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Dollish Polish Wicked Wario

Posted on 7 January, 20154 January, 2015 by Cynthia

Did I tell you that I now have the full Dollish Polish Super Mario Bros. Collection due to the generosity and awesomeness of Amy and Amanda? They are so thoughtful and knew how much I wanted to get my hands on this collection so they sent these to me slowly building up the collection for me. I love you girls so much for being so sweet–these polishes mean a lot to me! I’ve been on a very limited polish budget for a few months now mostly owing to the fact that my rent went up quite a bit, so I just hadn’t picked these up on my own. Polish v. housing…it shouldn’t be such a hard decision, right? Only polish hoarders understand the struggle. Today I’m going to show you Dollish Polish Wicked Wario, but first let me show you what I used as my base color.

KBShimmer Hugs & Wishes (press sample) is just gorgeous. There is nothing else I can say about this polish that you haven’t heard yet: beautiful creme and opaque with two easy coats.

Dollish Polish Wicked Wario is such a unique glitter topper. It has purple micro glitters with small green hexes as well as gold and white glitter. I have no idea how this glitter combination works, but it totally does. I don’t think it would be a full coverage glitter on its own, so you definitely need a solid color underneath.

What do you think of this combination? Are you a huge Super Mario Bros. fan like me? What collection have you been lusting over but haven’t bitten the bullet yet? Is there a discontinued collection that you missed out on that you’d like to get your hands on? Well, I hope your week is going well so far, and I will talk to you soon!

Dollish Polish Go Luigi!

Posted on 16 December, 201416 December, 2014 by Cynthia

It’s supposed to rain here again, and I am super happy about it. I don’t know why I’ve always loved rain so much, but it’s just super cozy weather. I definitely don’t like driving in the rain because here in SoCal, we basically forget all normal rules of the road and drive around as if we were in bumper cars. Since we’ve had such a bad drought, I really do hope that we get enough rain to help us through the dry patch. Last night I worked on two manicures for later in the week, and I was quite proud of myself for actually doing things in advance. Now if I could just write up my posts in advance, that would be great! A girl can dream, right? A couple of weeks ago I pulled out all of my indies from my melmers to admire them. Do any of you do that or is it just me? I love how huge the indie market is no, but I easily become overwhelmed by all the different brands and collections. I think that one of my top favorite collections is the Dollish Polish Super Mario Bros. Collections because I was/am a total Nintendo nerd and Super Mario Bros. was my first video game. I still remember the pure moment of euphoria the day we picked up our NES at Toys R Us. Isn’t it funny how you can remember feelings that you had when you were a child? I don’t recall specifics about that day, but still get butterflies thinking about what it was like to go to the store and pick it up. I also recall the cashier saying it was like $100-something and I was thinking that was sooo much money. Anyway, the reason I started talking about Nintendo is because today I have Dollish Polish Go Luigi! to show you.

I started out with two coats of Sinful Colors Peppered Amazon. I don’t know about you, but I think this is one of the prettiest Sinful Colors to come out in a really long time. The green color is gorgeous and that shimmer really elevates it. Despite the heavily pigmented formula, it did not stain my nails.

Dollish Polish Go Luigi! is a great glitter topper full of blue, green and turquoise hexes in varying sizes as well as silver stars. I absolutely love this!

What do you think of this glitter topper? What do you think about Peppered Amazon? I really like this combination, but I think that next time I will use a dark black polish as my base because the glitter will really pop. Well, I hope you’re having a nice day, and I will talk to you soon!

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Dollish Polish The Angels Have The Phone Box

Posted on 18 November, 2014 by Cynthia

It seems that every time I post I make a half-ass apology so today I’m just gonna say that I haven’t posted cause I just haven’t been in the mood. So simple! But, I do want to get back into the swing of things because I just realized that next month will be 3 year anniversary of starting this blog. Woah. That is quite an accomplishment for me because I am the queen of the quitters, so I definitely want to start posting regularly. A few weeks ago I got this gorgeous polish for my birthday from Frosso. I’m still mad at Frosso for retiring from blogging (not really, ok, yes…), but since we still pretty much message every day I am not completely distressed. Here is Dollish Polish The Angels Have The Phone Box.

Even with indoor lighting, this polish looks gorgeous. The formula seems a little thin at first but it builds up nicely.

And look how it comes alive in this lighting. It’s so pretty!!!! Blue. Scattered Holo. Doctor Who. I didn’t have a chance. Yes, I love this polish. I love it so hard.

