As per request from Nicole [Twitter page] from Magic Maid [website], I have a comparison post for you. Sadly, this morning as I was driving to my parents' cabin, I broke my nail so I am back to nubbins for another month until they grow back out.
The colors being swatched are Rescue Beauty Lounge [official website] Scrangie and Sally Hansen [official website] Grape Going!. Scrangie is one of the "Blog Writer's Colors" that came out late this summer. Explained by Scrangie herself, this is a "medium blue-based purple with green iridescence and green microshimmer." (By the way, check out her Twitter and her blog. You'll thank me later.) It is gorgeous on the nail, and when I wore it as a pedicure, it lasted 3 whole weeks without chipping. This was also my first RBL polish and is a more expensive polish for only 0.4 ounces. With shipping, I paid $26.50 for this ONE polish ($18 for the polish, $8.50 for ground shipping - the only shipping available).
So imagine the delight to bloggers when Sally Hansen came out with Grape Going! (Yes, the exclamation point is apart of the polish color.) It's a duochrome of blue and purple, and only when you have the bottles next to each other in person, can you tell that Grape Going! has a strong blue shimmer while Scrangie has a strong green shimmer. In photos however, well.
I painted my pointer and ring fingers with Scrangie and my middle and pinkie fingers with Grape Going!
You can also see a bit that Scrangie has a bit darker purple base. This is 3 coats of polish each, with a layer of Seche Vite base coat, but no top coat as to not alter the polish.
You can really see the green vs blue shimmer here and again, in person, there's no question that I'm wearing two different polishes because of the shimmer.
So there you have it! Grape Going! is close but not a real dupe. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right?
(Oh, and great news, I just ordered a light box, so no more bad pictures soon!)
But not far, I promise.
In order to really be serious here, I've purchased a domain and am exporting my blog there. It's okay! If you're already a reader, you get to come over in my suitcase. :) Please note that the only real things changing are my domain (from http://polishaglore.blogspot.com to http://www.polishgalore.com), and my email address (from silverslivers@gmail.com to krystal@polishgalore.com). No big deal.
I am playing with colors, and design a bit, but that's just fun, not function. I should be completely up and running by Monday.
After reading some Twitter messages yesterday, fellow blogger PolishSWATCHES [official website] is starting a a "Link Love Network" for us in the blogger world. I have anxiously joined, because it was because of bloggers that I got into the love of nail polish again, starting with my dear friend Jen at From Head To Toe [official website] and just growing from there.
There are two parts to this - first is joining the Polish Bloggers Network... you can see the badge at the right of my blog, and we are also using the hash tag #PolishBloggersNetwork [search us] on Twitter.
The second part is the Weekly Link Love Roundup, in which all links compiled by PolishSWATCHES for the week are then posted on your blog. Make sure you read more about it on her website, because this part (for me at least) is super important. We'll also be using the hash tags of #LacquerLinkLove [search us] and #PolishRoundup [search us].
If you'd like to join the Polish Bloggers Network and Weekly Link Love Roundup, please check out this post HERE for all the information!!!
Yesterday, I decided that I deserved a massage, so I set up an appointment at a national chain called WoodHouse Day Spas [official website]. They had a nice polish room set up, but I didn't have a lot of time to wander around because I got lost on my way there, but I had read a bit about the polish that they carry, Spa Ritual.
Spa Ritual [official website] is a line I had never heard of but frankly, looked pretty awesome. The thing that immediately drew my eye is what they call their "plum cap" which is just a non-slip grip rubber like bottle handle which helps in bottle opening, and well, feels cool. Spa Ritual uses vegan products, is big 3 free, and are naturally colored (not sure how?). I purchased two bottles but at $10 each, they are definitely on the pricey end for me.
Spa Ritual Shower the People is actually a glitter top coat, but I didn't read that fine print at first (oops). It's a clear base with itty bitty purple and blue microglitter.
I was SUPER excited to try this, and so I tried layering over black (China Glaze Liquid Leather in the picture), but also layered over white (which you couldn't tell), and I put 4 coats on by itself but none of it translated into picture form.
Very pretty but I'm really torn on the price tag. It's very hard to see the purple and blue microglitter, but those are my absolute favorite colors and you add them together, and I'm in love. I like that they are all about using natural vegan products because I'm sure it's good for me, but I wouldn't know the difference if anyone hadn't told me beforehand. Still, this will be a nice addition to my collection.
I love duochromes. There's just something about a polish throwing off several colors, that makes me happy. Zoya Ki is a beautiful oil-slick effect purple & green duochrome that is just wild. The polish was pretty easy to apply except for this:
Grr brush!
Overall, I really liked this color and can't wait to wear it in the sunshine - it was impossible to photograph, which always happens with duochromes... and purples...
You either see the green
Or a pretty purple
Zoya [official website] can be purchased on their website.
