremes, and even more especially "different" red cremes. This is kind of murky almost with a tint of grey. Dies super duper shiny and makes my skin tone look amazing. This is the best red to come out all year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some updates on yours truley. After an 8 year relationship I am finally ready to get married and I am currently deep in the trenches of wedding planning. Man, it's insane but a lot of fun. I have been on this crazy hardcore diet for the last 6 weeks and planning on staying on it until my wedding 16 months away. Wish me luck on that rediculous crap! Also, I got CHICKENS! Thats right, you heard me correctly. I have PET CHICKENS now. They are so entertaining and sweet! The super cool thing about my new chickens is that they should start laying eggs in about a month and I just figured out that the reason I have been so sick lately is that I am alergic to EGGS. AWESOME! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am so excited to be posting after so long! It's nice to be back! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Love, MM </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356957563403774789.post-20329708453628370852010-10-28T18:29:00.000-07:002010-10-28T18:50:34.070-07:00Fright Night Claw Polish Swatches and Review<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I found these little jewels in the Halloween section of Wal-mart.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqUyGZ9-h_S5dfSG1D6246XJ9MHNWbLokme6FjEKUw-pm7nbgh63nR7lYxKtnrXCKBjp_bjMmkUEDPM9_uZPiBMPsJDNjcLrhfBR7_foekNMMh1nVf0dA1qRG2faq4PGbE2Djm9n-8lK4/s1600/fright+night+halloween.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqUyGZ9-h_S5dfSG1D6246XJ9MHNWbLokme6FjEKUw-pm7nbgh63nR7lYxKtnrXCKBjp_bjMmkUEDPM9_uZPiBMPsJDNjcLrhfBR7_foekNMMh1nVf0dA1qRG2faq4PGbE2Djm9n-8lK4/s640/fright+night+halloween.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I know it must be a HUGE surprise that I bought every color they had. I mean, the bottles ARE SHAPED LIKE COFFINS! Who in the world could pass that up? NOT ME that's who. Not to mention they say FRIGHT NIGHT on the stinkin' bottles!!! I had to have them. It was not a choice, it was a need. A deep, stabby, grabby, clingy, unrelenting NEED.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTs2x9MTXWzJx8idBwf1W03ezmk0UY2NAvCf_jk42tpI7lP7h2gekYM5rmlP7dyc3KKhyFMS-fnxMZ9qqfkWir1HcAWL7TE-Ls0Q1wd6uxBiz4orPp7nKKNLLO3XKVyI8_HtIqKXsCUPk/s1600/frigt+night+close.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTs2x9MTXWzJx8idBwf1W03ezmk0UY2NAvCf_jk42tpI7lP7h2gekYM5rmlP7dyc3KKhyFMS-fnxMZ9qqfkWir1HcAWL7TE-Ls0Q1wd6uxBiz4orPp7nKKNLLO3XKVyI8_HtIqKXsCUPk/s640/frigt+night+close.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Did I mention the bottles are shaped like coffins? Because they are. My fiance likes to tell me that this form of marketing is called "the appeal to emotion" and that it was invented and created solely based on me. But I say it has nothing to do with freakin MARKETING!!! <b>THE BOTTLES ARE SHAPED LIKE COFFINS! MUST ACQUIRE!!!!!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Coffin bottles aside I think my favorite thing about these polishes are the names. I was literally laughing my ass off while I was swatching them and reading the names. They have these very scary, halloweeny names like Sinister, Poison, and Toxic then they throw in <b>Blue</b> as a name just to spice things up a bit. I just kept running scenarios through my head as to how the same company can name one polish Bloodshed then the very next one <b>Blk Orange</b>. Did the polish naming dude get pissed off and walk out because they docked his overtime pay and the only employee left to name the polish was a one armed, imagination less chimpanzee with Sars? Did the label printer dude fail the 12 steps and crawl into a bottle of Jack during the printing process? It's things like this that are truly hilarious to me. </span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAqcUTUsqZVjyCl8g0ShzfN3-r-za6lgn4hWnTr8gLlQirUexoTr4I8fAJxBqKh-e0QgxbAzawfn_VE95RpmrJs_paSgh5NwnesIu4wH1Czzt9owU6ZrK3U0hksQDLv0b8aKG3LLArJZw/s1600/fright+night+voodoo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAqcUTUsqZVjyCl8g0ShzfN3-r-za6lgn4hWnTr8gLlQirUexoTr4I8fAJxBqKh-e0QgxbAzawfn_VE95RpmrJs_paSgh5NwnesIu4wH1Czzt9owU6ZrK3U0hksQDLv0b8aKG3LLArJZw/s640/fright+night+voodoo.jpg" width="440" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> This is a really awesome topcoat. The base color is perfectly pigmented. It's just pigmented enough to be opaque on it's own in 3 coats and also work as a topcoat over other polishes without completely changing the base color. This ruby red sparkler seriously gives Ruby Pumps a run for its money people. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZub_rm2-NweZbR3Tf-T401vvQh8tarQw6qn4cWnVVFJLqLtgcq4FkL0u6PaThbWL0CDhybIr6fZCtoTvIGIH3AuWqjNmCMSvaJ5MujtmOFJcuNmWlJefi8G3CaQw2r3pdh5pcV9GmOCE/s1600/fright+night+toxic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZub_rm2-NweZbR3Tf-T401vvQh8tarQw6qn4cWnVVFJLqLtgcq4FkL0u6PaThbWL0CDhybIr6fZCtoTvIGIH3AuWqjNmCMSvaJ5MujtmOFJcuNmWlJefi8G3CaQw2r3pdh5pcV9GmOCE/s640/fright+night+toxic.jpg" width="442" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">This is described on the packaging as "metallic" and I guess it sort of is. I'm not sure what else to really call it besides pretty.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJqsX5K7Gz249tQjkNX5BZsN5FhVsZQcSBgsZ66kVIE15Ic1TAK4d2kdpkwgYdDmKj8IJ5vaQU7LJESp_DX9umfwiOBf4DzpRzvLg4MAkR96X7kIJNC4P8VkqatARu8Wv9RcI3hfvWS8/s1600/fright+night+sinister.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJqsX5K7Gz249tQjkNX5BZsN5FhVsZQcSBgsZ66kVIE15Ic1TAK4d2kdpkwgYdDmKj8IJ5vaQU7LJESp_DX9umfwiOBf4DzpRzvLg4MAkR96X7kIJNC4P8VkqatARu8Wv9RcI3hfvWS8/s640/fright+night+sinister.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">A one coat satin black from a cheapy Halloween polish brand? Say it ain't so! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5-1JkYsqx8z3mbbuzid9F4Vwaxwxk0fr9cuS6bN0MQi1YXDaLFFThW9b4RErNEiMl5m0qmi8XYPe6XFzfFYFA4zTlY0YNHohYZ6kCIEBalFKNTUTVsL6su7LxxbCO6ZBMCsd49wrgNd0/s1600/fright+night+blk+orange.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5-1JkYsqx8z3mbbuzid9F4Vwaxwxk0fr9cuS6bN0MQi1YXDaLFFThW9b4RErNEiMl5m0qmi8XYPe6XFzfFYFA4zTlY0YNHohYZ6kCIEBalFKNTUTVsL6su7LxxbCO6ZBMCsd49wrgNd0/s640/fright+night+blk+orange.jpg" width="442" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">This one is black and orange string glitter in a clear base layered over Sinister. The name rules dudes! So freakin original!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEyAWMm7q096Lpj8_7rqZkO8LArb3gGR7KhBXGjs0w-z4M3Efs3Yc_Nn0FTADZHmXA21dfIU1QOJBXkMNJ0sV5SSa7fWRPwdUKXUxuD0j_JuaJemlogSxKL8qrrCNn3ny8ak5NhYo3FyE/s1600/fright+night+bloodshed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEyAWMm7q096Lpj8_7rqZkO8LArb3gGR7KhBXGjs0w-z4M3Efs3Yc_Nn0FTADZHmXA21dfIU1QOJBXkMNJ0sV5SSa7fWRPwdUKXUxuD0j_JuaJemlogSxKL8qrrCNn3ny8ak5NhYo3FyE/s640/fright+night+bloodshed.jpg" width="440" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">This one is also a one coater if you're careful. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy7KUd7CDtJ4Lt7wRAnGrrUOkNoiAFz6Yfphv40-RCeTB46vexiDMDG9ZIzE7CgsyHzZf7IdDDwZyEHfD0oqIhZsp1ND8bNfyq9pehVmtFk1GXUankg_0pQgQraGlwnlCZNCvc6hfFOIE/s1600/fright+night+blue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy7KUd7CDtJ4Lt7wRAnGrrUOkNoiAFz6Yfphv40-RCeTB46vexiDMDG9ZIzE7CgsyHzZf7IdDDwZyEHfD0oqIhZsp1ND8bNfyq9pehVmtFk1GXUankg_0pQgQraGlwnlCZNCvc6hfFOIE/s640/fright+night+blue.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I think the name says it all on this one guys.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrjCZ45zOASkCjp5tnVxDYiAfoGxIQ337utJ0ZagzVnFgeC-CnN6qhuuuPS42ldFTZCZQAQC-YMwbSFnx_c-ciueoeclr-d1Kkuazw1gqBhl82BSXawLnwFu68zSVXulDPIynJzdrqrg8/s1600/fright+night+poison.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrjCZ45zOASkCjp5tnVxDYiAfoGxIQ337utJ0ZagzVnFgeC-CnN6qhuuuPS42ldFTZCZQAQC-YMwbSFnx_c-ciueoeclr-d1Kkuazw1gqBhl82BSXawLnwFu68zSVXulDPIynJzdrqrg8/s640/fright+night+poison.jpg" width="430" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Another one described as "metallic". This is a 2 coat gorgeous purple shimmer.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgskdE6dEluxpSfaBWZl8YwkyZD5FKLkVaiKT7LFr86lc6VH-XIBIXdiiOfhyphenhyphenEzVhZq3TkCBXr8PTkyO5pcQ6Er8pub_aWa6afCj3_o7etdfRCPeRmpJQmJDcPuhPwmL7yIMH5yZZ5Kox8/s1600/fright+night+pumpkin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgskdE6dEluxpSfaBWZl8YwkyZD5FKLkVaiKT7LFr86lc6VH-XIBIXdiiOfhyphenhyphenEzVhZq3TkCBXr8PTkyO5pcQ6Er8pub_aWa6afCj3_o7etdfRCPeRmpJQmJDcPuhPwmL7yIMH5yZZ5Kox8/s640/fright+night+pumpkin.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Listen up dudes. This is the most neon polish I have ever seen in my life. I had to take the photo in the dark to keep it from over exposing or blurring out completely. It's a jelly base and takes a good 3 thick coats but it's totally worth it for the retina burning neon effect!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">To my surprise these actually don't suck! They apply well and all of them are two coaters or less with the exception of the "topcoat" VooDoo and the orange one called Pumpkin. I was pretty shocked when the black flowed onto my nails and covered in one single coat! I was really expecting these to be nothing more than cute novelties in awesome bottles but they are actually wearable! Bonus!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Happy Halloween!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Love, MM</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356957563403774789.post-35424272057494370392010-10-28T12:32:00.000-07:002010-10-28T12:32:23.663-07:00Hard Candy Halloween 2010<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This year Hard Candy released three limited edition polishes exclusive for Halloween. Hell yeah! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi43r4yB1EnZZgn8jGEI5NR1rcFlK_sc8xtIXNWcd10R5X9F52ptPuLnf56BitA2ACszQmpz5zaFmB_WozRRDUPTN7xIW6QXPAd7IRUYaimMLsszIhQVx6FWUHZxb89fPBLyS0uUy0Movc/s1600/hard+candy+halloween.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="595" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi43r4yB1EnZZgn8jGEI5NR1rcFlK_sc8xtIXNWcd10R5X9F52ptPuLnf56BitA2ACszQmpz5zaFmB_WozRRDUPTN7xIW6QXPAd7IRUYaimMLsszIhQVx6FWUHZxb89fPBLyS0uUy0Movc/s640/hard+candy+halloween.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Halloween polishes are my THANG baby! Then go ahead and tell me they're limited edition and I might not be able to get them... DANG! Slow your roll Hard Candy! Nail Polish + Halloween + Limited Edition = I'll buy a bottle of stale date baby food if it's got a lid with a brush in it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Limited edition Halloween is totally cool so it's too bad these colors are pretty much played out and overdone.</span> <span style="font-size: large;">I mean I guess they are <i>ok</i>. It's like, they ARE Halloween colors so how many options are there to actually be unique? At least one of them kinda breaks the mold on traditional Halloween colors.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Bg1h1TSXquFiqua3F8h1A3MjxUQh-5cbKnOLmaHn7_KnsPmN3j10g-_yz51HALDlyYCoLXS3mwNCZ5rr381MQOHWM28MEyNxQCdl3u4zkO3ohuailB_ABsDGIWIy70VkXAiDK1LLRAY/s1600/hard+candy+mischief.