Green & Aqua Squishies!

Today I have a comparison of green/aqua squishy glitters and shimmer! Yeah I crammed everything into one, LOL! :)

Left to Right: China Glaze "Atlantis", Cult Nails "Toxic Seaweed", Sinful "Nail Junkie" OLD, Sinful "Nail Junkie" NEW.

Left to Right: China Glaze "Atlantis", Cult Nails "Toxic Seaweed".

Left to Right: Sinful "Nail Junkie" OLD, Sinful "Nail Junkie" NEW.

Yep, they changed Nail Junkie, and in my opinion it was for the better, take a look!

2 coats each.  Left to Right: China Glaze "Atlantis", Cult Nails "Toxic Seaweed", Sinful "Nail Junkie" OLD, Sinful "Nail Junkie" NEW.

For those of you who passed on "Toxic Seaweed", because you thought it would look like Atlantis, I'm sorry to say it does not. :(

Left to Right: China Glaze "Atlantis", Cult Nails "Toxic Seaweed". Atlantis is definitely aqua teal and it contains larger holographic silver glitter. Toxic is green and has smaller glitter that shimmers gold, with some additional rust or orange colored glitter in it as well. Both winners!

Sinful, well this comparison is more obvious...

Left to Right: Sinful "Nail Junkie" OLD, Sinful "Nail Junkie" NEW. Over a darker color the difference will not matter, but the NEW Junkie offers a great new option of wearing it by itself, and offering a more opaque finish! :)

I love both of my "Nail Junkie's"...because I'm a Nail Junkie as well, LOL :)

Keep It Sweet!

Studio M

Today, I have 3 colors from Studio M that I picked up last December while I was visiting in Indiana. :)

This brand is found at Meijers.

Left to Right: De-Luxe-Cious, Ms. Haute, and Magic Attraction.

Studio M "De-Luxe-Cious"
2 coats, no top coat

Not quite a blue, but not completely grey, it's gritty, gritty, gritty, but pretty, pretty, pretty! This color takes a minimum of 2 coats of top coat to smooth it out, maybe 3...YIKES! Also it was NO FUN to apply!

Studio M "Ms. Haute"
 2 coats, no top coat

See that awesome purple shimmer in the bottle? I was hoping this would translate well on the nail, but NOPE!

This was disappointing.  All that shimmer in the bottle, and NOTHING on the nail. DUDE! Also, it has some strange glitter elements in it that make it bumpy?!? YUCK!

Studio M "Magic Attraction"
3 coats, no top coat

This has a lot of scatter holo-glitter in a a blush silver base.  This was thick, but very pretty! This is a super sparkly polish, it has the same glitter elements as "Slamming Red" and "Purple Medallion" seen HERE.

This does dry a bit gritty, but nothing a good top coat couldn't cure.  It does not "drink up" to coat like Slamming Red or Purple Medallion.

I know that the same company that makes "Studio M, also makes Color Club, thus a lot of the colors are repeated as well as the names.

In this post by Scrangie, she swatches a Color Club collection that has two colors identical to "Ms. Haute" and "De-Luxe-cious", and they have the same names.   Is that really necessary? I mean... the colors being repeated I can understand, but the names too?...what's the point?

Anyways, the only color I say you must have is "Magic Attraction", but you probably already knew that...LOL :)

Mash-Up: Orly "La Playa" and "Rock Solid"

Hello all, sorry I did not post yesterday, I had the day off and decided to spend some time with family and friends :) But I'm back now, and today I have another great "Mash-Up".

Orly "La Playa" from the Viva Collection Summer 2010 and "Rock Solid" from the Mineral FX Collection 2011, 2 coats each.

Rock Solid was unexpectedly bumpy for me :( Even after my usual double top coat using SV, no dice, I still had the bumpies :(

Orly "La Playa" is a great medium royal blue creme, easy to apply, and even easier to fall in love with! Gorgeous!

On MUA, someone was asking if anyone did "accent nails" anymore...Uh Yeah!!!...right over here, I LOVE accent nails.  I usually pick 2 colors to wear by accident.  I see them standing next to each other on my "Un-trieds Shelf" and I  go "Ah ha...perfect nail mates" :)

I loved this manicure, and even though "Rock Solid", was a little "rocky" on me, I'll give it another shot before I swap it out :)

Keep It Sweet!

