Essie Bonded

I'm doing a week of favorites that blogger Bec from Lacquer Dreams had the great idea of doing.  For this week I will post my favorite red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and pink polish from my stash.  Today is red and I chose Essie Bonded as my very favorite red to share with everyone. Bonded is a discontinued Essie that is a red jelly with a very fine silver glitter.  It is the red sister to Essie Starry Starry Nights.  On the nail, the glitter shows up pinkish because of the red jelly.  It reminds me of candied apples!

Essie Bonded (flash)

Essie Bonded (shade)

Clarins 230

I have had a string of bad luck lately, first my macbook screen decided to quit working and then I ripped my nail so badly that I had to nubbinize my nails even shorter than I am used to.  Oh well, I decided to wear the crowning glory of my nail polish collection to make me feel better.  I present to you  Clarins 230, also known as Unicorn Pee in the nail polish world.  It is best used as a layering polish, so I decided to layer it over three coats of OPI Do You Think I'm Tex-y.  I mostly see it layered over a purple base, but I decided to try something a little different.   How do you like this combo? 

OPI Do You Think I'm Tex-y?

Clarins 230

Full Sunlight

Shade

Flash

You can see the shrinkage that Seche Vite caused on the tips of my nails.  Even so, I ended up wearing this mani for five days.   

I also decided to finally order from Rescue Beauty Lounge.  I ended up getting Scrangie, Pizzicato, and Moxie.  I will share the gorgeous Moxie today.  It is a frosty white that has a candlelit yellow glow.  It is pretty unique and I received a few compliments while wearing it. 

Zoya Blogger Collection

Last week during my last round of finals I will ever have to take I ended up ordering the Zoya Blogger Collection from www.birchbox.com.  I couldn't resist buying this limited edition collection because I absolutely love jelly nail polishes and it only cost me a whole $2 with my birchbox points. These swatches are all three coats with no top coat.

From left to right: Zoya Coraline, Zoya Kate, Zoya Belle

Zoya Coraline 

Zoya Kate

Zoya Belle 

Belle was the standout from this collection for me.  No one does shimmers quite like Zoya.  You could pass on the two jellies if you already have the OPI sorbets from last year's Texas Collection, they are identical based on this blogger's comparison.

I'd also like to thank Liesl and Steve for nominating me for the versatile blogger award.

Visit their blogs here: 

http://lacquerman.blogspot.com/

http://liesllovesprettythings.blogspot.com/