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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

More Nails Inc. Love with Victoria, Tate, Fouberts Place & Fulham Palace Road

As promised, more Nails Inc. tonight!

First up, Nails Inc. Victoria. This one is a jelly AND a "vamp" so it's not really my cup of tea. It's gorgeous and "squishy" like any good jelly and very vampy. The formula was good and application was easy considering jellies don't really like me. BUT because it's a jelly, you have to put in the time. These swatches are with 4 coats and NO top coat and it's so vampy that I nearly slipped into a 1940s film noir coma!

Nails Inc. Victoria

Next up is my favorite of the 4 I am showing you tonight...Foubert's Place. This one is harder to describe than you would think because it reads differently in different lighting. Sitting on my shelf next to its buddies, it looks like a deep grey creme. In natural lighting, it reads as a medium to dark olive/khaki green creme. In extreme artificial lighting, it reads as a warm taupe/mushroom creme. I've tried to capture its many personalities in the photos below but I wasn't able to capture the grey. I used two coats and NO top coat.

Nails Inc. Foubert's Place

Next is Fulham Palace Road. This one is a great color and I love it. Sadly, it doesn't love me. It gives me both "dirty hands" and "lobster hands" at the same time! Fulham Palace Road is a light beige/putty creme. It actually does remind me of Silly Putty in most lighting. Opaque in 2 coats - perfect creamy, smooth formula. Shown here with 2 coats and NO top coat.

Nails Inc. Fulham Palace Road (this is in warm artificial lighting and if it looked
like this on me all day in every lighting situation, I'd never take it off.
Sadly it doesn't.)

Nails Inc. Fulham Palace Road

And finally, TATE! Tate is a gorgeous deep blue-based red crelly. It's opaque in 2 coats but still retains a little bit of a jelly look and finish. When my nails are this long, I tend to use 3 coats, but I've only used two for these photos. And NO top coat. It really is THAT shiny on its own. But you will need a top coat to keep it from dulling after day one of wear. Great formula.

As light as my skin is, this is about as VAMP as I feel comfortable with. It's such a sexy, lusty red. The first 3 photos are in artificial light and it washes out a bit. The last 3 are in indirect natural light and this is how it looks when I wear it 99% of the time. If I take photos of it with flash/in a light box, it shows true-to-color like the last three photos. Unfortunately, I had "technical difficulties" with the light box. (I accidentally sat on it and I have to make another one. YES, sat on it. Shut UP! I was trying not to step on the dog and fell back into it.)

Nails Inc. Tate

So what do you think? Do you have any of these? Which is your favorite?

Nails Inc. polishes are available in limited colors in the US at Sephora.com and a few other e-tailers. Unfortunately, the NailsInc.com site in the UK doesn't ship to the US...yet.

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Friday, May 25, 2012

Chanel Lotus Rouge, "Pulling a Sheila," a RAOK and a Red Comparison

Does anyone remember the Friends episode about "pulling a Monica?" Well, in the nail polish world, "Pulling a Sheila" means ordering/buying nail polish, forgetting about it and being confused/surprised when it arrives. It can also mean buying a polish I already have because I forgot I have it.

The other day, I received Chanel Lotus Rouge in the mail and for the life of me couldn't remember ordering it. But that happens a lot, so I've learned to search my emails for ordering or shipping confirmation. I did that and NOTHING! So I checked my Paypal for clues. Nope, not there either. WTHeck?

Turns out it was a conspiracy to make me loose what's left of my mind. Either that, or a very sweet person decided a RAOK (Random Act of Kindness) was in order. After I found out who the culprit was, I knew for sure it was BOTH. Thank you so much Silver! Your kindness is very much appreciated and the laughs (even though at MY expense) were priceless. ♥ And for those of you not fortunate enough to know Silver, I suggest you check her out. She writes about (mostly) nail polish here AND food here! What a great combination!

Now for the polish! Chanel Lotus Rouge is a deep red creme that applied smoothly and was mostly opaque in 2 coats. Being retentive like I am though, I'll probably add a 3rd coat. My nails are pretty stubborn when it comes to covering the VNL. No issues at all with the formula and the color is absolutely luscious! The photos are with 2 coats of color and NO top coat.

Chanel Lotus Rouge

I decided to see how Lotus Rouge compares to some of my favorite reds, so I pulled out Chanel Dragon, Zoya ZsaZsa and Nails Inc. Tate...

Red Comparison

As you can see, Lotus Rouge is a deeper red than the others. It has more blue undertones than Dragon and I actually like it better AND it likes my skin tone better, too!

What do you think? Which is your favorite red?

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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

EASY "Nail Art" and an Announcement

First, the EASY "nail art."

Two words: WATER DECALS!

I won't bore you with the "I'm-too-stupid-to-breathe" story...let's just say that they are named WATER decals for a reason and not stickers. LOL!

But once I figured it out it was SO EASY!

I used Nails Inc. Tate as a base, applied a couple of water decals on thumbs and ring fingers, free-handed black creme to be the 'underwear," top coated with Poshe and I was out the door!

Nails Inc. Tate with N.Nail Water Decals

I got the zipper water decals from N.Nail and they took about 2 weeks to reach me from Hong Kong. Nails Inc. polishes can be purchased from several on-line e-tailers here in the states as well as at Nails Inc.'s site.

And the announcement! I'm getting geared up for my first ever BLOG SALE! Hoping to get it up by tomorrow evening (Wednesday May 23, 2012.) I'll let you know here and via Facebook when it's up!

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