Archive for April, 2011
365 of Untrieds- Miss Marion Garnet
365 of Untrieds is my personal challenge to weed through the polishes in the ALU stash that I’ve been wanting to try but just haven’t gotten around to.
Yesterday the boyfriend and I hit the 12-year mark in our relationship. It’s kind of unbelievable when I think about it. How young we were, even though I thought I had lived a thousand lifetimes. How random our meeting was via an old high school friend I hadn’t seen in years. How we have built this wonderful life together with no real plan to it all. I’m very lucky to have him in my life, though saying “12 years” sure does make me feel old. Since the boyfriend is a fan of red nails, as many men are, I decided to polish them with a fiery red hue recommended to me by Athena Elliot host of Nail Talk Radio. She told me that Miss Marion Garnet has magical qualities so I just had to get a bottle and find out for myself. |
Chanel Mimosa Le Vernis from the Summer 2011 Collection – Swatch, Review and Comparison
I thought 2009 was the year of Mimosa. At least according to Pantone it was. Yet here we are, two years later, with yellow nail polishes making a splash again. What’s funny is that so many Fanatics think yellow looks bad on them yet still go gaga when a new one hits the market.
Of course, when Chanel makes a yellow, everyone’s eyes light up. Remember the craze that Chanel L.A. Sunrise created in 2008 when the Robertson Boulevard collection launched? This time around the buzz has been building over Chanel Mimosa from the Summer 2011 Les Fleurs d’Ete de Chanel collection. Les Fleurs d’Ete or Flowers of Summer makes me say, in my best Miranda Priestly impression, “Florals? For spring? Ground breaking.” Yes, we’re talking summer and not spring but still. Haven’t we beaten that horse to the point that PETA is about to step in? Then again, there must be a reason florals keep coming back. Let’s see if Chanel can prove why. |
ALU’s 365 of Untrieds – Sephora by OPI 212-Sephora
365 of Untrieds is my personal challenge to weed through the polishes in the ALU stash that I’ve been wanting to try but just haven’t gotten around to.When Sephora by OPI first launched it got its share of flack from the nail community. One, it was given the nickname $OPI, with a dollar sign, due to the fact that it costs more than regular OPI nail polishes. Second, a lot of us questioned whether the line would consist of just old, recycled OPI shades, or if it would truly have its own unique offerings. Third, would this water down the OPI brand?
Well, even though it still costs more than regular OPIs, I think we can safely say that the other two concerns were unwarranted. The SOPI line hasn’t affected the popularity of OPI and it has had its fair share of original colors and collections. One of those happens to be Sephora by OPI 212-Sephora. Named for the telephone number to Sephora’s Times Square location, this color was launched to celebrate the store’s opening. |
ALU’s 365 of Untrieds – OPI Cool in the Pool
365 of Untrieds is my personal challenge to weed through the polishes in the ALU stash that I’ve been wanting to try but just haven’t gotten around to.
There used to be a time, before nail polish blogs and before the vultures on eBay realized they could stalk message boards to learn which polishes are hard-to-find, when you could score some really great treasures online for a decent price. One of those scores was when I bid on the entire OPI Summer Splash collection from Summer 2004 and got it for a song. I was only after Pooltime Lime but if I could get the whole set for next to nothing, why not? OPI Cool in the Pool is one of the polishes from that collection and I feel like I’ve been hanging on to it because it is rare, not because I love it, which just sounds greedy. I haven’t cracked open the bottle until now because deep down inside I know it’s probably not for me. Let’s see if I was right. |
ALU’s 365 of Untrieds – Nubar Verde
365 of Untrieds is my personal challenge to weed through the polishes in the ALU stash that I’ve been wanting to try but just haven’t gotten around to.I was talking to a blogger friend of mine the other day about how last Fall I was really over foil finish polishes. After OPI, Orly and Zoya had put out some great foils earlier in the year, I was just kind of tired of them by the time the Zoya Wicked and Nubar Venetian Glass collections came out. I was all about the glitter party at that point and foils felt blasé. It didn’t help that the collections also included a lot of reds, which as you all know, isn’t my thing.
So now that I’m revisiting colors in my untried bin, I’m finding myself loving foils again. There’s nothing quite like the finish those flakie metallic particles can create. Even in a dark room, the polish continues to play with the light. Today Nubar Verde caught my eye. |
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