So thank you, thank you, thank you, Frosso for the awesome gift. I have the most generous friends with the best taste in polish, don’t I? Tomorrow I have another post lined up for my return to The Beauty Buffs. I hope you come back to check it out. Thanks for stopping by today, and I will talk to you soon.

Dollish Polish 1-UP

Posted on 16 June, 201415 June, 2014 by Cynthia

I know it’s just the middle of June, but is anyone else already excited about having a long weekend for the 4th of July? I find that I basically live for long weekends, and I am already planning to do absolutely nothing but lounge around in my apartment. I will not let anyone rope me into doing holiday stuff and will just be lazy for 3 days straight. I’m so looking forward to it! So today being a Monday and my least favorite day of the week, I decided to wear a polish that just makes me insanely happy when I wear it: Dollish Polish 1-UP. Why would a polish make me insanely happy? Well, dear reader, because it brings me back to the late 80’s when my parents bought us a Nintendo console. This was huge for us because we were fairly broke and we had to pick between getting a VCR or a Nintendo. Well, of course there was no contest. I played Super Mario Bros for hours and hours and hours until I managed to pass the whole game which was the crown achievement of my childhood. Anyway…now you know why this polish makes me happy!

To start with, I applied two coats of Jessica Velvets & Pearls as my base color. I love this greyed black polish!

And this is two coats of Dollish Polish 1-UP. Oh my gah, I love this polish so much. It’s so unique and of course I love it even harder because it’s Super Mario Bros themed. This was a super fantastic present from Amanda so a million thanks for the awesome polish. I was playing the new SMB on my Wii this weekend, but I’m pretty rusty and part of me misses the original in all its 8-Bit glory. I remember the first time I figured out that you could get unlimited 1-UP’s when you jumped on the duck shell as it was coming down the stairs. Remember that trick?

What a fun game! None of the crazy shooting, Grand Theft Auto, Halo bullshit of nowadays. I sound like some old lady right now, don’t I? haha You’ll still like me, right? Well, thank you so much for stopping by today and for joining me in my hatred for Mondays. Talk to you soon!

Dollish Polish Zombie Flesh

Posted on 30 May, 201429 May, 2014 by Cynthia

Aren’t you freaking happy that it’s Friday? Hell, I am! Even though this was a short week because I didn’t work on Memorial Day, the week has just lagged! It’s all good, though, because the weekend is here and I’m going to thoroughly enjoy it. I don’t really have any plans except maybe watching Maleficent and doing a bunch of swatching for the coming week. I am trying to only do swatching on the weekend and have all my posts prepared for the upcoming week so that I give my phalanges some rest. The polish I have for you today is one that I wanted forever cause I love zombies: Dollish Polish Zombie Flesh. This polish was a gift from Amanda…I think. Ugh…I’m such a dork. Since a bunch of my best blogging gf’s and I do a birthday polish exchange thing, I got so much awesome stuff last September. I wrote down all the items I received and from whom on a spreadsheet that is now locked in my broken laptop. Sad times. I’m pretty sure it was Amanda who got this for me, but I’ll update it if I find out otherwise.

Isn’t this an amazingly unique polish? I just love that pukey green base and all that gorgeous glitter. It’s a rather sheer polish but it does build up well so I applied 3 thin coats for my swatches.

Oh, and here is a Peanut picture:

He kind of likes Street Fighter right now. He’s been a little Mr. Fussypants lately because he just got some vaccines and his little legs hurt. Other than that, he’s as cute as ever.

I hope you’re having a good Friday and that you have an even better weekend. Don’t forget to join us tomorrow for Stamping Saturdays!!! Thanks for stopping by today, and I will talk to you soon.

Dollish Polish Hip Hop Hippity Hop

Posted on 2 February, 2014 by Cynthia

Oh my GOD can you believe the game today? I was glued to the TV because I couldn’t believe how it was playing out! My favorite part was when…I DIDN’T WATCH THE GAME. Since I had nothing to do today except keeping up with my rest after being sick for the last few days, I just lounged around at home and watched a bunch of movies on Netflix. I watched this amazing movie called Remembrance about Hannah, a Jewish woman in a concentration camp who falls in love with Tomasz, a Polish man, who is working in the camp. He manages to break her out by impersonating a German officer and they flee to his mother’s home. His mother does not approve of Hannah because she is Jewish. Tomasz leaves Hannah at his mother’s home when he has to leave for a few days because he is trying to smuggle out pictures of the atrocities in the concentration camps. When Tomasz doesn’t return, Hannah ends up leaving but leaves a note for him even though he is believed to be dead. The movie is done in flashbacks so we see that Hannah is now married and living in NY when she sees Tomasz on a television interview talking about her and how he fell in love with her in that camp. I won’t spoil the rest of the movie in case you are interested in watching it. I loved how it ended even though I wanted MORE!!!! Anyway, I hope you check out this movie because it’s really great. The polish I’m sharing with you today is Dollish Polish Hip Hop Hippity Hop which was a birthday gift from my good friend Amanda from Mae’s Beauty. Let’s take a look at my swatches below.

