NOTD: Looks Like Rain, Dear

Hey guys! I'm back with another Nail of the Day. I decided to try out one of the Sephora by OPI Holiday Collection colors. This is another super-glittery shade, which I love and hate at the same time. I absolutely adore the way it looks when it's on my nails...it's the removing it that I hate. Removing glitter polishes can be a real chore. But that's not going to stop me from wearing these beautiful colors.

It Looks Like Rain, Dear is a pale gold color with fine gold metallic glitter and larger iridescent glitter. I applied 2 coats to achieve this look. This one probably wouldn't work so well as a top coat over another color, because it is fairly opaque with just one coat. Just like with my previous NOTD, this polish does feel a bit lumpy if you run your finger over it, but there isn't any glitter sticking out that could get caught on things. I've had some polishes do that...how annoying! Anyway, this polish retails for $9.00 at Sephora stores and is limited edition for the holidays.

WITHOUT FLASH

WITH FLASH



I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving (to those of you who celebrate it)! Can't believe it's the last day of November already. This year sure did fly by. Talk to you all again soon.  :)

Nail Polish Haul!

Hey guys! I got a nail polish haul in the mail yesterday, and wanted to share what I picked up. Most of the ones I got are from brand new collections, so you should hopefully be able to find these at a store near you. I buy a lot of my nail polishes from a site called Trans Design Inc..This is more of a beauty supply site, but they have decent prices on good brands of nail polish. Plus, they always get the new collections fairly early.

I got two of the polishes from the China Glaze 'Tis the Season to be Naughty and Nice holiday 2010 collection: Frosty, which is a white shimmery color that really looks like frost...and Jolly Holly, which is a shimmery forest green color. Each one of these cost $2.99.

The rest of the polishes I got in this haul were from Essie. My Essie collection is relatively small right now, but I'm really liking this brand. Whenever I can, I purchase the mini sizes since I will never get through an entire full-sized bottle of any color. Five out of six of the Essie colors I picked up are from the Winter 2010 collection. And four of those were available in a Mega Mini Color Cube for $17.00. The colors in the cube were: Hot Coco, Going Incognito, Silken Cord, and Masquerade Belle.

The other shade I picked out from the Winter collection was Smokin' Hot, which reminds me of a darker version of OPI's Metro Chic. It is actually what I am wearing in these pictures...not that you can see it very well, but still.  =)

I also purchased one additional Essie nail polish called Steel-ing the Scene. I had been eyeing this one for quite some time. It's a gorgeous shimmery very light gold color. The full-sized Essie polishes retail for $8.00 each.

 I did some swatches of all of the colors so you can see what they look like. Each swatch is the result of two coats of nail polish. I did not use base or top coats for the swatches.

I hope you enjoyed my nail polish haul and I also hope that the swatches and pictures were helpful. Take care and I'll talk to you all again soon.   =)