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Bg1h1TSXquFiqua3F8h1A3MjxUQh-5cbKnOLmaHn7_KnsPmN3j10g-_yz51HALDlyYCoLXS3mwNCZ5rr381MQOHWM28MEyNxQCdl3u4zkO3ohuailB_ABsDGIWIy70VkXAiDK1LLRAY/s640/hard+candy+mischief.jpg" width="392" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Yet another brown/black base with orange glitter. HURRAY! As you can see by the state of this mani this polish is goop city. It was like trying to apply cottage cheese on my nails. It did cover nicely but good lord it was impossible to keep it from clumping up. Just check out the polish tumor on my pinky nail. This is three coats. It could be done in two if you would just take the time to add some thinner to keep it from clumping which I obviously did not do.</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Or just slap one coat over black.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJNMtvWsEl7LCFXDQTampcAFdXOzOxzcXmXGF_aonM286uLuH3V8_pu54_OkcjRrt8qaH49QyFAc9mo-nq15O17wMrit8zqJEEhfzd3cWBy1Fn6zhFOUqlIPRhHHAmUKbJ31VrX5BdRW0/s1600/hard+candy+wicked.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJNMtvWsEl7LCFXDQTampcAFdXOzOxzcXmXGF_aonM286uLuH3V8_pu54_OkcjRrt8qaH49QyFAc9mo-nq15O17wMrit8zqJEEhfzd3cWBy1Fn6zhFOUqlIPRhHHAmUKbJ31VrX5BdRW0/s640/hard+candy+wicked.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Black with silver glitter. This one is possibly the most overdone out of the three. Not only is it a Halloween standard it's also a common color in regular collections. It was the easiest to apply though. This is two coats.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1oAsyc1_4umEgjvXQTyazCY5oIdEPHuVzepBzG9IYVgdxODj_G1KzRSAlmOqFGF_JquTr07-nLvM1PQeIknOwIqIeTUjHK5Xb6UKmTvGKg1Ow9jXXvuW0GtBXEeLmqNskTauIuu2Ip74/s1600/hard+candy+zombie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1oAsyc1_4umEgjvXQTyazCY5oIdEPHuVzepBzG9IYVgdxODj_G1KzRSAlmOqFGF_JquTr07-nLvM1PQeIknOwIqIeTUjHK5Xb6UKmTvGKg1Ow9jXXvuW0GtBXEeLmqNskTauIuu2Ip74/s640/hard+candy+zombie.jpg" width="388" /> </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This one is the most unique and it's quite a different color as far as Halloween colors go. The problem with this one is that it has a clear base and the glitter is much too sparse for it to be worn alone. At three coats (shown) it's still transparent and at 4-5 coats, while opaque, it ends up clumpy and goopy and won't dry. </span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Happy Halloween!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Love, MM</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356957563403774789.post-88877141813700644192010-10-28T11:23:00.000-07:002010-10-28T11:30:39.740-07:00Hard Candy- Beetle<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I about flipped my lid when I saw this in Wal-mart last night! I bought it as fast as I could, as if somebody was going to snatch it from me before I could pay for it. I admired it all the way home. I even called my BFF to tell her how amazing it was in the bottle! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now, I will just flat out say this, "FUCK <u>YOU</u> FLORESCENT LIGHTING!!!" Once AGAIN I have been duped into buying a false profit under the disguise of florescent lights. I got home and slapped it on my nails immediately. At half a freakin coat on the first freakin nail I screamed out, "THIS IS <i>ANOTHER</i> DUPE FOR SPACE CADET! AHHHHHHHHHHHH!".</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">That's right folks. Instead of buying Orly's super new, totally exclusive, ground breaking FX technology in the form of Space Cadet you can now get it from not only Mac in the form of Mean & Green, but you can BUY IT AT WAL-MART. I mean how super exclusive is <i>THAT?</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixovfSoKyQxtU8evz_Mow7Ms85edDkSeo7-Z254JDuWUMp0tErcXjoziHdkdOENLYrwO5IViSfgXwMukHiuVcesJ1pTi6fumggpkFtPfsoDeJLShqJpzP6YfOvHejTXtRipFCSCviZzN0/s1600/hard+candy+beetle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixovfSoKyQxtU8evz_Mow7Ms85edDkSeo7-Z254JDuWUMp0tErcXjoziHdkdOENLYrwO5IViSfgXwMukHiuVcesJ1pTi6fumggpkFtPfsoDeJLShqJpzP6YfOvHejTXtRipFCSCviZzN0/s640/hard+candy+beetle.jpg" width="392" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> While this is an exact dupe to Orly Space Cadet and therefore an exact dupe to Mac Mean & Green I like this one the best. I can only speak for Space Cadet and Beetle though, as those are the only two I have. Beetle is at least twice as pigmented as Space Cadet which makes it need way less coats and dry faster. I don't know if you guys have ever actually gotten Space Cadet opaque before but in my experience it takes SO MANY coats that it goops up and never dries. This photo of beetle is at three thin coats. It dried super fast and is totally opaque.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis5t2HMvGHGjQosU4U7DXVzN6D5eWqli0-w9-Ixid-CXXQMn1tfAqYFELRKVh6PXYkjoDA3mvpetMRHEhtj45hgU-ZuVHwSYqaV2gc8uNCS3OaM1naIfQSdHroxe50H71BFb-KTqhPUHQ/s1600/hard+candy+bettle+orly+space+cadet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis5t2HMvGHGjQosU4U7DXVzN6D5eWqli0-w9-Ixid-CXXQMn1tfAqYFELRKVh6PXYkjoDA3mvpetMRHEhtj45hgU-ZuVHwSYqaV2gc8uNCS3OaM1naIfQSdHroxe50H71BFb-KTqhPUHQ/s640/hard+candy+bettle+orly+space+cadet.jpg" width="420" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Here is the comparison of the two in the shade. Space Cadet is at 5 coats here.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2CM1D2nazCOO9PWDq3ClRx6yKww_fzTXUmDP_khDV0cA8dKd_m3JvMjB7qakkFpPPA9hPPe9-3bbmanKW6ajvXgZA8JP3oP-lyYSfO00eRFXPRMHl99ruPJ4goR5eOFo13AhyphenhyphenuoW8CCA/s1600/hard+candy+space+cadet+sun.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2CM1D2nazCOO9PWDq3ClRx6yKww_fzTXUmDP_khDV0cA8dKd_m3JvMjB7qakkFpPPA9hPPe9-3bbmanKW6ajvXgZA8JP3oP-lyYSfO00eRFXPRMHl99ruPJ4goR5eOFo13AhyphenhyphenuoW8CCA/s640/hard+candy+space+cadet+sun.jpg" width="410" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i>And here they are in the sun. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Let's do a quick price breakdown folks-</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Mac Mean & Green = $13</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Orly Space Cadet = $10</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Hard Candy Beetle = <b>$5</b></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">See you at Wal-mart.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Love, MM </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356957563403774789.post-83770013844499046462010-10-27T11:18:00.000-07:002010-10-27T11:20:37.704-07:00Maybelline New York Fashion Week 2010<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I had been eyeballing these for a few days and have had them in my basket at Walgreens twice, each time putting them back. Finally last night I went and bit the bullet and paid full price<b> $4.49</b> <b>each</b> for Maybelline express finish nail polishes. It was like shock therapy when the cashier told me my total. WOAH PEOPLE! These things are SO overpriced! But keep in mind this is coming from someone that gets her Maybellines at dollar stores and big lots for $1-2 each. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the store these polishes with the exception of Gray-T Glamour and Chic Chocolate looked like heavily pigmented, wondrous and rich jellies. The ONLY reason I got the 6 I did was because I thought 5 of them were jellies, my second favorite finish ever. You can imagine the disappointment when I got home to find only one of the 6 was actually a jelly. But I'm over it, it's all about sucking it up and posting swatches for you guys so I'm cool. I'm totally NOT enraged and overcome with anger at ALL. I swear. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I skipped Chic Chocolate and the black from this collection because they are just too overdone. I mean come on, no nail savvy shopper is going to pay almost $5 for a black polish when you can buy the best black polish on the freakin market for 99 cents! GRRRR! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Even though I was overall deeply disappointed in them, these shades are not all that bad and hopefully some of you out there will like them! Hell, even I <i>like</i> a few of them it's just that they are NOT what I thought I was buying! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoUCPFIfq50ymlvEifidL7SqWC9O6o0wA_IJqDM5iCNjGyUkPxvziDTDqjGd5aAhcBQQbmoC6feB5CpYoYIDTZxgEDuuqbPfxuONHeGMRInzq1FQzLO-tEPgr4ahz8TokdJw7m1yz7HHY/s1600/maybelline+charming+cobalt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoUCPFIfq50ymlvEifidL7SqWC9O6o0wA_IJqDM5iCNjGyUkPxvziDTDqjGd5aAhcBQQbmoC6feB5CpYoYIDTZxgEDuuqbPfxuONHeGMRInzq1FQzLO-tEPgr4ahz8TokdJw7m1yz7HHY/s640/maybelline+charming+cobalt.jpg" width="434" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Super duper DARK cobalt blue with blue shimmer. This one looks dead ass black on the nail indoors and pretty much every other time other than in glaring sunlight or under flash photography. I was most excited about this one in the bottle because it looked like the most beautiful dark blue jelly. SIKE!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHLuDVUiROry9jq0ktnDl8Y1vXN0rM6roouE-zVBusBWz1O9CaMLwQnnVPKYYZ-K01zP5Y1tIldeJHh408wrooHilxhRObqfYK1ALZ6d9DoJ-NnE__rQez2x0nIx1_6KXn_2S960qpTX4/s1600/maybelline+divine+wine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHLuDVUiROry9jq0ktnDl8Y1vXN0rM6roouE-zVBusBWz1O9CaMLwQnnVPKYYZ-K01zP5Y1tIldeJHh408wrooHilxhRObqfYK1ALZ6d9DoJ-NnE__rQez2x0nIx1_6KXn_2S960qpTX4/s640/maybelline+divine+wine.jpg" width="460" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> This really is a gorgeous dark red jelly but it just irritates me to no end that the only jelly in the collection ends up being the red one! GAH! I have at least 50 red jellies people! This one is especially pretty though.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPUaZ0Q3YImwbl4nJVZOHk1xtMD48K3kHMKjuThM4Lit7Gb6JuUN-dgPMrnRBt30HZOOlTPnmPGBA7XlkarQKQkVaF0Gd3CdFohRnRcxOTN09mQJjBIi7f1eb_30HEDcUSISukhiBf0Ec/s1600/maybelline+grand+in+green.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPUaZ0Q3YImwbl4nJVZOHk1xtMD48K3kHMKjuThM4Lit7Gb6JuUN-dgPMrnRBt30HZOOlTPnmPGBA7XlkarQKQkVaF0Gd3CdFohRnRcxOTN09mQJjBIi7f1eb_30HEDcUSISukhiBf0Ec/s640/maybelline+grand+in+green.jpg" width="454" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Very nice greyed out medium green toned creme with subtle shimmer. This one is also really dark on the nail when indoors.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0r0YPYBWoM4JH8LAKZOAs4c9oEe-c-HB5r-KtlQfKd7frZxILDo_B2soXiEp0hMOA64v_QP9F95zBlHFvI-e6xY8RbEV8_RbZYagF8IsYpD_AdyRimjpXSXxyl89pcy2XFpenl4Y-zP0/s1600/maybelline+gray+t+glamour.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0r0YPYBWoM4JH8LAKZOAs4c9oEe-c-HB5r-KtlQfKd7frZxILDo_B2soXiEp0hMOA64v_QP9F95zBlHFvI-e6xY8RbEV8_RbZYagF8IsYpD_AdyRimjpXSXxyl89pcy2XFpenl4Y-zP0/s640/maybelline+gray+t+glamour.jpg" width="470" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I think this one ironically became my favorite of the bunch. It's a mid range grey creme with a nice sparkle shimmer. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4m4hYZhMo9Iuri3V0Tg8TpzPi9jSNVNbcmHLOgMsErBbADcdfTtXE3dyZ9_UBGDSetAmIgODt9RCLLj__QHIui-nbfFV7j-uM2xmscnB4gPw4FtkJtx0IO9Hq5fL3lBdAjRled0qDyys/s1600/maybelline+pretty+in+purple.