I love how beautiful and delicate this polish is. The formula is absolutely perfect as it is very creamy and applies perfectly. I was expecting a difficult formula as it is a light and pastel color, but it only needed two thin coats for complete opacity. So pretty, right?

Well, tomorrow I have to go to work and then after work I’m going to see my doctor. I’m sure this coming week is going to be full of lots of unpleasantness, but that is just step 1 in my year of getting healthy, right? I hope that you’ve had a nice weekend and don’t forget to stop by tomorrow because I will have my review of the OPI Brazil Collection all ready to dazzle you. I can’t wait to hear what you think about the whole collection. Talk to you soon!

Dollish Polish Spank You Very Much

Posted on 5 June, 2013 by Cynthia

Happy Wednesday everybody–or as I like to call it, ONE OF THE BEST DAYS OF THE WEEK BECAUSE I DON’T HAVE TO WORK!!!!!!!! Woooot! I was lamenting yesterday on twitter that I have been finding an alarming amount of gray hair lately which seems to have creeped up on me in the last 4-5 months which coincidentally coincides with me starting the most horrible job I’ve ever had in my life. I guess a job could give you gray hair, right? In any case, I’m 33 so I guess some gray hair is ok so I’m not going to worry too much about it. I am way too lazy to dye my hair so I’ll let nature take its course. Today I have a super fun polish to share with you: Dollish Polish Spank You Very Much. This beautiful polish was a gift from the amazing Amy from The Fancy Side–she is just one of those people whom I have just clicked with because of our shared love of polish and the fact that we are both kind of weirdos and have the same morbid and disgusting sense of humor. I say that with love, Amy.

I love this so much…the combination of green, teal and purple glitters of many sizes is just gorgeous. I decided to apply one coat over NARS Ethno Run Right–an amazing navy blue that I previously reviewed here. This polish can look very different depending on the base color that you use or if you decide to wear it on it’s own. I love how it looks against such a deep base and I can’t wait to try other combinations. It was incredibly easy to apply this glitter so I have no complaints regarding application.

Look at this amazing macro shot! I just couldn’t help showing you how gorgeous this polish is!!!

I am about to start making something for lunch, but I have to go to the post office first and then I can sit back down and continue to feast on episode upon episode of Doctor Who. I am a few episodes into season 4 and I just saw Rose ad the end of episode 2…sweet baby Jesus on rollerskates, I am freaking out. I’m trying to get used to the idea of Donna as his companion, but to tell you the truth, I find Catherine Tate a little difficult to like…maybe because I didn’t like her in The Office either? I don’t know, but I’ll try to be “open-minded.” Anyway, thanks so much for stopping by today and as Ace Ventura would say:

I’ll catch up with you later!

Dollish Polish Toad-ally Awesome

Posted on 27 May, 201327 May, 2013 by Cynthia

I hope you’re all having a nice and long Memorial Day weekend if you’re in the states. Unfortunately, I am working today so I will live vicariously through you if you’re enjoying a three day weekend. Work was actually really busy today and I had quite a few customers tell me that they were sorry that I had to work on Memorial Day. Well, I wish I could have told those customers to eff off because it is because of customers like them who continue to call us to bitch and moan on a holiday that we have to stay open. If they stopped calling on holidays, maybe we could be closed. Anyway, that’s just me being bitter about having to work when most people were out relaxing at a bbq or at the beach. I didn’t really have any time to do a mani to celebrate Memorial Day but I still stuck to a red white and blue theme! I decided to try a polish that Amy from The Fancy Side sent me last week. She is such a sweetheart and surprised me with this polish and another Dollish Polish baby that was on my wishlist. Thank you so much, Amy! You may remember my first post involving this collection and what a polish boner I got when I heard about it. You can see my original post of It’s A Me, Mario here. I just love Mario Bros. to bits so how couldn’t I love this whole collection??? Dollish Polish Toad-ally Awesome is, well, totally awesome!

