Color Club- Worth The Risque

Color Club Worth The Risque is a silver polish with a holographic sheen. I bought this a while back and swatched it but never really got around to doing a full mani until now. The holo is there, it's just hard to catch it in some lights. You can really see it in the sun and if you are under a lot of light, but other than that you may not catch it. I actually like this polish, I wish it just had more of a holo effect. The formula is good since it's not patchy or hard to apply like some holo polishes can be. This is 2 coats over base and Orly Topcoat.

 Inside with sunlight

 With flash

I tried to catch some of the holo effect, but it's a bit hard to.

With this polish, I've heard that there have been some with super amounts of holo and others that were duds with no holo. I'm guessing mine is in between? I'm not sure. Every swatch I see has about the same amount of holo mine does.

~Emily

China Glaze- Blue Iguana

I picked up Blue Iguana when I was clearance shopping at Ulta. I found this for $3.99? (I think). It was part of the Island Escape collection from last year.

Blue Iguana is a medium almost dark blue with glass fleck shimmer that is blue and violet. This shade is pretty sheer. I usually don't go past my 3 coat limit (I make exceptions from time to time) and this was still sheer, although I really like it. The violet shimmer is hard for me to pick up in my photos, but it is there in person.  This is 3 coats with Orly topcoat.

I also apologize ahead of time for the messy nails. I finally found a brush for clean up that actually works, so they should get better with time.

 Indirect sunlight

 Direct Sunlight

This shows the shimmer better.

I believe I may try this color again over black. I think it would make it pop more. 

Thanks for viewing!

~Emily

Nail Polish Haul From the Last 6 Months (PHOTO HEAVY)

I've never done one of these posts so here ya go!

I've bought all of these within the last 6 months. They came from all different stores. All for less than $4 each on the clearance rack, on sale or regularly priced (except for the OPI boxed collections). Pays to shop clearance! Also, this is only a small fraction of my collection. If you'd like me to swatch any of these, just comment below. None are for sale.

(L to R: Finger Paints: Motley, Asylum, Twisted)

I just found these at my local Sally's 3 days ago, check out the nearest one and see if they are possibly there.

 (L to R: Essie: Super Bossa Nova (found at Ross), Meet Me At Sunset, Smooth Sailing, Braziliant (found at Burke's Outlet)
 

(L to R: Zoya: Gemma, Dannii and Pippa. Found at Ulta)

(L to R: Spoiled by Wet N Wild: Shrimp on the Barbie, Are Mermaids Real and I'm so Jaded. Found on sale at CVS)

(L to R: Sinful Colors: Cinderella, Let Me Go, and Blue By You. Found at Walgreen's for their normal price of $1.99)

(L to R: Orly: Mysterious Curse, Androgynie, and Twilight. Found at Sally Beauty)

(Nicole by OPI: Green Up Your Act. Found at Target for $2)

(L to R: China Glaze Champagne Bubbles, Sea Spray, Lorelei's Tiara, Cha Cha Cha, and Senorita Bonita. Found at Ulta and Sally Beauty)

(L to R: China Glaze Ick-A-Body, Riveting, Blue Iguana, Ring In The Red, and Pelican Grey. From Ulta and Sally Beauty)

(L to R: China Glaze Some Like It Haute, Ultamate Holiday, Knotty, and Full Spectrum. From Ulta and Sally Beauty)

Lil Shooters was found at TJ Maxx for $7.99 and Serena Glam Slam was $14 at Ulta.

Wheewww! I shouldn't let a haul post build up like that. It was a lot! But once again, if you want to see any just let me know!

~Emily

Zoya- Gemma

Hi!

So since I'm such a clearance shopper, I picked up Zoya Gemma from Ulta a few months back. Considering it's usually $8 a bottle, I didn't think $3.99 was a bad price. I usually do most of my shopping in the clearance section at Ulta since there are some great buys and some hard to find polishes sometimes at my Ulta. I'll have to make another post soon with all the stuff I've found in the clearance section from there, but anyway, on with the show!

I'm usually not the one for murky sort of green colors, but this one definitely caught my eye. It's a murky green with a blue/kind of purple shimmer. I did 3 coats for this look. One coat is very sheer and two coats fixes that, but three is the magic number for me on this polish.

