Christmas Polish Haul!

Almost forgot to post these!  My mom went to Wal-Mart to get these for me - a store she would normally never set foot in LOL!  Apparently a few months ago I expressed a desire for Strapless, and while that gorgeous blue glitter was sold out, I'm still plenty happy with the Christmas haul that I did receive:

 

Left to right, all Pure Ice:  Busted, No Means No, Celestial, Heart breaker, Calypso, Splash & A List.  Purples & blues, you'd think she knows me well or something LOL =)

Thanks for reading.

~Colette

Thift Store Love

Have I mention lately that I love my mom & she loves me back?:


Left to right: New York Color ?? (It says 112A on the front but I can't find a name anywhere, if anyone has this number & can clue me in leave a comment), Sally Hansen Peek-A-Blue, Orly Seashell & OPI Cool in the Pool.

I can always count on mom to keep an eye out when she's shopping =) And I provided her with a list of my collection - shrunk totally tiny & printed double-sided so it fits on just one sheet of paper - to prevent dupes.

Thanks for reading.

~Colette

Sunday Post-A-Thon: The Hauls

So, if I go by location, a total of 6 hauls last weekend, which took me over a week in some cases to post ... but really, a couple of them only involved 1 or 2 bottles, and I probably wouldn't count them as a haul if they weren't with the whole pack ... anyway, lots of good colors, here we go:

Top row: Maurice's Double Dutch. I'd never heard of this brand before, but mom picked it up at a church sale for me. Middle row: Big Lots ... thing with these Dark Pleasures is you can't see the name when they're packaged, since it's on the back, only the number on the top, so I ended up getting 2 new ones & 2 I already had that will go in the franken box that I hope one day I'll actually get around to playing with LOL. Scarlet Letter & Steel-etto, my dupes, and then the new ones Patent Leather & Purple Pleasures. Bottom row is from Target clearance: Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear n Flirt, Black Out & Petie Pink, amd Maybelline Tutu Tango.

Then, last Monday, Lachelle left me a comment on my Exclusive NOTD post that she'd seen OPI DS polishes on sale at Trade Secret for only $5.00, and I decided a trip to the mall was in order:

Top row is DS Fantasy which I did indeed pick up at Trade Secret for only 5 bucks! Thanks Lachelle! I had seen this color at Cub foods, resisted because I was on a no-buy, and then when I decided to give in it was gone! So I'm glad to finally pick it up. Second Row is from Claire's: Jen Jen & Magic. Bottom Row is from Icing: Purple PJ's, Purple Rain, Roger That & Laura's Fave (featured last post as my NOTD).

So, that's the haul portion of the post-a-thon. Thanks for reading & stay tuned because I'm not done yet =)

~Colette

Garage Sales For The Win

Personally, garage sales are not my thing. Luckily, my mom is the complete opposite & she made a haul for me yesterday. OPIs - for a quarter! & some other stuff too:

From right to left: OPI Ponce De Lilac, OPI Virgin Island Velvet, OPI Pompeii Purple, Revlon Amethyst Smoke, Revlon Mocha Mirage & another OPI but this one unfortunately without a label. Not to mention the cute little decal stickers. ♥ Mom =)

That's all for now. I've just been so low-energy all weekend, I'm going to try & get back on top of things Monday. I did do a fresh mani, but that's a lot more pics to dig through & edit so I'm aiming to get that posted tomorrow. Thanks for reading.

~Colette

NOTD: China Glaze Cherish & 2 Gifts

So, my index finger had an accident ... I'm now dealing with 2 patched nails, but the crack on my index finger is quite a bite worse than the one on my pinky. It was a last minute & very sloppy patch, you can totally see the edge. But I'm hoping it will hold, and if it does I will do a better job when I take this one off.

The Konad turned out a little more subtle than anticipated, but I still really like this mani. China Glaze Cherish Konaded with China Glaze Awaken & plate m21:

Green Ocean was supposed to be the start of my green manis up to St. Patrick's Day, but it turned out to be pretty blue on the nail, so I guess this is really more of the start. It is paler on the nail than in the bottle, and even paler in the pics, but still recognizably green.

Next, my gifts: Mom went to the thrift store & this is what she got me:

Sinful Shirley's Silver ... I'm not sure if this is an old-style Sinful Colors bottle, or if plain Sinful is a different brand?:

MAC ??? No label on this lovely color I'm sad to say. Any ideas what it could be? I don't have any other MAC polish, but this looks like it will be a good intro:


PS - if you haven't noticed, the mini-hauls that my mom gets me are tagged under "a mother's love" =) Thanks for reading.

~Colette

NOTD: China Glaze Flying Dragon (Neon)

OK, so maybe I'm getting jaded, but this color did not really impress me. Maybe my hopes were too high. For one thing, for something that's got "neon" right on the label I thought it would be bright, and it actually turns out darker on the nail than on the bottle. Second, even though it's got like 2 kinds of glitter in it, it's not very sparkly.

Anyway, here we are, China Glaze Flying Dragon (Neon). Behold it's blurple refuse-to-be-photographed-properly beauty:

If you couldn't tell from my sarcasm, the color is off. It's got some blue glitter, but the base is most definitely purple. The real color is somewhere between the camera flash shot & the regular lamp shot colors. I was going to stick a silver Konad on it but couldn't pick one. I am definitely burned out with my current (8 plate) selection.

I'm also quite thoroughly sick of this no-buy crap. Thankfully, Mom came through in the pinch & got me a present:

Sinful Colors Green Ocean from their Shamrock Collection (I think that's what it's called ... if I'm off, I'm sure you guys know what I'm talking about). My mom rocks. Thanks for reading.

~Colette

Chocolate & A Mother's Love

So, this blog is not only about nail polish. There are other simple little pleasures that I like to indulge in. Normally, chocolate does not make the list. I mean, a Hershey bar is not a temptation to me. An individual triple chocolate mouse with Devil's Food cake base now... even I can go for that:

Yum, right? It was delicous.

Another simple little pleasure that I am lucky enough to have is a mother's love. I'm pretty sure I've mentioned it before, but let me spell it out: I love my mom. She is the coolest old lady I know. She will be 59 next month, and she watches South Park, she thinks Eminem is "a very creative young man," AND, most relevant at the moment, she caters to my little-bitty nail polish habit. I had a hellish day at work today, but my mood was instantly lifted when I came home to discover these little gifts waiting:

Jean-Michelle (which I had never heard of before today) Cassis on the left & on the right Wet 'n' Wild #409C (what is up with not having names on these by the way? Some have one by the bar code but some just have this dumb number-sticker on the top). The color is pretty accurate on the Cassis, but the 409C is more lavender & has a pink shimmer .

Anyway, that's my recipe for turning a rough day into a pleasant evening. Thanks for reading.

~Colette