Sally Girl Butta

     Today, I have a swatch of Sally Girl Butta (yeah the name is kinda dumb) to share with you guys. Butta is a graphite-ish metallic grey polish with small silver glitter and medium size teal glitter in it. This is another one of those polishes where you're going to be all "Why doesn't this come in a bigger bottle?" It's seriously that pretty. So without further ado. Here is Butta:

Swatches:

Indoor no flash. 

Indoor with flash. So much glitter the flash went crazy. 

Outdoor in sunlight. 

Outdoor in shade. 

Closeups:

Outdoor in sunlight. 

Indoor no flash. 

     I used three coats of Butta for the pictures above (no undies), two light coats and a heavy coat, then topped it with a heavy layer of top coat. As with most glitter heavy polishes this one eats topcoat alive so go pretty heavy handed with it. The formula is a tad on the sheer side, but it dries quickly and applies easily. Over all I really like this polish. I just wish it came in a bigger bottle. But for 99₵ at Sally Beauty Supply, can I really complain? I can but I won't. I will definitely be picking up a few more of this itty-bitty bottle of glittery Valkyrie trance inducing goodness. It's dark, it's sparkly, and can I just tell you I love the dark base bright blue glitter combo. Anyway, that's all I have for you today. Until Next time, stay classy, and stay polished.
XOXO

August 2013 Stash Additions

     Today I have my monthly stash additions post to show you guys. I had some fun this week and bought a bunch of nail stuff. But it's easier to show you than to tell you what I got so here it is.

Amazon:

China Glaze: Hook And Line, Mahogany Magic, Goin' My Way?, and Recycle 

Mash plates 26-50

Fred Meyer: 

Essence - Peel Off Base Coat

Essence stamping plate in 01 Have Fun!

J.C. Penny:

OPI - Peace & Love & OPI

Sally Beauty Supply: 

Finger Paints: Peacock Portrait, and Hue Brighten My Day

     So as you can see I was a little naughty this month and got lots of pretty polish. Have you guys added any polish to your own collection? If so what did you get? Well that's all I have for you today. Until next time, stay classy, and stay polished.
XOXO

July Stash Additions

     It's that time of the month again. Time to show you my new stash additions. I was kind of naught (bot not overly naught) this month and got several new polishes I blame Sally Beauty Supply's but one get one sale at the beginning of the month. But seriously they are like crack dealers. And I had to get my fix.  Plus there are the only two polishes I bought last month grouped in with them. Anyway here are my new babies.

Last Months Stragglers:

Sally Beauty Supply: Finger Paints - Colorful Collage & Ulta: OPI - Cuckoo For This Color

Sally Beauty Supply:

China Glaze: Love's A Beach, Turned Up Turquoise, Toe-Tally Textured, & Orange Knockout. 

Sally Girl: Butta & Brainy (seriously why are these not in bigger bottles?!?!?)

Amazon.com:

China Glaze: Isle See You Later, Flip Flop Fantasy, Pool Party, & Happy Go Lucky. 

And a song...for no other reason than it's stuck in my head and I thought I would share it with you guys

Lana Del Rey - 'This is What Makes Us Girls'

      So there you have it. All the lovely new ladies that have joined my stash this past month. As you can see I'm on a neon kick. Turns out I can wear them as long as they have red or pink undertones in them (in fact I have Pool Party on my toes as I type). And the yellow...becuase it occurred to me that I didn't have a true yellow creme (that didn't have a shimmer to it) so I got one, for nail art. Anyway, I hope you guys are having a great day. Until next time, stay classy, and stay polished.
XOXO

April Stash Additions

     I decided instead of doing a bunch of haul posts through the month that I would just do one stash additions post at the end of each month. Mostly to make my life easier...plus haul posts just aren't looked at all that often as other types of posts so condensing them to one post will cut down on extraneous posts. Any way here are the nail polishes I added to my collection this month. And as you will see I was a very good girl this month and only bought a "few." Keep in mind a "few" is relative. This is my "few."

Amazon:

Left to right: China Glaze - Strap On Your Moonboots, OMG A UFO, and When Stars Collide

China Glaze - Infra Red & Take A Trek

Sorry the bottles look so weird...I blame that sticky bubble wrap stuff they were wrapped in when I got them. 

