Non-Nails Post: Inglot Eyeshadow swatches

Hi guys! Hope you're all having a great weekend - I have done nothing productive, and it feels great :D I have a makeup post today... apologies in advance if you are not into this kind of thing, but I figured since I took some nice swatch pictures, I'd post them here so I could find them again easily :)

A couple weeks ago, Inglot was having a 20% off sale, and I ordered 15 eyeshadows O_O I already had 25 from two previous hauls from the Inglot store at one of my local malls here in NJ, bringing me to a grand total of 40 eyeshadows.

I put them into my MUFE freestyle palette, but only 35 fit, so I set 5 that I don't love so much aside for either a blog sale or to fill another palette of 35 in the future. I cannot commit to either option right now, LOL.

It took me FOREVER to be happy with this configuration. I swear, it was like Inglot-tetris for a couple hours. But I am quite happy with this arrangement.


And here are swatches (they are all clickable for SUPER HUGE pics):

Matte neutrals, along with two of the matte shades from UD Naked palette:


More neutrals and a few shimmers for UD Naked palette


MOAR NEUTRALS! :D


Some fun purples and corals. M325 totally reminds me of OPI Funky Dunkey.


And some more fun colours. M338 reminds me of Orly Sapphire Silk. So gorgeous. M371 reminds me of Zoya Robyn. Does anyone else only see nail polish colours when they look at other things now??


I should stop buying these, but eyeshadows are so addicting to buy, especially Inglots! I think the formula on them is very good, and some are flat out amazing. Plus at $6 a pop, I think the price is really great too.

Anyhoo, hope you guys enjoy the rest of your weekend! :D

NOTWeekend: Gift from Noelie (Smitten Polish) over NARS Midnight Express

Hey guys! I got back from Toronto on Monday, but work was quite busy and I wore OPI Barre My Soul all week like a muggle ;)

I just did my nails and they are thick as heck because I'm trying Elmer's Glue as peel off base coat (if you haven't heard of this yet, see Lab Muffin, or Pretty Purple Polish, or Gotham Polish for the deets!). I wonder if there are a bunch of nail-junkie-significant-others thinking we've all gone mad while painting our bare nails with glue. Probably! :D

So Noelie (of Noelie's Nails and Smitten Polish) surprised me the other day with a package containing Hydrangea (swatch to come!) and a bonus polish she mixed up just for me.

I think I've known Noelie as long as I've been into nails, and she knows what I'm like and how ruthless I am when it comes to purging...

So imagine my face when I pulled this out of the bubble mailer:


LOL. The polish is a mix of "disco" glitters and blue shimmer in a sheer base.

Flash really does not do disco glitter justice... but here is a flash picture of 2 coats BYDPT over NARS Midnight Express, followed by Barielle ME and Seche Vite. It is like instant Galaxy Nails.


Here's a macro I took with no flash. This is how it looks in real life. AWESOME!


Thanks for the thoughtful gift, Noelie <3 I will not purge this. Probably. XD Edited to add: I peeled them off and I'm sold on this ~Elmer's Glue as Base Coat~ idea! Here are the pieces I peeled off with no damage to my nails (as far as I can tell)

OPI NYC Ballet Soft Shades 2012 swatches

Hi guys!

I know I'm super late on this collection. I was holding out for so long, since OPI prowide brushes are not my favourite (small nail beds + OPI prowide = cuticle flooding), but I broke down anyway. Ahhh the story of every nail junkie's life, amirite?

OPI You Callin' Me a Lyre? (3 coats) - Some VNL, but it looks nice



OPI Barre My Soul (3 coats) - I'm not sure if I can decide if I like this better or worse than Lyre. I'm going to have to wear both at the same time (1 per hand) one day and decide.



Since OPI Samoan Sand and OPI Let Them Eat Rice Cake are two of my staple nude/neutral shades, I thought I'd do a little comp for ya'll. There's no (or very little) VNL with Samoan Sand and LTERC. Why do they all look the same-ish?! Hahaha...

Comparison: OPI Samoan Sand, OPI You Callin' Me a Lyre?, OPI Barre My Soul, OPI Let Them Eat Rice Cake (all 3 coats each)


OPI Care to Danse? (3 coats) - This looks like a pale purple in the bottle, but on my skintone, it looks like a cool-toned pink



OPI My Pointe Exactly (3 coats) - This is the sheerest out of the 5 jellies; 4 coats would probably make it look more similar to the others in terms of opacity. I think this might be my least favourite, but it looks like it would go good with Polish Revolution Vegan Zombie...



Comparison: OPI My Pointe Exactly (3 coats) and OPI Skull and Glossbones (2 coats) - Just to give you an idea of opacity


OPI Don't Touch My Tutu (3 coats) - Very jelly white



Comparison: OPI Don't Touch My Tutu and Essie Marshmallow (both 3 coats) - I consider the Essie a jelly... and with 3 coats each, quite a difference in opacity!


