Gnarly Gnails: June 2012

Saturday Summary

Saturday, June 30, 2012
By Missy
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Swatches - Kleancolor Metallics

Friday, June 29, 2012
By Missy
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I don't imagine you noticed, but I had to take a couple of days off from blogging and the world in general. I have a weird hormonal disfunction, coupled with endometriosis, so every now and then I am set out of commission with terrible childbirth-labor-like cramps. No fun.

Even though I'm still dealing with it, I've at least got the momentum to sit up and get on the laptop for a bit here. So today I've got some Kleancolor swatches for you as we try to get through the stash a little more...

^Kleancolor Americano - 1 coat, No Top Coat^

^Kleancolor Metallic Black - 1 coat, No Top Coat^

^Kleancolor Metallic Black - 1 coat + Top Coat^

^Kleancolor Metallic Green - 2 coats, No Top Coat^

^Kleancolor Metallic Pink - 1 coat, No Top Coat^

^Kleancolor Metallic Red - 1 coat, No Top Coat^

^Kleancolor Metallic White - 2 coats, No Top Coat^

Kleancolor Metallics are some of my favorite polishes. I normally only use them for stamping, which they are SUPERB for, I've hardly used them for straight up manis, and they really do look amazing! Most are one coaters (except metallic white which is very sheer in comparison).

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Independence

Wednesday, June 27, 2012
By Missy
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Brand: China Glaze

Swatches - China Glaze Pinks

Wednesday, June 27, 2012
By Missy
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Color Family: Teal

Video! Tutorial!

Tuesday, June 26, 2012
By Missy
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Brand: China Glaze

How did I end up with 5 colors I don't even like?

Tuesday, June 26, 2012
By Missy
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The title seems weird, yeah?

Basically this is how it all went down.

Last week I was starting to grasp the full realization that I probably have a lot of dupes in my stash.

I sort them by brand so I don't really get the big picture sometimes on my colors/shades because I just don't see them altogether. So..I decided to re-organize by color. This drives me insane because I really much preferred the look of seeing same bottles together...but for the sake of purging some of this down and getting rid of things I just won't ever use, I had to do this!

So...in my journey of reorganization, I saw tons of dupes!

I spent about 2 hours swatching just my pink, red and orange drawer last night so I could find some and I came out with FIVE shades of red-orange that looked really similar.

How did this happen? I don't even like orange much, and I almost hate red.

What has happened here is friendship.

And money.

One was on clearance, 2 were given to me by friends, one was on sale and one was limited edition.

Here are our contenders:

L to R: Milani Techno Red, Sinful Colors Timbleberry, China Glaze Make Some Noise, Icing Heavenly Hottie, LA Girls Disco Inferno

2 coats of each polish EXCEPT Milani Techno Red, which was 3 coats.

Here are my takes on these shades.

Disco Inferno, Make Some Noise and Timbleberry are all almost identical. Disco Inferno was the sheerest of the three, Make Some Noise was slightly darker and was the thickest and most opaque with the worst formula. It was thick AND it pooled.

Icing Heavenly Hottie dried matte and while I will keep it, I am going to do another comparison on it against the Sephora/Pantone Tangerine Matte polish.

Milani Techno Red - sheer sheer. Jelly. And almost orange.

Overall - I will be keeping the Sinful Colors Timbleberry and Icing Heavenly Hottie.

I am tempted to keep the Milani for the jelly factor, but I don't like this color, so I don't think I quite see the point. But I love jellies..so I'm on the fence with that one.

I wanted to love Make Some Noise because it's Limited Edition but the formula sucked and it was so thick it never fully dried.

Brand: A England

Teal Tuesdays - Gradient!

Tuesday, June 26, 2012
By Missy
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survey

Nail Survey

Sunday, June 24, 2012
By Missy
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This reminds me of the good ole days of Myspace, when your bulletins pages would be littered with "surveys". Basically, one person slam books on various subjects. I miss those.

Well, here is one based on nails, created by Anne of Nailtastic. I grabbed the translated version from Alizarine Claws (who by the way has a FANTASTIC blog you need to be following):

For how long have you been a nail nerd?

"Officially" about 6 months. Crazy, right?

How many polishes do you have in your collection?

It runs a little over 600 right now.

If you, starting now, had to use polishes from one brand only, which one would it be?

Ugh - so hard! I love the formula of Illamasqua but their line is just not big enough to offer me all of the color choices I'd want for an entire stash. I'd guess...I'm gonna go with Color Club. They've got a little of everything and a nice formula. They also have a really good Quick Dry top coat.

How much do you spend on polish and nail care in one given month?

Totally depends...I am fortunate enough to have a fairly disposable income so I probably spend 75% of my money on polish related purchases...but Im currently not working so...

The most expensive polish in your collection is..?

One lone Chanel. Though I do also have one Lynnderella which probably outprices the Chanel on resale-ability.

What are your lemmings right now?

I am pretty happy with what I have, but I do really want some OPI Suedes, Borghese Almondine, Essie Starry Starry Night and Illamasqua Raindrops.

Favourite finish?

I love glitters and I love matte shimmers/suedes.

Finish you just can't stand?

Crackles.

What nail care products can't you do without?

Cuticle oils and creams. I must have 15 at least.

What polish is on your nails right now?

It's a red, white and blue mani I did for a contest. Can't tell you or I'd have to make you drink the polish!

A little tiny tidbit of news!

Sunday, June 24, 2012
By Missy
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Saturday Summary

Swatches - Kleancolor Metallics

Independence

Swatches - China Glaze Pinks

Video! Tutorial!

How did I end up with 5 colors I don't even like?

Teal Tuesdays - Gradient!

Nail Survey

A little tiny tidbit of news!

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Missy has been a nail and beauty blogger since January 2012, residing in South Carolina with her boyfriend and furbaby.

Coloring is MAC NC20.

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