Old Gift Haul

I recorded this like 2 or 3 weeks ago & never got around to taking bottle pics & editing the vid.  My friend Sam cleaned out her stash, and I got the spoils =D  And out of all these colors, I think I already have only 3 of them, so I was very pleased.

First, a few Finger Paints that I picked up on additional 50% off clearance - so they were only a dollar each:

Finger Paints Artist's Sapphire, Gallery Glam, Whose Hue? & Hue Rang?

Now on to my gift haul, starting with the brands that there was only one bottle of:

Rimmel Wishing on a Star, Delux Beauty Star Daisy, Maybelline Denim Dash, Avon Retro Rose, Essie Hot Commodity & Zoya Diem.

4 colors from Elf:

No Label nude & No label pink with silver shimmer, Sunset & Burgundy.

2 Revlons & 3 Sally Hansen from various lines:

Revlon Always Flaunting & Sparkling Cafe; Sally Hansen Sunrise Sunset, Petal Pusher & Emerald City.

3 Finger Paints:

Meet Me at the Met, Tapestry in Taupe & Art Dealer Teal-er.

2 Hard Candy:

Unfortunately their mini-bottles don't have names =(  But still pretty purple & pink.

5 Pure Ice:

Strip Tease, Cheatin, French Kiss, Busted, Risk Taker.

And finally few super-tiny Sally Hansen minis:

These don't have names either.  Stop being lazy polish companies!  Mini-bottles are people ... errr, polish too!  They deserve names!

Finally the Haul vid, me rambling as usual LOL:

I have my more recent haul to get together now that I have this old one out of the way =)  Thanks for reading.

~Colette

NOTD: Pure Ice Funky French - Celestial + Heart Breaker

This is from last Thursday.  Turned out just as I imagined, although I was a little frustrated with the little sequins (some came off, some just lost their color).  

 

I started out with one coat of Pure Ice Heart Breaker, then I did a chevron or v-shaped  french with  Pure Ice Celestial.  I didn't got all the way to the tip, since the next step was a chevron tip with Color Club French Tip, leaving just a stripe of the Celestial.  One more layer of Heart Breaker, apply sequins, topcoat & done.  I'm quite pleased with how my freehand skills are coming along, these came out really straight & even =)

Thanks for reading.

~Colette

NOTD: Pure Ice Busted Funky French

Loved this mani!  When my mom bought me this polish, I didn't realize at first how sheer it was, but then when I saw it swatched I knew I wanted to save it for a layering color.  I did one layer of Pure Ice Busted, then did the chevron-shaped french tips with Color Club Black, then did another layer of Busted.  I thought the point needed just a little something so I added a little flat sequin - which actually was colored, but shows up mostly silvery in the pics:

For the 2nd day I wore this, I added a coat of China Glaze Matte Magic:

Thanks for reading =)

~Colette

NOTD: Pure Ice A List

One more before I go to bed.  I was pretty pleased with how this turned out.  I used Pure Ice A List for my base color, and the nail art is done with Pure Ice Celestial (blue) & No Means No (purple):

 

 

 

Thanks for reading =)

~Colette

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