NOTD: OPI Swimsuit ... Nailed It! + Kleancolor Starry Purple

I was - as I often am - indecisive about what was going on my nails on Monday evening.  When I saw the Miss Universe pageant was actually on, I decided to reach for one of the colors from OPI's Miss Universe collection, and after a brief debate Swimsuit ... Nailed It! won.  This is already officially one of my favorite blues, and it has almost a chrome finish it's so metallic & shiny:

 

For the 2nd day I wanted to bling it up - I looked at the chunky silver Crown Me Already! from the same collection, the chunky silver but also holographic glitter Servin' Up Sparkle from one of my Serena Williams Glam Slam packs, but I finally went with this purple glitter from Kleancolor, with 3 different sizes of glitter in a clear base it's called Starry Purple - this is 2 coats on top of SNI, and most of the time it did look purple but in some lights & especially on camera it came out a bit on the pink side:

 

I've got a basic manicure tutorial that I filmed when I painted my nails with SNI - I'm going to attempt to get it edited tonight, but as often as my reach exceeds my grasp, not sure if that will actually happen LOL.  But it's coming!  I know I forgot a lot when I was recording too, so I'm going to fill in any blanks in the blog post.

 

Thanks for reading.

 

~Colette

NOTD: Butter London All Hail the Queen

This one was .... odd.  Butter London makes decent polishes - not worth the $14 price tag I don't think, but if you catch them on sale you might indulge.  But All Hail the Queen hid it's beauty in almost every light, and I didn't get enough time in the sun to really enjoy it.  & that honkin big square bottle is mighty awkward also, even with the fake part of the top off.  Anyway, if you enlarge the sun pic, you'll get just a hint of the different colored shimmers that are hiding in this apparently drab polish:

 

Thanks for reading =)

 

~Colette

Guest NOTD: NK Charcoal Navy + China Glaze Platinum Pieces

Mom was in looove with this both ways.  She started out with NK Charcoal Navy on its own - this scarf she's using as a prop in the sun pic is from the Fair, and I WILL still be posting pics!  It's just a daunting task LOL, hundreds to sort through from both trips.  Maybe this week, maybe next weekend, but food & other good things still to come.  Here's Charcoal Navy:

Then she cracked it with China Glaze Platinum Pieces:

 

Can you believe, when I started my blog Mom never painted her nails at all!  I've truly converted her =)

 

Thanks for reading.

 

~Colette

NOTD: The Evolution of Revlon Facets of Fuchsia

I have to start out by saying that this color was part of my most recent hauls, & I've purchased enough that it's time for a no-buy =)  I hope to have time to put together a haul post & vid this weekend but we'll see.  They're always too short!

 

When I spotted Revlon Facets of Fuchsia on the shelf at Target, I like stopped in my tracks to grab it.  I don't have the color to compare myself, but it looks like it's a very near dupe for Deborah Lippmann Bad Romance:

You can check out swatches of Bad Romance on these blogs:  All Lacquered Up, Vampy Varnish, Scrangie, & many other blogs.  And to see a head-to-head comparison of the two check out Candy Coated Tips.

 

Now, over time I've come to really like matte-ifying glitter polishes, so after a couple days I added Matte Magic over top:

 

And after a few days of that, without time to fully change my mani, I decided to gloss it up again with a layer of China Glaze Golden Enchantment, a golden holo top coat that really changed the look of the manicure, it kind of washed out the black base & made the whole nail look more purple in some light:

 

Which version is your favorite?  Revlon seems to do a pretty decent job when they set out to copy a color - sometimes (arguably I'm sure) even better than the original (Perplex anyone?).

 

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