Vacation Goodies

You probably don't know this, but for about the last 2 weeks I've had this blog on scheduled updates because I was out of town. I was visiting my fiance in Winnipeg (Canada), and I only did my nails 3 times!! I did take pictures, so those are forthcoming.

While I was in Winnipeg, I may have done a little hauling. My fiance lives right near the city's only American Apparel, and since I live far from the many in New York State, I bought a lot of their polishes. And by a lot I mean I bought all of them except 5. (Actually he bought most of them because he's awesome!!)

Here they are, all lined up! I love these bottles so much.

Left to Right: Office, Hunter, Peacock, Factory Grey, Mouse, Berry & Mount Royal.

Left to Right: Downtown LA, Cotton, Dynasty, Poppy, Hassid & Manila.

Also, I grabbed these Revlon spring pastels (that were featured in yesterday's Easter post) that haven't hit the US yet. Here's some bottle pics:

Left to Right: Lilac Pastelle, Minted, Peach Petal.

And, when I got home, I picked up this neat little guy:

Sally Hansen Salon Complete Manicure in Midnight in NY. I love glittery black polishes and anything New York themed, having lived in this state (and in NYC too) for 99.99% of my whole life. That other .01% consists of the week I moved to Georgia to attend a "Southern Ivy." Needless to say I left, abandoning a full scholarship to graduate school. Driving over 1,000 miles (in less than 24 hours) by yourself in a crappy VW Jetta in the middle of August is some serious "me" time. Anyway, I got off topic here somewhere....

So, I'm home now, and hopefully I won't have to miss posting here and we'll get back on track. :-)

Thanks for looking!

Revlon Minted, Lilac Pastelle & Peach Petal

So, to knock off a few recently acquired and untried polishes, I did a last minute Easter themed manicure using the 3 Spring Revlon polishes I got while I was in Canada. I think I might be over pastels for the moment because I wanted to get these three out of the way... I'm not in the Easter/Spring spirit, can you tell? I think I'm tired or something.

Anyway, these polishes were only OK. The formula was a bit thin and watery for a creme, on all three. 3 coats were required for Minted & Lilac Pastelle and I used my dotting tool and Peach Petal for the dots. It seemed slightly more opaque than the other two, but I might be making that up. Kinda haphazard, but like I said, I'm just not feeling it. I'm pastel-ed out! It also occurs to me, as I upload them, that I forgot a watermark. Oops.

Did anybody do anything fun for Easter? It's not my favorite holiday, probably because I don't have children and I'm not particularly religious. Oh well, I'm looking forward to trying out a few more of those wicked American Apparel cremes I got!! Something new, I can't wait :-)

Thanks for looking!