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

400 Follower Giveaway!!!

For this giveaway I wanted to include a couple of my favorite things :) I can't believe that I am now over 400 followers. This giveaway is open internationally so everyone is free to enter. You can enter until 12/15/12. This way the winner should receive the items really close to x-mas (depending on where you live)

Let's get right to the prizes!

 Now for a loser look

 Everyone needs lotion. It keeps your hands, and cuticle, nice and soft. Vanilla is a pretty universal scent so I figured it would have the best chance of being like by whoever wins.

 OMG! I love this stuff! It works great and it smells yummy. I can't quite figure out the smell but I think it's good :)

 Just another of my favorite. It's a great lip gloss and it isn't sticky like a lot of them out there. Plus it is a peppermint scent and flavor. and it works well with the holidays!

 Can't have a giveaway on a polish blog without some polish. Both of these are from the current Essie Leading Lady collection "Beyond Cozy" and "Leading Lady" I actually just used "Beyond Cozy for my last mani that I just posted.

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Dotting Nail Fail...

When I did the 30 day challenge a few months ago I fell in love with dotting. I decided to try dotting with 3 colors. It looked so much better in my head then it turned out. I figured since this is my blog and I love posting successes, but I think it is good to also posts failures. It shows everyone that no one is perfect and sometimes it just doesn't turn out lol.

 

So for your viewing (or laughing) pleasure:

 

 I started out with 2 coats of Piggy Polish "Never Hide"

 

It's a pretty teal with a golden shimmer.

 

I then used Essie "Butler Please" and Essie "Beyond Cozy" to do the dotting on the nails.

 

 After the dotting I decided to do a french tip using the same polishes.

 

 

Please excuse the random "strands" I have no clue where they came from... but anyways, I just don't like how this turned out lol. It was a learning experience. I think the problem was that the colors I used didn't contrast enough. They kinda just blended together, and then the glitter just looks out of place. Oh well. Live and Learn!

 

I am happy to announce that I have just reached 400+ followers today, which means it's time for my next giveaway. My current one is still running so if you haven't entered yet please make sure to do so here:

I will be putting up the new giveaway either tonight or tomorrow. I'm really excited. I'm trying to decide if I should have 2 winners or just 1??? What do you think?

 

Thanks for reading and make sure to watch for the 400 follower giveaway!!!

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!!

Dark Heart Designs Cosmetics 50% off Sale!!!

So a great company is having a 50% off sale on everything in the store. The owner is trying to raise enough money to buy a new camera and we all know that great pictures helps out an already great product.

I've done a swatch post before that you can find here: Dark Heart Designs Swatches

I also did a post about her awesome Face Primer here: Dark Heart Designs Cosmetics Face Primer

I've since done more swatches and so have a few other girls. Those swatches can be found on our group Pintrest board here: Eye Shadow Swatches

I highly recommend at least checking out the site, you never know what you might find, and you might find something you love.... plus come on, it's 50% off!!!! Who can pass that up???

Ok so go check it out! Thanks!!!