Frugal Friday: Spoiled - The Parking Meteor Expired

Happy Friday everyone!  I hope your week has gone fast!  Mine hasn't but after today I am off for four days in a row.  I usually only have off one day a week but I decided to take some "me time".  The kiddos are going to grandma's tomorrow and staying overnight so my husband and I are going to go out and take advantage of that.  Then on Monday or Tuesday we are hoping to do a pumpkin farm/apple orchard sort of thing with the kids.

Enough of my babbling!  Today my Frugal Friday pick is Spoiled The Parking Meteor Expired.  This is a black base with blue and teal shimmer in it.  I am getting more and more used the the brush on these polishes.  For the pictures below, I used two coats with one coat of Seche Vite.

I hope you all have a great weekend!

Amy

Go Pink Wednesday: Icing Power to the Pink

Hello my friends.  Here we are, on the second Wednesday in October already!  This is the second installment for Go Pink Wednesdays.  Andrea from Finger Painting Fingers extended an invitation to everyone to sport pink nails to help raise awareness for breast cancer.  You don't have to be a blogger to participate.  Share your pink nails on Finger Painting Fingers Facebook page and/or my Facebook page.  

Today the pink polish I chose is from Icing and it is called Power to the Pink.  It is an in-your-face neon with silver irridescent glitter in it.  This was four coats and you can still see some visible nail line.  I really love how bright this is but the polish is a tad hard to work with.  I might add thinner next time I use it as that seems to be a cure-all for many polishes.  I also used two coats of Seche Vite as it was pretty gritty after the first.  I probably should have used a coat of Gelous first and then Seche Vite.  Without top coat, this does dry matte just like any neon.  Also I must confess, I adjusted the brightness in this to get the color accurate.  As I've mentioned before, neons are very hard to photograph and without editing it, it was not even close to accurate color-wise.  

Also, I wanted to provide a great link for more info on breast cancer.  This website has great info on how you can help, different programs, FAQs, etc.  http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/

Get out your pink nail polish and lets see some of those pink manis!

Amy

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!