NOTD: Butter London Wallis

I ended up liking Butter London Wallis a lot better on my nails than in the bottle - I mean, I liked it in the bottle I wouldn't have picked it up otherwise, but on my nails it really came to life.  It started looking more gold in certain lights - unless I held it up nexto anything actually gold, or actually green, then it looked green again LOL.  And not as dark as I expected either, a really nice fall shade:

 

I have my first Halloween tutorial recorded, just have to squeeze in editing =)  Thanks for reading.

 

~Colette

NOTD: Nubar Chocolate Coffee Bean

HOW did this sit in my unworns for so long?  What?  Oh, I have a couple hundred unworns?  Well then, I guess it makes a bit more sense =P

 

Anyway, I love this a lot now that I finally wore it.  From the Chocolate Truffles collection, this is Nubar Chocolate Coffee Bean ... although that name doesn't explain the lovely flash of pink:

 

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 =)

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

Guest NOTD: Essie It's Genius

I'm finishing the haul post, and when I went looking for the bottle pics I took I found these LOL.  I thought I'd post them quick before they get forgotten again - Mom's nails, Essie It's Genius:

Thanks for reading =)

~Colette