Showing posts with label blue. Show all posts
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Thursday, February 2, 2012
Sinful Blue By You Swatches
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
Sinful Cinderella swatches
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
Sally Hansen Diamond Strength in Something Blue
The wear is actually pretty good, I use my Nailtek Foundation II as a base and usually Poshe as my top coat and even with working everyday I can get a good 5 days with no chipping at all.
There are a few other shades in the new line that I would like to try, although I was disappointed that they brought back majority of the shades in the new bottles with only a few new ones. A lot of those colors are just so common that I would have liked to see them replaced with something with a little more oomph. If we're gonna redesign and reformulate then why not?
I picked my bottle up at Walgreens for $5.99 and a BOGO50% sale. Have you tried the new formula yet?
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Orly Pure Porcelain & SH Distressed Denim crackle
I fell in love when I saw Pure Porcelain. In bottle this is just ever so softly off-white. On the nail it pulls slightly pink. Love-love-love. But of course, I didn't want to keep it too simple so I added a couple of crackle nails.
After my review of Sally Hansen's crackle in Fuchsia Shock I was ready to not try the other colors at all. But I ended up getting suckered into the blue- Distressed Denim. What can I say, I love crackle! I already missed out on the China Glaze crackles (which it seems I will never get my hands on :( ) so I gave it another go. This is the only time I've tried it so I can't give a full review. I did try it over a pale color and on the thumb it does look slightly sheer. I might go ahead and do another ghetto card of swatches to see how this works. All the other issues I complained about in my review of Fuchsia Shock are still there, especially the wonky brush.
How do you like Pure Porcelain? To pale for your taste or are you loving the white nail trend? What color would you like to see topped with Distressed Denim?
Friday, May 20, 2011
Franken Chaos + SH Crackle Fuchsia Shock review
You may remember a little while back I showed you a little bit of a franken I made- Chaos. I finally made myself a big bottle of this and wore it as a full mani. And then I went to work and saw we had gotten in the SH crackle polishes and I snapped up Fuchsia Shock.
Before I go any further in this review, I want to show you something weird. When I franken I clean out near empty bottles I have around to mix in. I've done this plenty of times, but the last two bottles I used I had this happen with...
...it's like a gluey consistency and won't seem to break down even with pure acetone. It happened to 2 Seche bottles, I've used them before with no issue so I thought this was weird! Any guesses?Anyways, back on topic...
I quickly applied a coat of Fuchsia Shock over the polish I already had and was kind of disappointed. When I picked this up I have grand visions of it over so many colors- in my opinion pink goes with nearly any color. So when I brushed it on and the pink barely had enough coverage to go over pale blue, I was a little disappointed. I mean, you can see the glitter in my base polish THROUGH the pink. No Bueno!
So on my other hand I decided to try a thicker coat. Now, I want to say that this is not easy. The brush this polish comes with is small (think Essie) and I can only coat half my nail before this stuff starts to dry. Sometimes if you take too long to apply it it gets mad or something and doesn't quite work right- so you have to move fast. The small brush makes this really annoying and I think that OPI has it right (can't comment on others) with the mop like brush that covers (albeit somewhat messy) in one quick coat.
Just to be sure, I did a bunch of swatches on paper. Which, I have photos of but they are kinda on my dead camera at the moment so I will upload them tomorrow and link later. Among them I tried both dark and light colors and decided that this was one polish I would be returning- which I have never done before. Over dark colors it was pretty much useless. You can't tell that it is pink because it takes on the color beneath it. Even over lighter colors (think pink would look awesome over yellow? SO DID I) it takes on the tone of the base (over yellow it appears orange). If you apply it thick enough this isn't so much of a problem- but I had issues getting it to be consistently thick on each finger.
While I haven't tried the other colors, I have discussed the silver one and have seen it used and it also seems to be more on the sheer side (on her nails it went on more like a metallic top coat and had minimal crackles).
As for how it crackles, I can't put my finger on it but I just don't care for the way it does- both thick and thin. I was over all unimpressed. These retail for $6.99 and can be found in most drug stores.
Friday, May 6, 2011
Essie Turquoise & Caicos + SH Hidden Treasure
Sorry for skipping a few days on you guys! There have been a few things going on in my world that have kept me from updating.
First off, I started working on my mascara project but was having difficulties with my camera and lack of a macro lens. The damn thing just didn't want to focus on my lashes. I think I have found a way around this now though!
Second, I may be finally going back to work. Wish me luck! I've been out of a job for almost 2 years after I got laid off due to company downsizing. I've had no luck until now in finding work (unless I want to go flip Big Macs) until now. I should find out in a couple of days, I'm really anxious!
