The Haul Post

Usually for hauls I'll do a vid, and then I'll do some close-up pics with whatever info I forgot to mention in the vid - because no matter how thorough I think I'm being I always forget something. But most of these I never got around to bottle pics, or if I did I never go around to editing them, and at this point I don't think I'm going to ... so if you're interested to see any of these polishes before they get full manicure posts, the vids are it ... pick & choose as you will because there are kind of a lot LOL.  I've also included the related swatch videos and/or polish in motion vids that I've finished, although there are others I still would like to do.

This vid is mainly on the China Glaze Prismatic Chroma Glitter collection - I still haven't gotten around to swatching the Nabis that I mention at the end:



Big Lots is of course one of my favorite places for discounted polish, and I really enjoyed getting these glitters from Michael's - even though so far all I've done is gaze adoringly at them:



The gorgeous, gorgeous, GORGEOUS Layla Hologram effect polishes:



If you do want to see more of that awesomeness I've got 4 polish in motions so far, for Flash Black, Ocean Rush, and Jade Groove & Mercury Twilight which are quite similar -  full posts for these still upcoming:






I always look forward to Zoya's Earth Day sale - I'm already looking forward to the next one LOL although I'm sure there will be other good sales before then =)



A few colors from the OPI Spiderman collection:



Many  of you probably already know that Just Spotted the Lizard is a dupe for Chanel Peridot:



A gigantic Big Lots haul of Revlon polishes, along with a decent serving of DSW's Anise brand:



My first haul of the initial 5 Orly Flash Glam FX glitters:



Another bucketful of glitter, this batch from the Dollar Tree:



My unexpected birthday haul including the Essie Mirror Metallic collection:



Revlon's Moon Candy flakies from Walgreens:



And swatches - so hard to capture flakies on camera but I tried:




And to end on a bang, the crown jewel of all these hauls as well as my most recent (well, except for the ones I just bought & haven't recorded yet!), my prize for winning Orly's Flash Glam FX contest - the entire 22 glitters, plus the Fired Up collection - awesomeness, awesomeness & more awesomeness:



I've done polish in motion vids for Sunglasses at Night & Be Brave, as well as 2 swatch videos on these so far - and I would like to do another set of swatches, with no base and/or complimentary base colors.  Not sure when that will happen but coming eventually =)






So, that's it ... for now ;)

Thanks for reading.

~Colette

NOTD: Sunirse Burst Water Marble

Bright, summery, fun colors - I quite like this even though it's not the design I originally thought I could pull off.  Base is 2 coats of Color Mates Spring Fling, marbling done with Spring Fling, Color Mates Fuchsia Flash, & China Glaze Thataway:

Favorite nails - left thumb & index, right pink & ring:

& the tutorial:

Bonus pics - this is the kind of weather we're dealing with - nearly 90 degrees (mind, it was snowing last Monday), mammatus clouds, and hail - some pretty as an agate, some bigger than a quarter!

Too humid for doing nails ... so mom's marble is put off yet another day LOL.  Thanks for reading =)

~Colette

January Hauls +1

The +1 is because one was just over the weekend, so it's a February haul, but I wanted to post it since I'm making such a massive haul post.  I'd have to look at my receipts to even figure out exactly when I bought all of this LOL, but the majority were in January.  So for the most part they're not in any particular order.

 

I found an almost-new display of the Milani Glitters at a CVS, but the red & silver were already gone!  I hunted probably about 5 more stores, only saw the display at one other, and it was even more picked over.  So I may pick those 2 up at Cherry Culture, but I did get:

 

 

Left to right:  Milani Silver Dazzle, Blue Flash, Purple Gleam, Gold.

 

Two coupons & two trips to Ulta yielded some pretty good clearance as well as the Katy Perry collection ... well, most of it - the black shatter was completely sold out & I haven't been back yet to see if they've restocked:

 

 

Top left to right:  Orly Wandering Vine, OPI Pink of Hearts 2010.  Bottom left to right:  OPI The One That Got Away, Teenage Dream, Last Friday Night & Not Like The Movies.

 

Sallys - just one trip I think:

 

 

Left to right:  Savvy Garland, Finger Paints Tough Art to Follow, Orly White Tips, Orly Elsbeth's Rose.

 

I came literally within 10 mins of missing the Zoya 3 free polishes promotion - I managed to get my order in on time, it did take weeks to arrive because they had so many, but here are the colors I quickly threw into my shopping cart to take advantage of that code:

 

 

Left to right:  Edyta, Crystal, Julieanne.  They need to have another sale now so I can pick up more colors that I passed on!  I love Zoya but I admit I only buy when they have a sale, because they're always so good & they seem to have them so often =)

 

I had an excellent trip to Big Lots - I've never heard of this brand before, but 3 bottles for $2 was a pretty good deal:

 

 

Left to right:  Color Mates Spring Fling, Fuchsia Flash, Cabernet.

 

All of the Revlon's except for the Perplex were 2-bottle packs for $2 - the trick is to avoid duplicates, since almost all of the 2-packs contain different duos.  I managed not to get any duplicates this round:

 

 

Left to right:  Revlon Beach, Ocean Breeze, Grape Icy, Gum Drop, Perplex (x2)

 

And an awful lot of pinks LOL ... all different but still an awful lot of pinks:

 

 

Left to right:  Peach Smoothie, Cotton Candy, Pink Pursuit, Power Walk Pink, Racy Raspberry, Bubble Gum, Orange Pop & Bewitching Bordeaux.

 

And finally, the oddball out February haul from Target clearance on Sunday - there seemed to be a lot of cosmetics on clearance, like they're making room for the spring stuff or something:

 

Left to right:  Cover Girl Midnight Magic & Disco Dazzle.  These 2 are on my nails, about to come off in favor of ... yet to be determined.

 

So, that's the hauls lately =)  Thanks for reading.

 

~Colette