OPI~Muppets

Happy Friday the 13th!  I had all these huge plans for posting all of the great holiday/winter collections I have and December came and went too fast for me.  So, I know these are late, but they are definitely worth a second (or 50th) look and if you haven't picked any of these up yet, maybe I will inspire you :)

Also, don't forget to enter my Holo 2012 Giveaway!

OPI's holiday collection, The Muppets is an amazing collection of glitter, red, and neutral polishes.  The Muppets have a special place in my heart, not only because I grew up with them, but my youngest told me a couple of years ago, that he wanted to be Kermit when he grows up.

Rainbow Connection is a amazing display of multi-colored and multi-shaped glitter.

Divine Swine is a magenta glitter with silver hex scattered throughout.

Fresh Frog of Bel Air is a Kermit green glitter that also has a silver hex scattered throughout.

Gettin' Miss Piggy With It is a great red glitter and it too has the large silver hex.

Pepe's Purple Passion is a gorgeous plum base with glitter.

The next 4 are from the Muppettes, the mini 4 pack.

Designer...de Better is a light gold metallic with gold glitter.

Excuse Moi! is my favorite of this collection.  I actually went out a bought a few for full size bottles, just in case.  It is a pretty pink mauve glitter with larger pink, silver & light blue glitter.

Warm & Fozzie is a brown-copper metallic with gold & copper glitter.

Wocka! Wocka! is a pretty red with a pink iridescent wash.

China Glaze~Metro Collection

The Fall 2011 collections have been out since summer and I figured it was about time I get these up!  The Metro Collection by China Glaze is a 12 piece collection ranging from shimmers, to glitters, to cremes.  I have 3 of the polishes from this collection, two glitters and a to die for creme!

Skyscraper is a blueberry base with silver glitter.  In the bottle, this color pulls more purple, so I was a little surprised when I applied and it was blue.

Midtown Magic, how do I describe this one?  Bare with me-It is a brown/burgundy base with gold, brown, & I think I see green micro glitter.  I can't tell if this has a duo chrome to it or if it has a slight holographic to it.  It is a really cool and trippy color.  And it is gorgeous! 

Concrete Catwalk is they grey creme I have been searching for!  It's more of a blue-ish grey, but I just love it!

What do you all think about this collection?  Is it a hit or a miss?

Wet n' Wild~Cougar Attack & Ready to Pounce

Halloween is in one short week and I thought I had better get the last of my fall collections up.  So I spent most of my morning swatching the rest of my Fall 2011 polishes.  There are so many exciting Holiday collections coming out and I can't wait to get my hands on all glittery goodness!  But we do have a few more days left to enjoy the spooky decorations and candy. 
Last week, I stopped into CVS and to my suprise, there was a FULL display of Wet n' Wilds On the Prowl Collection.  I posted a couple weeks ago the 5 polishes I could find last month and you can find that post here.  Since the display was full, I was able to pick up, or I should say, grab the last 2 polishes I needed to complete my set of On the Prowl.  Cougar Attack and Ready to Pounce were each $1.99 and I really don't think there is a better polish out ther for the price. 

Cougar Attack is a sheer brown base with tons of copper glitter.

Ready to Pounce is a dark purply shimmer.  It is beautiful.

I read somewhere that Cougar Attack was a dupe for Deborah Lippmann's Superstar.  I had to check this out for myself and this is what I found:

Pretty darn close!  Superstar has just a touch more glitter than Cougar Attack.  But definitely close enough in my book!  Check your CVS one more time if you missed out on this collection, they just might have a full display. 

Wet n' Wild~On The Prowl

Halloween is just around the corner and I am so excited!  I have 2 kids who know what they want to be and my little one can't decide.  So I am going to get busy coming up with a werewolf and a zombie bride(I can't wait to do her make-up) costumes and wait until my youngest makes up his mind.  I finally tracked down the Wet n' Wild~On the Prowl Halloween collection.  This collection took it's sweet time to show up in my neck of the woods.  When I did finally find it, I didn't find a full display.  But I did get 5 of the 8 and I am still searching for a couple more.  I found these polishes at CVS for $1.99 each.  You need these polishes, so find them, wear them, love them.  These are all 2 coats.

