Sally`s Haul on Black

This mani started with 2 coats of Black Out by Orly. Next I layered 9 of the polishes I recently purchased at Sally`s on top. I found a small bottle of Rocker Chick by Orly that I forgot I had which I also used because it was similar to the others. There are 3 bottles left to be used from that haul. They will be part of my next glitter mani! But that is another day.

I`m having a really hard time capturing these polishes. Kinda almost give up. Will try to get a video tomorrow. Got a few pictures. Mostly it is the super subtle Fifty-Four and Love Each Other that I can`t get. I`ll give it another try tomorrow as I said. In the meantime here are a couple of each hand. One blurrier to try and get some holo and sparkle colour.

Thumb - Sally`s - pale pink with holo

Index - China Glaze - Fairy Dust

Middle - Orly - Shine On Crazy Diamond

Ring - Orly - Fifty-Four

Pinky - Orly - Love Each Other

Thumb - Nina - Opal Elegance

Index - Sally`s mini - no name

Middle - Sally`s mini - no name

Ring - Orly - Rocker Chick

Pinky - Sally`s mini - pink

Sally's Haul

I only just recently discovered that there is a Sally's Beauty Supply just 15 minutes away from me.  A couple of days ago I finally made it there.  I arrived to find that they were having a sale in April:  Buy 2 bottles of nail polish, get one free.  Of course the sale had already been going on for 28 days so I'm sure I missed out on some great stuff.  Still managed to find 9 full size and 4 Sally's mini bottles of sparkly goodness that I wanted.  When I was taking photos I left out 2 bottles as the were not very sparkly and I wasn't as in love with them as I am the others.  They are included in the video.  Those 2 are a milk chocolate coloured shimmer called Unplugged by China Glaze and Goth by Orly which is a black cream with sparse silver glitter. The following pictures are slightly blurry to try and catch the sparkle.  Of course photos never do them justice, especially not holos.  Which is why I did a video.

First a couple of group photos and then some close-ups.  Descriptions listed based on polishes in order left to right:

Tiara - Orly - small silver glitter
Shine On Crazy Diamond - Orly - small holo and micro silver glitter in a clear base
Fairy Dust - China Glaze - micro holo glitter in a clear base that is finer and denser than Shine On Crazy Diamond.
Opal Elegance - Nina Ultra Pro - small holo and micro silver glitter in a milky base.  Very close to Shine On Crazy Diamond.
2 Sally's Minis - can't find a name on them.



Love Each Other - Orly - Purple (or is it blue & pink?) glass fleck in a milky base.
Fifty-Four - Orly - Pink glass fleck in a milky base.
Laugh My Art Off - Finger Paints - small blue glitter
2 Sally's Minis - can't find a name on them.

The following pictures may end up all over the place:

Tiara by Orly

Shine On Crazy Diamond - Orly

Fairy Dust - China Glaze

Opal Elegance - Nina Ultra Pro

Love Each Other - Orly

Fifty-Four - Orly

Laugh My Art Off - Finger Paints

Sally's Minis

Here's the video!  It's my first longer video with voice so I'm not totally "together" yet.   LOL  Did stuff like forget to say the name of a polish and had a little trouble getting or keeping stuff in frame and the labels being out of focus and.... ya.   : )  Enjoy the rainbows and sparkles!

Going Green

With St. Patrick's Day coming up on the 17th the obvious colour choice this week was green. Three of them are loaded with glass fleck and of course it is impossible to capture the full magical beauty of them with a still photograph. Dozens of pictures taken in dozens of different lighting situations. If only it was a sunny day! Poor light makes it very difficult to get a good photo. I wish these were a little sharper but they are the best I can do right now As you can see these are a wide variety of greens.  The one on my pinky looked green with a slight blue sheen in the store.  At home it looks like blue with a green sheen!  So I covered it with glitter after this photo. Still looks blue.

Thumb = It's Not Rocket Science by Orly
Index = Ivy League by Sally Hansen
Middle = Ivanka by Zoya
Ring = Simply Smashing by OPI
Pinky = Resolution by Sally Hansen with Glow Up Already! by OPI on top

All were pretty sheer so 3 coats for every one.  Sadly there are bubbles on my index finger.  No top coat yet.