Comparison: Misa Heaven White (2 coats), OPI Don't Touch My Tutu (3 coats), and Essie Marshmallow (3 coats) - again, to help you with opacity :)



Overall, I'm glad I finally got these. They're all super jelly, but they are not streaky, which is quite a feat. I'll have to give them a good whirl to decide which ones to keep, though! A few look too similar on me to keep them all..

I have a couple Essies I purchased along with these OPIs, but after that, I think I'm totally out of nail polish to swatch :O I have a few more reswatches that I haven't posted yet, but after that... there might be a lull. Or Inglot eyeshadow swatches. Or macro shots of chocolate. Who knows! :)

I'm off to Toronto tomorrow for a week. I'm not sure what to pack, nail-wise! Maybe I will do a travel-bag post when I get back :)

Indie: Pam's Girly Bits - a delightful spread of spam

Disclosure: The following polishes were sent to me for review.

Hey guys! Look what Pam, from Pam's Girly Bits, sent me recently!!! These are from a variety of collections.







Formula on all of these were fantastic. Pam has that shiz ~nailed~ down. Check out my swatches!

Arctic Sunrise - 3 coats. No secret shimmer here! Very pretty polish; it reminds me a bit of that Sinful Colors Cinderella polish that everyone was going crazy about earlier this year... I never got it, but I can't imagine it's as beautiful as Arctic Sunrise :p Sorry for that little bald bit on my ring finger! I didn't notice it until I uploaded the pics!




Cu Blue - 1st and 3rd pics are 2 coats over AA Hassid. 2nd pic is 3 coats on its own. This is a deep blue jelly with copper shimmer, so it was really difficult to photograph, hence the layering over black. But let me be perfectly clear, 3 coats by itself is super gorgeous and opaque, while still jelly. It is very dark blue (think NARS Midnight Express), but the copper shimmer adds depth, even in indoor lighting. Looks beautiful in sunlight *sighs* This reminds me of one of those recent RBL polishes where everyone was disappointed in the shimmer being too lost.




Sidebar: why does the blue pigment in polishes like this always stink? LOL. This one smells quite bad as you're applying (and while it's drying), but it's completely worth it, ok?

Mother May I? - 2 coats, no underwear :O. In indoor lighting, the shimmer is not that apparent. I actually prefer how it looks indoors compared to how it looks in full sun, but only because I like jelly bases a lot, LOL. Still, this polish is so beautiful and applies flawlessly. The glitter mix originally reminded me of Lynnderella Boy Girl Party, but Mother May I? has the added bonus of square turquoise glitter and cool iridescent glitter. My pictures really don't do this one justice! Love love love!




Daddy's Little Girl - 2 coats over AA Hassid. Sorry for the messy swatch! Those little glitters like to get everywhere XD I really like the blue glitter in this; it's so light catching.




Hocus Pocus - 2 coats. Silvery holo topcoat. The formula flows easily onto the nail. This first set of pictures is 2 coats on its own, there is a little VNL, but lots of rainbows in direct light




Hocus Pocus - 1 coat over Essie Cocktail Bling. I'm wearing this as my NOTD right now and it's very pretty! In dim lighting, the topcoat gives my nails a bit of a silvery look, but oddly enough appears kind of golden? It kind of reminds me of how OPI DS Sapphire looks, if you have that and know what I mean about there being a golden/rosy cast to it. Can someone explain what this sorcery is?!




Jelly Shoes - 2 coats over Illamasqua Collide. This one looks great 3 coats on its own, but wouldn't photograph correctly, again, because it has a jelly base :D This one is pretty darn neon, but doesn't dry matte (I guess because of the shimmer?) which I thought was interesting.




Star Spangled - 2 coats over CND Midnight Sapphire. This looks way better on the nail than it looks in the bottle. It's actually super sparkley, and I didn't even know until I saw the macro I took that there's super itty bitty bar glitter in there!!




Wet Bikini - 2 coats over CND Midnight Sapphire. I really like this mix of glitter... because it doesn't have holo glitter XD I'm also loving those square turquoise pieces. Ahhh lovely! I can't wait to put this in a jelly sammich!




My top picks are Cu Blue, Mother May I?, and Wet Bikini.

Thanks for sending me these polishes, Pam! They are gorgeous!

How to spend your monies on these (hehe):
Pam's Store
Pam's page at Llarowe

Whachu guys think? I know some of you probably want to strangle me for posting so many indies lately, but I promise I have a "normal" spam post coming soon. I *finally* got on the OPI Ballet train, LOL.

Next week I'm flying up to Toronto for a conference and I'm going to be seeing a few old friends. I'm looking forward to going... which reminds me, I need to buy some CAD! Have a good weekend, guys! :D