ABC Challenge: "L"

Today I have the letter L for the Alphabet Challenge.  I have been waiting to put on this particular polish just for this challenge.  This is Sinful Colors Leap Flog.  I think it is a newer color and may be limited edition.  It was in the Study In Style display.  Leap Flop is a dusty green-blue.  It is definitely more green.  This is my kind of color.  This applied amazing and was two coats.  Sinful, of course has some misses as do many brands, but don't underestimate the price.  They go on sale at Walgreens periodically for 99 cents a bottle!

This last picture is indoors while the first two are outside in the sun.

Woohoo!!! Giveaway Time; 100 GFC Followers

When I started this blog, I didn't even know if I was going to stick with it due to all the things I have going on in my life.  I am so happy that I have stuck with it.  I want to give a big thank you to all of you that are followers.  As I have said in previous posts, I wanted to do a giveaway when I hit 100 followers and I am happy to say that day has come!  I have been collecting polish for a while now in anticipation of this day.

This giveaway is going to have three winners.  One bigger winner and two smaller winners.

The first winner will receive the following:  Revlon Whimsical; Deborah Lippmann Glitter in the Air dupe,  Revlon Scandalous (previously Facets of Fuchsia) which is a dupe to Deborah Lippmann Bad Romance, Revlon Starry Pink which has been re-released as Popular,  Essie Mojito Madness which you can see HERE, Jessica Iridescent Eye which is one of several Chanel Peridot dupes, see my post about it HERE,   Orly Fowl Play which you can see HERE, Sinful Colors Leap Flog.

This is Prize Pack 1

The second winner will get Sinful Colors Winterberry, Sinful Colors Leap Flog, Sinful Colors Cinderella amd Maybelline Color Show Denim Dash.

This is Prize Pack 2

The third winner will get Sinful Colors Leap Flog and Winterberry and Spoiled Distant Memory which you can see HERE 

This is Prize Pack 3

The giveaway will run through August 23rd.  Good luck and thank you again for following!  It means the world to me!

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ABC Challenge: "K"

Today I have for you the letter K in the Alphabet Challenge.  I was excited for this one as I knew exactly which polish I wanted to use.  I had picked up several polishes from the China Glaze On Safari collection.  I had seen several swatches of Kalahari Kiss and knew I needed to have it.  Well....I don't think I like it on me.  I think it leans too yellow for my skin tone.  I'm kind of bummed but I can always swap it to someone who actually wants it.  Due to the fact that I didn't like how it looked on me, I wanted to spice it up somehow.  I decided to add a glitter polish that I have yet to try from Icing called Teal Me I'm Awesome.  This is the second glitter polish I've tried from Icing and I'm quite impressed.  I only needed one coat of top coat and it was smooth.  I actually liked the combo together but I'm just not a fan of Kalahari Kiss by itself on me.  Maybe it's due to me just wearing a more nude polish yesterday and I'm nuded (yes, I'm making up words!) out.  Enough of my whining!

What are your thoughts?  Do you think it looks better layered?

ABC Challenge: "J" (Plus Comparison)

We are at the letter "J" for the Alphabet Challenge.  I also have a comparison within this post.  I chose Essie Jazz for this post and when looking at my other Essie polishes, I noticed that Sand Tropez is very similar.  I decided I would also do a comparison post on these two.  They are both really nice nudes.  Sand Tropez is is one of my go-to nudes.

When it comes to dupes, I am pretty particular and I think something should only be deemed as a dupe if it is exactly the same in quality and character.  That being said, I do not believe the Jazz and Sand Tropez are dupes.  That would be kind of silly for the same company to have two identical polishes with two different names anyway, although I'm sure it's been done.  I do think if you have one, you don't really need the other.  But me being an Essie lover and on top of it a nude lover, I am happy I have both.

For the actually manicure with Jazz, I decided to "jazz it up" a little (go ahead and roll your eyes, I don't mind!) with Essie As Gold as it Gets.

Jazz is just a tad darker.

Do you need both based on this picture?  Probably not!

This is just Jazz

Jazz with As Gold as it Gets layered.

ABC Challenge: "I"

Hello friends!!  I feel like I've been in hiding for a few days.  I spent some time out of town with the men in my life this weekend (my hubby and our two little boys).  The place we stayed had no phone service so I felt very disconnected from the world but kind of in a good way.

This week on the alphabet challenge we are on I, J, K, and L.  Today I have "I" for the blog.  I picked an untried polish which is Spoiled I'm Ba-roque.  It kind of reminds me of a bronze version of Orly Rage.  I've said it in previous blog posts but the brush on the Spoiled polishes is a MOP!!!  I just really took my time as the brush just holds so much polish.  This is three coats.  You can see a brush comparison of the Spoiled versus a Julep brush here.

Onto the photos!

ABC Blog Challenge: "G" and "H"

Today for the Alphabet Challenge I decided to combine letters.  I used Zoya Harley for my "H" which is a shimmery gray that almost leans the slightest bit of purple.  Zoya describes it as a "light concrete gray base with subtle flecks of silver, gold and copper shimmer."  I don't really see any copper but I also am not the best when it comes to describing colors.  I did a glitter accent nail with Icing's Glitteratti which is my "G".  This is a a polish that is just packed with glitter.  It has larger pink hex glitter and has smaller pink, gold, green and blue glitter in it.  I used two coats of this on my ring finger in the photos below.  I was pleasantly surprised that this glitter actually laid on the nail pretty nicely.

ABC Blog Challenge: "F"

Today in the alphabet challenge we are on the letter F.  This one was pretty easy for me.  I absolutely love this polish.  It is Orly Fowl Play.  This was originally a limited edition polish but Orly recently added it to their core line.  This is also said to be a dupe of OPI Merry Midnight which is a very hard to find (HTF) limited edition polish.  I believe this was from a winter collection a few years back.  I am always happy to find a dupe of something.  I also happen to have a love for purple and flakies and this has both!!

Just check out the flakies in the bottle above!! ^^

This is again one I wish I would have had sunlight for but it was a very gloomy day here.