Kleancolors

I bought some polishes yesterday, for the first time in ages...

P.S - I'm trying out Blogger for iPhone. So far I think it SUCKS - can't post photos in between paragraphs!! So I guess the pics of my Kleancolors are all gonna be at the bottom of this post. Do not want. Don't download the free Blogger app, kids - I'm gonna see if I can avoid paying the three bucks for BlogPress and try to find a free alternative. Because while I will pay fifteen dollars for the right bottle of nail polish, I am exceedingly cheap in many other aspects of my life. Except for food and clothes :p. I invest in those.

Anyway, I got an assortment of them, as they were five for $10, and I don't have too many other than the Chubky Holos and a couple random neons...

Okay, yeah. This app sucks. I'll be back with a better one. Since I can't put this below the photo, the polishes are (L-R): Shooting Star, City Never Sleeps, My Valentine, Afternoon Picnic, Salsa Much, Metallic Mango, Metallic Fuchsia (how IS it that you spell fuchsia? I thought it was -cshia, but my iPhone insists its -chsia... Maybe it's. -schia? This is bothering me...), Military Green and Neon Fuschia. Spelled that way :p

I'll be back once I've downloaded a better blogging app :p

Massively Hugely Enormously Massive Haul Post

Okay, so this started out as just a post of what I've hauled this past week, but then I thought, what the hell - I'm going to do a post of every single thing I've bought this year so far.  Wanna stop reading?  I don't blame you :p

I don't know if I should do most recent to oldest, or....?  I guess I'll do it from oldest to most recent.  Keep in mind, those of you thinking I'm some spendaholic freak, that this is for this entire year so far.  Some of these are swaps, as well.  Oh, I'm just going to stop making excuses for myself - you know you're all just as bad as I am ;p

Ready?  Grab some chips and turn the TV to something boring :)

Sephora by OPI Read My Palm and Just A Little Dangerous.  Two I'd been lemming for a while - I only had a mini of RMP.

From Forever 21, Love & Beauty scented polishes in Peppermint and Kiwi, and a regular polish in Lime.  These do smell, although not very good - the scent reminds me of those scented fat felt pens we had when we were kids.

Boring stuff - Barielle Camo and Mani Extender, found at Winner's for $5 each.  After I bought these, I walked into Eterna Skin Care on Robson and saw Camo for $18!  D:

But oooh, this is exciting - the Dare To Wear Disco Tech collection!  Hee.  I like glitter.  I just noticed that my older polishes from this brand are spelled "Dare 2 Wear".  Huh.

See?  See?  I told you!  This is Hunter Green x2, Billie Purple Haze (awesome neon purple with subtle shimmer, and only a buck!) and some little butterfly decals I found - which are sitting on top of a Hello Kitty fauxnad plate :)

Aren't these adorable?  I got these so I could copy this mani that I saw on Chloe's Nails.  It's so simple, but so adorable - one of my favorite manis of all time :)

Anna Sui 101, 103 and 011.  011 has flakies!

Some old discontinued China Glazes.  L-R: Stone Age, Sunset Glow, Channelesque, FYI and Drama Queen.

More old discontinued China Glazes.  L-R: Subtle, Beatnik, another Channelesque ;p

Now, we move on to our OPI part of the presentation:

OPI Texas collection. L-R: Y'all Come Back Now Ya Hear?, Big Hair..Big Nails, Guy Meets Gal-veston, That's Hot! Pink, Do You Think I'm Tex-y?, Houston We Have A Purple, Austin-tacious Turquoise and You Don't Mess With OPI!  These names get worse with every collection :p

More (yes, more) random OPIs - Skinny Dip'N In Lake Michg'n, Tickle My France-y, Barefoot In Barcelona, Over the Taupe (I needed neutrals, lol), Just Groovy and Simply Smashing.

And dusty finds!  Awesome dusty finds!  L-R:  Mad As A Hatter, Sapphire In The Snow, Smitten With Mittens, Merry Midnight.  I already own all these, but backups, swaps, you know how it goes... :)

And that concludes our OPI portion of the evening, now how about some Daiso finds?

