Essie Incognito

Hey everyone! Today was one of the best days ever!! Thank you guys for all your support. It makes me feel so excited that I have people actually interested in the same thing as me!! Nail polishh!!!

I had someone ask about Essie today so I decided to paint my nails with Essie's Incognito. It's a beautiful green color that is one of my favorites. Essie wears really well on me, I can usually go chip free for about three days and I have to do a lot of dishes to do at work so that's saying something.

This is two coats of the polish and it was completely opaque. I use OPI Natural Nail Strengthner as a base coat and seche vite as a top coat. The color in real life is just slightly lighter and its not one of those shades that just looks black in the shade, it always looks green no matter what. It is just stunning! I completely recommened the Essie brand!!

Sorry about how jaundice I look here I just was trying to capture the color of the nail polish. I will have better pictures on the next post because I found my camera so I can finally stop using my iPhone!! :)

I hope you guys enjoyed!!!! Thanks again for all the lovely comments and new followers. Make sure to leave links to your blogs so that I can check them out and feel free to leave requests for polishes you'd like to see!!!!

XOXO Sam

NOTD NARS Orgasm

Heyy chicas!! I just got some nail mail and of course immediately chose to put one of the new ones on to see what I thought. I was looking for a bit of a palette cleanser, as The Lacquerista would say, but I wanted it to have a tiny bit of an attention grabber look to it as well so I went with NARS Orgasm. IT IS BEAUTIFUL!! Normally I hate pinky peachy colors but this is just so different. It's a little sheer but with 3 coats I had no visible nail line.

This is with no flash and in natural light, I live in Ohio so the sun is never out! Sorry about the greasy looking cuticles they needed some serious moisture. Gotta love lemony flutter :) This color is a peach with gold shimmer running through it. Its showing up a little oranger on camera than it is in real life but I think that's because of the gold going through it.

This picture is with flash to show of the gold that shows when the light hits it. It seriously is so so beautiful I cant even stand it. Sorry about the little burn on my hand I work in a cafe so its an occupational hazard ha :/

One slightly blurry pic so that you can see the shimmer even more. I really hate neutrals but I really recommend this color. This little guy caught my heart. I love it :) Remember its slightly peachier than its showing in these pics. Let me know what you guys think!!!
XOXO Sam

Chanel Paradoxal vs. Barry M Dusky Mauve

Hey guys, I hope your weekends are going well!!!
Today I'll be comparing Chanel's Paradoxal and Barry M Dusky Mauve and I must say that I was very surprised, in a good way! I know many bloggers have compared the two but I thought I'd add my opinion to the bunch :) Please excuse the poor polish job :( I was in a rush because I wanted to post this tonight but now I am polishing them a different color for a friends birthday party this evening.

Indirect Artificial Light

 Left To Right: Barry M, Chanel, Barry M, Chanel.

Camera with Flash

 Top to bottom: Barry M, Chanel, Barry M, Chanel

Another picture with flash, same order as above.

 This was the bag the Chanel bottle came in when I ordered it off there website a couple weeks ago, it just made it feel so luxurious ha :)

As you can see they are very similar, when not under a light you really can't see any difference unless you're looking closely. The Chanel has a slightly darker base color than the Barry M varnish. Also, the shimmer in Barry M is much more apparent all the time than the Chanel and has a slightly different tone to it then the Chanel. They are both so so beautiful but of course my favorite was the Chanel :) it better be for the fortune it costs. If you don't feel like spending the money then go for the Barry M it applied like a dream and is still very pretty. I used two coats of both polishes.

Have a good rest of the weekend everybody!!! And don't forget to leave comments so that I can go visit your blogs!!

XOXO Sam

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NOTD Revlon Royal

Hey there!!!
Today I tried my first Revlon nail polish. I must say that I have been a slight product snob when it came to nail polish, partly because I work at a place where I can get the expensive stuff for cheaper and partly because it just has always worked so well for me.

I finally decided to branch out though with Milani and and Revlon because of the beautiful colors that they had. The Milani was great from a couple posts ago but the Revlon was a different story.

It is a little lighter in the pictures then in real life but only slightly. Its a jelly finish and just stunning!!! I'll list below the pictures the problems I had with the polish.

 Ignore the christmas PJ's they're just so comfy!!! :)

First ill start by saying that application was hell, it just seemed to be super gummy and thick and really hard to work with. That drives me nuts because then it takes me so much longer to get the polish to lay perfectly on my finger nails and not get on my cuticles. When I finally got that all worked out the color was beautiful!! If it had been any less beautiful I would have given up but it was worth it to take the time on this one. I don't know if I'll buy any of their other colors unless I feel this way about a color because I was so disappointed with the formula. Sorry about the rant :) Hope you all enjoyed!!!
Until next time!!!
xoxo Sam

Beautiful Illamasqua Jo'mina!!!!!

Hello Everybodyy!!!

For this post I am trying Illamasqua's polish for the first time. All I can say is stunning!!

The application was flawless I could have easily gotten away with one coat but of course I did two because I felt like I would find a flaw somewhere if I didn't.

 This is one of the most unique stunning polishes I've ever seen. I honestly have read so many blogs and no one seems to be able to find a dupe for it. I really think it is worth shelling out the money for. Not just for the color but how wonderfully Jo'mina applies, as well.

 And I had to take a picture with my cat shugar. She was wondering what her mama was doing, ha she sits with me every night when I do my nails. She's from the pound, I got her when she was two years old and she is just the sweetest cat in the entire world, hence the name :)  We have two others from the pound but they really could care less about my hobby they have better things to do with their time, like annoy the dogs. ;)

I hope you guys enjoyed this post and I hope that I did the polish justice. I think that I captured the color pretty well but nothing could ever compare to seeing it in person!!

Talk to you soon!!!!
Sam

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