The Face Shop GR502

This polish has been in my untrieds for well over a year now. I know - CRIMINAL! It's soooo pretty!

It looks like a darker, smokier version of Chanel Graphite - it's got that same gold foil-y shimmer going on.

I've been meaning to pick up Graphite but I keep waffling... but if this is any indication of how much I'll love Graphite, I think I need it. Like, now.

Can you see how the colour shifts from a deep grey to an olive to a dirty gold with the different lights? That shimmer is seriously to die for.

What's this? You want?! Well never fear chickens! I've found it on eBay for a pretty good price here (it's #4 in the listing). I'm currently awaiting a bunch of AWESOME Tony Moly's from this seller. I'm so looking forward to them arriving!

Franken - Here, have a Rainbow

Such a simple, simple franken. My goal was a really sheer holo top coat akin to DS Shimmer and PCFS except sheerer. Those two are nice but IMO they are too dense to layer over something dark.

FULL ON DOUBLE RAINBOW!

Here is one coat over LA Girl Millennium, a dark purple foil.

Under artificial light...

And in weaksauce sun

I wish I had better pics to show you guys. It really is very nice but I suck at picking up holos on camera.

The recipe is simple. One third of a nice silver holo and two thirds of clear. Easy peasy! I used Ozotic 509 as my silver holo. I have a... "generous" supply of backups of 509 and I figured it'd be okay if I frankened some of it. LOL

I loved how the bottle looked as I was pouring!

Such a neat effect!

A Few Miscellaneous Things

I'm sorry for the lack of posts the last couple of days but I've been pretty busy trying to study for my upcoming midyear exams. I say "trying to" because it hasn't been a very successful endeavour... chem just isn't my thing.

SOMEBODY KICK ME FOR CHOOSING TO DO CHEMISTRY


Ok.. now that we got that out of the way, here are a few pics I haven't posted yet.

BYS Ruby Slippers. Red foil. A different take on the usual slurry of "ruby red slipper" type polishes. I think this is the only red foil I've ever seen. Very pretty. My brush is so funky though. Take a look.

It kind of looks like it's been caught in the wind...

Etude House PP904. I really love the mini Etude bottles! They are so curvy and they remind me of mini genie bottles. This is a dark taupey/grey/purple with a gold and subtle pink shimmer running through it. It's really unique and I like it a whole lot more than I was expecting to.

Essence Cool and the Gang. Bright, bright royal blue jelly/creme. This is really vibrant. It looks like it's close to Revlon Royal and it's kind of like Orly Royal Navy without the shimmer. Love!!

Ulta3 Allure. This is the colour I layered LA Girl Uninhibited over. It's a really pale pinky-beige neutral creme. One of my favourite nudes. I don't usually like wearing neutrals but this.. I don't know, I just really like it. It's very clean looking. Fresh. The formula is a little tricky though - sheer and streaky. But then again, it's only two dollah!

Rimmel Forest. This has been my mani the last few days. Dude... Best. Green. Shimmer. Ever. For serious. I can't even begin to imagine what the hell those people at Rimmel were on when they decided to discontinue this. Luckily, there's still some up on eBay for very reasonable prices if you missed out (or if you need more backups like me!). I've actually finished a whole bottle of this already if you can believe it. I love it that much. It's a great pedi colour if you like greens on your toes, which I do!



Now, back to exam prep. *cries*

Credit

Green Eggs and (blue) Spam!

I've found myself swatching a lot of my blues so I've decided to post them all at once so... Spammah! And just a warning: not only is there broken nails in this post, but my nails are also super nubs D:

Unnamed Miki. Reminds me of DS Magic/Orly Lunar Eclipse. Very pretty!

Etude House BL009. Sorry I'm not holding the Etude bottle. They are too curvy and funky for my fingers to wrap around properly, LOL. This is just... so. beautiful. Guise, if you no haz, you needz!

Ozotic 201 over a blue creme (I can't remember what it is). There's blue, purple and a sprinkling of holo bar glitter in this one. I must admit... it's not as awesome as I was hoping it to be.

Nfu-Oh 119. Wooo! Blue jelly! JELLEH!

LA Girl Alkaline Blue. Bright blue foil. I love bright coloured foils. This is one is very nice and glowy.

Essie Lapis of Luxury. I really liked last year's Resort collection. Nice squishy cremes that are almost-but-not-really jellies.

Color Club Pure Energy. Isn't that shimmer just glorious?! So so pretty! Tied for my favourite from the Electro Candy collection with the purple.

Bloom Tel Aviv. This pretty much looks black until it hits the sun. Then the bright blue shimmer flecks pop up.

OPI DS Glamour. Dark blue holo... nuff said.

Ozotic 617. Medium blue scattered holo. Love this one!

Hope you guys enjoyed that! ♥

Orly Glitz & Glamour

Glitz & Glamour came out for Holiday 2010 and jumped straight into my favourites. It's my favourite gold though admittedly I don't have Dazzled By Gold. That's one of my biggest lems!

Intense burnished gold. It's so rich and sparkly. Like, REALLY sparkly. The gold foily particles in it are very reflective. I've worn this one a lot. I think I'll need to get myself a backup bottle soon...