OPI - I'm Feeling Sashy

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And now let's see some polish!

OPI - I'm Feeling Sashy
This is a nice dusty purple polish from the Miss Universe 2013 collection. Originally I passed on this color, but then a few people said it reminded them of Parlez-Vous OPI? and then immediately I wanted it because I love that color so much. They're not quite the same, but... Hold on, maybe I should do a comparison. Lemme go do that...

Tada! It's been a while since I did one of these!
Parlez-Vous OPI? is the more gray of the two shades, and it also has a better formula than I'm Feeling Sashy, which can be a bit patchy if you aren't careful. I think they look more similar in the bottle than they do on the nail.

Verdict? If you are looking to soothe your desire for PVOPI, I don't think this will cut it. But it is a really nice shade on its own!
In my next post I'll be showing the mani I wore with this polish! Hint: it involves glitter.

RLN investigates

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a mystery on our hands.

Here's the scene. Friday night, a girl and her mother entered a local Winners store to peruse for some great scores. The girl approached the cosmetics section, as usual. She inspected the nail polish, only to find that something strange had arrived...

What you're looking at is either:

A) The most legit looking fake OPI polishes I have ever seen, or

B) Very extremely limited edition hard to find strange OPI polishes that no one knows of. 

As soon as I saw the blue one on the shelf I was like "What the deuce? That's no OPI I've ever seen!"

Let's be real. I know too much about OPI. And yeah, I'm sure there are lots I've never seen, but they're usually like, mauve, and they're old school black label. And not bright blue with holo glitter. There was no fooling me. 

I picked it up to check the label. 

Blue Chips?!

Immediately I googled it on my phone and there's nothing. Nothing!! What?!

The label is kinda weird though. No barcode. Maybe it's a sample? Maybe it's super legit fake? Maybe it was never produced? Maybe it's all a dream?

Obvi I then checked for the telltale fake OPI signs like the bottle being slightly different in size, the glass at the bottom looking funny, the writing on the back, the gears in the cap, the pro-wide brush, the OPI on the brush stem... It's ALL legit. (Except for the somewhat strange label.) 

So now I'm standing there with my jaw probably on the floor when I notice the other odd looking colors.

Golden Waves. Googled. Nada.

Tart Green Apple. This is way brighter than Who The Shrek Are You.

Bouquet of Violets. This looks like Funky Dunkey.

By now I was squirreling away all the bottles so the muggles couldn't get them and also so they would stop judging me and I could snap pictures in peace.

Cream in My Coffee. Kinda like a Skull and Glossbones mixed with My Boyfriend Scales Walls.

Just Shocking! This looks like Wing It! Both with exclamation marks!

I carried all six around the store for a while having a SERIOUS dilemma on if I should buy them because they're rare or forget them because they're worthless.
I even made my mom listen to me ranting about it and showed her all the reasons why they MUST be real but definitely CAN'T be real at the same time.

I eventually left them all behind. And I'm still iffy about my choice. But $8 each... Ugh. 

Have you ever heard of any of these? Do you have ANY CLUE what they could be? Almighty polish wisdom, help me!!!

Maybelline - Nighttime Noise

Hey guys! Hopping on late tonight to get this post up for you because I love this polish!

Maybelline - Nighttime Noise (over Lime Crime - Once In A Blue Mousse)
This is a new matte glitter topper from the Street Art collection of Maybelline's Color Show line. The collection has four or five cool glitters but the two blues really stood out to me and followed me home.

As you can see there are many different shapes and sizes of glitter, plus the formula was wonderful. I did two coats for my mani for the coverage I wanted. It's so fun!

I definitely recommend these glitters! Plus they're so affordable, just around $3. Pick them up if you spot 'em.

KBShimmer - Merry Pinkmas!

I know what you're thinking.  
"Bit late to be sharing a Christmas polish, isn't it? Shouldn't you be doing an Oscars manicure? Who do you think you are?"
Too bad. I'm in the mood for glittery pink Christmas.

KBShimmer - Merry Pinkmas
The name alone was enough for me to know I would like it. Pink Christmas. Pinkmas. Yes.
But then beyond that, it was created by the darling Cris of Let Them Have Polish! I knew right away I was gonna need to own this baby, and Cris herself agreed and sent me a bottle. How sweet!

With its candy pink base and pink glitters amongst the traditional red and green glitters, it's definitely a stand-out holiday polish. You can definitely tell that it is festive, but in such a different way. And you can totally wear it all the time, too. Like I am now.

So cute! Thank you so much Cris for the lovely polish :)

february haul 2014

Thank goodness it's haul time because I'm hella sick of February and all the snow it has brought. Come on spring!



I picked up these two polishes at Walmart. They screamed at me. I couldn't help it.
Maybelline - Nighttime Noise
Maybelline - Blue Beats



Got a polish in my Ipsy bag! Not the one I had hoped for, though.
Zoya - Dot



I amazed myself (and the sales ladies) at my supply store by only buying the minis from the OPI Brazil collection. I'll definitely get more but there were none I needed to have right away.
OPI - Samba-dy Loves Purple (mini)
OPI - I'm Brazil Nuts Over You (mini)
OPI - What's a Little Rain Forest?(mini)
OPI - You're So Flippy Floppy (mini)  



I got a fantastic secret swap from the lovely Caroline of Good Lack Nail!
OPI - Done Out In Deco
Nails Inc - Princes Arcade
Butter London - Victoriana
Essence - Fantastic Girl
Essence - The Incredible

Two more I bought this month without pictures:
L'Oreal - Hidden Gems
Nicole by OPI - One Time Lime ($3 on clearance)

I think that's it? What?!