NOTD: Formula X for Sephora Love Chemistry

Last week was a bit hectic, with the holiday & then a condensed work week, but while I took a few days off I'm not disappearing again!

This is another from my Formula X for Sephora train case that they sent me, and I think it is one of the shiniest things I have ever had on my nails!  The coppery pink & gold combination is one that I wasn't sure about until I had it on my nails, then I was in love:

And if Formula X is a little bit out of your price range, worry not - Maybelline Color Show has a really good dupe called Gilded Rose =)  I just gave that to a friend as a birthday gift, because it's such a great color regardless of which brand you go with.

Thanks for reading.

~Colette

NOTD: OPI Designer ... De Better +bm221

Mom kept calling this color champagne; and while the final effect is kind of a champagne color, I kept correcting her - it's silver with fine copper glitter.  And I think one of my favorite colors of the year, and became even more of a favorite after stamping! 

 

I started out with OPI Designer ... De Better & wore it solo for a few days, to me this is the best color from the Muppets collection:

 

I don't remember what polish I used for the stamping - either Konad Black Special Polish or Wet n Wild Black Creme ... whichever I found first at the time LOL.  They're pretty interchangeable as far as I'm concerned.  This lovely flower design is from Bundle Monster image plate bm221 & it took me a while to figure out which sides I wanted to match up, but I finally decided to stamp sideways, and match the top & bottom edges.  Some nails more successful than others, I particularly like the way my ring finger lined up, but even those that aren't right on look pretty good:

 

LOVED wearing this a lot =)  Finally getting into December manis with the stamped version.  I've still got pics to edit for my Mosaic Snowflakes, OPI Ali's Big Break, Ulta Into Astrono-Me? & my Candy Cane Water Marble, so stay tuned.  Had a great day of frosting & baking & tray making today!  & plenty of pics to come of that as well of course.  Thanks for reading.

 

~Colette

Guest NOTD: Revlon Copper Penny + OPI Baby it's Coal Outside

Mom hiding her tip wear with sponging again =) I would totally sponge away tip wear if I ever had my polish on long enough to get tip wear in the first place LOL.

 

Her base color is Revlon Copper Penny, then the sponging is done with OPI Baby it's Coal Outside:

 

Got a haul to post, got some crackle swatches to do, and just finished a new water marble on my nails - now, to fit all that editing in & actually make posts =)  Thanks for reading.

~Colette

NOTD: Nubar Wildlife

I'll let the polish do the talking - this is Nubar Wildlife:

 

While I was wearing this at work, I stopped by the window to look at the nice day outside - and looked down to see my real nails showing one color of the duo-chrome, and the reflection showing the other!  Of course I tried to recreate this optical illusion when I got home ... my success was limited, but here are a couple of the best shots:

 

 

And a look in motion:

 

 

Thanks for reading =)

NOTD: Revlon Copper Penny

I did this mani right before I headed out the door last Friday, and I neglected to take indoor pics ... also from the Heavenly Metals collection, this is just as shiny as Silver Dollar - here is Revlon Copper Penny:

 

I am so thoroughly sick of winter.  I just want to be warm again LOL.  Seems like all I feel like doing is curling up with a blanket ...  it's too much effort to do even things I normally enjoy.  We had a couple days of teasing 50 degree weather, then we got dumped with another foot + of snow.  More coming this weekend ... enough already!

 

Thanks for reading.

 

~Colette

NOTD: Orly Rage

OK, one more before I go to bed.  I thought I could last longer than this but I'm exhausted ... long week. 

 

Usually I'm loathe to post my NOTDs out of order, mainly to avoid confusing myself LOL, but these nails only had pics to edit, and the other had both pics & video, which I'm a tad too tired to tangle with ... although apparently awake enough to alliterate XD

This has been just ridiculously, borderline distracting-bright on my nails today.  I can't wait to try the other 2 colors; from Orly's Foil FX collection, this is Rage:

I don't know how it's that shiny & still has a textural look, but still a smooth finish ... nail polish is just magical like that sometimes =)  Thanks for reading.

~Colette

Almost NOTD: Nubar Gold Feather

I have to say, this is the first Nubar polish that I wasn't in love with.  In fact, I was SO not in love that I ended up taking it off without even finishing the mani with a topcoat.  In the bottle this has a heavy green shimmer that almost makes this polish a duo-chrome, but on the nail the green takes over more than I like, yet in pictures you can't really see it at all!  It shows a little bit under the natural lamp, but changes over to the gold flash that you will see in the camera flash shots.  But my main problem with this polish was that it was ridiculously sheer, looking at it in the bottle you would never guess.

Here I have 3 coats except on my ring finger & pinky I've used 4 & I still had VNL & that's when I made the call to stop & take it off.  Here is Nubar Gold Feather:

This was going to be my NOTD on Friday before I decided it was a fail ... I was much happier with the funky french I have coming up for you all after I edit the pics =)  Thanks for reading.

~Colette

NOTD: ChG Awakening

OK, righty is making an appearance today because I got a huge ding in my left middle prior to pics. I did polish "surgery" but it's still not fit for public consumption LOL. My right index is actually the one I had to patch but is really not looking too shabby, and I guess all that practice posing & taking pics with opposite hands is still paying off =)

This polish is almost, or maybe, a duo-chrome. It has a lot of different personalities, and I didn't manager to capture them all in pics so you'll have to take my word =) Sometimes it's almost mauve with a lot of gold shimmer, in other lights it totally looks copper. This is China Glaze Awakening :


Kind of nice & basic after all of the water marbling & freehand work I've been doing lately - although still far from boring.

Thanks for reading.

~Colette

Quick Guest NOTD

Just about bedtime, but I'm trying to keep from falling behind & T came over for me to do her nails today. This is Revlon Copperglaze Platinum:

I decided the pedi I forgot to take pics of has been on too long to be picture-worthy ... but wanting to show you guys the color, I decided to use the polish for a NOTD - so pics of that will be up after I hopefully have a chance to take some sun pics tomorrow. Until then, thanks for reading.

~Colette

Rimmel NOTD

I was sad to part with my glittery Sparked mani, but it was time. I toned it down a little, but this polish still has some glittery bling. Rimmel Play Fast polish in Scene Stealer:

I was going to do some Konad, I actually did one nail & was not pleased with the results & so removed it. I guess it's (barely) sparly enough to hold it's own without any nail art. The base color is kind of hard to describe ... and a little different in the bottle than on the nail. Kind of taupe-copper-golden-sparkle. I like it, and I feel like shimmery reflective colors like this usually make my nails look longer, which is a plus.

I did make a trip to Sally's today, but details of the haul will have to wait until tomorrow. Thanks for reading.

~Colette