China Glaze - Hyper Haute

Today I have Hyper Haute from China Glaze's Tronica collection last year. I was stupid and hated Tron at that time (but have since changed my ways) so I didn't want to get very many colors. In fact, I got 2 and that's it. And now I deeply regret it because they're so pretty! Ugh, sucks. Oh well.

Hyper Haute is bright pink holographic polish with a great formula! It only took 2 coats and there were no bald patches which you can sometimes get from holographic polishes. It was chip-tastic though. I got crazy tip wear within the first day, and within 2 days I had a few chips. Nothing that I couldn't live with, but my base coat and top coat combo have spoiled me with barely any chips and manicures that last a long time! Anyways, here it is...this baby was hard to photograph.

If you click on this picture, the holo is more evident on my thumb.

Shade.

This polish was much more holo in real life. Nothing like previous holographic nail polishes, but enough that I really loved it and was pleasantly surprised. Either way, it's a pretty pink! Have you tried any holographic polishes?

CM

Wet n Wild - Blazed

Hooray February 29th! Happy birthday to those of you born on this glorious and rare day! Here's just a quick post. While perusing Walgreens for the millionth time in the past week (due to their Sinful Colors sale - 99 cent polish, baby!) I decided to get this color. I've been drawn to pink-y colors lately, and cremes on top of that. So when I saw this coral/peach/pink polish I figured why not? It was only a dollar.

I was worried that it would be too warm for my skin tone, but I actually liked it. This is 2 coats, the formula was sheer at first, but opaque after the second coat. I don't like these brushes though, they're really long and thin. But I can deal with it for a pretty color! This color is a creme, but it is very close to being a jelly. Look how shiny and squishy it is without a topcoat! Reminds me of candy. Yum.

CM

Butter London - Disco Buscuit

I don't have very many Butter London nail polishes. In fact I only have 3, and that was a set that my mom got me for Christmas. And I haven't even used those yet! But when I saw a swatch of this I immediately fell in love. It was so gorgeous! And the name...disco biscuit? How can you not love it? Well...you'll see what I mean.

Disco Biscuit is a bright pink jelly with purple micro-glitter. In some of the photos my camera does some crazy thing with the micro-glitter, and it looks blue in some shots too. That's just how it is when photographing anything purple.

Sunlight.

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Direct sunlight.

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Bottle shot.

See? Isn't it amazing? The formula was pretty sheer, this was 3 thick coats and at times I could still see my nail line. I think next time I'll layer it over something, just to cut down on the coats. And, it doesn't look like it, but this baby EATS top coat like none other. I was not expecting that. Seriously, about a half an hour after these pictures were taken the top coat had soaked in to the micro-glitter and it was chunky and rough again. Kind of crazy! So I would suggest a thicker top coat, and a few layers.

And just for fun, I layered OPI's I Lily Love You over this to freshen it up after a few days.

They go together so perfectly. Butter London can be bought at Nordstrom, Ulta and from their website for $14. I bought mine off of Amazon and got free shipping (yay!).

CM

Rimmel London - English Rose

I hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day! Or Singles Awareness Day! Just a quick post this time. I have English Rose by Rimmel London. English Rose is a slightly muted pink creme, really a very simple but elegant polish. I think every single line of nail polish has this color, it's definitely not unique. But it's a refreshing palate cleanser, if you will.

Direct sunlight.

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Formula was great! This was 2 coats and applied like butter. I don't remember where I got this, but these are available at Target, Walgreens, CVS, really any drug store. Enjoy!

CM

Franken #1

Hello all! So as a lot of you may have seen on Facebook, I decided to make some franken polishes! All this means is I mix together different polishes to come up with something unique (at least to me). I have a total of 4, so I figured each one deserved a post.

My first one is my favorite. The name? Raspberry Ritz. It's so pretty! It's a berry colored purple with a lot of fine glitter/shimmer in it. There's a little bit of holographic, red, silver and blue. The blue is also a duochrome flash. Really, it's a beautiful polish. But I'm horrible at explaining things, so let's just look: WARNING: PICTURE HEAVY!

Bottle shot in sunlight.

Blurred on purpose to show the holographic glitter.

Shows a bit of the blue duochrome flash.

Good shot of the blue flash.

Direct sunlight.

Shade.