Color Club: Blossoming Collection Preview

Introducing The New Blossoming Collection from Color Club

Rich Color Has Bloomed & Everything is Coming up Couture

October 2011 - New York, New York - Color Club, the New York based nail color company announced today the debut of Blossoming a new nail polish collection for Spring. With the beautiful budding flowers of the season as an inspiration, rich color has bloomed! Add Diamond Drops topcoat for a “morning rain-kissed” effect. Blossoming features six nail polishes -- from Hydrangea Kiss, Sweetpea and Blue-ming to Blushing Rose and Lavendarling. This new vegan, formaldehyde, toluene and DBP-free collection is sure to signal spring is in the air... or blossoming.

The Blooming Collection includes:

Hydrangea Kiss: Dusty blue-purple crème

Sweetpea: Rosy Pink crème

Blue-ming: Bright blue-green crème

Blushing Rose: Baby pink crème

Lavendarling: Dusty purple crème

Diamond Drops: Silver ice flake polish

Color Club’s Blossoming Collection will be available in February 2012. All Color Club products are made in the USA and are not tested on animals. Products are available at shopcolorclub.com.

About Color Club

A favorite of celebrity manicurists and nail color fans worldwide, Color Club is renowned for its high performance rich shades and exceptionally safe products. From the brightest neons, to glitter and French, all nail colors are vegan, formaldehyde, toluene, and DBP -free – and made in New York, NY with the best raw materials. Products are available at shopcolorclub.com.

*Info sent by Color Club PR

Cult Nails: Let's Get Nekkid Collection Spring 2012

Nudes, nudes and more nudes...with a little seaweed on top!

UPDATE: Thanks to my reader "Jeni", I was informed that the collection names come from actual Nude Beaches...that's so cool!

Here is the newest collection from Cult Nails, and although I was ready to dislike the nudes, I really like the uniqueness of each one. :)..plus I love seeing the polishes wrapped up like little burritos :)

First Up...

"Baker"
2 coats, no top coat

Peach nude creme with bright gold shimmer.  So pretty, and almost opaque in 2 coats. I like this one a lot, and I do not have anything in my stash like this, so this is a winner for me.

"Mazo"
2 coats, no top coat

A very sheer pink tinted nude with golden shimmer. This one is pretty and very angelic,  but it is still too sheer for my taste. Just can't get past the visible nail line, oh well.

"Tulum"
2 coats, no to coat

Love this! Mushroom creme with light gold shimmer. I am NOT a fan of mushrooms on my plate, but on my tips... it's a winner! This is awesome!

"Swanbourne"
2 coats, no top coat

Dark chocolate creme with gold and rust shimmer. So pretty, and so shiny! The color may not be unique, but the finish is, this shimmer really sets it apart from the rest of the chocolate crowd :)

"Toxic Seaweed"
2 coats, no top coat

Oh yeah! I am loving this green stunner! Dark green jelly with green and rust multi-glitter! Smooth and perfect and for those of you who think this is similar to China Glaze "Atlantis"... nope, it's not.

This is more green, and the glitter is finer and is more golden, than the silver holographic glitter in Atlantis. I will post a comparison soon.

Can you see the rust colored glitter, love it! Toxic or not, I'm all over this one.  I'm going to try this over my favorite dark green creme!

Overall these nudes are anything BUT boring, they have shimmer and uniqueness that is amazing.  The formula and brush are great as well, super easy to work with.

My favorites are "Tulum" and "Toxic Seaweed". :)

Happy Friday!

Butter London "Bluey"

What can I say about this color that the pictures won't tell you...Okay I won't....

Butter London
"Bluey"
 3 coats, double top coat (the usual). I also used Orly "Bonder" over my usual base coat, because I wanted to make this beauty LAST! 4 days no chips...Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy!

"Bluey" is on the thin side, so I knew I could get away with 3 coats, without it looking like 3 coats.  Every time I added a layer, I loved it more and more. :)

*swoon*, this is the 2nd best Butter London purchase I made.  The first was their metallic red "Knees Up"...that names still makes me giggle! hee hee :)

No matter how many blue polishes I buy, I never get tired of wearing them, I could easily wear blue polish everyday and not get sick of it...AT ALL!!!!!

Keep It Sweet!