Flashback!

This is going to be a short post, since I don't have a ton of pictures. That's because I wasn't as insane about polish back in the day. Riiiight. So I've got a bunch of pink and red comparisons to share with you. And I'd better hurry, I've got chores to get done! Here we go!

Fast Friday Flashback

I've got a real quick Flashback today, some comparison pictures. When I first started getting really into nail polish, I wanted to collect some of the rarer polishes, and I did manage to get some pretty neat ones. Two that I really wanted are China Glaze Wet Velvet and OPI Real Teal. Once I had them, I saw how similar they are, and made comparisons. Today I'll show you those pictures.

Old School Swatches

So today for Sunday Swatches, I thought I'd show you some of the 'Old School' swatches I've done. My nails were extra short, I didn't have a clue about lighting (well, maybe a clue, but not much of one!), and I hadn't started doing a different number of coats to show coverage yet. But I'll still share these pictures, because it's kinda fun to see how far I've come.

Sunday Swatches (Quick and Dirty Style)

So I haven't had as much time for nail polish as I have in the past, in part because of all the life drama crud that's been going on, and in part because the stress from said life drama has caused my skin to really get insane so I'm a lot slower at things and it takes me much longer to do my chores. In fact, I've had to start giving up a bit on having a perfect house, and just get done what I can. That is probably part of the reason that I haven't been changing my polish daily like I normally would, if I can barely get my chores done without falling over in exhaustion, adding a manicure in there just isn't gonna happen. But please don't think I'm whining (much haha), life could always be worse, and in general I know things will get better if I just keep plugging away.

So this week I set out to do some swatches, and because I've been rearranging things, I didn't have my normal spot to do my swatching, and had to change things up a little (but my OTT light is working! YAY!). Then after I finally managed to get the swatching in, photobucket decided to be a pain my my rear and wouldn't let me upload the pictures for a day and a half! I thought about not having swatches this week at all, because my skin flaring up so much makes my cuticles look pretty awful, no matter how many times I rub all sorts of creams and oils into them. In the end, I decided that if you don't like my raggedy cuticles, then just don't look at my swatches, and we'll all be happier. After all, the whole 4-5 of you who read me all the time probably don't care about it, the others who read me sometimes are probably only interested in the pictures, and the rest of the world doesn't care one way or the other. And that's okay with me, because I'm not looking to be the next hugely famous nail blog, there are already way better ones than mine out there.

Anyway, I'm starting to babble, so let's move on to the important stuff - THE POLISH! I had a few BYS shades that I haven't tried yet, so I thought I'd give those a quick test to see how they look, and share them with you. Let's see what we've got!

Sunday Swatches - Revlon Scented Part Two

Last week I shared half of the Revlon Scented polishes with you, and today I have the rest of them. This is definitely a fun set of layering polishes for the most part, with a couple that I'd wear on their own. Why don't we just jump on in?

Sunday Swatches

Okay, I managed to snag the whole Revlon Scented collection, and I want to share swatches of them. I'm going to split this into two parts, so the rest of them will be featured here next Sunday. Let's take a peek at the ones I'm sharing today.

Friday Flashback!

It's time for another Friday Flashback! There are just a few pictures today, I've got a ton of work to do, as usual. These are some comparison shots I took a few years ago.

Sunday Swatches

I've got some swatches for you, but I'm going to hurry through this, as it's pretty nice, and I want to get the dogs out a bunch today and run their tails off. The more tired I make them, the better. And I think we might try to go fishing too. Anyway, I've got a Borghese polish and some Icings to show you today. Let's get to it!

Sunday Swatches - Milani

Today I'm here to share some swatches of Milani polishes that came out early this year. Like I said yesterday, I've missed out on a lot of collections, but it's just the way things go, and I can play with my polish collection. So let's take a peek at these colors.

*Editing to add: This is my 500th post on this blog! That's pretty amazing to me.

Sunday Swatches - Maybellines

Well, technically it's still Sunday to me, even if it's after midnight. But until I go to sleep, it's still Sunday in my book. And I want to share the swatches of the lovely Maybelline colors I picked up a while back. So let's just get right to them!

Quick Friday Flashback!

Today I have some really pretty holo and duochrome polishes for the Friday Flashback. These are from Sally Hansen, and they are pretty much to die for!

Sunday Swatches!

Hi hi hi! I've just got a couple of colors for you in Sunday Swatches today, and then tomorrow I'll finish up the Cult Nekkid collection! Of course you KNOW I saved my favorite for last, Toxic Seaweed. I would have posted yesterday as planned, but I decided to take a break from online stuff, and spent the day almost completely away from the computer. And yeah, some of that was spent just sleeping. Hee. Anyway, let's take a peek at Silver Mint and Liquid Gold.

