Swatches Part 1, Warm Colors and White (Picture Heavy!)

Hello, Everyone!  I decided to just post a bunch of random swatches for fun.  I'm posting colors that I haven't reviewed so you can see some new colors. :D  These colors didn't get their own review because I deemed the pictures as not good enough for a review. Haha.  Enjoy.

China Glaze Awakening

Deborah Lippmann Razzle Dazzle

Zoya Sophie

China Glaze Sacred Heart (Neon)

Orly Purple Crush

OPI Teenage Dream

Zoya Lindsay

China Glaze Sun Worshiper

OPI The "It" Color

China Glaze It's My Turn

Revlon Grey Suede

Zoya Snow White

OPI Alpine Snow-Matte

And there you have it.  I'll have Swatches Part 2: Cool Colors tomorrow. :)

~LinZ

Easter Egg Nails!!

Hello, Everyone!  Today I have an Easter egg inspired nail design!  All the egg designs are original, but the chick on the fourth finger was inspired by another blog as I was looking at other Easter designs. :D

THUMB:
Base:  OPI "Heart Throb"
Stripes: Orly "Purple Crush" and a Kiss Hot Pink striping bottle.

Use three coats of "HT" and using a striping brush, paint several stripes with "PC" and in between those lines paint stripes with a hot pink color.

POINTER:
Base:  OPI "Gargantuan Green Grape"
Dots:  OPI  "Jade is the New Black" and a bright neon green color.

Use three coats of "GGG" and using a dotting tool make a line of "JitNB", then the neon green, keeping that pattern.

MIDDLE:
Base:  OPI "Rumple's Wiggin'"
Lines:  China Glaze "Spontaneous"

Use two coats of "RW" and then use "Spontaneous" and a striping brush to make the zigzag lines.

FOURTH:
Base:  OPI "Need Sunglasses"
Egg:  OPI "Alpine Snow-Matte"
Beak:  Revlon "Mad About Mango"
Eyes:  Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear "Black Out"

Paint 3 coats of "NS" and using the brush on "AS-M" paint the egg shell.  Using a dotting tool, paint the beak and eyes.

PINKY:
Base:  Orly "Gumdrop"
Stripes:  China Glaze "Shower Together" and "First Mate".

Paint two coats of "GD".  Then using a striping brush, paint three stripes of "ST", and on the top of those stripes, paint stripes with "FM".

Enjoy!  And I hope everyone has a nice weekend, hopefully spending it with family or friends. :)  

HAPPY EASTER!

~LinZ

Revlon: Not So Blueberry (With guest nails!)

Hello, Everyone!  Today I have a swatch of Revlon's "Not So Blueberry".  The color isn't actually mine.   It's my sister's.  Well, at least, I bought it for her, so it's hers.  I didn't use it.  But!  I did her nails over Spring Break.  And here they are, shaped, buffed, and painted. :D

Two coats.

"Not So Blueberry" is a lavender/periwinkle shimmer polish.  The pictures are color accurate.

The color is supremely light and airy.  It doesn't seem heavy on the nails.  "Not So Blueberry" is a part of Revlon's scented nail polishes.  This one is supposed to smell like blueberries, obviously. :D  And it kind of did.  It certainly smelled good.

And then my sister wanted the "Black Shatter".  So we shatter-fied it.

It looks good!  It's a nice combination!

I love this color.  And yet I don't own it.  I bought it as a gift because I am a loving sister. :D  I'm considering getting it for myself.  My Spring Break is practically over.  Farewell.

My sister has a blog of her own, and check it out, HERE, if you're bored. LOL. 

OH!  And, everyone, don't forget to make a Zoya account by 5 PM EST, becaue there is a promo coming up~!

~LinZ

Pink and Red Swatches Explosion! (For V-Day!)

Hello, Everyone!   Today I went though all my old photos to find all the reds and pinks of my nail polish collections.  And the ones I didn't have pictures of I swatched and quickly took pictures.  I have more pinks and reds than I thought.  Huh.  Well, the whole reason I did this is because Valentine's Day is coming up.  Enjoy.

O.P.I "The One That Got Away"

Orly "Purple Crush"

O.P.I "Ate Berries in the Canaries"

China Glaze "Strawberry Fields"

O.P.I "Teenage Dream"

Zoya "Harlow"

Deborah Lippmann "Razzle Dazzle"

O.P.I "Heart Throb"

Lippmann "Some Enchanted Evening" over O.P.I "Heart Throb"

China Glaze "Sacred Heart (Neon)"

China Glaze "Ruby Pumps"

O.P.I "Big Apple Red"

O.P.I "From A to Zurich"

Revlon "Ruby Ribbon"

O.P.I "Tease-y Does It"

WHEW. OKAY.  I had to add the last one in just in case someone wants a more vampy color.  It's seductive and sultry and a bunch of other words. :P
It's kind of fun doing this.  I might do it more often.  Pictures are the most important/interesting part of a nail blog!  Half the people don't even read the text!  But I don't get angry.  Because I am guilty of doing the same thing!  But I usually TRY to read the text.

