BB Couture Cantina Nights Collection: Hangover Blues

BB Couture Hangover Blues (2 coats)

I am so happy that it's the US Open in tennis! I've been watching that part of today, and it reminds me of how into tennis I used to be. I actually played in high school and wasn't too bad! Unfortunately I don't have many people to play with anymore, but I'm trying to get my husband to start again. 

I love the name of Hangover Blues. I've been listening to Canned Heat recently, and for you young people out there reading this, you will probably remember them from Woodstock and their famous songs Going Up the Country and On the Road Again (links to some youtube videos). They brought back the blues rock sound in the late 60s. Ok, enough of that! This is a nail polish blog! Hangover Blues is a light sky blue shimmer that is absolutely gorgeous! I swear, if you look closely at the bottle you can see the slight silver shimmer in the polish. Unfortunately on the nail the shimmer doesn't really show up very much. I don't care, the color makes up for it! I also had no issues with formula or application with this one. Overall, I am a huge fan of the polishes I bought from the Cantina Nights collection. Part of me wants to buy the other polishes in the collection, but since BB Couture has just released 2 new collections called the Infamous Lovers collections, I'll just have to buy a few of those instead :-D

Zoya Spoon Promotion

So I'm sure most of you have already heard about the new Zoya Spoon Promotion. If not, feel free to go to their website to find out more. Also, another really helpful tutorial can be found at Scrangie's blog. I already bought several spoons last night and I can't wait to try them. If you have any further questions, feel free to comment here, or shoot me an e-mail. Again, I won't waste my time writing this all out when I know that Zoya's video does a really good job explaining it.

*credit for the picture goes to the Zoya website*

Untamed Luxury from Color Club

No swatches yet, but this is what's new from Color Club!

Untamed Luxury!

Color Club pushes the limits of All-Out Glamour with Untamed Luxury. Rich colors meet superb quality for long-wearing Haute style!

Untamed Luxury is more then one collection of luxe colors it’s two collections; the Indulgence Collection and the Diamond Collection!

The ‘Indulgence Collection’ includes Pretty in Platinum, Wild Orchid, Positively Posh, Soft as Cashmere, Nothing by Truffle, Jewel of a Girl and Ready to Royal. The ‘Diamond Collection’ includes De-Luxe-Icious, Miss Hautee, Red Velvet, Untamed Luxury, Resort to Red, Snakeskin and Covered in Diamonds. ‘Covered in Diamonds’ is our luxury topcoat to give each shade a unique abstract design and ‘Covered in Diamonds’ flare!

BB Couture Cantina Nights Collection: Huckleberry Martini

BB Couture Huckleberry Martini (2 coats)

I would love it if purple polishes actually showed up purple in pictures. What is the deal? I have honestly tried every setting on my camera, but it just doesn't look right. And my camera isn't even crappy (well, as fast as technology gets "old" I guess mine is pretty crappy)! Huckleberry Martini is less blue in real life, but it shows up that way because it has blue shimmer in the purple polish. While I did enjoy this one, I think it was my least favorite of the four polishes I got. It just wasn't quite as unique as most of their polishes. Again, the application and formula was just great and I had no problems at all. What do you guys think of it?

BB Couture Cantina Nights Collection: Blue Bahama

BB Couture Blue Bahama (2 coats)

It's the return of the lobster hands! Since several of the next polishes are blue, expect lobster hands to return a few more times. Rejoice! I have no idea what it is about blue polishes that causes that. What weird things cameras do. I just got home from Ulta where I used my 20% off coupon to buy some of the new Sally Hansen Xtreme Wears (yay for glitter!) and one polish from the Essie Fall collection (the green one).

I am extremely excited about Blue Bahama. It is a deep blue base with lots of blue and green shimmer throughout. The color you get really depends on the light source. While eating dinner the other night with friends, they all thought it looked green, but as you can see in the pictures, it is definitely blue. Application was more as expected from BB Couture and and only needed 2 coats with no formula issues at all. Man, I really love BB Couture polishes!

BB Couture Cantina Nights Collection: Grasshopper

BB Couture Grasshopper (3 coats)

Ok, I lied. Again. I said I was actively trying to get back on Eastern Standard Time, but in fact, I've been sticking with my Pacific Time zone pretty exclusively. I know, this makes me a really later riser. Basically my life will consist of writing papers/my dissertation for the next few months so I guess I won't really have any good stories of my life to include before I finally decide to start writing about the nail polish of the day. You know, the stuff most of you glaze over to get to the good stuff ;-) 

I've finally bought a few more BB Couture polishes! I absolutely love BB Couture, but with the slightly higher price range they have to be more of a luxury product for me. I have half of the Cantina Nights Collection to show you guys. Tonight is Grasshopper which is a lime green base with a fine shimmer of blue, gold and green. You guys know my feelings on shimmers, so you probably know what I'm going to say next. I love this one! BB Couture is really known for their greens, and this one doesn't disappoint. I love how they know how to include different colors of shimmer to really add depth to a polish. This one is slightly sheerer than most of my BB Couture polishes, and needed a full three coats for full coverage, but I had no issues with application whatsoever. What a great start to the collection! You can find BB Couture polishes from Kim at Overall Beauty. If you sign up for their newsletter you can often find some sale codes.