 This is indoors without flash.

 This is indoors with flash.

  Indoors without flash but under fluorescent lighting.

A better look at the shimmer.

Have you seen any other polishes like this one? It's an amazing color!

~Emily

Essie- Super Bossa Nova

So a few nights ago I was just having bad luck with painting my nails. No idea what was wrong with me! But after playing around with some polishes, I finally got decent results out of Essie Super Bossa Nova. I had originally bought a mini set that included that bottle, totally forgot about it, then found a full size that I snatched up at Ross for $3 (WOO!). Well, once I realized I had 2 I gave my mini to my sister.

Anyway, on to the polish!

Super Bossa Nova is a medium pink/fuschia with decent amount of purple shimmer. This polish could be a one coater, but I used two coats and topped it with Orly top coat. Flash is on.

Sorry about the Primer Potion! I was doing some eyeshadow swatches right before this, so I picked up the first thing I saw. :)


Thanks for viewing!

~Emily

Baddie but Goodie

So, I think I'm going to make a new trend on my blog called "Baddie but Goodie" (let me know if you've seen this on another blog by this name; I'll change it). It's bad photos of good nail polish. I get LOTS of those and I don't even realize it until I've scrubbed off the polish. Boo!

Colors are true to the bottle, I just take crappy photos sometimes.

Here we go!

This is 2 coats of China Glaze Full Spectrum. It's a silver/purple duochrome with loads of multi-colored glitter. I like the color, but it's a little too busy for me. (Ignore the gross finger)

China Glaze Strawberry Fields with Nubar 2010 on top. 2 coats of Strawberry Fields and one coat of Nubar 2010. Strawberry Fields is a medium pink with lots of gold shimmer. Nubar 2010 is a clear flake polish. I LOVE both these colors. 

4 coats of Sinful Colors Let Me Go. A purple/pink that flashes silver and light blue. I love the polish, but it's just so sheer!

2 coats of Spoiled (by Wet N' Wild) I'm So Jaded. Neon green with gold shimmer.

By the way, Spoiled polishes have a bit of a wide brush. While some people don't like the wide brush, I actually really like it. It takes less time to paint my nails and I don't have as much clean up to do afterwards.

Sally Hansen Salon Effects- Kitty, Kitty

Hi Everyone!

It's been a while, but I'm back!

So I signed up for Influenster a while back and I received the Spring Beauty Voxbox with lots of goodies and it happened to include the Sally Hansen Salon Effects in Kitty, Kitty. I was pretty amazed considering it was a free box of goodies to review and I had never tried these before.

 (Inside under fluorescent lighting WITHOUT flash)

 (Inside under fluorescent lighting WITH flash)

Since I had never tried these or any other brands nail strips, this was a learning experience. The kit came with everything you need. There are 16 strips in total in two packets, one per hand. In each of those packets came with 8 strips varying different sizes for different nails. Make sure your nails are clean before you apply the strips. After cleaning your nails, you have to pull the strip off it's paper backing and put it on your nail with slight pressure.  You just file off the excess and ta-da! You're done!

Now that sounds really easy and it really is once you get the hang of it. I also like the metallic look and design I got.

There are some pros and cons though...

Pros are that they are easy to use and once you get the hang of them, they are easier to apply and is quicker. There is no drying time. You can also find these almost anywhere and come in MANY different designs.

Cons are that at $10 a box, that's a little steep for me. I like to change up every few days or I find that I've messed up my nails somehow and it just ruins the whole thing for me. Also, on the ends of my nails on the sides I had a lot of "peel up" and the strips wouldn't stay down. I had to put a topcoat (Orly Won't Chip) on so they would stay down and ultimately last longer.

Would I purchase these in the future? Probably if I found them on sale. They are really quick to do and I love that there is no drying time.

Overall, these are great for someone on the go and wants their nails done quickly! Check them out where-ever you find your local Sally Hansen products!


UPDATE: It's only been about an hour and a half and the sides that were peeling off a bit, are peeling off more and I just had to rip that bit off. I'm not sure why the sides didn't bond to my nail but the rest did. Topcoat didn't help either. :(

~ Emily


*I received these for free as part of the Influenster program.*