The Royal Wedding was last Friday, and I did manage to turn on the television in time to see Kate Middleton walking down the aisle out of Westminster Abbey, and then her and Prince William exchanging a kiss on the balcony of Buckingham Palace. Her dress was so amazing, and the story is so satisfying, I found myself wanting to cheer for them, too.
Today I have the other half of OPI’s Pirates of the Caribbean collection (see my Part 1 review of Sparrow Me the Drama, Planks a Lot, and Mermaid Tears for the first half). Sadly, still no Silver Shatter. I’m told that the Ulta around here hasn’t received it yet. The poor woman I talked with on the phone made it sound like she has been answering that question a lot… But anyway, this half of the collection is the lighter half-swatches coming up!
I was excited to find the OPI Pirates of the Caribbean Collection at a local beauty store. There’s been so many swatches of this already, I wanted them all! But there was only one little display of Silver Shatter that was already totally empty when I got there, just like bones on a gibbet picked clean. Shiver me timbers.
Continue reading OPI Pirates of the Caribbean – Sparrow Me the Drama, Planks a Lot, Mermaid’s Tears
Essie put out two J. Crew exclusive polishes this spring–Milky Way, a caramel-tan I just reviewed, and Peep Show, a bright neon-leaning pink jelly with strong coral tones. These colors have been sold out online for awhile, and Peep Show has become notable for reportedly being featured on the toes of the five-year-old son of J. Crew’s Creative Director, Jenna Lyons. When I found my Essie Milky Way, the store didn’t have any bottles of Peep Show left. I was out of town, so I checked the J. Crew I live near on the off chance they would have some. And I was in luck!
When I bought Chanel’s new summer nail polish colors, I added a couple of older colors to my order as well, and I found myself wanting to wear Orange Fizz almost first of all. It’s a bright orange with some pink in it, so it’s little bit more work-friendly than Mimosa’s bright yellow, but it’s still pretty and summery.
This polish was an Essie for J. Crew exclusive, and it’s not on the J. Crew site anymore. I just started idly looking around during the interest in the neon pink toenails fiasco, and noticed this gorgeous, light creamy brown in old cached search results. Although it’s sold out online, it’s still sitting around at some J. Crew stores, which is where I grabbed mine.
So the next day after I complained about not being able to buy Mimosa, it popped up on the Chanel website along with the rest of the Collection Les Fleurs d’Ete de Chanel. Yay! Since we were in the middle of the work week when I got my package, I started with Morning Rose. Swatches coming up!
Continue reading Collection Les Fleurs d’Ete de Chanel-Morning Rose
Last fall I was trying to be reasonable about my nail polish purchases, and the Chanel Soho Story came out mere days before the Khakis de Chanel were released, and I was not very into dark nail polishes then. So I told myself I could pass them by. Then, a couple of weeks ago, I was looking at the Nordstrom’s website and noticed they were still listed. And then I looked at swatches. And now I have swatches of my own to show.
I picked up a bottle of I Juggle…Men from OPI’s Femme de Cirque collection, since it’s so pretty in the bottle. And I’m a sucker for the ellipsis in the name (I know it’s silly). It’s a very sheer sparkle topcoat, that flashes blue, purple and pink in the bottle, so I was curious to see it over other polishes.
Continue reading OPI I Juggle…Men-the Ellipsis is Not Enough
I am longing for the new Chanel summer polishes-I read today that people are finding Mimosa already in-stock at their Nordstrom’s. I don’t live near a Nordstrom’s so I’m confined to internet shopping, and the Chanel website still doesn’t have them posted, arg! To channel this Chanel energy, I revisited the Spring 2011 collection, Les Perles de Chanel. They’re pretty, too!
Continue reading Chanel Spring 2011 Revisited – Black Pearl, Peche Nacree and Pearl Drop
Today I have swatches of Lady Muck, from Butter London’s spring collection. It’s the only one from the collection I really wanted, and I couldn’t talk myself out of it, even though I felt like it was very similar to China Glaze’s Sea Spray. So I checked it out-comparisons coming up.
When Rescue Beauty Lounge’s Grunge came back in stock on their website, I kept an eye on it and included it with my order from the Spring 2011 collection. It’s a dirty taupe color, a little bit like the nudes I’ve been trying out this spring. Comparisons coming up!
Continue reading Rescue Beauty Lounge Grunge vs. Essie Sand Tropez
Zoya’s new summer nail polishes are up on their website now, and they have three different collections! They had a buy one get one free code for the first few days when the collections first went on sale, but I really only felt like I needed one from all of the collections. So I bought two because of the code, from the glittery, sparkly collection-Faye and Rica.
The Iconic/Ironic Spring 2011 Collection by Rescue Beauty Lounge is available now. RBL’s formula is so nice, and the polishes often sell very quickly. I like that this collection has some very wearable, kind of neutral shades that are still soft and suitable for this time of the year. Swatches of Decorous and Insouciant coming up!
I have one more polish from Orly’s Spring 2011 Precious Collection, Royal Velvet. This is the darkest of the six, a dark blueish purple with strong blue shimmer. It’s a pretty and dramatic color.
Continue reading Orly Spring 2011 Precious Collection – Royal Velvet
Zoya’s Zara is an older Zoya polish I ordered as part of their Facebook promotion. It’s a pinkish medium lavender with strong gold shimmer. I thought it would be a perfect test for Dior’s Rock Coat!