China Glaze- It's Alive!

I knew I had to make this polish mine when I saw the picture, but I don't know why I waited so long. I went 5 days before Halloween, and had to run all over town before I found it,...and the 4 pack I was hoping to get it in, yeah right, long gone! You snooze,you lose! I learned my lesson... Anyway...I obviously found it!! This has easily become one of my favorites of all time. I know I went a little overboard on the pictures, but wow:)

This is a murky green jelly base, loaded with small and med swampy green glitter. I used 2 coats and its perfect! If you are botherd by glitter's rough texture; you will need to load up top coat, this sucks it right up!
I dont mind unles it catches on my clothes, so 2 coats of Seche Vite and I wasa happy as a clam.

Sally Hansen- Pumpkin Spice

Happy Halloween Weekend!!! I wanted to make sure I got in some Halloween themed polishes, so to start I chose Pumpkin Spice. This jumped out at me because there are two polishes on my wish list that I was hoping this would come close to filling my need for, CG Fortune Teller and CG Ick-a-body. This is neither of those. Don't get me wrong I love the final result, but it took some doctoring up! When I started applying the first coat I couldn't get over how sheer it was. I tried a second coat on one finger and realized I'd better put this over something else.

So.... this is 2 coats Pumpkin Spice over Sinful Colors black. Even though it wasn't exactly what I was expecting, I really like the way it came out. I am thinking of trying it over some other colors too like a rust or chocolate maybe? Or mossy green?

OPI- The Muppets are coming!!! Correction, they are heeerrreee!!!!

Is anyone as excited as I am about the release of the new Muppets Collection from OPI? I first saw this when pictures came out after the Cosmoprof show this past summer. I have been patiently waiting for the polishes to arrive on the shelves! Well, its about that time so I figured I better show you what you can expect!

Sending “Warm & Fozzie” Wishes from OPI!

OPI Celebrates Disney’s “The Muppets” with Holiday Lacquers Inspired by Walt Disney Pictures’ New Film

This holiday season, OPI pays homage to America’s favorite Muppet friends as they hit the big screen in Disney’s The Muppets. With an all-star cast including Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper, Kermit, Miss Piggy and the entire Muppet crew, the family comedy opens in theaters nationwide on November 23, 2011.
Inspired by the film’s namesake lively and colorful characters, OPI launches twelve limited-edition Nail Lacquers for Holiday 2011. “OPI is so excited to work with Disney to celebrate this long-awaited movie release,” said Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, OPI Executive VP & Artistic Director. “Not only do The Muppets characters inspire fun, bright and joyful colors, the fashionable Miss Piggy lends her name to three high-shine pink-based hues, ranging from bold red flecked with silver to a multi-dimensional strawberry shade.”
This line features six shimmery reds and neutrals, as well as six glitter-packed.
Lacquer packed with micas and sparkle gives a 3-dimensional textured look that makes nails look like jewelry. With shades ranging from textured glitters in rainbow, red, green and blue to softer shimmers in copper and bronze metallic hues, these twelve colors provide the perfect accessory for the holiday season.
As with all OPI nail lacquers, these shades inspired by Disney’s The Muppets contain no DBP, Toluene, or Formaldehyde, and feature OPI’s exclusive ProWide™ Brush for the ultimate in application.
This limited edition promotion will be available beginning November 2011 at Professional Salons and Spas for $10.95 CAN suggested retail for each Nail Lacquer.
For more information, please call 800-341-9999 or visit www.opi.com. Follow OPI on Twitter @OPI_PRODUCTS and become a Facebook fan!

Animalistic

This wild bright red cannot be tamed!

Meep-Meep-Meep

Missing out on this fuchsia would make you weep, weep, weep!

Wocka Wocka!

The popular deep berry makes everything fun and merry!

Pepe's Purple Passion

This deep, decent shade is the best purple ever, okay!

Designer, de better!

And this light metallic bronze is ready for the runway.

Warm & Fozzie

A feel-good shade of metallic copper.

Rainbow Connection

The rainbow glitter of your dreams.

Excuse Moi!

Ahem! This pink glitter has something to say!

