I really found this taupe shade to be pretty perfect. It isn’t as dark as OPI – YDKJ or Essie – Mink Muffs.
Then it gets even more perfect when you see the flash of hidden shimmer!
The shimmer isn’t always noticeable, unfortunately. But since I loved the shade of taupe that it is, I didn’t mind. 🙂
I finally got to wear this one I’ve been looking at for months now.
It is totally my kind of purple, the dark plum eggplant shade I love! It also has this hidden shimmer of a warm color that reminds me of a Chai Latte.
I got a giveaway together, I’ll post it soon! 🙂
Now I have Blister In The Sun stuck in my head.
I’m having one hell of a time with life lately and I’m already on my way to D.C. again in the morning… whew.
But I shall take a minute to post! Nail polish swatching must go on! 🙂
Here is Zoya Lotus! I loved it more than Tru, I’m just so bummed that I can’t get that gorgeous bottle shimmer to appear on my nails without getting the light and the angle exactly perfectly. Such a tease, huh?
These are so exactly the same, I can’t get over it. Just when I thought I might like one more than the other, I realize oops, no it was just the light angle because when I tilt back this way, its the same as the other afterall…
That is the OPI on the index and ring fingers, the Zoya on the middle and pinky.
They do look the same in the bottles as well! The best part about these is the hidden shimmer of course!
Unfortunately they were too bright purple-toned for my liking, because we know how I am so picky about purples, so they are both up on my MUA swap list.
I need to do a blog sale though very soon in case any of you want to just buy them at a discounted price with paypal or a check. I have so many I could put in a blog sale, I just need to make the time to sit here and do that. I must soon!
I was dying to try these out, mainly for Wooden Shoe Like To Know. I don’t really have a brown like this that glows with shimmer! I’m so excited about it, I’m going to wear it on my business trip this week. (I’m going to Colorado Springs for a meeting, and it is going to be freeeeeezing.)
I also got tired of having to file my nails every 5 days because they’re growing so fast from my supplements, so I filed them way down! I figured at least this will last more than a week this time.
Anyway, here are 4 of the new Holland Collection swatches!
Sorry about the way my window screen left some weird grid shadow… I just wanted to get the swatches up ASAP.
Here they are in the shade, so you can make sure that even when the shimmery glow isn’t shining through, you still like them!
As you can see, the Gouda Gouda Two Shoes looks horrible on me in general lighting, ick.
Vampsterdam is the only one of these that isn’t a cream with inner glow. Its more of a frost, with really silver highlights all through the dark eggplant color. I love this one as well.
I find the Dutch Ya Just Love OPI to be too purple on me, exactly like Zoya Tru, so I’ll post the comparison of those two next… they are exactly the same.
So I put the two purples up on my MUA swap list and I’m going to try and franken the Gouda Gouda Two Shoes since I do love the glow but hate how the tone isn’t dark or light enough. I’ll probably add a sheer dark brown!
I guess you can call this one a warm cranberry shade of red, but it has a subtle raspberry shimmer inside!
In this one you can see the shimmer a little better, at least in the bottle:
I can’t wait for all of the winter polishes, I’m already picking the ones I’ll want to buy!
Another awesome taupe-purple with purple shimmer…
This one is a lot like Chanel Paradoxal! Since I already swapped that one, I put it next to Revlon Perplex:
I think that the base has a little more taupe to it than the Perplex, so I think I like it more.
Also, I MUST HAVE THIS! Its an NYC limited edition 2011 Halloween lip gloss called Blackula!
There is something about a black gloss… it just gives your lips a tint that is neutral and a couple of shades darker. I can’t do black lipstick or anything, but a black jelly gloss just looks SO awesome. I’m in love with my MAC Bling Black gloss and that Twilight lip gloss pot that came out in black… so I just have to have this.
If anyone sees it, please let me know… I’ll keep checking Rite Aid for it and hope to grab some!
This is one of the most interesting polishes I own.
It looks like a dark taupe army green, but it has red shimmer inside!!
Check this out, I’ve never seen a polish like this!
How cool is that? 🙂
My new job has been awesome… Since I started, I have been working on this software, and they are flying me out to Maryland/DC next week to demo it!
I baked a chocolate cake today with almond flour, cocoa powder, coconut oil, truvia… tried to make it a guiltless one. I hope it doesn’t taste like crap? ha!
Here is Color Club – Revealed! I had such high hopes for it, a pretty peach with a pink shimmer… but unfortunately it was just too matchy matchy with my skin tone so it looks horrible on me.
If you can pull this one off, I envy you, because the polish itself is pretty!
Don’t forget about the Essence @holographics giveaway that ends in a week if you’re in the US!
Were you wondering what I bought at Inglot? I got 5 polishes, this awesome shimmery eye shadow that is pink and brown, and 3 round pans for my 10 round pallet.
Let’s get to the 4 dark polishes I got! (The other was a light pink matte that I’ll swatch later, it wasn’t that exciting.)
These are SO amazing. 343 and 346 are really… dazzling! 343 is a wine color and 346 is my perfect favorite brown color that isn’t so dark that it could be mistaken for black and isn’t bronzey!
635 and 636 are their new “breathable” line of polishes. They are a creme base with a hidden shimmer. 635 is taupe with purple shimmer and 636 is a purple magenta with raspberry pink shimmer.
I took another shot that focused more on 635 and 636 so you can hopefully see the hidden shimmer come out a little more. It isn’t as apparent as it is in the bottle (the bottle I’m holding is 635 by the way!!) but you can still see it!
What do you think!? 635 can sound like a Paradoxal dupe but it really isn’t… it is much more strictly taupe, the only thing that is purple is the shimmer inside!
I love them all and can’t give any of them up! 🙂
This color is really pretty and unique… it is like a burnt rose color with hot pink hidden shimmer! I had ordered the color spoon before buying this from Zoya, and it leaves me wishing the shimmer stood out more.
You can’t really see the shimmer, although the color is still unlike others that I have.
Look at the bottle though, I wish so badly that the shimmer would show on the nail like this:
Also, I am so excited to say that Moondancer Jen from http://moondancerjen.blogspot.com gave me this Liebster blog award! You guys are such a nice and generous community that I’m so glad to be part of!
The Liebster Award is designed to bring well deserved additional recognition to those bloggers with less than 300 followers. You just pass it on to 3 more that you feel best fit that description!
So here are the 3 blogs I would like to give this to!
1. Dorian at http://www.doridavis.com
2. Olivia at http://varnishme.blogspot.com
3. http://solensdanserinde.blogspot.com
Okay, after this one, I want to do pastels and Easter colors all week!
I just have to get this last one in, just in case you go nail polish shopping and see these Borghese Rapido on a shelf. I didn’t want you to miss out on Mochaccino or overlook it if you like the hidden shimmer taupes, because this one is so pretty!
On the nail it will appear a little darker, and the shimmer isn’t as apparent as Chanel’s Paradoxal…
But look what lies inside! How pretty is this!?
After I wore it like that, I decided to add some pink shimmer, so I layered Orly – Fifty Four over it. Its really sheer so it just added a tiny bit of pink sparkle. I felt more Springy I guess!
It really is a nice taupe creme in the shade or from far away. I kept thinking that it was almost a mauve-ish purple gray taupe cream when I’d look at it in the shade, if that makes sense? Probably not, you’d have to see it for yourself!
It isn’t a Paradoxal dupe, although some people might refer to it that way since it has the similar taupe and purplish tone with hidden purplish shimmer. I find the shimmer to more of a mauve-ish purple shimmer though, compared to Paradoxal.
If you like it, go get it before the new Borghese Rapido displays get raided! 🙂
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