China Glaze B-Girlz

Tomorrow, an American film actor and artist will be at my campus for a presentation.  I actually met him today when he came to do a talk show for us, but tomorrow I have to be with the entire school for this presentation.  I was looking for a color that would pop, especially since I'll probably be wearing lots of black (can't stand out on days like tomorrow when you're running up on stage, in the catwalks, etc), but wasn't going to get me yelled at ^_^


I finally decided to grab China Glaze B-Girlz which was from the Kicks Collection.  This was one of my untries since I seem to have a LOT of pinks lately, and after my application, I do think I need to do some color comparisons when I FINALLY GET SOME SUN.  I had a bit of a love/hate with this polish.  The first coat was very watery and coverage was spotty, making me wonder if this was a neon but coat two was pooling into a few of my cuticles (I went a bit thicker coat for 2)  but overall this is an awesome pink shimmer polish - almost a hot pink with very light purple shimmery dust in it that I only saw when I nearly stuck my finger in my eye.  I used Seche Natural for my base and my bottle of Seche Vite which got a healthy dose of Seche Restore last night.  

ONE DAY LATER EDIT

omg!  Sun!  I ran home to snap these pictures for you - real pictures!

One in the sun

And two pretties in the shade.

China Glaze [official website] can be found online through several etailers, including my favorite Head2Toe Beauty [official website], Sally's Beauty Supply [official website] as well asTransDesign [official website].

Barielle Daring Dahlia

I am so sick of the "No Sun" that has been inflicted upon me since I started my blog.  Rawr.  Then I find out today that the special lamps I bought for my light box takes a different light bulb than the pricey ones I bought.  /headdesk.

So unfortunately I have some regular olde web camera pictures tonight but WOW this color was a surprise to me!

Barielle Daring Dahlia is from their Spring 2010 Polish Collection "Wildflower" and they describe it as "a deep fuchsia with a hint of silver metallic."  I personally did not see the silver, but I'm also under daylight lamps (6500K), and not the sun.  I used Seche Natural for my base coat and only 2 thin coats of polish.  The application was VERY smooth which was quite delightful - but it dried like a neon - matte.

Maybe it's the matte that throws off a silver metallic?  Either way, I couldn't leave it alone like that, so I put on a coat of Seche Vite and BAM.

Jelly goodness. /loves  Gotta say, for being my first Barielle, I am VERY pleased with the color, and application.

Barielle retails for $8/bottle.

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration.  For more information, please read this post.

Barielle Wildflower

I received a package today that I am certain the UPS man wanted to destroy.  He almost succeeded too but thankfully bubble wrap saved the day!

(L to R: A Bouquet for Ana, June Bug, Blossom, Daring Dahlia, Snap Dragon and Myrza's Meadow)


Shades by Barielle introduces their Spring 2010 Polish Collection: Wildflower.  Please enjoy the following press release.


For spring 2010, get rooted in style with six new nail polish hues from Shades by Barielle.  The Wildflower Collection blooms with floral-themed colors and Barielle's signature healthy "3-free" formulation.  Lending a helping hand to root out ovarian cancer, 100% of proceeds from three shades from the collection will be donated to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund when purchased at http://www.ocrf.org.


Giving nails the ultimate in flower power, the collection includes Blossom - an opaque peach; Snapdragon - a metallic sea foam green and Daring Dahlia - a deep fuchsia with a hint of silver metallic.


Three additional colors pay homage to women close to Barielle who are still battling or have lost their fight to ovarian cancer including, A Bouquet for Ava - a cool Caribbean blue; June Bug - a teal with fuchsia glitter and Myrza's Meadow - a light lime green with silver glitter.


Celebrity Manicurist Elle says "It means so much to develop a collection that hits so close to home with women affected by ovarian cancer.  Having my best friend pass away from the disease, I feel honored to be part of something that gives back.  These colors are bold and take unusual twists with color and dimension.  Wear them to compliment this fashion season's bright color palette or wear them with understated nudes and whites in your wardrobe to make their own statement."


Formulated to provide nails with safe, healthy and long-lasting glossy color coverage, Shades by Barielle is free of formaldehyde, toluene and dibutyl-phthalate.  Women can also safely use Barielle products throughout pregnancy.


***100% of the proceeds from A Bouquet of Ava, June Bug and Myrza's Meadow purchased at http://www.ocrf.org will be donated to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund***


Barielle retails for $8/bottle.

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration.  For more information, please read this post.

Seche Giveaway! [Winner]

Thank you to the 56 lovely followers who all took a chance at winning my Seche Giveaway! To make it simple and easy, you were each assigned a number by the way you comments (first person was #1, etc).


Then I went to my rusty trusty Random Numberizer located at http://ma.tt/tools/random-number/ and asked for a number between 1 and 56 and I got this:

YAY #43 Alisa http://www.blogger.com/profile/11874807045211360203


I've sent you an email from krystal[at]polishgalore.com  so I can get your mailing information. If for some reason, I haven't received a reply by next Monday at midnight:01 GMT, I will redraw for another winner.


Thanks again and I'll be holding my 300 followers giveaway if/when I get there!

China Glaze Lavender Lingo

While on a small spree at Head2ToeBeauty, I finally decided to get China Glaze Lavender Lingo from the Patent Leather II collection, now discontinued.  This is a creme, and was a bit streaky - it took 3 thick coats to get it opaque.  I'm also pretty confused on the color - this doesn't look lavender to me.  I'm sorry for the icky pictures - it's been pouring like mad here.  This is the first time in three years that we haven't had a drought for the month of February, please bring on the sun!


Now to the pictures!  First up "sun" which is actually loads of clouds with rain.

Then a few "shade" which was still just lots of clouds and rain.

And finally one with a flash which was the most true to life color - this is such a pinkie color!

China Glaze [official website] can be found online through several etailers, including my favorite Head2Toe Beauty [official website], Sally's Beauty Supply [official website] as well asTransDesign [official website].