New Blogs & ...... an easy 3 colour diagional

2 coats of Sally Hansen Applause, and 2 coats each of Rimmel Climax & Sinful Colors I Love You. I cut a thin strip of a mailing label and applied it diagonally tho the center of my nail, then added the Rimmel, and Sinful polish. I applied 1 coat of TC but I could still see and feel the ridge left by the polish. Normally I 'squish' this down gently with my finger before TC, but this time I did not.

 Here are a few new blogs, and a few that were not on my blog roll, but I followed..... Sometimes blogger does not let me follow people and I have to re-log in 5 or 6 times.... whats up with that?

glazed talons

mad manis

cosmetic-fix

the polish parade

box of polish

bellas lacquer box

polishpassion

lilly faerie-nail-obsession

pretty ninja

definitely-addicted

alana-glamour

haute lacquer

nail art encasa

my nail graffiti

frostbite alley

lately im obsessed with


This is 2 coats of Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Applause - a lovely foil lilac polish that dried very fast - it is awesome.  I know I had sen this on the shelf at the store for 4 or 5 years and never grabbed it. I am glad I did because these are being dis-continued.

I cut up some mailing labels and used these as a guide for the other 2 colours of polish I added.

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fun french tips w/ Art Deco stripe polish

a quickie mani, 2 coats of Rimmel Camouflage with black Art Deco Stripe Rite polish across the tips. I added a coat of TC and stuck a lite green fake rhinestone in the center.. This is supposed to be a curved chevron, I am trying to work on my free-hand funky french tips but I suck. I can barely do a straight line, but for some reason I can do a perfect chevron with the polish brush.

I think I should have used a polish guide for this one.... oh well.....Also, My Art Deco in stripe polish in Black is a very dense black that dries fast.

Rimmel Camouflage on its own - 2 coats

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♥ Rimmel 'Green With Envy' ♥

Rimmel Green with Envy 2 coats with 1 coat of Nailene Acrylic Strong Top Coat

The photos above and the next two are 2 coats of Rimmel Green With Envy, followed by a coat of Nailene Top Coat. I wore this polish twice this week, I had some weird application issues that I found strange. This is a very pretty colour that IS NOT GREEN, this is more of a teal shade. The shimmer in this is prominent and it looks beautiful and 'glowey' in all types of lighting.

Indoor Fluorescent

Indoor Florescent

The rest of these photos are outdoors. I re-wore this polish after my first trial & I got alot of {small} bubbles and weird application issues the second time as well. So this is 3 THIN coats followed with a coat of Nailene Acrylic Strong Top Coat. It wasn't as bad as my first mani, but I still had some tiny bubblez!

Has anyone else had these problems with Rimmel 60 Second Polish's? Everyone else's swatches on Google search images look pretty good, so maybe it is just my application skillz, or the humidity in my region..... Oh well - it's still a pretty shade and  I will definitely not write Rimmel polish's off.....

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Shade with Flash

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♥ Rimmel - 'Night Before' ♥

Rimmel 'NIght Before' 3 thin coats with 1 coat of Nailene Acrylic Strong Top Coat.

Wow - this is a really cool polish. It is vampy and dark but still looks purple in dim lighting.This is an easily accessible polish that is very similar to Claire's Magic however the base colour is a little darker and seems alot more shimmery to me. Rimmel can be found at department stores and pharmacies and I am pretty sure it will be available for a long time.

The false nails I am wearing are Nailene Full Cover Nails = Active Square. I miss wearing my loooong fake nails, but I am doing some around the house and so I needed something a little shorter for the week.

Enjoy The Weekend

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Indoor Fluorescent

Sun

Shade with Flash

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♥ Rimmel 'Climax' w/ Rimmel 'Glam Goth' ♥

Rimmel Climax with Rimmel Glam Goth sponged on tips.

Apparently this is also an older Rimmel polish that was re-packaged when Rimmel changed their bottle shape. This is a nice light lilac shade that I would say is a frosty shimmer......It has some pinky-ness to it that can be seen in the photos and IRL....so a lilac with just a smidgen of pink.

I had a tough time with this polish, I found it to be thick but also the brush seems a little different from most polish brushes that I have experience with. The bristles were dense and also there seemed to be polish 'hiding' in the bushy bristles..... hence the super thick application on my middle finger which resulted in EPIC BUBBLEZ!

