Showing posts with label mauve. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mauve. Show all posts

Monday, May 20, 2013

Avon - Romance

Hey guys,

So those of you who know me personally know how much of a planner I am, (which seems kind of weird sometimes) but I LOVE organization (unless you see my room, that doesn't count).
I love spreadsheets, alphabetization, and labels. So in an effort to buy less polish I am making a sincere effort to swatch and WEAR (the wearing is the big part) all my untried which aren't out of control right now, they're sitting somewhere around 20. Normally I would just swatch each polish in a night and called it a day, untried are no longer untried.

Then I run into the problem of having all these polishes that I haven't actually worn, they've only been swatched, which is silly. My other dilemma comes with sitting staring at my pile and trying to decide which polish to wear next, this for me is sometimes a long drawn out decision.

So what did I do? I made a schedule. I mapped out exactly when I was going to wear each polish. I have this in a spreadsheet and in a calander and even in reminders in my phone so I know exactly what comes next.

Extreme? Maybe, but it makes me feel better

That was kinda lengthy sorry. Today I have a random polish gifted to me by my bestie Nicole. It's a frosty mauve from Avon, aside from having to be careful about brushstrokes I had no problems formula wise and the brush on these polishes is fantastic. This was 2 coats.

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Avon - Romance




Saturday, May 4, 2013

OPI Germany Swatches

Hey guys,

So I while ago (like way long ago) I ordered these two polishes from Beyond the Rack. The only problem with that is that you never know what the shipping time is going to be like with them. So like two months later these showed up finally. These are both from the Germany collection.

First up is a pea-soup green. Is it okay to call it pea-soup if I've never actually eaten pea-soup? Although I always think of that scene in the Rescuers Down Under where the grasshoppers make pea-soup.
Okay now I've gotten totally off topic but you can watch the clip below.

Anyways this is two coats. This actually reminds me a lot of Avon Absinthe.

Don't Talk Bach To Me




My next choice was this nudey-mauve color. I'm fairly certain I have others like this, and while this isn't very exciting on it's own it could be the base for some very fun manicures.

My Very First Knockwurst.




Tuesday, March 19, 2013

March Julep Maven Box

Hey guys,

Today I have my March Julep Maven to show you guys. Along with the extra I ordered.
Okay so only being 3 months into my Julep subscription I am officially a big fan there is just something super exciting about waiting to see what surprise goodies Julep slipped into the box this month along with fun stuff like the Secret Store that gets unlocked when you order your box. And that's not getting into the other random fun stuff and deals.

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Deborah Lippmann - Modern Love

Hey guys,

So I just recently dipped my toes in the Deborah Lippmann pond for the first time. I seem to recall going on a rant a few months ago about I though Deborah Lippmann polishes were nice but not worth the hefty price tag or something like that. So when Nail Polish Canada recently had a 30% off of all DL stock for a limited time (like 4 days or something like that) I figured that it was the best time to see if they were really worth the extra dollars. I've wanted the True Blood DL's since I heard about them but for some reason NPC doesn't have them. So instead I picked up Mermaid's Dream & Modern Love. I had wanted Across the Universe but it was out of stock.

This is normally not a colour I would pick up, but Modern Love is the title of one of my favourite albums of all time (Matt Nathanson) so it was a good second choice. This was a colour that when I had it on my mom pretty much started drooling over to which my response was "Really?" It's a bit boring for me but as a base or as part as a funkier manicure it has potential.

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Deborah Lippman - Modern Love





I don't think I would have bought it had it not been on sale though.