China Glaze Island Escape

And......I still say Escape like Dory from Finding Nemo. Ya.. I'm cool lol. Anyway. I picked up five of the six colors in China Glaze's new Island Escape collection. The one I passed on is 'Cha Cha Cha'. I just.. light greens wash me out and look so bad on me. But all the rest are AWESOME!!

I did not use a top coat and I used Nail Life Gripper as my base in all of these swatches, except 'Blue Iguana'. And yes I did learn my lesson and had to whiten my nails and skin because I didn't want to look like I had my fingers in blue icing all night.

I'm going to start with 'Papaya Punch'. This is sort of what I wanted 'Sunnyside Up' from Wet N Wild Wild Shine to be. This looks like pulped orange juice.. or idk really lol. I'll let the pics do the talking :D

'Papaya Punch' is pretty thick and goopy. But it has a wonderful dry time, and is opaque in one coat. I used two coats here, because, well frankly dog hair got in the first coat :D




Next up we have '108 Degrees' This is a beautiful berry color chock full with pink glass flecks. This color is absolutely gorgeous! I used four coats here. It's not too bad as far as sheerness, but it does take a few coats to cover your tips.

Like that dog hair on my index finger? Babygirl knew you had wanted one so she shed it just for you :D

'108 Degrees' has coverage, but you do have to build it. The formula is great and I love this color! Oh! and can you see my cuticles where 'Blue Iguana' had dyed them? :D


'Electric Pineapple' reminds me of a lemon lime snow cone during the summer time. It is a yellow/green creme. Unlike 'Papaya Punch', it's consistency was wonderful, and not thick at all. It was not opaque in one coat, like 'PP'. I used two coats here.

Next up is 'Blue Iguana'. This is a bright blue with blue glass flecks. I didn't think I would like it at first, but I fell in love with it on my nails. It's the perfect summer blue. It almost reminds me of Revlon's 'Ocean Breeze' from the newest scent collection. This was three coats.

Lastly I have for you, 'Senorita Bonita'. I am so in love with this color! I don't usually go for purples but when I saw Scrangie's swatches, I knew I had to have it! This is four coats. It's formula was night, and had even coverage. 'Senorita Bonita' reminds me of a big juicy, glass flecky grape! I love it and it looks wonderful on!

mwaahaha!! blue cuticle!!!

Anyway, thanks for reading!! I hope you have a wonderful night!!

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Beautiful outside and I have a cold.. yippie!!! :D

So with summer approaching fast, I have really been getting into my brighter colors. One of these colors is Wet N Wild's Craze in 'Lust'. this is a perfect fuchsia/hot pink shimmer. I love this color. it's so bright and just perfect! :D

This is two coats with no base and no top.

 

 

 

 

Thanks for reading! have a wonderful day!

Discount Polishes at Sally's

I went to visit a friend recently and we visited the Sally's by her house. BTW... I am currently downtrodden with a summer cold so I'm not as eloquent as I usually am.. Sorry! Anyway, when we visited, I noticed that there were some polishes by the front door and of course I picked some up.

I purchased 'Laser Lime' from China Glazes Tronica collection..I'm not in love with this color, but I do like to have complete collections, and really couldn't beat it at $1.99. I also picked up Orly's 'Star of Bombay' from their 2008 Gems collection. Lastly for discount polishes, I picked up 'Sapphire Silk' from the 2011 Precious collection.

Today, I have swatched for you 'Sapphire Silk'

 

'Sapphire Silk' is a gorgeous teal/rich blue. This formula was awesome and had a pretty good dry time. It dries to a plasticy/jelly finish. I really like this. It's a wonderful pop of color but could definitely be used for work or a date. I love this!

 

These are two coats, but could be opaque within one. I used Nail Life Gripper as my base, and Seche Vite as my top coat.

Thanks for reading and I hope you have a wonderful day!

I can finally access my blog!!! yay!!

After three days of not being able to access my blog.. here I am! I'm sure you aren't surprised by my missing. I'm really trying guys!! I wish I could have a summer where I didn't have to work :D that would make me happpieeesss!! Anyway onto today's nail look...


I stopped by Sally's to get the new Island Escape( I always say this like Dory from 'Finding Nemo' now :D) collection, and saw Finger paints new Peace, Love and Color collection. I picked a couple glittery ones up, and these are my first finger paints! They have a pretty good formula and an awesome dry time!

 

This is 'Hue left a message?'. I used four coats with 'Nail Life Gripper' as my base. Does anyone else have the problem with chipping easily when using that base? This polish was gone by the end of the day, idk I might try something different. Any suggestions?

 

It's pretty light, but super cute. This is a clear base chock full of pink micro glitters. 

 

You like that broken middle nail? ugh :/

 

I went to visit a friend thursday and went to Sally's there, and they finally had China Glaze's 'Black Mesh'! We have been sold out around here forever!! So I picked it up and added it on top of this look.

 

oooh more broken nails... arg!!

 

I hoped you enjoyed, thanks for reading! have a wonderful night!!

Lubu Heels baby!

I am positively in love with shoes. I have, if I had to estimate, around 50 pairs of heels. That's just heels no flats or tennies. Ya.. so I really love heels and that's part of the reason I picked up China Glaze's 'Lubu Heels'.

At first i didn't think I was going to like this color but I ended up loving it.

This is two coats with no base and no top coat. 'Lubu Heels' is a black base with deep, rich, red circular glitters. It is so gorgeous on and I'm so happy that I picked it up!

Sorry about no clean up, I ran out of my small qtip's at this point, and had to use big ones..not good. :/

Anyway, thanks for reading!! I hope you have a wonderful day!

Sorry I Haven't been around!! Glitters for you!

I know it's been almost two weeks since my last post! I'm sorry, I really do feel badly. I finished finals last week and hopped right into working 9 hours a day.. so I'm a bit tired but I'm getting back on track!

Hopefully you still like me :D

I've got 'Party of five glitters' from Wet N Wild Fast Dry on my nails today. This is three coats with no base or top. Obviously this is a topper, but I like the look of straight glitter nails, lol. With another coat I'm sure this would have looked better.

 

I decided to compare 'Party of Five Glitters' with Milani's 'Gems'

These are both two coats with no base and no top

Both polishes have large silver hexagonal glitters, small hexagonal red glitters,

small hexagonal green glitters, and small pink glitters.

'Gems' also has a large auburn/orange hexagonal glitter

Pointer and Ring fingers have 'Party of Five Glitters'
Middle and Pinky fingers have 'Gems'

 If you want more glitter payoff definitely go with 'Gems', but if you just want a cute glitter top coat go with either!