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4m4hYZhMo9Iuri3V0Tg8TpzPi9jSNVNbcmHLOgMsErBbADcdfTtXE3dyZ9_UBGDSetAmIgODt9RCLLj__QHIui-nbfFV7j-uM2xmscnB4gPw4FtkJtx0IO9Hq5fL3lBdAjRled0qDyys/s640/maybelline+pretty+in+purple.jpg" width="432" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Blech. This one, just like Charming Cobalt, looks black on the nail 95% of the time. In very bright light it reveals it is in fact purple with blue and purple shimmer. This one just flat out pisses me off. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhulkxnoNkn2ospKEyeO9VSF4A0l-1ewIhs69tv0QLbYdKVxFvxV1p4lYpIq-Lhh7CnK9nm5wIR6Coq2DTl2qgSIfwQ2Qm1T0_CfyFz0NzhN7-Ysc0dRZ0jYQY0Nwd9L7CQVElYYqE5hfY/s1600/maybelline+berry+fancy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhulkxnoNkn2ospKEyeO9VSF4A0l-1ewIhs69tv0QLbYdKVxFvxV1p4lYpIq-Lhh7CnK9nm5wIR6Coq2DTl2qgSIfwQ2Qm1T0_CfyFz0NzhN7-Ysc0dRZ0jYQY0Nwd9L7CQVElYYqE5hfY/s640/maybelline+berry+fancy.jpg" width="470" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My second favorite. Rich berry creme that leans a little bit towards purple. Pretty. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">These were all two coaters except for Divine Wine which took 3. As promised on the label they do dry very fast but I had terrible problems with them bubbling terribly as they dried. Millions of tiny little bubbles. Also, all 6 brushes had the Maybelline curse crooked cut brushes and 2 had stray hairs that needed trimming before I could use them.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Love, MM</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356957563403774789.post-54241339903824598062010-10-24T23:30:00.000-07:002010-10-24T23:33:51.265-07:00Reader Request- Rescue Beauty Lounge Comps, Dupes, and Alternatives<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tamika requested a comparison of Rescue Beauty Lounge Diddy Mow and Essie Sew Psyched to help her plan for the Rescue Beauty Lounge 50% off sale on Nov. 1st. So, I'm going to post her request along with some other RBL polishes and their dupes or close alternatives. Hopefully this will help you guys out when it comes time to pick your polishes for the sale. I admit I went a little nuts with the comparisons but I thought that ruling out possible dupes was just as important as posting actual dupes. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'll start with Tamika's request.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Diddy Mow:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> </b><span style="font-size: large;">This polish is a dead on, exact duplicate to Essie's Sew Psyched.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE3R2-Xk5b1sZqUy28KDgS9JZC-V7y1cQl1lV4E0DzfB3gc-X_j5MqczpxuBNWMq2JmoMMzzfBUwYq6T7qFA2nRwOSDRI1yxQDnQoueyfegqiNd1nH_xBXz1drmjWgQ-T8nUBDXboRnkQ/s1600/Bottle+diddy+mow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE3R2-Xk5b1sZqUy28KDgS9JZC-V7y1cQl1lV4E0DzfB3gc-X_j5MqczpxuBNWMq2JmoMMzzfBUwYq6T7qFA2nRwOSDRI1yxQDnQoueyfegqiNd1nH_xBXz1drmjWgQ-T8nUBDXboRnkQ/s640/Bottle+diddy+mow.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here is the bottle comparison. After sitting they even separate the exact same way.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAbiwpXAbFYETCr-mHQq8kPuDCa2bb0i_-ngz5wp6dFwa4fFLGzY_28IvhvAqgNHhbXkVauKCwb3Zr3nYDlGjTbJGdVQ07_Q08FY71mAKElhCVFEeYPKz278ka5_yVXRNt-4l8FUDVIPI/s1600/diddy+sew+nails.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAbiwpXAbFYETCr-mHQq8kPuDCa2bb0i_-ngz5wp6dFwa4fFLGzY_28IvhvAqgNHhbXkVauKCwb3Zr3nYDlGjTbJGdVQ07_Q08FY71mAKElhCVFEeYPKz278ka5_yVXRNt-4l8FUDVIPI/s640/diddy+sew+nails.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Diddy Mow VS. Essie Sew Psyched.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">As you can see by the photo it's impossible to tell these apart. The RBL applies a bit more opaque but even the formula is almost identical. If you can find the Essie on sale (less than $8) or already own it I would skip Diddy Mow for sure, but if not then I would Definitely pay the extra $1 and get the RBL at the sale!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Dead Calm:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">*sigh* </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">I thought I nailed a dead on dupe for this one until I saw the pics, but I did find a few kinda close alternatives.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyDcExdxo9nJnGqMdSQ3JlWPr_Bpzb3kFx6gdcXgCGzBoqNdvnq7m2Sg8tdbIuj1g4TWyFhrM4RnBgGznku5gkeaX2k9nfKEPMJ1VLyLOmiUsbV9W1tt748jqETU9JN8g-uovosMYJ0Yo/s1600/bottle+dead+calm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyDcExdxo9nJnGqMdSQ3JlWPr_Bpzb3kFx6gdcXgCGzBoqNdvnq7m2Sg8tdbIuj1g4TWyFhrM4RnBgGznku5gkeaX2k9nfKEPMJ1VLyLOmiUsbV9W1tt748jqETU9JN8g-uovosMYJ0Yo/s640/bottle+dead+calm.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here are the blues I had in my stash that I thought came close based on the bottle color.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigKNL8rsa5beCmVvqqyGrfPvsa_3uoHZEDu9VJf5Urh6u7XFPo5oBR2HuQIPqvA0kvXn2MTsbAUSi1HW_Sql6M7vy_R4GAgAvjteKcRf0rcwiSto3cX2rhFbxpwEePWgxG6N2WGBeXn-w/s1600/dead+calm+bg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigKNL8rsa5beCmVvqqyGrfPvsa_3uoHZEDu9VJf5Urh6u7XFPo5oBR2HuQIPqvA0kvXn2MTsbAUSi1HW_Sql6M7vy_R4GAgAvjteKcRf0rcwiSto3cX2rhFbxpwEePWgxG6N2WGBeXn-w/s640/dead+calm+bg.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dead Calm VS. Sephora by OPI Blue Grotto.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is in the same category and is pretty close but by no means can it replace DC. If you just want something close and close is good enough then this might be for you, BUT during the sale this polish is the exact same price as the RBL! So the RBL wins! </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGm30Q0GH3qtYxq31xpFsqCyRr44z0gxUrVLEgZV5DygBD34QgeaAEyVHO9uOTuZt1B0Epb8BenQJI5BrM-TpvETbXsOOuYodefY2K1fryrmcuWNhjlC418djk24FTf2xRvG5O-yd4WIU/s1600/dead+calm+sailor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGm30Q0GH3qtYxq31xpFsqCyRr44z0gxUrVLEgZV5DygBD34QgeaAEyVHO9uOTuZt1B0Epb8BenQJI5BrM-TpvETbXsOOuYodefY2K1fryrmcuWNhjlC418djk24FTf2xRvG5O-yd4WIU/s640/dead+calm+sailor.jpg" width="484" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dead Calm VS. Nina Ultra Pro Sailor.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the bottle, holding it in my hands I thought I had found and exact dupe for DC and I literally jumped for joy! Even in dim lighting on my nails it looked exact! But alas my friends, no impostor can hide from the camera flash! But I'll say it again, if close is good enough you can get this polish at Sally Beauty Supply for under $4. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipqkzMRXousT4bq789fjvde9iC8yWxjWYaAxfZBzTHOaKgz3kr2QYhe89SMAMcjxj43ZNeC_HoXJ8za6L5kZpvco1E8vL_dHIoVFCjlVsTqn0mAfXS5rEIgCEr2qd0Ycw5NNfuNfiCgGo/s1600/dead+calm+bb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipqkzMRXousT4bq789fjvde9iC8yWxjWYaAxfZBzTHOaKgz3kr2QYhe89SMAMcjxj43ZNeC_HoXJ8za6L5kZpvco1E8vL_dHIoVFCjlVsTqn0mAfXS5rEIgCEr2qd0Ycw5NNfuNfiCgGo/s640/dead+calm+bb.jpg" width="498" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dead Calm VS. China Glaze Bermuda Breakaway.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Another kinda close blue that falls in the same category in my opinion. Not a dupe but it <i>is</i> an alternative if you need to be ultra picky or are on a limited budget, you can get it for $3 at the etailers.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfyj4aMhBSRQOxloATxQd-9zBo3ikshAiD74yIuAN5H25yPa3-83hzndWRA2rGyeM6szzTTxQg3CGhB0S4utKS7oZuJHBixndSgeZtxV-Z8xbEFLM7fPpMHkpv_R-aD9-xQ7m9W_lQMZs/s1600/dead+calm+ote.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfyj4aMhBSRQOxloATxQd-9zBo3ikshAiD74yIuAN5H25yPa3-83hzndWRA2rGyeM6szzTTxQg3CGhB0S4utKS7oZuJHBixndSgeZtxV-Z8xbEFLM7fPpMHkpv_R-aD9-xQ7m9W_lQMZs/s640/dead+calm+ote.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dead Calm VS. Misa On the Edge.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">This one is the furthest away out of the 3 I posted but I still wanted to post the comparison for those that can't compare them on their own and have to rely on online swatches.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">In my honest opinion even if there <i>were</i> an exact dupe to Dead Calm I would still buy it at the sale. To me it is a MUST HAVE, NO EXCEPTIONS polish for any stash no matter how big or small.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Grunge:</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZwagJkVApFljDi1nTG7WvOoVaKmpXuiypCiayPiYPFAzAQZu4OfruFj577iKdTRZn7-E4t8YN4pqvrzHhieMnVGF0Z9mHEnVW4X9CMqZ-D3R6qYyTOsi5XxTQr_85IejJhqINAt4T4ls/s1600/bottle+grunge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZwagJkVApFljDi1nTG7WvOoVaKmpXuiypCiayPiYPFAzAQZu4OfruFj577iKdTRZn7-E4t8YN4pqvrzHhieMnVGF0Z9mHEnVW4X9CMqZ-D3R6qYyTOsi5XxTQr_85IejJhqINAt4T4ls/s640/bottle+grunge.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">I think this one is going to be "undupeable" because of it's subtle shimmer. I personally don't like the shimmer and I found a dupe for it minus the shimmer. So if you don't care for the shimmer either, listen up!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGrcKnvscR-HgAmuLTaNSiUGnroTn6sZTaQ3M-80G-1-YmCfso1qrgR6eTVrAdbQPY3NfICGEjXUFBiML2JIW5UgmwUsl4tBUzzRhhLOh5cn3yp-jWb67XNjWK3aMXrFdTfcPjO2TRUMM/s1600/grunge+cck.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGrcKnvscR-HgAmuLTaNSiUGnroTn6sZTaQ3M-80G-1-YmCfso1qrgR6eTVrAdbQPY3NfICGEjXUFBiML2JIW5UgmwUsl4tBUzzRhhLOh5cn3yp-jWb67XNjWK3aMXrFdTfcPjO2TRUMM/s640/grunge+cck.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Grunge VS. Orly Country club Khaki. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">An exact dupe of the base color of Grunge. EXACT. Another awesome tidbit is that CCK is a solid 2 coater just like Grunge.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnW7OHwOaIPjHfcU_f3Mwy0HqqUZre1iHQRMOv9iFSx7wUReCfvRUrb6rvy-lSmfy5Jtc3ZHAqFhH_73UZ5-GncAhUrk8VjDWKZhDyKruHhyhYYq_fy4Uw9o0BlIbro3cUFAnwsoStbkM/s1600/grunge+TMF.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnW7OHwOaIPjHfcU_f3Mwy0HqqUZre1iHQRMOv9iFSx7wUReCfvRUrb6rvy-lSmfy5Jtc3ZHAqFhH_73UZ5-GncAhUrk8VjDWKZhDyKruHhyhYYq_fy4Uw9o0BlIbro3cUFAnwsoStbkM/s640/grunge+TMF.jpg" width="476" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Grunge VS. OPI Tickle my France-y.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Also close minus the shimmer.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDOp8iY-Ayb_5xrjKAQOrJYU-9Sir_cD08rvTHcL-t9QXH_dTIK1pBQ0qNnZBfi5lOq_ti1HFZ2gkY_rFY4-2jQbegij7-e75kfsEpjXD3ILNFKzLLn4moEQ4TLFLZby_ZUiPkWNI_nuk/s1600/grunge+jazz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDOp8iY-Ayb_5xrjKAQOrJYU-9Sir_cD08rvTHcL-t9QXH_dTIK1pBQ0qNnZBfi5lOq_ti1HFZ2gkY_rFY4-2jQbegij7-e75kfsEpjXD3ILNFKzLLn4moEQ4TLFLZby_ZUiPkWNI_nuk/s640/grunge+jazz.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Grunge VS. Essie Jazz. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">A distant third runner up, but still good enough to pass on Grunge if neutrals are not your thing or if you have any of the above. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">While all three of these are close enough in color for me personally to pass on Grunge keep in mind that Grunge is a two coater and Both the OPI and Essie are 3+ coaters.