Stroking the bottle

Sometimes a polish just doesn't quite pan out. It looks AMAZING in the bottle and then you put it on only to discover the sadness. The magic is still IN the bottle... stuck to the walls. The most recent victim of this tragic scenario was Pure Ice - Purple Reign.


Looks fine right? Sort of?!

But I want this magic! Why won't it translate to the nail?!



















If the light hits it just right, I definitely get some sparkle, but nowhere near the magnificent display I see stuck to the bottle wall.

Don't get me wrong. It's a great polish. Actually, so great I wore it two times in a row ... well maybe that was because it chipped so easily it needed reapplication. Also, I just hadn't come to terms with the inevitable.

At the end of the day, this is one of those polishes I will pick up, stroke, and marvel at the beauty in the bottle. I will be glad I have it, but secretly hope it would do more with its life.

EDIT: OMG! Olivia went there... check out her comment below and then watch the video.

That's exactly how it will go, hahahaha.

Out of context

If you have a blog then you know about the feature in blogger which allows you to see the phrases people type into their search bars that happen to route them to your blog.  If not, let me just tell you, this feature really is the highlight of my day sometimes.  I'll catch some off the wall keywords that seem way out of context, but upon closer inspection I do have relevant posts.  I have linked the keywords.  Also, to really stay in context, I'll show you one seriously radical duochrome.


1. "6 ways to fight a crack whore"   ...... um, I didn't know I wrote a manual on this topic.  Perhaps it can be a chapter in my dissertation!?

CQ - Idyllic (544)

2. "Fat woman peeling oranges"    ..... hold up!  Is this a club?  Are they looking for new members or a spokesperson?

3. "Your fucking with the wrong bitch"  ..... weird.  This happens to be my personal motto, bad grammar included because it's more bad ass this way.

4. "Baby in a jar with formalin" .... WTF? I actually gasped at this one.

5. "How to shave your vag" .... lololol... I may have to make this a future post.  I owe it to the people.

I hope you got as many giggles out of these keyword searches as I did.  One thing is clear, I have an uncanny ability to use seriously inappropriate words for a nail blog.

Isn't CQ - Idyllic (544) beautiful?

A mixed bag

It's summer, so I should be wearing either light, bright or pastel colors, right?  Meh.  Sometimes.  I just get a hankering for dark glowing polishes too.  I've been switching back and forth lately.  Here are a few that I don't think I have shown on the blog before.

China Glaze - First Class Ticket

If you are a fan of shimmer you should definitely own this.

2 coats

Color Club - Electric Coral

A bright translucent jelly.

3 coats.

China Glaze - Short and Sassy

Woah mama, hello! 

New York Summer - Hot Magenta

2 coats

New York Summer - Poppies

I was pleasantly surprised.

2 coats

The eye searing
China Glaze - Pool Party.

2-3 coats

Max Factor - Fantasy Fire gave me super powers.  I caught this fish with my bear hands.  (pun intended)

Shout out to Esther from Fab Fingertips for making these super powers possible. :D

Ruby Kisses - Raspberry

2 coats.

This is an opaque jelly and it glides on so buttery.


Do you stick to typical summer polish colors or do you live on the edge?

Hangover Cure

Seeing as how it is the day after St. Patrick's Day you are either nauseated from seeing so much green or ... just plain nauseated.  Out of respect for the latter (and my own laziness) today I present more pictures and less words.  If you are sick of green, see ya next time ...

Nars - Night Porter

BIG BIG thank you to Emilie! Go visit her blog and give her lots of love.  She gives the best chocolate kisses!! ;)

She also has a YouTube channel. 

What a beauty (her and the polish! :D).  I really favor dark greens and this one is a complete WIN.

I failed to capture the glory.

Every time I wear it the sun hides. :(

I love surprises.  This $1 polish is pretty sweet.  Run do not walk to your nearest dollar store.

Nail Fetish - Storm

Check out my stamp.  I hardly ever do this, mainly because I suck at it.


















China Glaze - Four Leaf Clover

China Glaze - Passion in the Pacific.
Blue/Green shimmer.

A decent dupe of Rimmel - Green with Envy that I showed in my last green post.


Comparison:

The Rimmel has a much more obvious duochrome property.

CQ - Green Gem
This CQ is a weak holo with a weak green flash.

Two wrongs (or rather weaknesses) DO make a right, because I actually really like it.

Illamasqua - Kink

The glorious rubber look!

If you want a shiny look, slap on some top coat.

China Glaze - Outta Bounds

Comparison to Rimmel - Camouflage.  I showed that one here.


Quite obvious that Rimmel has a duo quality that Outta Bounds does not.

China Glaze - Watermelon Rind

This one looks better in person.  Unfortunately, it's very sheer so wear some green undies.

China Glaze - Turned Up Turquoise (neon)

It dries matte.

I like it shiny.  Sorry for my crusty cuticles.

Random: From Left to Right ...
Dark Green Franken - (Black + Color Club - Rebel Debutant)
Color Club - Rebel Debutant
China Glaze - Four Leaf Clover
China Glaze - Turned up Turquoise




What was your St. Patrick's Day mani?

Revelation!

I had a thought yesterday!  The kind that forced steam out of my ears.  Growing up as a FOB, many of the things that happened during my first few years in America didn't make much sense.  In those moments you quickly learn to laugh with the group and assimilate.  Often times it wasn't until years later that I would actually get "it".  Such is the story of ... Green = Horny.  O.o <---  See Illamasqua - Kink in that post.

As a recap if you didn't click on that post: "... in high school when someone wore green, did you guys used to say they were horny? ..."  The sexual undertones were clear, but where did the euphemism come from?!   

Finally, some 15 years later I had my 'Aha!' moment ... Thank you Horny Toad!

Image Credit

Toads have warts or horns.  Toads are frogs.  Frogs are green.  Thus Green = Horny.  Ah yes, juvenile humor at its finest.

To celebrate my growth, I though I would show you some greens I really enjoy, which is kind of perfect considering St. Patties day is approaching.  Yay!

Image Credit

First, one more picture of a frog because he is such a beautiful behemoth. 











Today I will show you a few of my Rimmel treasures and one from that whoe Sally.

Rimmel - Green with Envy

Rimmel - Green with Envy


Blue, Green

A blue/green duochrome!

If Pure Ice - Heartbreaker had an opaque baby, I would imagine it would resemble this beauty.

Pure Ice - Heartbreaker is similar to NYC - Empire State Blue.  See this post.

Really something.  The pictures speak for themselves!

Rimmel - Camouflage

Rimmel - Camouflage
Warm light.

Love love love the golden glow.
Maybe, just maybe we can call it a duochrome?

Rimmel - Rags to Riches

Much more golden under warm light!

Sally Hansen - Emerald City

Stop. Backup. Yea, emerald is perfect.

I found it at the Dollar Store for ... wait for it ... a dollar.

I have more, many more.  I will show them as St. Patrick's Day approaches! :D

Do you plan to sport green on the 17th this year?  I didn't feel like it last year, but I think I have one picked out for this year.