tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81786650960217378912024-03-13T23:45:19.453-04:00Va-Va-Varnishbecause EVERYTHING is better with a fresh mani.Arianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559919624970979030noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8178665096021737891.post-45610411789424926102011-10-24T12:46:00.001-04:002011-10-24T12:49:41.708-04:00Barielle Elle's Spell over Essie Midnight Cami<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="mobile-photo" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bJsC8mkTp3o/TqWWvdEDmsI/AAAAAAAAAc8/3c3IXq5tG9Q/s1600/photo-776640.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="347" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667101448115296962" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bJsC8mkTp3o/TqWWvdEDmsI/AAAAAAAAAc8/3c3IXq5tG9Q/s400/photo-776640.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><br />
It was a flaky sort of day. Love this combo!</div>Arianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559919624970979030noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8178665096021737891.post-36781425262071675572011-09-13T08:41:00.000-04:002011-09-13T08:41:22.019-04:00Newspaper nails<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Yyaxu-BaeMU/Tm9PWN9zIPI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/_YU-ohQUK48/s1600/Picture+011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Yyaxu-BaeMU/Tm9PWN9zIPI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/_YU-ohQUK48/s400/Picture+011.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><br />
This is a little bit of nail are that I've been wanting to try out for a while. Seeing as I work at a newspaper, it seems very appropriate!<br />
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Newspaper print transferred onto Brucci Alexandra's "Hot" Gray.</div>Arianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559919624970979030noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8178665096021737891.post-66535462663540428932011-08-31T21:42:00.001-04:002011-09-01T09:09:51.915-04:00This one's for Allison!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="mobile-photo" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JFd3aaAyREM/Tl7jdYWvU4I/AAAAAAAAAbg/zvyOGiUlS9w/s1600/photo-759981.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647201076662719362" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JFd3aaAyREM/Tl7jdYWvU4I/AAAAAAAAAbg/zvyOGiUlS9w/s640/photo-759981.JPG" width="476" /> </a></div><div class="mobile-photo" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="mobile-photo" style="text-align: left;">Love ya! </div><div class="mobile-photo" style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="mobile-photo" style="text-align: left;">E.L.F. Royal Purple, marbled with OPI Lucky Lucky Lavender on ring finger.</div></div>Arianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559919624970979030noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8178665096021737891.post-71154817297598367942011-07-11T15:42:00.000-04:002011-07-11T15:46:06.880-04:00Silver Shatter and Coat Azure<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vnHbbTfo_Pc/ThtS_0q2skI/AAAAAAAAAYU/pmXa9Efs_A8/s1600/photo-766881.JPG"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vnHbbTfo_Pc/ThtS_0q2skI/AAAAAAAAAYU/pmXa9Efs_A8/s320/photo-766881.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628183415753192002" /></a></p>This one's for Terni!Arianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559919624970979030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8178665096021737891.post-38934472533370141102011-05-26T10:29:00.000-04:002011-05-26T10:29:29.738-04:00Essie loveFinally went and got a much needed pedicure, and decided to treat myself to a manicure as well!<br />
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Toes: Essie Mesmerize, Fingers: Essie Lapis of Luxury.<br />
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I love the corresponding blues!Arianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559919624970979030noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8178665096021737891.post-31905260809544907162011-03-22T11:02:00.000-04:002011-03-22T11:02:01.052-04:00Snap Crackle Pop<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Qdc-JSaIHi0/TYi5Cl8gQhI/AAAAAAAAAT4/maVXRM1wKDM/s1600/photo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Qdc-JSaIHi0/TYi5Cl8gQhI/AAAAAAAAAT4/maVXRM1wKDM/s640/photo.JPG" width="476" /></a></div><br />
I've jumped on the crackle polish train! My brother's adorable girlfriend Nina gifted me OPI's Black Shatter and I couldnt wait to try it. This is a coat of Shatter over two coats of one of my favorites, Sally Hansen Pacific Blue. Results? Pure awesome.Arianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559919624970979030noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8178665096021737891.post-58369136806792931252011-03-11T12:22:00.002-05:002011-03-11T12:22:46.799-05:00Leopard<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-nA8wXWaWF3Q/TXpZa5eg7eI/AAAAAAAAATk/CyWQ_QjVKuQ/s1600/IMG01154-20110311-1117%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-nA8wXWaWF3Q/TXpZa5eg7eI/AAAAAAAAATk/CyWQ_QjVKuQ/s320/IMG01154-20110311-1117%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