</span><b> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Atame:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> </b><span style="font-size: large;">I had a pile of about 15 dark red jellies piled up anticipating finding SEVERAL alternatives to this polish but I only found 2 that I think are worth passing for.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5oPZra-1QDVwN1enSkKGbsV8WSqWJDacFlzAcuDXploQ6TFO3-jwq6HLJp8SXpi3ieuIPca-kOsVKPb9ZjaSHIfYj8OsAJcobYw9tH1f1rf7ei5t52XbgfEkW5iUOM82XQce3hP92AVc/s1600/bottle+atame.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5oPZra-1QDVwN1enSkKGbsV8WSqWJDacFlzAcuDXploQ6TFO3-jwq6HLJp8SXpi3ieuIPca-kOsVKPb9ZjaSHIfYj8OsAJcobYw9tH1f1rf7ei5t52XbgfEkW5iUOM82XQce3hP92AVc/s640/bottle+atame.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Crappy bottle photo I know, and I'm sorry. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi09jJsBoHKjBkX2jEI-63oqt9tkFgSzhk0ZbCzNiPi38MdV8p7obh8RRZvKX5NT63_RkTRxKNnPC8dcWW05grLlbZHbOIa1Gta8tEWDxBgImHNgUV1krVig9TCuAw1_KFKU26KJ7panio/s1600/atame+tweed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi09jJsBoHKjBkX2jEI-63oqt9tkFgSzhk0ZbCzNiPi38MdV8p7obh8RRZvKX5NT63_RkTRxKNnPC8dcWW05grLlbZHbOIa1Gta8tEWDxBgImHNgUV1krVig9TCuAw1_KFKU26KJ7panio/s640/atame+tweed.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Atame VS. Avon Tweed. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dudes, I would take the Avon over the RBL in this case no question. It applies better, is more opaque and the brush is heaven! Also it is cheap!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6k7TmY74PA873xdR3f6WArMPGeEArpBQkU9H8bQvCiA4VmgMdCaihTm-VpWXihUedFn0eUxCKXZrYngjZBMIR8c8qX0D3crXYXfwRw6pmmhDlJfep5kE2F2Rh7pwPcB1nSKUu65oDkY8/s1600/atame+berry+hard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6k7TmY74PA873xdR3f6WArMPGeEArpBQkU9H8bQvCiA4VmgMdCaihTm-VpWXihUedFn0eUxCKXZrYngjZBMIR8c8qX0D3crXYXfwRw6pmmhDlJfep5kE2F2Rh7pwPcB1nSKUu65oDkY8/s640/atame+berry+hard.jpg" width="474" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Atame VS. Essie Berry Hard</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is another almost exact dupe. If you have this already then pass on the RBL, if not it's worth the extra $1 to pick up the RBL instead of the Essie. These were the same amount of coats and opacity.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Orbis Non Sufficit:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I apologize for the terrible bottle photo! I took so many and somehow not even one came out well. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2SvE-njc9NNNEeqnwSHD7BoMo42ZerlmjQGpevaoXnTYCIV2HX-t9X-nFBJ5gH93Ae0NFua3grVzQ5z45diLpU-fu_BY3mHyHsrenizOtCKl-Cd-Yaoe-kYAVHTfhBkOQ_VFS79pc-Ow/s1600/bottle+orbis.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2SvE-njc9NNNEeqnwSHD7BoMo42ZerlmjQGpevaoXnTYCIV2HX-t9X-nFBJ5gH93Ae0NFua3grVzQ5z45diLpU-fu_BY3mHyHsrenizOtCKl-Cd-Yaoe-kYAVHTfhBkOQ_VFS79pc-Ow/s640/bottle+orbis.jpg" width="614" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Blech</span><b>. </b><span style="font-size: large;">Both of these polishes are hideous in the bottle! They both separate so bad, it looks so icky!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_z4xlwMfVQfaOxV8o24o7tGoBarvXn5lzOG7JMpjetneW17TFu_8fKa6N8NW9qNCASkXkVr47OkvOCkIDW-TKAJ5SGgG0k8ST9d-QjZq7ttkZ3irO8Z1EVMnCzbm4PwiSwNZ3sE0GJLU/s1600/orbis+olive.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_z4xlwMfVQfaOxV8o24o7tGoBarvXn5lzOG7JMpjetneW17TFu_8fKa6N8NW9qNCASkXkVr47OkvOCkIDW-TKAJ5SGgG0k8ST9d-QjZq7ttkZ3irO8Z1EVMnCzbm4PwiSwNZ3sE0GJLU/s640/orbis+olive.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Orbis Non Sufficit VS. Avon Olive Green. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Another exact duplicate! The Avon even applies just as well as the RBL in every way, plus the Avon brush is better. You can get Avons easily for about $5 and you can find them for $2-3 with a bit more effort at flea markets and swap meets. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Teal:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">I took a bottle comp photo for this but it was so terrible I can't bear to post it even if it makes this the only polish in the post with no bottle photo. I don't care, it's just too horrible. Maybe I'll go back and take another one to add later. I had really stank luck with bottle pics today! </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2b2xudtxW2mvE0qK574TgzwMF64X-VDsph0Kh9-YhitcMunPA9l1JpEQT8SyGPZpjbMyldF-F2nAgFtCqDS1ibYaKNqNEVn7NFb4LigqsS9JxkWODxMNuQbrFES1pVHkpZ2dCrBRmTg/s1600/teal+stwd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2b2xudtxW2mvE0qK574TgzwMF64X-VDsph0Kh9-YhitcMunPA9l1JpEQT8SyGPZpjbMyldF-F2nAgFtCqDS1ibYaKNqNEVn7NFb4LigqsS9JxkWODxMNuQbrFES1pVHkpZ2dCrBRmTg/s640/teal+stwd.jpg" width="490" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">RBL Teal VS. OPI Ski Teal We Drop.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Honestly I kept hearing that these were exact dupes left and right but IMO the OPI is a tad lighter. As far as choosing one the RBL is a true one coat wonder and dries faster than the OPI. This one also comes down to a $1 difference for the RBL. I would go for Teal hands down.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Glamourpuss:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">This one has 2 dupey polishes that are good alternatives if you can get them cheap.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf-cW1LAeSlI9Md9Dyzvb4ctj2EfPzpxQSbGAFtIO-XDaEracWSNrLNNIJgpiSGa5ASeLBOddKijczAlhCv2tO72FpdzGXOO6v9oavLVpdF8sPvxsdpyuEViEmcA00PIv6Ub_x_1kAe1M/s1600/bottle+glamourpuss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf-cW1LAeSlI9Md9Dyzvb4ctj2EfPzpxQSbGAFtIO-XDaEracWSNrLNNIJgpiSGa5ASeLBOddKijczAlhCv2tO72FpdzGXOO6v9oavLVpdF8sPvxsdpyuEViEmcA00PIv6Ub_x_1kAe1M/s640/bottle+glamourpuss.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">They don't look all <i>that</i> close in the bottle but in this case it's all smoke n' mirrors man. Also, Let me go ahead <b>pre-apologize</b> for all the visible nail line I'm about to bombard you with! Red Jellies, 2 coat swatches, and flash photography don't mix man!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMIZYiZuIGC_fnnE0Yk5aKtV8r9nWoosxBLIQ1UxxDM97JS9VTycEzRmUQwG7sy4ELLq2Eas1Ni8QvY40llKbeC226QSS0OKr8OmI7dBqdgsBMwQudAO8w500JMkviwGMcOPlD4yXvN9I/s1600/glamourpuss+CT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMIZYiZuIGC_fnnE0Yk5aKtV8r9nWoosxBLIQ1UxxDM97JS9VTycEzRmUQwG7sy4ELLq2Eas1Ni8QvY40llKbeC226QSS0OKr8OmI7dBqdgsBMwQudAO8w500JMkviwGMcOPlD4yXvN9I/s640/glamourpuss+CT.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Glamourpuss VS. Misa Cherry Topping</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">CT is a tad lighter but is a close, much cheaper alternative. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXPDccu-Q73kJMIhZO8MsNFXMyHJiO06H0zTvWis9a8D4wMeBXqpfcCtzq_0jv6EU8RsldSzlzheyVYJ8MGnCsLdNt3-E2mmBq-67YGUZyhN9_9FK-Kv96mP7Re5ydKO0HRJJZMPiDtsg/s1600/glamourpuss+B+an+B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXPDccu-Q73kJMIhZO8MsNFXMyHJiO06H0zTvWis9a8D4wMeBXqpfcCtzq_0jv6EU8RsldSzlzheyVYJ8MGnCsLdNt3-E2mmBq-67YGUZyhN9_9FK-Kv96mP7Re5ydKO0HRJJZMPiDtsg/s640/glamourpuss+B+an+B.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Glamourpuss VS. Essie Bold and Beautiful.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">These are <i>almost</i> too close to tell apart for me. Once again the RBL is only $1 more during the sale so if you don't have the Essie or the next dupe get the RBL!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13Ecbub28P4f9V60ZnjllRX4OJxla2qMYtMYSbXQDWoRehF5w8HYdKK9OZYoS8FsOX5OgYduyRF9V3-b3BPACtaKnD2ZHQi_mFD7wG_kummLpccMD-cm2U1tk3VZ3FY4BHWUHSFLJhYk/s1600/glamourpuss+RD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13Ecbub28P4f9V60ZnjllRX4OJxla2qMYtMYSbXQDWoRehF5w8HYdKK9OZYoS8FsOX5OgYduyRF9V3-b3BPACtaKnD2ZHQi_mFD7wG_kummLpccMD-cm2U1tk3VZ3FY4BHWUHSFLJhYk/s640/glamourpuss+RD.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Glamourpuss VS. China Glaze Ravishing, Dahling.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">DUPES DUDES! This one is a no brainer for me since you can get this China Glaze for $3 at most etailers!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Recycle:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> </b><span style="font-size: large;">Ok, so I went a little nuts with the pics on this one. I just felt like unless you own all these greens and can see them personally you might mistake them as dupes for Recycle based on online swatch pics. So I wanted to basically rule most of them out as dupes more than actually find a dupe, which I might add seems like an impossible task for this polish!!! </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAyHc-tRG6XTY60L9i8BdrZsrbPX_USHY2Z91DwimJpcOIF_gLfFDr6F3X0VI14Wni48ZmsZbkmP9EkcrrKDYwSmKa4BkO2liUmOjnwP7jqgavdwFE2aqNaQgfDIrFpQzHHv9c04LjXQU/s1600/bottle+recycle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAyHc-tRG6XTY60L9i8BdrZsrbPX_USHY2Z91DwimJpcOIF_gLfFDr6F3X0VI14Wni48ZmsZbkmP9EkcrrKDYwSmKa4BkO2liUmOjnwP7jqgavdwFE2aqNaQgfDIrFpQzHHv9c04LjXQU/s640/bottle+recycle.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here is the line-up of all the greens I thought might be in the running based on online swatches. I went ahead and compared them all to Recycle even though there was not a possible dupe in sight. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi27tvKRei4XxuBs7vLUxf48siHLH9N5jBZDgjKUhyesakYA_2Z8VjtmjCHDPYYpIvnIIAdt1Xr_sGEGU3Ji5d49YjFUVnJ3R36uWJ3_rb3ImokUkgZ5e-xBMVtdoMigmg0IRtykdVwOyk/s1600/recycle+amaranth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi27tvKRei4XxuBs7vLUxf48siHLH9N5jBZDgjKUhyesakYA_2Z8VjtmjCHDPYYpIvnIIAdt1Xr_sGEGU3Ji5d49YjFUVnJ3R36uWJ3_rb3ImokUkgZ5e-xBMVtdoMigmg0IRtykdVwOyk/s640/recycle+amaranth.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Recycle VS. New York summer Amaranth.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi11IvOo5CkyUl0HXi1_NUcLdUeA6izxy9GHy6-mgWwTA7R2DJkU2MCizrDdOttdsDgokhXEAkJyd9Fza-tCrmKqN9BC3Vzn_1wkC_HTGXCJ4rGm66UBYSnKEVipVmAtaGZxMkLWDqMIsI/s1600/recycle+EF.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi11IvOo5CkyUl0HXi1_NUcLdUeA6izxy9GHy6-mgWwTA7R2DJkU2MCizrDdOttdsDgokhXEAkJyd9Fza-tCrmKqN9BC3Vzn_1wkC_HTGXCJ4rGm66UBYSnKEVipVmAtaGZxMkLWDqMIsI/s640/recycle+EF.jpg" width="470" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Recycle VS. Orly Enchanted Forest.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is sorta kinda a little bit close... maybe?</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWFcLkWxtD1nQRUKrrl0H2I_QSWk-RUFqZelFPh04nvGEjwo6U_UarbfrYOBZLlBFSBK4xA5euvVtH2Ui5OZ69_jmQEBl6eT5QyLk9VxPm7FFpZwMWRvURmVi1C5C_3pfC9bfQuiVHk7Q/s1600/recycle+hunter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWFcLkWxtD1nQRUKrrl0H2I_QSWk-RUFqZelFPh04nvGEjwo6U_UarbfrYOBZLlBFSBK4xA5euvVtH2Ui5OZ69_jmQEBl6eT5QyLk9VxPm7FFpZwMWRvURmVi1C5C_3pfC9bfQuiVHk7Q/s640/recycle+hunter.jpg" width="506" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Recycle VS. American Apparel Hunter.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUq8dE5snpKywYOd5osIEB1DhHhRe6SYwMky3fSlnvjMNnBCI9iSqlG5QZ_Dt4OYH6uP4P9lxTX8l5BY2IM1xCe7UJcD8oKR6mpPYKo7FVtUmv6gycxYLdjvQsJLw7kuN1fjPQyOYWcBI/s1600/recycle+kelly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUq8dE5snpKywYOd5osIEB1DhHhRe6SYwMky3fSlnvjMNnBCI9iSqlG5QZ_Dt4OYH6uP4P9lxTX8l5BY2IM1xCe7UJcD8oKR6mpPYKo7FVtUmv6gycxYLdjvQsJLw7kuN1fjPQyOYWcBI/s640/recycle+kelly.