Tuff Scents Kiss

This is the polish that smells great.  There are different scents.  If you are sensitive to scents this is not the polish for you.  This particular one is called Kiss and smells like cinnamon.  I absolutely love this one because my MAOI leaves a very bitter taste in my mouth a side effect of the medication so the smell is great because I can actually taste it in my mouth.  I really like that.  The color is also really a Patty color since it is a nude.  These polishes are $10.00 at their website Tuff Scents.  I have a red Rose one and the scent is lighter.  I have it scheduled to be reviewed next week.  but like I said if scents bother you this is not for you.  if you love scented candles, potpourri or any scented items you will love this polish.









So, as you can tell this is a taupe shimmer and really would look pretty good on any skin tone.  The formula on this is great.  Two coats for opacity but dry time is just a hair longer.  Then one coat of top coat and the scent lasted longer than twenty four hours and I didn’t have that gross bitter taste in my mouth instead I just had the taste of cinnamon.  It was really great.   I ordered two more just because I had such good luck with the cinnamon, the rose did not give the same effect.  So, I am just thinking that maybe this only happens with the spicy ones.  I’ll find out and let you all know.  But check out their website, it won’t hurt unless you spend money you shouldn’t.  Oh, and shipping is free which is always a plus for me.
If you have anymore questions about this product.  Feel free to email and not just this product any product I review.  Sometimes, I don’t think of something and leave it out so I want you to feel free to contact me.  If I don’t know the answer.  I will do my best to find out.  I know sometimes you don’t want to leave a comment when you really have a question so shoot me an email and I’ll tell you what I know.

Ciao for now,
Patty

OPI Oz Review

Ok, I swore I was not going to buy anything from this collection but I figured two were not going to kill me.  I bought Glints of Gilda and When Monkey's Fly.  For the first time I am going to really advise everyone from buying When Monkey's Fly Unless you have some magic way of getting glitter not to curl.  I tried everything and those sucker just kept curling.  I have contacted the person I bought it from and they are taking it back.  I really am thinking of writing to OPI and telling them they need to pull the whole lot and believe me I will.  That is how much trouble I had with this polish.  I smashed it I put three coats of top coat and it is still curled as you will see in the pictures.  Now, Glints of Glinda is a jelly polish not my favorite but I did fall in love with this one.  It is a neutral bordering more on yellow than pink but it did take four coats to reach opacity and that might have been my fault because I really did not wait long enough for the first coat to dry but other wise it is really pretty.  I have some gold glitter and can always franken some multicolor glitter to get the same effects of When Pigs Fly.  I am excited to see the movie and happy with my purchase of Glints of Gilda.  The other polishes are just too much like last year's New York Ballet so not interested.  So, first I'll show you Glints of Glinda

See, this is a really pretty color, like I said more yellow than pink.  That doesn't mean I don't like nudes with more pink that yellow.  I am just saying this is really nice and then to ruin it with When Monkey's Fly is a crime.

This is what it looks like on.  Horrid!

Warning this is the bottle in comes in and it looks so pretty.

Closeup.  Look at all that curling

A totally ruined manicure!  And I was a little upset because it does take a while for  Glints of Gilda to dry.

Here it is swatched on next to Polka.com.  It is not like OPI does not know how to make glitter polish.  They do but When Monkey's Fly Is a BIG failure.

So, overall, I like Glints of Glinda but stay away from When Monkeys fly.  It is a gold glitter with some colored glitter find something else similar that I am sure you have somewhere and use that save your money there is no fix to this polish unless you know something I don't and if you do fill me in because I have always heard that curling glitter cannot be fixed and if the fix is turning them around.  I just don't have the time.  So thumbs up for Glints of Glinda and thumbs way down for When Monkey's Fly.

Ciao for now,

Patty

Piggy Forget About Kermit, Cookie Monster is Your Man

So, I finally got the ok to eat a little milk chocolate and I do love chocolate chip cookies but I have to sneak them because I am only supposed to have two a day.  No Cookie Monster here but I can wear it on my nails and I love it.  But I was thinking as I was taking these pictures that Miss Piggy really needs to forget about that slimy Frog and go for Cookie Monster.

         

She is always trying to seduce Kermit and he never responds.  All Piggy would have to do is put some cookies in some strategic places and she might be a very happy pig and not go off on those rants she goes on as often as she does.  Just thinking. 
Ok, to this beautiful polish. this is Cookie Monster by Whimsical Ideas by Pam.  It is loaded with glitter at the top of the bottle which is wow.  On some big glitters you need to wait till the second use to really get the glitter easily.  This one is not like that it also dries fast.  So, it is loaded with cookie monster blue glitter and white glitters.  They are matte but with top coat they shine.  I used Zoya’s Blu from the Lovely Collection and then one coat of Cookie Monster to get the look. 








So, if you like this polish you can purchase them at Pam’s website on Facebook.   She has several other polishes and if you like this one you will love her other ones.  I usually buy her whole collections because I love them so much

Kimber's Challenge Letter G

Not sure I made my little game but I am good as far as the challenge goes. Today, I have Glitter Gal Mossy Green. I bought it a while back to do a gradient with Nubar's Reclaim. I never posted it but it came out ok. I don't think I was blogging yet so I might give it another try. So here is Mossy Green from Glitter Gal. I have nothing witty to say since this color is Mossy Green what can you say about mossy green?

 

 

 

Can you think about anything funny about Mossy Green?