OMGHOLOsqueeeeeeeee!  <--- iz what I did when I found these in the store.  These are the "Rainbow" line of polishes, they are pretty holo, and they are fantastic!  The three in the middle look like they're the same, but they're actually three seperate colours.  But aren't these just the FUGliest bottles you've ever seen?  Daiso has some seriously ugly bottles, man.

Like check THIS out.  These are all very pretty - a chunky silver and holo hex glitter, iridescent hex glitter, a blue that looks really frosty and horrible here but it's actually very silvery and pretty, and the one on the end is called Aurora Lights and it's basically an exact dupe of CND Crimson Sparkle.  But those first two bottles are seriously some of the most ridiculous-looking things I've ever seen in my life...

SEE?!?  Like, seriously?  What the hell is that thing?  A nail polish bottle or the frickin Empire State Building?  I think the folks at the Winmax must've just done this for a laugh  :p

And look at this!

Aren't these cool?  Anyone know how to read Japanese?  :D  The pictures are SO awesome though.  I'm going to pick a couple of pages and try to scan them like Wan does with Nail Up! magazine over at I Love Nail Polish - a fellow Vancouver blogger, btw :)  And that concludes my Daiso finds!  Back to our regularly scheduled programming.

American Apparel polishes in (L-R): African Violet, Cameo Blue, Army Jacket and MacArthur Park.  Now I just need Passport Blue, Dynasty, Echo and a couple more  :p

Some randoms. L-R:  Nox Twilight Disco Darling and Citrus, unnamed LA Colors yellow gold, Claire's Poison Apple and Zoya Jade.

Wet N Wild Teal Of Fortune and Blue Wants To Be A Millionaire?  TOF looks like another Charla dupe, and BWTBAM looks similar to the Justin Beiber Nicole polish Me + Blue, although they're not dupes.

China Glaze mood polishes that - blast it all - have no labels!! :(  Anyone have any idea what these might be?  The one on the left is baby blue with a pinky-gold flash, and the one on the right is slightly darker with blue glitter.

CND Effects - all for a swap :)  Aren't they pretty?  I love these, they're so fun to play with.

And some Essies - Coat Azure, Beach Bum Blu (frosty and horrible - I dunno why I bought it :-/) and French Affair.

And last, I know no one cares, but some non-nail-polish stuff that I got for cheap:

I got my makeup done by a Smashbox artist at SDM, and since I had a gift card I bought two products - the Halo powder and Peony cream cheek colour duo, and the MU artist ended up throwing in all this stuff for free!  She threw in a full-size lipgloss, lip pencil and concealer for free, as well as a travel-size mascara and a billion other little samples.  I was blown away!  Usually they're just trying to get you to spend money and even when you do, make you feel like you're not spending enough, but she was extremely generous!  Thanks Smashbox!  Oh, and the In Bloom eyeshadow palette I bought at Sephora a few weeks back - happened to grab the last one :)

I started composing this post about a week and a half ago, so I've bought a couple of things since then.  I'll take some photos and get an updated haul post up as soon as I can :)  I've been working lots lately, which I really need.

Crappy Monday :)

Huge Swap Haul! Things I Couldn't Get In Canada

Okay, I told you about that EPIC swap I did awhile back... I don't want to bore you to tears, but I did want to show you what I got in the swap really quickly.

One of these days I'd like to start doing Youtube videos about stuff like this.  And then I could just link to the video.  I'm probably completely kidding myself thinking anyone would be even remotely interested in watching anything like that, but really, I think I would have so much fun doing it that I wouldn't really care :p  But then I get to thinking about why I'd have so much fun doing something like that, and I start to feel kind of narcissistic and insipid and decide against it again.  But then I watch videos like this and this and especially this and want to do it again.....  ugh.  Anyway, I'll try not to drag this on....

Okay, so this swap was courtesy of the awesome jn_woods.  I don't know if you're a follower, Jen, but if anyone is on MUA and thinking of swapping with her, I highly recommend it - the woman is a CP wizard, people! :)

Okay, so these are in no particular order, since Blogger is not letting me rearrange my photos right now:

This is Love My Nails Glory, Essie Pink Parka and Sinful Innocent, which I think is a dupe for OPI Who The Shrek Are You?  Oops.

