Polish Day 63 Lancôme Gris Angora

I bought this polish to get over some I guess childhood bad memories of my dad shaming me about spending too much money on nail polish because I had gotten my first job was newly divorced but unfortunately staying at their home with three kids and their nanny.  My only splurge was a bottle of Lancôme nail polish or maybe two once a month.  I won’t get into all the details but it did make me change my nail polish and I never bought a bottle of Lancôme nail polish until I bought this one and let me tell you these people make the best polish.  I usually say OPI is best but I am wrong.  These polishes go on so smoothly,  they dry so fast no streaks and I didn’t even use a top coat.  I messed up a nail and tried to clean it with an orange stick but the polish was already dry.  I could not find one thing wrong with this polish but there are 2 things wrong with Lancôme one is that the bottle is  very small, it is $15.00 and they don’t have a vast array of colors.  I found only one color I liked  so I am probably going to go trade it for a duplicate polish I ordered.  Hopefully, they will have the color I want in the store but beside this color and this other one, the colors are just so plain.  Too bad.
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Hope I can get another bottle but sad that I will only have two bottles I guess it was not meant to be.
Ciao,
Patty

Polish Day 62 Tuff Scent Sea Breeze

This is the scented polish that is a big smash in Hollywood.  They started giving it away in gift bags and has created quite a following.  Stars such as Ashley Olsen, Halle Berry, Drew Barrymore just to name a few are big fans of this polish.  It is a long wearing polish.  The scent is great and even into the second day you can still smell it.  I ended up wearing it for three days because I was wearing it when my husband went into the hospital on Thursday and took it off Sunday and it still had a slight scent.  I have very sensitive nose and can smell things that some people can’t.  When I worked at CPS our trainer told us always to have something to put on the top of our index finger in case you were in some place that really smelled bad.  So, I always carried a small bottle of perfume to put it on my finger.  I still do to this day.  Habit I guess.  Now, had I known about this polish I would have worn it all the time.  After wearing it for a day, I thought why don’t I have more of these?  So, I ordered 2 more bottles.  You can buy them at tuff scent, they cost $10.00 and shipping is free so that is a good deal.  They have glitters and some jellies and regular polish.  I have jelly and it does take a long time to dry just an FYI if you plan on ordering.  Otherwise,  the regular one and this glitter one dried pretty fast.  I did do a post on the other one I have it is blue and the post is called the best smelling polish.  I think will review the jelly one again because I did make a jelly sandwich with it and use the glue base so it does deserve another chance at a review just on the polish. 




















So, if you want something new check out the website and see if there is anything you might want to try. 
I did not get paid for this post I both these polishes on my own.

Polish Day 61 Beauty Never Fails

a-England has put out some really pretty polishes this one is one of my favorites I love the dark green with gold flecks in it the day I wore it everyone wanted to know where I got it and when I got into telling them.   They looked at me rather oddly, like you go through that to get a nail polish.  Shit yes for this one.  I wonder what other two they have up their sleeves because there will be five in this Heavenly Quotes series and after the last series which was ok but not the best they need to hit a home run.  They got with this one.












There she is I just love the way it sparkles in the sun because of the gold flecks.  This is a winner.

Ciao,
Patty

Polish Day 60 Essence Chic Reloaded

Ok, this is what I want in a polish.  Smooth application a nice size brush (should have taken a picture, on the next one), fast drying and $1.00.  Photographs beautifully also.  A bottle that is small enough that I can hold it when I photograph.  Not that is small but the shape is just perfect for my fat little hands.   But is it purple or some other color?  Look and find out.

I love the way I can hold the bottle and you can still see my fingers.

What happened. That’s right it is green and photographed green. I love it.

I’ve had this sitting on my desk for about two weeks ready to swatch but something else always came in and I had  felt that this one could wait.  All I am going to say is it  is a great polish and for $2.00 you can’t miss.

Ciao for now bellas,
Patty

Polish of Day 59 a-England Moonbeams

Help!  I left home without my panties.  That is all I could think of as I was photographing this polish but with four coats this is what the polish looks like.  It is really pretty but I think I needed to have undies on it.  I think it would have looked better but I just thought after the second coat it would look ok.  It was smooth but you could barely see the color now maybe on a lighter skin tone two coats would be ok but it wasn’t for me.  Overall the polish went on smooth and dried fast for four coats, so I am happy with it.   Now,  I am just waiting for someone to have She walks in Beauty.  It is a pinkish color.  I like this line better than the last one which to me all look black.  I got this from Llarowe and you just gotta keep up with your newsletters to get the three in the collection so far. 

