Step 2: Pull off the backing of the contact paper and stick the back of your plate to the sticky side.

Creme Blue, robins egg blue cream, 2 coats to perfect blue. Surprisingly I don't have a similar shade. In my swatch I smudged my ring finger, totally not the polishes fault. I reapplied this and have been wearing it the last couple of days.
Periwinkle. When I think of periwinkle I think of a lighter color than this. I would call this a slate blue I suppose, it's a grayed out and unique color. I totally dig it. Once again, 2 coats for this beauty. And you see that shine? No top coat, no filter, these creams are perfect on their own.
Vintage Gray, I love this tone of gray. Dove gray, 2 coats and nice and shiny again.
Empress. I don't know why I picked this up, I hate gold tones on me. This is pretty just not my thing. Very foily, 2 coats.
Candy Green. Alright, first off, what exactly is a candy green? This photographed a little darker than it is, it's a unique in between of kelly and lime green. A little bit frosty but not that bad. 2 coats.

Just a quick post tonight. I've had a really bad day. A very toxic ex-friend slashed my tire today and I'm now in fear that it won't be a one time happening- not a fun time. But I did get my free pair of Keds in the mail today. They are orange creme and adorable and I love them.


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After realizing that my collection of basic colors was a little weak and needed a lot of filling in I went in search of the 88 palette (like the one from Coastal Scents) and while searching for those I stumbled upon this one, which for me seemed like a better deal. If you don't know the 88 palettes come in neutrals, mattes and shimmers so trying to choose was a pain. With this one I get a little of everything. I picked up this palette on eBay for around $20 shipped and it included a pretty decent 6 piece brush set. I will eventually pick up the 88's but for now...and the shipping was pretty fast from (I think) China, it took less than a week from ordering.
The colors in the palette aren't anything overly exciting- there are no strange colors like purple that flashes blue- but if you are looking to build your basic color collection this is fantastic. The color payoff is great especially in the shimmers and the mattes (which I find seem to usually be chalky and difficult to blend) which are nice and silky. The pots are each a dime sized dome but I've had some palettes with similar sized pots for years so I'm not worried about the size.
These come in two seperate palettes, each of 60 colors. They sit one on top of each other and one of them has a ribbon on the side (and there is a little spot in the side it hangs out) to make it easy to lift up. The second palette fits in the lid so while in use they both sit next to each other for easy use. In the reviews I read the fact there are 2 trays was the big downside. I prefer this to ones that fold into each other and the colors get all over each other.
They of course come with basic white and black, a shimmer and matte of each. The silvers are fantastic for smoky eyes. This palette has a LOT of blue, which I don't mind. They are a good variety of pretty shades. It also has a couple harder to find colors like hot neon pink and true red. My big hole in my collection was browns and I like these because they don't have any strange colored shimmer- just good basic browns and golds.
The yellows and oranges in here were instant favorites for me, I've tried MAC and MUFE, even my beloved Fyrinnae and these just have better color payoff and variety. There are a few colors which seem pretty darn close to one another but there are so many colors that I don't mind.

It seems that my laptop officially pooped the bed, so it will be a couple days before I have an update for you because I need my files off the damned thing. I am not pleased! lol Not to mention the last 3 manicures have chipped before I snapped photos, it's been in the triple digits weather wise here and spending so much time in the water is taking a toll on my mani's:)

This package includes:

Laser- this I thought would have some purple shimmer in it because in the bottle it does. Disappointing for me but still a gorgeous shimmery dark blue.
Byte- I thought this would have some blue flash but once again, nope.
DVD- in the bottle this is blue and purple with silver shimmer and I guess it kind of shows but not quite how I would have liked. I'm not too big on the silver look so I think this one is just a meh for me.
Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend, I know mine was very very busy!