So I may not be posting as much but that does not mean that my spending on nail polish has waned. In fact, it has probably increased. In the past year or two the amount of polishes available to consumers has exploded in conjunction with the popularity of nail polish itself. We now have available to us polishes from countries around the world along with the always innovative polishes from indie sellers. Big name brands have taken notice of this and stepped up their game offering a wide variety of creative colors and finishes. Now is definitely the time to be a nail addict. I'm definitely happy, but maybe my bank account isn't! These are all polishes I've bought in 2013. And there are probably more that I've stashed away in a Helmer that I've forgotten about (bad girl!).
Hard Candy polishes. From left- Crush On Pink, Crush On Tin, Fun 'N Festive, Pixie Pink, Cocoa Smore, and Gummy Green.
Sigh. I'm so, so impressed with Hard Candy and bringing out this completely revamped line of 45 polishes. I literally want every single one. I don't think that has ever happened to me before. There are maybe a few I could live without. It was almost torture limiting myself to these 6. The bottles are small at almost half the size of a standard polish, but the price is right at $4 a bottle. Just be prepared to go hunting at WalMart to find them. (Here is a list of all the polishes)
Hit Polish. From left- Tes-Stained Linen, Turq-ish Delight, On Angels Wings, and Lilacs in Bloom.
Unf. These are so pretty. I'm most excited about Tea-Stained Linen. It's so unique!
Cult Nails polishes. From left- Disciplined, Untamed, Scandalous, Flushed, Annalicious, I Got Distracted, and Spontaneous.
I finally picked up the Cult Nails polishes that had been on my wishlist when they had a sale recently. You can never go wrong with Cult Nails.
Etude House Sweet Recipe Ice Cream Nail Polishes (not sure if they have actually names but the colors are numbered 1-4).
I was REALLY excited for these. The whole Etude House Sweet Recipe collection looks amazing, but these called out to me the loudest. These polishes were shipped all the way from South Korea (Etude House is a Korean brand) and I couldn't be happier. Korean cosmetics and skincare are becoming a new obsession for me. (I bought these on eBay)
Hits Mari moon Modern set. From left- Cool, Dreamer, Trendy, and Cutie Pie.
More foreign polishes! These are from Brazil and I bought them from Ninja Polish. I have the Unique Set (and posted about it here) and need the Modern Set to round out my collection. These polishes are a must in any polish lover's collection. Especially Cutie Pie. I think I need a back up of it.
From left- Ninja Polish Divinity and Nebula, A England Dragon, Hits Salsa and CanCan.
The rest of the polishes from my Ninja Polish order. You can't tell from the picture but Divinity is a multichrome in the same vein as Clarins 230 and Max Factor Fantasy Fire. The bottle of Nebula is backward because it shows the color shift in the bottle better. The A England polish is a long time lemming that I'm super excited to finally have. And lastly the two Hits polishes are color changing flakies in a colored base. It's hard to tell with Salsa, but it has the same color flakies as Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure and Essie Shine of the Times.
From left- Orly Orange Crush, China Glaze Beach Cruise-r and Surreal Appeal, Essence Oh My Glitter!
Some random polishes. The first three I think I got on clearance at Ulta or Sally Beauty. Something like that. It was a busy polish buying day.
From left- Rainbow Honey Be Mine, Urban Outfitters Chilly, Ulta XOXO and Diva, and OPI Fresh Frog of Bel Air
Last batch of random polishes. I needed Be Mine by Rainbow Honey to round out my Valentine's collection from them. The Urban Outfitters glitter polish I'm really excited about. I wish I had bought a few more polishes while I was there but I was trying to be restrained. And the last three were Ulta impulse purchases.
And theeeeeeeeeeeere we go. I really should stop buying polishes faster than I can wear them. Do you see anything that catches your eye?
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Thursday, March 7, 2013
Maybe I Need To Stop Buying Nail Polish- A Haul
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Ninja Polish,
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Monday, October 1, 2012
Hits Mari Moon Unique Nail Polish Set (Multi-chrome Goodness!)
Heeeey guys! This post has been requested by a few people, so I thought I might as well oblige. Spoiler- These polishes are freakin' gorgeous and everyone needs to own them. You WILL want them when you see 'em. Also, I will not be held responsible for any bills not paid because you bought these instead. ;-D So now that I got that out of the way early, let's get right to it.
I bought the Hits Mari Moon Unique set from Llarowe when they had an awesome coupon code. But seriously, I would have bought them at full price. Hits is a sub-brand of Brazilian polish makers Speciallità (here is a catalog of all their polishes); a brand most of the world wouldn't have had access to before online retailers popped up and started selling it. I'm so grateful they did! (EDIT: Apparently other countries can order from the Speciallità website. I put together a cart, but shipping was going to be around $28. Ouch.) The polishes in the Unique set are also sold separately. The is another set named Modern that I plan to pick up soon.