I'm loving Sally Hansen nail strips! They're so easy to use and look AWESOME!Arianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559919624970979030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8178665096021737891.post-29115664878323890152011-03-03T21:46:00.000-05:002011-03-03T21:47:24.829-05:00All I see is green<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W9OtQz1o4o4/TXBSvQNfcnI/AAAAAAAAATU/mcqGfG8J8Lw/s1600/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FSU1HMDExMzEtMjAxMTAzMDMtMTgzOS5qcGc%253D%253F%253D-744830"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W9OtQz1o4o4/TXBSvQNfcnI/AAAAAAAAATU/mcqGfG8J8Lw/s320/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FSU1HMDExMzEtMjAxMTAzMDMtMTgzOS5qcGc%253D%253F%253D-744830" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580050910070927986" /></a></p>St. Patty's day celebrations are kicking off as early as Saturday and I will be celebrating in syle! <br>Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerryArianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559919624970979030noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8178665096021737891.post-64670817500033557122010-12-11T17:43:00.000-05:002010-12-11T17:43:12.007-05:00Orly GothWell hello! Just a quick post today, I wanted to share a polish I swatched a while ago but never got around to posting. It's Orly Goth!<div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">I like this polish because it'd different than your normal glittery black creme. I wouldn't even call it glitter, I'd say this is more like large silver glass flecks.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">See what I mean? They're on the larger side and scattered throughout the polish. They look like stars scattered in the sky!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Oh Galaxy Girl, you are everything I've dreamed of and more. Your vampy plum base, your eyecatching blue/pink duochrome...you set my heart aflutter when I look down at my fingertips! This first photo is inside under artificial light, and see how gorgeous you are!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">And just as beautiful in the dim morning light of my office parking lot!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">But really, Orly did a beautiful job with Galaxy Girl, as well as all the polishes in the Cosmic FX collection in my opinion. This, like it's siblings, applies smoothly and easily and wears like freakin' iron. No joke, I'm on day four right now with a tiny bit of tipwear. Love!</div>Arianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559919624970979030noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8178665096021737891.post-54127913728663687432010-11-29T12:32:00.000-05:002010-11-29T12:32:03.352-05:00ASOS Curve giveaway!Click here to enter a chance to win my <a href="http://fatfatalefashion.blogspot.com/2010/11/fatale-fashions-first-giveaway.html">ASOS Curve giveaway</a> on my style blog, <a href="http://fatfatalefashion.blogspot.com/">Fatale Fashion</a>! Hurry, it ends 11:59pm on Tuesday, Nov 30th!<br />
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This is Orly Out of This World from the Cosmic FX collection.<br />
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The weather's been pretty drab here in Jersey - I wish I had full sunlight for this photo because this doesnt do it justice. OOTW is gorgeous; you can't really see the beautiful fuchsia glass-flecks that run through this polish in this pic, but trust me, it's a stunner in real life.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Again, the picture does it no justice, and please excuse the ouchie on my ring fingre. Grr, that's one of the reasons I havent posted, this cold weather makes my hands a mess! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Application is great on this polish - 2 easy coats for full opacity. I love that this polish is not one of those almost-blacks, you can still it in its purple and pink flash glory indoors in artificial light. Day two brings some minor tip wear, but nothing worse than any other normal polish.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Pretty :) What's your favorite Cosmic FX? I'm still lemming for Galaxy Girl, Space Cadet, and Lunar Eclipse.<br />
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Andi of <a href="http://vivapolish.blogspot.com/">Viva Polish</a>, Ina of <a href="http://hysteriaofdecay.blogspot.com/">Hysteria of Decay</a>, Daniela Alston, and Gabi of <a href="http://gabi-hungryforfashion.blogspot.com/">Hungry for Fashion</a>, thanks for joining us <3</div>Arianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559919624970979030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8178665096021737891.post-63165914173530171902010-11-10T12:30:00.000-05:002010-11-10T12:30:45.249-05:00Limited AddictionI used to <i>rarely</i> wear red polish. Like, next to never. I don't know what is going on with me lately, but I do know that, when faced with Essie's Fall 2010 collection in Face Values last night, I picked Limited Addiction over all the other colors. I'm a red convert, so shoot me!!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">This is the kind of gorgeously classic color that almost makes me want to forsake all my other nail polishes and make red nails my signature. <i>Almost.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52096628@N02/5164048695/" title="Essie_LADD by vavavarnish, on Flickr"><img alt="Essie_LADD" height="400" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4056/5164048695_f115f83701.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Can you blame me though? Limited Addiction is one of those jelly-cremes, which means that application was flawless and clean up a breeze, <i>especially </i>for a red. You could definitely get away with two coats but I went with three just to make sure they looked perfect. I love this type of blue-based red, it suits my skin tone and doesn't make me want to scream (like <a href="http://vavavarnish.blogspot.com/2010/08/vamper-sunday.html">Nars Dovima</a> does).