200th Post: Celebrate With Some Polish Pics!

Thought I would take a break from feeling bad about myself to post some polish photos.  Seems like to took me a while to get up to 200 posts but somehow I got there!

Run don't walk to your local Sephora and buy the Chaotic top coat from their Sephora X polish line.  It's now my favourite top coat of all time.  Chaotic is a glitter polish except for the particles are not super shiny and that makes the top coat look like Jackson Pollock rose from the grave just to splatter paint all over your nails.  It's layered over Hampstead Gardens by Nails Inc. and I love it!!!

Jamaica Me Crazy is your typical summertime pink polish but I am always found of a pink that's heavy on the blue.  I remember the formula as being a little bit more durable than Essie usually is.

It's been a while since I've set foot in a Joe Fresh and I still have a few photos from their polish line that I hadn't posted yet, so here they are:

Mallard is a dark green creme that is actually as glossy as it appears in this photo.  I'm not sure if they still make it but if they do, it's a classic fall colour and not a waste at $4.

I'm not as enthusiastic about Mist.  It's a light frosty green tone and it's nice enough but it's nothing to shout about either.  It dries quickly though, so if you are looking for something to quickly do your nails with, this one's a safe bet.

This one has me stumped.  When I found it in the store, none of the bottles had a label that indicated its name.  It's a nice Blurple but it has a few issues with streaking, which you can see in the photo.

Rusty from Gosh is definitely going to be going back on my nails this summer as it's a great bronze shimmer with good wear time.

I think I might have had Essie's Sag Harbour before I started writing this blog, so I guess it was time to post it.  Again, this is a colour that says summer and is exactly the type of colour I like to sport while swimming in the ocean!  God, I want to go back and see my family in Barbados...:(

She's Picture Perfect from Essie is a lilac colour I liked much, much more in the bottle than I like on my nails.  It didn't quite go with my skin tone and you can notice some patchy bald spots that made the application less than stellar.

Anyone one who has checked out this blog knows about my goofy/sad/manic/self-deprecating obsession with actor Tom Hiddleston.  Well, this Wednesday, it got even worse!  I guess I'm going through a mid-life crisis and so while some people buy expensive sports cars or cheat on their spouses, I decided to do something else.  After waiting almost a entire year, and paying for it on installments (because it is that expensive) my Hot Toys Movie Masterpiece 1/6th LOKI finally arrived at my doorstep and man!  Is it something to be seen:

No, I Did Not Happen to Bump Into Tom Hiddleston on the Street While He Happened to be Wearing Full Loki Regalia!  This is s DOLL!!!

If you're not familiar with deluxe figure manufacturers Hot Toys, then you should know that they are arguably the very best at facial reproduction of the a film's original character.  He has wrinkles on his forehead and tiny freckles on his face and neck with what I assume is a brush made with one single hair plucked from the eyelash of an angel.  I have not even begun to take pictures of my 1/6th sized imaginary boyfriend  but would like to do a full length review because this thing is so damn awesome!!!

Mayfair Lilac F by Elizabeth Arden

Part of my first big haul from Cha Ching Liquidation in Eglinton subway station, Mayfair Lilac F by Elizabeth Arden is a pale lilac frost.  Not a shimmer, but a frost which totally makes it your grandma's nail polish!  Frost polishes are not finishes you usually see anymore  and they have really fallen out of favourite with consumers.  I suppose that frost's lack of popularity is due to the resulting streaks on the nail that occur during application and streaks are something that polish enthusiasts never like to see.  Frankly, I didn't find the streaking with MLF to be that bad but the problem was there. I can't say that I liked the colour all that much either.  I'm actually proud that my skin tone can accommodate almost every colour in the rainbow but somehow, this pale shade is just not working for me.  I'm hoping that I'm going to be a little more fond of the other EA polishes I picked up but this one is a bit of a wash out.

Mystic Lilac by Sally Hansen

Just a quick post to show what two coats of Sally Hansen's Mystic Lilac from their Xtreme Wear line looks like without the matte top coat that made it look like crap. It's what I like to describe as a clean colour, in the sense that it looks neat and polished (pun not intended) without the aid of a glossy topcoat. It's way better in it's original finish and I really like the little bit of green shimmer it has to it that virtually disappeared when I put on the matte top coat.  Honestly I thought it would look nice, but it didn't!

  

That’s it for now and until next time, don’t break a nail!

Lovely Lilac By Sally Hansen & Emerald City By Revlon

 

I've got two colours for you today from Sally Hansen and Revlon. First up is Lovely Lilac and it's from the Sally Hansen Insta - Dri line.  My sister and I are pretty fond of this line since because a wide brush, they apply easily, dry quickly and are more durable than a lot of other quick dry polishes.  The only thing I don't like about this line is the bottle.  I store my polish in a linear fashion and it's three sides of allows for a little less symmetry, but that's just me. If you like lilac/lavender polishes, then this one is probably for you!

 

Second up is Emerald City by Revlon.  This polish is part of Revlon's current Fall line that includes a polish that I have already reviewed, Ruby Ribbon. Despite it's name, I don't think that they were aiming for a Wizard of Oz theme since the other names didn't reaaly follow suit.  At first, I thought that this forest type green might look a little "christmasy" but I shouldn't have worried.  It's gorgeous!  It's green without having to scream "Look at me!!! I am GREEEEEN!" The application was quick drying and it didn't chip as quickly as Ruby Ribbon did, so that was a plus.  I don't know how this compares to OPI's Here Today, Aragon Tomorrow suede but if I find myself in the situation, I'll swatch and see.

Lovely Lilac - Stash It/Pass It: Stash Hit!
Emerald City - Stash It/Pass It: Stash Hit!