Dupe Alert(s)!!!

I have 3 comparisons for you today. One I just found by accident, and the other 2 I suspected, but still got them... just in case lol.

 

The first one I found just a few hours ago when I sat down to do my nails. I wanted to do something fall-ish so I picked out an orange... little did I know it was a dupe for one of my favorite polishes (win for me!)

 

 Salon Perfect 'Goldfish" and China Glaze "Riveting"

 

 "Riveting" is one of my favorite polishes, and I use it a lot (as you can see by the fill line hehe)

 

 In my opinion these are total dead on dupes. "Goldfish" was bought at Walmart not too long ago. I'm not sure if it is still available or not, but I'm glad I got it. Even though I have a backup of "Riveting" (or 2) I'm still glad to have this one?

 

 I think the only difference between these two is the drying time. "Goldfish" dried so fast I was shocked. I'm not sure if this is the case with the Salon Perfect brand or if it was just his polish.

 

 I just love this color!!!

 

Next up:

 China Glaze "Def Defying" and Finger Paints "Sexy Sundress"

 

 "Def Defying" is part of the new Cirque du Soleil collection that is coming out in December, or in some place it's out now, and "Sexy Sundress" was from the past summer collection. I have seen this at a couple Sally Beauty's in the clearance section.

 

 When I first saw pictures of "Def Defying" the first thing that came to my mind was "Wow, that looks a lot like "Sexy Sundress"!!" I was pretty close in my assumption. DD is just a hair darker the SS.

 

 I think these are close enough to only need one, unless your obsessive like me. What do you think?

 

And lastly:

 O.P.I. "Goldeneye" and Sally Hansen "Gilded Lily"

 

 For this polish I did one coat of each over black and then 2 coats on my naked nail.

 

I think that these are very close to being dupes. As you can see though "Gilded Lily" is more dense and opaque. I prefer it over "Goldeneye" and I decided that I don't need both so I'm probably going to add it to my blog sale.

 

Well that's all I have for today. Thanks for reading and if you haven't done so yet don't forget to enter my giveaways.

 Ends on November 30th

 

Ends on December 15th

Refreshing My Mani!

So this is a picture of the mani I wore yesterday:

Just a reminder :)

Butter London "Scuppered" and China Glaze "Angel Wings" as the accent nail

I went a step further and using some striping tape I created this:

 I really look how it all turned out. A few nails got smudged from applying top coat a bit early, but I was too tired to redo it, but that's how you learn :) I used 2 coats of Sally Hansen Salon Manicure "Lavender Cloud" and over "Angel Wings" I used Pure Ice "Black Rage"

 I really like how this turned out and I've gotten a few compliments on it, and about 3 of them were from guys lol. I guess it is something I will have to do again in the future. I think if a mani catches a man's eye then it must be good... and it caught at least 3 guy's eyes lol.

 

    

 Well that is it for today. Thanks for reading and don't forget to enter my giveaway. I've had such a great response to this giveaway that I decided once I reach 400 followers (only 22 away as of this post) I will be holding another giveaway even if my current one is not over yet, so keep an eye out for that!

Also if you haven't checked it out I've recently updated my blog sale!!

Scuppered and Angel Wings

I love accent nails, mainly because I hate picking just 1 polish to wear lol. I have such a hard time deciding on a polish when I don't have a mani in mind. I wanted to use one of my new Butter London polishes and I ended up picking another polish that I felt went along with it.

 

 I used 3 coats of Butter London"Scuppered" It applied wonderfully. It was opaque in 2 coats, but I decided to do 3 just because I could lol.

 

 The polish I used for the accent nail is China Glaze "Angel Wings" which is from the new holiday collection. I also used 3 coats for this one, and the formula was great. It dried a bit gritty, but nothing top coat can't fix :)

 

  

  I've heard that this is a dupe for last years "Ultamate Holiday"... which I happen to have (comparison at the end of the post for those interested)

 

 The top coat transferred a few pieces of the green hex glitter from "Scuppered" on to "Angel Wings" I just wanted to make it clear that this was not part of "Angel Wings"

 

 

Comparison

 China Glaze "Ultamate Holiday" and "Angel Wings"

 

 They do look super idetical in the bottles.

