Ms. November

Hi! I'm back, y'all! Now that I figured out that a memory card can be put right into my darn computer, it's all good over here in New Jersey. Plus, the Phillies. And my new home and job. You can see how it's been difficult, but now I'm back with my polishes! Let's begin.

OPI - Lincoln Park After Dark - Suede. Make no mistake that this is suede. Love that sticker.

















I really like this. It looks like a dark bluish purple. More purple than this. I never owned the original, so I don't know what that looked like.

This has a gritty looking finish, but it's smooth. It's matte, and very flat, but the texture keeps it interesting.

















This one is from the Holiday in Hollywood collection.

OPI - Call My "Agent" A. A shiny red. Unimpressive.


















That collection had some cool duochromes. In fact, I only bought this because I thought it would be cool and then it wasn't.

I wish it looked more like a crayon.













Magenta is a difficult color to capture. Some look very pink, some very red, but it's supposed to be a shade of purple. This polish looks like just red.

That's what I have for now. I will see you soon!

AARGH The Cords Don't Work

So I have to look thru the manual and figure out what kind of cord I need to buy....

I have off next week so I will make it a priority to find that out.

In the meantime, this morning I put on some Wet & Wild - Wild Orchid because I was in a purple sparkly mood but I forgot it needs like six or seven coats for opacity and I swore I would only buy expensive stuff from now on.

But then I had on some OPI Suede stuff last week it stained my nails and I swore to buy only cheap stuff.

So, no pics yet, but promise, coming soon. Until then, I'll put on another coat of Wild Orchid...

I'm Almost Back!

I have the love of my life's camera and I downloaded the manual because it has all kinds of dials and settings and I have no clue, but I see the little macro flower and that's all I need! Except I also need the cords, which I think are still buried in the "dining room." In quotes because no dining occurs there yet as there is no table or chairs, only boxes of the last detritus of moving otherwise known as What Is That Stuff? So I'll see you soon. I've already taken a couple of pics. Maybe later tonight? Maybe maybe I hope so!

No Camera!

I'll be back as soon as I unpack my boyfriend's camera, or maybe get a new one? I had the next Orly Gem for you guys too and now it's in the trash....I'll have to swatch it again. It's the purple one. A preview is that the ring is prettier than the polish. I found the pink one, but the ring has no gem. Anyway, soon I will have these and more back up!

The Difficulties Interfering With My Blog Interest

My camera got dropped on the floor about nine times too many during the move. Look at this ridiculousness.

It's a fuzzy version of OPI - Here Today Aragon Tomorrow.


















Here's a clearer one, but badly positioned. Hello, I posed my green-tipped hand in front of green bushes. Duh.

This is a super dark slime green. It's awesome.


















It looks like black, but when you really look there's no mistaking that it's green. I love it so much I wore it with a coral colored shirt and I didn't even care. It's one of the new Espana line. I wasn't very excited by anything else in that line, but this odd green came up out of nowhere and stole my heart.

My camera's batteries are being held in with duct tape and the camera has brain damage. Here's another color.

OPI - My Big Break.


















It's a greyish frosty berry. Almost a duochrome, almost metallic. I was surprised how flattering it was. I was afraid it was too pink and too metallic, but I was in the middle of a polish frenzy and I didn't even know what I was buying and when I applied it in my buyer's remorse phase I was most pleasantly assuaged of guilt.

These are both kind of "fall" colors, but fall is on the way.


















I always want to jump the gun on the next season anyway. (Season as in season of the year, not fashion seasons. In fashion seasons I think we're up to Spring of 2012.) I think this was part of the collection with Have You Seen My Limo, which I don't even know when came out, but which is awesome. I recommend this color!

I'm going to post more often but I'm still trying to unpack and the love of my life accused me of ignoring him in favor of the blog. (Which is TOTALLY UNTRUE YOU GUYS. He only said that because I was accusing HIM of ignoring ME. You would not believe the horrible communication skills that two therapists have.) So I kind of left my computer alone for a few days and put my clothes in the dresser and books on the shelf and stuff. I GUESS I could ENTERTAIN the concept of doing a little procrastinating and shutting out the world. I GUESS. (But he didn't really mean ignoring him, he meant ignoring the god-awful mess in the house. HE DOESN'T REALLY CARE ABOUT ME!!! And all that.... Can you imagine this ring of hell right now?)

Right now he's walking the dogs so ha ha. Here I am. I like you guys better. So there.

The Honeydew One

Here's my last of those new Sally Hanson Salons.

Honeydew.


















It's a frosty-looking greenish almost turquoise. A pretty color, kind of fun. You know what though?

Totally NOT the color of a honeydew melon.











How pretty would it have been in that light green? I'm really raking them over the coals for these names.

Here, look at it again.

It's on the greener side of turquoise.


















And look here.

These are called "old pawn" bracelets made by Zuni and Navajo silversmiths.











I would have named this polish Southwest Jewelry. (Since I'm not sure if you can name things after native american tribes.)

Okay nail polish companies....I'm offering my naming services.

I like this polish. The wear is excellent. I even messed it up after I finished and I kind of pushed it back into place and it wore just fine. The application was pretty awful, but three coats worked out in the end.

You can't even tell I messed up my index finger.













All in all with this line: it's a little bit too expensive, the application is difficult, but the wear is good and the colors are pretty and unique. They all have a bit of a cloudy, frosty feel and look pretty on your hand. I kind of want to try the other colors now. Uh oh.

A Good Solid Purple

And that's about all I have to say about it.

Sally Hanson Salon - Night Hydrangea.


















Can you dig the soft focus? That's how stinking humid it is today, my camera lens is fogged! I should take my portrait.

This is a hydrangea.

A flowering shrub. Blooms range from reddish purple to blue to violet. It blooms all summer.












People use these in fresh or dry flower arrangements. They get darker as fall gets closer. The reddish ones turn a pretty wine color. I used to have one of these in my yard where I moved from.

I thought the "night" part might be a certain kind of hydrangea, but no, I guess it's just the color of one at night.

This is about three or four coats.


















It has a bit of a grainy texture and some fine glitteriness in direct sun. Kind of nothing special, yet I wore it for three days. It's a very fine shade of purple.