So I bet you're super excited for today's post because of the title. Well, you should be. It'll take a while to get there, but we'll get there.
oke.doke. Steal This Teal
Look I remembered the bottle shot! Not a very good one, because I was just like "Holy carp I need a bottle shot." But it's better than no bottle shot.
Shade
Sun. Click for shimmah!
Sun/shade? Shade/sun?
Inside
Lamp (click for shimmahahahahhhh)
This is two coats. It is a blue-leaning dusty teal with green shimmer. It's nice. I don't know if I love it, but I like it. I don't know why I don't love it, since it is a) teal, b) blue-leaning, and c) has shimmer, which means it should be my SOUL MATE but I think it might be the dustiness. I don't know. I like dusty polishes sometimes, but not all the time. But it's nice.
The formula was easy to work with. It was nice. I don't have any other oke.doke.s. That is a super annoying name to type. oke.doke. TOO MUCH PUNCTUATION OMFG.
And here's where it gets awesome. I had just bought OPI Austin-tatious Turquoise that day and I was like "Well heck, I'll just slap it on top!" And it was AMAZEBALLS.
Shade
SUN OMGIRAFFEBALLS.
shimmershimmershimmershimmer EYEGASM
Lamp! Look at the slight purple duochrominess!
Oh my gawwwwd. It's so freaking beautiful. I had heard that Austin-tatious Turquoise has a pretty horrible, sheer formula, but it looks fantastic layered. I have it on my toes right now, it required four coats, but a muggle told me it looks like mermaids. Laura one, haters zero. So. Much. Win.
And here are the Color Club mini sets that I have, just in case you were wondering.
Do you hear the angelic choir, or is it just me?
**EDIT: I was trying to schedule this post for 7:30 tonight since I'll be out and that's around when I usually post, but I hit "Publish Post" out of habit and now I can't un-publish it. So. We'll just be a little off-kilter today. That is all.**
Okay, I forgot the bottle shot for this one too, but I promise this is the last one. Fo realz. Tomorrow totally has a bottle shot.
Anyway, today I've got Butter London *cough cough Seattle* Victoriana.
Semi-sunny
Sunny
Shade
Inside
Lamp
I tried to get away with one thick coat, but as you can see there are a billion bald spots. They were less visible in real life, but that teaches me my lesson. *for shaaame, for shame* Anywho, the formula was okay but the brush was pretty thin and floppy. Kind of like trying to paint your nails with a sardine, or an earthworm. Ew. That would not be fun.
The color is sort of an antiquey looking teal with tooons of silver microglitter. At first I was pretty disappointed because I didn't like it as much as when I had seen it in swatches online. but the more I looked at it, the more it grew on me. It has this very chic, vintage look to it. I like it, but for $14 a pop the brush should be better. I might try other BLs but not for a while anyway, since they are muy caro (very expensive, I've gotta exercise my Spanish muscle every once and a while just in case I ever go to Spain) and I am on a no-buy for an undetermined amount of time.
You may remember that my last no buy ended horribly. Well, this is going to be a different story. I am going to make my last purchase today (the Grape Set Match grand slam duo) and then I am FINITO. I'm going to deposit all of my spending money in the bank right after that so I literally cannot buy anything. I'm saving up for the China Glaze holiday collection because it looks flipping awesome. If I could give up junk food for Lent (which I did, quite successfully) then I can do this. I CAN DO THIS.
*beats chest and runs around in circles*
I believe I have been hit with a massive case of writer's block, so today's post is going to be short. Today's feature is Essie Coat Azure and I started stamping before I realized that I needed to take pics of the base color, so that's why there's only three fingers.
Outside, sun
Inside
This is one thick coat. It's a periwinkle blue with an allover shimmer. The formula was unremarkable, not hard to work with. It's nice but a little plain, so I stamped it with Sally Hansen Celeb City and plate BM21.
Inside
Okay, that's all for today! Hopefully my blogging muse will return from her wild partying and not be too hungover to inspire me. Until next time!
