OPI - DS Vintage

Hello everyone,

I hope you guys are all feeling great! I'm pretty excited since I'm starting an extra long weekend today.. and sleeping in never felt so good!

On a more depressing/annoying note, my eBay package containing all of the lovely Nubar polishes I purchased aren't here yet, and I'm getting antsy since the USPS tracking still says it's in LA somewhere.. and hasn't been updated since the 8th of June. Boo.

Anyhow, I heard from my sister that her Nfu Oh polishes have arrived, so I'm pretty stoked for that.. since one of them is a flakie that is for me. Yay!

Today I have a holo to show y'all, it's quite pretty even though I wasn't really expecting much from the bottle color (looked kinda orangey-salmon pinky-peach, and didn't really jump out at me). This applied like a dream, smooth and buttery.. and was perfect in 3 coats. Drying time was also fast, I accidentally touched it a few minutes afterwards, but there weren't any marks! Impressive. :D

This was taken indoors. Not too much holo goodness here.

Outdoors, in the sun. I'm not that satisfied with the pictures I've taken.. but unfortunately mother nature is being annoying.. and the weather is still like spring here, even though it's almost July. (Hey, mother nature.. get your act together! I want some sunshine!)

On another note, Zoya has extended their Color Lock promo, where you can get one of the summer collections (Sunshine or Summertime) with the purchase of their Color Lock system. I'm happy that they did actually, we were going to make a purchase and have it shipped to a friend's house in the States, but they didn't accept Canadian CCs.. which made me really annoyed (I want my Sunshine!). We managed to get our paws on an American CC though.. but that was 2 hours after the promo ended the first time. Hopefully now we can make an order, and I can pick it up when I go to the East Coast in August. :D

That's all for today, Thank you all for supporting my blog and reading what I write, even though I do tend to ramble a lot! <3

-Marisa

Odd One Out - Dirty Glitter Zebra NOTD

Hi all,

Sorry for the lack of a post yesterday, but I was still feeling pretty under.. for some reason lately little things have been bugging me, and I haven't really felt like putting a lot of effort into my nails. I'm thinking I'm pretty stoked for the eBay package with all of my long awaited Nubars.. and I don't want to do anything fancy in case the package comes.. so I can do my nails right away when it comes. Do any of you feel that way when it comes to nail mail?

Anyhow, I managed to do one hand today.. the sun didn't really come out at all, and I couldn't take any pictures of the holo polish I'm wearing on my right hand in the sun (the indoor-lightbox pictures will be in a later post though).

So.. I present to you.. the Odd One Out - Dirty Glitter Zebra NOTD!

Hmm, just noticed this one is kinda light.. so here's another picture in lower lighting.. where you can see the glittery bits..

Sorry about how oily my fingers look.. I just rubbed some shea butter on!

I'm relatively pleased with this NOTD, even though it is basically my second time stamping.. and it isn't as clean as I would have liked it to be.

What I used:
BM16
White BG - China Glaze Snow
Black Stripes- Billie Cosmetics Black
Greenish Grey BG - Essie Sew Psyched
Glitter Topcoats - China Glaze White Cap and Fairy Dust

That's all for now! Have a great day!

-Marisa

China Glaze Ahoy!

Hi everyone,

Sorry again for a late post, but earlier today I was thinking about swatching some more Color Club collections, but when I finally got started I realized I was wayy too tired to do anything. I attempted to build myself something like a lightbox.. and it works fine.. but I realize that I prefer natural lighting. That being said, I have a gorgeous OPI DS polish to show y'all, hopefully this sun will come out for the holo-party.

I'm also crossing my fingers in the hopes I get some nail mail tomorrow.. then I'll have some Nubar and an Essie polish to drool over!

Anyhow, back to the polish for today's post..

I must say China Glaze makes some gorgeous glass flecks. I had this on my wishlist, but was undecided after I saw a comparison post with Strawberry Fields.. and since I already own Strawberry Fields I didn't want to buy a polish that looks very similar.

I'm actually glad I got this one. It isn't exactly the same as SF (maybe I'll do a comparison.. one day..) and it is just different enough that I love it too!

In other news, I saw a preview of Deborah Lippmann's Fall 2011 lacquers, and I'm most excited for Stairway to Heaven. Actually, they're all pretty awesome looking. :D

That's all for today, hopefully I'll be more awake tomorrow.. I'm pretty exhausted right now (but I have no idea why..)

Night all!!

-Marisa

Essie - Limited Addiction

Hi everyone!

Sorry for a late-ish post, but I was away for most of the day watching a production of Hairspray! Yesterday's BBQ was good, nothing too spectacular.. it was raining pretty hard but it cleared up in the end.

Anyhow, I have a lovely red polish to show y'all today, since today was the season premiere of True Blood! I haven't watched it yet, but I will get around to it.. feeling a bit under the weather today.

