China Glaze: Mummy May I?

 Mummy May I? is part of China Glaze's Halloween 2010 collection. And may I just say, I'm stoked about this color. Don't get me wrong, Zombie Zest and Ick-a-bod-y are great too, but purple is my all time favorite color.


 








 These swatches are of two coats of the featured polish and two coats of Out the Door top coat.



The purple glitter in this polish is slightly warmer in tone in person.

This polish looks crazy murky in the bottle, so I was slightly worried that it would be the same on my nails. To my surprise the first coat was very plummy purple. The second coat turned it into the perfect blackened plum color shot through with fantastic purple glitter. Pure Love.






This is a better picture of what it looks like in the bottle


I'll tell you what I didn't love so much...

This polish is odd. It's not really gooey, but it's thick. And if you don't get enough on the brush, application can become streaky. And to top it off, I continually felt that I had plenty on my brush when I really didn't. This left me with clumping around my cuticles.

That's ok, I still love you, Mummy May I? ;)

Overall, I love this color. It's subtle but gorgeous, and I want more like it!!

Ahh!

Posts coming soon!!

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Loud Purple, Yellow and Teal makeup tutorial

Today's Look

Sorry that I've been MIA guys, I promise some better posts soon!!

MAC Next to Nothing
Palladio liquid liner in Bronze
MAC Go
MAC Petticoat MSF
Palladio black eye liner
L'Oreal Carbon Black mascara
Revlon Va Va Violet lipstick

China Glaze Rainbow of Hope

This month at Sally Beauty, China Glaze is having a promotion for cancer awareness. "Conquer Cancer in Colour, with the purchase of any of these symbolic shades, a portion of the proceeds will be donated to organizations that bring hope to those affected by this disease."

Check 'em out!!

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Today's Look

What I used:

MAC Carbon eye shadow
MAC Reflects Transparent Teal pigment
MAC Next to Nothing eye shadow
Palladio eye liner
L'Oreal Carbon Black Mascara
MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural
MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Refined.MAC Wonderstruck lipgloss

(September 27th)

Orly: Space Cadet

Normally I hate Orly. It makes my nails break, stain, crack, and peel. But when the Cosmic FX collection came out, I got really stoked. These polishes are infused with mineral, and glass particles to give them their unique shimmery, glittery, and duo-chromatic effect. I only purchased one, as they are mighty expensive (At Sally Beauty they retail for $8.99 a bottle!).


This is INCREDIBLY difficult to photograph. So I suggest checking them out in person if you're interested!

Space Cadet is a pinky purple polish with gold and blue-ish teal duo-chrome. Spilled oil comes to mind. It was love at first sight.

I absolutely hated how small the brush was for this polish, so I had a hard time making the coats even, especially on my larger fingernails. This is partly why I did three coats of it, to ensure even application.

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Anywho, these pictures are of three coats of nail polish on top of one coat of Nail Magic's Botanical Nail Strengthener, and two coats of Out the Door Top Coat. Whew, that was a lot of work.






You can better see the duo-chrome here

I wore this for a few days, and didn't experience chipping (Only when I was spraying some cleaner and my finger slipped), Just slight tip-wear.
Overall I love the way this polish looks on. I may purchase a couple more shades!