Gnarly Gnails: Shade: It's My Pink

Hot Pink Color Comparisons

Wednesday, July 11, 2012
By Missy
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Hey hey! Wednesday is upon us, where do the days go...

Today I'm digging through my stash again and comparing some colors I'm finding that appear to be awfully similar.

Pink is one of my favorite colors, and out of the 60+ pinks I have, I found 5 that seemed almost identical in the hot pink family.

Check 'em out:

Here's my take...

China Glaze Fuchsia Fanatic (thumb)

Thin formula, easy to apply, 2 coats. Definite keeper.

Sally Hansen Fuchsia Power (index finger)

Thickish formula (I've had this for awhile, so it could be time thickened) but easy to apply, 2 coats.

Sephora by OPI It's My Pink (middle finger)

The formula on this is pure perfection. 2 coats. Scented like Betsey Johnson's perfume. Which I personally love about it.

Milani Fast Fuchsia (ring finger)

Another great formula and a one coater. Also a great stamper.

Goldie Pink (pinky finger)

Formula was a bit thin and the finish is leaning toward jelly. 2 coats did a good job of getting opaque though. This was the darkest of the bunch, but not by much.

I found these all so close in color that if I could, I'd ditch 4 of them.

Sadly..It makes me feel like such a hoarder to not be able to get rid of any of these.

Fuchsia Fanatic is perfection. Fuchsia Power is nothing special but I've had it so long it's half gone and not worth trying to pawn off on someone else! It's My Pink is a Betsey Color! I could never! Fast Fuchsia is my go to stamping pink and a one coater, nuff said. And if I had to ditch one, it would be the Goldie, but because it's jelly-ish, I have to keep her.

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Brand: Betsey Johnson

The Evolution of a Mani + Smell My Fingers in the Green Ocean!

Sunday, February 26, 2012
By Missy
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Ok - I'm gonna go ahead and warn you right now that this is a post of pure and utter awesome.So many planets aligned in my favor to bring this to you!Firstly...I picked this glorious beauty up a few days ago:

That's right it says Betsey MF'ing Johnson. Sephora by OPI has teamed up with BJ to bring you a full line of radical nail delights. There's a mini set, a buncha single full sizes and some nail goodies like trend tips and decals (I think). My Sephora only had this, the perfumed pink called It's My Pink, but I believe Sephora.com has the rest (though last I checked they did not have the mini set yet).But seriously, I love Betsey and bought this regardless of whether I already 50 pinks this shade. Who cares.Let me also add that it is perfumed with her new scent. I was on the fence about scented polishes, but after this and some Color Club neon scented polishes I have picked up recently, I dig it. Im a fragrance snob for sure, but I have found myself sniffing my fingers all day since putting this on. The lovely Missy at Sephora (yes, she is rad for having the same name as me) gave me a sample of this scent when I bought the polish so double score - I think I love it! Sidenote, after 2 different top coats and a flakie coat, the fragrance still lingers!
So anyway - let's start my mani evolution, shall we?It started yesterday, with China Glaze's Gaga for Green.

This is a nice shade I didn't have anything similar to. I'd call it a three coater, I was in a hurry and did only 2 here, but I could see some VNL, so it coulda used another. Good formula, China Glaze rarely fails me there.
Then at work today I was showing my gal pal the new Betsey and decided to use it in a tape mani. I've been meaning to do a tape mani since the 1st one I did about a month ago that was a total failure. This one was not!

Here's me holding Gaga for Green (right hand)

Here's me holding It's My Pink (left hand)
THEN - I've been seriously lemming Sinful Colors' Green Ocean since I read someone's post about it last week. I thought I might get a lucky score on it since St. Pats is coming up and apparently its promoted every year in conjunction with that boozefest. So I ran into Walgreens on my way home from work tonight and holy snaps - I found a bin with about 25 of them!!! At one point I had 3 of them in my hand, but I ended up leaving with only 2, as I know my nail cohort friend Taylor will need this in her life.

I loves it. Its a flakie hybrid - its not smooth, it has a gritty glitter texture and has glitters in different sizes, like irregular chunks (shards if you will). Its weird and I love it.