Pure Ices in Beware and Strapless.  Both intended for frankening.  I think this is like my fifth bottle of Strapless :p

 This is Zoya Luna, Nova and Collette - obtained for me during Zoya's "LIPPY" sale earlier this year, which of course wasn't available to Canadians >:p

 Hard Candy Mr. Wrong and Lava.  My sister stole the ring from Mr. Wrong.  We have Hard Candy at Walmart here now, but of course, NO NAIL POLISH!  AWESOME!  THANKS WALMART CANADA!  >:p >:p

New York Summer Amaranth and Hot Baby Blue, and Sally Hansen HD Byte and Wavelength.  We eventually got these HDs in Canada, but not at the time I requested them.  I didn't want to wait 2 months till we got them here :p

 This is the Milani.... Hot Metal collection?  Liquid Metal?  Arrrgh.  I fail.  I know Milani had two collections of chromes (and then put out another with metallic reds and oranges....it's like, oooookay), and I got both of them, but I don't recall which was which.... to be fair, I never actually saw the display myself in person  :p  Anyway, I think this one is the Hot Metal collection.  I think.  These all have names with "melt" in them.... and they have been reviewed to death so I'mma move on...

 And here's the other collection.  These have computer-y names... and they look more like Liquid Metal, so I'm gonna guess these are those.  I don't remember all the names of them right now, and I don't want to go look, so.... oh man, this post sucks soooo bad, doesn't it?  :(  Sorry.

 These are Massinis, as you can see :)  They are super-pretty and blingy.  I'm so happy I finally got these, but ........ whyyyyy don't they sell these in Canada?!?  Sad face.

*EDIT - As I was reading this, when I read "as you can see", I looked up at the picture and saw.... that the bottles say "Studio M" on them now.  I IZ SMRT.....  Yeah.  Massini renamed itself Studio M a long time ago... and come to think of it, I may have seen the makeup in a store around here... so maybe we'll see Studio M polishes soon?

These are Essence Color & Go's.  Once again, not in Canada :(  I already had two of these from swaps - Pool Party and Underwater, and now I am the proud owner of Check Me Out, No More Drama, What Do U Think and VIP Appeal.  Stupid names, but whatever.  I read on the board that What Do U Think is a dupe for Chanel Orange Fizz.... really?  I dunno about that, but it's a cute colour.

LA Splash polishes!  The coveted Golden Seahorse, Sparkling Oceanspray and Sparkling Stratosphere.  Once again, never seen in Canada.  I feel like if I search dollar stores hard enough I'd find these one day, but I know it's a lie....

The entire collection of the summer LE Wet N Wilds!  Now, we have WnW in Canada, but we'd never, ever see new collections like this, let alone LE ones.  And I never thought I'd be able to obtain all of them, but I did!  :D 

Okay, I had a couple of more things to show you, like the names of the WnW polishes, not to mention the crown jewels of my swap!  :(  But blogger is NOT letting me upload photos right now.  At all.  I click on them to upload them, and nothing happens.  I realize this post really, really sucks, and I apologize.  Hopefully blogger will stop effing with me soon and I can go back and edit this.  If you're reading this before I have a chance, once again I'm sorry  :(  My next post will be better, i promise!

Haul From August, Long Overdue

Morning.  Afternoon.  Whatever.

So all I have to show you today is a bunch of stuff I've gotten in August.  I got this stuff over the course of this month from TD, swaps or stores.  And I'm just gonna jump right into it this time  :p

Most of this stuff you will have already seen before and will be totally boring.  Sorry :(

First of all, my China Glaze Vintage Vixen set.  I got Goin' My Way, Riveter Rouge, Classic Camel, Emerald Fitzgerald, Midnight Mission and First-Class Ticket, and then I also ordered Ingrid.  I'm liking most of them, but to tell the truth I wasn't horribly impressed with this collection.  The colours just don't seem that unique.  I don't really like Goin' My Way (brown is probably the one polish colour I'm really not a fan of - I probably only have like three "actual" browns :p), and Classic Camel is guaranteed to look like puke on me.  And I'm kind of blah about First-Class Ticket as well.  Another blue-purple shimmer?  :-/  The rest look good, though.

