Update!

Happy St. Patty’s!! Hope everyone is having a good weekend so far!! I have to work tomorrow so my weekend was only one day ): I just wanted to take this opportunity to update you on my lack of posts for the past week and a half or so. So as I mentioned in one of my earlier posts, my mom had surgery about three weeks ago. Unfortunately, she had a bit of a complication and had to be readmitted to the hospital to take care of the problem. Thankfully, she is finally doing really well and everything is in the clear. So as you guys can imagine, the stress of being worried and making sure she is okay and helping her out on top of trying to settle into my new job which is pretty stressful to begin with too… well that pretty much sums up not having a whole lot of time for much of anything.

With all that being said, I have been working on some stuff here and there and will have new posts coming up later next week (like Tues or Wed). I have also picked up some new polishes that I am SUPER excited to share with you guys!! So STAY TUNED!! (:

- Monica

Revlon Whimsical

Hey there! Hope everyone is having a good week! Today I have a polish that I had been wanting for a while but was never in stock in any store I went to. If you guys follow more nail polish blogs then Im sure you have seen it before. I thought I would write a post on it anyways to share how I wore it and my personal take on it (:
Whimsical is known across the nail polish world as the dupe for Deborah Lippmann’s Up in the Air. From what I can tell in photos, its pretty dead on.


So this polish is a relatively sparse multi glitter in a sheer light blue jelly like base. Don’t let the pictures fool you, its is definitely sheer! I think if I had not used a base color, I would have been there for hours trying to get it to be opaque. For this mani I used 2 coats of Whimsical over 2 coats of China Glaze Kinetic Candy (which you can see what it looks like alone here). This definitely needed at least 2 coats to get the pretty pink and light blue hex glitters to look more spread out. There is also some small green and sliver round glitter that you may or may not be able to see in the photos.
Im sure you could layer this over different colors to get some interesting effects. Personally though, I don’t think this is a glitter I will be reaching for very often. I think the concept of glitter not being in a base that’s the same color as the glitter is pretty cool but I guess I would have liked for the glitter itself to be more opaque on the nail.
What’s your take on this? Would you go for this $5 dupe or for the $16 real deal?

Sally Hansen Pacific Blue

Hi guys!! How have you all been doing!? Im so sorry I have kind of been M.I.A. but I have been super busy getting used to my work routine and helping my Mom out since she recently had surgery. Thankfully, she is doing a whole lot better and work is going really well. So I know this post is finally going up a few days after I originally hoped for but… better late than never!
This is Sally Hansen Pacific Blue from their Xtreme Wear nail polish line. This is part of their permanent collection but as I mentioned previously, it was never in stock around where I live =/
Pacific Blue is an absolutely gorgeous bright royal blue creme. Like Blue Me Away! it applied like butter and was nearly opaque at one coat. I really think this could be a one coater with careful application. I applied two and a coat of Seche Vite over top for the photos below.

I am so happy I finally pick this polish up cause I am totally IN LOVE with this polish. The application and the color are just so awesome. I know I will definitely be sporting this color often (:
Overall, the Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear nail polish line is one that has so far never disappointed me…

• Great price. Like less than $3 dollars at most drugstores!
• Great variety. There are a lot of cremes, metallics, shimmers, and glitters!
• Great formula. Most of the creme ones I own are almost one coaters and are really easy to apply.

Let me know if you would like to see more of these nail polishes on my blog. I do have a handful of these in different finishes that I could swatch for you guys if you are interested. And Im pretty sure I will be picking up more of these along the way so you can definitely stay tuned for more posts!!

