Hey guys, I have a swatch for you today. This is another OPI liquid sand nail polish from the Mariah Carey Collection: Get Your Number. I wasn't very interested in this type of finish when I first saw them on the press releases, but I must say, if this kind of polish continues with this level of quality, this may become a favorite of mine. I don't think anything will live up to jelly/sorbet polishes in my eyes, but I'll be the first to admit that this kind of polish surprised me.
I had purchased Stay the Night and Get Your Number first, to test out the formula and have been impressed so far, so I think I'm going to go out and get the other two too. Not too happy about the price hike, but at least it's not as egregious as some other brands *coughmacimlookingatyou*.
enamelicious
Not to be eaten, but just as savory.
Friday, February 1, 2013
Sunday, January 20, 2013
GIVEAWAY TIME!
Update: 2/19
For anyone who is checking back, I have already chosen a winner, but I have not yet gotten a reply. So, I'm giving the winner one more day to respond and then I will be choosing a different winner.
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Hello, my fellow polish fiends, I have a small giveaway for you guys today. As a thank you for hitting 150 subscribers on youtube, I will be giving away a set of OPI's Mariah Carey Liquid Sand Mini Set.
Thank you so much for watching my videos and subscribing to my channel! I appreciate all the comments, questions, suggestions, and comments from each and every one of you!
I'm doing this by rafflecopter (first time using it!) as a sort of trial by fire. Hopefully, it'll be the easiest for everyone involved.
You'll be winning:
Rules :
This giveaway is open internationally.
You must be 18 years or older (legal in your country of origin) OR you must have your parent's permission if you are underage.
There are two mandatory entries:
1. Must be a subscriber to my youtube channel.
2. Like, favorite and comment on the video with the color you're most excited for.
Earn extra entries by following me either here on blogger or on twitter.
Ends on 2/14 (Valentines Day!) at 11:59pm EST.
For anyone who is checking back, I have already chosen a winner, but I have not yet gotten a reply. So, I'm giving the winner one more day to respond and then I will be choosing a different winner.
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Hello, my fellow polish fiends, I have a small giveaway for you guys today. As a thank you for hitting 150 subscribers on youtube, I will be giving away a set of OPI's Mariah Carey Liquid Sand Mini Set.
Thank you so much for watching my videos and subscribing to my channel! I appreciate all the comments, questions, suggestions, and comments from each and every one of you!
I'm doing this by rafflecopter (first time using it!) as a sort of trial by fire. Hopefully, it'll be the easiest for everyone involved.
You'll be winning:
Rules :
This giveaway is open internationally.
You must be 18 years or older (legal in your country of origin) OR you must have your parent's permission if you are underage.
There are two mandatory entries:
1. Must be a subscriber to my youtube channel.
2. Like, favorite and comment on the video with the color you're most excited for.
Earn extra entries by following me either here on blogger or on twitter.
Ends on 2/14 (Valentines Day!) at 11:59pm EST.
Good Luck to everyone!
Sunday, January 13, 2013
OPI - Stay the Night (swatches and review)
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However, I am a huge advocate of innovation and new ideas. Even if someone tries something new but crashes and burns, it is a huge plus in my book that something new was tried. Without innovation, this world would be a pretty boring place. So this new 'liquid sand' line that was introduced with the new Mariah Carey line was kind of a must-try for me.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
essie - Where's My Chauffeur? (swatches and review)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ3L40MrHd-3Jj1z6vklWpnp6PvCdRF5z7I1NyNxqDPy5cKEgPKDK61GC8woQbrcsjSwZ_8UID1Xd9HambpiaFS9Ir2fuy7-mk2a9gaFpjjNbY9BTLNcFFo2J1iQd2ry9vJwnPd-LI4KM/s320/wmc.jpg)
This polish is what appeared to be a China Glaze For Audrey dupe in the press release. Just from the bottle appearance alone, this is not exactly a dupe. They're in the same color shade and seem to have the same undertones but For Audrey is just a smidge lighter. It's not noticeable unless you're really looking. It's also close to China Glaze Aquadelic and essie's Turquoise and Caicos, but with just a hint more green: a subtle difference, but different nonetheless.
Friday, January 4, 2013
Nail Art - Another Flower Nail Tutorial
Hey guys, I have a small nail art tutorial for you guys today. It's my own version of the pink flowers tutorial that's the go-to of many a nail artist. And I'll be the first to admit that I love my flowery nails. I really do. It's a sickness. But man is it pretty.
