Sally Hansen Nail Prisms- Emerald Amethyst

If you ever run across these polishes in a sale bin somewhere grab them immediately. They are gems. This one is Emerald Amethyst and its gorgeous. It doesn't really look emerald, more olive/gold and amethyst, but whether the name is suited to the color is beside the point! you can see the color change on the bottle in the first picture. It goes from a dusty purple, to a gold green , and even picks up a little rosy mauve in there. It needs 3 coats like the other prisms, because they are a little on the thin side, but they wear really well.

I think next week I'll show another prism, Purple Diamond, a lilac holo!

Sally Hansen Nail Prisms- Turquoise Opal

 This is another one of those polishes that isn't around anymore:-( I'm really glad I've held onto it though, it a beauty. I loved the prism polishes, I still have a few, I was really sad when a red/gold/green duo chrome one (I forget the name) dried up and had to get tossed. Turquoise Opal is hard to describe, it looks just like the wings on a Japanese beetle. It turns from turquoise to emerald green to purple. It goes on pretty thin, I usually use 3 coats when I wear it alone. I really like it 2 coats over a black base, that really brings out the colors. This color is hard to capture, as I moved the nail and it changed, I couldn't get the rainbow spectrum on the nail, but in the different pictures you can see how it changes.

In these two pictures, my middle and pinky fingers are Turquoise Opal alone, and my ring and pointer have a black base coat. I know these are really messy but I'm working on it!

Sinful Colors, Seaweed

This is the other color I got from the Adventure Island Collection along with Open Seas. I passed on the collections namesake, and regretted it, but when I went back they were gone:-(

My first reaction when I saw this color going on was 'putty'. It was not the greatest first impression and with the first coat I was sure I hated it. But, it has grown on me, I wouldn't say love but I guess I like it. The problem is I'm really not used to wearing such neutral (blah) colors. It's one of those things I think is ugly and pretty at the same time. I was also impressed that it did not give me lobster hands.

Its a green based grey-tan. A very office appropriate alternative to nude.



Sinful Colors, Open Seas

If I had to pick a color to wear forever, this would be in my top 5 as I tried to narrow it down!

 Sinful released their Adventure Island Collection for Summer 2011. This collection was eerily similar to the OPI Pirates of the Caribbean Collection and Open Seas is a dead on dupe for OPI's Mermaid Tears. That being said, why not get the $1.99 version?

This is a color that could easily be worn into fall, as a matter of fact a few fall lines I've seen have colors like this. Its a dusty aqua color. I love this, its perfection! 2 coats for coverage and shine, decent drying time, and beautiful color. Its fun and still really simple.

OPI, Color to Diner For

Ok, I'll be the first to admit I'm not usually a red fan. I like one red, the cult fave OPI, I'm Not Really a Waitress. That's it, so when I saw this I figured, 'Oh another red shimmer'. Well I like it. It suits my coloring,  there's not to much shimmer, and it its not one of those trashy reds... if you know what i mean? The shimmer is gold and pink which balances out, and keeps it from leaning to warm or cool. Its a rich beautiful color. I still don't know how often I will get the urge to wear red but if I do now at least I have another option.

I swatched this really quickly and when I looked at the pictures I realized what a sloppy mess I made! Sorry for that! The color captured pretty well, but it was more opaque in real life, with no vnl.

OPI- Espresso Your Style

This one is an oldie but a goody! Espresso Your Style was released way back in 2006, and although its supposed to be discontinued (or so I hear), I still see it around in OPI displays. I think this is an ultimate warm fall brown. Kind of like a shimmery chocolate bar. Its a med-dark brown with gold micro-glitter.I don't have a lot to say about it, the color appears true to life, 2 coats, easily applied.

I am so excited about fall; orange, red, and gold leaves, football, pumpkin farms and haunted houses:) Oh and hot apple cider, can't forget that! I get excited about summer but I LOVE fall, and these colors just add a little bit to the excitement!

Revlon Sunshine Sparkle

So I saw this and decided it was too pretty to pass up. Sunshine Sparkle is a buttery yellow with subtle silver shimmer, which makes it ok on my cool toned skin. It almost looked like a 'dusty yellow' if there is such a thing. I think I would have loved this color if I had worn it when I bought it this past spring....But right now, I'm not sure I want to wear pastel colors. It really was a very fun 'springy' color, kind of reminds me of a marshmallow, but yellow, if that makes any sense!

The formula on this though, is what I think people are talking about when they say yellow polishes have problems!!! It took three coats before I didn't see major streaks. I wasn't sure if the lines and patches were ever going away... The polish wasn't runny or thick, in fact it went on pretty smooth, but holy streaks!! I can say though that with the four coats I used, they dried nice, and since I applied really thin coats, It wore really well, no chipping and I had it on 5 days.

The color did look different in low or bright light. It was very pastel in bright light and very mellow and buttery in lower. I think most of the time it looked more like in the second picture though.