weakness wednesday: iridescent gold glitter. . . .

. . . . in a clear-ish base. apparently i didn't know how many i had. i have got to stop buying the same polishes over and over again.

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with flash (to show the glitter~!)

sinful pinky glitter is the first of this particular genre (iridescent gold glitter) that i got my hands on. i bought this a couple of years ago, and really love it. it looks like it would go on pink, but the base is really really sheer. perfect for layering. however, the newer version of pinky glitter is a much darker hot pink. not my thing. but if you're desperate for something of similar ilk, confetti confetti pink ($2 at cvs stores) looks almost identical to this older version, at least in the bottle.

orly shining star contains the smallest glitter particles of the group. i believe all of the glitter is the same. click here to see what it looks like layered.

i just picked up this new nina ultra pro in holographic topcoat last week at sally's. the whole line has been updated, and this one immediately caught my eye. it was in my cart and paid for before i could do anything to stop it lol. now the name is quite misleading because it's not really holographic. i do see tiny, tiny gold holographic specks, but mostly it contains the round iridescent glitter that i love so much.

next up is a beautiful unnamed polish from the japanese 100 yen store. sigh. i love japanese polishes so much. actually i love japanese everything so much. . . . anyway, the cap on this bottle says ac-ned-37. i think the brand is ac, the line is called nail enamel d (ned), and this is shade number 37. let's just call it ned 37, shall we? as much as i love ned 37, it looks nearly identical on the nail as pinky glitter and holographic topcoat. the green base just should be ignored.

mattese elite je t'aime is definitely my favorite. it has the chunkiest iridescent glitter, with some added larger holographic silver hexes. click here to see it in action. now i have some bad news about this polish: apparently, mattese elite is revamping their entire line of polishes, so je t'aime is being discontinued. however, they are still available here on the ricky's website for at the clearance price of $2.99. if you want it, you need to jump on that quick! i'm considering buying a back-up bottle, since i've never seen else anything quite like it. . . .

POLISH DAYS: gold medals galore

for today's olympic-themed manicure, i added a long-time legging (mattese elite je t'aime) over yesterday's perfect nude, and ended up with something amazing:

1 coat mattese elite je t'aime over 2 coats cq vintgage

this manicure looks like it's swimming in gold medals, because it's so packed with gold iridescent glitter. je t'aime also has random silver holographic hex-shaped glitters, which you can see in the pics. it's like michael phelps, who has a bajillion gold medallions, with a threw random silver ones thrown in sporadically lol.

i'm so glad i purchased this polish. i got it for $5.99 during a free shipping promo from ricky's website (right now ricky's is running a bogo free on mattese polishes! but you still  have to pay shipping). if you don't own this, you need to buy a bottle. it's like nothing else i've ever seen. kind of like a gold version of china glaze snow globe? anyway, you need it.

hint: it also looks amazing over mint green or lavender!

polish purchases: july edition

milani 3d, mattese elite je t'aime, sally hansen xtreme wear golden-i, sinful easy going

sally hansen insta-dri chartreuse chase, sally hansen xtreme wear mint sorbet and coral reef, milani jewel fx lavender, sinful fig

let's add up everything and see how much i wasted, ahem spent, on polish this month:

sinful easy going ($0.99)- it looks white in the pic, but it's actually an opaque, pale pink. very flattering and classic. i picked this one up during the sinful $0.99 sale.

sinful fig ($0.99)- i really love this shade, and it's only available during the summer at walgreens, so i scooped up a back-up during the sale.

sally hansen insta-dri chartreuse chase ($1)- i found this at dollar tree the other day, and thought, "green- must buy." yeah, i need another green like i need a hole in my head, but this one has blue shimmer :). so it ended up in my shopping cart.
nyc big city dazzle ($1.72- not pictured)- love this glitter topcoat. i think it's really unique. click here to see what i mean.

sinful pull over ($1.99- not pictured)- i bought this one before the $0.99 sale. . . . oops. it's ok, though, because it was totally worth it! click here for swatches.

sally hansen xtreme wear mint sorbet ($2)- my favorite, favorite green creme. so pretty and so easy to apply. i got this (and the next 2 polishes) during a 3 for $6 sale at walgreens this month. i figured it was a good time to score a back-up.

sally hansen xtreme wear coral reef ($2)- a beautiful hot coral creme.

sally hansen xtreme wear golden-i ($2)- i got this as a replacement for revlon gold coin, which looks uber nasty on me. this one, however, is sparkly, pretty, and perfect.

milani 3d ($2.49)- i used $3 in extrabucks to buy this for pretty cheap at cvs. it's kind of a gross gold also, but i mixed with milani hd (the beautiful silver holo from this line) to make something amazing, which i'll show you soon :).

milani jewel fx lavender ($4.50)- i've been wanting this for a while. a great purple hex glitter to add to my glitter top coat collection.

mattese elite je t'aime ($5.99)- i've been stalking this polish online for a couple of months now, and when ricky's had a free shipping sale a couple of weeks ago, i finally bit the bullet. i'll have swatches of this one next week!

GRAND TOTAL FOR JULY: $25.67

not bad, not bad at all. i've kind of set an unofficial buying limit of $25 every month. so far, so good!