Revlon Coconut Crush

So sorry for the lack of updates!
My marketing team and I just learned on Wednesday night that our big project (we have to develop a new product/service) and final presentation (pitch the idea to the class) is on the 23rd! We have less than 2 weeks to do it and prepare for it!!!!!! So my next week is filled with group meetings and late hours at school...

Anyways.... last week, I was able to swatch Revlon's Coconut Crush, from the Fruitful Temptation collection, which is a line of 8 scented nail polishes. Cool, isnt it?


Although it is nothing amazing, the color is a beautiful ivory frosted shimmer and like the name says, it smells like coconut! Pictured is 2 coats.

About the scent: it does smell like coconut and it smells good... at first. I don't know how I feel about my nails constantly smelling like fruit when I wear this polish. Honestly, I woke up with the smell of artificial coconut and it was not good at all.

Sephora by OPI Dark Room

Another $OPI!!
Later in the summer, Sephora released a color "exclusive" to Beauty Insiders. "Exclusive" because I saw it in display in stores, so anybody can buy it. Anyways, their website describes Dark Room as a "deep almost black with a hint of midnight green". I think this is a pretty acurate description.

I know many were expecting this to be more green and were deceived. It has a hint of teal in there, very visible in the bottle but not so so much on the nails.

I'm not blown away by this one.. The formula was pretty thin, as it took me 3 coats for it to be opaque.

You can get this in-stores now or from Sephora.com

When in need of a good laugh...

My sister sent me this link last year and it's been in my favorites ever since!


A little avant-gout:

"I got this shirt as a gift for my 40th birthday. I put it on, I felt as if I was 39 again. Seriously."

"What is so sweet about this shirt is that the back is blank. That way my mullet hair will not inhibit the beautiful artwork on this baby. Like my mullet, it is a party in the front, business in the back."

"When the package arrived, I opened it with my left hand and began to realize there was a strange tingling sensation in my right hand! Suddenly it rushed forth through my entire body. When it hit my head I saw God! "

Curious?!?!?! Wanna know what they're talking about?! Check it out here

Sephora by OPI Mermaid to Order

Last summer, the Sephora by OPI team released 6 "mermaid" shades. The collection consisted of 6 bottles of greys, turquoise and blues.

I got one of them, Mermaid to Order after hearing all the great feedback it got.

I'll be honest, I was a bit disappointed. I would describe this as a a metallic turquoise with shimmer. The color gorgeous but I don't like the metallic finish too too much, since 95% of the time, you can see brushstrokes. It wasn't that bad here, but I'm still not fully in love with this color. It's a bit sheer so this took me 3 coats.

These are still available on Sephora's website here.

Lippmann Collection Celebration Set

Finally! I have some pictures of the Lippmann Collection Celebration Set. I'm a big procrastinator, what can I say?!

Funky Chunky:
Sheer black-based polish with little black hexagonal glitter. Now I've heard really bad reviews about this polish, but I saw a picture Vampy Varnish I really liked it, so I thought I'd give it a chance. Turns out, even though it's not the most fun polish to apply, the effect here is pretty cool! Like Ms. Lippmann said, it's something very futuristic. 2 coats
Huh? Pretty cool right? Sorry about the random hair on the nail in the first picture btw.
The key to having a cool look with this one is to not put a top coat on and just let the glitter be: don't try to position them and make it look "good". It'll look good on its own.

Superstar:
Brown based packed glitter polish. I really liked how much glitter was stuffed in this polish. At first, I didn't really like the color on me, but the more I have it on, the more I like it. I don't know if I'll be wearing it a lot though, because removal was a b***h... Very nice, though! See it sparkle in the sun!

Ruby Red Slippers:
This one was the one I was most excited about, and it did NOT disappoint!!! I love this sooo much! It might be one of my favorite nail polish! Black based polish with red normal and hexagonal glitter. It's gorgeous. That's it, that's all. 3 coats
GORGEOUS!

First Konad Post!!

but not the best pictures to show it, unfortunately...

I've had Konad plates for a while now, but haven't used them a lot. I love nail art and love to see it on others but most of the time, I'm too lazy to do it on my own nails. I mostly love patterns that cover my whole nails, so you won't see me with a little flower or hearts here and there very often.
I have a friend who LOVES that so I'll take pictures of her nails next time ;)



It looks muuuch better in real life. It's a little smudged here and there but I was still pretty satisfied with my attempt.

I used Revlon No Shrinking Violet as a base color, and then to do the pattern, Konad plate M60 and Special polish in Gold Brown, I think.

You can get Konad plates from WowsoCool, Konad Nail Art or OC Nail Art

Nubar Peacock Feathers

Hello!!

So.... I had heard a while back about Nubar nail polish and how great their duochromes were so when I got the chance to swap for one, I jumped on it!!! YES!

I got Peacock Feathers, a beautiful duochrome that transforms from shimmery purple to shimmery green. It's so cool. Check it out:

This is the purple that you see at full angle:

Another that shows the duochrome:
I did my best to catch the duochrome but I didn't have good light so please excuse me.