I used about 3 coats for each polish to be opaque on it's own. The bottles are small (6 ml) so I would probably layer them to not use them as quickly. This is extremely pic heavy post (25 pictures!) so I'm sorry if it takes forever to load!
I bought the Hits Mari Moon Unique set from Llarowe when they had an awesome coupon code. But seriously, I would have bought them at full price. Hits is a sub-brand of Brazilian polish makers Speciallità (here is a catalog of all their polishes); a brand most of the world wouldn't have had access to before online retailers popped up and started selling it. I'm so grateful they did! (EDIT: Apparently other countries can order from the Speciallità website. I put together a cart, but shipping was going to be around $28. Ouch.) The polishes in the Unique set are also sold separately. The is another set named Modern that I plan to pick up soon.
I used about 3 coats for each polish to be opaque on it's own. The bottles are small (6 ml) so I would probably layer them to not use them as quickly. This is extremely pic heavy post (25 pictures!) so I'm sorry if it takes forever to load!
Hits Mari Moon Artsy
| Hits Mari Moon Artsy |
| Hits Mari Moon Artsy |
| Hits Mari Moon Artsy |
| Hits Mari Moon Artsy |
| Hits Mari Moon Artsy |
Hits Mari Moon Chameleon
| Hits Mari Moon Chameleon |
| Hits Mari Moon Chameleon |
| Hits Mari Moon Chameleon |
| Hits Mari Moon Chameleon |
| Hits Mari Moon Chameleon |
Hits Mari Moon Daring
| Hits Mari Moon Daring |
| Hits Mari Moon Daring |
| Hits Mari Moon Daring |
| Hits Mari Moon Daring |
| Hits Mari Moon Daring |
Hits Mari Moon Unconventional
Hits Mari Moon Unique set over black
This is one coat of each polish over one coat of a black creme.
| From left- Artsy, Chameleon, Daring, Unconventional |
| From left- Artsy, Chameleon, Daring, Unconventional |
| From left- Artsy, Chameleon, Daring, Unconventional |
| From left- Artsy, Chameleon, Daring, Unconventional |
| From left- Artsy, Chameleon, Daring, Unconventional |
Whew. Congrats if you made it through that! So if that didn't make you want need these polishes, then there is no hope for you. I officially revoke your Nail Addict membership badge.
You can purchase the individual polishes at Llarowe (the set is out of stock) or Ninja Polish has both the set and individual polishes.
Labels:
duochrome,
Hits,
nail polish,
swatches
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Recent Nail Polish Acquisitions (AKA I Buy Way Too Much Polish)
So I drank a bottle of champagne last night- by myself, for no reason. Haha, how sad does that sound? I rarely drink and this bottle of champagne had been in my refrigerator since New Year's. I was just waiting for a special occasion. I got tired of waiting and decided Tuesday evening was special occasion enough. So I drank the bottle, got really happy, danced around to the Gangnam Style song, got sleepy, laid down and read a book, then got totally sober and awake and decided to write this post.
Since I decided to write this post at such an ungodly hour I'm just going to show bottle pics of some of my more recent nail polishes purchases. I'm sure there have been more than this... somewhere in the abyss that is my nail polish "storage" (aka random boxes stashed around my room) now that my Helmer is full.
This was my order from the recent buy one get one free Zoya sale. I got the sugar scrub and the polish remover free.
Since I decided to write this post at such an ungodly hour I'm just going to show bottle pics of some of my more recent nail polishes purchases. I'm sure there have been more than this... somewhere in the abyss that is my nail polish "storage" (aka random boxes stashed around my room) now that my Helmer is full.
| Butter London- No More Waity Katie, Knackered, Wallis, All Hail the Queen |
| Icing- Lipstick & Lovers, Forget You, Eenie Greenie Miney Mo, Mr Right Now (not as neon as it looks) |
| Barielle Falling Star, OPI Just Spotted the Lizard, KleanColor Chunky Holo Black, Nicole by OPI For Gold Times Sake, OPI Fly, Barielle Buddha-ful |
| Hits Mari Moon- Artsy, Daring, Chameleon, Unconventional |
| Zoya- Fei Fei, Frida, Anastasia, Daul, Zara, Jules, Song, Bevin |
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Barielle,
bottle pictures,
Butter London,
Hits,
Icing,
nail polish,
Nicole by OPI,
OPI,
Zoya
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