My nail polish has grown a lot for the past few weeks, and it's slightly becoming a problem.  I don't know what to do with them!

Random thought, but Michael Bublé and his songs speak to me.

☮ ♥ ☀

~LinZ

Revlon: Mad About Mango

Hello, Everyone!  Today I have one of Revlon's SCENTED nail polishes!  I saw the display in Walgreens and saw the color "Mad About Mango" and I LOVE LOVE LOVE mangos, so I had to get it.  I got the color more for the smell than the color.  I was actually afraid the color wouldn't go with my skin tone.  Anywho!  Here's the review.

 

All photos were taken by a window with sunlight with three coats.  The photos are color accurate.

"Mad About Mango" is a bright orange creme.  It is opaque in 2 coats, but it is rather streaky, forcing me to use three coats.  The color is supposed to smell like mangos when dry, at least, that's what I assumed.  And you know what happens when you assume.  Anyway, long story short, the polish definitely smells fruity, but I wouldn't say MANGO-y.  After I applied Seche Vite to make it shiny (because it's not all that shiny by itself), I could still faintly smell the fruitiness.  Which was unexpected, but a good unexpected.

The application was fine, just streaky, and drying time was normal.  Removal was easy.  As for the wear, I only wore it for a day and a half, but for that time, it didn't chip.

This color is bright and fun and perfect for the summer!  So perhaps now isn't the best time for it, but then again, I don't follow the season's colors.  I wear what I feel like wearing.  End of story. :D  I got it at Walgreens for a little under $5.  I ended up really liking the color, and it went fine with my skin tone. :D

That's all for today!  It's been quite cloudy where I live.  But luckily not too cold.  I have been ITCHING to get my hands on the Katy Perry Collection and the Anchor's Away collection.  It's slightly killing me on the inside that I don't have them yet.

Sorry that I keep changing the layout of the blog.  I just change my mind too often.  But I like the layout now because it's simple and doesn't seem crowded or busy.  But we'll see how long it lasts. Lol.

☮  ♥ ☀

~LinZ

Revlon Scented Polishes

Hello, Everyone! Today I had to make a quick run at Walgreens and guess what I found?  I saw that Revlon has a bunch of scented nail polishes (scented when dry).  So, I looked at the colors and the scents and chose....

"Mad About Mango"!  

I LOVE mangos, so it was only natural that I pick this color.  Plus, the other scents bored me (ie. Ocean Breeze, etc.)

So. I will have a swatch hopefully tomorrow. :)

And I am patiently waiting for my closest ULTA to get O.P.I's Katy Perry collection.  And hopefully I can get some colors from China Glaze's Anchors Away collection soon at Sally's.

And on a side note, I've been thinking about cutting my nails, not to total nubbins, but definitely shorter.  

☮ ♥ ☀

~LinZ

Revlon: Ruby Ribbon

Hello, Everyone!  Today I have my second matte polish from Revlon, "Ruby Ribbon".  I first saw this polish on Polish Obsessed and I thought, "I have to find this color."  And that one day at ULTA, I found it when I wasn't even looking for it.  ULTA is just awesome.

 

All the pictures were taken next to the dim light coming out of my window.  It's been awfully cloudy today.  There is two coats of color. :)  The photos are pretty much color accurate.  The best representation of the color is the photo with just the thumb nail.

 

"Ruby Ribbon" is a dark red matte polish.  I did not use a base coat or a top coat with this polish. "Ruby Ribbon" is the sister of "Emerald City", which comes from the same collection.  I like to think of them as siblings. :P

Now. The first coat is a bit uneven, but the color is perfect in two coats.  I have worn "Ruby Ribbon" for two days and no chips!  And it doesn't look like it will be chipping anytime soon.  And no tip wear yet.  :D

When applying "Ruby Ribbon", you don't have to work as fast as normal mattes because it dries slower than normal matte polishes.  So that gives you time to cover the whole nail without dragging the color.  Even thought it dries SLOWER than normal mattes, it still dries FAST. :)

I honestly think the color looks like red leather. :D  It doesn't have this TOTAL matte feel to it because it doesn't dry chalky like a lot of mattes.

And as you can see on my ring finger, I did some nail art.  I saw the design on Chloe's Nails and I couldn't wait to use "Crystal" by Zoya, so there you go. Lol.  A sneak peek to "Crystal".

That is it for today. :)  I'm thinking that tomorrow's post will be "Jade is the New Black" by O.P.I.

☮  ♥ ☀

~LinZ