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Recycle VS. Claire's Kelly Green.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1s7kbOvesMRkazHm8Gj57XFYLt4ndB0m_usMjOI3jpvgLgAIx6_jR56VNpgVEj_rGdbs5bymHsBdhuLrlrwasd3Hr5qiBOnPxfcuf4hKO6rTX2RfWmjUP-m8sm78IjEc1M2NzCaGCpF4/s1600/recycle+WV.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1s7kbOvesMRkazHm8Gj57XFYLt4ndB0m_usMjOI3jpvgLgAIx6_jR56VNpgVEj_rGdbs5bymHsBdhuLrlrwasd3Hr5qiBOnPxfcuf4hKO6rTX2RfWmjUP-m8sm78IjEc1M2NzCaGCpF4/s640/recycle+WV.jpg" width="484" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b> </b> <span style="font-size: large;">Recycle VS. Orly Wandering Vine.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhns8FM86rU-WilmhAgVex81xR1SxbA61Y0-q8ADrtX-cQXBfI4Sq5Sn-JX0H4pTcHAlu0ROIS67Ph-lLO43ZVueqoH86gc87RMEYy-NCHLlj52PmpAL6j8Z4qYnEac7jzaOpllv7ycnUg/s1600/recycle+forest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhns8FM86rU-WilmhAgVex81xR1SxbA61Y0-q8ADrtX-cQXBfI4Sq5Sn-JX0H4pTcHAlu0ROIS67Ph-lLO43ZVueqoH86gc87RMEYy-NCHLlj52PmpAL6j8Z4qYnEac7jzaOpllv7ycnUg/s640/recycle+forest.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Recycle VS. Nubar Forest.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I think Recycle is another must have RBL polish. It's such a unique green! Hopefully these green comps can settle some questions some of you might have had about Recycle's dupeability, if not at least they're fun to look at. LOL!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So ladies don't forget the 50% off Rescue Beauty Lounge sale is on Nov. 1st. Happy shopping!!! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Love, MM</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356957563403774789.post-57016688207110890072010-10-22T13:23:00.000-07:002010-10-22T13:23:14.989-07:00My NOTD<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Just a quickie today to show off whats on my nails while I'm waiting for my dear step daughters to arrive. I CANNOT WAIT for them to get here so we can decorate the house for Halloween!!! My favorite holiday! Then I cannot wait to take them shopping all over town scouring for Halloween themed cosmetics! Oh, how I love Halloween cosmetics! I need to start saving money <i>year round</i> just so I can buy out all the stores when Halloween rolls around!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Today I'm wearing one of my favorite polishes of all time.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> China Glaze's Fairy dust over one coat of Sinful's Black on Black. I love how this polish changes depending on the lighting. In the shade it simply looks like silver micro glitter, but in the sunlight it explodes into a holo-fest of awesome.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIRF1HK2yphI_M01Ua3Z4PUQaV8gvK_BFtc7XNXofgTqPEp5duOVLhy0LmNXB8ZgPuKGl8Uq6xSJR2dn8iJacXESdmJxsgCJEIhKqnCFUd0ylphlhGWrhNzzLD8rfGt-RDs_Nu8Jm68aw/s1600/china+glaze+fairy+dust.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIRF1HK2yphI_M01Ua3Z4PUQaV8gvK_BFtc7XNXofgTqPEp5duOVLhy0LmNXB8ZgPuKGl8Uq6xSJR2dn8iJacXESdmJxsgCJEIhKqnCFUd0ylphlhGWrhNzzLD8rfGt-RDs_Nu8Jm68aw/s640/china+glaze+fairy+dust.jpg" width="421" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here's another picture of it doing it's thing in the sunlight.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV5Ry3o9Tfu6QEP-cH6CGTwCxCnt30TVdXpR8qh8PP1cMETsD7Ush-nbKH_9vKxYxcbmK_RSqrVSSMzK7rFeR0oJ8zWQ6fHM6PvtN9Q5IFlEXSPWnjqgscgf1YAT1ZC1scGWuhJAkPA7k/s1600/fairy+dust+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV5Ry3o9Tfu6QEP-cH6CGTwCxCnt30TVdXpR8qh8PP1cMETsD7Ush-nbKH_9vKxYxcbmK_RSqrVSSMzK7rFeR0oJ8zWQ6fHM6PvtN9Q5IFlEXSPWnjqgscgf1YAT1ZC1scGWuhJAkPA7k/s640/fairy+dust+2.jpg" width="444" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Gorgeous!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Love, MM</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356957563403774789.post-63591486361582598732010-10-21T16:04:00.000-07:002010-10-21T16:04:03.093-07:00Zoya Fire & Ice<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hellz to da yeah!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This collection is so totally completely awesome. At first sight I was very underwhelmed to say the least, but as I started looking the colors over more closely and swatching them I began to fall in love with every color more and more. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">These polishes are so unique and almost impossible to describe but I'm going with "micro glitter glass fleck metallic bad assness" as my official status on the type of finish they are. It's really all about the formula and finish with this set of polishes. The colors are pretty boring and played out until you take a closer look and realize how complex and multidimensional they really are. These are basically the sparkles collection on steroids people. Even the seemingly boring reds are fabulous!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">You really have to see these up close and personal to appreciate how gorgeous they are, but I have done my very best to capture their fabulousness in photos.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA5duVQme_sK3blKGXIYaGKANT92_QxGBKJIyWj7iUqFGO8ZKubPA67vCXynRtg8NLwBlOs8vhs95bgkyb1jtcGcNbVFKeO9ms464V03G27QSbUQxyHlPjWk9lLOSCm3aw3n1O8yvqFEU/s1600/zoya+tiffany+sun.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA5duVQme_sK3blKGXIYaGKANT92_QxGBKJIyWj7iUqFGO8ZKubPA67vCXynRtg8NLwBlOs8vhs95bgkyb1jtcGcNbVFKeO9ms464V03G27QSbUQxyHlPjWk9lLOSCm3aw3n1O8yvqFEU/s640/zoya+tiffany+sun.jpg" width="390" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Sun</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipFFWXZw0LB6VZG1YKiAUj2rirfkhdLmavAn9j48xJoVGg6jg7ao_t8ib37U9Y76akCbyb6_FS0VEVPRkilF8RY76eahyuF0bbW1LEdnJ-RpCA1RhY5Hk_747MAXMkkdN3mhLoAujzKbE/s1600/zoya+tiffany+texture.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipFFWXZw0LB6VZG1YKiAUj2rirfkhdLmavAn9j48xJoVGg6jg7ao_t8ib37U9Y76akCbyb6_FS0VEVPRkilF8RY76eahyuF0bbW1LEdnJ-RpCA1RhY5Hk_747MAXMkkdN3mhLoAujzKbE/s1600/zoya+tiffany+texture.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Close-up of texture</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfs1Xw3c9WTxxQrmONAB5OK4zK8BzcHgPEzGnWbtDF7HudAgibDs6V8EByJ1TF_tchZBCfewAqCXNAczMjF7hTkmp4ubpkocLaSGtDSRmvkpT80wZJkN_7vm-v8e7QrjhhYqoYWE5lI4M/s1600/zoya+tiffany+shade.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfs1Xw3c9WTxxQrmONAB5OK4zK8BzcHgPEzGnWbtDF7HudAgibDs6V8EByJ1TF_tchZBCfewAqCXNAczMjF7hTkmp4ubpkocLaSGtDSRmvkpT80wZJkN_7vm-v8e7QrjhhYqoYWE5lI4M/s640/zoya+tiffany+shade.jpg" width="409" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Shade</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIchzMVK14kIm2afcre5OI4QvvCAgzM_U9RcTKpzh78nbl2bhKyrHxNGYPMnhG0QYXKxR5x9eeTtfgUZi9ako7ufSh-eaxktgmOvLb-rWjY3dMhIE5FjUPNJR4ezgk6jcX3fcOjFWgzdk/s1600/zoya+gloria+sun.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIchzMVK14kIm2afcre5OI4QvvCAgzM_U9RcTKpzh78nbl2bhKyrHxNGYPMnhG0QYXKxR5x9eeTtfgUZi9ako7ufSh-eaxktgmOvLb-rWjY3dMhIE5FjUPNJR4ezgk6jcX3fcOjFWgzdk/s640/zoya+gloria+sun.jpg" width="392" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Sun</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuPQ-k-qsN52XPg5YBCjofJl1ifuKtIii9HikTGl9VIkcnU8UEXlpCJ8fDbqk3MkmF6_C4UMPYIkwZWz4HX04e9M31u5ljmJU1e_lgy3K535ZReUUyN05YuUU00a7NZk7oNQbO6bmrvFI/s1600/zoya+gloria+texture.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="347" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuPQ-k-qsN52XPg5YBCjofJl1ifuKtIii9HikTGl9VIkcnU8UEXlpCJ8fDbqk3MkmF6_C4UMPYIkwZWz4HX04e9M31u5ljmJU1e_lgy3K535ZReUUyN05YuUU00a7NZk7oNQbO6bmrvFI/s320/zoya+gloria+texture.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Close-up of texture</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHUknE3yVhEfuJON-8ulU1LuVlbzfb0qPLLJw7PyFjnf5UDQhHFP6gSKiK_q7fvLVB_THjOBWjKNIfvR6q4D28QsDlI8SIoBowfzl1mhqaAoq2lJZtQ9e0KBCwjyHDTs0aefjMVRysdqA/s1600/zoya+gloria+shade.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHUknE3yVhEfuJON-8ulU1LuVlbzfb0qPLLJw7PyFjnf5UDQhHFP6gSKiK_q7fvLVB_THjOBWjKNIfvR6q4D28QsDlI8SIoBowfzl1mhqaAoq2lJZtQ9e0KBCwjyHDTs0aefjMVRysdqA/s640/zoya+gloria+shade.jpg" width="406" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Shade</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTVcrStXG6Gj_-W4az17_lZKeClji7ZFkCHbCYnNSh0byzRajb2-K0-EF2cAtX18HjxV93GxxD5iD-7YfLKqjvJ-wsLW4ilQ5dh4OS21hqNlpyvCxuy0O5J8gXI7SLL6iMBKRoy7_IfXM/s1600/zoya+crystal+sun.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTVcrStXG6Gj_-W4az17_lZKeClji7ZFkCHbCYnNSh0byzRajb2-K0-EF2cAtX18HjxV93GxxD5iD-7YfLKqjvJ-wsLW4ilQ5dh4OS21hqNlpyvCxuy0O5J8gXI7SLL6iMBKRoy7_IfXM/s640/zoya+crystal+sun.jpg" width="391" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Sun</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<span style="font-size: large;">The only flaw I found with these incredible polishes is that they are pretty sheer. These are all 4 coaters with the exception of Valerie which took only 2. They are totally worth sitting through a 4 coat manicure but I recommend using <a href="http://themanicuredmanatee.blogspot.com/2010/02/lessons-from-looney-bin-lesson-three.html">this tip</a> instead. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Love, MM</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356957563403774789.post-11528173011552963102010-10-14T19:00:00.000-07:002010-10-14T19:00:06.558-07:00A little bit of Essie spam<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some are new, some old. Either way these are all polishes I really like. Most of these came out of the $1 bin at my local hole in the wall salon. SCORE! </span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNj_YtRRKtQqSOUDqXZIZDZSsQUlCcPEG6q-FaX8yTL5T_aEMwW0fIL7Ad-Y46vwwG5fARm7RSkP2IJSDkzjtBnwEdSq3vtzeCSgQVd9yxJ8L4OKzq5KwmqEvO2yYM1dTjRhYawwi8OjU/s1600/essie+bold+and+beautiful.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNj_YtRRKtQqSOUDqXZIZDZSsQUlCcPEG6q-FaX8yTL5T_aEMwW0fIL7Ad-Y46vwwG5fARm7RSkP2IJSDkzjtBnwEdSq3vtzeCSgQVd9yxJ8L4OKzq5KwmqEvO2yYM1dTjRhYawwi8OjU/s640/essie+bold+and+beautiful.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is my first NARS polish. While it took me 4 coats to get a nice even color, it dried to the most incredibly shiny finish EVER. This has got to be one of the best jelly formulas I have ever used. It is absolutely gorgeous! 4 coats is pretty standard to get a jelly polish opaque so it's really not a problem, but even if it were a problem this polish makes up for it big time with it's amazing shine and glorious jelly finish. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2AptHmUuiTNL-lH9aKnRCgYztUm53Y5-FpuqvDsRIGyRqpraLi8MGe9LA_LlCjAPrtnQ3p7mZYgj4fS8g5lzyvlj2eagFnD7Ki0EbWFFMoQJr8BIpjmNvAB5bM5onNdlrQPCsz97xDB8/s1600/NARS+midnight+exresss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2AptHmUuiTNL-lH9aKnRCgYztUm53Y5-FpuqvDsRIGyRqpraLi8MGe9LA_LlCjAPrtnQ3p7mZYgj4fS8g5lzyvlj2eagFnD7Ki0EbWFFMoQJr8BIpjmNvAB5bM5onNdlrQPCsz97xDB8/s640/NARS+midnight+exresss.jpg" width="390" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Super dark cobalt blue. OMG. This is so freakin beautiful! