Orly Mirrorball

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Today I have a very short post on Mirrorball from Orly, a stunning silver/gray holographic polish with little bits of holographic glitter! In my swatch below I applied three coats to get it to an opacity that I was happy with, this polish has a great formula and dried quickly so three coats was not a huge deal.

I do however wish that the sun would have been more cooperative with me so I could have captured all the holographic goodness, but it just did not want to show it's self during the times it was convenient for me to take photos, so all the photos were took inside in front of a window.

Wear time on this was okay, I applied it on Wednesday and had a few chips by Friday, not huge chips but still chips LOL I still really like it though, it's just too pretty not to like!

I hope you all had a great weekend and I'll see you again on Wednesday, not sure what I'll have up yet.

Collective Nail Polish Haul & Update

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Where is this year going? I can't believe it is already March! Today I wanted to share a nail polish haul with y'all and an update as well.

My polish haul is a collective one from the past month or so, so let's start with that ;)

First up I finally found the NYC Strip Me Off base coat, I picked two of these up, but conveniently lost one last week when I went out of town. I also picked up a few Sinful Colors polishes, Ring the Belini, which I posted about already, Zest of Times (Rite Aid) and Thimbleberry (Big Lots). I purchased one of the new polishes from Avon, Reckless, I swatched it and based off the swatch I was not too thrilled with the formula but will give it another try. Lastly in this photo I picked up December to Remember from China Glaze while Sally's was having their additional 50% off Clearance sale. I have used this polish and really loved it, such a beautiful shade of blue with light pink reflects!

Found a couple more polishes at Sally's! Orly Steal the Spotlight and Finger Paints In the Monet. Lastly I found some polishes that I've wanted since they came out, but didn't want to pay what the stores were asking for them, but luckily for me Big Lots had some of them the last couple of times I was there! I'm talking about the Revlon Parfumerie polishes, I picked up Lavender Soap, Wintermint, African Tea Rose and Apricot Nectar. I could not get over how good African Tea Rose smelt, I was quite amazed that once the polish was on my  nails and fully dry, that it did not smell like nail polish at all! The scent was noticeable for the next few days, but only when I had my hands near my nose and it was  not an over powering smell. I hope the other three smell just as good!

And now for my update; I finally found a job, Thank God!! It is a retail setting so it's already going much better than the job I found last year. I'm still trying to work out a blogging schedule that will fit in with my job schedule as well as my Avon schedule and everything else that I need/want to do. Right now I'm thinking about posting on Monday's, Wednesday's and Friday's. I should have 2 days off each week that will allow me to get posts wrote and then I can schedule them to post. I think once I get a new routine set things will fall in to place :)

I've also reached a goal on my blog, today's post is post number 500!

Hope you all enjoy your Monday!

TIOT: Orly Halleys Comet

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I have found another favorite nail polish, Halleys Comet from Orly! In my opinion it's one of those rare polishes that looks better on the fingers than it does in the bottle. It has a light translucent teal base full of teeny tiny gold and teal flecks of glitter. It applies like a dream and dries a lot quicker than I thought it would, which is good considering I had to use 3 coats to make it fully opaque, although in the sunlight you can see my  nail line. With all the little flecks of glitter, it is super sparkly and looks amazing out in the sun, I have a short video posted over on my Instagram if you would like to check it out.

Short post, still trying to get over my cold :/ Not sure what posts I will have up this week, I'll let it be a surprise for us all :)

Haul: TJ Maxx, Ross & Big Lots

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As of late I have been obsessed with Big Lots and TJ Maxx for finding beauty products, especially nail polishes, at discounted prices! Last week hubby and I ventured out on a little shopping trip and the town that we went to not only had those two stores, but they also had a Ross, I was able to find some pretty good deals.

From TJ Maxx I stumbled upon a duo of Orly polishes, Fabulous Flamingo and Ancient Jade, for $6.99! That's like paying $3.50 for each polish, not too bad considering they are priced at $8 for a full size bottle and $3.99 for a mini bottle at Ulta.

I also came across some mini OPI Sets

Top 10 Fall Nail Colors

I don't know about you, but when fall arrives I tend to change up my nail colors a bit. I put away the super bright neons and bring out some darker vampy colors. I thought today I would share with you my top 10 picks for fall nail colors.

I will go ahead and say, please excuse my messy cuticles, I did not take the time to clean them up before snapping pictures.

In the fall my nail color choices usually range from nudes, golds, browns, plums, burgundy, gray and sometimes a red. So lets get started with the top 10!

First up is a polish I have shared on the blog here recently, Avon's Gel Finish in Glimmer. It is just a lovely golden color with fine flakes of gold.

Next up is Viva Las Vegas from Pure Ice. It's a light taupe color with fine gold shimmer.

Milani Signature Gold, is just that. A very pretty warm gold color with tiny flakes of gold shimmer.

Chocolate Martini was the very first Orly polish I ever bought. I just love it's chocolaty brown metallic color. Looks a little more coppery in person.

Gray is also one of my favorite fall colors for my nails. Color Club's Status Update is a nice charcoal gray cream. I paired it with a bright pink for just a little bit of a pop.

I think lilac and lavenders are good colors for fall, not dark and not super bright. One of my favorites is Wet n Wild's Bite the Bullet from the Megalast line. It is a cream polish.

As I mentioned above I love vampy colors for fall, two good examples of this type of polish would be Wet N Wild's Disturbia and Under Your Spell. Disturbia is a nice dark plum color with flecks of purple shimmer while Under Your Spell is what I'm going to call a chocolate burgundy with flecks of shimmer.

I really love the burgundy shade of Finger Paints called Pin Curls & Pouts, this is going to be a great color for fall. I think it would also look fantastic with a flaky polish over it, like Essie's Shine of the Times.

Last but not least is a red, Go Crazy Red from China Glaze. My camera absolutely hates reds and I have a hard time photographing anything red, but here is my swatch. For an even better swatch look here.

What are some of your go to Fall nail colors?

Nail of the Day: Orly Rage

The very first time I seen Orly Rage in a photo online, I wanted it, but I was not willing to pay $9 for a bottle of nail polish. Well when I was at my local CVS I seen they had it for 50% off, so of course I snatched it up and only paid $4.25 for it!

I am not at all disappointed with my purchase. I love this shade so much, to me it's like a nude gold with a hint of pink. Perfect for a nude looking mani with a hint of bling.

It applied smoothly and you could get away with just one coat of this polish if you wanted a lighter look, I opted for 2 coats. Dry time was average.

Do you own Orly Rage? What do you think about it?

Nail of the Week

Since fall is here and the weather is turning cooler, I wanted to paint my nails to reflect that.

I used Wet n Wild Goldmine (lighter color) and Orly Chocolate Martini. These colors really remind me of the color of the leaves, and makes me think about Thanksgiving and just everything that I love about fall!

Fall Nail Polsih

Since fall is here (insert sad face LOL) I thought I would share with you some of my favorite nail polishes from my collection for fall. During the fall I love to wear very neutral colors, browns, nudes, coppers and golds. I also like to have a few mauve type shades in there too.