 

 Once applied to the nail I felt that "Ultamate Holiday" and a bit more sparkle to it then "Angel Wings" but other the that I think they are pretty dead on as dupes :)

 

I think if you have 1 of them that you really don't need to have both... unless your a crazy collector like myself lol

 

Thanks for reading and don't forget to enter my giveaway. I've had such a great response to this giveaway that I decided once I reach 400 followers (only 25 away as of this post) I will be holding another giveaway even if my current one is not over yet, so keep an eye out for that!

Durability Of A Glue Base

Last month I found out about the awesome glue base. If you don't know what this is your totally missing out. I've posted about it before. It works really great and peels off so easy. I decided I wanted to see how long it would last. I started out with using 2 of the new China Glaze polishes from the Wicked Collection.

 

 I started out with 2 coats of China Glaze "Cast A Spell" It's a beautiful golden black, that is much prettier then pictures can show.

 

 I think this is different then the other black I have. I think it might be a little similar to Butter London "Wallis" but I'm not totally sure.

 

 Look at that pretty golden shimmer.

 

 Another polish from the Wicked Collection "Make A Spectacle" I didn't do a full comparison, but a side by side bottle view shows that this is similar to "Snow Globe" from the winter collection last year, except "Make A Spectacle is more iridescent.

 

 I applied 1 coat of "Make A Spectacle" but you can't see how beautiful it is in pictures.

 

So I decided to wear this mani until it started looking crappy. I applied this on a Thursday and it lasted until Sunday night. It held up against a couple showers, but it's downfall was doing dishes lol. Here is what my nails looked like after doing the dishes on the last day:

 

 Left hand - It looks great with just a bit of tip wear.

 

Right hand - The one nail cam off while doing dishes, I didn't even realize it at first lol.

 

I think having a glue base held up really well. One thing I did notice is that when removing the polish it didn't come off in the big easy pieces that it normally did. All in all I think it worked out really great and I highly recommend using glue as a nail polish base.

 

Well that's it for tonight. Thank you so much for reading. Have a great night!

Day 30: Inspired By A Tutorial... Last Day!!!

 So here we are, It's the last day of the 30 day challenges. I can't believe I made it and that I didn't miss a day. I had a lot of fun, and I stepped out of my comfort zone a few times. I'm really glad I did this challenge. I now have a few new techniques in my arsenal. All that said, I'm really happy that it's over lol. There were so many days that I wanted to do something that didn't work with the days theme, like I finally bought Ninja Polish "Sticks N Stones" and I've been dying to wear it. Now I'll finally be able to :)

 

Alright enough blah blah blah, and on to the last challenge. Today is "Inspired By A Tutorial." It was kinda funny because I kept looking online to figure out what I was going to do, only to remember that I had already decided. It's been a long weekend. I've been dealing with migraines for the past 2 days.

 

What I decided to do is actually my second go at this technique and the first time wasn't that great, and I figured out a trick on accident from doing yesterday's mani.

 

 Some call it the spun sugar mani or the drizzle... whatever you call it I really like the effect. I started with a base of 2 coats of Sinful Colors "Jungle Trail"

 

 For the "drizzle" I used Wet N Wild "Miami Spirit" and...

 

China Glaze "Under The Boardwalk"

 

 The trick I learned to make this easier was to put a few drops of polish, about 5 or 6, on a palette and to let it sit for a few minutes until it starts drying. Then using a dotting tool mix it around and, Volia!, stringy polish!

 

 I really like how it turned out but I still felt like it needed a little sparkle :)

 

 So I added a coat of Northern Lights :)

 

This time it turned out a lot better the my first try... which you can find here.

 

 I guess the second time is a charm for me on this one. Now that I know how to do it I know I'll be doing it again in the future. It is a pretty messy and time consuming technique, but I think it is worth it.

 

Well that ends the 30 day challenge! Thank you so much for reading and following my progress. This has really gotten me into the routine of blogging a lot more then I use to and I am going to try and keep it up. I don't know if I will do every day, but I will do more then a couple times a month.

 

Don't forget to check out the other ladies below, and again thanks so much for reading and following my blog.