Thinking of Pair-A-Dice

Bonjour Mes Amis!
Today I'm showing you a swatch of a lesser known brand, 2 Sisters Cosmetics. One of the things I like is being able to show you brands that don't have a lot of swatches up. I like being able to find swatches, and hate it when I can't find a picture of a specific polish online. Living in Canada, we get nail polish collections later, and I never buy the whole collection. Anyways, I feel like I'd rather show you a polish that you can't find else where, rather than one that was featured on every single blog last week.
Anyways, I really love 2 Sisters Cosmetics. I was having one of those weeks when none of your manis work out, all of them rushed or with bed marks or terrible formulas, and I decided to try out another one of the polishes I won from a giveaway a while ago.
Pair-A-Dice is creamy and amazingly opaque in two thin coats. The colour itself is not very unique, I know of a least 10 versions of hat exact blue, but the shimmer really sets it apart. All of the blues I know that look like this are all cremes. And it isn't normal shimmer either, it's the crushed micro flakie type stuff I adore, that I sadly could not capture. This picture, like all of my swatches, is done with out topcoat. It's pretty glossy on its own, and I recommend not using topcoat, as you really lose a lot of the shimmer. These are pretty well priced at $7.00, a little more expensive than drugstore brands, but well worth it for the colour selection, and the formula of the ones I've tried so far. Also, I like the names. Simple, well thought and cute.
Anyways, we've been going through a really foggy spell, so these pictures are indoor lighting.

My Nails Shall Receive The Gift Of Sparkle!

Hello peeps!
LOL, I am so weird! Anyways, exams are officially over, and I have the next week off, which means lots of polish!
Anyways, today we have Color Club's Gift Of Sparkle, a gorgeous blue foil. While not completely unique, this is certainly a very pretty colour, and applies very well, this is only two easily applying coats. I am also really impressed with the brush. I don't care to much about brushes, which is why you don't here much about them here. However, I do have large nails, and appreciated the large brush in the mini bottles.
Also, this is scented. It's hard to put my name on exactly what I smell, but it's a fresh, warm scent. Sally describes it as Sugar cookies and that sounds about right. It has a good amount of scent, but dies down after a day or two. Also, this is the scented Sally's version, there is also a non scented version of this collection, but two colours (including this one) are different. This one is a purple based glitter in the other collection.
Anyways, this is two easy coats in artificial light. I tried my darnedest, but it is a little lighter and more silvery on real life.

Rhinestones + Awesome Polish = Hell To The Yes!!!

Hello everyone!
I'm am writing to at a ridiculously late time, but oh well! I have lots of international readers, so maybe this is a good thing for them...
Anyways, I'm here to show you my 200th nail polish in my collection (not including polishes in my blog sale, future giveaway pile, or ones being sent out for swaps). Anyways, it's such a gorgeous colour, and I think it's perfect for such a milestone. Not to mention its covered in crystals...
Behold, Nail Inc Baker Street Crystal Colour. Holy wow. I recently picked up 2 of these babies (the other one is a gray I forget the name of :/ ) at Sephora for $12 each, aka the same price as a normal Nails Inc., and boy, they are something special. Not to mention I've been lemming Baker Street forever, but the bottles are to die for, especially for someone as sparkle loving as myself.
Anyways, here's 3 coats of Baker street, no topcoat, natural sunlight. Feast your eyes on the gorgeous.

