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Urban Decay Apocalypse

September 3rd, 2010 by Toni | 2 Comments | Filed in Blacks, Cremes, Purples, Urban Decay
Urban Decay Apocalypse

Urban Decay Apocalypse

Oh. My. Goodness! This polish is tiny in size but packed with power! A better painter could do this in one coat. I had to use 2 because of my shaky hands. You can see the under-color where I tried to correct my errors, lol. It’s a deep dark bloody black reddish purple! It looks black to most people, but even my dh can make out some reddish purple in there. It went on so smooth …any errors are my shaky hands. And only 2 coats for massive opacity! No vnl here. Me thinks these will be great for Konad! LOVE! Thanks, Jessika!

Fairwind in Purple Stardust

September 1st, 2010 by Toni | 2 Comments | Filed in Fairwind, Glitters, etc., Purples, Shimmers
Fairwind Purple Stardust from Kesha

Fairwind Purple Stardust from Kesha

Kesha, I love ya! Gorgeous sparkly purple polish! 2 coats! This stuff is amazing! It goes on great and is a no pink or blue purple… just purple! Thanks for the fabulous find, Kesha! You can visit Kesha at NailPolishObsession! (ps: She is GREAT with nail art!)

OPI DS Mystery from Kesha

September 1st, 2010 by Toni | No Comments | Filed in Glitters, etc., OPI, Purples, Shimmers
OPI DS Mystery from Kesha

OPI DS Mystery from Kesha

Kesha fulfilled my longtime lemming for this beauty. It’s a deep purple with sparkly golden microglitter (or diamond dust, lol!) Very vampy and sexy… speaking of vampy, my mom says that term comes from “ladies” that used to follow Rudolph Valentino around… Vamps. I have to wonder if that’s where Vampy came from or is it really the whole vampire thing? ANyhoo… probaby not! LOL! Wikipedia lists its first use in the 40s. Please visit Kesha at NailPolishObsession!

Illamasqua Poke from IceRozie

August 31st, 2010 by Toni | 3 Comments | Filed in Glitters, etc., Illamasqua, Purples, Shimmers
Illamasqua Poke from IceRozie

Illamasqua Poke from IceRozie

Rozie performed the greatest kindness for me ages back when she bought me a bunch of Illas that are Euorpean only. I had an orgasm, I swear. I’ve staved off using them until I could get her long awaited packge off! Now it’s on! This was one I wasn’t going to get! Can you imagine how po’d I’d have been??? Bright violet purple with multicolored micro glitter! It goes on like buttah, it stays like iron. Amazing polish and I’m so glad you got this one for me, Roze! Thank you!! Here’s a bonus pic of the bottle where you can see the aaahhhmazing microglitter!

Illamasqua Poke Bottle

Illamasqua Poke Bottle

Nicole by OPI Virtuous Violet

August 30th, 2010 by Toni | 2 Comments | Filed in Drug Store polishes, Purples, Shimmers
Nicole Vivacious Violet

Nicole Vivacious Violet

This is one beauty of a violet! It took 4 coats to cover my vnl, but most people, 2-3 will probably work fine. This is another lovely from Jessika of PolishInsomniac. I couldn’t leave off after a week of wearing her pretties. There are soo many more! I think this is the most hated bottle in the world, but the polish itself was great. It dried pretty quickly (despite the slight dent in my index finger.) It’s got micro-glitter shimmer inside so I don’t even know what to call this polish! Just wowsa! It really glows from within.

Lippman “Call Me Irresponsible!”

August 28th, 2010 by Toni | 4 Comments | Filed in Jellies, Lippman, Purples
Lippman Call Me Irresponsible

Lippman Call Me Irresponsible

The perfect polish with a name made for me! And a funny story. I kept putting off going through everything in Jessika’s last package since I had taken like.. months… to send her’s. SO I finally start going through it, feeling a bit guilty (though your package is on it’s way, Jessika!) and I dig through and find this beauty called “Call Me Irresponsible!” When I saw the name I felt terrible for a minute then laughed hard! It’s so me. I am irresponsible, and I love this polish so much I could die! It’s a unique bright purple jelly and though it required 4 coats to obtain this depth of color, I loved every coat. (I like the act of polishing so I don’t mind alot of coats. It helps cover my deep ridges, anyway!) So a silly story, and a beautiful polish. Jess reaaalllly knows me!