Next, OPI's fall Swiss collection.  My selection from the collection, anyway.  I got Glitzerland, Lucerne-tainly Look Marvelous, The Color To Watch, Yodel Me On My Cell, Ski Teal We Drop, Cuckoo For This Color and Color So Hot It Berns.  CSHIB was a last minute addition.  I found these all at the same B&M salon I got the Shreks at a few months ago - they seem to get OPI collections faster than anyone else, and it's awesome. 

May as well continue on the OPI tangent... This is what I've amassed so far of the Holiday On Broadway collection.  L-R: Movin' Out, Rent, Mamma Mia, Man Of La Mancha and Thoroughly Modern Millie.  I got some of these from swapping, and some from TD (they're out of MOLM, though).  Notice anyone missing, anyone very important?  Yeah.  But I'm not paying $40 for it on ebay.  I really can't justify that :(  Maybe for Christmas.

More OPIs :)  L-R: Call My Cell-ery, Sit Under The Apple Tree, Rainforest (!), Glacier Bay Blues (!) and Sand-erella (!!)  The first two came from TD, the rest are all from awesome swappers :)  Soaper1 gave me Rainforest, and yelly21 is beyond awesome - I swapped with her for Sand-erella, which I'd been lemming forever, and she inlcuded another one of my all-time biggest lemmings - Glacier Bay Blues!! :D  I've never received something that's on my top ten biggest lemming list as an extra!  I was touched.  The NB is so awesome :)  I can't wait to wear GBB and Rainforest, but I'm trying to save them for fall...

Some Orlys.  L-R: Bailamos, Mirror Mirror, Royal Navy and La Playa.  I found Bailamos and La Playa at Shopper's Drug Mart, of all places!  I guess some SDM's have Orlys. now?  And free top/base coats!  Royal Navy was on my want list for a long time now - finally caved :)

Behold this beautiful sight...

Ahhh, my eyes!  OPI Need Sunglasses!!  Haaaaaaa......... I'm not funny. 
Srsly though, these are the coveted Lippmann Nordstrom exclusives.  L-R: Razzle Dazzle, Lady Sings The Blues, Some Enchanted Evening, Bad Romance and Across the Universe.  I love AtU, and I'm wearing Razzle Dazzle right now and I really really like it too.  I'll probably post a NOTD pic later on, so I won't go into too much detail now...  I've heard that LStB and SEE are both kind of disappointing... SEE kind of looks like a 99 cent Sally Girl polish.... but I'll try them anyway.  Since I can't return them :(  Hey, could Some Enchanted Evening be called Salmon-Chanted Evening?  Cuz...y'know.... it's pink?  OMG why am I actually making an attempt at jokes.  I should just hang myself for that one.  Or go work for OPI  :p

Wanna see another beautiful sight?

Okay, so these are not new, really, but I just noticed the other day that I've collected quite a few RBLs just from swapping.  Which is awesome.  Cuz these are spendy.  These are the RBLs I own: L-R: Lulu, Om, Starfish Patrick, Coral, Frugalista, Look Rich Be Cheap, Concrete Jungle, Dead Calm and Under The Stars.  I've only worn Starfish Patrick and LRBC.  I can't wait to try these others though.  UTS is one of those "night sky" polishes that I love so much - black with very fine blue and teal glitter.  Love.  Also, why are my bottles different heights?  :-/

Some Billies I got from Dollar Giant.  I like Billie polishes - pretty decent quality for a dollar each :)  They remind me of old WnWs.  The one in the middle is called Purple Haze.  The old man at the checkout at DG that rang them up for me said, "Aren't these three purple ones the same?"  "No.... they're.... actually slightly different...." I said, feeling like a certified lunatic.  That's pretty much the look he gave me, too.  Like, you have problems, lady  :p

