When I was a kid, I thought this song was called cool summer and not cruel summer. I was born in 1979 so I wasn’t fully aware of pop culture in my childhood years during the 80’s so it always makes me laugh when I remember snippets of stuff like this song. Granted I am more into the Ace of Base version…and I’ll move on because then I’ll start talking about my obsession with Ace of Base and ABBA and that ALWAYS ends poorly.
Although it’s technically not summer yet, it’s usually pretty warm here in Southern California in early June. Surprisingly, the weather has been very mild lately. I’m a little shocked but also happy because I hate the summer heat. HATE IT. I am definitely NOT looking forward to this summer. The one thing I do love about summer are all the summer nail polish collections! I haven’t had the time or energy to go to my nail polish mecca lately so I haven’t seen all the pretty new polishes in person–just drooled over them online.
Today I have another three awesome summery colors from Miss Professional Nail’s Sation Line. I had a difficult time getting good pictures of these colors because they are neons and my camera was going crazy. Other than that, I love these colors! I love the shimmer in the first two and love the creaminess of the darker one. I always find that neons/mattes are kind of a pain to work with but these were not too bad! The formula is a tad too thick for my liking but it’s not a huge deal if you apply the polish carefully.
Shock Me Twice Pink is just that: an electric pink. This is a staple neon color for summer so it’s not terribly unique but it sure is gorgeous. It’s such a beautiful glowing color. I just got flashbacks of eating cubes of Bubble Yum or stuffing my mouth full of Big League Chew. Don’t lie…you know you did it too.
Show Off Your Navel Orange seems like more of a cantaloupe color to me. It’s a nice color, but I don’t feel that it really flatters my skin tone. Again, this color is super bright and has that great shimmer that so many neons seem to have lately.
Fan the Flames Fuchsia is my favorite of the three. It’s a creamy color that doesn’t dry satin/matte like a traditional neon but it’s super bright and saturated. This one had the best formula of the three as well.
How do you feel about neons? Are you feeling the trend or do you think it’s just getting annoying like crackle and magnetic polish? I love to wear these bright colors on my nails since I tend to purchase mostly neutral colors for my wardrobe. Let me know what you think!
****These items were sent for review. This in no way influences my review and opinion of the product.****
Shock Me Twice Pink has to be my favorite. Usually I don't dig blue shimmered pinks but this one is hot!
I've been liking pink a lot lately which is kinda weird for me. It's always awesome to find a fantastic pink like this one.
Shock Me Twice Pink is amazing! I love anything with a blue shimmer!
It sure is amazing. Shimmer does make neons pop.
Shock Me Twice Pink has to be my favorite. Usually I don’t dig blue shimmered pinks but this one is hot!
I’ve been liking pink a lot lately which is kinda weird for me. It’s always awesome to find a fantastic pink like this one.
I am a sucker for colors like "Fan the Flames Fuchsia". It's a super girly color. Like, if you boiled down "Girly" and distilled it, you would get this super concentrated girliness. Then you bottle it, sell it to the masses, and call it "Fan the Flames Fuchia". In love.
Omg I love your description. Distilled and concentrated girliness. 🙂 It is so fitting!
I love all three, but I think I'm with you on this one and like Fan the Flames Fuchsia best. I'm definitely going through a neon phase at the moment – I can't get enough of them!
Speaking of getting song names/lyrics wrong, you know the ABBA song Voulez Vous? Until quite recently I thought one of the lines was "masters of the sea". Then I suddenly realised it was "masters of deceit" …nope, still wrong. I Googled it just now to check, and it's actually "masters of the scene"! XD
LMAO…masters of the sea. I love to hear how people get lyrics way off. When I first heard Eric Clapton's Layla, I thought he was saying "hey love" instead of Layla. And on the ABBA thing, I love them…I even got the Just Dance ABBA game for my Wii. LOL
Fan The Flames Fuchsia is my favorite because it's so creamy!!