OPI Holland Collection: Pedal Faster Suzi

Hey guys! Hope your weekend is going great, its almost the weekend!! Turns out that I have to work this weekend and working three 12 hour shifts in a row is not going to leave me much time for blogging ): So this means that I might have to push back the post I promised for my other Sally Hansen polish I picked up.
With that said, I did have a chance to pick up one of the OPI Holland polishes a little while back and was able to polish my nails with it and take some pics last week. Check ‘em out (:



What do you guys think? Pretty huh?
Pedal Faster Suzi is a cool leaning pink with a scattered silver micro-glitter shimmer. I was actually pleasantly surprised at how much I turned out really liking this since you guys know Im a creme addict. This can sort of look like a creme in darker lighting but it lights up beautifully when the right amount of light hits it so its like the best of both worlds for me!
The formula on this polish was slightly on the sheer side. Two coats still had a little bit of nail showing through and it was opaque for me at three coats (shown here). Honestly, this looks so pretty that I don’t mind the extra coat to fully cover.
There were some other colors that looked nice from the OPI Holland collection but Im still not sure if Im going to go back and get another. Pedal Faster Suzi is the only one that really caught my as being different than what I already own and different compared to other polishes available at this time.
Do you guys have any of the OPI Holland polishes? Which ones?

Sally Hansen Blue Me Away!

Happy Monday! Hopefully you guys had a good start to the week (:
So there are two Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear polishes that I have been having my eye on for quite some time. For some reason I would always pick them up and look at them but end up putting them back on the shelf. And when I would finally tell my self that next time I went to the store that I would get them, they would be sold out! WTH! Any who, this past weekend me and my bf visited some family out of town and just so happened to stop by a Walgreens and lo and behold, there they were, waiting for me!
Blue Me Away! is a part of the Xtreme Wear permanent collection so it should be easy to find. I guess it was difficult for me to find cause my lovely ginormous city of Houston ALWAYS seems to be sold out or late to put out the cool things on the shelf no matter how many CVS, Walgreens, Wal-Marts, Targets, Ultas, and HEBs are within close proximity to each other! *steps down from soapbox*
LOL. Okay back to the review…
Blue Me Away! is a loud, bright, absolutely gorgeous blue creme polish. It was a dream to apply and pretty much a one coater. I applied two probably just out of habit and good measure. Check it out!

So umm yeah, this polish is awesome! I will get you guys some pics/review of the other Sally Hansen polish I got so stay tuned for a little later in the week (:

Revlon Zealous

Hope everyone had a great weekend! I have a quick post for you guys today… enjoy (:
I stopped by Ulta the other day to visit the OPI Holland collection in person and also came across some new Spring shades Revlon has recently put out. I did end up picking up one of the OPI polishes and three Revlon ones since they had a buy 2 get 1 free deal going on at the time! This is one of the Revlon ones…

Check below the jump for a review and more pics!!

L’Oreal Color Riche Boozy Brunch

Hey guys ITS FRIDAY! I know Im definitely looking forward to the weekend (:
So the other day I finally picked up one of these new L’Oreal Color Riche nail polishes that are like all over every store I go to. When I first saw the display I didn’t really notice any one color that really stood out to me. Then once I carefully scanned all of them, the only ones that caught my eye was a sort of teal color and this one… Boozy Brunch. I do not have any true oranges in my stash so I thought this would be a good time to get an orange and try the formula.



So, Im not the type of girl that lets my polish get chipped. Especially since my job specifically points out that the only way we can wear polish is if its nicely manicured and NOT chipped! The display claims that this formula will wear for 10 days. Just so happens that when I wore this, I got so busy I was not able to change my polish and ended up wearing it for like 3 days straight. It TOTALLY started chipping so I really don’t see how this could wear for 10 days.
With all that said, I do still absolutely love this. The formula was easy to apply and completely opaque at two coats. This last photo I think is the one most true to the actual color. And since I change my polish often enough for it not to chip on me, I don’t mind the fact it doesn’t/wouldn’t last the 10 days. Its definitely a bright creme but its for sure not a neon. I actually prefer that because it makes it a lot more wearable.
Im thinking Im going to need to go back and buy that teal color I been having my eye on, LOL.
Have any of you guys tried one of these L’Oreal polishes? Which one?