China Glaze - Passion For Petals, Tart-Y For The Party, & Sunday Funday

Sally Beauty Supply:

China Glaze - Galactic Gray, Not In This Galaxy, & Sci-Fly By

China Glaze - Liquid Leather (My 4th bottle), China Glaze - White On White (my 2nd bottle), and Orly Bonder

   Of course I had to make a trip to Sally's since they were doing there whole buy two get one one free deal. I mean really, how could I stay away? Is that even possible? I'm telling you right now, I'm not that strong. Nail polish is my kryptonite. And I hadn't planned on getting the three China Glaze Avant Garden polishes except that I came across a seller on Amazon selling them for like $2.50 each free shipping and I was all "Get in my shopping cart!" And of course some CG holo's because a girl can never have too many holo polishes. Also has anyone else noticed that if you buy a Hologlam polish anywhere except Sally's you get a silver lid instead of the normal black lid? What's that about? Why is Sally's the only place with normal black lids (the lids I prefer...they don't clash with the other bottles. I'm still a Virgo! I'm sure you all know by now that I like things to match). As always I will swatch them as I wear them and for all the holo's I will be doing polish in motion (PIM) videos for them.
     And since the wonderful discovery that my Droid Razr takes great video I will be able to do videos more frequently. So if there are any other polishes that I own (see my stash page), that you guys would like to see a PIM video for let me know by leaving a comment below. And I will try to accommodate you as time permits. I do have a tripod on the way as well so in the future I should be able to get some video tutorials up on my YouTube Channel which is linked over there (--------->) under other places you can find me, if you want to give it a follow (so you get updates when I start doing all that stuff) feel free to do so. But right now there are only 3 videos up. And to that end, let me know what you guys would like to see on my YouTube channel in a comment below as well. Anyway, that's all I have for you today. Until next time, stay classy and stay polished.
XOXO

Color Club Gift Of Sparkle (Sally Beauty Supply edition)

     So the odyssey of scented nail polish continues. Today, I am going to show you guys Gift Of Sparkle from Color Club's A Winter Affair collection. Now there are two versions of Gift Of Sparkle floating around out there. One for Sally Beauty Supply (which is what I am going to show you) that is a metallic blue sparkle and one which is a purple glitter. Why they did that, I don't know...other than to make us want both. The evil geniuses.

Swatches:

Indoor with flash. 

Indoor no flash.

*Best color representation. 

Outdoor...it's trying to snow so it's shade(ish).

Closeup:

Indoor no flash. 

     All pictures are with two coats of Gift Of Sparkle with a layer of topcoat. This formula dries quickly and applies easily. It's also worth noting that for a blue metallic polish it removes fairly easy (most of them are a real pain in the butt to take off). The smell of this polish is supposed to be (according to Sally Beauty) hot cocoa and marshmallows. And I definitely smell that...but it smells more like the powdered cocoa mix with dehydrated marshmallows than a real cup of cocoa. Which let's face it, is not the same thing, but not a bad smell either. It reminds me of fall/winter mornings when my mom would make me hot chocolate with breakfast (I know I was spoiled but what can I say my mommy loved me). It's just a really sweet cocoa vanilla smell. If you are not a chocoholic as I am or if you are one of those people who don't like chocolate (That's just unnatural by the way) then you might want to pass this one by. But other than that it's probably my favorite metallic blue that I own. In fact I wish I had bought a big bottle of this one (instead of the mini) and passed on Blue Bells Ring by China Glaze (since they are very similar colors) and this one doesn't stain your nails. Beyond the removal of Gift of Sparkle being easier than Blue Bells Ring the smell is 1000 times better. Anyway that's all I have for you guys today. Until next time stay classy and stay polished.
XOXO

First January Haul

     Hi, guys! Today, I have my first January 2013 haul to show you. It's an Amazon.com/Sally Beauty Supply haul. And if you haven't made it into Sally's after Christmas you should really go. Because they are having an additional 50% off all red tag clearance items sale. So I made out like a bandit and only spent $7.39. Any way enough of my ramblings here's what I got.

Amazon.com:

OPI - Stay The Night and Zoya - Phoebe.

All on a gift card so it's free for me.

Sally Beauty Supply:

Color Club - Winter Affair ($0.99 after discount).

Color Club mini set: Berry & Bright, Ho-Ho Holly, Glitter Wonderland, and Snow-Flakes 

($2.49 or $0.63 a piece after discount). 

China Glaze Wicked Full size set: Roguish Red, Glitter Goblin, Bizarre Blurple and Ghoulish Glow

($3.49 or $0.88 a piece after discounts). 

     So yeah considering I spent less than $8 and got 9 polishes I would call that a Sally shopping success. Wouldn't you. Granted I already have two of the Color Club mini's (Snow Flake and Berry Bright) but I wanted the green and blue so my best friend, fellow nail polish addict, and minion Marcie will get those because as much as I love nail polish I don't need multiple bottles of the same color...unless its CG White On White or Liquid Leather (because I go through them crazy fast, about 2 bottles of each a year). Anyway if you haven't stopped by your local Sally you better hurry while all the good stuff is still there. Until next time stay classy and stay polished.
XOXO