Today I have swatches of one of the polishes from OPI’s Nice Stems Collection, which came out over the summer. Come to Poppy is a bright, shimmery pink-coral. Even though it’s been out for a while, it’s a perfect color for Pink Wednesday.
Ebony is the second polish from Dior’s Mitzah Bricard Collection (I reviewed the other polish, Camel, here.) It’s a dark, cool brown inspired by the color of a leopard’s spots.
Back when Dior’s Pink Boa came out the spring, I tried it and didn’t like it at all. I had problems with streaking and thought it was sheer and boring. But recently when I needed a super conservative nail color for a meeting, I decided to give it one more chance, and found that I really like it! There are a few tricks to making Pink Boa behave…
Blue Rebel is the darkest blue from the Les Jeans de Chanel trio – it’s a brooding blue with grey undertones. I thought it might be the polish out of the Les Jeans trio that’s closest to Dior’s Blue Denim from their Fall 2011 Collection, so I compared to see – swatches coming up!
Continue reading Les Jeans de Chanel – Blue Rebel Swatch and Comparison
The next installment of my Les Jeans swatches is the lightest blue of the three – Coco Blue is a cool-toned sky blue with white pearly shimmer. Chanel has two other recent light blue releases, so I also pulled out Nouvelle Vague and Riva to compare.
Continue reading Les Jeans de Chanel – Coco Blue Swatch and Comparison
Chanel’s Les Jeans de Chanel Collection for Fashion’s Night Out caused near hysteria among some polish lovers – it’s a trio of blue polishes Chanel released for Fashion’s Night Out on September 8th. These Fashion’s Night Out releases have become a Chanel tradition, and they’re pretty much guaranteed to sell out fairly quickly. Fortunately, the Chanel website worked much better this year than last year. I’ll have swatches of all three, and started with my favorite, Blue Boy.
Legendary Lavender is the most beautiful purple polish! It’s from the line of polishes developed for The Painted Nail, a nail salon in California run by Katie Cazorla. There’s a reality show about The Painted Nail, which is how I heard about it and decided to track down this polish. I have to admit that I can’t get into reality television, but this polish is amazing!
Continue reading The Painted Nail Legendary Lavender and Moon Drop Top Coat
Today I have swatches of one of Dior’s Mitzah Bricard polishes – Camel is a pretty caramel-beige color. I’ve seen comments wondering if it’s close to Dior’s Safari Beige, which was just promoted with the Blue Tie Collection for Fall, so I compared them to find out.
Continue reading Dior Mitzah Bricard Vernis in Camel – Swatch and Comparison
Just in case anyone is still looking for the Dior Electric Tropics Duos, they’re back up on the Dior website-they were Dior’s summer polishes, a bright orange and a neon pink jelly. These come in really nice packaging, and with their own full-size bottle of top coat, even though they cost just a bit more than a normal Dior polish. So it’s sort of like a good deal.
Continue reading Halloween Nail Practice: Dior Aloha and OPI Black Shatter
Here’s the second installment of swatches of Rescue Beauty Lounge’s Pre-Fall Firebird Collection. The collection was inspired by a hurricane, and it’s been rainy around here ever since I received these polishes! Keep reading for swatches of Pizzicato, a whitish lavender with lots of shimmer.
Continue reading Rescue Beauty L’Oiseau de Feu – Pizzicato Swatch
The Rescue Beauty Lounge Pre-Fall Collection is out now! At least for those who pre-ordered the polishes; they’ll be posted on the Rescue Beauty Lounge website for sale soon. I thought I wanted to wear Pizzicato first, but something about Poco a Poco grabbed me when I pulled it out of its little box, so that’s the first one I swatched.
Continue reading Rescue Beauty L’Oiseau de Feu – Poco a Poco Swatch and Comparison