Correction Tape is a fun polish!  Its a clear base with gold, fuchsia, & bright blue, medium hex and square glitter and a smaller black hex.  This is a fun color that would also work for Mardi Gras too! 

Tangled in my Web is a clear base with small black hex glitter.  All by it's self, I don't really like it, but layered over other colors, it's really cool.

Behind Closed Doors is a sheer black base with medium red hex and tiny red glitter.  I LOVE this one!  I even like how trippy it looks.  I tried to float the glitter on, but when I did that, it made the base look weird.  I like it though.

Jungle Fever is a dusty apple green shimmer.  Not sure if the name, Jungle Fever, is Halloween-ish, but the color sure is.  It was a little sheer, but 3 coats would take care of that.

Buy Me a Drink is a beautiful smokey berry shimmer.  It has a slight light from with in glow that we haven't seen in a while.  Such a gorgeous shade!

I am going to layer the glitters over different colors to show you the versatility of them.  This is a really great collection and if you can find it, get it!  I still need Cougar Attack & Ready to Pounce :)

China Glaze~Haunting Collection

Well, it's getting to be that time of year again-Halloween!  I have the first Halloween themed collection that I have been able to find.  For some reason all the stores around me are taking their time getting all the Halloween goodies out and on the shelves.  China Glaze never really fails in the Halloween collections.  Year after year they release great colors and this year is no different.  I have heard a few mixed reviews on the is collection, but I think it's beautiful and eerie, just how Halloween should be!  The Haunting Collection is 6 polishes, Ghoulish Glow & Black Mesh (Crackle) are re-promotes. 

It's Alive is a dense dark lime green glitter.  This is 2 coats, but I really could have used just one.

Haunting is a black creme base with silver glitter.

Near Dark is a dark, almost black, murky moss green.  I really like this color.  I think it's just gorgeous.

Crimson is a beautiful vampy blackened berry creme.  You know I love this color!

China Glaze~Haunting Collection is in out.  I saw it yesterday at Sally's.  Grab it while you can!  Thanks for looking!

Orly Mineral FX 2011

Orly is making its move rather swiftly up my favorite polish brands list.  Last year their FX Collection had polish lovers searching all over town for the much loved Space Cadet and Galaxy Girl.  This Fall's FX collection is just a beautiful and sparkly!  I found a display at Sally's the other day and picked up 2 of the 6.  I read somewhere that November was the launch month, so I don't know why they were out or if your Sally's will have them yet.  But it is worth a phone call or a quick trip in to see-they will sell out fast.

Emberstone is a bright orange with orange and gold sparkle and I mean sparkle! 

 ~outside~

 ~inside with a flash~

Rock Solid is my favorite of these two.  It is a gunmetal grey glitter with little iridescent sparkles scattered through out.  This is amazing!

This picture does not do it justice.  There is much more sparkle with the real eye.  The bottle is more accurate of what you will see on your nails.

Have these beauties made their way into you Sally's yet? 

Patriotic Manicure

Happy day after the 4th of July!  Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend.  I did a red, white, & blue paint job on Sunday and thought I would share.  I am not the person who does her nails for this holiday and infact, usually the only holiday I really get into is Halloween, so this is really out of the box for me.  I used Zoya~Sookie for the red & Nubar~Navy Blue for the blue.  The white is China Glaze Crackle in Lightning Bolt.  Then I added a coat of China Glaze~Pixie Dust, & toppped it with a top coat.  Before you look at the pictures, I just want to remind you to enter my Summer Give Away!  Check it out and enter here. 

