Massive Accumulation of Polish!

I figured I would make another post dedicated to the amount of polish that found its way to my house within the past couple weeks.

Here are all of my new bottles huddled together :)

My friend Traci sold me OPI- Glow-ink in the Dark and Boo Berry, I purchased OPI- Hoodoo Voodoo?! off of ebay, and OPI- Black Spotted finally found it's way to me! I purchased that one from a seller in France.

New A-Englands from the promo. Luckily I ordered early in the promo and they were able to ship in the US. I hope they can ship to the US again soon so that I can order more! Here is Lancelot, Dragon, Saint George, Holy Grail (new version), and She Walks in Beauty.

OPI Skyfalls: Moonraker and Live and Let Die, ORLY-Synchro, China Glaze- Jungle Queen, and Sinful Colors- Beau Khaki

New Color Club Halo Hues! Beyond, Over the Moon, Kismet, Eternal Beauty, Miss Bliss, and Cosmic Fate

Chiralitys; Special BTK, Raisin Gein, Bundy Berries, Dahmer Crunch, Bloodshot, Kale, and Katydid

Cult Nails- Scandalous, Sally Hansen- Diamond,  and Nailtini- Frappe

Color Club- Electro-Midnight, Nails Inc- London Town, and Revlon- Hearts of Gold FX

Wet n Wild Saved by the Bell Collection: Pom Pom Kelly, Straight A Jessie, Pin 'Em Slater, Nerd Alert: Screech, Chick Magnet Zack, and Fashionista Lisa

I won a Rescue Beauty Lounge Lot on ebay. Here is Mismas, Scrangie, and Orbis Non Sufficit 

I received these goodies from a Valentine's day swap that I participated in. Here is China Glaze- Awakening and Unpredictable, Savina- Hearts (my first Savina!), OPI- Bling Dynasty, and Essence- Make it Golden

OPI- Is that Silva?

Recently I wore OPI- Is That Silva? This is a magnetic polish that is part of OPI's Skyfall holiday collection this year. I just love magnetic polishes, and I don't own enough of them. Is That Silva? Is a gunmetal shimmer with scattered holo micro glitter before the magnetizing effect. This photo was taken indoors with the flash and you can really see the holo micro glitter!

Here is what Is That Silva? looks like sitting in my car in the sunlight.

Here it is indoors without the flash. The lighting in my apartment was somewhat dim.

I also took a picture before I used the magnet. This is just one coat of Is That Silva? The formula was great and it was completely opaque in two smooth coats.

This is the magnet that came with it. Compared to other magnetics I've tried, this magnet was much easier to use! It was clear and had a place to put  your finger. It was nice being able to see through it because I was able to get my nail as close to the magnet as possible and make sure that it wasn't touching the magnet and getting smudged at the same time. The magnet has a diagonal line pattern.

Over the Thanksgiving weekend, I met up with some fellow bloggers that are also in a nail polish group I'm in on facebook. We had to take a picture of all of our nails together :) It was great meeting everyone! Is That Silva? also looks amazing in that lighting. We did a lot of shopping!

I've seemed to acquire a massive amount of polish and more is on the way because I took advantage of Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sales!

Del Sol: Trick or Treat, Peek a Boo, Starry Night and OPI- What's with the Cattitude?

These were polishes gifted to me and received through secret swaps! First is a pink glitter franken made for be by a friend, Essie- Miss Fancy Pants and Mint Candy Apple, China Glaze- Under the Boardwalk, and Zoya-Aurora

H&M: Purple Sprinkles and Confetti Time, Happy Hands: Banana Stand and Springs, and Nails Inc- Sweets Way (Now I have all of the polishes in the sprinkles collection!)

Funky Fingers- Venom, Mood Ring, and Pink Pixels

Sephora by OPI: Studs & Stilettos, Come to Pappa-razzi, Slushied, and It's Real 18K Gold Top Coat. I snagged all of these on sale at Sephora with the exception of Come to Pappa-Razzi.

Some Early Halloween Polishes

I have two halloween-themed polishes to show today. I'll start with Pretty & Polished- Candy Corn. It i from this years Hella Wicked collection. It is a color-changing polish. It changes even more than other mood polishes that I own. It is very sensitive to temperature. I am amazed by this! It's orange for cold temperatures and turns yellow when it's warmer.

 Here's a picture where it leans more yellow, but still has the color-changing gradient effect. Candy corn is a jelly, so I applied three coats.

 At this particular moment I was cold, so it was all orange. The orange in this is more red-orange.

When I was warm, they were all yellow. Although it's a pretty yellow jelly, my nails are so stained that they look dirty under this! I assure that's just staining. I like this shade the best when it has the gradient effect between the yellow and the orange. Color changing polishes can be purchased via the Pretty & Polished etsy shop. I know I will probably order more eventually. They were so neat!

The next polish I have to show wasn't as neat.

 This is a vintage Wet n Wild Fantasy Makers polish. It's called Shinin'. I'm not sure what year it's from. It appears to be a pretty blue, but it's really just blue shimmer particles in a sheer gray base. The base was super sheer! I am wearing FOUR coats here! It probably would have been more ideal to layer it over another polish, but since the base was tinted gray, I didn't really know what to layer it over. Probably another gray would be the most compatible. The formula was so thin and streaky too. 

 In a picture with the flash, you can see how it's just blue shimmer particles in a gray base.

I wanted to like this polish, and I do enjoy the color, but the formula was just soooo bad. Look at my tips! That's shrinkage from the Seche Vite. I had to remove this after a day of wear because it bothered me so much. It also took very long to dry. Maybe I'll try layering it over another shade in the future, but for now, I just wanted to be done with it.

And of course, there are some new additions and hauls!

 I participated in another secret swap in one of my local facebook groups. I got some sweet goodies from Jodi! Wet n Wild- Hollywood Walk of Fame, China Glaze- I'm Not Lion, China Glaze- Deviantly Daring, OPI- Gargantuan Green Grape, Venique minis- Havanah Glam, Side Walk Surfer, Pump up the Jam, and Ga-Lashes Glow. I also got a mini bottle of CND- Solar Oil (which smells like delicious almonds!), a nail polish ring, two pairs of earrings, and Cadberry Screme eggs!! I should use cuticle oil more often, but a lot of the time I don't like the smell of most brands, so I'll probably use the CND solar oil frequently because I love the smell.

 I did some damage at Sephora today. They had the Sephora by OPI Betsey Johnson collection polishes on sale for $5 so I picked up Alley Cat, XOX Betsey, and Sparkling Personality. I've been lemming the Nails Inc Sprinkles for a long time, so I finally caved in and bought them. These are my first Nails Ince polishes! I purchased Sugar House Lane, Topping Lane, and Pudding Lane. I would have gotten Sweets Way also, but it was sold out.

My goodies from the ULTA BOGO Butter Londons were Lillibet's Jubilee and Trustafarian.