Some Maybelline, China Glaze, Dior, and ORLY Swatches

So while browsing through my "Nail Polish" folder, I realized I have a few polishes that I've swatched but never posted or did a review on them. And instead of doing each brand one by one, I've decided to just include it all in one post. I have two New Maybelline for the Fall, one old China Glaze, Dior, and two old ORLY's.

Maybelline


Grand in Green is a blackened green which is quite similar to OPI's Here Today, Aragon Tomorrow. Grand in Green is darker than HTAT (in which HTAT shows more green)


Grey-T Glamour is a gray creme with little silver flecks. I really like this one :)

Applications for both of these were good. No complaints

China Glaze


Sunset Glow is a rosey pink mauve with hints of golden shimmer. Gorgeous color but some reason dry time was a little slow

Dior


Black Sequins is a black creme with silver glitter. I got this when it was restocked at Nordstrom, I believe it is not available anymore, but don't quote me :x

Orly


Bailamos is a bright aqua shimmer


Wild Wisteria is a deep purple creme

I've always loved Orly's formulas. Perfect and flawless

Well that's all I have for today, and as a bonus, since this post is so short, November 2nd was my dog Bebe's 10th birthday. And here is a picture of her "making a wish" on her birthday cake :D

Vintage Flower NOTD + Color It Red NailArt Contest

Hi all! It's a wonderful sunny Saturday! We woke up early this morning, went over to my parents' house, then just drove around all morning... I was inspired by the nice view, I felt relaxed and comfortable. Here's the mani I made, vintage flower, I love the color of this, usually I'm into abstract design, but now I'm inlove with this vintage flower I made. I also noticed that my nails grew in length faster, it's only been a month since I cut it down.. Anyway, hope you like my NOTD! Have a great weekend! God Bless!

And here's my entry for Rina Alcantara "COLOR IT RED" nail art contest you can choose 3 of your fav entry.. You can also vote for me if you like.. thanks so much in advance..

CLICK HERE to vote...

I enjoyed doing my entry, eventhough it took a lot of time to make, I got my idea from traditional chinese dress... while I was browsing the net, I stumbled upon a picture of early chinese community which gave me that certain idea.. The chinese character in the middle of my nail means "happiness"..

My second entry is "Chameleon Ring" inspired design..

Hope you like them!

China Glaze Fight Like a Woman Collection

October is almost coming to an end, and tomorrow is Halloween. Just want to post my China Glaze Fight Like a Woman Collection, which consists of 3 pinks that raises awareness for Breast Cancer. A portion of the purchases will be donated to the International Agency for Research on Cancer.

I've been MIA lately on twitter and here. Getting my midterms over and done with, I have one more on Monday, but I feel confident on it. Once midterms are over, and when I'm up to date with my online class I'll be back to update more often :)


Empowerment - a vivid baby pink creme. Very cute :)


Encouragement - a pale baby pink with silver flecks


Endurance - a fuchsia with silver flecks

Don't you just love the names for these? I think it's very inspiring. The colors are nice, I especially love Endurance, such a pretty fuchsia. The formulas were excellent, no problems at all. All were under two coats.

And that is all I have for today..

China Glaze Awakening Halloween Collection

So today I have another Halloween collection for you guys. China Glaze's Awakening Collection.

I liked this collection! Especially Ick-A-Bod-Y! That's seems to be the most purchased one because it's like sold out almost every e-tailer.


Zombie Zest is a swampy green jelly with flecks of glitters and shimmer. This was done in 2 coats, could've used a third. Looks a bit sheer on me. But I got lazy xD


Mummy May I? is a dark vampy purple base with purple glitters. The base looks black but if looked at closely it's really purple! Not to mention, the name is so freakin' cute!


Ick-A-Bod-Y is a brownish green base packed with copper glitters.

And yes, SpaRitual's Opitcal Illusion is a dupe for Zombie Zest. I prefer China Glaze, just saying..

The formulas were nice. Though Ick-A-Bod-Y annoyed me a little. It kept 'balding' so I had some trouble. But all I needed was a little a patience between each coat. I tend to apply my polishes quite fast.