And you may notice that DDD has gotten a total makeover. There will be more changes to come in the next couple weeks. I'm hoping overall this layout is cleaner and overall easier to view. If you have any issues viewing please let me know! Along with the layout you may have noticed the new banner. What do you think? It took me forever to decide what I wanted to do with it but I think I'm happy with the way it turned out.
Finally, I have lately just wanted to enjoy the color I put on my nails. I have a whole basket of untrieds but I'd love to wear a polish more than a day.
Which brings us to...Essie Turquoise & Caicos. Of course, I only remembered to snap pictures after I slapped a coat of Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure on it. And then my camera decided it just plain didn't like that combo. If it didn't photograph completely green then the flakies flipped it out. I did my best to capture it but not sure how good they are. I wore this for about 5 days with no major chipping (a rare occurrence between Essie and I). I absolutely loved the way this turned out.
The formula was good, despite the puny brush (does anyone else hate Essie brushes?) but still needed 3 coats due to some bald spots. I did manage to gouge my pointer before they were dry, which I didn't fix. As for the color, I need to do a comparison to see how unique it is but like all blue-green shades I love it ;)
Thursday, April 14, 2011
OCC polish Part 1: A.V., Flawed, Hush
I recently had the chance to review some nailpolishes from Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics. I have heard a literal ton of reviews on their Lip Tars but barely anything about their polishes. Today I have half of the shades I tried, I'm saving my favorites for last so look out for the second part on Saturday :) So how does OCC polish stand up?
Most of these polishes took 2 coats, and for the majority they had a great consistency. The thing I really want to mention about these polishes though is wear time. I put one of these on after swatching and it went CHIP FREE for 6 days- no touch-ups. I didn't even use top coat! Just a slathering of Seche Clear as a base. Instead of top coat I decided I would be cruel and put a matte coat over- knowing perfectly well that I've never had a matte mani hold up longer than a day. Just wait- I'll show you proof in my next post! And this isn't a freak occurrence, my mother tried on a shade and found that she couldn't even pick it off- with no base or top coat. To me, that says something.
A.V.- is described as "PEARL GREY WITH RAINBOW MICROGLITTER INLAY (OPAQUE, SATIN)" but it seems a little more like a very very light baby blue to me. What do you think? In bottle this color is gorgeous, loaded with glitter (just check out the bottle in the photo). The glitter however did not translate to the nail :( It seems that the base is too opaque (this is 2 coats) to let the glitter shine through and it is a shame. The color is pretty on it's own- I don't have anything quite like it- and it does have a lovely shimmer to it. But the glitter makes it bumpy. I may try this with a glitter topcoat to see how that works out!
Flawed- described on their site as "SANDSTONE WITH A GOLD/BRONZE OVERLAY (METALLIC)". I find this shade to be a little hard to describe, but I think they do it well. This isn't a standard gold polish- a little bit dirty almost. Not the kind of metallic I was expecting, when I think of metallic I think of China Glaze Tronica- but maybe that's me. I do think I like it better with this finish though. The formula on this one was a little thinner, so I used 3 coats. There is still a little bit of VNL at some angles, but don't let that scare you!
Hush- described on their site as "SOFT, ANTIQUE PINK - SATIN" This is so pretty! Perfectly girly, dusty rose pink. I really really love the dusty antique tone, and this is super shiny on it's own. While not the most exciting color this is a perfect work-safe option. The application was great- 2 coats. OCC polish is available on their website and retails for $8 a bottle.
Have you tried any OCC products? See anything you'd like to try?
*this post contains products provided for review, this in no way alters my review.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Nicole Justin Bieber Collection Part 2!
Do you have Bieber Fever yet?
The first set of Justin Bieber nail polish Nicole by OPI released sold so well, they followed up with a second set! I was really impressed with the first set and I'm happy to say I am equally impressed with these. These once again contain the "perfect stroke" brush, which I have heard some people don't really like but I stand by saying I love it.
One Time Lime- In real life this is a little bit brighter- super awesome lime cream. 2 coater (but as you can see on my pathetic pinkie- there is still some slight VNL).
I've Got Bieber Fever- this polish is IMPOSSIBLE to photo. This is a dark slightly blue (I know it photographs very blue) purple shimmer and it is gorgeous! 2 coater, I added a coat of Make U Smile on the pinkie and pointer. This is what I wore to go see Never Say Never (the JB movie). I thought it was appropriate ;)
"Baby" Blue- I am so glad to see this color, gorgeous clean baby blue. 2 coats.
Make U Smile- Here over "Baby" Blue. This is large round silver glitter with silver micro glitter in a clear base.
