Blogs of Note

Happy Sunday!  I have 3 more blogs here for you.

First today is Playing with Polish.  Owner Jessica has medium nails and doesn't always buy entire collections but rather just the polishes that really grabs her eye.  She did get Shellaced before her trip overseas which was great to see an actual wear test from a blogger.  I'm still hoping to get Shallaced this year.


Next is Sasse's Stamping Stampede.  She has short nails that are always Konaded and has a great list of non-Konad polish that works with Konad (found here).


Last is So Much Pretty which is a beauty blog that is owned by someone I met through the blogging world.  She has a lot of different press releases and product reviews.


Enjoy!

Giveaway Prize

Well, the winner of the China Glaze Vintage Vixen Cat’s Meow 6 piece set never wrote back to give me her mailing address which I required to have by 10/31.  I ended up giving her another 5 days extra and still - nothing.  :(


So what would you like to see happen?  Please vote in the embedded poll and let me know!  I will be holding at least 3 giveaways this month... two sponsored by companies and one for my 600 Followers... the 600 Followers is where I would re-purpose the Cat's Meow 6 piece set if you (the reader!) think I should.


Voting ends this Monday 8 November.

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ORLY Purple Pleather

I'm still new to the Orly bus.  While I adore the rubberized tops and I think the Cosmic FX line was amazing (too bad I already pre-ordered the MAC line), I just hadn't really purchased any Orly yet.  I found this one at an HEB grocery store in San Antonio and I had seen it before and wanted to try it.  Purple Pleather is from the Plastix Collection that came out earlier this year.  It's not exactly a matte, but dries much like one - Orly officially says it's a "plastic finish."


I used a base coat of Seche Natural and 2 coats of Purple Pleather but I could have gotten away with 1.  Because of the finish, I did not use a top coat.  I also didn't get a shade picture as it was super blurry.

It's almost like a light China Glaze Grape Pop, but with that unique plastic type finish.  While this does photograph blue, I color corrected to make it color accurate.  I now want to try the red from the line "Retro Red" because I do really do like the finish.


I also added Seche Vite to my thumb to show the difference in finishes.

You can purchase Orly for $7.50 through their website, or it's available online at Head2ToeBeauty for ~$6 and in Sally's Beauty Supply stores.  Additionally, you can Like them on Facebook or follow them on Twitter.

China Glaze Mistletoe Kisses

The brother to "Mrs. Claus" in the 2010 Winter Collection for China Glaze would have to be Mistletoe Kisses.  It's a green glitter in a green base - also apart of the "Rejoice Set" which came with a special holiday candle.  Unlike Emerald Sparkle, this is a lighter green with a lighter green glitter.

I used a base of Seche Natural, 2 coats of Mistletoe Kisses and a top of Seche Vite.  The formula was excellent on this bottle.

The green glitter almost gives off a frost appearance to me, but it's not - it's most definitely a glitter.

In the shade, you can see how the glitter is more of a silver based - and much lighter than Emerald Sparkle seen below:

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].

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

China Glaze Orange Marmalade

Before you start singing Lady Marmalade (because I do EVERY time I see this color), let's look at this beauty from the 2009 Summer "Summer Days" collection from China Glaze - the orange glass flecked Orange Marmalade.  I actually wore this as my Halloween manicure - contained in the glass flecks is some gold particles that really made my nails shine.


I used a base coat of Seche Natural, 3 coats of Orange Marmalade and a top of Seche Vite.  The formula was good but I had a tiny bit of VNL afterwards.

Sun!  Check out all the gold in the bottle!  It's not a neon orange, despite looking quite hot on my nails ^_^  Instead, it reminds me a lot of an orange prescription bottle - less brown though.  Go figure.

More glass fleck goodness.  This is different from a glitter because it's not gritty or bumpy, but it's not really a shimmer either because it looks like crushed glass has been added to the mix.  


For laughs, here are some pictures from summer 2009 before I was blogging.  I used a "natural light" makeup mirror as my light source.

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].