Now, without further ado, I present to you.. Limited Addiction!

Limited Addiction is a gorgeous red creme that's almost like a jelly -it dries super smooth and glossy, which is awesome. It looks more brown-red in low lighting, and it bright red in the sun. The picture above was taken indoors with low natural lighting.

I'm kind of kicking myself for not getting Cult Nail's Quench, which would have been totally awesome for this occasion, but maybe I'll have it next time!

That's all for now, enjoy the rest of your day!

-Marisa

Doodle Art

Hey everyone, sorry for the lack of a post yesterday, but I was super busy Thursday and I got back late Friday. Today we're having a family BBQ in honor of my brother's -insert number here- birthday.

Yes, I don't know how old my brother is. ;D

Since I got saddled with a lot of prep work, today's post is going to be relatively short.. I did this for my little sister a few days after her summer break started (wow they get off early), and it's based off this addicting game called Doodle Jump that I recently got on my iPhone. Basically, the little guy jumps and keeps on jumping, and you have to tilt the device in the direction you want him to go in, making sure he lands on platforms and doesn't get hit by any aliens or fall into a black hole.

The base colour is OPI's Steady as she rose, and I can't remember all of the other colours I ended up using (there were a lot), but if you want to know a specific colour drop a comment or a tweet and I can probably force myself to remember it (potato peeling marathon on the mind right now).

In other news, I broke another nail on my left hand, so I decided to trim those nails down to match. I haven't had my nails this short in a while (not that short.. but to me..) so it'll take some getting used to. I'm also still hunting for Joe Fresh Twilight (went to two stores with no luck at all).

That's all for today, hope you guys have a great Saturday, and I hope the sun comes out soon! :)

-Marisa

Joe Fresh - Twilight

Good morning everyone!

*edit- I think I forgot to mention where this could be purchased from.. Joe Fresh polishes can be purchased at Real Canadian Superstore, Extra foods and Loblaws in Canada. They retail for 3 for $10 CAD and are small (6mL vs 15mL in a normal OPI bottle).

Today I have a Canada exclusive polish to show you! I actually bought this a while ago but never got around to trying it until a few days ago.

Gosh, looking at this picture makes me want to hoard it. Doesn't it look fabulous?

Pretty colour changing flakies, huh? It's mainly green, but can change to orange and yellow. It is kind of sheer, so best layered over black or another dark colour (these photos have it layered over China Glaze's First Mate, but you can't really tell).

So, what do you guys think? I think this polish is gorgeous (flakies are always gorgeous, aren't they?) but I do feel that it is a bit dark for my taste (geez, I'm weird aren't I? I have some kind of aversion to black nailpolish).. since I do like sunshine-y rainbowness. The inner nail polish hoarder in me wants to keep it, but the rest of me is telling me to add it to a grab bag for the ginormous giveaway I want to host sometime in the future.

Of course, I'm probably going to go see if they still have any of this polish in stock (and pick up JF's Rainforest, which reminds me of RBL's Recycle and the immensely coveted Nars Zulu) and if they do.. well, they'll be a brand new one waiting to be won whenever I reach the magical 1-0-0 followers (I'm excited, what about you?!). If they don't, then I'll give away this one (sorry hoarder :( ).

Actually, if I can find a new bottle of this, I may give that away as a part of a first or second prize pack, and my used one in a grab bag. I think this can probably find a more loving home with someone that isn't afraid of the colour black like I am.

That's all for now, hope you all have a fantastic day <3

-Marisa

Polish News: Color Club - Back to Boho Fall 2011

Well, this is just a quickie post, and I'm sure you've heard about this in about a million other blogs today.. but I'd like to squee over this too!

Top row, from the left:
Nomadic in Nude – a must have neutral for the season; off white and creamy
Earthy Angel – Gorgeous creamy camel
New Bohemian – a new 70’s take on Tiffany Blue
Shabby Drab – Purple Greige The ultimate boho color
Rad Nomad – Purple brown crème
Red-ical Gypsy – Boho chic red, a new take on a vintage classic red


Bottom row, from the left:
Boho Mojo – Silvery, beige pearl
Nouveau Vintage – The perfect understated vintage frosty gold
Voodoo You Do – The perfect charcoal grey for the season with blue undertones
Artsy Crafty – The ultimate muted military green
Blue-topia – Just as it sounds, the perfect shade of deep blue
Rebel Spirit – Deep chocolate brown creme

I'm excited about New Bohemian, Nouveau Vintage, Voodoo You Do and Artsy Crafty and Rebel Spirit.. although I may just ask a certain someone to pick up the sets for me at Winners whenever they show up there.

That's all from me for now, what do you guys think? Pretty? Any must have colours? I must say I'm pretty excited for fall. I already have a list of stuff I want!

Ciao for now,

-Marisa