As always if you click on a photo it will open in a window all by iteself and larger than what you see here.  Click it again for the largest size.

I like really blurry pictures of sparkle.

Need to go through my nail stamping plates to see if I have anything applicable to the holiday. I don't think I do. Won't be able to do that until tomorrow. For now we have just the beginning!

Just for fun lets add one more picture.  The first 3 were from my Nikon Coolpix S80.  This last one is from my new phone which is a Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro and has a 5.1 MP Camera. Not too shabby. Both cameras got the colours right. Even my not so sharp Nikon pics still do beat the cell phone pics.  I would hope so with nearly 3X the MP's.

Looks like I have bubbles in the polish of the my middle finger too.  Crap!

Update March 14th.  I couldn't bring myself to cover any of the glass fleck yet.  That leaves one shimmery frosted index finger.  I found a four leaf clover on plate BM03 from the Bundle Monster set.  I used Where's the Tire Jack? by Sephora.  It's quite thin.  After the 17th I'm going to experiment with scotch tape patterns.  Bye for now!

Purple Polish Party!

As I mentioned Wednesday it was a purple polish party day.  If only I could actually capture the colour purple!  It always looks more blue as in indigo rather than the yummy grape juice purple that it is. At least I thought I wasn't getting it but now that I look at it on my work computer it looks purple!  In fact I'm happy with how close it is to in person.  Yay!  I bought a new camera and so far I am quite happy with it.  It was the only brand (Nikon) in the store that seemed to be getting the colour right and capturing the sparkle. Spent more than I intended.  Got a Nikon Coolpix S80.  Back to sparkly stuff!  On my left hand I tried 5 different purples.  One less is shown in the picture because it was a duplicate colour.

Index finger = Zoya, Mimi

Middle finger = Nicole, Gone Wishin'

Ring finger = Orly, Out of This World

Pinky finger = Sephora, Just a Little Dangerous

Sorry for the mess on my fingers  when you click on the photos to see the larger size.  : )

Gone Wishin' is now one of my top 10 all time favourites.  I just found it this weekend.  I'll be sharing that haul next blog post.  It is a gorgeous polish.  It is a clearish base with tiny purple specks and then bigger peacock blue and hot pink glitter.  Just a Little Dangerous is a disappointment.  When you apply it you see loads of purple shimmer.  It must all sink to the bottom because on the nail once it is dry it looks like a cream.  I did manage to catch a little sparkle in the photo but it is nearly impossible to see in real life.

On my right hand I experimented with things I could put on top of Just a Little Dangerous so I could wear it as I will never wear it on it's own.  The following are on top of JALD.

Index finger = Cover Girl, Amethyst Mist

Middle finger = Cover Girl, City Lights

Ring finger = Color Club, Covered in Diamonds

Pinky finger = Nubar, 2010

I have more I want to try so that's just the first round!

Julieanne is Out of This World!

Today was a purple polish party for my nails.  If only I could take a picture that even came close to capturing the sparkle! It's not just the camera it's the lighting.  Indirect light on a bright sunny day works best I think.  However I live in the Pacific Northwest and it seems we only have that for about 25% of the year! I will post something tomorrow. 

Until then I wanted post about discovering that Julieanne by Zoya and Out of This World by Orly are a DUPE.  Somehow I missed this when I recently searched this subject for my DUPE page.  I'm certainly not the first to discover this. As I gathered all my purple polishes up I thought they looked the same in the bottle.  Same on the nail too.  Gorgeous colour!  Wish I could capture it with my camera. This picture in the bottles is a pretty good representation.  Just can't capture the purple sparkle when it's on my nails.

This is, excuse the mess, one coat.  The left is Zoya Julieanne and right nail is Orly Out of This World. You can see right away they are the same blackened purple / indigo base with purple sparkles.  The sparkles aren't obvious until the second coat.  After seeing how sheer the first coat was I thought for sure it would need 3 coats but I am a "heavy coater" and 2 coats was just fine.  Sorry, no pic of the 2 side by side with a second coat.  Once I realized they were the same I covered one of them with Gone Wishin' by Nicole as I wanted every nail to be different.  Perhaps you will see the final results tomorrow if I can get a picture!  Nail polish photography advice welcome!!!