Zoya Raven

I hope everyone in the US had a nice Thanksgiving! Today is now "Black Friday" where masses of people hit the malls and other stores to get great deals on items. I find Black Friday a bit scary. I live around 1 mile from the mall. I have yet to venture outside on Black Friday considering I'm sure I'll be bombarded with traffic as soon as I leave my apartment complex. However, my curiosity has gotten the better of me, and my BF too for that matter. I think we may venture out and just see how insane it really is today. If I have a post up tomorrow you'll know I survived! :P

Zoya Raven

Raven is a black creme with a subtle silver shimmer.

I got this as part of Zoya's Halloween special. I initially thought this was just a plain black creme, but there is a lovely shimmer throughout. It's definitely not my favorite of colors, but the shimmer is a nice surprise. I'm not disappointed!

Happy Friday & Happy Shopping to those of you who are out!

Zoya Tiffany

It's the day before Thanksgiving, and I've managed not to put up any Christmas lights yet. I will be putting them up tonight. I like having Christmas stuff up during Thanksgiving. I know I'm a bit Xmas obsessed. On another note, one of the winter collections released I've been pleased with is the Zoya Flame collection. I don't think I'll ever get tired of foily/glass fleck/glitters they're right up my alley!

Tiffany

Tiffany is a peachy  champagne foil with flecks of gold/peach glitter. (I'm terrible at describing this. It has so many elements!)


No complaints here. I love this foil-metallic finish in polishes these days. I've always loved this type of color, but when it's in a flat shimmer it's unappealing to me. The little foil-metallic particles really give this color "umph" and make it a star! This color reminds me a lot of my favorite MAC eyeshadow "Mythology".

I don't have plans to post tomorrow, so I hope all of you who celebrate have a nice Thanksgiving!

Happy Wednesday!

BB Couture Dragon's Breath

I think I have a BB Couture lemming list that is at least 15 polishes long. I love this brand, but it's not my favorite as far as price goes. They're around $9 a bottle. I have 4 colors, but I hope to expand that! These are great polishes and the colors are very unique! Here is one of my favorites...

Dragon's Breath

Dragon's Breath is a red-toned purple jelly with red, blue, and silver glitter.

This is a great color. I love the red and blue glitter in the purple base. You do not get different color glitters in jelly polishes often. I think these are definitely worth the $9 price tag. Their polishes are some of my all time favorites as far as color selection and originality.

Update: You can find BB Couture polishes on OverallBeauty!

Happy Tuesday!

Franken Snow Kissed Lilac

This weekend I was on a mission to make a franken dupe of China Glaze No Way Jose (photo courtesy of lextard). This is a discontinued polish. You cannot find this anywhere. It's not on ebay it's not on etailers. It is gone. The problem is I *need* this polish.

I decided I would try to franken this. My franken attempt was a fail. I don't even recall the recipe at this point. I think I worked on this for 3 hours over the span of 2 days. The bottle overflowed about 5 times. I used probably 7 different polishes. I never came up with a dupe of this amazing color. That being said I'm kind of in love with my franken, but I still need that No Way Jose!

Snow Kissed Lilac

Snow-Kissed Lilac is a bright lilac pastel creme mixed in with white/clear glass fleck glitter (I used Orly Winter Wonderland for this). I want to to thank "popojijo" on MUA for helping me name this. 

I could go through how not like No Way Jose this is, but that will depress me. I am really pleased with this franken in general though. I love the brightness of the purple and that glitter effect. It's definitely not a color I have in my collection. Overall, I'm really happy with franken. Was I frustrated as heck and irritated I couldn't get this franken to look like No Way Jose? Yep! :P This was a nice surprise though. China Glaze do me a favor and re-release this polish. :)


Happy Monday!

Maybelline Colorama Burgundy Blaze

I never have much luck at Dollar Tree. I am so jealous of the people who have found Sally Hansen Nail Prisms at their Dollar Tree! The Dollar Trees around me all carry the same 200 bottles of the same 3 shades of LA Colors. Bleh. I did get lucky one day when I found a pack of Maybelline Coloramas. This seriously was a miracle. I don't know how this happened considering their consistent less that stellar nail polish selection. I've miss Coloramas! It's one of those lines like Revlon Street Wear I wish I could go back in time and collect them all! 

Burgundy Blaze

Burgundy Blaze is a burgundy shimmer with gold undertones.

This is definitely not the most original color, but I have a soft spot for reds with gold in them. Plus, it's nice to have a Colorama color. It's so nostalgic!

Happy Saturday!