Deborah Lippmann I Know What Boys Like and Cleopatra in New York

It is so close to Christmas!!! I finally finished up swatching all my polishes, so I have some to share with you over the coming weeks.

Here are two DLs I picked up recently (one from a blog sale, the other from HSN's deal). The HSN code is 126362 for $10 off your first purchase, and Deborah Lippmanns ship free. The code is good until the end of the year, I think!

Deborah Lippmann I Know What Boys Like (2 coats) - No topcoat, beautiful formula! Reminds me a little of AA Mount Royal, but I purged my bottle a while ago, so I'm unable to compare. I think the AA was a lot deeper and more vibrant and opaque.



Comparison: Deborah Lippmann IKWBL and Nails Inc Baker St - Not even close, but just for reference.


Deborah Lippmann Cleopatra in New York (1 coat) over black jelly - I had a lemming for this the first time I saw it, but didn't want it at full price. When I heard about the HSN code, I quickly pulled the trigger and got this for $8 shipped!




Deborah Lippmann Cleopatra in New York (3 coats) - I like it better layered over the black jelly, but it works on its own too.




I really like the bottle shape and brush of the Deborah Lippmanns I own. I just wish they weren't so expensive! I've only ever purchased them on deep discount or on blog sales XD

I leave you with one of my favourite ornaments:

Reswatch: Deborah Lippmann Glitter in the Air

I swatched this a long time ago over a franken I had made, but recently when I got Essie Who is the Boss, I thought it would make for the perfect creme underwear, and decided to reswatch GitA.

I did a comparison post to Revlon Whimsical a while ago, but decided to keep GitA, since I had already used up quite a bit of the bottle (didn't think it would swap or sell well!)

Deborah Lippmann Glitter in the Air over Essie Who is the Boss



This summer is just flying by! The saddest part about it being over is that when school starts again, my morning commute is going to increase by about 5 minutes because of dang school buses on my route! LOL.

I'm going to make a Trandesign haul soon. Are there any polishes from recent (non-indie) collections you've been loving? OPI, Orly, China Glaze, Misa? LAY IT ON ME! ♥

Revlon Modern Grace and Deborah Lippmann Glitter in the Air

I had seen Modern Grace just once in the wild and I didn't pick it up. I had regretted it ever since, and while lamenting on the NB, the lovely Noelie offered to buy me on she had seen at her local Riteaid! Ahhh what a sweetheart! :) Thank you, Noelie!!

I believe this was in a limited edition Top Speed display with some other summery shades. The formula on this polish is amazing It is a 1 coater!

Revlon Modern Grace - 1 coat!


Here are some comparisons to other purpleish-periwinkle polishes in my stash. I had a sneaking suspicion that this may be dupish to Orly Cashmere Cardigan, but I do not own that polish! I asked on NB, and a couple girls posted bottle pic comparisons for me. If they aren't dupes, then they are insanely close.

Revlon Modern Grace vs. Zoya Caitlin


Revlon Modern Grace vs. OPI Done Out in Deco and Planks a Lot


For my NOTD, I wore 1 coat of Revlon Modern Grace and topped it with 2 coats of Deborah Lippmann Glitter in the Air. The light blue base of GitA lightened up Revlon Modern Grace. I absolutely love the result!! I usually don't wear glitter polishes to work, but screw that :D!! I used Barielle Manicure Extender and SV as my topcoat to give it extra shine. I have a tiny bit of shrinkage, but I hardly ever wrap my tips... out of laziness.





By the way, I've heard that Nordies is having a B2G1 sale on Deborah Lippmanns and Butter London this Saturday and Sunday, in store only. You may want to call your counter to confirm, though! Luckily, there are not 3 DLs or 3 BLs that I am lemming, so I will be saving my pretty pennies. But if you have been waffling on getting anything from these two brands, this weekend would be a good time to take the plunge!

DBF's mom, aunt, and youngest brother are coming to visit this weekend, so this will probably be my last post until the weekend is over. So, enjoy your weekend! :)

Deborah Lippmann Glitter in the Air

Yay! My Beautybar.com haul came yesterday \o/ I used my $40 gc from Hautelook on DL GitA, Butter Seattle (err London) Lady Muck, and a Jack Black lip balm in Black Tea and Blackberry. For some reason, the lip balm came with a free gift... a 2oz tube of Jack Black sunscreen LOL


I was planning on getting BL Victoriana instead of the lipbalm, but it was OOS. Maybe it'll be back later and I can get DBF to add it to his order :)

So, I know you're probably all sick of GitA pics... but humour me here :p

Bottle Pics




What I like about GitA over the various frankens floating around is that there are only 2 main colours of glitter in it: pink and blue. There are large pink and blue hex glitters, smaller pink and silver hex glitters, and tiny round glitter that is blue/green at different angles.


So, if you remember my glitterless-GitA franken (named Glitter on the Ground), I layered 2 coats of GitA over it to get this:



Here's the franken by itself


And here's GitA next to my franken


It's so cute, I love it! I'm so glad that beautybar.com gc came around on Hautelook, because I was seriously torn between getting AtU and GitA with my ebay gc, so I'm super happy to have both now (especially at around $11 a bottle!) Woohoo!

Hope you guys have a great weekend! I'm going shopping!! :D

Deborah Lippmann Across the Universe

I'm sure you've all seen oodles and oodles of this polish by now, but I'm still going to force it on you! :D

I purchased this beauty using my Ebay Groupon. I don't think I'd ever be able to shell out $18 for a polish (I'm assuming I will be eating my own words someday... soon), but $10.82 works for me!

First, some bottle porn:




Swatches with diffused flash:



Swatches with bounced flash:



I haz a boo-boo (tiny cut from dicing potatoes, doh!)


Ooo it looks cool matte!


I'm in love <3 I'm thrilled I finally have it! :)