Orly Cosmic Fx Collection: It's Not Rocket Science

Orly It's Not Rocket Science (2 coats)

Sorry this is late tonight, but Monday is trivia night so I always get home around 11 or so. I'm honestly trying to get back to Eastern Standard time, but so far I'm not doing so great. Oops! 

So this is the last polish I have from the Cosmic Fx Collection. All the rest of them are dupes anyway, so I don't feel like I'm missing out on much. It's Not Rocket Science is a duochrome shimmer of green, blue and gold. Apparently it's very similar to a polish from China Glaze's upcoming Halloween collection called Zombie Zest (thanks to Scrangie doing a nice comparison picture for all of us!). I used two coats, but after seeing the picture and my ring finger, I definitely needed 3 coats for full coverage. Overall, I like the polishes I bought, but I think I was more excited about them back in the day when I saw the press release.

Orly Cosmic Fx Collection: Galaxy Girl

Orly Galaxy Girl (3 coats)

So after looking at my pictures, I realize that my application on this one is just crap. Like really bad, sorry. I did this one right before my trip so I probably just slathered it on and it wasn't because of the nail polish itself. Galaxy Girl isn't quite as flashy as Space Cadet, but it is still a really cool polish. It is a deep duochrome purple shimmer that flashes blue and sometimes green. I forgot to mention yesterday that a few of the polishes from the upcoming MAC Disney Venomous Villains collection has dupes of several of these polishes. Actually, it seems like lots of companies received these same pigments and are duping each other. As a blogger and polish fanatic, it is really disappointing. I want unique polishes, not the same thing over and over. Who's with me on this?

Orly Cosmix Fx Collection: Space Cadet

Orly Space Cadet (3 coats)

I'm finally back in North Carolina. While I had a nice enough time in Seattle, I am really excited to be back home. Those conferences really take the energy out of you. Right before leaving I obtained three of the new Orly Cosmic Fx polishes for your viewing pleasure. I wanted to show the most beautiful and unique one first, so here is Space Cadet in all its glory. It's a duochrome (actually a trichrome, if that's a word) of purple, gold and green. I took several pictures to hopefully show the beauty in this one. I thought it may be hard to capture in pictures, but it was actually so easy! It was slightly sheer and needed three full coats, but the application was just fine. The only downfall is that these polishes will set you back a full $10. Yeah. Even on e-tailers like Transdesign. Why Orly, why? I didn't order the polishes that are dupes, except for It's Not Rocket Science which I don't have a dupe for. Anyway, what do you think of Space Cadet?

Jessica Cosmetics Muse Collection Fall 2010: Intrigue

Jessica Cosmetics Intrigue (2 coats)

It's the last day of the Jessica Cosmetics Muse Collection and I'm done giving my talk at the international conference! Yay! Oh happy day! Intrigue is definitely appropriately named because it is intriguing. What is it, a taupe, a grey, a purple? I think it's a really cool mix of all three! It seems like everyone is doing the taupe thing lately, but I think this one is a fun plan on the normal taupe. This one was really pigmented and only needed 2 coats of polish.

Overall, I thought this was a really great collection. Jessica Cosmetics definitely has their formula down pat and the colors are really trendy for fall this year. I hope you enjoyed them as much as I did!


*These polishes were provided the the company or PR representative. All reviews are based solely on my opinion. For more information, please see my full disclosure at the bottom of the site*

Jessica Cosmetics Muse Collection Fall 2010: Scarlet

Jessica Cosmetics Scarlet (2 coats)

So my mom went on my facebook today and told me that she was sad to see that I didn't blog today. Well mom, this one's for you because instead of sleeping I'm blogging. Yay! I am soooooooo nervous about my talk on Thursday :-( Ugh. I've been practicing, but who knows if that will be enough. Anyway, I digress. Finally continuing on with the Jessica Cosmetics Muse collection we have Scarlet. Yup, a second red, but I really like this one. Holy crap it is a hot tomato red polish! Like, a really really bright red polish. Despite not wearing many red polishes, I really felt like I stuck out wearing this one. Application was a breeze as usual with Jessica Cosmetics polishes. Have I been missing anything new in the polish world? Being at this conference makes me feel like I'm missing out on everything in the world. I miss checking Twitter and all my blog friends. Oh well, only a few more days and things will be back to normal.