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Love, MM</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356957563403774789.post-39417957891351387482010-10-09T13:41:00.000-07:002010-10-09T13:41:25.562-07:00American Apparel swatches part 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZR0cPh4wFAcpTnMGDFE-swi8DYjhoyMdxGQmpHjdwhkl8CbjiFyeVRPJwgDjmt4R-Kf866hyELLzPkau3pkf3CombYFlPBZVYvIueDM5YyPY7cvXT7LMPpAQZnXASXI_D8f9Kwluw0d0/s1600/AA+berry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZR0cPh4wFAcpTnMGDFE-swi8DYjhoyMdxGQmpHjdwhkl8CbjiFyeVRPJwgDjmt4R-Kf866hyELLzPkau3pkf3CombYFlPBZVYvIueDM5YyPY7cvXT7LMPpAQZnXASXI_D8f9Kwluw0d0/s640/AA+berry.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Love, MM</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356957563403774789.post-58024857702864092842010-10-02T07:33:00.000-07:002010-10-02T07:33:29.692-07:00American Apparel swatches part 1<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I recently found an American Apparel store near my house and of course I had to try their polishes. These are just wonderful. Very smooth application and very well pigmented across the board. Before I knew it one polish turned into 11, so I'll be showing the first 5 today.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm5TQM91-wvzbXN9ShMGXclPZLD16NVU__SzOBYm9LirVN4h-Qm8EuWs3g1bR9av0_ZKF6cr_R9jPjpHJztY7l1w-_bAk1Bluz_6pviiJFy83MZgWrwLTD5SNPd43GBWspe56xJTLqzZw/s1600/AA+dynasty.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm5TQM91-wvzbXN9ShMGXclPZLD16NVU__SzOBYm9LirVN4h-Qm8EuWs3g1bR9av0_ZKF6cr_R9jPjpHJztY7l1w-_bAk1Bluz_6pviiJFy83MZgWrwLTD5SNPd43GBWspe56xJTLqzZw/s640/AA+dynasty.jpg" width="464" /></a></span></div><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Love, MM</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356957563403774789.post-1811116629677368002010-09-29T16:47:00.000-07:002010-09-29T16:47:09.593-07:00My first OPIs<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I posted a few days ago about the <a href="http://themanicuredmanatee.blogspot.com/2010/09/mac-jade-dragon-ming-blue.html">floodgates being opened</a> on lots of new brands for me. Since OPI was one of them I thought it would be fun to post the ones I picked out from the hundreds available to add to my stash as my "first OPIs". </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">After sifting through thousands of swatches these are the ones I got in my first official OPI order. I probably should have divided this into a few posts but what the hell! Let the shiny new OPI spamage begin!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlahMK0gdgzBKRaUcyuPgKpWKF2EFhdWINNMXY2ssOtgw_LpnCvsKkkatP4Vmn-z9S6bbcp3FBl7L_d86MaaOomguZcEQUG7KQV5gAfVKhaZns6pov6jYuE_OH_YUyWvOLFfa0hT_X1_E/s1600/opi+you+dont+know+jacques.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlahMK0gdgzBKRaUcyuPgKpWKF2EFhdWINNMXY2ssOtgw_LpnCvsKkkatP4Vmn-z9S6bbcp3FBl7L_d86MaaOomguZcEQUG7KQV5gAfVKhaZns6pov6jYuE_OH_YUyWvOLFfa0hT_X1_E/s640/opi+you+dont+know+jacques.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">After swatching all these I can say 2 things without a doubt. One is that I am an official OPI convert, and second, OPI is the most all over the place, hit or miss formula out of any other polish brand I have tried. Some are 4 coats some are 2, some streak some are smooth. It's like playing the lottery. Overall I am really happy with the polishes I chose to break myself in to the brand.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">What do you all think of the first OPIs I picked?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Love, MM</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356957563403774789.post-5919637759537052692010-09-28T15:19:00.000-07:002010-09-28T15:19:31.247-07:00Orly Plastix Collection<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I a</span><span style="font-size: large;">m so super majorly pissed off at Orly after the crap they pulled with the Cosmic FX collection that it is hard for me to ignore my grudge and honestly post about their polishes. This is the main reason I waited so long to post the Sweet collection and now the Plastix collection. I'll get into all that when I review the Cosmic FX collection though, I'm just waiting for a sunny day to photograph them. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">As for the Plastix collection, it's a group of 4 polishes that are designed to dry to a "plastic finish". Honestly they are just mattes that don't dry <i>as matte</i> as normal mattes. The colors are just ok. Orly launched this collection with a LOT of hype with not much follow through. Two of the colors are ok but adding a layer of glossy topcoat reveals they are both dupable with other easy to find polishes. The other 2 colors in the collection are just down right ugly, and yes, they are easily dupable as well. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The point of this collection totally escapes me. With all the matte top coats readily available these days, making a collection of matte cremes in basic colors makes no sense to me. There is nothing unique about the colors in the plastix collection whatsoever. A couple seconds with a few common cremes and a matte topcoat can recreate these colors with equal if not better results. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuRIQKOLy5dvL46D6dJgH9HWcXqoYB8d8cp-pghM_Oa0SwROGya4t9Z_hv9KIn9QewjlVqPMhdiFlN70D3dVWblExYuqOmgpO6jr0kdGn6AT-3whNYPalwqRqIe39IOW4gUdBL6KS2eIo/s1600/orly+purple+pleather+matte.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuRIQKOLy5dvL46D6dJgH9HWcXqoYB8d8cp-pghM_Oa0SwROGya4t9Z_hv9KIn9QewjlVqPMhdiFlN70D3dVWblExYuqOmgpO6jr0kdGn6AT-3whNYPalwqRqIe39IOW4gUdBL6KS2eIo/s640/orly+purple+pleather+matte.jpg" width="418" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> This is 3 coats. For a similar look try one coat of China Glaze Grape Pop plus a matte top coat.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVqWz3WFk0F4hyidWWjCaMs2u744yvfCQo2jX3Z2LQN9mzX-wbJ2V-SrFpmbX-4K75qWW6rT0Zh2kjw9nDbKqBsIv4yXOh2j8RAa9pmYv_knOcH7ebvDQyTGzWrMZXF0Twr-BCNr20N5Y/s1600/orly+purple+pleather+shiny.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVqWz3WFk0F4hyidWWjCaMs2u744yvfCQo2jX3Z2LQN9mzX-wbJ2V-SrFpmbX-4K75qWW6rT0Zh2kjw9nDbKqBsIv4yXOh2j8RAa9pmYv_knOcH7ebvDQyTGzWrMZXF0Twr-BCNr20N5Y/s640/orly+purple+pleather+shiny.jpg" width="422" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Here it is with a glossy topcoat.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIkMfAZDhqoUUaxuTcJ7khRVyVh9xoms88ESiCYOkl2ZhjG4aEDUU2Paz0IXsAjZfwOWiGckjkQcSXBMoB59Qz8HKmQw8Fd3eqaH4YlQw-R3pXhqOAO4htX0bamufNuNjGIckgB_tiL_w/s1600/Orly+old+school+orange+matte.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIkMfAZDhqoUUaxuTcJ7khRVyVh9xoms88ESiCYOkl2ZhjG4aEDUU2Paz0IXsAjZfwOWiGckjkQcSXBMoB59Qz8HKmQw8Fd3eqaH4YlQw-R3pXhqOAO4htX0bamufNuNjGIckgB_tiL_w/s640/Orly+old+school+orange+matte.jpg" width="394" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This one didn't dry very matte at all. Also a 3 coater. (these are ALL 3 coaters) This color is just awful, I really cant see it looking flattering on anyone.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-XR07wh7q5rNCXqMgDeNFfC5H-5dh1nJwaQAyqJhUUWE15Q0lCgLV69cp_onx2pbGny74kiGN9TRVB3ibKTJI7krDIEVq7qGDRLl5ISIcg_hwUs4chPRjhTFpVzBpm023gubNrO5BLvI/s1600/orly+old+school+orange+shiny.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-XR07wh7q5rNCXqMgDeNFfC5H-5dh1nJwaQAyqJhUUWE15Q0lCgLV69cp_onx2pbGny74kiGN9TRVB3ibKTJI7krDIEVq7qGDRLl5ISIcg_hwUs4chPRjhTFpVzBpm023gubNrO5BLvI/s640/orly+old+school+orange+shiny.jpg" width="420" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here it is glossy. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvIE7YpUL_h7CquXqdNwDphF2UGU0YVW9ciIGHDjofRca5rPvqQtOh0sfnphwnzzZzyyXHejTTdNQTRIhfZPbl-tm1mTiCsrDGcQjgdJpope-Sq3sAy2CyN_XE-p6dbAPl9u9sPG4azsY/s1600/orly+retro+red+matte.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvIE7YpUL_h7CquXqdNwDphF2UGU0YVW9ciIGHDjofRca5rPvqQtOh0sfnphwnzzZzyyXHejTTdNQTRIhfZPbl-tm1mTiCsrDGcQjgdJpope-Sq3sAy2CyN_XE-p6dbAPl9u9sPG4azsY/s640/orly+retro+red+matte.jpg" width="420" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This polish was the worst of the bunch. It has a horrible orange cast in person that gives your hands a very grimy dirty look. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7dtRO_fMfaE1oj0vBOKGKgp6hhsAipjFmH59iQr48a_0IIGsWKMyY0cRIkH47sHjvqUnXO41OeZlxAXeje0KVPVmldOiLup_cCQv498v8k6ZiSOdMikzm1soVDMRnGBKA9pKg910BfM4/s1600/orly+retro+red+shiny.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7dtRO_fMfaE1oj0vBOKGKgp6hhsAipjFmH59iQr48a_0IIGsWKMyY0cRIkH47sHjvqUnXO41OeZlxAXeje0KVPVmldOiLup_cCQv498v8k6ZiSOdMikzm1soVDMRnGBKA9pKg910BfM4/s640/orly+retro+red+shiny.jpg" width="410" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">As you can see this polish isn't red at all. Any dark pink polish plus a matte topcoat will be a good dupe for this polish.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQr-3AUWyOK600f-SksUKpxenq3tx-uVSDJK1vV6Y1ZdnNveJV8ke5OYnSuhnhlVHQWED6rUbIUwOj3y1ddoCsy8v6tur4FQpW0CP2d3rEN2_fXOkpv44gzgbt366YAbZmDVp23n9mVH4/s1600/orly+viridian+vinyl+matte.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQr-3AUWyOK600f-SksUKpxenq3tx-uVSDJK1vV6Y1ZdnNveJV8ke5OYnSuhnhlVHQWED6rUbIUwOj3y1ddoCsy8v6tur4FQpW0CP2d3rEN2_fXOkpv44gzgbt366YAbZmDVp23n9mVH4/s640/orly+viridian+vinyl+matte.jpg" width="410" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">American Apparel Peacock plus a matte topcoat is a great alternative to this one.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXyA_OENXHSRQwQ3gn8mrXyEuBJa7Zo86Oe0zQMVwvypqGgErD5FI2l5zOgWPfH1i1ivqI5hu7icMudodFD0Y7vCnKYOvxwiaOBXiogLcNSARgxqACmqSy0G4sss2uueRfhrCvcf-3hwI/s1600/orly+viridian+vinyl+shiny.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXyA_OENXHSRQwQ3gn8mrXyEuBJa7Zo86Oe0zQMVwvypqGgErD5FI2l5zOgWPfH1i1ivqI5hu7icMudodFD0Y7vCnKYOvxwiaOBXiogLcNSARgxqACmqSy0G4sss2uueRfhrCvcf-3hwI/s640/orly+viridian+vinyl+shiny.jpg" width="410" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And now for a photo of it with a glossy topcoat. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">These polishes were really hard to work with. They were thick and very streaky but still had a really bad tendency to drip all over the place during application. They all needed 3 coats either to get full coverage or to smooth out the streakiness.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Love, MM</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356957563403774789.post-89085120509387954232010-09-27T13:46:00.000-07:002010-09-27T13:46:37.865-07:00Orly sweet<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Way behind posting these. I only got three of the 6 because I had dupes for 2 and the other just didn't appeal to me. I'm going to make this short and sweet since I'm still recovering from this weekend. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoOaO3-0ouOYIRuZGB9ATYt5THqS9ef1-K1SwgB62RIQwCsRGkZUZOJZUq1SWMgPWTJ6TO8USku-Hkvd8ZOL7XNioa1RXXBqehuV9bc87AqEO5cZVuHPcNjbQ_ex8AHBiZuaRZVwuAbvw/s1600/orly+pixy+stix.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoOaO3-0ouOYIRuZGB9ATYt5THqS9ef1-K1SwgB62RIQwCsRGkZUZOJZUq1SWMgPWTJ6TO8USku-Hkvd8ZOL7XNioa1RXXBqehuV9bc87AqEO5cZVuHPcNjbQ_ex8AHBiZuaRZVwuAbvw/s640/orly+pixy+stix.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Three coats.