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">The above two shots are in natural light, and Limited Addiction, like a lot of reds, looks much brighter there than it does under artificial light.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Still love it to bits though!! Absolutely gorgeous. I'm so glad I picked this up rather than going for one of the trendier shades. I'll be wearing this for years and years to come. For me, this is a backup bottle kinda color.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Welcome to Cindy of <a href="http://naildpolishd.blogspot.com/">Nail'd & Polish'd</a>!</div>Arianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559919624970979030noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8178665096021737891.post-26280793436181048582010-11-09T11:07:00.001-05:002010-11-09T11:07:44.597-05:00This is what happens...This is what happens when I'm bored on a long car ride...<br />
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It's like my own version of Minx! I even did nail art with the zig zig edge! And yes, that is a gum wrapper. Fabulous color, isn't it? Lol!Arianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559919624970979030noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8178665096021737891.post-32212074592496040622010-11-08T14:54:00.000-05:002010-11-08T14:54:25.194-05:00Celestiale Silver<div style="text-align: left;">This is a pretty polish called Celestiale Silver that I picked up back in my college days, before I became the giant polish fanatic I am now. It's funny that some of my favorite and hard-to-find polishes, like OPI My Private Jet and Loyalty Island Lilac were picked up when I was oblivious to their rarity. But, I digress. Back to Borghese...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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I've been wearing this oldie but good from for about 6 days now, and with the exception on one nail (which has a tendany to peel), it's pretty much chipless! Man, this wears like iron! This silver went on relatively sheer, so this is 3 coats, but application with Borghese polishes are a breeze. They have a super wide brush, even wider than the OPI brush, which is perfect for me and my wider nail beds. I can do my pinkie in a single swipe! Some people who have narrower nails may have some problems with this brush though.<br />
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I can't bear to put another photo with the ouchie on my pointer :( That was a few days ago though so it's mostly healed up :) I'm ready for a new mani tonight, so stay tuned! Welcome to An from <a href="http://ans-life.blogspot.com/">An's Life</a> and <a href="http://ans-photo-shoots.blogspot.com/">An's Photo Shoots</a>, and Sonidlo from <a href="http://sonidlo.blogspot.com/">Sonidlo's Nail Polishes</a>!Arianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559919624970979030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8178665096021737891.post-35313562263295694492010-11-02T08:44:00.000-04:002010-11-02T08:44:49.782-04:00Eggplant FrostWell hello there! Sorry for being MIA, but I'm back with a gorgeous new color to make it up to you :)<br />
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I am in freakin LURVE with this color. At first I was a little angry at it - You need to do relatively thick coats with this or it streaks and lumps in a major way. After making a mess of my thumb and redoing it, I got the hang of it and the rest of application was fine. I used three coats fir depth.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I was using and old bottle of nail polish remover for cleaning up, and couldn't for the LIFE of me understand why it was nearly impossible to get the polish off my cuticles and edges. Had I inadvertently bought some sort of super polish that could only be removed with pure acid or something?? Then I realized that the remover I was using must be older than I thought and all the active ingredient must have evaporated. Sure enough, I got another bottle and all was well. Phew!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">But besides that debacle, this polish is totally fine. I bough it because it looked cool, and it wasn't til I put it on that I realized just how ridiculously awesome and beautiful and SHINY it is! It's hard to describe the sort of electric glow it gets from having this aqua blue shimmer/metallic over the deep purple. It's reminiscent of Elf Royal Purple but about 10x the awesomeness.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Arianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559919624970979030noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8178665096021737891.post-72592779239861045842010-10-27T11:59:00.000-04:002010-10-27T11:59:35.740-04:00Love&BeautyI realized that I've been doing lots of cremes/jelly's lately and have turned my back on shimmers and sparkles. To rectify that today, I chose another color I picked up during one of my forays into Forever21's Faith section. I don't have the bottle in front of me at the moment and can't remember the name, but I have a sneaking feeling that, like it's other polishes (see <a href="http://vavavarnish.blogspot.com/2010/10/brown.html">brown</a>), it's simply Teal or some other generic name. Anywho, I've been slacking on posts so I wanted to get this up for you guys.