Wet n Wild Megalast in Disturbia

August 28th, 2010 by Toni | 2 Comments | Filed in Drug Store polishes, Purples, Shimmers, Vampy
Wet n Wild Megalast in Disturbia

Wet n Wild Megalast in Disturbia

How Jessika finds these polishes, I’ll never know. My stores are lame, sold out, never carry them… so Jess finds these gems for me. This one is a deep purple shimmer, and this is no topcoat. Supershiny and only 2 coats! A win-win-win!

Purple Sunset By Jessika

August 28th, 2010 by Toni | 2 Comments | Filed in Glitters, etc., Hand Made/Frankened, Purples
Purple Sunset By Jessika

Purple Sunset By Jessika

Another luscious polish made by Jessika! This one’s called Purple Sunset, and it does indeed hold true to it’s name! Gorgeous deep purple with loads of glitter… I didn’t shake long enough, but I loved the contrasting glitter effect. It really lights up! Another one of a kind beauty… unless you made batches of these, Jessika!

Purple Dusk by Jessika!

August 26th, 2010 by Toni | 5 Comments | Filed in Purples, Shimmers
Purple Dusk by Jessika

Purple Dusk by Jessika

This is just my favorite color from one of my favorite people! Made with her own sweet hands, this is a beauty. Dusky purple with rainbow glitter… it’s right up my alley! I couldn’t have found a prettier polish! Thanks, Jessika! And your package is finally on it’s way! :D See Jessika at Polishinsomiac!

Milani Totally Cool!

August 25th, 2010 by Toni | 2 Comments | Filed in Drug Store polishes, Glitters, etc., Purples
Milani Totally Cool

Milani Totally Cool

I’ve decided to make this PolishInsomniac week! All the polishes from this week were given to me by my sweet Jessika. (She’s mine, but I’ll share!) She has gifted me with way more polishes than I can swatch in a week, but I’m going to do my best! (Imagining it’ll br more like a couple months, lol!) This little Milani beauty came to me in a load of purples (my favorite!) and I’ve been waiting for ages to try it. First coat is really thin and blue looking, second coat takes on more of the glitter and purple look, third coat is a charm! You can still make out a bit of my vnl, but I wasn’t going to do a 4 coater and it really doesn’t need 4. It’s so pretty I don’t wanna take it off yet! Tons of glitter in there, it’s almost a jelly-like suspension holding up all that glitter. It’s fantastic! Thanks again, Jessika!

LA Girls Rockstar in Rockstar!

August 24th, 2010 by Toni | 2 Comments | Filed in Drug Store polishes, Glitters, etc., Purples, Shimmers, Vampy
LA Girl Rockstar in Rockstar

LA Girl Rockstar in Rockstar

This is another lovely from Jessika of PolishInsomniac. I couldn’t capture the beauty of this polish and dh insists it’s black. But it isn’t! It’s the darkest purple ever, with purple microglitter. It went on fantastically smooth and opaque in two coats! That’s great for me, as I have a real strong visible nail line and typically need 3-5 coats to be fully opaque on most polishes. Another beauty! Thank you, Jessika! (I do believe this is Jesskia month here! I have plenty of polishes from Her Royal Sweetness to do that!)

China Glaze Bogie

August 13th, 2010 by Toni | 2 Comments | Filed in China Glaze, Purples, Shimmers, Vampy

 

China Glaze Bogie

China Glaze Bogie

I’d almost compare this to a blackberry shade… dusky eggplant, maybe? It has alot of shimmer, though! I really like this one and plan to wear it alot this fall! This is a three day old mani and a pic taken quick, so pardon (always and forever) my horrid cuticles. Sorry, also, that I’ve been on such whirl around here I haven’t been up to snuff on posting and answering. Someday my rountine shall set in!

