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Monday, 12 October 2009
Nail of the Day: Orly's Calypso Breeze
Topic: Nail Polish Swatches Today's nail of the day (or rather week) is Orly's Calypso Breeze. This color is currently on sale at Sally's Beauty Supply for under $3. It gives off a vibrant, nonshimmery blue that applies completely in just one coat...that's right, one coat.
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Thursday, 13 August 2009
Nail Of The Day - Orly's Talk Dirty
Topic: Nail Polish Swatches I haven't done a nail post in some time so here's what I'm wearing today:
Orly's Talk Dirty is a dark, almost black, brown with just a hint of shimmer. As I gear up for the fall, I'm testing out some of the more weighty colors that I'd put away for the spring and summer. As with
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Thursday, 9 April 2009
Two nail looks this week...
Topic: Nail Polish Swatches OPI - MISO Happy With This Color - a beautiful pale pink!
and a L'Oreal Bijoux in B Brave 
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Updated: Thursday, 9 April 2009 12:24 PM EDT
Monday, 16 March 2009
Green Pic Spam
Topic: Nail Polish Swatches Since tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day, here are some of my favorite low cost and easy to find green nail polishes that you can probably pick up just in time to celebrate. Orly's Green with Envy is a rich, almost teal green that can be found for $5 at your local Sally Beauty Supply.  I found this L'Oreal Bijou in a 3 pack at the Dollar Tree on my way home from work a month or so ago. These polishes were discontinued, so grab them while you can.
Finally, and oldie from my shorter nail days, Nicka K in Neon Green. It is just what the name implies, an insanely bright, radioactive, neon green! I've since given this polish away, but they're pretty easy to find at beauty supply stores for only 99 cents.
I hope you all have a SAFE and wonderful St. Patrick's Day. I''ll be out, en fuerte, sporting my green shirt:
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Updated: Monday, 16 March 2009 10:51 AM EDT
Tuesday, 3 March 2009
Nail Polish Project
Topic: Nail Polish Swatches Here's a idea I got from WackyMichy - creating color wheels. For many, nail polish wheels are only available online with OTT shipping costs. Further, the polish tends to peel away from color wheel after a certain amount of time. By creating your own, you not only save time, but avoid the frustration of peely wheels. To do this you'll need popsicle sticks, adhesive and nails. I found these sticks at the Dollar Tree - you can't beat 200 for a buck:
For adhesive, you'll need something that is thick with a creamy/paste like texture. Spray bonders and thin glues won't work, because you need something to harden and fill the empty space between the nail and the stick. I've found Mod Podge to be the best and cheapest. It applies wet, so you can move it around (if its uncentered), but dries rock hard.
Finally, you'll need a pack of fake nails - here's a 100 count pack I picked up from Sallys for $4.
Put down some paper because this is a messy operation. First you'll take a massive glob of adhesive and put it on the nail tip. You need to overload it because you're using it to fill the space created by the shape of the nail.
These take a good 15 minutes to dry so you might as well do a ton at one time.
Next, just start painting and write the name of each color on the front or back of the popsicle stick.
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Updated: Wednesday, 11 March 2009 5:31 PM EDT
Wednesday, 18 February 2009
NOTD: Colorama Chill the Champagne
Topic: Nail Polish Swatches Needing a totally low key nail color, I settled on Maybelline's Colorama in Chill the Champagne for the first time today. It is a very sheer, warm pink with a bit of light catching shimmer.
The no buy is going well, but last week I almost cracked. For no reason at all, I loaded up a Sephora cart online and looked lovingly at the screen. Then, one my one, I went down the list of products and was able to find something similar in my collection. A couple of things were tough and I had no dupes of, but by then The Need had worn off a bit. I haven't had any rough patches since then though. One day at time....
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Updated: Monday, 16 March 2009 12:04 AM EDT
Tuesday, 10 February 2009
Pre Valentine's Day Mani
Topic: Nail Polish Swatches Playing around, I wanted something fun to wear to my pilates class - the red is Red Hot by Sally Hansen and the white is Snow Me White by Sinful Colors.
I'd originally tried to do something with these Maybelline Hearts, but...well...they were a bit too 3D for me and they're going into the donate bin. Here's the worst part: even though I'd only had them on less than 20 minutes before removing the hearts, they still managed to imbed a red stain on my fingers and even after using tons of acetone, I can't seem to remove them :( Here's a pic of the offending polishes:
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Updated: Monday, 16 March 2009 12:05 AM EDT
Thursday, 5 February 2009
NOTD: Sinful Colors in Love Nails
Topic: Nail Polish Swatches The results of the $2 nail are good - very, very good. I purchased a couple of these Sinful Colors last week from Walgreens and I love them. They require 2 thin coats to reach the "bottle color" but wear extremely well.
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Updated: Monday, 16 March 2009 12:06 AM EDT
Thursday, 29 January 2009
NOTD: Mac Violet Femme
Topic: Nail Polish Swatches Violet Femme is a vampy LE MAC nail polish with a small bit of red and gold shimmer. Only in bright light and upon close inspection can you find the true color that you can see in the bottle. I went from loving it to unloving it in a few short months. Now it's just about the most boring thing ever. Meh. Below is a pic of what it looks like right now. I'll add a holo overlay this afternoon to spice it up a bit to see if it helps. I know this is LE and all, but I may just end up dumping the polish into another bottle so I can B2M.
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Updated: Monday, 16 March 2009 12:08 AM EDT
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
Great Cheap Thrills
Topic: Nail Polish Swatches NYC nail polishes are 99 cents at many US and Canadian drugstores. The colors are amazing and you can't beat the price...
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Updated: Monday, 16 March 2009 12:09 AM EDT
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