*These polishes were provided the the company or PR representative. All reviews are based solely on my opinion. For more information, please see my full disclosure at the bottom of the site*

Jessica Cosmetics Muse Collection Fall 2010: Majesty Blue

Jessica Cosmetics Majesty Blue (2 coats)

My lovely readers, I am exhausted. So exhausted. It was the first full day of the conference and it is just so overwhelming in that good and bad sort of way. I'm having issues with the Wi-Fi at my hotel right now, but here I am at the conference blogging about nail polish. :-D You gotta love it. Continuing on with the Jessica Cosmetics Muse Collection is Majesty Blue. I love blue shimmer polishes so this one is definitely in my love category! If you look at the bottom photo hopefully you can see the green shimmer found in the midnight blue base. What a great combination! When I first looked at the polish, I didn't notice the shimmer, so it is a little subtle for those not into the full on shimmer load. Ok, back to being smooshed into a room too small to stare at hundreds of scientific posters. Wish me luck, because I'll need it.


*These polishes were provided the the company or PR representative. All reviews are based solely on my opinion. For more information, please see my full disclosure at the bottom of the site*

Jessica Cosmetics Muse Collection Fall 2010: Bittersweet

Jessica Cosmetics Bittersweet (2 coats)

Oh man, I leave for Seattle tomorrow morning! I just realized I'd get there around 11 and not be able to get into the hotel until 3 :-( I never think about that when picking out plane times. Anyway, I'm really excited about the trip, and if you don't hear from me every day, I'm sorry! I should definitely be able to finish up the Jessica Cosmetics Muse Collection at least. I was told of a few places to get some polishes while I'm there so I will hopefully be able to bring home some pretties. 

It wasn't too long ago that I was pretty much against brown polishes. I know, I must have been crazy! Bittersweet does remind me of melted chocolate, or a muddy brown color. I know that may not sound like the most appealing thing, but I think it goes really well with my warm skintone. I hope that the bottom picture shows the beautiful gold shimmer. When the leaves start changing, I'm definitely picking this one up again! Application, like all Jessica polishes, was great and only needed 2 coats. I'm in love! When I talk to you next, I will be in Seattle! Yay!

*These polishes were provided the the company or PR representative. All reviews are based solely on my opinion. For more information, please see my full disclosure at the bottom of the site*

Jessica Cosmetics Muse Collection Fall 2010: Crimson Reflections

Jessica Cosmetics Crimson Reflections (2 coats)

Happy Friday! This week really flew by and I can't believe my flight for Seattle leaves on Sunday early! Yikes! I started to round some things up, you know, double check your purse to put stuff in that annoying quart bag, and stuff like that. I'm embarrassed to admit that I've been watching Veronica Mars on Netflix Instant and I'm on the last episode right now! I'm really liking that show!

Ok, back to the Muse Collection. There are two reddish colors in this collection, and you guys know I'm not 100% happy about that. What about a green instead? Anyway, Crimson Reflections is a deep berry creme color. It's a bit of maroon, with a bit of pink.  Listen, it's a nice color, and I can see lots of people liking it, but out of this collection, it's probably my least favorite. I do like how shiny the polish was and how nicely it applied.

Don't forget, you still have plenty of time to sign up for my giveaway. Find out information on the right side bar! Thanks and good luck to everyone who has signed up!

*These polishes were provided the the company or PR representative. All reviews are based solely on my opinion. For more information, please see my full disclosure at the bottom of the site*

Jessica Cosmetics Muse Collection Fall 2010: Victorian Crush

Jessica Cosmetics Victorian Crush (2 coats)

Jessica Cosmetics has been kind enough to send me their Fall 2010 Muse Collection. Upon first glance of the polishes, I am in love. I think you guys will really enjoy what they have in store for this collection. I'm starting with my favorite of the bunch called Victorian Crush. Whoa, army green! I think this is so unique and the closest polish I have is Rescue Beauty Lounge's No More War. To refresh your memory, here is No More War: 

Rescue Beauty Lounge No More War

I think that No More War has more brown in it compared to Victorian Crush, but I definitely love both! Application was absolutely wonderful. Actually, I don't think I have ever had an issue with a Jessica polish. Also every polish in this collection only needed 2 coats. That's awesome. If you are trying to decide between No More War and Victorian Crush, just remember that RBL polishes are $18 and Jessica Cosmetics polishes are $7.50. You decide. You can find their polishes on their website or hello gorgeous. If you're not happy with ordering online, you can find the Jessica Cosmetics salon finder on their website.


*These polishes were provided the the company or PR representative. All reviews are based solely on my opinion. For more information, please see my full disclosure at the bottom of the site*