Chanel Taboo!

Hi!! I need to figure out whats going on here with reader not being available soon :( How sad! why do they do this!? anyway.. Chanel Taboo!

New for spring 2013, loving it! It's a deep purple shimmer with a red glow and some larger sparkle particles, there is quite a bit of red in the bottle but on the nail it is most visible with good lighting.. definitely NOT hidden though.

2 coats, though this could be a one coater :)

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Chanel Malice

Hi! Happy Saturday :) I <3 Chanel Malice so much.. I reallyyy want another bottle of this but can't reason with a Chanel back up :( .. would be one of the few justified back ups I have though. I've banned myself from wearing it for now, as I've worn it 4 times already and want to keep putting it back on! If you like blackened reds there is no way to be disappointed with this. There are many similar polishes but I haven't seen any dupes in the many comparisons there are out there.

2 coats:

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Illamasqua Faithful

 Hi! Happy Friday :) Today I have Illamasqua Faithful, a taupe-y brown with copper shimmer and micro flake bits (that my camera really did not pick up). Looks different in every light. I went nuts for this polish when it came out in the summer Naked Strangers collection, it's gorgeous! I feel like my Illas never get swatched for some reason which is sad because they're some of my favorites.  Formula is great, 2 easy coats.

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butter LONDON - Two Fingered Salute

   Hi! Happy Friday! Hope everyone had a nice Turkey Day if you celebrate :) Today I have a BL lemming I killed recently - Two Fingered Salute.  It's a sagey green blue with coppery and pink flecks.. this must be really close to the Space Cadet franken (if you haven't seen that before it's white creme added to orly space cadet or one of it's dupes...comes out looking like this BL!) I kept wanting to try making. Now I don't have to I guess.  I don't post much about wear because I change my polish so frequently, but this I had on for 5 or 6 days and it wore amazingly well - just one teensy chip on one of my thumbs and barely any tip wear!

 This is 2 coats :

and for fun.. it matches my new fossil bag perrrrfectly! 

(bag isn't as blue as it is on my camera tho..kind of a fail)

Anyone black friday shopping?? I'd love to know what you got so I may live vicariously through you :)

Deborah Lippman for True Blood - Sookie Sookie set

Hi! Hope everyone had a nice weekend :) Today I have the Sookie Sookie set DL did for True Blood... I am a TB junkie so I had to have this (got the Let it Bleed set with the lipstick as well, but passed on the minis)! pic heavy post ahead.

Human Nature - a mortal putty taupe

Fairydust - ethereal shimmer

I really got this set for Fairydust - but Human Nature here turned out to be my favorite, it's an amazing neutral! 2 coats:

I'm not sure these two were meant to be layered together (Fairydust can be opaque on it's own!) but that is how I tried it, and I love them together. 1 coat of Fairydust here over Human Nature:

really gorgeous pink-golden duochrome shimmer, it has a nice wet look like a lip gloss.

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NARS - Orgasm

    Happy weekend all! Today I have the famous NARS Orgasm, a peachy pink w. golden shimmer. This one is really quite sheer, but I was happy with it in 4 coats. I get a bit angry with NARS for not having a removable cap.. (like Illa, butter LONDON, Chanel etc. that reveal nice round caps under the square) using the large square cap is pretty awkward! Luckily their formulas are generally very good. I thought this would be really unflattering on me, but it was actually very nice! 

I picked up N.Y.C's Peach Sparkle recently, which is very close, not quite a dupe. I will do a comparison of these two v.soon! 

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P.S - I am planning another giveaway soon!! Thank you to everyone joining me and everyone who's been with me! I love all of your blogs and comments so much.. if you wouldn't mind telling me what you would prefer in a giveaway, I am having a bit of a dilemma...

Indie Polish  vs. Salon Brands?

I know indie polishes have been all the rage, they can be hard to come by vs. the salon brands that are easier to find for most - which makes them more appealing for a giveaway, however there is a lot of drama and quality control issues :( I would hate to give someone something that curls up and turns shitty in a month!! (this is why I don't buy too many myself) What would you prefer to see in a giveaway here? :)

O.P.I - Grape..Set..Match

 Hi! Grape Set Match is one of my top purples. It's a gorgeous foil like polish with lots of fuchsia and blue flecks. It came in a Serena Williams Glam Slam duo with Servin Up Sparkle. I've worn it a few times, not sure why it took me so long to blog it but if you are a purple lover you need this one! Pictured here with 2 coats :

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L'Oreal Brit Invasion

 Happy Sunday! This L'Oreal is from their LE fall british collection. Couldn't resist it for some reason. At $6 a bottle for their polish I generally have no problem passing them up... there are so much better for less, or much better for a bit more. I lovee HE polishes, but $6 for a L'Oreal really pisses me off for some reason. I am getting a little worked up now.. hahaha.

 It's a pretty mauvy taupe color with a strong golden shimmer. Formula and brush are terrible. The brush picks up way too much polish and it seems to immediately turn into a clumpy mess. Not fun. The color is really nice. I love the mauve and purple hints, but I wouldn't say worth it. Can anyone rec something similar with a nice formula?? I am drawing a blank on what is in this family!

@3 coats for smoothness.

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ORLY - Gorgeous

Hi! I had this on my untrieds for about half a century sadly. ORLY Gorgeous is fuchsia with stunning blue shimmer. The blue glow is incredible!

It did take me 4 generous coats to get opaque but it dried pretty quickly with seche. Worth it.

the glow is definitely true to life in the shade pics! i <3 it.

ChG Beach Cruise-r + Flirty Tankini

Hi! I have some more of the ChG summer neons swatched, first I will show you Beach Cruise-r.... really love this one! Perfect purple neon. I think mine might be a dud shimmer wise? It was darn near invisible. I actually picked this one up thinking it was Under the Boardwalk but I am happy I got the wrong one! Formula on this was the best I've tried of these neons. Not as thick & very easy to work with.

3 coats here

  Now Flirty Tankini, adore this one as well but OMG do I hate the name. It's a really gorgeous coral pink neon w. shimmer. This is the only pink I got but those pinks in this collection are really impressive... might need a few more. This did stain a bit on removal but the stains were gone pretty fast. I'll wear it again anyway!

3 coats..no hidden shimmer here!

Deborah Lippmann - Dancing in the Sheets

  Hi! This is one of the DL's I lucked out in getting on clearance on hsn.com for $5! It was in a set of two for $10 and I couldn't resist even though I thought I had a dupe for this one. I do not. I thought ORLY Royal Velvet (aka mysterious curse) would be much closer but they're quite different. Dancing in the Sheets has a purple base and loads of pretty blue shimmer. This is 2 coats but I could have went with a third on my thumb... as you will see a good giant bald spot there lol

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nOPI - Purple Yourself Together

This one was part of the spring 2012 Target exclusives. The only one I picked up... cannot resist these purple/gold polishes. I think I have at least 5 polishes similar to this lol. It's okay though, always a gorgeous combo! The formula of Purple Yourself Together wasn't great... kinda sheer and runny. This is 3 coats.

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