Well that's all I have for today. Gotta go back to the Yankees game :)

NailArt Challenge and MORE!

Hi all, For this week's challenge, our theme is Animal Print..
Most of the time, we only see it on fashionable dresses and coats, bags, shoes, and sometimes as wall decors (don't get me wrong... I'm also an advocate of "Crusades against cruelty to animals".) This time why don't we try it on our nails..

We want you to create your Animal Print Design... If you are an animal, what would you be? Try to paint your answer on your nails! Have fun! Submit your entries to fabnailarts@yahoo.com
700x400 pixel Good Luck!

And here's the mani I made to inspire you.. I named it "Blue Gradient Zebra" ..

Here's my entry on our Autumn Nail Art Challenge last week..
Click HERE if you want to see all who Participated..

And my Outer Space Nails I made!

CLICK PICTURE TO ZOOM IN!

outer space nails different shot
Natural Light
Materials Used:
"black galaxy" nail polish
sally hansen "hidden treasure"
bobbie "aqua"
bobbie "jade"
bobbie "blue flash"
bobbie "weng weng"
caronia "dare"
image plate : c05,m27
for stamping: china glaze millenium,metallic muse,robotika,hi-tek,2030 and sci-fi

Direct Sunlight

With Flash

HOPE YOU LIKE THEM! GOD BLESS!

China Glaze Vintage Vixen Collection

Hi all! Today I finally have the China Glaze Vintage Vixen collection to show. During my weeks of swatching there was absolutely no sun at all, therefore all pictures were taken under artificial light (which I pretty much prefer since its most color accurate)

I'm so glad to finally swatch fall collections because I'm loving all the fall colors as I'm a little "sick" of the summer colors. As we all know that's just temporary xD

On with the swatches!


Swing Baby - a silver/gold shimmer with foil finish. Very bling like


Riveter Rouge - a strong golden red shimmer


Midnight Mission - dark blue shimmer, has silver flecks


Jitterbug - a light charcoal silver foil. Has a little blue and a little purple in it. But mostly silver.


Ingrid - chocolatey taupe with silver flecks of shimmer. LOVE


Hey Doll - a bronzey brown shimmer


Goin' My Way - golden brown shimmer. A little close to bronze but more brown toned.


Foxy - a fire red bronze shimmer


First Class Ticket - dark purple shimmer. Picture shows a little more blue than purple.


Emerald Fitzgerald - a dark green/teal shimmer


Classic Camel - mustardy beige with golden shimmers. LOVE


Bogie - a sort of an eggplant purple metallic ish.

I love this collection. The colors are great for fall. And their formula was good. Some were a little leaky but not too much. My favorite is Classic Camel and Ingrid.

I'm looking forward to their 'Tis the Season to be Naughty And Nice collection. Though not much colors interest me there. I need to see more swatches before I'm convinced to buy the whole collection. Though I'm really interested in that peppermint cuticle oil. I might even buy two sets just so I can get that peppermint oil lol

Well that's all I have for today. I have a few hours to spare before I head to class, time to relax :) Enjoy your Sunday guys! And for those who have Columbus Day off, enjoy that as well!

Desert Swirl

Hi all, me and my son Jaem went to the mall last Sunday, that's my treat for Jaem, he got high grades on his 1st periodical exam,yay I'm very happy, he got a perfect score in math and science, as a gift, I bought him a transformer robot, his fav toy, and I also had a chance to buy some nail polish,some of them were given to me by my cousin inlaw Jeanna, I also went to David salon for a haircut, I had my hair trimmed.. Hehehe..

Anyway, here's my NOTD, thanks enamel girl for the foil, I really love this foil. It looks like light peach when not in use, but the real color is gold silver and dark brown when used, with very small dots. that is not visible on the picture. I also added some design much darker than the foil to show and capture the real beauty of it...

Materials Used:
chg "2030" for the base
Foil "desert swirl" and adhesive
Allue "Black night-out" alternate diagonal position
Chg "2030" for stamp design
M63 konad image plate
Tfs top coat

HOPE YOU LIKE IT! GOD BLESS