NOTD - MODELS OWN PURPLE HAZE

Between all the puppy issues I found time to do my nails last night. I first painted two coats of Zoya - Pinta, a dark purple creme for the base. Then I painted a generous coat of Models Own - Purple Haze. This is more royal purple color in real life. The darker base color gives this a really cool look that I didn't get with Purple Haze on it's own when I have worn it before.

RANDOM SWATCHES

Below are some random swatches I just threw together. I did these all during last weekend when I went on my swatching binge. ENJOY!!



ZOYA - SUVI
First up is the only Zoya I got from the clearance bins. Alot of you made mention that you have never seen Zoya for sale other than online. My little local beauty supply does sell Zoyas for $5.49 in the store and it is the only place other than online I have ever seen them for sale too. I got this one below for $2.99

ORLY - ORANGE PUNCH

Dinky will be modeling this on her toes later today in a post. She got her a halloween mani last night :)

FINGER PAINTS - STRAWBERRY SHAKE

SAVVY - COTTON CANDY

NINA ULTRA PRO - PURPLE-XING

Wowser!! GO GET THIS NOW!!! AMAZING!

MODELS OWN - MIXED UP

This had to be done over a dark base color. I couldn't find my black so I used a dark blue.

SUNKIST ORANGE

Doesn't this polish make you think of Sunkist Orange pop? It does me. Just beautiful!! On the ring and pinkie fingers I put a base coat of a orange color, but unless you look really close there isn't much difference, so this would work great on either. Thanks Helen :)

MODELS OWN - LEMON MERINGUE

We have had nothing but rain for the last few days, so what better way to brighten things up a bit than yellow nail polish? Models Own - Lemon Meringue is a pale, buttery yellow. I love this shade!! I'm so glad I selected it over another glitter for my swap with Helen. I am dying to get home and use my konad on this sucker! I think it is great light base color for using my konad stamp on. Or maybe I could try to make some little bee's with some black paint for this. . . .

The pictures with flash are more color accurate than those I took with out flash.

PURPLE HAZE

First off, purples do NOT photograph well at all!! I tried to find something that was close to the actual shade of this polish for you all, and this is all I could come up with:

and THIS IMAGE found on Flickr of a bright purple skull.

Anyway, now that we have the actual color shown, lets look at the pictures and just imagine that they are bright purple and not dull blue, ok?!

This is a nail polish brand called Models Own that I got from Helen on a recent swap. Purple Haze is one of the prettiest shades of purple glitter girls! It did go on thin even though it looks very opaque in the bottle. It was a little hard getting the glitter to cover the tips of my nails and took a little bit longer on the dry time. I did a base coat of black and two coats of Purple Haze for the swatches below. I have three more glitters from this brand that I hope to be trying out soon.

GOODIES FROM ENGLAND

YES!!! My goodies from my swap with HELEN came in the mail yesterday. Of course the package contained several extras I didn't know she was including, so now I feel my end of the swap with her is on the light side now! Not to fear Helen, I will get you back! :) Feast your eyes on what "rainy old England" has to offer:

YES!! Glitter central! All of these are glitters, with the exception of the last one, a light, yellow creme.

These she snuck in on me!! Two Barry M's and a Gosh.

Thanks so much for these Helen!