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqCs6-RFyHBk_lyS20vp-BM8a-TZLhqQZLWVMHAK4HClIjhd9tpk5AHvkyHzixXVR7uuJDEh8KuKkjfemWsjMtFoDHs6Fhz8ftswdE5pSBEV-dIo4iWn2z5iSbDIh6H-i8QbmzrJ-nyno/s1600/orly+sno+cone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqCs6-RFyHBk_lyS20vp-BM8a-TZLhqQZLWVMHAK4HClIjhd9tpk5AHvkyHzixXVR7uuJDEh8KuKkjfemWsjMtFoDHs6Fhz8ftswdE5pSBEV-dIo4iWn2z5iSbDIh6H-i8QbmzrJ-nyno/s640/orly+sno+cone.jpg" width="432" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">2 Coats</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCFY3dpOT4LJ0h_v4Y6yMqqIawvUSGf00CIwG83m8fQhLkApdFq6qkDRNCEIlg-3c5BKk1dPtDzPpc8jA9kYMrBco-N5tAV-FXzPdiaWv9JBoNJGk8ygc8Iwa8ub9hr2KfEZal1pF8Ldk/s1600/orly+lollipop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCFY3dpOT4LJ0h_v4Y6yMqqIawvUSGf00CIwG83m8fQhLkApdFq6qkDRNCEIlg-3c5BKk1dPtDzPpc8jA9kYMrBco-N5tAV-FXzPdiaWv9JBoNJGk8ygc8Iwa8ub9hr2KfEZal1pF8Ldk/s640/orly+lollipop.jpg" width="424" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">2 coats.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">These are a little thick but not too hard to apply. Overall they were pretty good.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Love, MM</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356957563403774789.post-21546286488509584602010-09-24T20:48:00.000-07:002010-09-24T21:15:59.336-07:00Bloggin' From the Beach.<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's story time ladies, and the polish I'm posting today could not be more fitting. You shall see what I mean in a jiffy. I have a glorious tale to tell you, it's filled with tidbits all over the emotional map. I'm talkin' pregnancy voodoo hexing infants, boob relief, and weekend beachfront getaways people. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday my fiance Eric, you know that one guy? The sole supporter of my polish habit and the single source of income that allows my blog to be possible? Him. He surprised me by taking today off and whisking me away to a beach front hotel for the weekend. He did give me a choice of course, because he is a keeper, if I wanted a romantic mini vacation weekend or if I wanted to blow the cash on shopping. I chose the mini vacay. Somebody check my temperature. Bad jokes aside it really was an easy choice since the collections this fall/holiday have honestly been less than lemm worthy. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our hotel is directly on the beachfront with nothing between my balcony and the breaking waves except the hotels parking lot. Amazing. I personally have never lived further than 4 hours from a beach in my life but never have I enjoyed one from a hotel bed while lounging out, or from a hotel balcony.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">While we were packing up I decided at the last minute to unpack my "boob shirt" I was saving for the beach tomorrow but opted to wear it today. Before I can go any further I need to explain a little known fact about me. I have this powerfully dominant feminist side to my personality that does not allow me to partake in the whole women on women appearance challenge face off crap that happens pretty much anytime women come in contact with each other. I just can't do it. So, I always, SERIOUSLY ALWAYS dress incredibly modestly when I know I will be in the company of a fellow female. It knocks that competition shit out, right in its tracks. Going clubbing with girlfriends is one thing and a totally different story but meeting up with married/engaged/committed women or women I don't know too well is always a "no boob situation". It is just the way I feel that women should conduct themselves out of respect for other ladies. I mean I don't like it when women do that crap to me, so I don't do it to them. It's not a confidence thing by any means. I feel like it's a respect thing. If a woman walks into my home with her cans popping out I would not feel threatened by her appearance, but I <b>would </b>feel disrespected by her need to physically compete with me. So, you can be sure you won't ever catch me walking my scantly clad boobie poppin self into another womans home, ever. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now that <i>another</i> weird little tidbit about me has been exposed I can continue by exclaiming how DISTRESSED I was when My fiance got a call from a friend asking us to drop by his house on our way to the hotel. This "friend" has a pregnant wife and a 6 month old baby. And <i>HERE I AM</i> already in the car with no way to change clothes with my ta tas literally EXPLODING from my "shirt". To tell you the truth this particular "shirt" is so skanky I don't think I have ever worn it out, and forget wearing it in the presence of others...but this situation wasn't just "others" it was PREGNANT WOMAN WITH INFANT, IN HER HOME, WHOM I HAVE NEVER MET. On top of my hoochie-fied shirt I had another little cherry on top in the form of a necklace with a pendant that hangs right in between lefty and her wing man. Scratch that, it doesn't "hang" it is STUCK there. AWESOME. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I honestly tried everything I could to un-hookerize myself as we approached their house but it was no use. Once we arrived I timidly walked up the drive following my fiance feeling incredibly guilty and LAME until the front door opened and the most gorgeous half naked woman stood before us. Her shorts could have passed for panties and her bra-less boobs were about 85% exposed in her A-line scoop neck spaghetti strap top. I have never felt such overwhelming boob relief in my entire life people. It rushed through me like ice cold coca-cola up a Mcdonalds straw. It was like seeing the angel of feminism waving a "OK to boob it" flag. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Despite the boob panic and ocean view hotel, oddly the most noteworthy part of my day was the "gorgeous woman's" child. I'm calling her "gorgeous woman" because in my panic over boob disrespect I missed her name. This... infant? Toddler? I don't know the proper term for a 6 month old, locked eyes with me as I walked in the door. He was the equivalent of a leprechaun's cuff links in terms of rarity. I'm talking a CUTE baby people, as a purposefully childless adult it's pretty damn hard for a baby to be THAT cute to me. We are talkin' a baby capable of turning life commitment non-breeders to the dark side with a single spit burp bubble.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This baby fixated on me and stared directly at me for the entire length of my stay. From his bouncy walkey thingy he was in, he stared me DOWN. Each and <i>every</i> time I looked over at him he was focused on me... grinning. Gorgeous Woman said, "he takes people in" after she noticed how much he was concentrating on me. After about 10 solid minutes I got a little freaked out. I mean this is a baby that can barely control it's neck muscles yet it's got the attention span to STARE ME DOWN? So I was like "oh it must be my dangley beaded earrings" and shook them a little with absolutely no response from the baby. He remained locked in a Steven Segal pre-fight sequence eye contact battle with me .Everyone in the room noticed. Through a few trips outside with his mother and I this child literally did not loose his focus on starring at me ONCE. It was hands down one of the weirdest experiences of my life. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now that I am out of king cute baby's eyeball death grip, I can safely say I feel OVERLY FERTILE. This cute little baby put a Haitian fertility voodoo hex on me people. I am certain of it. My whole body feels like it's put together in a different and strange new way. I have been officially baby stricken. Short of showing up in my bedroom at 11:30 on a friday night this baby could NOT HAVE PICKED A WORSE TIME to cast a spell on my ovaries. I mean come on! A romantic weekend beachfront getaway? And now I have a fresh freakin' pregnancy curse upon my head? Sweet. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Reality check. Here is the view from where I am sitting at this very moment-</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikVcQ9-ntnprb3KSnItKF23a2vkOrZIH78Ebo41MGnbr2WtVARmyC8iAPcqwZdxjDBqPEXT8dzWhPc982sdysPQ4urS1hfCJIqU0MDyFZSedPmeXK_uaLgtDVaFJM93qJCuQRPu1T-8lQ/s1600/view+left.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikVcQ9-ntnprb3KSnItKF23a2vkOrZIH78Ebo41MGnbr2WtVARmyC8iAPcqwZdxjDBqPEXT8dzWhPc982sdysPQ4urS1hfCJIqU0MDyFZSedPmeXK_uaLgtDVaFJM93qJCuQRPu1T-8lQ/s640/view+left.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6KFEjKZGl_h0kHDARss5EdPoZWmcoVmgdBvHkbR6h8mF54cecH5s36PQoGbRAQiRZtdpnfe_xeJL52PXljtXp6SWAq9D0-4FPwibYJLyh2lWv9kejmF9rLHwbSYoqTLNgZQWYbX-sMrE/s1600/view+right.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6KFEjKZGl_h0kHDARss5EdPoZWmcoVmgdBvHkbR6h8mF54cecH5s36PQoGbRAQiRZtdpnfe_xeJL52PXljtXp6SWAq9D0-4FPwibYJLyh2lWv9kejmF9rLHwbSYoqTLNgZQWYbX-sMrE/s640/view+right.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim9g0h2KQiMGnN8cIOC0s1cypKRyFj9rJ0xdGjuGLAjBAmCFlqqutQn7Zz2Cv_G1s1U2AHyo3gTRUl8ia9Lyk3wD3loNgMc_vou80kPVMfXXAs2pJT7h03rpVA5-Z_tPmT4AP_4KGKLlw/s1600/vilano+beach.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim9g0h2KQiMGnN8cIOC0s1cypKRyFj9rJ0xdGjuGLAjBAmCFlqqutQn7Zz2Cv_G1s1U2AHyo3gTRUl8ia9Lyk3wD3loNgMc_vou80kPVMfXXAs2pJT7h03rpVA5-Z_tPmT4AP_4KGKLlw/s640/vilano+beach.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is from the 3rd floor, but tomorrow we are switching rooms to the first floor and sacrificing our view because well... THERE IS A JACUZZI IN THE SUITE!!! And what is on my nails today you ask? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPd69ZOiEgLk-ay7dPp0pPXVY6C3xO6Cl4Gtz9X49XLPlLdeu-l8ERCvieDA86YB1Qht0KrvshMm15yuxdiekA4fvJhUVb8xEgPdQ7i3449tk3ewS81DzYmXsq5j6YzF-EFXUNAOmAf8E/s1600/mac+beyond+jealous.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPd69ZOiEgLk-ay7dPp0pPXVY6C3xO6Cl4Gtz9X49XLPlLdeu-l8ERCvieDA86YB1Qht0KrvshMm15yuxdiekA4fvJhUVb8xEgPdQ7i3449tk3ewS81DzYmXsq5j6YzF-EFXUNAOmAf8E/s640/mac+beyond+jealous.jpg" width="398" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mac Beyond Jealous. Voodoo hex aside, you know you totally are. This polish is a heart stopping, nearly black, army green creme. It covers in one coat but I would not recommend leaving it at one because when I did it was chip city. At 2 coats it has good staying power, and sheesh it dries LIGHTING fast!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I found an outlet store in my town a few weeks ago that gets unsold MAC over stock, so I was able to pick up a few colors for $8.50 instead of the ridiculous $13 a pop. Yeah, $8.50 is still not cheap but remember folks...knowledge is power, unless what? UNLESS THERE IS A SALE. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Love, The respectfully boobalicous MM</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356957563403774789.post-75082468690905878912010-09-23T12:43:00.000-07:002010-09-23T12:45:17.685-07:00OPI Swiss... Kinda<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's kinda lying to call this post "OPI Swiss" since I only got 4 of the 12 colors in the collection but in my defense I have this new rule. I am trying my very hardest to stick to it but it's nearly impossible. My new rule is this- ONLY BUY THE COLORS YOU LIKE, YOU FREAKY OBSESSED POLISH HOARDER!