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Do you buy a-England polishes and if you have had you a negative or postive experience with them?  Let us know.
Ciao,
Patty

The Prettiest Manicure I Had Ever Seen

Sometime last year before I started doing a blog I used to read them and I came across The Polished Perfectionist blog and on her home page she has this beautiful manicure she recently duplicated it in teal.  I really wanted to wear it too so I changed it to blue.  I used Deborah Lippman’s Let’s hear it for the Boy on my pinky and thumb and for the dots on the index finger.  The middle finger has China Glaze Lorelie’s Tiara and the ring finger has Butter London Blagger and stamped with the butterfly pattern from the DRK-A plate.  Now this is a steal but in a different color and if you want to see some really pretty nail art.  She does it.  I really felt so feminine and was waving my hands all day so people would notice.  What a freak.  But I love this manicure.  I have heard several bloggers say try this and send me pictures of what you came up with and there is a saying that goes something like, Duplication is the biggest form of flattery.  I think I would only get upset if my pictures were used without my authorization or if something was copied and I was not noted as the creator.  That is like plagiarism.   So, I will send Polished a pic of this and want to say that she is the creator of this look I simply changed the colors.  She has been out of pocket for a while and sometimes our memories are short.  So, another thing I like about this manicure is that color combinations are endless and it is easy to create. 

So, what are your thoughts on this am I stealing or just copying and is it wrong?
Ciao,
Patty

Polish of Day 57 Hex Appeal by KB Shimmer

OMG, this polish is so pretty.  The glitter go together great and I loved wearing it  I wore it for three whole days.  I love KB Shimmer polish.  Christy and two others I know never miss the mark.  I just placed another order from Christy because I knew I needed more when I got Hex appeal and Cocoa Nut.  I ordered Diva and Quantum leaf and there is another one coming out is black to business.   I can’t wait for that one.  I did use OPI' You –got to get this Color.  It was perfect for this polish and I kind of do recommend using undies just to get the most out of your polish.  












See how beautiful.  If you have never bought an indie I would highly recommend trying Kb Shimmer and two others that you will see on my blog.  I have no other indies on my blog so see if you can figure out who the other two are they also have some great things.  KB Shimmer polishes can be bought at KB Shimmer

Ciao,
Patty

Hanuakah Flaom

I waited patiently for my first bottle of floam.  Then there was girly Floam, now Hanukkah floam.  Oy vey.  I love it .   You don’t need to be Jewish to wear this and it doesn’t need to be Hanukkah to wear it.  It iis so pretty.  Very feminine even though it its blue.     If you  have ever used floam you know the waiting period is a little longer and if you mess up you can always put it back in place.  I love that.    I put it on my toes too.   I hated taking off but I did wear it for three days and it was time to change so I could get to swatching other colors.















So you can see that yes it is blue and silver but it doesn’t mean Hanukkah.  It is a good time to wear it but I will wear it anytime.  It is just that pretty

Ciao,
Patty

Polish of Day 56 Nars Storm Bird

This polish is absolutely gorgeous.  It goes on like a dream and I am really glad I finally decided to get it.  I kept blowing it off but I finally took the leap.  It goes on like smooth silk and dries to a beautiful cream finish like the sheen you get when making butter taffy.

 

I also think it was kind of a fluke that I got this polish because I had a reward card for $15.00 with a $50.00 purchase.  I needed to spend $11.00 more so I remembered this polish and just grabbed it to go.  It was so hot in Sephora I was sphitzing all over the place.  I got some other things to review.  I know I am behind on my polish of the day.  Just with Hanukkah and then my sister's birthday I haven't had a free moment but there is always time.  But I have pictures of two days of Hanukkah pictures and other manicures.   So check me out tomorrow when I have the whole day to work on my

blog which I love to do, so check me out tomorrow.  Lots of good stuff.

Ciao for now bellas,

Patthy

Polish of Day 56 Tramp Stamp Butter London

There is only one reason I bought this polish.  The name.  I love the name.  At first I wasn’t crazy about the color but as I took the pictures it looked really pretty and now that I have cropped them and looked at them and liked it.  I am not going to say it is my favorite but I would probably stamp it to make it a little more attractive.









Love it or leave it.  It joins my collection of butter London’s

Ciao,
Patty

Polish of Day 55 Viridian by Illamasqua

Hi, today I have a beautiful green which totally looks blue but it is a duochrome.  It is absolutely gorgeous and I can’t wait to wear it one day soon.  I kind of feel weird about that but I am going out to dinner tonight and it just was not going to go with what I am wearing.  This is a great formula.  I got this from Sephora online and it cost $15.00 which is ok.  Just a dollar more than Butter London. This polish has been around for a while but it is so pretty it has real staying power.







There she is, isn’t she pretty?
Ciao,
Patty