And last but not least, I found the new fall Sally Hansen Xtreme Wears :)  In case you can't read the bottles, I picked up Purple Gala, Fireberry Red, Cosmic Blue, Concrete and Mystic Lilac.  These were the ones that appealed to me most.  I will admit, though, that after I bought them, I sat outside the store with my iphone searching the NB for any mention of these, just to see if there were any good ones that I should go back and get - hahaaaaa  <----------- iz dork.  I think my instincts are pretty spot-on, though  :)  I haven't seen any mention of Cosmic Blue, but it's the kind of polish that would probably appeal to me more that it would most people.  It's got bar glitter in it, ppl!  :D

Alriight, I will be back with a quick NOTD, and I know I promised you those stash pics, as well.  Also, expect another GIANT haul post in the next week or two :)  I have a huge, huge swap (huge.  like 100+ polishes huge :O) coming in the next few weeks here with all sorts of awesomeness in it that I can't get in Canada (she should get her end any day now, and should be mailing mine right after :)... and then there's the TD order I pulled the trigger on the other day with all the Halloween and Winter collection goodies coming in it!  :D :D  Good stuff like China Glaze Awakening, Orly Tis The Season, Color Club Untamed Luxury and (oh man) Orly Cosmic FX!  *squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!  So yeah.  Lots of stuff in the next few weeks.  I iz excited  :)  And I plan on picking up Jade Dragon and Bad Fairy from MAC, but other than that, it's a no-buy until those OPI Burlesque glitters come out! 

Till later.....

Quick HAUL from today!!

Just wanted to put this up there so I don't create a huge backlog of haul posts again.  Which, don't get me wrong, is fun and does give me a little jolt of glee to go through, but isn't really the best format as far as clarity and organization goes.  Ha! *snort*  If you've read more than one post of this blog, I'm sure you're surprised to find that both those words are even in my vocabulary :p  

I'm still really sick by the way, but I had to go to the mall today to go see a doctor, and I felt well enough for about an hour to comb through the mall a bit.  This is a really really crappy pic, since I'm in bed and can't move about to get proper pics (not to mention it's like 4 am :s) but here's what I got at the mall today.  I know you can't see anything, and I'll post proper pics later, but I'll describe it all to you.

A whole whack of stuff.  :) 

Top row:

•  Revlon Cotton Candy and Bubble Gum (for a swap)
• Some new kind of Voluminous mascara that I convinced myself to try (all I ever use is regular waterproof Voluminous, ever since I was 13 - it's my HG)
• Sally Hansen Instant Cuticle Remover, since Sally's is so far away and I can't get out there to get some Blue Cross.  I know you're all sick of seeing my disgusting ragged cuticles.  I plan on really trying to improve my pics.

Middle row:

• Cover Girl City Lights (for frankening, I think - this is so similar to Fairy Dust.  People say they're different enough to own both, but I don't know if i agree...)
• Sephora by OPI Sparkle Me Silver glitter topcoat.  I went into Sephora on a whim, and saw a whole "Nails" setup and display, where they were obviously doing a promo for their polishes earlier (which I missed - boo!  I have no idea what it actually was...), and what immediately caught my eye was an empty display stand labeled "Glitter topcoats".  there were five or so empty slots.  I got excited and went to the $OPI display stand, and saw they had the Sparkle Me Silver and Gold For Me topcoats!  Well, they didn't have any more Gold For Me left, but the tester looked strange - just like ChG Treasure Chest, except with Solar Flare-size hex glitter, and the gold is more beigey than TC.  It didn't immediately call to me, but if I see it next time I'm there I'm grabbing it.  Anyway, Sparkle Me Silver is medium-sized bar glitter in a clear base.  The bar glitter is larger than the AliSha one I got from the Dollar Giant, which is the closest polish I have to this... I know not everyone loves bar glitter, but I do. 
• The L'Oreal "North Fork" collection dupes!!  YAAAAAY!  I have been looking for these for a while!  I can't find the Essie North Fork collection anywhere, and these three are supposed exact dupes.  Which makes sense since Essie IS L'Oreal now.  This is Water's Edge, Ocean Breeze and High Tide, aka Greenport, Shelter Island, and Sag Harbour.  I'm wearing High Tide right now (and got Blondie stuck in my head, inevitably), and it's so gorgeous... if I owned the Essie it would instantly be one of my favorite Essies.  I'll still proabably pick up the Essies if I ever see them.  Yes, I'm stupid  :p  I hope these wear as well as Essies do... we shall see.
• Two from the Maybelline Salsa Sun collection - which we just got in now.  Pathetic, no?  The only two I picked up were Coral Cabana and Summer Splash.  I'm really drawn to bright corals lately (even though I haven't worn my RBL Coral yet *hides*), and Summer Splash was a no-brainer... although it is reminding me of both OPI Ogre-The-Top Blue and ChG Shower Together/Aqua Baby.  Must go check bottles....