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Normally if a collection has more than 3 colors I like I just buy the whole thing so I can review it on my blog but I have found that this leaves me wishing I had spent my money on other things and regretting buying butt loads of fugly polish just for my blog.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So meet the new me! I only buy shit I actually <i>like</i>. Pretty sweet 'eh? So, unless I hit the lottery go ahead and get used to me posting partial collections. But that is a sort of dumb thing to say because if I won the lottery ya'll would never hear from my ass again! Well that might not be entirely true, I would probably post one last thing like, "See ya, ya'll broke ass fools! MM OUT!" </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Let's get this hypocrite train a'rollin'. I used to hate OPI, like REALLY loathe it with every fiber of my body. But then OPI Swiss came out and this little number showed up-</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBlXk2_kz0VHcUUFI8-Uy45DCi11O37brLMs0X_fjILjO-I6pk3J-piWYjujkA7IFcCpca7wTA5Cu6fzZFCYMFdrlowsa0pWHpR2UIhlNUXETp-iKo8barHFa43Sb0k54gmcSJ3UsQwu0/s1600/opi+ski+teal+we+drop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBlXk2_kz0VHcUUFI8-Uy45DCi11O37brLMs0X_fjILjO-I6pk3J-piWYjujkA7IFcCpca7wTA5Cu6fzZFCYMFdrlowsa0pWHpR2UIhlNUXETp-iKo8barHFa43Sb0k54gmcSJ3UsQwu0/s640/opi+ski+teal+we+drop.jpg" width="404" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Feast your eyes on the single OPI polish that broke down my walls of hatred and took me into the gentle embrace of hypocrisy. After buying this <i>one</i> OPI the floodgates opened and I began to collect them just like any of the other brands I love. It was about a week later that I realized that this polish is an exact dupe to Rescue Beauty Lounge Teal. I am trying not to be bitter though. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe2hHYi0KUjWri7kMw3XfMUPWAgaGfOU7Kvy0dGcPRmD44sXWiRvy2gsgyuHdOX9XAzw00FZ7OBp8eOJCVVbifPfKq-QZURsyivwUtPnLDhYE4FVGwkJjK-hb9W7jmYeDBRYZRCmj8hk8/s1600/opi+william+tell+me+about+opi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe2hHYi0KUjWri7kMw3XfMUPWAgaGfOU7Kvy0dGcPRmD44sXWiRvy2gsgyuHdOX9XAzw00FZ7OBp8eOJCVVbifPfKq-QZURsyivwUtPnLDhYE4FVGwkJjK-hb9W7jmYeDBRYZRCmj8hk8/s640/opi+william+tell+me+about+opi.jpg" width="428" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is a gorgeous dark maroon with a slight purple cast. It definitely applied well and was a solid 2 coater. This color is very pretty but it does have a tendency to look black in most lighting.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAiv8yw0SSNMqD6wU997TmM-C57VzadA1gqrczwcUKWKPmYR7L4U2rwAiDWhLetgkhwrHffULDtKwGspLax3CiR4b6rlyDanHKvjW7BbZEnC5ds5AbRP-eifcaDG3psUafNbwYV7syjx8/s1600/opi+from+a+to+zurich.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAiv8yw0SSNMqD6wU997TmM-C57VzadA1gqrczwcUKWKPmYR7L4U2rwAiDWhLetgkhwrHffULDtKwGspLax3CiR4b6rlyDanHKvjW7BbZEnC5ds5AbRP-eifcaDG3psUafNbwYV7syjx8/s640/opi+from+a+to+zurich.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lightened red that leans toward dark pink. I honestly bought this one just for the name. A certain South Park episode inspired me. This one is also a two coater. Impressive...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIKj2dUtIbU_BpQD2JSnpZTuVtFORNZ-JuD3p5SKWpYN3FjnXhD0pYCyOpZzj9fSJ6oYCzocjaS0F-zZP31DptLVoBmOOIWNWozoqXtq5ro3dN-HxjMEsh6I2MIQJZSrC3deVLQtLtSBY/s1600/opi+im+suzi+and+im+a+chocoholic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIKj2dUtIbU_BpQD2JSnpZTuVtFORNZ-JuD3p5SKWpYN3FjnXhD0pYCyOpZzj9fSJ6oYCzocjaS0F-zZP31DptLVoBmOOIWNWozoqXtq5ro3dN-HxjMEsh6I2MIQJZSrC3deVLQtLtSBY/s640/opi+im+suzi+and+im+a+chocoholic.jpg" width="444" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Slammin' brick red. This really looks nothing like chocolate. I'm assuming they just named the polish that because they were desperate to put the name "suzi" onto yet another bottle, lame. It has just enough brown in it to be a brick color but it's nowhere near a true brown. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Overall I am really impressed with these formula wise. They were all 2 coaters and applied nice and smooth. Touche OPI. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Love, MM</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356957563403774789.post-40070239664923391112010-09-22T17:47:00.000-07:002010-09-22T18:35:18.116-07:00Attention Florida Residents!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">BRIAN REGAN LIVE AT THE FLORIDA THEATER OCTOBER 1ST!!!<br />
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Brian Regan is my favorite stand up comedian ever. FAVORITE. EVER. I'm totally going! So for those of you that are also going, look for me!!! I'll be the one huddled in the corner popping xanax with the slammin' nails and <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1872544637">amish</a><a href="http://themanicuredmanatee.blogspot.com/2010/02/amish-hair.html"> hair</a>. No doubt you will be too star struck to come and talk to me but hopefully you can get over it and help me out of the corner and escort me to a bar of some sort to help calm my nerves. I have a "thing" with crowds. I am counting on you to freakin' save me and drag me to my seat because I will be there all by my little self. Look, I was totally kidding about the star struck thing ok, please don't be mad because I seriously will need help finding my seat during the heart stopping panic attack I am sure to be in the middle of when you see me.<br />
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Last year my best friend and I were planning on going to see Brian Regan together but I am an asshole and I totally flaked out on her at the last minute because I do NOT do well in crowded situations. But this year is different. This year I have xanax. <br />
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So, because I flaked out on her last year my BFF has refused to accompany me to the "concert" this year. Understandably so. But I have a feeling she will be even MORE pissed at me if I go without her than if I flaked on her again. So this is me BEGGING my BFF to go to Brian Regan Live with me PUBLICLY ON MY LAME LITTLE BLOG.<br />
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If this method works and she does agree to go with me then you can look for us both! We both have super long hair to our butts but mine looks amish while hers looks all Pantene Pro V commercialy. We will probably be dressed in black but I will look like a deranged misguided teenager and she will look graceful and victorian. We will also probably both be plastered in bright colored eye shadows, I will look like I just left a face painting booth and she will look like she just left a vogue magazine photo shoot. If none of these tips help you to spot us then try this one- I will be the fat stupid one crouched down and walking like a terrified crab following closely behind a blindingly gorgeous amazonian super model. You can't miss us! (my best friend is gorgeous so she wont be hard to spot and I'm not just saying that so she will go with me, also all of those compliments were sincere)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
Anyhoo, since this post is totally off topic and all over the place I guess I'll duel purpose this post and use it to unload all my random photos that don't have matches or any other logical place to be posted.<br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFo3h1G8TTv4tJezhIMqiCC4JXwn51zihPqWKtcWSGqFsH_1fePt0hZXppI4nBY05OuaXitFXQHV4vlxHKeNCbsLMJkcl1_4lymYHU4UG2C3HgOEaktPNdHHOvbWv7VgLnydbR2EBQJXs/s1600/bb+couture+iced+olive.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFo3h1G8TTv4tJezhIMqiCC4JXwn51zihPqWKtcWSGqFsH_1fePt0hZXppI4nBY05OuaXitFXQHV4vlxHKeNCbsLMJkcl1_4lymYHU4UG2C3HgOEaktPNdHHOvbWv7VgLnydbR2EBQJXs/s640/bb+couture+iced+olive.jpg" width="416" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My first BB Couture. Gorgeous 3 coater.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicIbx1AGh8Aafuwr6Q0dHrg2asZ73i-jwoNIV3MtRD6CY0VT1ccgugMZXVigNyYd3IMGuIOPHDw0B1crjR3M0DGZjn2jImhR4s6tDQ7oGc3k99d8h1acaibPWEDeeJTRcv-mk4V0-m_v0/s1600/claires+kelly+green.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicIbx1AGh8Aafuwr6Q0dHrg2asZ73i-jwoNIV3MtRD6CY0VT1ccgugMZXVigNyYd3IMGuIOPHDw0B1crjR3M0DGZjn2jImhR4s6tDQ7oGc3k99d8h1acaibPWEDeeJTRcv-mk4V0-m_v0/s640/claires+kelly+green.jpg" width="428" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This one is actually really close to Rescue Beauty Lounge Recycle even though it doesn't look quite like it in the pics. 2 coats.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFDQVdg4PxloWCixEnL-_8x6_2v9ggJREJYi0RqxEs9iY385e_J1LyIKcf6BHDd207qXFOmv07j6p-dbHysoprcjYCukrL3rRKLkEExGlsYiunOxEkVX3uHJTduLwNyGcTrU-0qGYiWZc/s1600/Sula+kelly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFDQVdg4PxloWCixEnL-_8x6_2v9ggJREJYi0RqxEs9iY385e_J1LyIKcf6BHDd207qXFOmv07j6p-dbHysoprcjYCukrL3rRKLkEExGlsYiunOxEkVX3uHJTduLwNyGcTrU-0qGYiWZc/s640/Sula+kelly.jpg" width="420" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> 2 coats.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIGS-dEIYD1mezoEZY7AHEtDwU2gZHpgQr0fliavbAT-qRbPuy59rqjDQXiPrGH-PdIF1m-BKjNSR9CYg3hdMWcGwrl7E5FXd3Qub3-i4pG41paFNSXOfiime6WA1AAa_Zhk8YIvVA6bY/s1600/Zoya+blair.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIGS-dEIYD1mezoEZY7AHEtDwU2gZHpgQr0fliavbAT-qRbPuy59rqjDQXiPrGH-PdIF1m-BKjNSR9CYg3hdMWcGwrl7E5FXd3Qub3-i4pG41paFNSXOfiime6WA1AAa_Zhk8YIvVA6bY/s640/Zoya+blair.jpg" width="416" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Blackened red awesomeness! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikCjTp_uNLOSn_PE2fTxQEkx4MykZmnCB47BtXAUGn0YQjt8RBG8qVDPqG-e8fPtAmhG6jeoy_ih_Tqinxp_8s3DLEwdqzuq5FlVKBSOlzf0wCde03NADLVMma2HemE7NPssHFAL32SKw/s1600/pure+ice+french+kiss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikCjTp_uNLOSn_PE2fTxQEkx4MykZmnCB47BtXAUGn0YQjt8RBG8qVDPqG-e8fPtAmhG6jeoy_ih_Tqinxp_8s3DLEwdqzuq5FlVKBSOlzf0wCde03NADLVMma2HemE7NPssHFAL32SKw/s640/pure+ice+french+kiss.jpg" width="416" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Amazing quality for a $2 polish! This is 2 coats.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwBSgdmUyuDmSehlCTMup3haxJROKsSVpCT-5ceOjJxGHMPx7bbQ0po7tMMpJYFpl1BvQ85wg5yN0NPc2GZcs1A4UX5WTC6Px4WuGJmWvVaUgwLtdfnWNlrvWzOzX5re1pgv47g-yY1Z8/s1600/jessica+artiste.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwBSgdmUyuDmSehlCTMup3haxJROKsSVpCT-5ceOjJxGHMPx7bbQ0po7tMMpJYFpl1BvQ85wg5yN0NPc2GZcs1A4UX5WTC6Px4WuGJmWvVaUgwLtdfnWNlrvWzOzX5re1pgv47g-yY1Z8/s640/jessica+artiste.jpg" width="408" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My first Jessica polish! I'm impressed by the brand but they are a little pricey for me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYL19qrQtjcqBQzr1J-xPaTjRSLA_6Bm7eH64wLVjHptOdkVH6RHdUO5w4M6_gFVUz5Sjx2smYeigEmYKToABZjoKEtZ6f-ZCBewzK1-raO9XJSXNexOs9JmujH2TmDLxq9dhaL_Yb4Aw/s1600/glitter+gal+blue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYL19qrQtjcqBQzr1J-xPaTjRSLA_6Bm7eH64wLVjHptOdkVH6RHdUO5w4M6_gFVUz5Sjx2smYeigEmYKToABZjoKEtZ6f-ZCBewzK1-raO9XJSXNexOs9JmujH2TmDLxq9dhaL_Yb4Aw/s640/glitter+gal+blue.jpg" width="410" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Amazing holo! This was 4 coats</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Love, MM</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4