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?

Color Club Very Merry Berry

Hi there! Hope everyone is having a good week so far… getting really close to the weekend, yay! This one is going to be a quick one so I’ll get right to it (:
This glitter polish is a mix different sized round bright blue glitter and different sized fuchsia hex glitter. The base looks pretty clear in the bottle but once I applied it over Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear White On, which is a plain stark white creme polish, I noticed that the base has a just a hint of a translucent pink.

 

I don’t know how but I guess my camera was really behaving well because if you look closely, you should be able to see just how sparkly and bright the blue looks!

For this mani, I used one coat of Very Merry Berry over two coats of the white. I definitely think that another coat of Very Merry Berry would have look very nice but I actually liked how the one coat turned out not too sparse or too overwhelming.

So this polish is a part of a glitter collection that came out last year somewhere around the holidays that was exclusive only to Sally Beauty Supply stores. All of the polishes are actually SCENTED! I guess this one is supposed to smell like berries but to me it just smells fruity, even after a coat of Seche Vite. I personally am not really fond of scented polishes but at least its not a super strong smell.

Hope you guys like!

Nicole by OPI Sounds Grape To Me and Green Up Your Act

Hi everyone (: I know its been a little while since my last post but man I have been really busy these past couple of days. This week is also going to be really busy since today was my first day at my new job AND I have some family stuff going on this weekend too!
Today I have for you guys two polishes I picked up that were from the Something About Color Collection.
Sounds Grape To Me is a deep burgundy almost brown with shimmer that shines copper to gold in different light. In the bottle it did look like more of a purple, hence the “Grape” part of the name. But as you guys can tell from the pics (and in person too) it does not look at all purple. It applied nicely and was opaque at two coats.



Green Up Your Act is a dusty grayish green creme. I really like this color! I think it’s a nice green that’s pretty neutral and not too in your face if you’re testing waters with green polishes. This also applied very nicely. Opaque at two coats (:

Hope you guys like and I will definitely have more posts later this week!