Ciao for now,

Patty

Zoya Joy and Jo

To say that last month we were not inundated with Zoya would be an understatement.  It seems like everywhere I turned Zoya was on sale or at a reduced price which suited me fine. I know right off the bat I bought both the Pixie Dust which I have yet to share and are sitting in my computer waiting to get cropped and the Lovelys which I did post earlier this month. But even with ordering those I found some on eBay and amazon at a great price.  So, I did go wild on Zoya last month.  I hope I get a chance to show them all by the end of the month.  For some reason I have not received mail since Saturday.  So everything I have ordered might be here tomorrow and I have to say I am a little scared.  I have my polish room almost up to being photographed.  I've been working on that and inventory and getting polish  together for a blog sale.  It is a little harder than I thought, but I am not stressing and that is good.
This first polish is called Jo. It is a light blue definitely more on the red than the purple side.  When I wore it , I just kept thinking ok the possibilities with this polish.  I could dress it up with a silver tip.  Or draw flowers, laser tape with a blue gradient.  I love to recycle and this one is perfect for that if that is something you do.  The quality of the polish was perfect dried quickly and smoothly.   It did not drip down my nail causing flooding at my cuticle.  i hate when new polish does that.  I had no problems with this polish.

















 This is Joy and she is a really pretty one.  I thought of my daughter when I painted this color for the reason that, this is not really red but would look great with it .  My daughter would never wear a bright red even if she was wearing all red because even though she likes it she does not like the way it looks on her hands.  I will wear just about any color and make it work but not her.  I thought this is a good color for the younger girl who wants to wear red but Mom won't let her or anyone who doesn't wear red this is a perfect place to start.  I know growing up there was a stigma if you wore red nail polish so we tended to avoid it.  But today every thing goes and as far as the beauty arena.  I think we have seen the most changes with nails because let's just face it MAC came out with a black lipstick and it looks ugly.  Even blue lipstick. Unless it is Halloween or some costume party those colors don't look good but we can't say the same for nails.  Anything goes and we like it.  Yes, we are polish addicts and no one needs to know.  They just know our nails always look damn good.

Ciao,
Patty

What I Wore For Valentine’s Day

I realize I never showed my Valentine’s Day manicure.  You might be expecting more but this is what I really wore. 

I don’t always stamp.  Sometimes a polish is so pretty when I put it on I just can’t stamp it.   I wore this and the next day stamped black tips on it and it looked really good.  I love this color it is a perfect night time winter shade it is called Cabernet by Ciate`.  I love the smoothness and how quickly it dries.  It does remind me a lot of the Lancôme polish that I fell in love with.  I compare this also to Butter London same price almost the same formula but there are colors that Ciate has that Butter London does not.  So, this was my Valentine’s Day manicure simple and no bells and whistles.









Even though we only celebrate it Valentine’s Day.  I always say any day can be Valentine’s Day.  The more good loving days you have the better your life is going to be.  I will be posting the giveaways for the week tomorrow.  I am in the process of updating the page and enter the ones you want.  Don’t think you can’t win.  I won one this week.   Last month I think I won about the.  Yes, they take time but enter the ones that you like the prize and believe me sooner or later you will win.  I hope everyone had a great weekend and has a good week.
Ciao for now,
Patty

Products I Am Loving

 Over the holidays I ran out of my makeup.  I have been wearing MAC Studio Fix forever and a drig store brand that I use for whatever.  I got a sample of this Clinique Stay Matte Oil-free makeup and I loved it.  I tried the beauty balms but I need a little more coverage.  When I was 14  I was in a really bad car accident.  I lost my front teeth and was left with scars all over my face.  It was horrible especially because of my age.  I had two reconstructive surgeries over the next year achieve.  Remember we are talking 1979.  There is still some slight scarring if you look closely but I am always conscious of it.  That is why I need more coverage in my foundation than a balm can provide. This makeup is light as a feather goes on smoothly and provides medium to full coverage.  It does keep my skin matte where the MAC would get a little oily and I had to use blotting tissue.  Here is a tip,  bathroom liners work fantastic for blotting tissue.  I've used store bought and paper liners and I cannot tell the difference.  But this makeup stays on and doesn't make me look pastey.  I love it so far, we will have to see what happens during summer.  We have had some summer days and it held up but what would happen in 100 degrees.  I'll let you know in a couple of months.



The next thing is this mascara from Clinique.  It is called High Lengths Mascara.  I have short lashes and it does bring then out the only thing is that you need to use another mascara to volumize.



Here is a picture of the brush.

                             

The Close up


The next thing I am loving the Essence color and go nail polishes.  They have great colors.  A great formula and at 1.99 what more do you want.  I buy mine at Ulta always with a coupon.



This is a color called I Love Bad Boys.



Here is a swatch of I Like Bad Boys.   I will do a full review next week.  It is just a nice powdery blue.  These polishes are great to use as undies for your precious indies.  Plus, they are fine to wear alone as I showed you in a post Day 60 Chic Reloaded.


The next thing is that I joined Julep.  I have heard their polish is really good and I had to them.  So, far,  I am pretty happy with them.  You take this test and it tells you what your style is I am classic with a twist so on the 20th of the month I think they send you an email and show you what is going to be in your box.  If you don't like it you can change it to another box if you don't want the box you can send it to someone or just cancel till the next month.  Certain bloggers have a badge that say become a maven for a penny that is what I did and by first box cost $5.00 for shipping.  Each month you pay $19.99 for a box.

This is the starter box.  Two polishes and a cuticle oil.



 

This is the first box I got.  It had three polishes a gel top coat.  Two chocolate hearts and this really cool little eyelash curler.  These colors are really pretty.  I will also review them next week.

 

Well those are just a few things.  I have a couple other new things I am trying and liking so watch for that post to come.

 

Please take a minute to answer the poll on the left side of the column.  Thanks and have a good evening.

 

Ciao bellas,

Patty