Avon Matte Violetta

I've had this polish for awhile. I use to sell Avon before I really got into nail polish. Ever since I got this color I thought it was so pretty, but it kept getting pushed to the end of the line so to speak. I finally decided to try it out.... I was really disappointed. In the bottle "Violetta" is a deep purple with hints on pink and blue... on the nail, not so much...

 This is my first time using a matte nail polish, but the formula was horrible. Application was a pain in the butt. Ugggg... I really don't care for the final color either. It's so blah and nothing like it was in the bottle. I did a SV topcoat and it really helped. Maybe it is just me, but I think polishes look better when shiny. Such is the case with "Violetta"...

 You can really see the pink here

 The blue is beautiful at this angle

Much better with a top coat... This polish is with out a doubt going in to the swap drawer. I hope someone else can give it a proper loving home...

Thanks for reading and please leave any questions or comments below :)

I've been a bad blogger :(

I've been having a bad week. Some personal issues so I won't bore you with the details. On to the pretties :)

So I did my first swap a little bit ago with Nail Xchange. The main reason for the swap was my lemming for China Glaze "It's Alive" from last years Halloween collection. It's so pretty!!!

This is 2 coats with SV topcoat. Pictures do not do this polish justice. I love it so much, and I'm so happy that I was able to get it. I've heard that this is a dupe for Orly's "It's Not Rocket Science" but I don't own it so I can't do my own comparison :( oh well...

I promise to start posting better and more regularly :) I hope you will keep reading. Please leave any questions or comments. Thanks for reading!!!

My awesome Dollar Store Find!!!

I went to the Dollar Store today during lunch because I needed to get some cookies :) As always I like to look around and see what they have. Well I was walking down an aisle and just happened to look down at a box on the floor and noticed the little packages looked fimiliar, so I took a closer look....

It was a box of Sally Hansen Color Quick Chrome polish pens!!!! I've heard these are great for stamping but I never wanted to spend the $7-$8 they are always priced. For $1 each I couldn't pass it up so I grabbed a few. I think I got at least one of each color and then a double of ones I figured I use more. This is what I picked up:

These were the only colors they had. I'm going to check the one by my house after work.

Has anyone else been able to find these at the dollar store? Are you going to try and look for them? Please leave any questions/comments below, and thanks for reading my blog! :)

Essie Luxeffects.... Flakies!!!!

So I've seen a few posts about Essie's new Luxeffects collection which is all topcoats. I got excited when I saw some of the swatches. You can check them out for yourself... Here are a few:

Chalkboard Nails - Essie Gold As It Gets
The Polishhaholic - Essie Holiday 2011 Luxeffects
Gotham Polish - Essie Shine of the Times

 *drool*
I knew I wanted "Shine of the Times" and "As Gold as it Gets" for sure. Now something you may not know about me... When I get a lemming, I become crazy obsessed with finding it and getting it. So as you can imagine I was going everywhere that I knew carried Essie polishes. I read on another blog that she found them at Ulta the other day, so that's where I went during my lunch break today :)

I was so happy to find that they had the whole collection. I decided to just get the two that I really wanted. So I grabbed one each of "Shine of the Times" and "As Gold as it Gets"... I walked away and was doing some browsing and decided to go back and snatch up the other SotT they had... hehehe yes I'm a greedy hoarder lol. But at least I am happy!!



Essie - Shine of the Times, As Gold as it Gets, Shine of the Times



I couldn't wait to use SotT so I decided to layer it over the polish I already had on, while in the Ulta parking lot lol, which is "Under Your Spell" from Wet n' Wild, a very pretty blackened red. With SotT over it, it really made me think of autumn leaves. So pretty, it was distracting me while I drove back to work, and even now while typing this post. Here are a few pics, sorry that they are so crummy, I took them with my phone so I could post them now, otherwise I'd have to wait til tomorrow since my internet is down :(

It looks a lot like Nubar "2010" But I think SotT is a bit denser with the flakies... maybe I will do a comparison... and if you are wondering what is on my index finger it is Nicole - "Make a Comet-ment" which looks a lot like China Glaze "Fairy Dust" IMO, but I think Nicole is a bit denser with the glitter :)

Well that's it for now. Please leave any questions or comments below. Are you planing on getting any of these polishes? Thanks for reading!!! :)

My haul from 7 Mile Fair a couple of weeks ago...

This is kinda late but, better late then never right :)  Warning: Picture Heavy!!!

So If your not from Milwaukee, WI your probably wondering what the heck is a 7 Mile Fair lol. When I was a kid it was all out doors and it when along the sides of a road called "7 Mile Road" You could find so much stuff. It's kinda like a huge flea market and everyone is selling something different. A lot of the stuff is focused on Mexican, and Spanish people with the music and clothing and food. (No offense to anyone)

I've always loved going because you never know what you are going to find. Nowadays it is mostly all in doors in a building off of 7 Mile Road. During the summer and warm months there is also a large outside section where people peddle their wares lol. A lot of them have polish so that was my mission when I went to find some good polish. Well this is what I found:

 My 18 new polishes and a bottle of Kleancolor Cuticle remover

 Holo's!!!!, Real holo's that is not like the Chunky holos lol

 I heard the metallic's are good for stamping, I will have to try it out :)

 I accidently bought 2 bottles of "Sparkle Emerald" from 2 differnet spots because they looked different at the time lol, also, not sure why it is emerald since it's actually blue.... hmmmm

Well there you have it. I plan to go back maybe next weekend to look for more, but this time I will be armed with a list lol.

Thanks for reading and please leave any questions or comments below, Have a great weekend!!!