More fun stuff...

Sally Hansen, Extreme Wear in "Purple Potion". I loved this shade of purple and it has these blue glimmery, shimmery particles in it that I was able to capture a little bit. I have seen these at CVS for 50% off, which is like $1.25. Great polish for the price!

Nubar "Greener". Sorry it's so sloppy, but it seems to be the only picture I took of it. I didn't love wearing this one as much as I thought I would! So sad. It also chipped and came off pretty quick. Boo!

China Glaze "DV8". I wanted this for quite awhile and then when I finally wore it, I felt kind of "blah" about it. It's pretty for sure. It also didn't chip like LOL did on me. It wore really, really well.

MMMMMMMMMM....Gussied up in Green. This was HOT. I love the name, I love the shade of green, I loved the wear of this. Everything about it was just AWESOME. Plus, I got tons of compliments on it.

Not so Wild about Wildlife

This is a very interesting duochrome. It came out of the bottle a lot thicker than Moonshadow did. Application was a little sloppier, but that could have been me. The color is unique that's for sure, but I am not sure how I liked it with my skin tone. It flashes mostly an antique gold, with some reddish pinkish, brown, and in low light an olive green. It was hard to get pictures of all the different things this does, but I tried...

Crappy cell phone picture, but it kind of captured the green tone.

Then I started reading about half-moon manicures, and decided to give that a try. This is OPI "Over the Taupe" over Wildlife:

I didn't do nearly as sloppy a job as I thought I would (I'm usually pretty klutzy with this stuff) but it isn't exactly red-carpet ready either! But I think it's pretty cool for a first try.

Swooning for Nubar Mooooooon Shadow!!!

This color is positively GLORIOUS! The first duochrome I have ever worn. It goes on kinda thin and is very watery, but don't get discouraged. This took 4 coats and is perfection now! With diamont and then Seche Vite on top it took maybe an hour to be perfectly dry. A small price to pay for nails this pretty! The color is like a wine-purple-bronze. It's too hard to describe, so just enjoy the pictures!!

I love Purple!

Left to right: Essie "Huckle Buckle" SH "Purple Potion" NYC "China Town" Nubar "Moon Shadow" and Sinful Colors "Daddy's Girl"

Colors go thumb to pinky. Pinky is "Daddy's Girl" on tip with "Hucklebuckle" as a base.

Purple potion (index) is really neat. It's a little on the lavender side and it has these awesome blue-toned sparkles when you look at it in the light. I found it for 50% off at CVS, so I don't know if it is being discontinued. "Moon Shadow" (ring finger) is of course a real stunner, look how it goes to golden-ish to plummy-so pretty!!!

"Moon Shadow" totally reminds me of the color of this velvet shirt I had in highschool. It used to be my "first date" shirt. I loved that shirt!

"Huckle Buckle" is so pretty! I saw it on a MUA-er and really wanted it, but couldn't find it online anywhere. I ended up paying full price for it! :( Then today, I noticed that Transdesign has it for like $3.60. Boo!

You don't think that is all the purples I have do you????

I love Blues!!!

Above we have Thumb to Pinky: Zoya Yummy, Zoya Jo, Zoya Kototi, Ring finger is Sinful "What's Your Name" because with the first coat of Kotori I thought they were very similar, but as you can see after three coats, side by side, they are quite different, pinky is Kotori layered over Yummy.

Below we have from Thumb to Pinky: Nubar Peacock Feathers CC Naughtycal Navy, Lippman Devil in a BLue Dress, SH In the Navy Sinful Midnight Blue

Index finger is Color Club Naughtycal Navy, Middle finger is Lippman Collection "Devil in a Blue Dress" They are wicked close!

Thumb to Pinky: Milani Antique, Essie Sag Harbor, Essie St. Barth's Blue, SH Gunmetal, Zoya Jo

Of course the day after I swatched these I got Orly's Bombay Saphire in the mail! Now I have to compare it to Naughtycal Navy and Devil in a Blue Dress!!

My Nubars are here!!!

Holy Green Beauties!! I was SO excited to find this package on my doorstep yesterday!

They are: Diamont, Pharoah's Purple, La Seine Shimmer, Peacock Feathers, Moon Shadow, Wildlife, Reclaim, and Greener. These are the first Nubar polishes I have ever purchased! I love the bottles, the brushes and the smell is not as offensive as most other polishes, so far. I'm dying to try Reclaim and Greener. I have been from the moment I saw them on Scrangie's blog. But, I have a full week in court, a lot of conferences, etc. and I don't think it's the time to bust out the green holos. Which, sadly means I probably won't try them until Sunday, since I want to do a July 4th mani. The shame and sadness of it!

Yesterday I was wearing Essie "Not Just a Pretty Face".

It's quite pretty, although a little on the sheer side. It felt a little "blah" though. So I dressed it up with La Seine Shimmer. This color is to die for! It's such a sheer pink with a subtle blue flash to it. Really gorgeous. Exactly the type of pink I was looking for to layer and to maybe try a french mani with.

This is it over the Essie. And the picture just does not do this pretty Nubar justice. Horrible rain and thunderstorms all day stopped me from getting a nice daylight picture. I have a feeling I'll be using this one a lot, so better pictures to come!