Blue Monday & Bloglovin'

Good morning and Happy Blue Monday! I went through my drafts a couple days ago and found this from before my "hiatus". This mani is from August of last year I do believe, therefore I have no idea how many coats of polish I used. I can guarantee you that I used at least two coats for each of the blues (California Colours "Navy", which came un-named and I named it myself, and Nina Ultra Pro in Sailor) and at least one coat of Revlon Colada Fizz. Let's take a look-see.

Left to right: Navy, Sailor, Navy, Sailor

At least 2 coats each, no topcoat.

Indoors, indirect sun.

Outdoors, indirect sun.

Revlon, Colada Fizz - at least 1 coat.

I was just starting to figure out different ways to photograph 

my nails and trying to use the lighting I had to my best advantage. ;)

As far as I can remember, I had no issues with any of these polishes. I will be trying them all out again in my big swatch fest of 2012 so stay tuned for a better review of them coming sometime soon!

Now for a little ramble. 

DO YOU HAVE BLOGLOVIN'?

I just got wind that Blogger will be getting rid of the GFC widget in March (yeah, yeah, I know I'm behind - I didn't come back until January folks and this news was apparently released at the end of November) for all those who have a blog not hosted by Blogger. I added Bloglovin' to my page as an alternative method of following. You never know what might happen and although I should be safe with my GFC because I'm hosted by Blogger, I still like having a second following method. 

That being said, can you please write a comment and let me know if you have Bloglovin' on your page and I will go and follow you there ... as well as GFC, but I probably already follow you if you're commenting here, right? ;) If you would be so kind as to return the favour and follow me on Bloglovin' (and GFC if you haven't already), that would be just swell. 

Thanks ladies (and/or gents, who knows, right?) and have a happy and safe Monday!

Pink Wednesday: Sally Hansen Fuschia Flare & Revlon Grapefruit Fizz

Happy Pink Wednesday! I have to say, it feels really good to be blogging again. I finally got my rhythm back and posts lined up rarin' to go. It's nice to be a head of schedule rather than battling it every day. Leslie from Nail Polish Art Addiction did a post in August called "How do you blog?" (click to read her post) and I found it very interesting to hear how she tackles blogging. I'd love to hear how you blog - comment below and give me the 411! ;)

All right, mani time. Ever since I got the Revlon polishes in my haul I have tried 3 of them. Pineapple Fizz was in my last post, Grapefruit Fizz in this post and Colada Fizz in my upcoming Blue Monday post. (I told you I was ahead!) If you can find these in your local Wal-Mart, drug store, etc you seriously need to pick these up. I am missing a couple of them and will be scouring various places to try and complete my collection. Yes, even though I am on a no-buy which I am turning into a "low, low buy" because I am intending to cheat.

Without further ado, my Pink Wednesday mani.

Sally Hansen - Fuchsia Flare, 2 coats. This polish tends to get a little thick
when applying so I had to shake it after every couple nails.

No topcoat, shiny!

Revlon - Grapefruit Fizz, 1 coat is layered over top.

Click to see the mini flakies and glass fleck; beauty!

One thing I didn't mention in yesterday's post was the fact that these polishes are scented. Pineapple Fizz was very sweet smelling with a vague scent of pineapple. Grapefruit Fizz was mostly just sweet; I'm not sure if I actually smelled grapefruit or not but it was quite pleasant. I'm a hand-talker and my husband said he could smell it when I was flapping my hands around while talking to him. (Isn't that a lovely image? Haha.)

Do you own any of these Revlon polishes? Scented polishes: fad or fun?


PS: Do you like my new layout and "look"? I think I might actually keep this. ;)

OPI's Fiercely Fiona + Yelleen Grellow?

Quick post today, folks. This is the mani I promised to show you the other when I posted about my mini-haul of 2 Sally Hansen polishes. I did this mani last week and it stayed on for 3 full days. Yes, you heard (read) me correctly. I added more photo's than I usually would because my camera didn't want to play nicely with this mani colour. C'est la vie ...

If I remember correctly this was 3 coats of OPI's Fiercely Fiona which I picked up in my haul last week.
It looks very 'buttery' in this photo but it is much brighter and leans more green than it shows.

(Indoors with ceiling light; see below for the true colour.)

I added Revlon's Pineapple Fizz which consists of a sheer yellow base with very small flakies and
glass fleck shimmer. I added Sinful Colors Snow Me White for the dots.

One coat of Seche Vite sealed everything in & dried it in under 2 minutes. (Outdoors at sunset.)

(Half shaded/sunrise.)

I think I'll call this kind of yellow "yelleen".

Yellow + Green = Yelleen

Green + Yellow = Grellow

Hahaha ...

Shade.

Shade, again. See the mini flakies & glass fleck? Maximize by clicking!

Gotta run, hope you enjoyed this bright mani!

Is anyone else anticipating the fall/autumn as much as I am?