Yes, it's still the middle of winter, and yes, there will probably be more winter to come, but one can never be too early for spring. Unless you're my mom. She's not very fond of the pollen dust that seems to stick to you like a second skin.
Yes, it's still the middle of winter, and yes, there will probably be more winter to come, but one can never be too early for spring. Unless you're my mom. She's not very fond of the pollen dust that seems to stick to you like a second skin.
You can watch the video tutorial here:
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
essie - Leading Lady (swatches and review)
Hey guys, hope you had a wonderful holiday! To kick off the new year, I have a nail polish swatch for you. This is essie's Leading Lady from their winter collection of the same name. I had a love-hate relationship with essie. Sheer pinky-nudes are a weakness of mine and essie is a veritable Shangri La of those kinds of colors. One of my favorite polishes of all time (Nude Beach) is from essie's line. Unfortunately, the formula is either a hit or a miss for me even though the colors are to die for. They have some incredible sheer nude-pinks and some awesome creme colors, but sometimes *coughabsolutelyshoreimlookingatyoucough* the formula falls flat.
These days, I don't see much of that problem. Ever since they've branched out from their core line of sheer nudes and release a ton of collections, I feel that they have still been pretty hit or miss with the formula. Even though they don't release 12 color collections as all their collections are usually 6 polishes, they're like MAC cosmetics in releasing like 90849823 collections a year. It's super hard to keep up with and it can get annoying at times. I think I bought almost every polish that they released in 2011 and I've pretty much put myself on an essie ban when I had to change my storage method for the third time because of the ridicuous amount of essies I was getting.
Monday, December 24, 2012
Zoya - Blaze (swatches and review)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis-VLRhlG5fOo1Xs_rgEACTJ6cB_InVKX17FfHgkg7M7QMmzG4c-kD3FubNdJr92iUPG_GW9T7BY4pOK1ZHK0_YPiQVyyrQxS55NUg1-Twlo0QKMZa01arU0MKmwBcGAJplnLLsBR_wmc/s320/zoyablaze.jpg)
Hey guys, I have a nail polish swatch for you today. This is Zoya's Blaze from the 2012 Ornate Collection. I thought the way to spell the name was "Blaise", because of the similarly named Harry Potter character, but the variation does make sense. I think that if you have the balls to name your kid Blaze, you're either a pretty awesome parent or you were trashed at the time of the naming process and your child will hate you for the rest of her life. Either way, it's a cool name.
Out of all the polishes I bought out of this collection, I was probably the least excited for this one. Although this is a great color on it's own and Zoya hasn't yet disappointed me with regards to formula/texture, I have a veritable ton of polishes in the red color family and this one didn't pop out at me as anything special. It was, however, a holo finish, which I do like so I picked it up. It certainly looked nice in the bottle.
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Zoya - Logan (swatches and review)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFr6pO_dMusZdY0fOQi5UMt6sM5fKSUYKGAKuUvw2Ra7fls2qv-xT4e_6GRA6hosm9J8SiJGJdXXFFQw3S5o0iKp5U7CiCdJVQZ56a4W1CPWlG_Rg1CAmQNpPQ5GbQ8XrUJLR0R2W3Jzw/s320/Logan+Bottle.jpg)
How cool would it be if there was an entire line of polishes dedicated to the X-men, though? I would buy them all, even if they were horrendous quality. Seriously, I'm that obsessed. Anyone out there excited for Days of Future's Past? I know I am.
Anywho, I was as excited for this polish as I was for Ziv. Dark green foils are right up my alley and the press photos/swatches were all gorgeous. Even in the store, I was aching to put this on my nails to see how it would look because it looked damn good in the bottle.
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Zoya - Storm (swatches and review)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDNDxGmnCht4W3YdZcUHCN7DyLjojFCcU6I12aqr-wpMIAFdQ9JLz0ZfjSHfKEjF2f52jH16X6k4bDGoN1xzC62CcCS9bW4ELUEpCus5YRuYpO9f4d3rOATXvG6R1kQkidzMrxIjjIpk/s320/Storm+Bottle.jpg)
Anywho, with that background, I was definitely going to pick this polish up whether it was a dud or not. It looked pretty awesome on the press release and looked even better on the swatches floating around online. I coveted this one almost as much as I did Ziv, and I'm so glad I was able to get it.
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