I have the Just Dance ABBA game too! I love it! I introduced my friends to it the other day and now they're all obsessed too. 😉
Shock Me Twice Pink is amazing! I love anything with a blue shimmer!
It sure is amazing. Shimmer does make neons pop.
More similarities between us! Ace of Base was my first CD (and I still have it). I also HATE the summer heat. HATE IT. It must run in my family…my brother refers to the sun as his greatest enemy.
I am loving me some Shock Me Twice pink!
Awww! It's so cool to remember your first cd fondly. My first self-purchased CD was Jagged Little Pill and I still ADORE it to this day. I think I did buy Ace of Base but on cassette….I kind of like that I remember buying cassettes.
I like sunny days but I hate the heat. Like when it's really sunny and windy, I am in heaven. I was usually always cold (to the point that I would wear gloves and a blanket in my office) but now that I get the stupid prozac hot flashes, summer is not fun.
Ace of Base was my first CD too!! "The Sign" LOL
I am a sucker for colors like “Fan the Flames Fuchsia”. It’s a super girly color. Like, if you boiled down “Girly” and distilled it, you would get this super concentrated girliness. Then you bottle it, sell it to the masses, and call it “Fan the Flames Fuchia”. In love.
Omg I love your description. Distilled and concentrated girliness. 🙂 It is so fitting!
I love all three, but I think I’m with you on this one and like Fan the Flames Fuchsia best. I’m definitely going through a neon phase at the moment – I can’t get enough of them!
Speaking of getting song names/lyrics wrong, you know the ABBA song Voulez Vous? Until quite recently I thought one of the lines was “masters of the sea”. Then I suddenly realised it was “masters of deceit” …nope, still wrong. I Googled it just now to check, and it’s actually “masters of the scene”! XD
LMAO…masters of the sea. I love to hear how people get lyrics way off. When I first heard Eric Clapton’s Layla, I thought he was saying “hey love” instead of Layla. And on the ABBA thing, I love them…I even got the Just Dance ABBA game for my Wii. LOL
Fan The Flames Fuchsia is my favorite because it’s so creamy!!
I have the Just Dance ABBA game too! I love it! I introduced my friends to it the other day and now they’re all obsessed too. 😉
More similarities between us! Ace of Base was my first CD (and I still have it). I also HATE the summer heat. HATE IT. It must run in my family…my brother refers to the sun as his greatest enemy.
I am loving me some Shock Me Twice pink!
Awww! It’s so cool to remember your first cd fondly. My first self-purchased CD was Jagged Little Pill and I still ADORE it to this day. I think I did buy Ace of Base but on cassette….I kind of like that I remember buying cassettes.
I like sunny days but I hate the heat. Like when it’s really sunny and windy, I am in heaven. I was usually always cold (to the point that I would wear gloves and a blanket in my office) but now that I get the stupid prozac hot flashes, summer is not fun.
Ace of Base was my first CD too!! “The Sign” LOL
I'm a fan of the heat but it doesn't get that hot here. Only a handful of days near 100. I work outside all summer so good thing I don't mind it!! Haha. I'm definitely NOT over neons but once you have a green orange pink yellow and blue you're pretty much done. I still need a few colors tho so I'm always looking for suggestions! 🙂
I’m a fan of the heat but it doesn’t get that hot here. Only a handful of days near 100. I work outside all summer so good thing I don’t mind it!! Haha. I’m definitely NOT over neons but once you have a green orange pink yellow and blue you’re pretty much done. I still need a few colors tho so I’m always looking for suggestions! 🙂
Being born in the 80's, I don't think I could ever get tired of neons. I just don't think I'll be wearing them on my nails in the cold months. OR I might, I'm silly like that.
Being born in the 80’s, I don’t think I could ever get tired of neons. I just don’t think I’ll be wearing them on my nails in the cold months. OR I might, I’m silly like that.