Month: May 2012

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Zoya Stella

Posted on by Cynthia

Stella is another polish that I purchased during the Zoya Earth Day Extravaganza. As you may recall, I ended up purchasing 14 bottles. Yeah, that’s right so don’t judge me you hypocrite. I really like that all these polishes have first names because it’s fun to pick out the polish with your name. Cynthia is a super dark and smoky color so I think it fits me perfectly.

I used this polish in honor of my friend Mavel who encouraged me to start this blog. We were always sharing nail polish stuff and she always told me I should blog. Additionally, she is the one who told me about all the nail places that I now basically live at. I can say that I have Mavel to thank for my rampant polish purchases. Mavel has the most adorable daughter named Stella–hence the choice of polish.

I couldn’t see the shimmer that much in the bottle so I really loved it when I went out in the sun. I only used two coats which seemed like full coverage but now I’m seeing some vnl.  🙁 I still like this polish despite the vnl.

What are you wearing today?

I Have No Willpower

Posted on by Cynthia

I’m hanging my head in shame as I share this information with you: I caved on my no-buy and purchased some nail polish. A few. More than a few…a lot. It all started on Saturday. I had been feeling crappy so my resolve to not buy any polish melted away. I was immediately tempted when the Cult Nails sale started. I just couldn’t pass up getting 3 polishes at 50% off. Sooooo…I bought three: Hypnotize Me, Let Me Fly and Iconic. Then later that day, I noticed that a friend had posted a $5 gift card for Sephora on my facebook. I didn’t think it was real, but it turns out that it’s a new app and it really worked. So I was just perusing the sephora site when I saw that Nails. Inc had brought back their neutrals set.

They are FOUR full size polishes that retail for $9.50 each, and this set costs $25. I didn’t really have to think too much about this so I snatched it up.  The retail therapy seemed to help, BUT now I had to deal with the guilt of failing!

Then today I was over the moon when I got the news about my dog  paperwork so I went completely insane and ended up buying all sorts of craziness.

From the 2012 Poppy-Razzi Collection: Lights and Bazooka

From the 2012 Love & Acceptance Collection: Who Is the Boss and Love & Acceptance

Random Color Club: Age Of Aquarius, Pucci-Licious and Hydrangea Kiss

Then I went to Ross and found some new Color Club sets…like I was going to pass this up. These are not labeled like the previous All About Color set so I’ve contacted Color Club to see if they can help.

And lastly, I saw a few Essie bottles at Ross for $3.49!!! When did Ross start carrying Essie? I failed to notice that these are super close to the Essies I had just purchased an hour ago. I guess I was too excited about Essie at Ross to even notice.

Essie: Nice Is Nice and Absolutely Shore

So, I am really annoyed with myself right now because I didn’t buy any polish for almost 2 weeks and then went out and purchased 23 bottles. Is this the ugly face of addiction? I think so.

OPI Chop-Sticking To My Story

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I have a confession to make: I love Anderson Cooper. He is just so cute in a weird quirky way. I always watch his talk show and it’s funny to see how weird he really is. He reminds me of another news anchor on Spanish TV that is also a well respected journalist.

Anderson Cooper                          Jorge Ramos

Uhm, hello silver foxes! Meow.

So we spent mother’s day at my bro and sil’s house and we had a fun time. Of course we ate way too much which was the best part. I got my mom a perfume set of Kate Spade’s Twirl which I really like. Now I want one for myself. We were running late yesterday and I still hadn’t done my nails so I just rushed and picked a color in a hurry. I settled on OPI Chop-Sticking To My Story because it’s one of my untrieds. It’s really pretty–reminds me of a pumpkin.

 

I am a huge fan of the Hong Kong Collection and this is one of my favorites. I could have gotten away with one thick-ish coat but I did two thin coats out of habit.  What do you think of this color?

I hope you all had a nice weekend.

Sinful Colors Cinderella

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I was really excited to try this color because I had heard so much about it. I like my baby blues for sure and when I saw the pretty shimmer, I thought that it would be a winner for sure. The polish is extremely sheer; I applied four coats for the pictures below, and I could still see vnl faintly. I added a few drops of Seche Restore to make it easier to work with and that seemed to help out tremendously.

I don’t have much to say about this polish. It’s nice and a great bargain but I hate vnl with a passion. I guess I could wear some granny panties to eliminate the vnl, but that just seems like too much work. Have you tried this polish before? What do you think of this color?

Where U Been Girl?

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Every time I say I’m feeling fantastic, life kinda bitchslaps me a little bit. I don’t know why I’ve been feeling kind of blah the last two days. I passed out all day yesterday. I seriously fell asleep at noon and woke up like at 6pm and then went back to sleep at 11pm. How weird is that?  I had a weird dream last night too that I can’t quite remember but that I know made me feel strange when I woke up. I haven’t even gone to the gym! I dragged myself out of bed this morning and went to the mall today so I could find something for my mom since tomorrow is Mother’s Day. I ended up getting her a perfume set since she’s a perfume whore like me. There were so many freaking people out shopping and it was pretty hot outside: it’s perfect beach weather.

I also noticed that I have a lot of comments that I haven’t responded to which makes me feel bad because I love to interact with all of you. I promise I’ll catch up today. I also haven’t even changed my nail polish…now you know something is wrong. hahaha

I am having a major problem right now: I really, really, really want to buy some Cult Nails polishes because they are on sale for $5. AAAARRRRGGGHH! Should I break my promise not to buy polish for one month?

