Mmmm reds. I do love reds. I didn't think I loved reds until I started wearing reds. There's something about red. Mommy Kissing Santa is one of a few reds from the new 'Tis the Season, also called "Naughty or Nice" China Glaze 2010 Winter Collection. It reminds me of a big shiny red Christmas ornament. I have to stop taking my pictures so late in the day - check out that 5 o'clock shadow.
I used a base coat of Seche Natural, 2 coats of Mommy Kissing Santa, and a top of Seche Vite. It's a very nice dark red shimmer. Very nice formula - not runny or thick.
In the sun you can see that it almost looks two toned but that's just my sun fading away. It was such a pleasant color to apply - very smooth formula.
In the shade it has such a smooth finish as well - like velvet or something. I really think this is a great color to wear for your Holiday Party or just even in the spring. Very happy with this one. I know it's not terrible original, but I can't think off hand of its dupe right now.
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Oh geez, I absolutely love this color. China Glaze Sugar Plums from the 'Tis the Season to be naughty and nice collection (okay seriously? Longest name ever....) is listed simply as a plum shimmer but this is nothing but simple. Along the same lines of Grape Crush and Crystal Ball, this is a color with tons of tiny multiglitter, but isn't a holo. Actually, I'd LOVE for someone to do a Sugar Plums/Crystal Ball comparison! Anyway back to this.
I used a base of Seche Natural, 2 coats of Sugar Plums and a top coat of Seche Vite. I absolutely love this color and really didn't want to take it off. The formula was excellent and it was so super shiny.
Rawr - look at that dark plum goodness. In the sun, you don't see the glitter as much but it's just a nice vampy color.
Sadly the glitter is pretty gone in the shade as well but hold up, I got a sunny blurry shot.
BAM! Multicolored goodness. Mmmm. Love it! This is a must have color for me - have you picked up yours yet?
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Howdy! Sorry for my break - I have a huge bunch of polish to post including the rest of this Barielle fall collection "Style in Argyle." Worst part is I have the pictures, I just need to edit and write the posts. Rawr!
This interesting color here is Unraveled Rust. Despite this weird yellow bottle color, this is actually a burnt rust creme, and you'll be able to tell better in the other pictures. I'm not sure why it shows up so yellow here - I even double checked my bottles to make sure I didn't mess up the pictures! I used a base of Seche Natural, 2 coats of Unraveled Rust and a top of Seche Vite. I did have a wonky brush on this bottle (boo) and I noticed that the formula was a little on the thick side. I needed quite a bit of cleanup afterwards.
Two different sun pictures here - you can see some of that weird yellow in the bottle, then a muddied brown rust color in the second picture and more of a darker red brown in the first. This is definitely a unique color.
In the shade, it's a very dark rust brown color - like I said, very unique. I can't think of another color I have like this in my collection but I'm going to keep looking. I was very impressed with the uniqueness of this color. UNIQUE. ^_^
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So after verifying posts and Twitter extra entries and then I went on a small trip, I'm finally posting the 5 awesome winners of my 500+ Readers Giveaway!
There were a total of 463 entries and I wanted to thank everyone for their entries. ^_^
5th Prize was the True Blood & iTunes gift card.
There were a total of 58 entries and the winner is #35 "Tabbycat23".
4th Prize was the Mish Mash gift set.
There were a total of 75 entries and the winner is #55 "Melissa L".
3rd Prize was the China Glaze Vintage Vixen Cat's Meow 6 piece set.
There were a total of 108 entries and the winner is #10 "itmustbebunnies".
2nd Prize was the China Glaze Vintage Vixen Hotsy Totsy 6 piece set.
There were a total of 99 entries and the winner is #51 "fnati".
1st Prize was was the China Glaze Grand Prize.
There were a total of 123 entries and the winner is #45 "brittany".
Thank you to all! I've emailed the winners and need to hear back from them by 10/31 or I'll need to draw a new winner for said prize. I'll be having a 600+ Followers Giveaway soon - it's tentatively titled "My Favorites". ^_^
Happy Sunday! Here are 3 more blogs for you to check out!
First up is Magic Maid. She has medium length nails and includes a list of contests and giveaways of her fellow bloggers on her site. She includes a lot of polishes that I haven't been able to find, which is great because it helps in blind purchasing online.
Next is Temptalia. Blog owner Christine mainly review makeup but includes nail polish as well. The majority of her blog is M.A.C. related but she is the absolute go to blog for all new releases, as she is privileged to getting the information or products first. She has been blogging for at least 4 years that I know of, and has several postings a day, so I recommend using your RSS feed for sure on this one. She has medium length nails and while I don't absolutely love her nail polish technique of 3 strokes (doesn't always get into the sides), she does always have completely accurate colored and clear pictures.
Last today is Nail of the Day. My personal friend Cassie is the owner and she is just starting out. However, she has a big love of polish especially after making several purchases that I had egged her on getting.
Enjoy!
