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    Friday
    Dec302011

    My Nail Polish Collection

    The purpose of this post will be to keep track of my current nail polish collection. I will update it as my stash grows and shrinks.

    Current bottle count: 148

    Chanel: 18

    • Orange Fizz
    • April
    • Rose Confidentiel
    • Jade Rose
    • Gold Lame
    • Mimosa
    • Dragon
    • Intermezzo
    • Rouge Fatal
    • Pirate
    • Blue Boy
    • Blue Satin
    • Graphite
    • Steel
    • Peridot
    • Black Pearl
    • Particuliere
    • Lotus Rouge

    China Glaze: 23

    • Hybrid
    • For Audrey
    • Wagon Trail
    • Pelican Grey
    • Liquid Leather
    • Peachy Keen
    • Broken Hearted
    • Hey Doll
    • Ghoulish Glow
    • Sun Worshipper
    • Golden Spurs
    • Draped in Velvet
    • Red Stallion
    • Secret peri-wink-le
    • Magical
    • White Out
    • Awaken
    • Sugar High
    • Gussied up Green
    • Wireless Holographic top coat
    • Cracked concrete
    • Calypso blue
    • Ruby pumps

    Deborah Lippmann: 6

    • Daytripper
    • Constant craving
    • Wicked game
    • Glitter in the air
    • Today was a fairytale
    • Happy birthday

    Dior: 4

    • Safari beige
    • Pink kimono
    • Graphic berry
    • Psychadelic orange

    Dolce & Gabbana: 4

    • Rose
    • Cosmopolitan
    • Fuchsia
    • Drama

    Essie: 27

    • Matte about you
    • Meet balls
    • Hot coco
    • Neo whimsical
    • Pepperoni
    • Pink diamond
    • Nice is nice
    • Bachelorette bash
    • Mink muffs
    • Perky purple
    • Tart deco
    • Van d'go
    • Tri-beca
    • Vermillionaire
    • Knockout pout
    • French affair
    • Can't filmfest
    • Fair game
    • Fifth avenue
    • Haute as hello
    • Lilacism
    • Bright tights
    • Chubby cheeks
    • Jewel
    • Chinchilly
    • Pouf daddy
    • Red nouveau

    Illamasqua: 13

    • Raindrops
    • Bacterium
    • Lament
    • Velocity
    • Hectic
    • Jan
    • Milf
    • Rare
    • Baptiste
    • Alarm
    • Ruthless
    • Grab
    • Top coat

    Le Metier de Beaute: 4

    • True romance
    • Heat of the night
    • Chrome passion
    • Midnight rendevous

    Nars: 2

    • Bad Influence
    • Pokerface

    OPI: 6

    • Grand Central Carnation
    • Vodka & Caviar
    • 18k Ginza Gold
    • Black Shatter
    • Java Mauve-a
    • Live from NY…it's OPI

    Rescue Beauty Lounge: 8

    • Bangin
    • Bruised
    • Chinoise
    • Decorous
    • Pizzicato
    • Poco a Poco
    • Purple Haze
    • Smitten

    Rimmel: 3

    • Mouthy
    • Climax
    • Night before

    Sally Hansen: 8

    • Lavender Marquis
    • Antique bronze
    • Fuchsia bling bling
    • Pink promise
    • Cyber
    • Mille fleurs
    • Base coat
    • Top coat

    Sephora by OPI: 10

    • Queen of everything
    • Meet for drinks
    • Dear diary
    • Shopping frenzy
    • I'm with brad
    • Domestic goddess
    • Sample sale
    • Metro chic
    • Too good for him
    • Rumba romance

    Zoya: 12

    • Sweet
    • Pasha
    • Brizia
    • Jinx
    • America
    • Addison
    • Dove
    • Jennifer
    • Flowie
    • Gretchen
    • Pippa
    • Caprice
    Tuesday
    Dec202011

    Chanel Spring 2012–First Impressions

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    It isn’t even winter yet, and the spring beauty collections are already popping up on my radar. I decided to pick up a few things from the Chanel collection since I was already doing a bit of Christmas shopping, and I thought the blush might sell out.

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    I only picked up the blush, a nail polish, and an eyeshadow but I think I want to get a few more bits. I’ll probably go back and pick up May nail polish at some point, but for now, I am content.

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    My UPS guy has been delivering my packages later in the evening, so there was no daylight left by the time these arrived, but I couldn’t wait to play in it all, so please excuse the yellow cast of my bedroom lights.

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    I thougt all of the nail colors were pretty, but I thought I had something similar to June, and May...I was on the fence about, but April stood out to me...so as of today, that is the only one that I decided to add to my collection.

    I got one of the eyeshadows. I passed on the pink and just went with Tigerlily.PC212908

    It’s a sparkly orange.

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    I also got the blush. I usually pass on Chanel face products because they aren’t always brown girl friendly, but I thought I’d be able to pull this one off…we shall see.

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    I finally picked up Jade Rose. I’ve wanted it since it came out, I just never checked out with it in my cart. Whenever I shop online, I remove a few things that aren’t at the top of my wishlist, and this one always got cut.

    Anyway, when I looked at it, I thought it was similar to my Safari Beige by Dior, but it is more pink with bright pink shimmer.

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    Gris Equis is another product that I’ve wanted for a while, that always gets cut when I check out, but I’m glad I got it. It’s a gorgeous matte grey.

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    And last but not least, I bought the little kabuki brush. I needed a kabuki. I only have the NARS Botan brush, and it’s just too big sometimes.

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    This one is indeed smaller.

    I will do more comparison shots, swatches and reviews later…during the day when it’s bright outside.

    That’s all for now. Talk to you in the next one!

    Oh, did you get anything from the collection?

    Saturday
    Nov192011

    Chanel + Sephora haul

    Not too long ago, Sephora had their annual friends and family sale where they offered 20% off everything online. Then a few weeks later, I received a beautiful invitation and discount code for their VIB sale, which offered another 20% off that could be used in store, as well as online.

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    I tried not to go crazy, and I think I did OK. I only got a few things that I had been eying for a while, and replenished some things that I was almost out of.

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    I only got one thing from the friends and family sale (the Dior Mitza Quint) so I just threw it in with everything else.

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    Then from Chanel, PB272370

    I picked up Pirate nail polish, and their limited edition lash curler.

    I’m excited to play in it all, and test it out. Reviews and comparisons to come! I’d love to hear if you got any goodies from either of the sales!

    In the meantime, I shall talk to you in the next one!