I started with two perfect coats of LVX Phantom which is part of the LVX Summer 2013 Collection that I received for review. (You can see my review here.) I have mentioned it before, and I will say it again: this polish is white perfection!

I love this polish so hard. I only wish it had been easier to get the glitter bits out because I basically had to fish for the larger, white, blue and red pieces because otherwise all I was getting was the tiny blue and gold glitter. I did shake it up well and also let it sit upside down for a while, but it didn’t help much. Ultimately, I don’t have a problem with fishing for the larger glitter since this seems to happen a lot with glitter bombs.

Since it is Memorial Day here in the states, I just wanted to say a couple of things. I know we are very divided when it comes to where our troops should be and our involvement in world affairs. No matter what you may think about all of this, there is nothing more despicable in my mind than to not support our troops who come back home. After working for many years at a job where I worked with a lot of vets who were trying to get their medical needs covered, the VA seems to be a total joke. But then again, that can be said about our whole medical system as a whole. I just want to thank all those brave men and women who are fighting for us now and who have fought in the past: thank you for your service and sacrifices. Ok, off my soapbox!

Did you get a chance to create any patriotic manis? Did you do anything fun today? Let me know what you think about this fun polish; are you also a Mario Bros. fanatic? Thanks for stopping by today!

Birthday Polish: Dollish Polish It’s A Me, Mario!

Posted on 12 November, 2012 by Cynthia

One of the pivotal moments of my childhood was in the late 80’s when my parents finally caved and bought my brother and I a Nintendo. The NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) became like a babysitter for my mother because it would keep my brother and I entertained for hours. Any time she wanted to punish me, she didn’t take away the TV or my toys: she took away the Nintendo. Although I was only 8 years old, I became quite good at Super Mario Bros. and my life’s goal became to pass all 8 worlds. I don’t even remember how long it took me to pass the whole game, but I do remember the day it happened as if it was just yesterday. I had gotten to world 8 stage 4 and I had no more lives left and I was little Mario which meant that one touch would kill me. I made it all the way to Bowser/Koopa and in some random inspiration, I just ran under Bowser when he jumped up and pulled the bridge out from under his feet. At that point, both my brother and I stared at each other neither daring to utter a single word. Once we saw Princess Toadstool, we both screamed. I threw the control in the air and we jumped up and we hugged each other while still jumping up and down. Does this make me sound silly? Maybe. But I don’t think I can remember any other massive accomplishment at that age that rivaled the sweet triumph of beating Super Mario Bros. This video is of level 8-4 and obviously this person is pretty good at the game. I just wanted to show you what it looked like:

Even the music made me what to cry. So why am I telling you about my nerdiest of nerdy childhood moments? (Ok, there is another moment that is nerdier than this: I created a “Plant Club” and made all the neighborhood kids join. It involved digging holes and looking for pre-hisotric plants and fossils. Yeah, stop laughing. Now. Bite me, ok?) The reason why I am sharing this is because you might start to imagine what a video game and polish boner I got when I heard about Dollish Polish’s Super Mario Bros. Collection. So when I got It’s A Me, Mario! from the lovely Amanda (go check out her blog–she’s awesome!!) for my birthday, I was seriously in Nintendo heaven. I’ve been admiring it on its velvet cushion for the last month or so and finally decided to use it. I started with 2 coats of Essie Butler Please:

When I applied the first coat ofButler Please, I was kind of surprised at how watery it seemed. It was really thin and kind of streaky. However, after a second thick coat, it was fine.

And here is the star of the show:

This is 1 coat of Dollish Polish It’s A Me, Mario! The blue and red glitter was not very hard to apply, but getting some stars was a serious bitch. I had to fish for those stars for what seemed like ages. In the end, I don’t care that I had to fish for stars because they were worth it. I love this polish.

Ready for some food porn?

I didn’t have anything to eat for lunch so by around 5:00, I was starving. I wanted a sandwich–with a twist–so I decided to go to El Gallo Giro which is a chain of Mexican food restaurants that are based in Socal. I was craving horchata as well so I thought it would be perfect. This was my lunch/dinner:

This thing was massive–massively delicious. It is a carne asada torta which is basically a grilled steak sandwich. They grill thin steak and layer it in a toasted bun with mayo, cheese, lettuce, tomato, jalapenos and guacamole. Holy moley this was good…and I’m full until next week.

What do you think of my Super Mario Bros. mani? Do you have any nerdy childhood moments that you would like to share? No? Just me? Alrighty then.