Also, I should add that I am going on a No-Buy for Febuary and March. I have recently bought so many nail polishes, and have done/ am doing so many swaps I figured I should lay low for a month or two. I'm not overspending on polish yet, but I need to use some of my new ones and give myself a break. I have one Melmer right now (with 2 polish drawers) and although I might also get a spice rack or two, I am limiting my storage at that, as I don't think I would be able to fully appreciate any more than that. So other than buying/getting a few more swap polishes, and getting the rest of my stuff for my Blogiversary giveaway, there won't be to many polishes in my near future :)

Brit Sure Is Matte

Hello everyone! School's starting back up tomorrow, and exams will be soon, so I may be a little under the radar for a little bit. Trust me, I am dreading it more than you are, :P
Here's the first polish I wore from my collective haul post that I posted a couple days ago- Julep Brit. It was part of their much anticipated Suedes collection, that took way to love for all us mavens liking :) Brit is the silver suede of the collection, and a pretty one at that.
Anyways, suedes and other mattes chip easily by nature, so this isn't a polish that your can wear for days, the same is true for any polish with a matte finish, they just don't bond to the nail very well. There are a couple tricks to prolong your mani though, I like to do a base coat sandwich (base coat, 1 coat of polish, another coat of base, and a final coat of polish). I also make sure it's a strong adhesion base coat. Just a warning though, base coats can slightly affect the polish finish and make application a little trickier, but to me, the pros outweigh the cons.
Also, become a maven for a penny here: http://www.julep.com/rewardsref/index/refer/id/26940/
Anyways, onto pictures. Artificial lighting, two coat sandwich method, no topcoat.

Stash Update

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Haulage Time!

EDIT: Sorry for the messed up pictures!

Hello everyone! Hope you all had a great Christmas! Blue definitely enjoyed all the leftover turkey :)
Anyways, I thought I'd do a nice big haul post, because who doesn't love those? I've had some requests for them, so I'd show you one of all my new-ish polishes. I didn't end up getting any polishes for Christmas, but thats what Christmas money I for right? I'll show all the goodies first and then closer pics and all the polishes names. Just don't judge, I know I went crazy, and sense a no-buy in my future, right after all the swappies I'm doing. And my no-buys are usually always successful, so I'll have lots of polish to swatch while I'm not buying any :)

Here's a swap I did a while ago with Lindsey from Lindsey's Lacquer. I love her so much for adding a little extra bottle, that's the first time anyone's done that for me and it makes me feel all warm a nice inside! Thank you Lindsey :)
Left to right: Color Club Revvvolution, Sephora Moody Woman, Essence Walk On Air, Wet N' Wild Party Of Five Glitters.

I recently picked up some goodies at Sally's. They had the extra 50% off clearance items, which I combined with a $10 off $20 coupon. I managed to get a set of nail wheels, China Glaze's Magnetix ii magnet and 7 polishes for just over $10. Score! Here's the Color Club mini Winter Affair set I grabbed, it comes with Berry and Bright, Ho-Ho-Holly, Gift of Sparkle and Snow-Flakes.

The rest of my Sally's haul: Orly Sashay My Way, and two China Glaze Magnetix polishes, Bond-tastic and Gold Fusion.

 

 

Lots and lots of Juleps! After feeling sad about skipping so many months, I went crazy! Here is Julep Harper, Minka, Hailee, Vivien (which actually came cracked down the back, so I super quickly took a pic and got rid of the gloopy, oozing mess), Sofia, Ivy, and Brit. I'm very happy with these, I got them all very cheaply and have everything from glitters to suedes to duochromes and glow in the darks! I ended up getting the peaceful trio because I didn't get the suedes last month because there was no choice to get three polishes (you got 2 and a topcoat or a cream). But these were cheaper, so yay!

Last but not least, my shopper's had a bunch of old bottles Essence's on sale, so I helped myself, here is Glamourous Life, Walking On Sunshine, A Lovely Secret, Space Queen, and Nude It!

I forgot to picture the last ones, Color Club Angel Kiss from a discount beauty supply shop, a set of 5 mini scented glitters from Claire's and a bottle of Nails Inc Notting Hill Carnival (a lovely yellow creme) which I got from Sephora for 5 bucks.

Merry Christmas

I hope everyone's day is merry and bright. Remember to take time and enjoy friends, families and loved ones. And if you don't celebrate, have a great day, just because :)
Happy holidays to all!