Hauls Catchup Post

So, I did this before when I realized how far behind I was with "real" haul posts, i.e. haul posts with close up bottle pictures.  & I am obviously very far behind again so here's another load of haul vids, but I AM going to do a real post for my Christmas haul, because I want to include the names of all the polishes I just referred to by number in the vid.  So here are my haul vids since around September.

Some Ulta & Target hauls:



My rather large BOGO from Ulta Butter London haul:



L'Oreal Project Runway haul:



Color Club Halo Hues and some other stuff hauls from Head2Toe Beauty:



The Zoya Ornate collection as well as the Gilty Pleasures Trio:



A Walgreens haul:



And OPI's The Man with the Golden Gun as well as the other colors I picked from the Skyfall collection:



So, as I said I'll work on a "real" haul post for the Christmas haul which is mostly Layla & China Glaze with a few other polishes.

Thanks for reading.

~Colette

Update!

So, the holidays turned out pretty dang good after all =)  This isn't the best pic of my new 2010 300 but I think you get the idea:

So I am pretty happy with that, had a great Christmas & now an actual 4-day weekend coming up for New Years.  I hope you're all having a great holiday too!

~Colette

Not Exactly Happy Holidays

Sometimes I forget that not all my blog followers are fans on Facebook, which is where I tend to post quick updates.  I know I've been semi-AWOL again - this is why:

There's a bit more in the post about this on my other blog, which if you want you can check out in the right sidebar.  As you can see, I'm OK, but it's piling a lot of paperwork & extra crap onto my already busy schedule.  I'm attempting to be more organized LOL, but it still feels veeeerrry hectic.  But I will not let it deter me from holiday nails!  Or continuing to catch up here =)  I think I am almost done dealing with insurance, although I've still got to do car shopping in between Christmas shopping.

Thanks for reading.

~Colette

NOTD: Layla Silver Galaxy

This is one of the sparkliest magnetic polishes that I have.  I'm still not sure what I think of having the magnetic effect in this direction - my initial thought was that it would be elongating.  Some angles it was cool & other angles almost unnoticeable LOL.  Anyway, this is Layla Silver Galaxy:

And a couple shots of it matte:

Thanks for reading =)

~Colette

NOTD: Claire's Teal Green + Color Club Steel of the Night

I still have so many magnetic polishes that I picked up & haven't even worn yet - but they are so pretty I can't regret it =)  This is Claire's unnamed teal green magnetic on the thumb & ring fingers, and Color Club Steel of the Night on the rest:

I love how dark SotN is, nearly as dark as Layla Black Metal (which you can see pics of HERE), & equally gorgeous.

I also wore it matte for a few days, although I don't remember which specific top coat I did it with:

Thanks for reading.

~Colette

NOTD: Gemmed Funky French + Tutorial

I do wish I'd used slightly smaller rhinestones for this look, but other than that it turned out mostly as planned.  And while the tips & ring finger may look like a dark blurple, they're really Wet n Wild Black Creme topped with Savvy French Rose Opal Frost:  

Here's the tutorial:

Thanks for reading.

~Colette

NOTD: Purple w/ Pink Flowers Matte

Missed these couple of matte pics when I was doing the last post:

I think that when I matte-ified it, I went around the rhinestones, so that they could still be shiny.  Might have looked cool if I'd matted them too though.

Thanks for reading.

~Colette

NOTD: Purple with Pink Flowers Drag Marble + Tutorial

Hope everyone had a good thanksgiving =) I had 2, one Thursday at Grandma's house & another yesterday at my brother's.  And still a whole 2 days until I have to go back to work!

Drag marbling is to me a great example of low investment high payout, because it's so easy & can be so impressive.  This one I used OPI Vampsterdam as the base color, and the flowers are done with China Glaze Mistletoe Me!  With the rhinestone in the middle I didn't have to worry as much about bald patches caused by dragging from the center:

Here's the tutorial:



Thanks for reading.

~Colette

NOTD: Black & Silver Circles Nail Art + Tutorial

Whew! Time flies when you're ... well, I wish I'd been having fun but really I was sick for almost 2 weeks & absolutely drained tired by the time I dragged myself home from work.

This design started out with a base color of Savvy Chrome, which while it doesn't dry to an actual chrome finish, it is a very nice silver & does not have any issues with brush strokes:

On top of that I added some broken concentric circles with black acrylic & a clear rhinestone in the middle:

Here are my favorite nails:

And here is the tutorial:



Thanks for reading =)

~Colette

Trick or ... TREAT!

If you watch my vids or follow my Fan Page, you'll know I've been planning a giveaway since I ended up with some duplicates of some very nice Orly polishes.  In thanks to my fans for helping me win the colors in the first place, I'm giving away the dupes:

Since it was a Facebook contest that my fans helped me win, this is going out mainly to them & Liking my Page IS a requirement.  The only other is that you are 18 - this is open worldwide.  So if you'd like some lovely pretty Orly polishes, enter & cross your fingers - contest will be open until midnight November 11th.

a Rafflecopter giveaway
Of course, pictures of the awesome mani that won me the contest as well as all the fun stuff I've done with the other colors I won will be coming eventually =)

Thanks for reading.

~Colette

NOTD: Pink & Blue Easter Dots + Tutorial

This was kind of a last minute design, at the time I didn't want the purple swirls on my nails for Easter LOL.  For the base white I used Orly Au Champagne, then the dotting is done with Revlon Coastal Surf & Revlon Passionate Pink:

Here's the tutorial:



Thanks for reading =)

~Colette