Orly Boho Bonnet

Orly Boho Bonnet

I had to take Thom to the vet yesterday because he was clawing at his mouth and growling and hissing. I thought at first that he was choking so I stuck my finger into his mouth to check. He wasn't choking but I did notice that he has a nasty looking tooth in his mouth. Poor fuzzbutt. He is on antibiotics and will return to the vet on Friday morning to have a tooth (or two) pulled and some extensive cleaning done. I do have to say that Thom is a stud! He was so very good at the vet and is taking his pills without complaint. It doesn't hurt that I offer him chicken before and after but he is just a sweetheart. 

This is a lovely polish. It's both blue and grey with a soft but not stark look on the nail. I planned on putting some glitter over it but never got the chance. 

Look at that face! So sweet. 

Essie Maximillian Strasse Her

Essie Maximillian Strasse Her

Essie Maximillian Strasse Her is a sage green with little hints of blue. It's a lovely color and I had no issues with the formula. The below is two coats with topcoat. 

Jade Extasy

Jade Extasy

The third newest holo from Jade. Extasy is a grey based blue that gives it a smokey quality. The formula is a bit thinner compared to the other Jade holo polishes but not horrible. The below is three coats with topcoat.

HARE Polish King of Carat Flowers

HARE Polish King of Carat Flowers

King of Carat Flowers can be purchased through HARE Polish at etsy and llarowe.

This is such an ethereal polish. I do think that most HARE polishes tend to look best layered over a coordinating base color. I think wearing them layered allows all the glitter and complexity of the polish to really shine. The below is two/three coats with one coat of topcoat. I'm really enjoying wearing this one. 

RGB Flint

RGB Flint

I believe this is a new (or newer) color from RGB. I was browsing b-glowing a little while back and it caught my interest. I had a coupon so I bought it and a few others. This is a pretty good dupe for Chanel Graphite except Flint has a stronger shimmer/sparkle. Great formula and it really shines in sunlight. I showed a few photos blurred to show the shimmer a bit better. I'm wearing two coats with topcoat. 

Sinful Colors Polar Opposites

Sinful Colors Polar Opposites

These photos do not do this polish justice. The teal/blue shimmer is very vibrant and the magnetic pattern is crisp and clean. It's very shimmery and 3D in reality. Polar Opposites is a very well made magnetic polish. This is probably equal to Nails Inc in magnetic quality. I still love magnetic polishes! 

This is a lattice pattern in case you can't tell. I may have to pick up one of the star pattern polishes. From what I saw, from my brief glimpse of the displays, each pattern has the same colors but you can select either a star or a lattice pattern magnet. 

Golden Rose Matte Velvet Collection: Part Two

Golden Rose Matte Velvet Collection: Part Two

Part two of the Golden Rose Matte Velvet collection. You can see part one here. Again, great formula and a decent color range. If you do a lot of layering these are a great option to have in your collection. I purchased these at Golden Rose USA.

106 is a velvety and lush red.

107 is a gorgeous and vibrant amethyst purple. This is a smidge darker in reality since I had to color correct in Photoshop. It photographed more blue but it is about 90% correct.

108 is a charcoal grey. It reminds me of pencil lead.

109 is a blue based charcoal grey or a deep steel blue grey.

110 is a deep neutral charcoal grey. This is a great one for layering.

Maybelline Color Show Cocktail Dress

Maybelline Color Show Cocktail Dress

Have you entered the raffle/giveaway??

I spotted the Maybelline Color Show Sequins collection display at Rite Aid. I was kind of shocked because I rarely find limited edition drugstore collections but this Rite Aid has been really on the ball of late with nail polish. Lucky me it is my Rite Aid and I am there at least once a week. Woot! I ended up buying all but the silver and gold polishes from the Sequin collection and I wore Cocktail Dress first. 

This polish confuses me. It looks like black glitter with orange bits in the bottle but once on the nail I can see it is a dusty black or a charcoal glitter with muted red larger glitter pieces. The formula is dense and I didn't need to wear a base color and I found it had a dry formula. Hard to describe but it does eat topcoat. The below photos are two coats of polish and four coats of topcoat and it is still dull looking and a bit rough to the touch. Cocktail Dress has a subtle sparkle from the red glitter but it's not a blingy glitter. 

I think this is a perfect color to flip Hurricane Sandy the finger. If you are in her path please stay safe, warm and dry! 

Sinful Colors Winter Wonder

Sinful Colors Winter Wonder

Don't forget to check out the raffle!

I tend to not pay too much attention to Sinful Colors displays but the Winter Shimmer display looked interesting. There are all sorts of glitters and shimmers but most are dupes to other colors but I like the drugstore option. They are cheaper and generally easier to find and purchase. I picked up Winter Wonder even though I knew it was a pretty close dupe to Zoya FeiFei and OPI On Her Majesty's Secret Service. 

Winter Wonder is really shimmery and pretty but has a very thin formula. I tried wearing it alone but after four coats I still had visible nail. I also needed to wait a bit for the first coat to settle before I applied the next coat because it pooled and dragged. I found Essie Bobbing for Baubles to be the perfect base coat. It allows the smokey blue/grey base of Winter Wonder to show really well. 

These photos don't show the POW factor that the shimmer has in reality. It's not shy at all. 

CrowsToes Bone Daddy

CrowsToes Bone Daddy

Another new color from CrowsToes. Bone Daddy has a grey jelly base with multi-shaped white glitter with violet opalescent glitter. So cool! I am wearing this over two coats of OPI My Pointe Exactly.