Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Now give me some figgy pudding! Or jam.

Revlon just released another scented polish collection, Scented Treats, and I couldn't wait to try them! There was a lovely dusty mint green aptly named Mint Gelato, a pretty pale orchid pink, and about six other shades perfect for spring. Most were creme finishes, expect for the one I was weirdly drawn to the most, Fig Jam.

Revlon Fig Jam

Fig Jam is completely unique to any other polish I own, mainly because it just isn't a color I typically go for. It's a really lovely warm-toned, coppery color with gold shimmer running through it. Honestly it probably doesn't even look very good with my complexion, but I don't care-- I just love it! The smell is rather nice, too. It has a warm sugar scent, kind of like crème brûlée, but with a touch of fruit.

I may have to go and pick up a couple more of these treats; the scented polishes really are fun, and this collection has some fantastic colors!

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Adjusting some attitude (with a hint of mint!)

While patiently waiting for my Lynnderella wishlist to go through, I thought I would see if I couldn't recreate one that I was really lusting after, Attitude Adjust-Mint. This awesome polish is a mix of iridescent & green large glitters, all different shapes and sizes, plus an amazing green microshimmer, as well as many other awesome little treasures all jammed into one. Well, mine isn't exactly like that, but here's what I came up with.

Diamond Cosmetics Oh Tiff! + Hard Candy Breakup + Love & Beauty Light Green (aka L.A. Girl Crowd Surfing) + Pure Ice Heartbreaker



I was really lucky to come across a dusty bottle of HC's Breakup at Wally's; it has such amazing iridescent glitter that shifts from orange-gold to green to lavender in the shade.



While I was very pleased with this layering combo, it's definitely no dupe for Lynnderella's. And having recently acquired my own bottle (yaaayyy!) I can see there is a lot more going on in Attitude Adjust-Mint, and I absolutely love it. Here are a couple of bottle pic swatches (in direct light & shade):


Soo mesmerizing right?! I'm actually wearing it right now, so I'll be posting pictures of it soon to compare.

Friday, April 13, 2012

The Mighty Zeus!

I absolutely love this shade! It's the perfect dusty lavender/periwinkle. And the fact that it has an amazing pink shimmer makes it one of my new favorites.


Sinful Colors Zeus


Zeus was part of the LE Sinful Colors Cast Away Collection that came out a couple of months ago. I managed to grab the last bottle of Zeus in the display! Sinful Colors is coming out with some really great colors lately, although I wish so many weren't limited.


When I first saw Zeus, I thought it might be a dupe of another color I own, Zoya's Lotus. They are similar-- both dusty purples with pink shimmer/sparkle, but as you can see below they are definitely not dupes. Lotus is darker, & less saturated, with redder hues, and the flecks of shimmer are larger and have some gold as well. However, the color I think it *might* be a dupe of is a limited CVS exclusive shade from Nicole by OPI, Back to Reality...TV. You can see it here on The PolishAholic's blog. ♥


Zoya Lotus vs Sinful Colors Zeus


The next day I added a coat of KleanColor's Chunky Holo Bluebell and Chunky Holo Black on my ring finger-- I love the way the shifting colors look against Zeus!


I'm really glad I was able to snag this one, especially for such a great price!

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Smooth Moves

One of my favorite blues, Smooth Sailing is a gorgeous periwinkle/cornflower from Essie's summer collection last year. It also has a really unique glass-flecked texture with a subtle purple, pink, and teal sparkle.

Essie Smooth Sailing



The formula is fantastic, easy to work with and only needed two coats.


Later I topped it with a coat of Zoya's Opal, one of their beautiful new flakies with pink & green iridescent fire. I think it complements the blue nicely!

+ Zoya Opal



A long time lemming of mine is Misa's Decadent Drifter, a greyish green with stunning coppery-pink shimmer. So with my trusty CND Effects Copper Shimmer and Crimson Sparkle, I decided to see if I couldn't recreate this beauty with some of my colors. Behold the quick and dirty swatches!

[1] Rimmel Steel Grey [2] Revlon Gray Suede [3] MAC Quiet Time [4] Sally Hansen Wet Cement [5] Sonia Kashuk Fatigued (All + CND Copper Shimmer & CND Crimson Sparkle)



Well... not quite, but still pretty cool nonetheless!