China Glaze Island Escape Collection

Wow, where does time go? I looked at the calendar and we're at the second to last week of July. I swear it felt like July 1st last week. So first I want to apologize for the lack of updating. Fear not because I have a few posts scheduled this week. I have so many swatches to share but just didn't have the time to type up a post.

Today I have the China Glaze Island Escape collection to share with you guys. I was looking forward to this summer collection because I was extremely please with last years summer collection Poolside. I must admit, I was a little let down, but there were a few amazing colors. Take a look:



Senorita Bonita is a purple shimmer with pink flecks. 2 coats.


Electric Pineapple is a yellow green creme. 3 coats. I really liked this one because it's pretty bright and quite unique. I don't think I have any colors like this.


Cha Cha Cha is a golden apple green shimmer. 2 coats. This one is gorgeous! It's like glowing.


Blue Iguana is a medium blue shimmer with glass fleck. 2 coats. This is a gorgeous blue.


108 Degrees is a magenta glass fleck with a jelly finish. 2 coats


Papaya Punch is a bright medium orange creme. 2 coats. This one is definitely my favorite one out of the collection.

This collection didn't really excite me, I mean there are gorgeous glass flecks and two bright cremes. It happens that the cremes are my favorites.

The formula for these are flawless as usual. They were all under two coats except for electric pineapple. They dried in a normal amount of time. This collection is not bad but it just didn't wow me enough to be head over heels over it. Maybe I should've just purchased the cremes.

Well ok that's all I have for today, enjoy your Monday!

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Sephora by OPI Glee Collection

Today I have the Sephora by OPI Glee collection to share. I bought the mini set and the other four polishes that were not included in the set. I didn't become a 'Gleek' until recently. I only saw one episode of it when it first aired but never got the time to watch it, but I've been catching up and I'm in love with that show. They're all so very talented.

But anyways take a look!


Diva-in-Training is a very bright poppy pink creme. 2 coats


Who Let the Dorks Out? is a teal/turquoise shimmer. 3 coats


Hell to the No is a purple base with golden hints of shimmer. 2 coats. I think this is my favorite one.


Mash-Up is a shimmer gray with slight pink, purple, green duochrome. It was very hard for me to capture the duochrome in pictures. Of the many pictures I've taken, none showed up :( This is 2 coats

And now the mini collection:

Miss Bossy Pants is a raspberry pearl finish. 2 coats


Slushied is a medium turquoise blue creme. 2 coats. Very opaque


Celibacy Club is a holo glitter clear base. This is 4 coats, it is suppose to be a top coat. This was an exclusive for the mini set.


Gleek Out is a lime green shimmer. 3 coats


Sue vs. Shue is a navy blue shimmer. 2 coats. This was another exclusive color for the set.


Express Yourself to Yourself is a coral pink shimmer. 3 coats. And another exclusive color to the set.

I love this collection. Majority of the colors are unique in its own way, you only see a few polishes that you may have seen before. My favorites happens to be Hell to the No and Slushied. I'm planning to buy the bigger bottle of Slushied.

This collection is available at sephora.com and Sephora stores. The original size bottles retail for $9.50. It's 50 cents more than the regular Sephora polishes, probably because they are limited editions? I don't know. The mini set retails at $24.00.

So what do you think of this collection? Yay or Nay?

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OPI Katy Perry Collection

Today, I finally have OPI Katy Perry Collection to share. This collection is out of stock every where so I decided to just order it at aveyou.com. There was something about this collection that I was dying to have.

This collection consists of four colors, two shimmers and two glitters. And also with a black shatter polish. The promo says the black shatter suppose to shatter into leopard like prints but I've yet to experience that. But I still like the way it shatters.

On with the swatches:


The One that Got Away is a deep berry shimmer. There's probably many similar shades of this color but I love it! Shimmers does weird things to my camera. I can never focus it to get a clear picture -_-


Black Shatter over The One That Got Away


Teenage Dream is a sheerish pink glitter with bigger holo glitters. Very pretty and I love it. This was three coats.


Black Shatter over Teenage Dream


Not Like the Movies is a silver purple with slight green duochrome. It also has little flecks of black but you can barely see it.


Black Shatter over Not Like the Movies


Last Friday Night is a sheer blue glitter. This was under three coats and I kinda like the look of this. The blue glitter shows up a lot.


Black Shatter over Last Friday Night

The formula on these were pretty good. The glitters were thick but I kinda expected that since they're on a semi jelly base. I still didn't have any problems though. I think Black Shatter is a great product that I would probably stock up on (nothing crazy, just probably two extra). It is extremely fun to play with and it never shatters the same each time I use it.

I can't choose a favorite because I loved all four of them. Not Like the Movies is a gorgeous color. The glitters are so cute that I could wear alone.

Does anyone else love this collection as much as I did?

That's all I have for today. Don't forget to enter for my Apothica $25 gift card giveaway, which ends next week Feb. 21st.

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Misa What I Like About You Collection

Hi lovelies! Today I have Misa's What I Like About You Collection for the Fall 2010. The collection consists of six new colors that's perfect for the Fall.



Spinning Out of Control is a blurple shimmer. Leans more towards the purple side.