I’m contemplating painting my nails right now but don’t know what color to use. I need to pull myself out of this funk!

Sinful Colors Zeus

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I finally got around to trying my first Sinful Colors polish. I bought 4 of them a few weeks ago when they were on sale for $1 at Walgreens. I have to say that I absolutely love this color. It’s just what I was in the mood for. The formula left a lot to be desired: it was goopy and runny at the same time and I found it very difficult to apply it evenly. For the second coat, I added a few drops of Seche Restore to the polish and it was perfectly smooth and manageable.

How beautiful is that shimmer?

Today I saw Dr. H for the last time, apparently. He told me that he was going to be working at a new place starting in July. Ugh. I really liked him. He was the one who treated me during my last hospitalization, and I feel really comfortable with him. He’s not my therapist, just my psychiatrist so we mainly focus on my meds and how I’m feeling. We talked about him doing the freaking dog letter again but I guess all those things have to go through the director so Dr. H is supposed to call me back once he talks to her. It really sounded like they’re going to do it now. I won’t hold my breath.

I also didn’t go to the gym today. I was totally not feeling like it today so I’ll  be sure to work extra hard tomorrow. Working out daily has made me feel so much better. I feel like I’ve accomplished something! I need to go buy my mom a gift for mother’s day. She is a perfume lover like me so I was thinking of buying her a nice set. I might hit up Sephora tomorrow to check stuff out.

OH NO THEY DIDN’T!!! I was just finishing up this post as I watched Grey’s Anatomy and all of a sudden there is a plane crash. Ok, I nearly shit myself. I can’t wait till next week.

OPI Designer Series Opulence + Coronation

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Do you think that the OPI Designer Series polishes are worth the extra cash? I think some of them are like these two. Others are just fancy glitterbombs that I’d rather pass up. I couldn’t really tell how pretty this is until I put it on my nails and went out in the sun. Sooooooo pretty. I used Opulence and only needed 2 coats. It applied effortlessly.

 

I then used Coronation for the diagonal tips.

 

And lastly I used my new dotting tools for the black dots along the tip line.

What do you think of this? I’m already getting bored by it. I wasn’t feeling very inspired today so I just threw this on my nails. I started checking google for nail art ideas and I came across some really weird shit.

I think this is going to give me nightmares tonight. (Source)

 

This is tacky and cool at the same time. (Source)

 

Is this for real? lol I loooove this. I loved playing Super Mario 3 so much when I was a kid. How bad did Super Mario 2 suck??! (Source)

 

And these because our country isn’t quite fat enough yet. (Source)

Ugh…I guess I need to get my lazy butt to the gym now.

Orly Skinny Dip

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I don’t tend to purchase many Orly polishes and I don’t know why. They are just as easily accessible to me, but it seems that I don’t pay much attention to their collections. Even when I am aware of their upcoming collections, I am not as excited to get my hands on them. Their Summer 2012 Feel The Vibe Collection is full of neons which are super popular right now. However, I wasn’t really feeling the colors. The only one that I was interested in is Skinny Dip: of course it’s a blue that I love, and it had this super pretty light purple microshimmer flash in the bottle. As I have come to expect, the purple pretty much disappears once the nails. It dries satiny so you need a top coat if you want a shiny finish. I applied 3 coats and I felt that it needed all three. It is a sheer polish, but it’s easily buildable.

 

I’ve never really done sponging which I think looks amazing. I wanted to use some glitter (gasp!) to sponge on my tips so I looked through all my glitter polishes. I chose Wet N Wild Believe Me It’s Real which came out for the holidays in 2011. I had such a hard time finding this collection because it was a Walgreens exclusive and it seemed that no one had even heard of it. Since I don’t have Gelous, I had to apply like a million coats of Poshé to smooth out the glitter. This glitter is rough and eats up top coat like a mofo.

I can’t believe I still haven’t cut my nails yet. O_o I think this is the longest they have EVER been even when I wore acrylics. It’s been so weird getting used to the length, but I think I’m finally getting the hang of it.

I think the people I see regularly at the gym are going to start calling me the crazy nail girl. What do you think of this combo? Not too flashy?

Zoya Breezi

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I guess there comes a point in every nail polish hoarder collector’s life where you realize that you kind of have all the colors out there.  There will always be slight finish variations, but the base colors will all start to resemble each other. Today I was looking at Zoya Breezi wondering what do do with it. Once I painted my nails with it, I immediately saw OPI Suzi Says Feng Shui. Do I really want the same colors a million times just by different brands? YES!

Ok, maybe not but I am starting to rethink my nail polish purchases. Once the excitement of buying new stuff wears off, I am not that happy that I am so easily duped. Since I haven’t been purchasing nail polish this month, I realize that it’s not really a big deal. I’m not saying I don’t love nail polish anymore. I guess I am saying that I need to be much more practical with my nail polish purchases.

Breezi is such a pretty color. I am just so into these blues. The formula was perfect and I only needed two coats. It dries very glossy, but I still topped it with Poshé.

 

I did some konading on top of this, but I just did such a crappy job with it that I didn’t even take pictures. It’s just kind of sloppy and crooked.

To quote one of the funniest teen movies ever:

Tai: Do you think she’s pretty?
Cher: No, she’s a full-on Monet.
Tai: What’s a monet?
Cher: It’s like a painting, see? From far away, it’s OK, but up close, it’s a big old mess.

So that’s what my nails are like: from a distance they look fine, but up close they look like a mess.

How was your Monday? I still have to drag myself to the gym. I feel gross today. I’m getting cramps. 🙁 Blaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!