And the bottom row:

• I went crazy with the Wet N Wild Craze polishes!  These are from the new summer collection - the one with the picture of the brightly coloured Skittle-looking candy on it :)  I was so excited to find these - I got every one in the display.  The two at the far left are two Nocturnals I plan to use for frankening (copying someone's Chanel Ciel De Nuit recipe - hells yes! wish me luck!  I still need to find a couple more of the polishes she used...) but then after that are the new ones.  L-R: Bora Bora (pink flakey shimmer), Cabana (orange shimmer w/ red and gold microglitter), Cozumel (sunny yellow flakey shimmer), Kauai (sky blue flakey shimmer - almost foil-looking...), Maui (bright blue creme), Aruba (medium pinky-purple creme - like $OPI Domestic Goddess?) and Barbados (purple flakey shimmer, with the same almost-foil finish as Kauai).  These are minis, too - the Nocturnals and the regular Craze line are all 10 mL, while these are 6.5 mL.  I know they're cheap, but that's pretty small...  I really don't care though.  I love these fun summer polishes.  I can't wait to swatch and review them all, since the best kind of lemmings are easily fulfilled, 99-cent lemmings  :)

I'll post later with pics of L'Oreal High Tide, and about my previous haul :)

Massive Haul Post, part three - The Final Chapter (for a week or so)

The fact that I had to split this up into three parts is sad and somewhat frightening  :p  I went buckwild this one week.  This is the result.

Alright, here we go.  First of all, I have all the stuff I got at the beauty supply store.

Starting off, I picked up the CND "The Look" set.  I think I got a pretty good deal, too, since I've seen this sold online for $18.  I tried to get a pic of the Vivienne Westwood-designed box - it's so cute and really does make me think of candy.  It came with a little booklet with pics of CND polishes in action on the spring runways.  You've probably already seen the polishes by now - Sweet and Sugar Sparkle.  Sweet is an opaque, warm-toned pink that to me looks very similar to OPI Elephantastic Pink, and Sugar Sparkle is white, irreguar shaped flake glitter in a pearly base - it almost looks like a white flakie polish.  I can't wait to try these.

Next is something that I have no idea why I bought.  CND's new Shellac polish in Tutti Fruitti.  The SA talked me into buying it, and I was so excited, only to get home and realize that - duh - I don't own the UV light that is an integral part of the polish application.  Brilliant, Lex.  So I have no idea what I'm going to do with this.  Bringing it to a salon with me so they can put it on seems like such a waste of money, and going in and asking to use their UV lamp would make me feel like an idiot.  Honestly, I don't really know why they sold it to me.  Maybe they assume I own a salon cuz I buy so much polish  XD  Also, now that I look at the brochure and see all the shades again, I wish I'd gotten Fedora instead.  D'oh.

Some boring essentials - a fresh bottle of SV and more CND Ridge Out.  Until I can get Barielle Hydrating Ridge Filler, this will do - it's works and it's so much easier for me to get.  And six bucks ain't a bad price.  I'm halfway through my first bottle.  Even though I don't have ridges, sometimes the surface of my nails gets scratched and peels, and this provides a nice, even, milky white base - especially handy for pastel cremes.

Some OPIs - Got The Blues For Red, Mrs. O'Leary's BBQ, and La Paz-itively Hot - Matte.  All NB recommendations  :)

Color Club Volt Of Light, Tangerine Scream, and What A Shock!  This completes my Electro Candy collection, except for the purple one. 

