Long overdue Haul post - My combined China Glaze, Drugstore, Orly, MAC and Sephora by OPI hauls

Hello my very dear and loyal readers!

Sorry for being absent for so long (again, unfortunately)
I was really tied up at work, my brother came to visit, tons of birthdays to attend and to make things worse, I got injured and I am currently sick. Nevertheless I wanted to give you guys a quick update and a few (though pretty crappy as the weather is bad) haul pics. So you will at least know which are the gems to come swatchwise *winkwink*
We are also moving really close towards 100 followers, that just screams free giveaway, doesn't it?

So please enjoy these pics until I am back all healed and happily swatching!



China Glaze Vintage Vixen Collection















Orly Plastix







Sally Hansen Insta Dry's







Milani Flash Collection







Milani Liquid Metal Collection







Milani Haute Value Collection










MAC Discon Polishes








Sephora by OPI Rocker Chic Collection







So I do hope to be back blogging sometime soon, I hope these pics make the waiting for you guys a bit easier!
Hang in there! :-)

My last two Sally Hansen Beauties and some layering fun - Sally Hansen Ultra HD Spectrum and Laser

Welcome back my dear readers!

Today I am going to wrap up my posts about the Sally Hansen Ultra HD Collection with the last two shades I got, Laser and Spectrum. All in all, I absolutely love this Collection! For a drugstore collection the Ultra HD's are pure loveliness! By now, I can say the wear'n tear of the polishes is quite okay too, I had a little tipwear on day three and needed to change the polish on day 4. Fine in my book, since I am a bad girl and don't treat my nails very nice *argh*
I read a lot of Blogs saying it was a bit of a bummer that the Ultra HD's are quite sheer, but I actually see this as an advantage. Don't get me wrong, a do love ooomph colors that give me really nice coverage with two coats, but with these babies you can create some serious layering goodness, as you can bring out different effects with the glass flecks depending on the color of the base you use. I only used a simple black/white combo to show some basic effects, but the sky is the limit and you can use any base color you like. How cool is that?
Back to Laser and Spectrum, Laser is a beautiful dark blue with magenta glass flecks and silver reflects. It also is more pigmented than the other polishes, so three coats make it really opaque. I was not able to capture its real beauty in one of my pics. Darn it is sooooooo difficult to get these polishes right since they have so many different color reflects. Only chance for you to truly experience them is to go out and get them, hehehehe :-)
Spectrum is one hot summer polish let me tell you. It is a perfect turquoise, carribean sea shade. It is not really glass flecked like the other polishes, it is more silver/shimmery with a foil finish. It took me three good coats for it to be opaque, but now on my nails it just spells out "summer, vacation, beach, goodness..."
But let's move on to the evidence!



Sally Hansen Ultra HD in Laser
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indoors, natural light





bottle pic


indoors, artificial light






Sally Hansen Ultra HD in Spectrum
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indoors, natural light


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indoors, artificial light






Layering over OPI's Alpine Snow
Order top to bottom:
- Laser
- DVD
- Spectrum
- Byte

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indoors, natural light





indoors, artificial light






Layering over a black stamping polish, again in the same order
top to bottom:
- Laser
- DVD
- Spectrum
- Byte

The black takes out almost all the color from the polishes, but makes the glass flecks really stand out!

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indoors natural light





indoors artificial light










Now, those were a lot of pics :-)
Hope you guys liked my swatches from the Sally Hansen Ultra HD Series!

Hot, Hotta, Hot Fuchsia! - Sally Hansen Ultra HD polish in Byte

Hello my very dear fiends!

Darn, it is so hot outside I am close to melting...what a heat wave!
So I decided to go with the flow and put something equally hot on my nails. I am already sort of worn out on all my neon shades, so I wanted something shiny, glittery, something that is sporting this cool, dewy wet look on my nails. First thought that popped into my mind was OPI's Wing It!, as it does sport this cool metallic foil look, but then again, the strawberry pink color somehow didn't have enough OOOOMMMPH! for me to be called hot. So what to wear? My final pick now was Sally Hansens Byte, yet another one from the Ultra HD Collection. It is a beautiful bright fuchsia pink color, leaning towards purple, as it is glass flecked with purple and blue micro glitter. Summer love I say! Good thing for me, this one was not as sheer as DVD, so 3 coats gave me enough coverage for the color to really shine. So here come the pics, enjoy!



Sally Hansen Ultra HD in Byte
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indoors, natural light





indoors, sunlight


bottle pic


indoors, artificial light







So what do you guys think of this polish? Do you also think this is hotter than OPI's Wing It!? Or would you have chosen y totally different polish? Hope to read from you guys soon again!