But - it turned out to be a lovely shade, I ended up sponging on another Rimmel polish 'Glam Goth' that I found on clearance in fall-time of last year. Glam Goth is a black jelly with dense pink and blue micro-shimmer. Its really neat but very hard to take a picture of. In the the evening sun I can see a prominent rich raspberry shimmer = very pretty.

Instead of sponging the whole tip of my nail, I stared at the middle of my nail, created a 'sponged arc', and then just painted on Glam Goth towards the tips of my nails..... Normally I try to do it all fancy and make sure my nails are evenly sponged - but I am trying to work through my un-tried & un-worn polish's and this Mani will only last for 24-ish hours.

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 Rimmel Climax, Nailene Top Coat, Rimmel Glam Goth

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Pinky - raspberry-ish shimmer

This polish seemed really thick to me and I had some problems applying it. I applied it too thickly and got alot of bubbles on my middle finger.

I sponged on Rimmel 'Glam Goth'  a black based jelly with pretty pink and blue shimmer, using an ordinary kitchen sponge cut into a small square.

Then brushed on Glam Goth to fill in the tips of my nails. When it was dry I applied a nice coat of Nailene Acrylic Strong Top Coat.













Below - the rest of these photos are of the lovely Rimmel Climax - 2 thick coats with 1 coats of Nailene Acrylic Strong Top Coat. The next time I wear this it will be many thin, thin THIN coats, becuase this bubbled like crazy on my middle finger so thin coats are the way to go!!!!

Sunshine

Shade w/ Flash

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Flash

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♥ Rimmel Camouflage ♥

Rimmel Camouflage 2 coats with 2 coats of Nailene Acrylic Strong Top Coat

Nothing new and exciting for you; Sorry!.......just trying to get through my many, many, many untried's so I can justify buying more polish! This is a Rimmel shade thats been on the shelves for a while - I guess it's a good seller and so when they changed their polish product packaging this colour stayed in the collection.This is a very pretty green with ( subtle) gold/yellow shimmer.

There was no sunshine during my photo-shoot, but I will imagine that the gorgeous golden shimmer looks amazing in the sun. There are 1 million photos of this polish on Google images = all are lovely. When i know for certain that it will be sunny for a few hours -  I will likely do a skittles of this in the future with other polish I currently have in this shade/finish.

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Indoor Fluorescent

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♥ More skittles....Sorry? ♥

NOTE: this is an older post I never got around to posting.

I wanted to torture myself a little more trying to take photo of Rimmel 'Glam Goth' as well as do some layering with the sheer -but very pretty- Wet n' Wild 'Bijou Blue' & 'Caribbean Frost'. 'Bijou Blue' did end up looking good layered over N.Y.C. 'S.T.D.' - but 'Caribbean Frost' was still streaky.

They are both really pretty colors, very inexpensive and easy to find. I plan of 'fixing them up' in the future. Not sure exactly how to do that, but I imagine it will be lots of fun♥

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 ~ Fluorescent Lighting ~

 

THUMB - Wn'W 'Sapphire Blue' & INDEX - N.Y.C.  'S.T.D.' 2 coats each w T.C.

 

THUMB - Sapphire Blue 2 coats w/ TC

 

~ NYC 'Skin Tight Denim' 2 coats w/ T.C. ~

 

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This polish 'Caribbean Frost' was surprising in that it was still very sheer and a little streaky when applied over NYC Skin Tight Denim. I am hoping I can do a little tweaking with this polish.... not sure what I will do yet.

LEFT- Wn'W Caribbean Frost 3 coats & 2 coats of T.C.

RIGHT -2 coats of NYC STD & 3 coats of  Wn'W Caribbean Frost 2 coats of T.C.

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Bijou Blue did end up a little more darker when layered over NYC Skin Tight Denim. It is very pretty on it's own, but I like my polish's to have alot of strength and opacity to them.

LEFT- Wn'W  'Bijou  Blue' - 4 coats w/ T.C

RIGHT -  2 coats of NYC STD & 3 coats of  Wn'W  'Bijou  Blue'

~ Rimmel 'Glam Goth'  2 coats w/ TC~

 

 

NYC 'Skin Tight Denim' & Rimmel ' Glam Goth'

  ~ Fluorescent Lighting ~