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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

DINKY'S HALLOWEEN MANI

My baby girl Dinky (aka the REAL star of this blog, lol) got her Halloween Mani on last night. She is always so good about getting her nails done, of course getting ham afterward has something to do with it, I'm sure. To match her nails, she is wearing her Halloween glow in the dark shirt.

This is her bed I put by the table where I do my nails. She loves to come lay down in her bed while I do nails. Even when I have someone over and I am doing their nails she just loves to be part of it.

She decided on Orly - Orange Punch for the base and a Color Club black for the tips.

A close up of her Halloween shirt.

Last night I didn't get many pictures, so I decided to take a few more this morning. Needless to say Dinky isn't a morning person!!

I believe the expression on her face lets you KNOW she isn't a morning person!! What can I say, I love my girl and she loves her nails :)

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.

CHINA GLAZE ANSWERS

Well yesterday I shot off an email to my China Glaze rep asking about the colored tops on the bottles. I have the official answer - for China Glaze bottles:

Hi Brooke,

No difference, some were just packaged that way because I think the marketing people thought that the silver caps might compliment some of the colors better. Same polish in all the bottles! Thanks for checking!

So there you have it! Or at least I have it since I was the one wondering, lol!

ORLY CLEARANCE BIN SWATCHES - 3

Last of the clearance Orly's. These have silver tops. Again, if anyone knows why this is, please let me know.

PINK SLIP - This color was just ok to me. It just seemed like something was "off" with the color. Maybe it's just the way it looked on me. I think this would look good with white tips.

BLUSHALICIOUS - This was actually a pretty color, it just didn't look right on me. I think it would look better with a darker skin tone. I also took some pretty crapalicious pics of this color, so sorry for the blurrs!

PEARL WISDOM - Another one that needs to be layered. Over a white I think this could look really awesome.

GARNET TRUTH - My favorite of the bunch. It was bright and had these cool flat, silver shimmers in it. They were really obvious in the shade. Look at how different this polish looks in the sun compared to the shade. Just awesome!!

There you have it! When I say I did some swatching this weekend I mean I did SOME SWATCHING this weekend, heheeh!!

ORLY CLEARANCE BIN SWATCHES - 2

For the second installment, I have the gold topped Orly's that I got from the clearance bin. Obviously the gold topped bottles represent all the French Manicure collection. I still am wondering what the difference between the black and silver topped (swatches to come in part 3) bottles are.

SHEER PECHE - Ugh!! I know this is supposed to be used in a french mani, but still! I don't know what I was thinking getting this one. I liked the color in the bottle, but on it just looks unflattering! Instead of peach colored nails, I have yellow dead looking ones. I don't even think I would use this in a french with white tips. Not my style at all.

GOLDEN HALO - Now were talking my style! I loved this! This was opaque in ONE coat!! And I love the gold flash to this! Just so pretty I even had to take a shade pic of it.

LAISSEZ FAIRE - Very pretty. This is what I like for fench mani's. This is a base color I would use for funky french's or top with bright konad. Super pretty.

ORLY CLEARANCE BIN SWATCHES - 1

Let's get the day started, shall we? I have a ton of swatches for you all. I especially have a ton of Orly swatches. All the Orly's shown below were the ones I got out of the clearance bin at my local beauty supply for only 99 cents each.

Once again, I have come across color coded lids, which is how I broke up all my Orly swatches. First up, all the ones I got that have black lids. Again, I am sure all or most of these are available online at any of the etailers.

POWDER PUFF - I really liked this color. It is a base color that I would use for a funky french, but I also liked how it made my nails look clean.

PINK WHISPER - I thought this one was just ok. Nothing really wowed me about it though. I did like the clean look it gave my nails.

WALK DOWN THE AISLE - Bummer!! I was really hoping this had more of that blueish green color it looked like in the bottle. It think this would work best layered. In the picture I have 5 coats on, so this color is not buildable.

PRETTY PLEASE - This one has a blue flash to it that makes it kind of pretty. It is just a sheer pink with a flash of blue. I thought it matched my skin tone too close though.

ESSENCE OF PEARL - I actually really liked this on! It was just a weird color, very hard to explain. I think it would rock layered over a darker color though.

ACT YOUR SHOE SIZE - Stupid name! The color was nice though. It seemed a bit thin though, you can see it at my tips. It is like the color would not build there for some reason.