I'm a Belieber- Love the name! How pretty is this purple? It's perfect in my book.
Not a Gold "Bigger"- Not loving the title on this one. At first I was disappointed to see this, I have so many like it in my collection, but this is more true gold (I'll do a comparison soon) then a lot of them seem to run. 2 coats and so freaking shiny!
"Redy" To Runaway Love?- the application on this was soooo nice. 2 coats of beautiful pure cherry red. Ugh, looooove this! I would runaway with this polish.So, fun fact I learned from the Justin Bieber movie? His favorite color is purple. I'm not sure how much he has to do with these polishes, but there is 4 lovely purple polishes between the collection. All in all I really enjoyed the movie and it made me like him a lot more. He has more musical talent than I thought, I do actually like his voice and he seems like a sweet heart. I also think he is adorable (in a pinch-his-cheeks kinda way).
See anything you like?
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Claire's Mermaid
We all do it, buy a polish you know will be much too sheer and full of disappointment. Claire's Mermaid is one of those polishes. Seen below is 4 coats, but with the blue/green hue it is just a little bit too unflattering. In bottle this is gorgeous, turquoise that lean green with pink/purple iridescent- this is a good layering polish but as I've said many times before, I hate layering.
Monday, February 21, 2011
OPI Texas Collection- Part 2
Yesterday I posted the first half of this collection- the sorbets. Today I have the others, creams and shimmers. While I liked the sorbets a lot, this half of the collection is really full of stunners.
Don't Mess With OPI- *swooooooons* The first swipe of this on my nail and I knew I was in love. I mean, look at it. It's the perfect green cream, and a 2-coater to top it off.
Suzi Loves Cowboys- and I love this polish. This very well may be my favorite in this collection. I've been searching for a brown like this, it's like I dipped my tips in dark chocolate. And it's so shiny and once again 2 coats!!
San Tan-Tonio-This is a big disappointment for me. I really love the color in the bottle but it just does some funky things to my skin tone :( It's a unique color, would probably look good on someone a little warmer or tanner than me. 2 coats.
I Vont to Be A Lone Star- Love the name, my second favorite in the collection. This icy blue is so super shimmery cause its loaded with silver flecks. What a stunner! And yet another 2 coater.
Totally Fort-Worth It- This shade would work either as a layering polish or alone in my opinion, this is 4 coats. It's a hard to describe and capture color. Silver but kind of blue with pink shimmer. Very complicated but lovely!
Austin-tacious Turquoise- This is the only kind of shade I hate to see VNL on. How pretty is this though? I can't think of another word by PRETTY. It's so sparkly, I would almost say glass flecked and the color is fantastic. 3 coats. And I like it so much you get a second photo:
Anything you MUST own? Favorites?
Friday, February 4, 2011
A scotch tape mani
Inspired by Chloe's Nails I decided to give scotch tape manis a try. I used to do french tips back in the day with mixed results but hers always come out so good I gave it another go!
I used 2 coats of OPI Simmer and Shimmer and then applied the scotch tape strips and painted over using Sally Hansen Insta-dri in Night Flight (which is not black but dark dark blue...which reminds me how much I wish there was a black insta-dri). It didn't really come out *bad* but not good either. I think if I try this again (and I might) I will make the strips thinner. Sunday, January 9, 2011
OPI Katy Perry Collection swatches and review
Katy Perry...I don't particularly care for her. But I can't help denying that these polishes are both an awesome collection and totally remind me of Katy Perry.
Teenage Dream- When I saw this in the bottle I damn near had a heartattack. This is so pink. So delightfully girly. Small pink and large holographic glitter. This is 3 coats. And just wait for tomorrow, when I'll have Teenage Dream topped with awesomeness.
Okay, is anyone else having trouble with these line things coming up on their pictures? Or can you guys not see them? Let me know cause it sucks :(
Last Friday Night- I didn't think I was going to like this one. The glitter is really pretty but the base I could tell would be sheer. This is 3 coats so it's not as sheer as I predicted. I actually really like this and I think it would be a gorgeous pedi color for spring or summer. Can't wait to wear this one again. The glitter is hard to describe. Kinda blue, kinda silver and then some that look almost yellow.
Not Like the Movies- This color is so hard to describe. It's silvery almost purple and almost green with silver flaky flecks. It's such a unique color. It totally reminds me of the color of an old not very well kept black and white film The formula on this one was a little thin but not the worst I've used.
The One That Got Away- This has the same finish as Catch Me In Your Net. This is a very red pink I would say. Very pretty but not my favorite. It is very reflectiveSee anything you like? What do you think of this collection? Or Katy Perry?
*Products in this post provided by OPI, this does not effect my opinion which is solely mine.
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