Gone Gonzo!

The aqua blue glitter is taking over the world!

Fresh Frog of Bel Air

A glitter that prefers the greener things in life.

Divine Swine

The finest most fabulous magenta glitter ever.

Gettin' Miss Piggy with it!

Red glittery fun for everyone.

And just in case you’re interested in the movie, here’s what the press release had to say about it:
On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world’s biggest Muppet fan, and his friends Gary (Jason Segel) and Mary (Amy Adams) from Smalltown, USA, discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) to raze the Muppet Theater and drill for the oil recently discovered beneath the Muppets’ former stomping grounds. To stage The Greatest Muppet Telethon Ever and raise the $10 million needed to save the theater, Walter, Mary and Gary help Kermit reunite the Muppets, who have all gone their separate ways: Fozzie now performs with a Reno casino tribute band called the Moopets, Miss Piggy is a plus-size fashion editor at Vogue Paris, Animal is in a Santa Barbara clinic for anger management, and Gonzo is a high-powered plumbing magnate. With secret, signature, celebrity cameos, Disney’s “The Muppets” hits the big screen Nov. 23, 2011.

OPI- Nicki Minaj Collection Preview

There is going to be a Nicki Minaj collection released in January. OPI posted this on their facebook with some new information on the colors it will contain:

"Despite what you've seen online, we wanted to make sure you got accurate information from us. The Nicki Minaj collection consists of a deep shimmering purple Shatter called "Super Bass" and these five Nicki-inspired colors: "Metallic 4 Life", "Save Me", "Fly", "Did It On 'Em" and the bubble gum hue "Pink Friday".

As soon as I get any more information, I will let you know!

Ulta- I Got the Denim Blues Collection- Rhinestone Rocker

Well this is the final color from IGTDB. Rhinestone Rocker is a fun polish, I'm not sure I can see how it really relates to jeans, but whatever!

This is a really dark blue/black. In the bottle the shimmer shows up light blue, silver, and pink. On the nail, it really doesn't translate. I tried to see the blue and pink in several different lighting's, but really subtle silver was all that you could really see. It covered really well, was opaque in 2 coat's and wore well too, especially for such a dark color. For not having much shimmer/glitter, it didn't dry very smooth, i needed a topcoat to give it some shine and smooth it out. I don't dislike this polish but with the other choices you have for sparkly blacks, this isn't at the top of my list.

I have cuticle oil all over my hands in this pic! I spent the morning moving boxes and abused my hands a little, so I'm trying to do some recovery:/

This collection is available only at Ulta stores, for $9.95. I didnt find it with the other polishes so you may have to ask where they have it displayed.

Ulta I Got the Denim Blues Collection- Soho Skinny

Another Friday, yay! I can't believe how fast the weeks have been flying by, I am so excited for the weekend, but I know it will be Monday before I'm ready! I guess I cant worry about that though!

Here is the fourth polish in the IGTDB collection; Soho Skinny. I wore this the other day shopping with mom, and in the car I saw my hand on my lap and realized this actually is the exact color of the jeans I had on! To describe it I guess I would say its a dark cerulean blue cream, with a very subtle shimmer to it. I used two coats; and if it looks a little messy I finished up about 5 minuted before hauling a 2 year old and a ton of stuff to the car. I smudged some of my fingers and did my quick fix of using polish remover on a q-tip to smooth the smudge, then polishing over the patch, allowing that to dry and then another coat. Its not perfect but it worked for the time:)

Ulta- I Got the Denim Blues Collection- Denim Glitz

Ok, back to I Got the Denim Blues! Today's color is Denim Glitz. When I saw this collection for the first time I knew this would be my favorite. I always try to branch out and embrace all the colors, but its no use, I come back to my blue!

Denim Glitz is a rich royal blue, I wanna say holo micro glitter? It has a flash of pink in bright light and is very similar to an OPI DS I had put on my toes at my last pedi. (If I remember the name, I'll update this!)
I used 3 coats to give it some depth, but it covered after 2. I know my application here leaves something to be desired, I put on the final coat at my desk right before work. Time before Precision!