Color Club Sparkle and Soar

I just got back from a lovely vacation to Washington DC. Soooo many museums and monuments. SO MUCH KNOWLEDGE CRAMMED INTO MY BRAIN.

Anyhoo, here is Color Club's Sparkle and Soar from their Take Wing collection. This was a collection of glorious glass flecks. Lurrrve them. Sparkle and Soar is a lovely bright orange that camera could not capture properly if its life depended on it. I'm not mad. *Sigh* I need a new camera.

BACK TO THE POLISH. The formula was decent, but sheer. I'm wearing two coats here and it could definitely use another one. Maybe two. But look! It's so cheerful!

One good shot, rest cruddy. Ugh. Still, it's a gorgeous colour. Try it out!

Cheers!

NARS Thakoon Koliary

Oh, whatta blue.

 Really, though, this is an intense blue with has stolen my heart. So bright, so perfect (and so expensive. Sephora, you and I will have words one day).

Koliary, from NARS' Thakoon collection. PERFECTION.

Two coats, plus Seche Vite. Look at it look at it look at it so pretty want it again. (Stream of consciousness brought to you by Random Illness).

Such a pretty blue.

Zoya Reagan

A quick NOTD today: Zoya Reagan, from their Beach and Surf collection.

I have been lurving Zoya's collection recently (wait until we get more into fall and I show you the Divas and Designers. HOLY SMOKES) and this Reagan is no exception. Its a funky magenta/fuschia hybrid. Love it! And the formula has been pretty amazing so far with Zoya.

What a pretty pinkurple.

Cheers!

Glitter! Sally Hansen Blingtastic

YAY GLITTER.

Yes, it requires all caps. Glitter is THE BEST. A pain to take off, but such a joy to behold. Enter: Sally Hansen Blingtastic from the Gem Crush line. Aqua AND glitter. I'm sold.

 WOOOOO. PARTY.

*Ahem*

So this was 3 coats of Blingtastic, and it could have used another. But honestly, I draw the line at three coats for glitter. If you can't be opaque by then... we  have a problem. But this was pretty close. Make your glitters more dense, manufacturers. I've got places to be (mostly my bed) and I'd like to stop applying coat after coat.

GLITTER!

Orly Paint on Electron

My first magnetic polish! How exciting!

So today we have Orly Paint on Electron form their Magnetic Collection. Did I ever tell you that I love Orly's giant bottles? Really! 18 mL (0.6 fl. oz). That's GIANT. So much polish. I really appreciate their generosity.

ANYHOO, back to this polish.

I love the idea of magnetics. I do, really I do. But I find it very hard in practice. I pretty much touched al my nails with the magnet. But maybe its not too obvious? Maybe? The formula is nice and the 'base' colour is a lovely gun-metal grey shimmer which is cool by itself. The starburst magnet (I think form LCN - its not branded so I'm not sure) does add a little something-something.

I need practice! But I do like it. Maybe I'll pick up some of the Sally Hansen magnetics...

Cheers!

Deborah Lippmann Raise Your Glass

Special edition time!

Holt Renfrew (similar to Saks? Bergdorf Goodman? The point is they sell All The Expensive Things) is 175 years old this year! They are having quite the shindig, with 175 products in their distinctive pink colour. Dresses, shoes, bags... all costing more than my monthly take-home, naturally. But I saw that they had  Deborah Lipmann do a special edition nail colour so OF COURSE I had to go check it out, but its not like I have a problem or anything (I have a problem).

ANYWAY, once I saw it I had to own it. The picture I saw in the magazine made it look like a magenta creme, but its actually GLITTERY.

GLITTERY!

Take a look:

I tried to capture the GLITTER but I couldn't quite grasp it. The formula is thick, and it is a glitter effect versus shimmer, so it eats top coat. This is with two coats of Seche Vite.

It is a lovely magenta colour, with an adorable pink glitter. I may not be able to afford the $625 pink Ferragamo flats but I can pick up a cute bottle of nail polish and feel part of the celebration.

Congrats Holts!

Essie Penny Talk

Ooooo copper foil!

This is part of the Essie Mirror Metallics collection. There rest of the collection is your standard gold, silver, blue etc. but this copper colour stood out to me. How often do you see this lovely metallic?

Alas, there are some noticeable brush strokes, but the colour! The colour! Perfecto!

Cheers!