NARS Tokaido Express

August 9th, 2010 by Toni | 5 Comments | Filed in NARS, Purples, Shimmers, Vampy, Wines
NARS Tokaido Express

NARS Tokaido Express

Okay, this polish is un-freakin’ believably beautiful. 2 coats, went on like a sweet dream. It doesn’t change colors, really, but it does look a bit more wine-ish sometimes than real purple, but it shimmers like wild. Another yay!

Orly Sweets Lollipop

August 5th, 2010 by Toni | 2 Comments | Filed in Cremes, Orly, Pales, Purples
Orly Lollipop

Orly Lollipop

This is from the Orly Sweets Collection, and I didn’t get them all, just this one. Should have tried a couple more. The formula is a nice, thick creme, as you can see in my painting near the cuticle. I think I’ve been so spoiled by pro wide brushes that I need to learn to paint all over again with a regular one. Honestly, though, if I didn’t know it was an Orly, I’d think it was an Illamasqua, the wonderful way it goes on. It’s not quite as shocking  a color as I expected, which is good for me, and all ’round, it’s one I’ll wear again.

Color Club Pucci-licious

July 31st, 2010 by Toni | No Comments | Filed in Color Club, Cremes, Jellies, Purples
Color Club Pucci-licious

Color Club Pucci-licious

I’m not even gonna pretend to know what Pucci-licious is. If you know, let me know. LOL!

Keep in mind, it’s a three day old mani (well beaten) and I just started painting again, so pardon my glaring errors! But the purple is lovely, bright and so different from any other purple I have. It went on like a jelly, sort of, but I don’t know if it’s a true jelly or not. That still confuses me. This is my summer fave purple.

China Glaze Spontaneous

February 9th, 2010 by Toni | 2 Comments | Filed in China Glaze, Cremes, Purples
ChG Spontaneous

ChG Spontaneous

ChG Spontaneous is such a lovely, feminine and flirty purple creme. It’s a bit bright, not dusky at all. Lavender? Lilac? There are near dupes, but not an exact one that I’ve found yet. It applies really nicely dries fast and wore well! It’s a win!

ChG Light As Air

February 5th, 2010 by Toni | 2 Comments | Filed in China Glaze, Cremes, Purples
ChG Light As Air

ChG Light As Air

Light as Air is a very pastel lavender creme that isn’t so chalky looking. It was thick, but applied much better than some others. It was opaque in 2 coats, easily. For me, this is a win, maybe because I like purples so much! Yes, I have my own biases.

China Glaze Channelesque

February 5th, 2010 by Toni | 4 Comments | Filed in China Glaze, Cremes, Neutrals, Purples
ChG Channelesque

ChG Channelesque

Lavender putty. I think they use that to describe Sephora OPI Metro Chic. This is possibly similar, though I don’t yet own the Metro Chic yet. Went on great, white label, for those who care, dry time was a wee slower than normal, but it took only 2 coats. I really love the neutral shade of this color. It looks much shinier than in my pics. Still working on that…. yes.

Wet n Wild Wild Orchid

January 26th, 2010 by Toni | 6 Comments | Filed in Drug Store polishes, Purples, holos
Wet N Wild Wild Orchid

Wet N Wild Wild Orchid

This pic is taken indoors. I hoped to have a sunny day today so you can see how pretty this polish really is. Goes on every bit as good as any ChG or OPI. This is 4 coats to get maximun opacity. I love purple and random holo, so this polish screamed to me!

Illamasqua Grab

January 21st, 2010 by Toni | 2 Comments | Filed in Cremes, Illamasqua, Pinks, Purples
Illamasqua Grab

Illamasqua Grab

Excuse my dry horrible cuticles. Trying to get them to grow back onto the nail bed! I love this polish and love the color. What else can I say? Creamiest polish ever made… it HAS to be. If you don’t have an Illa cream, you just need one.

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