For those of you who may be ready to throw (hopefully small) stones at me for showing you a whole bloody week of Clarins 230, I have a little "stone" for you, too! :D I hope you love it.
This is two dreamy coats of Misa PaintMyNails@Work. It applied most perfectly.
Please excuse my sad cuticles in the above picture, but I include it because I think it helps to show how the color of the polish looks different in different settings.
It's hard for me to describe in words, but in several of these pictures, the polish just looks a bit different. It kind of goes beige, gray, taupe, stone, and then also has just a hint of mauve-y coolness to it that I am wild about.
You know, probably two to three years ago I would have never seen myself in colors like this. How the times have changed!
PaintMyNails@Work is from Misa's 9 to 5 collection. I ordered it with a few others from here.
I just noticed that the new Paradise Shore collection is available for purchase now, too! Figures. :)
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No more long nails! RIP, long nails. Here is Sally Hansen XtremeWear Mystic Lilac. I did three coats.
I was very excited about this when I first saw pictures and heard about it on MUA.
I didn't get around to trying it until about a month ago, though.
I really love it! I loved it so much that I couldn't think of anything to layer over it that wouldn't ruin the subtlety of the green shimmer.
It's kind of purple, kind of taupe, kind of gray. Totally awesome!
I hope Sally Hansen comes out with more colors like this one that are gorgeous, unique, and affordable!
That's all for my commentary! Nothing else to say. :)
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Here is one of my StrangeBeautiful polishes, a taupe from Volume 4. I did two coats here.
I really need to rave about the smooth and perfect application here! They are so easy and pleasant to apply.
The bottle shape is slightly annoying to me because it feels unstable. I worry I could easily accidentally knock it over while painting my nails!
It's also kind of weird that they have no names, but I guess I'll get over it.
Maybe I should name them myself? :) Ambiguous Stone.
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Color Club High Society. This is one from the new Rebel Debutante collection that Color Club graciously provided for me to review. I am hoping to review the other lovely shades soon. I've had a hard time finding sun to swatch on days when I'm not working! Example: today. Rainy and cloudy - so sad!
Three coats of High Society. This color is so cool and hard to describe. It has many moods and many sides! The application was excellent. It got a little thicker by the third coat, but was still easy enough to manage.
The first two pictures show the warm beigey side, which is easily evident in the early morning sun.
The pictures above is indoors and shows off the taupey mushroom side. I had worn it for a few days at this point, so forgive the tip wear, if you can.
The picture about captures a bit of my favorite side - the mauvey, purply gray side! When I chose the bottle to paint my nails with, I thought about how light the color looked. It definitely gets darker on the nail. It's still a pretty light taupe, but not as light as you'd think.
Someone where I work asked me if I was wearing the new Chanel, Particuliere. I didn't even realize that this was similar, but it sure is. $2 vs. $25 (or something like that), not a hard choice for me! Plus, I don't think of myself as a taupe lover, but this color really caught my eye and I have to say I loved wearing it. It's classy, soft, and different.
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Here's a shocker for everyone: me wearing taupe! This is Zoya Pasha, three coats. It's a soft mushroomy, cool, taupe with a slight silver frost. The application was very nice and I had no problems with streaking (but was fairly cautious and careful).
I looks slightly cooler toned in most lighting, and I think these pictures make it look slightly warmer than it really is.
I had a hard time deciding how I felt about this one, but overall I think I like it. It was nice for a change and felt sort of fallish to me.
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