Haul & Swatches - Icing & Claire's Magnetix, Glitter Crackles, Etc

This is around hmm, probably half the hauling I've done lately LOL.  I'll be posting up the other half, which is mainly an order from Nailogy, a little later.

Here's a closer look at the Icing polishes:

Pink, Blue & Silver Magnetix & Purple Glitter Crackle.  I really don't like that Icing doesn't name any of their polishes that have effects.

From Claire's:

Gold Magnetix, Fuchsia & Turquoise Glitter Crackle, & Night Sky - which did in fact turn out to be a dupe for Icing Epic Winning, as you can see in the swatch vid below.

From Hot Topic:

Warpaint Beauty matte top coat Mattify & glow in the dark Glow Turq.

The China Glaze Ulta Exclusive Holiday colors I was so thrilled to find:

Fireside Glow, Ultamate Holiday & Mistletoe Me.

Zoyas - my 2 free bottles & my 2 clearance bottles:

Holly, Izzy, Ali & Paz.

And those that I only had one of each brand:

OPI DS Temptation, Nails Inc magnetic Whitehall, Sephora by OPI Blasted Opalescent Gold, Barielle Pink Sherbert,  Wet n Wild Disturbia (which had something of an accident when I was marbling with it LOL - right into the cup so that's why it's go pink all over).

Lastly (for now), here's a look at a comparison of Night Sky & Epic Winning, swatches of all the Magnetix, and swatches of the glitter crackles:

Thanks for reading =)

~Colette

NOTD: Sephora Opalescent Blasted

I think I included this in my Pre-Christmas haul video, but forgot to include a bottle pic.  My friend Sam got it for me for Christmas, along with some loose glitter.  I used Finger Paints Black Expressionism for the base, and although I wish I'd done a little thicker coat to get thicker cracks from the Opalescent Blasted, overall I really liked the effect & I think it would be gorgeous over other dark colors too:

It looked a lot different with & without topcoat, but topcoat definitely brings out the shimmer:

Thanks for reading =)

~Colette

NOTD: $OPI Domestic Goddess

After so much glitter, I decided to go a little more subdued ... not to mention the fact that this was so much easier to remove =) Now of course, since this is a purple it was impossible to photograph correctly ... it's much pinker than it reads in the natural lamp pic, but not as pink as the camera flash shows. It's kind of in between how it looks shade vs. sun ... which leads me to mention, it's getting to be the time of year I probably often will be unable to continue providing sun pics. It's getting dark earlier, not to mention the clouds, and soon it's going to be cold enough to dissuade me from taking pics outdoors. Still, I really got the last little dribble of sun for today pics =) Here is Sephora by OPI Domestic Goddess, Konad done with China Glaza LOL & plate m72:


For all you other ladies out there with long nails, if you don't have this plate I recommend picking it up because this pattern is so nice & random that it's really easy to double-stamp, I didn't even really bother to try & line anything up.

Thanks for reading.

~Colette

NOTD: Underwater Fantasy

I had this color on my toes, and I really liked it, and after wearing it for about a week, I realized I hadn't taken any pics ... and the pedi was no longer in any kind of shape to be photographed. Still, I really wanted to show this color, so I decided to do it as a mani.

This was the first Sephora by OPI polish I've ever used, and I liked it all around. If I hadn't already been wearing it so long on my toes, I think I could have worn this without any nail art. Underwater Fantasy, Konied with Black Special Polish & plate m67:


So much gorgeous glitter & shimmer, I hope you click to enlarge =) Even though I missed getting any sun pics ... I honestly just spaced out after work on Friday & it didn't cross my mind until it was after dark LOL. Thanks for reading.

~Colette