New in drugstore polishes!

I found a couple of things from Sally Hansen while out shopping in the last week. Join me after the jump for more pictures of the Nutra Nail's UV polish set that's now available at Walgreens and the discount Sally Hansen display I found at Big Lots.

I am on vacation!

Nighttime view of Morelia, Michoacan. Image from Panoramio.com.

Yes, I'm sick of blogging already ;) Ha, just kidding, I'm really enjoying the blogging experience and meeting other nail lovers. :)  However, this week is spring break for my job, and I'm taking advantage of it to take a trip down to visit family in Mexico. It's a town very near Morelia, Michoacan, so I thought I'd include a picture with two of its landmarks, the "Las Tarascas" water fountain and the archway architecture. Anyway, my internet access will be very limited while there, so I probably won't be posting too much in the next couple of weeks.  I've already found a few interesting Mexican polishes while looking for other stuff at the drugtore, so I´m sure Ill be adding some new babies to my stash. (I set a $10 limit for myself, hopefully I will be able to stick to it!) Also, I'll still be taking pictures and polishing my nails a little, so I'll have plenty to post when I get back.  See you then!

2/19/12 Weekly Blog Roundup: Deborah Lippmann flakies edition!

OK, so maybe the whole post is not going to be about Deborah Lippmann flakies. But we'll start with one, since I just saw recently on The Polishaholic that DL is selling one called Sweet Dreams on the Home Shopping Network. It's a pink jelly with flakies as in the polish.  I think it looks pretty awesome, although I'm not sure if it's something that merits its high price tag. Check out swatches of it at this link.

In further Deborah Lippmann news, I was thrilled when I learned earlier in the week that Claire's has come up with a dupe of DL Candy Shop. I was even more thrilled when the Polish Amor blog posted amazing swatches of the dupe, creatively named Candy Shop, at this link.

Be on the lookout for SInful Colors Green Ocean, which should be hitting stores soon now that the Valentine's Day is over. A commenter on Nouveau Cheap blog already got hers as of a couple of days ago, so I'm sure they'll be rolling out soon. In case you're out of the loop, Green Ocean is a green hued flakie that I think is very similar to Zoya Opal.  Check out G's swatches of Green Ocean at this link on the Nouveau Cheap blog. It's a seasonal polish that only comes out for St. Patricks Day. I'm curious to see if they roll out any new colors to accompany it. (I skipped Zoya Opal because Sinful Colors seems like a $2 version of the same flakie.)

 I have another link from The Polishaholic to share with you. I have always been less than satisfied with the pictures of China Glaze Luxe and Lush that have appeared prior to now. I just couldn't tell if it was a flakie worth owning or not. Luckily, Jen has done an amazing job swatching Luxe and Lush over a variety of colors in this post. Previously, I was confused about whether or not I should own it because I didn't want to dupe a flakie I already have. Now I can see that it's slightly different from other flakies because it has a shard like, broken glass look that makes it unique. It kind of makes me think of of Color Club Covered in Diamonds combined with Essie Shine of the Times.

Finally, I'm going to apologize to you guys for any weird grammar going on in this post. I'm in Mexico and couldn't figure out where the apostrophe, dash, colon or quotes are on this keyboard! Plus, the spell check doesn't work because of the computer being programmed for Spanish.  I'll be sure to correct things as soon as I can.

Thrift store haul!

I went to one of my local thrift stores yesterday and ended up with quite a haul of nail polish. I had no idea that it would be such a goldmine when it comes to vintage polishes. I ended up limiting myself to 9 polishes at 50 cents a piece, and some of them are real finds! Find out more details after the jump!

Tips and tricks Tuesday- Share your toys polish!

Polish exchange, image from 123 RF website.

I am really lucky to have a friend, we'll call her Esmeralda Pearlfinish, who's always liked nail polish. Thanks to my evil influence, Esmeralda's collection has grown in the last year, from under 20 polishes to almost 50. My tip for today is to share your polishes with a friend to save money and increase your polish stash.  Learn some of my tips on how to do this after the jump!

Comparison-Jordana Cosmic and Milani Jewel FX Teal

Milani Teal on left,  Jordana Cosmic on right

Jordana is kind of Milani's overlooked young sibling. Both are children of the same parent (company), but Jordana is only available in a few places, so she doesn't get talked about much. Even us nail bloggers pretty much ignore her. All that changed when Jordana announced its new collection of 24 glitter specialty polishes. I was surprised when I found out recently that Milani is releasing a collection of glitter polishes called Jewel FX. Some of the shades in the collection looked a lot like Jordana's glitters. When I saw both collections at Kmart over the weekend, I took the opportunity to swatch Jordana Cosmic and Milani Teal. See more pictures of the two polishes and find out what might be different between them after the jump.

Across the Universe on a budget (prepare for a jelly sandwich)

Jordana Cosmic sandwich on left, Deborah Lippmann Across the Universe on right

As soon as I saw pictures of Jordana Cosmic, from the glitter collection, it immediately reminded me of Deborah Lippmann Across the Universe. Swatches of Cosmic show that it's not quite the same, but all that can be remedied with the right jelly sandwich. Find out how you can use a blue jelly and glittery topcoat to get the look of Across the Universe, after the jump.