Barry M Pink Flamingo

Hi bloggers!

As promised, here is one of the polishes Boldnbella sent us! Pink Flamingo from Barry M.

It is such a pretty color! It's a wonderful summer color but with the season's changing, I definitely have found myself going for deeper, richer colors or nudes but this is still a beauty!

I also have another set of dupes for you. Essie Nice is Nice and China Glaze Light As Air.

The main difference between these two polishes is how opaque they are. China Glaze could have cover fine with one good coat while Essie would nee probably three coats to get around the same even, opacity. That being said, both colors or equally as pretty. 

Hope you enjoyed and have had a good week so far! 

-Lindsey

Meet Me At Sunset

Hi bloggers!

Here is just a quick NOTD look featuring Meet Me At Sunset from Essie, a beautiful orange-red color which is another good color for transitioning into fall.

Also, another set of dupes. I love both of these glittery teals in the bottle and on my nails but I do not however like taking them off.  Excuse the blurry first picture, I got a new camera recently and I'm still trying to get use to the settings.

When it comes to the glitter/flakes in these two polishes, as you can tel, Teal of Fortune is more blue, while Glee is more green. As I said above, I did not enjoy taking these off and here is why-both of them stained, not my nails, but my cuticles and surrounding skin. The two colors are Wet n Wild Teal of Fortune and Jesse's Girl Glee, both of these are two coats. Although they both stained the Wet n Wild stained more. Both pretty colors but be prepared when it comes time to take them off.

Hope you enjoyed!
-Lindsey

Transitioning Into Fall

Hi bloggers!

If you live in the mid west of the US like Brielle and I do, then you know the seasons are beginning to change weather or not we want them to! So what does this mean for you nails? Of course you can keep them whatever colors you want but I do tend to generally follow the seasons when it comes to my color choices. Around this time of year I start using more reds and darker pinks to ease into fall. This NOFD is Sephora by OPI BYOBoy. I love this color, it's the perfect dark mauvey-pink.

I'm also going to start including some dupes with some of my posts. As my nail polish collection has grown and continues to grow, I've noticed I've gotten more and more dupes without really noticing that I had acquired so many. Some of the colors are from different seasonal collections and some or more permanent colors from different nail polish brands. This group of dupes are obviously reds, another good fall transition color. The colors from left to right: Revlon Valentine, China Glaze Phat Santa, China Glaze Drastic, and Sally Hansen Hollywood Scarlet.

On each finger there are two coats of the color.  As you can tell, they are all pretty similar shades.

Hope you enjoyed!
-Lindsey

OPI Lucerne-Tainly Look Marvelous - Chanel Graphite Dupe

Hi everyone! So sorry I've been MIA, I'm on vacation in San Diego with the Husband! It's been so nice, and now that I'm sunburnt and crispy I am a little slower than he is, so I have time to write a blog!

As you know, I am a huge LOVER of Chanel nail polishes, but the price does not fit in with a college married persons budget, so I do what I can to get over my lust. In comes OPI's Lucerne-Tainly Look Marvelous. It's a dark charcoal black that looks very similar to Chanel's Graphite (I think).

Chanel Graphite:

(Image from here.)

While Graphite has a little yellow/golden undertones, Lucerne-Tainly Look Marvelous does not. It's a flat black shade, but similar all the same. I originally purchased this nail polish in a set, from Ulta shown here it was so cheap I couldn't pass it up! I got two amazing polishes out of it too!

OPI:

To me, it will be the closest I can get to Chanel's Graphite. I hope you think so too! Also, It can make happy husbands because $9 is always better than $25!

Happy Friday everyone!
Brielle


Ps, This polish required a felt removal. I'm going to be posting on that soon! Keep your eyes peeled! (What a weird saying!)

Wannabe Chanel Mimosa

Hi guys! I hope everyone's summer is going really well! It's getting hot here!

So, I LOVE Chanel nail polishes! They are so amazing, but I do not love the price tag, like other people, so I decided to improvise!

For the Summer, Chanel released Mimosa, a sheer "shimmery" golden/buttery polish. Uhhhh I lusted over this polish, but I knew, being such a crazy color, that I could not buy it because I would never get my used out of it. I just made do with the colors I already owned!

First, I did two coats of China Glaze's Lemon Fizz from their Up & Away collection. Then, having CND's Gold shimmer, I put on a top coat. It doesn't look like it 100%, but for me, it's pretty close.

Chanel's Mimosa: (I just googled this picture)

Here's my interpretation!

What are your improvisations for Chanel polishes? Do you have any dupes? I would LOVE to know! 

I hope to have a great fourth of july nail posting here soon! 

Have a great week!

Brielle