OPI- My Address is "Hollywood" & other things

Sooooo, apparently I have a blog, when did that happen?

I've been horrible at keeping up with this thing. I keep telling myself when I finish this year of school I'll put more time into this, but since I will be going back to school who knows when I'll ever keep this up regularly. This semester is wrapping up quickly and I have about 90 pages of papers to finish before December 11th. Barf. So I am going to be even worse at keeping up with this than I am now. 

Today I actually have a swatch for whoever, if anyone, reads this. But first, my nail polish count is approximately 345 bottles. I anticipate this number to rise substantially as Christmas and my birthday are right around the corner.

I have nowhere to put over 200 of the bottles so for now they just stay on top of my dresser. 

Swatch time!

Today I have OPI-My Address is "Hollywood"

I love this color! I got it at JCPenney for $4! Great deal! This color is part of OPI's Touring America Collection. 

My Address is "Hollywood" is a light(ish) pink shimmer polish. The color goes on pretty sheer. Here I believe I used three coats of polish and there is still a visible nail line, that didn't bother me much though since I really love this color. It went great with my white as snow skin tone. 

Today's Target Haul!

Happy Friday everyone and yay for a beautiful fall weekend!

Today my family (Mom, Dad, Brother and Sister) left to go to Lansing, Michigan for the weekend. My brother is graduating from law school on Sunday, which is awesome, but I am not able to go because I have far too much school work to do. I'm a little sad that I am missing out but I think I made a responsible decision.

It is a bit boring here without my sister and I really do not feel like starting my work quite yet, so to remedy my boredom I went to Target to check out their nail polish and I picked a few things up!

The first thing I picked up from Target was an e.l.f nail polish set. I've thought about getting this a few times before but just never did. I could not pass it up today though because the set was on sale for $2.50! It usually retails for $5.00, good deal.

The set came with four colors. Two of them are creme polishes and the other two are shimmer polishes. 

The first color is simply called Nude, which is exactly what it is. It is a peachy, pink creme polish that would be a great color for everyday wear.

The second creme polish is called Smokey Brown. The name is true to the color, it is a light brown that is almost kind of mauve-y too. I can't wait to wear this color! I think it will be a perfect color for fall which is great since tomorrow is the first day of fall!

This color is called Party Purple. It is a deep, shimmery, purple. This is not my favorite out of the bunch, but I am sure it will still get a lot of use. 

The last color, which is my favorite out of the set, Smokey Brown coming in at a very close second, is called Dark Navy. Again the name is pretty true to the color. It is a dark, shimmery, navy polish and I love it. I am also excited to use this one but I may wait till it's closer to December since it reminds me of winter a little bit. 

Last but not least I saw this polish and just had to pick it up. I am a sucker for black based polishes with little chunks of glitter in it. I saw this and started painting my nails with it in the store. This color is called Twlight Rays. I really love this polish but I really hate the name since I am not a Twlight fan in the least. This is my favorite polish that I picked up today and am really pumped to wear it!  

Cynthia Rowley-Neon Pink

I have decided to suck it up and paint my nails even though the cut on my finger isn't completely healed. As I said in my last post I wanted to swatch the Neon Pink color from Cynthia Rowley as soon as I could so that's the color I went with.

Here is the bottle of polish. Even in the bottles this color is BRIGHT! 

Here is the manicure! The polish goes on smoothly and has a matte finish to it. Of course, as always, I put a base coat on before applying this polish because this would definitely stain your nails. I applied three coats of the neon pink and to finish the manicure I used Jessica Cosmetics Brilliance High Gloss in a Flash Top Coat.

Here is the polish with the flash on my BlackBerry. Shocking! It really is that bright. As I said in yesterdays post I am not really one for neon polishes but I really like this color. It's like party polish and it's Suhweet! 

I think I am going to try to wear this polish as long as I can so I don't have to deal with getting nail polish remover in the cut on my finger. OUCH! 

Cynthia Rowley Nail Polish Sets

I LOVE TJ MAXX!! It is like my secret designer nail polish spot. I used to never find nail polish at TJ Maxx. Every once in a while they would have a set of obnoxious neon colors by a brand I'd never heard of but lately it seems they are always having awesome nail polish deals.

Today I am going to show you two sets of polish I picked up from TJ Maxx a while back that I absolutely love! They are by the fashion designer Cynthia Rowley. I know that the nail polish brand Zoya had bottles of polish for Cynthia Rowley and that Cynthia Rowley had "nail stickers" but I was not aware that she had bottles of polish...until I found these.

Here they are! I can't find these online anywhere so I do not know what they would regularly retail for. The first three bottles in the picture I got for $6.99 and the last two were in a separate set for $5.99 ((I think)). Also, None of these polishes have names to them but that doesn't really bother me. 

The first color is a super bright neon pink. I don't normally go for neon polishes but I kinda dig this one and I intend on swatching this polish ASAP. Maybe even tomorrow though the cut on finger still really hurts =( 

The next color is a bright almost neon blue. Love! The polish looks a little soft in the picture but its much brighter than this. I thought it was close to a Tiffany blue when I first saw it but I compared it to one of my T&Co. boxes and this color is much darker. 

This color is also another bright one but I wouldn't consider it a neon. It is a coral color and I cannot wait to wear it. I think it's a perfect color for summer since it is more of an orange color than a pink color. 

The first polish that came in the second set I bought was this gorgeous shimmery pink. I haven't worn this yet but it seems like it will have a metallic like finish to it. 

The last polish I have for you is this soft pastel pink color. I love this color and can't wait to swatch it! 

If you are ever looking for nice nail polish for a good price, check out TJ Maxx. I usually find their polish on a small display stand next to the jewelry ((almost always by the dressing rooms)) but in other TJ Maxx stores I have found it mixed in with the make-up, hair products and perfume, so you may have to hunt for it. 

Sally Hansen InstaDry-Expresso

Hello! Today I have for you Sally Hansen InstaDry-Expresso. This is a color I had not planned on wearing but my silver manicure had chipped and if there is anything I can't stand it is chipped nail polish. I thought my manicure would last for the duration I planned on being away from my apartment ((and all of my nail polish)) so I did not bring any nail polish with me except my base coat which just happened to be in my make-up bag.

So this color is one from my moms "collection" of nail polish which consists of two top coats, Expresso and two other colors that are basically identical to Expresso so I didn't really have much to choose from. 

To my surprise I liked this polish. Expresso is a nice creme polish that does indeed dry fast. This polish really only needs one coat but here I have two. I've got to thank my mom for this because if she didn't have this polish I'd have had to go out with naked nails. Sooooo THANKS MOM!