August-September Hauls

Finally, finally - I've actually worn so many of the colors from this haul already LOL.  I split it into 2 vids, one for the actual haul & one for the crackle swatches:

In the video they're mostly by where I purchased them but to simplify things for the pictures & the blog post I sorted them by brand.

First the OPIs:

Top:  the Miss Universe collection - Crown Me Already!, Swimsuit ... Nailed It!, Congeniality is My Middle Name, It's My Year.  Bottom:  Serena Williams colors Grape ... Set ... Match, Servin' Up Sparkle, Pros & Bronze, Love is a Racket.

Nicole by OPI:

Black Texture, Silver Texture, Gold Texture, Red Texture.

Sally Hansen:

Teeny Greeny Bikini, Deep Blue, Sea, Midnight Sky, Time to Shine, Very Cherry, Grey Area, Pumpkin Spice, Blizzard Blue.

Ulta:

Ruby Slipper, Love My Blackberry, Lav-Ish, Army of 1, Quake Crackle Top Coat, Tink-Her-Bell.

Revlon:

Top:  Blue Mosaic, Facets of Fuchsia, Starry Pink.  Bottom:  from the Sweetly Seductive display - Colada Fizz, Pineapple Fizz, Grapefruit Fizz, Watermelon Fizz.

Kleancolor:

Starry Purple, Teal Crackle, Brown Crackle.

Absolute!

White Crackle & Navy Crackle.

Piggy Polish:

I am TOE Happy!, HOT Attack, Daylillies & Music.

Milani:

Brisk Orange, Black Krackle Top Coat, Purple Rush.

Sinful Colors:

Black Crackle, Pinky Glitter.

So, after this extravaganza, I put myself on a no-buy - I even managed to stick to it for like 3 weeks!  ... but that was like a week ago LOL & so I'm still not caught up, I have several Icing colors waiting for my next haul post =)

Thanks for reading.

~Colette

NOTD: Ulta Ruby Slipper + China Glaze Golden Enchantment

I realized I've been wearing a lot of colors from my most recent hauls, which I haven't even gotten around to posting yet, and this is another of them LOL.  I really will try to get the haul edited & posted tomorrow, but for now here's a look at Ulta Ruby Slipper:

 

After a day I topped it with something I seem to be using a lot lately - China Glaze Golden Enchantment:

 

This is actually still on my nails, I'm running to the library & the grocery store & then coming home to change it =)  Thanks for reading.

~Colette

NOTD: Ulta Purple Haze

Slightly duo-chrome in real life but not really at all in pics, just very very pretty.  This is Ulta Purple Haze:

 

Upcoming for the blog - I have 2 trips worth of state fair pics to edit, not only food but flowers & bonsai trees & all kinds of creative arts.  I had excellent retail therapy today so I'll have another haul vid/post coming.  And from a shopping trip over the weekend, on my nails right now - have you guys seen Revlon's Facets of Fuchsia???  Now I don't have it myself to compare but I'm going to go ahead & call it a dupe for Deborah Lippmann Bad Romance.  It was sitting innocently enough in a new 3-piece glitter addition to Revlon's normal display in Target (along with a blue too bright to be a dupe to Across the Universe & a weird pink creme + silver hex combination).  It's very gorgeous & about to be matte-ified =)  Pics should be up tomorrow or Thursday & I'll include links to some other bloggers that have swatched BR.

 

Thanks for reading.

 

~Colette

NOTD: Blues & Purple Water Marble + Tutorial

This wasn't the original plan, or even the backup plan, but I still like it =)  I wanted to use the color that I have on my toes - a bright blue from Claire's - with a couple of others, but it was a little mini-disaster.  Then I thought I'd do light blue, grey & lavender - but the grey was a fail.  So I finally replaced that with a darker blue & came up with this combination, all Ulta Salon Formula polishes.  Base color is Bam-Blue-Zled, marbling done with BBZ, Blue Streak (which you can see on its own HERE) & Tutu Cute:

Favorite nails are left middle & ring, right ring & pointer:

Here's the tutorial:



Thanks for reading =)

~Colette

NOTD: Ulta Blue Streak + bm222

I really like this blue - I wish I'd taken a picture before I started stamping because I liked it less after the butterflies.  I was going for random & - & I know this sounds ridiculous - they're not random enough LOL.  I seem to do better when I have a plan =)  I actually really like the way the partial stamps on my index finger look, I wish I'd done them all like that but it was only the one finger!  Oh well, next time I use this image I hope I'll remember.  This is Ulta Blue Streak, stamped with White special polish & Bundle Monster image plate bm222 :

 

Thanks for reading =)

 

~Colette

Haul - Ulta & Butter London

A little bit of a belated birthday splurge - with the aid of a 20% my order Ulta coupon.

 

Ulta is redesigning their salon formula bottles - making them round & only .3 fl. oz compared to the current square .4 fl. oz.  So I grabbed up some of the last of the old larger bottles:

 

Top:  Sunset Bronze, Concrete, Fine Pruned, Tutu Cute.  Bottom:  Purple Haze, Bam-Blue-Zled, Blue Streak, Dance Teal Dawn.

 

And I made the mistake of wandering over to the Butter London display ... I thought:  if I'm ever going to splurge on these, it ought to be with a 20% off coupon.  & so I did:

 

Top:  Big Smoke, Marrow & Bluey.  Bottom:  Knees Up, All Hail The Queen, Wallis & No More Waity, Katie.  I've already worn Big Smoke & so I'll try to get those pics edited & posted =) 

 

Here's the vid:

 

 

Thanks for reading.

 

~Colette