Orly - Berry Blast

Hey guys,

So I spent all of last Thursday in Fort McMurray (to those of you non-Canadians that probably doesn't mean much) for work and while it was probably one of the longest most tiring days of my life, it also spurred a change you will be seeing soon on this blog. While working I somehow managed to gouge a huge chunk out of my middle finger nail. So when I got home I decided before filing all my nails down to nubs I wanted to try something first. Stilettos. Not creepy super long claw stilettos, but short baby stilettos. After looking at Manicure Addict's photos for a while now I've really warmed up to the idea of little stilettos. So I figured I'd test drive them for a while so in the future you'll be seeing some here and there.

Today I have a fun pretty pink for you.
This was two coats. Perfect for summer? I think so!

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Orly - Berry Blast

Sephora by OPI - Dating The Drummer

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So I was at Winners a couple weeks ago and randomly stumbled upon some SOPI polishes! I didn't know that Winners ever got SOPI polishes in so I quickly grabbed the two they had. Both polishes were from the same collection. This is the first of the two. I immediately fell in love with the name, I seriously love drummers, I don't even know what it is.

This is a brown polish (you know how I love browns) with blue and gold shimmer. It was different than anything I've seen and I totally love it. This was two coats.

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Sephora by OPI - Dating The Drummer

Julep - Julianne

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So a couple weeks ago Julep sent out an e-mail saying if you signed up for mobile alerts you'd get a code for half price off a polish, well I signed up and while I haven't gotten a single mobile alert I did get my code which I promptly used to pick up this dusty-grey blue creme.

The formula on this one was beautiful. 2 coats no problems. I wound up throwing a coat of Enchanted Polish's Djinn in a Bottle over top of this and it was pure magic (you can see the Djinn in a Bottle post to see pictures)

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Julep - Julianne

Different Dimension - Soft Kitty, Warm Kitty

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So I'm seriously loving these Different Dimension polishes, customer service and shipping on these were fantastic so there is a great chance that I will be ordering from them again.
This polish belongs to their Big Bang Theory series. The base on this one is more jelly-ish than some of the others. This is two coats and there is obvious VNL however I kinda liked it so I left it, another coat would make it less visible. Then there is one coat of SV over top.

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Different Dimension - Soft Kitty, Warm Kitty

Different Dimension - Hanna

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So I have another DD polish for you today, this one is a little bit different from the other ones I bought when I went on my spree, this is the only one that is a glitterbomb instead of being glitter in a crelly base. This one was actually way more shiny than I expected it to be. This polish is part of DD's Pretty Little Liars series, Hanna and Aria are my favourite characters so grabbing Hanna was a no brainer.

This was opaque in two coats with no undies.

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Different Dimension - Hanna

Different Dimension - Vervain

Hey guys,

So I'm trying to move back to posting one polish per post (this obviously won't be the case 100% of the time) and this should hopefully slow down my polish hoarding. Right now I'm joining in on a "Low-buy" with my NPBFF Melissa in an effort to be able to afford a pair of Black Milk leggings. So there will be less Swatch Spam and more spotlights.

I recently went on an indie buying spree with my tax return money (in retrospect I could have bought my leggings with that money) so you will be seeing a bunch of indies trickling through here in the next little bit. 

One of the brands I picked up was Different Dimension. Now every polish I bought from them I LOVED! You will see them all shortly. 

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Different Dimension - Vervain

This is part of their Vampire Diaries collection, and while none of the other polishes in this collection really did anything for me I loved this one, I apparently have a big thing for white based glitters right now, or jelly glitter polishes.

This was two coats with one coat of SV over top.

Enchanted Polish - Djinn In A Bottle

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So I'm pretty excited to show you this polish today. It is literally probably the coolest thing since sliced bread (or at least that's what my Grandpa would have said) I don't know why I haven't come across something like this before now. A Holo topcoat. So you can take ANY colour and make it a holo. Obviously not as holo as something like Nfu Oh but still holo and still amazing!

If you are a fan of holos, invest in this it is SO worth it!

This is one coat over top of Julep Julianne

 

This is one coat over Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Black Out

OPI Euro Centrale Swatches

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So I've been sitting on these swatches for a couple weeks here. Mostly because I kept meaning to reswatch Polka.com and include it here since my first swatches were AWFUL. Then I figured I'd just do it on it's own when I finally get around to re-doing it. At first when I saw these there were really only two I actually wanted yet after seeing everyone's swatches I came around and decided to grab a couple more. Here are my creme picks from this collection

April Julep Maven Box

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So I finally have my April Maven box to show you! This month I went for the Bombshell box because I loved the colours and I really wanted the Mighty cuticle oil pen/stick thing.

I loved this month's colours so I was pretty stoked although for some reason I never got the e-mail for the Secret Store (not that I would have bought anything) but seriously WTF Julep?
This month I also added on two more polish.

Music Manicure

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So as a disclaimer I'm saying this I am not happy with the clean up on this mani AT ALL. This was done months ago and by the time I finished it I was super fed up with this manicure. I had had to restart on several fingers and as a result the white was all over my fingers.
This was a manicure I did in honor of going to see Pitch Perfect in theaters for the first time, since then that movie has secured a place as one of my top 10 favourite movies, I don't know if I could actually get sick of it, and I love randomly quoting it to my friend Jill, it ranks right up there with She's The Man for quote-ability.

Anyways here you go, shitty clean up and all. Good thing I love you guys. Please don't hate me for this.

For this I used

Bed Head - Master Mind

Orly Instant Artist - Jet Black

OPI Oz Swatches

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Today I have my two picks from OPI's Oz collection for you. I actually really kind of want the sheers in this collection as well but  had to prioritize and grab the two I thought I needed.

First up is a white square and iridescent square glitter topper. A lot of people have their panties in a twist over the white square glitter in this and how they aren't really perfectly square and some of them have tails on them. I can't say it bugged me, whatever I still really liked this. You had to place the white glitter a little but but it wasn't hard. This is two coats over SOPI Your Wish Is My Command.

Lights of Emerald City

Next is the liquid sand in the collection. by now you have to know that I love textured polishes and I love brown polishes. This one wasn't as sparkly as the Mariah Carey liquid sands but that doesn't mean I didn't totally still dig this. This was two coats.

What Wizardry Is This?

GOSH - Galaxy

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Today I have a polish for you that grabbed my attention immediately when I saw it on the shelf at Shoppers.
Now looking at it I see it is somewhat similar in colour to SOPI - 212-Sephora which also grabbed my attention in much of the same way. This one is missing the holo glitter and the flake that the SOPI one had.

This went on easy in two coats.

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GOSH - Galaxy

That was a little bit on the short & sweet side, guess there is nothing else randomly floating in my brain I needed to get off my chest.

Random Swatch Spam

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Today I just have some random swatches for you, these four polishes were all presents from Chelsea. I actually swatched one of them while I was dogsitting for her then she wound up giving it to me.
 

More pics after the jump

Enchanted Polish - Across The Universe

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I'm sure like many of you I was super stoked when NPC started carrying Enchanted Polish. Thank god I was on the Pre-Buy list too so I was able to grab all the ones I wanted (6 in total). Everything about Enchanted Polish speaks to me, like the castle on the label? Beautiful. These are a bit hard to photograph for me seeing as I rarely have sunlight to photograph in and I don't have a light box so I'm going to do my best so these will be pretty picture heavy so as a result I'll be posting each of these separate instead of all together.

First up is the one I wanted from the very beginning. This one is a teal/purple/yellow duochrome with holo shimmer as well. This is one coat over black.

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Enchanted Polish - Across The Universe