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">So here's what I'm tentatively calling Teal. It's a pretty jewel-toned blue shimmer, that looks metallic even though it really isn't. I didn't really care for it in the bottle, to be quite honest, and just did this mani because it's been sitting in my untrieds for a while. But I have to say, the longer I wore it, the more I warmed up to it. It's a chameleon polish that looks a bit different in every light. In the sun it's even got a bit of light blue/violet flash, but most of the time you get this pretty metallic peacock color that's slowly grown on me.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52096628@N02/5120387645/" title="Love&Beauty_Teal2 by vavavarnish, on Flickr"><img alt="Love&Beauty_Teal2" height="400" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4128/5120387645_094e2acfc6.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Application, like Brown, was really smooth and easy - I thought this would be super sheer, but it was acutally much more opaque than I thought. You could get away with two coats, but I went with three to really get that depth of color. Clean up was a breeze, and it's been wearing impressively well- I'm on day three at the moment with minimal tipwear.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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Wow, when I looked at the label of the Brucci polish I was instantly thrown back to middle school, where I spent two fall season cheerleading "cause everyone else was doing it". That didn't last very long, but that chant sure did, because I'm reminded of it everytime I hear the words "red hot"<br />
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Funnily enough, this isn't really a color I'd categorize as red hot. More like, reddish-pinky hot. It is bright, that's for sure, but has a definite tinge of pink to it rather then a full on red.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">See what I mean? Definitely a hint of fuscia.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">I did quite like this. My Brucci polishes have yet to let me down. This was one of those jelly-cremes, so it required three coats for full opacity. Also, cleanup and removal were amazingly easy and mess free - win/win!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">What do you guys think?</div>Arianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559919624970979030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8178665096021737891.post-11032389869643215682010-10-21T13:14:00.000-04:002010-10-21T13:14:36.023-04:00Hunter<div style="text-align: left;">Since acquiring the much sought after<a href="http://vavavarnish.blogspot.com/2010/10/could-it-be.html"> Nars Zulu</a>, I've been on the hunt for another polish that would satisfy my green jelly craving. I love <a href="http://vavavarnish.blogspot.com/2010/10/could-it-be.html">Zulu</a>, but it borders so much on black that I wanted to find a jelly where the green is much more apparent.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">This isn't a jelly, but the shade of green is divine. Hunter is the last American Apparel polish in my mini haul from a few weeks ago.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Just like it's fellows, the formula is a dream and beautifully opaque in 2 coats.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Is it possible to franken a jelly? Do you just add clear polish to a cream?? Has anyone done this??? I think I'm going to buy another Hunter and a cheap clear to try this out... </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Here's another one of the American Apparel polishes I picked up last week. This is Peacock, a dark, dusty teal/blue creme.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52096628@N02/5094471380/" title="AA_Peacock by vavavarnish, on Flickr"><img alt="AA_Peacock" height="500" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4151/5094471380_0432caa4e7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Natural light.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">You can see it pulls a little darker inside under florescent lighting, and lighter and more teal under natural light. Either way, it's a pretty color, and application, like all my other AA polishes is a dream. Great quality polish for $5, I definitely recommend them :)</div>Arianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559919624970979030noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8178665096021737891.post-45957722072475692662010-10-18T15:06:00.000-04:002010-10-18T15:06:04.315-04:00RIP<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eqkdKol3ysI/TLyZTjylwPI/AAAAAAAAAI4/4A3zFehjRBA/s1600/IMG00858-20101016-1133.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eqkdKol3ysI/TLyZTjylwPI/AAAAAAAAAI4/4A3zFehjRBA/s320/IMG00858-20101016-1133.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cleo</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">1993-2010</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thank you for 17 years of joy. You were not only my pet,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">you were my sister and best friend. I'll miss you. </span></span></div>Arianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559919624970979030noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8178665096021737891.post-18061987590854895742010-10-14T16:10:00.000-04:002010-10-14T16:10:23.764-04:00BerryListen guys. I need to be locked up. I've been shopping NON STOP. Online shopping, in-store shopping, window shopping (the most harmless of the bunch); any kind of shopping that you want. Yesterday I went to Forever 21 ONLY TO EXCHANGE a dress...and I ended up taking home and additional dress and 2 pairs of jeans.<br />