More discontinued China Glazes! :)  L-R: Orchid Shadow (dusty lilac with gold shimmer), Rapture (hot fuschia pink with holo glitter), China Rain (peachy pink with gold shimmer and glitter) and Go Crazy Red (awesome shimmery red with a gold flash).  These are so pretty.  I wonder why some of these randomly have the silver caps like the OMGs....

More Dare 2 Wears :)  Love these.  L-R: Mint 2 Blue Opal, Tropical Kiwi 2 Metallic Green, another Green 2 Gold Opal (I already have one of these so this'll go as a swap extra), Ashy Gold 2 24K Gold, and one that has no label on the bottom (grrr!) but is a inky blackened greyish green with dark blue and aqua glitter.  It looks so unique.  It might be completely fugly.  I have no idea.  I don't have anymore nail wheels for swatching  :(  Must get more.

Last from the beauty supply place, I got some Princessas for a MUA member who wanted me to CP her some.  Most of these are very shiny, colour saturated, sparkly foils.

Sour Apple, Everglade Sparkle and Champagne Dust.  SA is a glittery sheer with pink duochrome, and the other two have the sparkly foil finish.  CD looks, to me, an awful lot like China Glaze Swing Baby from the upcoming fall 2010 Vintage Vixen collection (which I cannot wait for, btw - yes, I am aware I just got Poolside, lol).

Tan Gerine (huh? it's blue, you weirdos), Tahitian Afternoon and California Sunshine.  TG is a frosty baby blue with pink, blue, green and purple microglitter and purple-pink shimmer, and the other two are foils.

Colorodo Rapid, Silver Hurricane and New Eve At Vegas (again, huh?).  NEAV is a black jelly with irregular silver and holo glitter - so pretty!  Once again, the other two are foils.  Princessa's got some hilarious names - first Stary Stary Night (seriously!) and now these two.  *snort.  These will be going to a lovely MUAer is return for SH HT (yeah, I know, I know, shut up) and hopefully an Illamasqua! :)

Next is stuff from my mall haul:

These are more smelly Revlons: Grape Ice, Bubblegum, Cotton Candy and Orange Pop.  I have them all now except for Peach Smoothie, which I saw on lextard's blog and could tell immediately it would look hideous on me.  I may end up getting it anyway, but hopefully I'll be able to stop myself  :p  I can't wait to try these, though - I really like the idea of nail polish that actually smells half decent :)

Sephora by OPI It's Bouquet With Me.  Wanted this ever since it first came out, passed on it once, and it was sold out ever since.  Until last week  :)  I'm such a sucker for glitter, and I love $OPI's other glitters, so this was a no-brainer.  These polishes are just so hideously expensive though, for what they are.

More Icing polishes.  I think this set is older - it may have been a spring one.  These are all pastel cremes, with no visible shimmer to them.  These sets are really such an awesome deal - you get five good shades for a really low price, and the wear for the money is exceptionally good.  I love Icing's polishes  :)

These are new, I think.  This is True Blue, Casino Green and Sunset.  They're cremes.  This pic is not really capturing the colour - only True Blue is true to life.  TB looks similar to CC Take Me To Your Chateau, except a bit more muted and greyed-out.  Casino Green is much brighter than in this pic, more like muted CC Rebel Debutante, and Sunset is much brighter and closer to a muted OPI Hot & Spicy.  Icing has a bunch of "dupe" sets out right now - they have an OPI Alice In Wonderland dupe set (just like Finger Paints) with an AA and MAaH wannabe glitter and a couple reds.  It looked interesting, and I may pick it up next time just so I can review it :)

Hey!  Look what London Drugs sells now!  (for the ripoff price of six bucks, boooo!)  Still, I'm friggin ecstatic to see Sinfuls in Canada, finally!  now if they would just get a better selection  :p  I will be checking every London Drugs I'm remotely near from now on though to check their selection of Sinfuls  :)  This is Pinky Glitter and Cloud 9 - pink glitter and tangerine with gold shimmer.

