Monday, December 7, 2009

Another Barielle Sale

Barielle has some more pretty good discounts available through Christmas:


Too bad I've already bought myself so much polish for Christmas LOL. Is it too early to start ordering for my birthday next summer?! =) Honestly I wouldn't mind if Zoya did another giveaway before Christmas too, maybe this time call it Purple Friday? Thanks for reading.

~Colette

Sunday, December 6, 2009

NOTD: Colette + Konad

Just stamped some Konad on Zoya's Colette to spice it up a little for tomorrow. For the stamping I used Misa Chocolate Icing & Konad Image Place m72:


I'm going to try & spend the rest of the evening getting my spreadsheet updated with all my latest purchases. Thanks for reading.

~Colette

Tag - Late As Usual

But better late than never. Boy, if I had a dollar for every time I've said that since starting blogging!


Cucumpear tagged me for this a week ago - I'm sorry I'm so late! But I wanted to be sure & say thanks =) Although I think just about everyone has been tagged by now LOL.

Thanks for reading.

~Colette

NOTD: Zoya Colette

Yes, my namesake polish =) Zoya Colette is a nice medium brown with gold shimmer, part of the haul that I got for Black Friday. It's not as totally exciting of a shade as I might have wished for a color with my name, but I do like it:


How many of you have a polish named after you? Zoya seems to like giving their colors people names LOL.

Thanks for reading.

~Colette

My Disclaimer/Disclosure Policy

So, I'm a little late, since the changes happened on the 1st, but I really wanted to get this disclaimer up this weekend & out of the way. If you don't know about the new FTC Regulations, you should probably educate yourself if you're a blogger. To cover myself, I have to actually spell out some pretty common sense & IMO basic stuff but here we go:

This is a personal blog, with my personal opinions. While I do occasionally receive free products for review, I do not get paid for any of my reviews, and how I obtained the product does not influence my review. All results shown are my personal experience & your own results & experience may vary depending on a number of factors. While I do accept free samples, I make no promises regarding posting reviews or the nature of my reviews.

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I'll be placing a link to this disclosure at the bottom of the page. This disclosure may be updated at any time. And here's the real official stuff, courtesy of http://www.disclosurepolicy.org/

This policy is valid from 06 December 2009

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This seems like a good place to also stick some copyright info:

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Thanks for reading.

~Colette

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Guest NOTD: Khaki Frings

Mom fell in love with this one at first sight, from one of my Dollar Tree hauls. It's kind of a dirty greenish gold, Maybelline Express Finish, Khaki Fringe:


I think she picked a better one to try than I did LOL, since she's been very happy with this mani so far.

Thanks for reading.

~Colette

More Hauls

I know, I bad - I'm very, very bad. But I promise I'll be good ... after this month. New Year's resolution. I'm still thinking I want to pick up a couple from the China Glaze Wizard of Ooh Ahz colors, and maybe a couple from the Finger Paints holiday collection.

First haul I have to let you know, I didn't buy myself! My hair stylist - who's name is James but who everyone calls Squeeky - saw these colors in an Avon catalogue & thought of me & bought them as a gift!


The lipstick is called 24k Gold, and the polishes left to right are Nude Gold, Golden Twilight & Golden Rose. I was so touched he thought of me, and happy to add to my collection of course, since I don't have very many Avon polishes.

Then of course there was Zoya's Black Friday Green Friday code. And while Zoya stated on their blog that there was such a response that some colors are now on back order, I got all the ones that I ordered in one of two packages I came home to on Friday:


The first color, upper right, I really had no choice about buying - it's named Colette! The rest of the colors, starting top & left to right are: Yasmeen, Isla, Tangy, Midori, Irene, Envy, Suvi, & Veruschka. These are my first Zoyas, I'm looking forward to trying them out!

The second box I came home to on Friday was my Transdesign order:


My first nail foils! & DS polishes =) The OPIs are Signature, Diamond & Original. The 2 foils next to them are Vibrant Yellow & Mystic Haze. The rest is Foil Kit #1 that TransD sells.

Finally, I stopped at Sallys for some staples & to use the 20% off coupon I got in the mail, and ran into the Orly Metal Chic collection:


Solid Gold, Glam Rock & Iron Butterfly. I saw swatches over at All Lacquered Up, and I feel like Sallys is kind of ahead of the game for once since she said official release date wasn't until February.

So yeah - for sure (almost) time to go on a no-buy LOL. Thanks for reading.

~Colette

NOTD: SH Mesmerizing Frost

*sigh*

I wanted to start using some of my Dollar Tree haul polishes, and I thought this one would be a good way to start. I won't say I was wrong, but I'll say that I was disappointed, and my quick "fix" didn't help matters any,

Sally Hansen Mesmerizing Frost looks turquoise leaning towards blue with gold shimmer in the bottle. On the nail ... kind of just a weird gold? Hard to explain & also hard to photograph. Anyway, this is another I thought I could build, but it was very thin & sheer after several coats so I thought I'd do something on the tip to disguise the VNL a little ... and for some reason thought that it would be a good idea to reach for my dotting tool.

Unfortunately, this is almost always a bad idea. When I look back at the last 3 times I used dots, I only really like 1 of the designs. And now my record stands at 1/4 because this gets uglier every time I look at it. Nothing exactly wrong, I just don't like it. I used Color Club Black for the dots & then proceeded to cover them with another 2 coats of MF (LOL, it was a MF indeed):


There's nothing exactly wrong with it, I just don't like it. Mom had much better luck, she picked another of the Dollar Tree haul polishes for her current mani, and that Guest NOTD will be coming up a little later.

Thanks for reading.

~Colette

NOTD: OPI Significant Other Color

So, this is my NOTD from back I think on Thursday, that I've been too busy/lazy to edit pics of before now =) This pinkish lavender-green duo-chrome goes on pretty sheer but is buildable, unfortunately I don't remember how many coats this actually is but I want to say probably 4 or maybe 5. OPI Significant Other Color:


I'm behind with more than just this, so I have a lot more stuff to post. Thanks for reading.

~Colette

Thursday, December 3, 2009

LXD on SYTYCD

Don't care about dancing? Well then, don't look. Come back later LOL. I happen to find this too cool not to share. The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers was on So You Think You Can Dance last night:



SYTYCD is one of my favorite shows, and this is one of the best pieces I've ever seen on there. I was eating dinner but I didn't take a single bite during this performance LOL.

Too lazy to crop pics right now, so NOTD pics will probably be doubled up tomorrow. Until then, thanks for reading.

~Colette