Friday Flashback! Random Swatches

I used to take a lot of pictures of polish, but I was kinda clueless about everything. So I thought I'd share some of those along the way, and thus Friday Flashback began! The pictures won't be very great, I did about a billion things wrong, I either didn't watermark or used really annoying ones, all that kinda thing, but it's still fun to check out in a way. Today I'm sharing some skittle swatches of SH unnamed minis, and some BonBons. It's a short post as I do need to attempt to get to sleep. Gotta love insomnia. Hee!

Friday Flashback! China Glaze OMG!

I'm going to try to do a couple of Friday Flashbacks every month, and so today is one of them! Back in "the day", I used to do skittles swatches, and often only took good pictures of each nail alone. (I also used to use really heavy-handed watermarks a lot of the time.) But hey, we all learn as we go through life, right? Anyhow, the China Glaze OMG collection is one of my favorites of all time, and here are the first swatches I did of it.

Help Me Out Ok?

Okay, so this week I was playing around with polish, and I got to thinking, maybe those of you who read could give me advice on the best way to swatch! I mean, I know what I like to see, but what about you? I have to say, my favorite swatches are those done by Crystal over at Valentine Kisses (Like, click here to see one of her nail polish swatch posts - SO AWESOME!). She also has a couple of giveaways, so you should go enter those before they end on the 31st and next month on the 14th, I think. Anyway, thing is, I'm not sure I can DO such a great job, I'm kinda limited on how much time I have (no really, it must take her HOURS to do those!!!), and I'm not that great with the camera. So I thought I'd show you the two methods I'm most likely to use, and ask you to tell me which you like better.

More Swatches To Share!

Okay, this time I'm actually getting back to this before a week has gone by! Go me! It's windy and rainy, and I've had a really rough day, so I'm kicking back with a Subway sub, some delicious wine (a Sangria from Brookmere), and the time to do a little 'housekeeping' on both my blogs. Maybe I'll even find the time to get some more swatching in tonight, unless I get tipsy. Of course, that wouldn't take much. So let's go through how my day went while we see the rest of the WNW swatches. (Fair warning, there is some gross talk in here!)

Wow, I've Been Way Too Lax!

So I've been extremely absent lately, and I'm sorry. It's just been such a madhouse around here lately, and I've been so wiped out that I haven't spent nearly as much time at the computer. I've even been skipping doing my nails off and on, which we all know is odd for me. But I'm coming back, and hopefully won't be abandoning you any more! Now if we could just get the Jeep truly working again... yeah, it's out of commission again. This time it's brakes. Argh! At least the warranty covers it, but we have to wait until May 6th for it to get into the shop!

So, since I've been so lazy, I don't have mani pics, but I do have a bunch of swatches (the entire WNW Fast Dry collection that came out recently). I'll split them up into two posts, because I have a LOT of pictures of them. So let's get right to it!

The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly.

The Good:

• We went to see the Trans-Siberian Orchestra last night, and it was A. MA. ZING! I took approximately 375,519,486 pictures (I do exaggerate sometimes) and about 6 of them turned out decent. I'm so hyper still from it, and we WILL see them again.
• We should have our Jeep back tomorrow, and if so, then I'll probably be right back in transports. I've missed it so! Our little truck is a cutie, but it's just not workable for those kinds of things. 
• We picked up some really decent bottles of wine on special, so we had to get a wine rack for them. It's a cute little thing, and I feel all grown-uppy or something, having this little selection of wines. 
• Missy seems to be settling down quite a bit more, and I'm hopeful that with some more work, she will be able to tolerate Lassie without trying to kill her. 

The Bad:

• The weather has been wreaking havoc on The Mate and me, and we're both pretty sore. I'm not old enough to be arthritic and such!
• Krissie headbutted me hardcore last night, and my nose really really hurts! I'm pretty sure if she'd hit just a touch harder it would have broken, and I say this because I've HAD a broken nose, and this pain is close. Luckily it should heal quickly.
• The Mate's boys are having a rough time, each in their own way. It sucks that we can't just swoop in and fix things for them. 

The Ugly:

• My skin - it is looking pretty bad. You know how when you get sunburnt, and your skin gets all peely when it heals? Yeah, mine is doing that all over the place, only without the burn part. 
• The living room - it's just not even close to ready, and I'm starting to feel like it will never ever get done. And that makes it harder to get motivated, which means it will take longer and ... well you get the point. Blargh.

So anyway, let's look at some more WNW swatches, then tomorrow I'll have a very special manicure for you. And by tomorrow, I mean, sometime within the next several days. Hahaha.

I Can't Sleep!

So, since I can't sleep, you're getting more swatches. This time I'm going to show you a bunch of random WNW polishes that I've picked up over the last several months. Then I'll try laying down yet again and see if I can get to sleep THIS time. I swear, if I could find a magical way to sleep on a normal schedule, and not wake up fatigued every day, I'd give up an awful lot for it. Not like, nail polish, let's not get carried away.

ELF Swatches (Part Two)

Let's just jump right in and look at them. Same deal as the last post, swatched my regular way, and just a little bit of my chattering.