Sweet!  The Essie Resort collection I've been lemming so badly!  L-R: Lapis of Luxury, Turquoise & Caicos (which I showed you the other day), Playa Del Platinum and Splash Of Grenadine.  T&C is an instant favorite of mine, and I have a feeling I'll be wearing these this summer more than once.  I'm thinking of putting LOL on my toes, or even PDP - someone on the NB said they had this as their pedi and loved it.  I just love the Mediterranean feel of these colours  :)

And then of course I can't stay away from the Essie discount bin at Trade Secret  :)  This time, I found Decadent Diva and Cool-Lots.  I've had better finds.  What colour is DD exactly?  Is it a shimmery... brown?  Burgundy?  Plum?  I can't tell.  And Cool-Lots, what was I thinking?  It's SHEER!  Sure it has pretty gold shimmer, but it's so SHEER!  Maybe one day I'll find use for it, though, in case I ever actually have to look professional, god forbid  :p

Next, some boring, non-np related stuff.  Wet N Wild eyeshadow palette in Lust, and Maybelline Eyestudio palettes in Sapphire Siren and Irresistibly Ivy. I'm not going to go into detail, since this is a nail polish blog, but I've just recently started buying and wearing makeup again, particularly eyeshadow and lipgloss.  I know drugstore eyeshadows are usually a no-go, but I was sucked in by the pretty ad for these.  And the WnW palette got really good reviews on MUA, which I trust entirely too much these days  :p  I don't know - I still feel overdone and a little silly whenever I wear eyeshadow, though.

ANYWAY, back to the good stuff.

Wet N Wild Craze polishes in Morbid, Glitz, Rustic and Blackmail.  Morbid looks similar to Misa Toxic Seduction - black with teal green shimmer, and Blackmail looks like it was trying to copy ChG Fortune Teller, as it's a black with orange/copper glitter, but sadly it doesn't show up on the nail too well.

More drugstore finds: Wet N Wild Rain Check and Sparked, I finally caved and bought Rimmel Camouflage, and Cover Girl Ruby Twinkle.

And lastly, some random dollar store finds.

Two more Billies in Feeling Blue and Jovile.  Is that even a word?

Two more LA Girl Disco Brites - Phenomenon is a super-dark blackened purple jelly, and Freak is a blue-toned fushcia creme.

Some awesome awesomeness in a weird bottle with no identifiable brand or shade names.  A blue jelly with holo and hex glitter, a sparkly, glittery pink and a super shimmery orange-red with gold flash.  These smell more awful than anything you could ever imagine, as well.  They don't even smell like nail polish.  More like rotting corpse.  I don't even want to know what's in them.  Still, they are awesome, and I kind of like the ink well-style bottle.

And lastly, some more random awesomeness.  Aili Sha unnamed holo bar glitter (squee!), a pale lilac shimmer Paris Couture, some brand called Profound shimmery gold peach, and a silver with a kickass name.

Can you guess why I bought this polish?  :)

And check out the holo bar glitter!  Nice find!

So that wraps up my hauls, finally!  I haven't bought any nail polish (or anything else non-essential for that matter) since.  Okay fine, I did pick up NYX Graffiti when I was at the grocery store today, just cuz it's a long-time lemming, but other than that, I'm good for now!  I'm just going to sit here and patiently wait for my konad and BM plates to arrive, do my Zoya swap, swap the Princessas and try to wear all the polishes I've bought just recently!  I might break my no-buy for new collections if I see them, and I've already put aside $ for my Nouvelle Vague and Illusion D'Or, but other than that, I'm done! 

Oh, and I have to replace my Ruby Pumps - I gave it to my mom today for Mother's Day.  She loved her new purse full of NP that I gave her  :)  It included RP, OPI Yoga-ta Get This Blue and Blue My Mind, and Orly Plum Noir.  When she was here she was admiring my OPI What's With The Cattitude, but only for the name and cuz it matches Sid's eyes :)  She said she'd probably never wear a light blue, but it was pretty anyway.  Which means if I just gave it to her she probably would.  My mom is much more adventurous now that she's retired  :)

So I hope you all had a good Mother's Day as well, and I will be back soon with some recent NOTD's and my latest polish cataloguing project (attempt).  Love, peace and chicken grease.