Quirky Smile is a teal shimmer


Like It Like That is a bright metallic grimmer shimmer with slight weak blue duochrome


It's You! is a deep gray with slight hints of green and pink duochrome


When U Say My Name is a deep brown shimmer


Perfect Kiss is a magenta shimmer. Sorry for yellowiness, as this picture was taken as the sun was about to set!

These were very well pigmented and was opaque in 2 coats. As for the formula, they were better than their usual polishes. Misa's polishes tends to be on the thick side, however these weren't as thick as they use to be. I didn't have much problems applying these.

Although the colors didn't really amaze me much, my favorites are It's You! and Quirky Smile. All the other ones didn't really catch my breath. And to be honest none of the colors are unique in anyway, except for maybe It's You!.

I didn't get the Spark My Interest collection because well... because it didn't really spark my interest! Haha sorry I just had to say that. Well that's all I have for today!

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OPI Swiss Collection for Fall 210

While everyone else is posting their reviews/swatches on OPI Burlesque collection, I am doing the Swiss collection. I'm a little slow and a little behind but it's better late then never right? I'll be saying that a lot *halo smiley*

All pictures were taken under fluorescent light to the most accurate color.


Color So Hot It Berns - a bright red creme. Definitely bright, it burns!!! AHH lol


Cuckoo For This Color is a dark green shimmer


Diva of Geneva is a purple magenta shimmer


Fromatoz-Urich - a raspberry red creme


Glitzerland a gold shimmer. Very pretty :)


I'm Suzi & I'm A Chocoholic - a chocolatey red creme, looks a little brown but there's definitely red in it.


Just A Little Rosti At This - a dark red creme, pretty close to a plum-ish red.


Lucerne-tainly Look Marvelous is a bright charcoal silver shimmer. This was hardest to capture, some reason every time I get ready to take a picture the silver shimmers really shines out and blurs the picture a little.


Ski Teal We Drop - a dark teal creme.


The Color To Watch - purple pearly shimmer finish


William Tell Me About OPI - a dark vampy brown creme. I kinda like this!


Yodel Me On My Cell - is a turquoise shimmer.

As always formula is perfect, no troubles whatsoever. I have to make this post short as I'm sick and want to get back in bed -_- Hope ya'll like!

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MAC Alice + Olivia Nail Lacquers

Hey loves! Today I have the three nail polishes from the MAC Alice + Olivia collections. I was going to pass on these, but the more I saw them appearing on other blogs, the more lemmings I had for them. And so I went out and bought them!


So Rich So Pretty - a magenta purple shimmer. 2 coats. This one is pretty. Definitely a lot better in person because it's more darker with this mysterious magenta glow and hint of purple.


Morning After - teal creme. 2 coats. After seeing it on the MAC sales lady, I told myself I'm glad I'm getting it. Again, it's nothing like the pictures. Here you just see a boring teal creme. But in person the teal is more vivid and a tad darker than this but not too dark. Kind of hard to explain. I wish my dumb camera could capture the true colors -_-


Military - black matte shimmer. 2 coats. Ah another charcoal black matte. Why didn't I pass on it? I thought I give MAC matte a try. Wasn't too bad. Was a little thick, but I've worked with worse. Not really much complaints.

Not too sure if this collection is still out anywhere. I know it's sold out online but I'm not quite sure about other websites.

That's all I have for today. School starts in 6 days for me.. wahhhhhh :'(

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Essie Resort Collection 2010

Greetings nail polish lovers! I finally got around to the Essie Resort Collection for 2010.

I love the colors and the names for this collection!


Turquoise & Caicos - a turquoise/aqua creme. 3 coats. This sure does remind me of Turks and Caicos Islands. Absolutely gorgeous.


Splash of Grenadine - a purple/pink creme. 3 coats. Grenadine is a red syrup used in cocktails. Nothing really similar to the polish though.


Playa Del Platnium - sandy gray creme. 3 coats. Playa = beach in Spanish, Platnium = silver/gray? So haha creative


Lapis of Luxury - ocean blue creme. 3 coats. Lapis is a type of blue stone. So yet another creative name. Though this blue totally reminds me of the ocean more than lapis.

The colors are so summery. I love all four. Application of course is flawless. I love Essie nail polishes. The names just makes it a keeper!

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I just need to rant a little. Work is starting to really get on my nerves. I feel like a slave there. For those who don't know, I work at a medical office as a receptionist/medical biller. And seriously, they act like we are in an attorney's office. We're not allow to speak to each other. Occasionally we do but when we "get out of hand" my manager would go ape sh*t on us. And come on, we are all human, we make mistakes. One mistake there and they'll be on your a$s FOREVER. Oh here's another thing, we're not allowed to wear open toe shoes (flip flops, sandals) nor sneakers. We're not allow to wear jeans or sweat pants. We're not even allowed to step out! Is that even legal?! We all have to order delivery for lunch (or bring your own lunch) It's just absolutely ridiculous in my opinion. Might as well chain us to the desks and duck tape our mouths. It's not even a big medical office. It's just a regular doctor's office that specializes in cardiovascular diseases. I would quit but I need money for my nail polishes. I just can't WAIT to graduate and quit this damn job. Just six more months.

*breathes*

xD

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So that is all I have for today, since I have off tomorrow hopefully I'll be able to get some swatches done.

Love to all!

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