I routinely like to visit CVS/pharmacy and Walgreens which, in my town, are literally across the street from each other... One of my last visits, I spied a display of "Limited Edition" Maybelline. Now, I don't own any other Maybelline polishes - but Blue Brilliance looked so pretty with a green blue color with tiny flashes of lilac in it (totally not seen in the bottle above).
Even though it considers itself a 50 second nail color, I used my normal routine of a base of Seche Natural, 3 coats of Blue Brilliance and a top of Seche Vite. After the first two nails, I realized this was going to be a sheer mess for me, so on my last two fingers I did a base of CND Blackjack.
Okay, can you smell my frustration? My ring finger is this stroke-mess, my first two fingers are sheer and a brush stroke-mess... The only thing that redeems this color is all the duochrome (trichrome?) available... purple, blue, green. LOVELY. Maybe I should try putting it over a white?
Random shade shot to show you a few more colors this thing bounces off.
Indoor picture to show you a bit more of that purple green blueness.
Honestly, I'm not happy with this one. I don't like the sheerness, I don't like the brush strokes. I think I paid $4.50 for this (not 100% sure), and I probably would take it back if I could find my receipt.
Maybelline can be found in various grocery stores. Check their website for more information. You can follow them on Twitter or like them on Facebook.
Gotta love my dad popping up in the background - hah.
Revlon Perplex is another dupe to Chanel Paradoxal and a much cheaper one at that. I actually bought a couple of extras for future giveaways because it's my understanding that this color is sold out in some areas due to it's likeness to Paradoxal.
I used a base coat of Seche Natural, 2 coats of Perplex and a top of Seche Vite. The formula was nice and smooth.
In the sun, you definitely see more purple shimmer than grey which Paradoxal was more grey, less purple shimmer. I have to be honest, I'm more of a purple girl so I love this way over Paradoxal.
My shade picture kind of blew me away - check out that smoky purple color! Big fan.
Indoors with flash - lots of purple shimmer in a grey base. It's a bit dark for me for spring but I never really wear colors according to the "season" - I just wear colors. ^_^
Revlon can be found in several grocery and drug stores - price may vary from $3-5. Check out their website for more information. You can also follow them on Twitter or like them on Facebook.
Happy Easter to those who celebrate! My 4 year old will probably hunt for some plastic eggs later... it's been in the 90s+ degrees with lots of humidity... not my favorite type of weather, as you can quite imagine. So I might allow my parents to have their grandparent moment and let them do the hunting, haha.
First today is Polished And Frosted. Chele is a dear friend of mine from my line of work and I'm really fond of her ^_^. She has short to medium nails and I'd really love if you visited her blog.
Next is Polishing The Nails! She writes in both her native tongue (Danish) as well as English on her posts, which is super helpful. Also, something I love about her site is she posts her swatches with 1 coat on her pointer, 2 coats on her middle finger, 3 coats on her ring finger and 4 coats on her pinkie - really helps when it comes to judging opacity for polish. She has short to medium nails.
Last today is PolishMeHappy!!!! She also has short to medium nails and posts swatches as well as some nail art.
Have a great Sunday!
deborah lippmann's Waking Up In Vegas was all the rage last year when Lady Gaga was photographed on the cover of Vanity Fair back in September 2010 wearing it. I'm pretty confused as to why it's a "putty-liscious grey" creme when I'd think "Waking Up In Vegas" would be a glitter bomb... then again I've never been to Vegas... That's my goal for my 30th birthday (which is coming up sooner than I'd like) and I REALLY want to go to CosmoProf America in July (also in Vegas)... anyway.
So I finally broke down and purchased this with a gift certificate that I had for Apothica. This polish sells for $16 a bottle. My bottle had a lot of yellow tone to it, as you can see in this bottle picture but on the nail it wasn't yellow, which was good. My polish tends to do a lot of sitting on table tops and acrylic racks so sometimes I'll see the polish needs to be gentle rolled to be mixed around.
I used a base coat of Seche Natural and just 1 coat of Waking up In Vegas. I topped it with Seche Vite
As you can see in the sun, the bottle still looks a bit yellowish grey but on the nails, it does look like putty. It also shows off my tons o'ridges. I normally buff my nails every few months but haven't in a while as you can tell.
I seem to get a bit of lobster hands with this color which surprised me but overall it's a great office appropriate shade. I'd probably want to either add a glitter top coat or Konad or something. ^_^
deborah lippmann sells for $18 a bottle. You can follow her on Twitter.
Another from the Glee line of Sephora by OPI is Hell to the No, an opaque bright royal purple with fine gold glitter. It reminds me a bit of Zoya Dannii with less foil to it, and a bit brighter purple. This color was inspired by Mercedes Jones from Glee and bares the same name as the song she sings in the episode "Original Song" that aired on 16 March. (I told you, I'm a Gleek!)
I used a base of OPI Natural Nail, 2 coats of Hell to the No and a top of OPI Top Coat. The formula was nice and smooth and had a good consistency.
Check it out in the sun! See that orchid like goodness?
And in the shade. Just lovely. I'm a sucker for purples, so I'd totally purchase this again even with owning Zoya Dannii. Dannii is more foil like with more sparkle than Hell to the No.
You can purchase Sephora by OPI in Sephora stores or online here for $9 a bottle. The actual Glee line can be found here