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I popped into American Apparel on my way out to see if they had any new colors...they didn't, but that doesn't mean I could resist their 3-for-$15 deal on nail polishes. This is one of the babies I picked up, a smooth creamy berry color appropriately named - you guessed it - Berry.<br />
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American Apparel really does a great job with these cremes - they're so saturated with color and completely opaque with one coat. I do two out of habit but you could <i>easily</i> get away with one if you're careful.<br />
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No cons here at all. The polish was easy to apply and went on like a dream, and clean up wasn't bad at all for a red - they usually stain my cuticles like <i>woah.</i><br />
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The color lightens up in the sun, as you can see in the first two shots, but inside or in the shade it'll look more like my Dunkin' Donuts coffee pic - darker but still beauteous :)<br />
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What's your favorite American Apparel shade? Berry is gorgeous for fall/winter, but for summer my very favorite is L'Espirit, a crisp lavender-periwinkle. Can't believe I haven't swatched it yet! It's on my list :)<br />
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Also, welcome <span>xnosugaraddedx!</span>Arianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559919624970979030noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8178665096021737891.post-20418695961825396602010-10-13T11:11:00.000-04:002010-10-13T11:11:19.546-04:00Giveaway at Nail Galore!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.nailgalore.my/2010/10/nail-galores-give-away-macs-venomous.html"><img border="0" height="278" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eqkdKol3ysI/TLXLngAaFFI/AAAAAAAAAIc/J1FhdhqlH3Y/s400/give+away.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>If you've been lemming the three polishes MAC released with their Maleficent collection like I have, then head over to<a href="http://www.nailgalore.my/2010/10/nail-galores-give-away-macs-venomous.html"> Nail Galore</a>, where Nisha is giving away all three to celebrate 100 followers! Congrats girl!Arianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559919624970979030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8178665096021737891.post-77176253349711756402010-10-11T13:33:00.001-04:002010-10-11T13:34:30.071-04:00Could it be?Is it...<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"> It is!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Say hello to the illustrious Nars Zulu!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Nars Zulu is a beautiful dark, dark green jelly that cause quite a frenzy when it first came out as a limited edition color a few years ago. It was extremely hard to find until Nars re-released it this year as part of their Vintage Nail collection for Fall 2010. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">I snapped pics in all different lights so you guys could see how it would look indoors and out. You can tell it most definitely tip toes that "almost black" line and does look mostly black, especially indoors. But you'll catch the green around the edges of your polish and it comes out much more in the sun. Jellies are my favorite so I love that, even though it's so dark, you get that delicious jelly squishiness.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Application was like most jellies - a little streaky/bald spotty on the first two coats, but smooth and perfect by the third. I found that using more polish on your brush rather than less reduces the streak factor - If you're SUPER careful you might get away with only two coats, which would give you much more green and less black...my hands aren't the steadiest so three it was, but I love the "almost black" effect. Drying time is really good on this, even with three thicker coats, and it's super shiny even on it's own - I have a coat of Seche as usual here. Wear was great for <a href="http://vavavarnish.blogspot.com/2010/09/jungle-red.html">Nars Jungle Red</a> so we'll see if Zulu can compete.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I was lucky and have a friend who works and Nars, and who was able to pick this up for me when it was released a few days ago (and on discount!). WARNING - If you have your heart set on Zulu, DON'T WAIT - these babies are flying off the shelves! Have any of you taken the plunge to snatch up Zulu? Do you think it's worth the higher price tag?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Arianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559919624970979030noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8178665096021737891.post-2888959879886846912010-10-08T15:58:00.000-04:002010-10-08T15:58:11.383-04:00Black EmeraldYou guys have already seen this so I won't go crazy...<br />
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It's just so gorgeous!<br />
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Welcome to some newcomers! <span>Mína, </span><span>Anna, Erika, NEM1976, Jamie K of <a href="http://squovalicious.blogspot.com/">(Squoval)icious,</a> and I THINK the last one was </span><span>Tessa, but if I missed you let me know!! I love you all!</span><br />
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