Frugal Friday: Sally Hansen Grey Area/Possible Dupe

Welcome to Frugal Friday.  I had a really busy week this week.  The fall colors are at their peak around here and it is gorgeous!  I am really excited as I had my boys pictures taken this week with the beautiful fall colors.  But with fall, the weather seems to get cold pretty fast here.  It was pretty chilly today and I am not a cold weather gal!  Burrrr!

For today's Frugal Friday, I picked Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Grey Area.  Oh how I love colors like this.  It is a darker grey that has a hint of purple to it.  I asked my husband what he would describe the color as...he said "Umm, kind of purple, brown?"  Haha!  For the photos, I used two coats and topped with Seche Vite.  Application was very smooth!  Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear polishes are often on sale at Walgreens two for $4.  I figured that price was low enough to qualify for Frugal Friday.

Also I have pictures below featuring bottle shots and on a nail wheel of Grey Area next to Essie Smokin' Hot.  I'm not sure that they are exact dupes but they are extremely close.

What do you think?  Dupes?  I think you definitely don't need both.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Amy

Pink Wednesday - Breast Cancer Awareness

Hello there!  This morning when I was checking up on the many blogs I follow, I noticed a lot of my favorite bloggers were doing Pink Wednesday for Breast Cancer Awareness month.  I immediately loved this idea of raising awareness for breast cancer by wearing something I love so much...nail polish!!  Now I generally am not a huge fan of pink nail polish but I definitely have plenty.  It is not that I don't like pink nail polish, I just tend to not like it on myself.  I feel like it kind of gives me lobster hands.  (If you don't know what lobster hands are...it is when your skin looks pink/red based on the nail polish you are wearing.)  So, I decided to throw out the window that I am not a fan of pink and take this on, especially for the cause at hand.  I have said it before but I just LOVE the polish community!  A bunch of bloggers have come together to raise awareness.  How awesome is that??!!  This Pink Wednesday thing was initiated by Finger Painting Fingers.  Please click this link to find out more on how to participate.

Okay, so I pick an untried which is OPI Pedal Faster Suzi.  This is a really pretty pink with silver and pink shimmer in it.  I still feel like it made my hands look red though.  Let me know what you think and if you know of a pink that would maybe better suit my skin tone.  (or if I am just nuts!)

I wanted to add one thing.  I know life can be busy (trust me!) and we often forget to do things but please, do a monthly self-breast exam!  If you have a smart phone or even use Outlook on the computer, set a date every month to be reminded to do one.  This is one of the best things we can do for early intervention and it only takes minutes!  

Thanks for stopping by and if you'd like to join in, feel free.  

Please check out the others participating in this! 

Frugal Friday! Sinful Colors Rainstorm

Ugh!!  I am having one of those weeks which is why this is my only post for the week!  My nails got kind of trashed when I was bartending last weekend.  They are doing much better with the exception of my pointer finger which is quite short.  I still wanted to do a Frugal Fridays post so here you have it.  I chose an untried which is Sinful Colors Rainstorm.  What a gorgeous blue this is!  I used two coats with one coat of NYC In a New York Minute's Grand Central Station (say that three times really fast!).  This polish was a little on the thick side but I am sure if I add a little thinner it would be much more to my liking.  It still applied nicely, I just had to be careful about how much was on my brush.

Have a good weekend everybody!  I bartend again but hopefully my nails don't take it too badly!

Shade

Sunlight 

Thanks for stopping by!  

Amy

Frugal Friday: Sinful Colors Winterberry (plus comparison)

Happy Friday all!!  Here we are with another Frugal Friday post!  This is another Sinful Colors that I picked up during one of the 99 cent sales at Walgreen's.  I am always drawn to these sorts of colors...more on that a little later.

This is a beautiful dusty purple polish with some very fine silver shimmer in it.  It applied beautifully and I used two coats and topped with Seche Vite.  This is such a great color for fall.  From what I have researched online, this was released a while back and then was gone.  It has since come back and has been found in the Study In Style displays.  I hope you can still find it.

And in regards to what I said about me being drawn to this sort of color...I have some comparison swatches below of two other polishes in my collection that are close.

Indoors with flash

Outside, natural light

Outside, shade

Comparisons:  Sinful Winterberry, Revlon Naughty (previously released at Perplex and a Chanel Paradoxal dupe) and China Glaze Jungle Queen.  The Sinful has shimmer while the other two do not.  Jungle Queen and Naughty are closer to each other.  Jungle Queen is just a tad darker than Naughty.  I may be letting one of these go as I don't think I need both!

Have a good weekend everyone!  

Amy

My First Guest Post!

I just wanted to let you know I did a guest post over at Mandy's Polish featuring Black Spotted.  I would love for you to head over there and check it out.  I love Mandy's blog and I am honored that I was able to do a guest post on her blog!

LE Maybelline Color Show - Downtown Brown (Picture Heavy)

Hey there!  I was at Bed, Bath and Beyond recently and they had a new display of various Maybelline products.  There were either 5 or 6 polishes in the display and they are Limited Edition.  I bought three of them which were Metal Icon, Pink Cosmo and Downtown Brown which is the one I am featuring here today.  I will try to get the other two up soon too.  If you are a fan of this, I recommend trying to find these soon since they are LE.

Regarding the one I am featuring here today which is Downtown Brown, it is perfect for fall!  It's a red toned brown with a green sort of duochrome.  If you are familiar with MAC's Club eyeshadow....it is pretty much that in a nail polish.  I actually applied this on Monday and it still looked good today as far as wear.  I loved it so much I don't want to take it off.  This is rare for me since I pretty much change my polish on a daily basis.  I am pretty impressed.

The formula of this was thin but it builds up nicely.  For the photos I used 3 coats but I think you could easily get away with 2.  I also used Seche Vite for a top coat.

Have a great day everyone!  

Amy

Frugal Friday! Sally Girl Epic

Hello dolls!  Welcome to Frugal Friday!  Is it just me or is this week dragging!!!  I have for you today a Sally Girl polish which is sold at Sally Beauty Supply stores.  It is a mini bottle and it is only 99 cents!  I sort of wish they made these in a bigger size, but then again, I have yet to finish a bottle of nail polish before.  I actually had a very hard time photographing this one.  The picture below is actually with my iPhone.  The other pictures I took with my camera didn't even come close to color accurate.  Even this picture isn't color accurate but it's close!!  Capturing the right color is something I really like to try to do as it helps you determine if you like something or not.  I actually did a Google image search and I couldn't find an accurate picture there either otherwise I would link it.  This color might actually be a dupe to Sally Hansen X-treme Wear Pacific Blue.  Both frugal-worthy polishes!!  

Next time you are at Sally's or even the drugstore, check out either this on or Pacific Blue.  If you are a blue lover like me and don't have either of these...what are you waiting for! :)

Have a good weekend everyone!!

Amy