I have to be honest, this is so not me!  I think it looks pretty good and maybe if it were a different set of colors I would have liked it better.  My kids loved it and Some times, that is enough!

Deborah Lippmann~Glitter in the Air

Hello my new favorite color!  Deborah Lippmann was inspired to create Glitter in the Air by P!nk's performance of her song Glitter in the Air, on the 2010 Grammys.  That performance was so beautiful and amazing, just like this polish.  I have been staring at this polish on my nails for four days now and been trying to think of what I wanted to say about it.  I still can't quite descibe it, except to say that it is beautiful. 

Glitter in the Air is a milky pale sheer blue creme base with pink and light blue larger hex glitter, pieces of small pink and silver glitter with a hint of tiny blue shimmer.  I used 3 coats and topped it with Deborah Lippmann Addicted to Speed top coat.  Perfection!

I got my Glitter in the Air at Nordstom, but you can also find it at http://www.deborahlippmann.com/. 

And for you viewing pleasure, the peformance that inspired the polish, Glitter in the Air~

Milani~Glitter!

Milani glitters are super hot and even a challenge to find.  I lucked out a while back and picked these bedazzlers up at CVS.

Gems is from the Milani Jewel FX collection and it is awesome!  It is a mulit color and multi sized glitter fiesta.  This is two coats.

Silver Dazzle is from Milani's One Coat Glitter Collection.  It is a dark grey glitter.  I love this color!  I only picked this one up and I am so sad because my CVS has not replenished their Milani stock.  I reall want the purple, blue & red glitters!  You can NEVER have too many glitter polishes, right?

How has your luck been with these? 

OPI~Katy Perry Collection

OPI and Katy Perry teamed up to create a really great collection of four polishes and a shatter finish.  The shatter or crackle effect is all the rage right now and OPI's is wonderful.  This collection has sparkle, shimmer, and duochrome!  You can find these at your favorite OPI retailer.

The One That Got Away is a beautiful magenta base with magenta sparkles.

The One That Got Away with Black Shatter

Teenage Dream is a sweet sheer pink base full of tiny pink glitter and larger iridescent glitter.

Teenage Dream with Black Shatter.

Last Friday Night is a bright sheer blue base with tiny blue glitter and larger iredescent glitter.

Last Friday Night with Black Shatter.

Not Like the Movies is a silver shimmer base with a light purple/green duochrome.  I was hoping this color would be a little darker.  It's actually pretty sheer.  But it is pretty.

Not Like the Movies with Black Shatter.

Tha Black Shatter takes a nail or two to figure out, but once you get the hang of it, it's really pretty easy to use.  I do recommend a top coat.  If you want the mate look, try a thin coat of a regular top coat and then ttry a matte top coat over it.  What do you think?

Sinful Colors~Valentine's Day Collection

With Valentine's Day just around the corner, I thought you might like to see some of the new Sinful Colors Valentine's Day collection.  This collection is 6 beautiful shades of pink.  I was sent 3 to share with you guys.  You can find Sinful Colors at your favorite drug store for only $1.99!


Beautiful Girl is a light peachy pink creme.  I thought for sure this was going to be paste-y, but it isn't.  It almost has a jelly look to it.

Glass Pink is a sheer baby pink sparkle.

Scandal is a great light coral cream.  I would call it a jelly also.  Super pretty!

What do you think?  I think they are great pinks and you can not beat the price!  Happy Valentine's Day!

*These polishes were sent to me for review*

OPI~DS

Happy the last Friday of January!  Today I have the two newest OPI DS polishes.  I have to say that these two polishes didn't impress me all that much.  They are definitley lacking the wow factor that the other DS polishes have.

Radiance is a very sparkly silver with a foil like finish.

Magic is a blue base with tons of tiny bright blue and magenta sparkles.  The magenta sparkle gives it a pop that make this polish the most unique of the two.  Unfortunately, the camera failed to pick up the magenta goodness.