Never did I imagine that the very first franken that I ever made would be in love with it. I thought I would horribly fail. But Raspberry Ritz is my favorite of the 4. All of these photos were 2 coats. Hope you enjoyed it! Have you tried to franken your own polish?

CM

A Whole New Bathroom!

For those of you who have been in my bathroom, you know that it was a bright yellow Winnie The Pooh themed room. We had little stickers on the wall, the shower curtain was Eeyore, little knick-knacks, etc. Unfortunately, I'm dumb and didn't take a before picture...and of course I can't find any of the ones I took with the bathroom in the background. How convenient. But I have a semi-before photo to compare everything to.

Anyways, I decided to go with something more girly (and flattering for my skin tone...yellow was NOT doing it!). And lately I've been on a pink kick, which is very weird. So I went with a pink called Glazed Raspberry...sounds delicious!

I also bought some 3D wall flowers from Bed Bath and Beyond...and although they look great they were a pain to hang up. Both my dad and I tried to nail them in the wall and they constantly went in crooked and chipped off the paint. And some are falling off of the walls now. It's really annoying, but the ones that are still up look great!

Anyways, enough talking...on to the photos!

Panoramic shot...you can still see a few of the stickers and the yellow after I had started to put the primer on.

Another panoramic shot, looking into the shower and opposite wall.

Here's the new color!

And the wall flowers, which are still a pain!

My new shower curtain...it took quite a while to find one that fit in with everything.

I wanted to paint the window molding pink to tie it into the walls.

Flowers around the mirror and shelf.

Better shot of the flowers around the mirror.

The heater grate painted white, and new molding. AND my new memory foam mat (:

So, there you have it! I think that my dad did a great job and I'm really happy with the end result. What do you think?

CM

RBL - Pizzicato

Today I have Rescue Beauty Lounge's polish in Pizzicato. This is from their Firebird collection, which I had to have (I now own 3 of the 4). From swatches I had seen online I thought that Pizzicato was a dainty white polish with apparent shimmer in it. When it arrived I was shocked that it was a light pink/lavender shade with shimmer. I thought I wouldn't like it, but I ended up loving it! Well, the color anyways. We'll get to the formula after the pictures. Take a look!

All of those photos are under artificial light and are 2 coats. And the shimmer was impossible to capture! The bottle shot gives you an idea of what's in it. I was hoping to get some natural sunlight pictures, but the manicure lasted a total of 10 minutes because I got so frustrated. 

I only have 3 polishes from RBL and this is the only polish that gave me trouble. The formula took forever to dry. I think I waited 5 minutes between coats and it was still tacky. But, me being totally impatient, I went on anyways. The polish never set. I was going to add some leaves from a bundle monster stamp, and just as I put the stamp on my nail it went sliding...and took the polish with it in a big, gloppy mess. At that point I was so fed up that I angrily took the whole thing off. Besides, it was 11 PM and I was totally over it. 

Maybe, one day, I'll return to Pizzicato. It really is a beautiful color! And this has happened to me 2 other times with different polishes that were amazing colors that I hope to revisit one day. In the mean time, let's just enjoy the beauty from the pictures! 

I hope everyone had a happy new year! 

CM

Kimmy vs. Reva

Today I have Kimmy and Reva, both from one of Zoya's summer collections (I also got Apple from the same collection). Their shimmers in that collection mostly had one thing in common: gold shimmer. And that was what attracted me to all of them! They were a unique spin on regular colors, at least to my collection. Here we go!

Bottle shot under artificial light.

Reva on pointer and ring, Kimmy on middle and pinky.

Reva on pointer and ring, Kimmy on middle and pinky.

On their website and at a first glance these two colors seem really close. But once on the nail you can very easily see the difference. Reva is a strawberry pink with gold shimmer running through it. Kimmy is a bright red with gold shimmer running through it. Both are gorgeous colors. And I think you should have both in your collection. 

Personally, I like Reva better. Red and gold are perfectly paired together, but done a lot. Strawberry pink with gold is definitely a new one for me. And I like it against my skin tone better than Kimmy. Their formulas were both perfect. I believe I did 2 coats of each color. Zoya goes for $8 on their website (here) and they have tons of awesome promotions. You can get insight to them if you Like them on facebook, and of course sign up for an account with them on their website. They've had BOGOs, buy any polish and just pay for shipping, really any kind of promotion you can think of. They really are a wonderful company. Would you buy both of these?

CM