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Wednesday, November 3, 2010 Category : , , , 5


Hello!
I want to thank everyone for their kind comments on my pumpkin. It was very fun to do. If anyone has time next year, why not try to carve out your own pumpkin =) Anyone can do it! I managed to carve out something and I'm not artist so I'm sure you guys can do it too. I  followed the picture tutorial provided by Ray Villafane which I linked to in my previous post.

Onto the nail polishes for today....

Today I am featuring 2 nail polishes that I think are somewhat similar.  We have MAC's Mean & Green (which is a dupe of Orly Space cadet) and Hard Candy's Mr. Wrong


First is MAC's Mean and Green:
This is 3 coats



 
  Pros: 
  • Gorgeous purple/ green/ gold duochrome
  • Did not chip for 3 days
Cons:
  •  Expensive compared to Orly, based on price and quantity
 I would rather purchase Orly's space cadet because it is cheaper and there is a lot more in the bottle but since I live in Canada it is very difficult for me to obtain Orly; thus, I caved and bought MAC


Next we have Hard Candy's Mr Wrong
This is 3 coats

Hard Candy Mr wrong is a metallic dark purple with gold flecks in it.
   I guess the only similarity it has with Mean and green is that it is a dark metallic color.

Pros:
  • I like the color
  • I love the name
  • It comes with a cute ring (seen in the picture)
Cons:
  • Sally Hansen xtreme has a dupe called purple gala and I believe that it is slightly cheaper than Hard Candy
  • I did not like the brush, I felt that it was a bit too thin
  • it chipped on me on the second day of wear

And finally, a simple nail stamp design
The base color is hard candy Mr. wrong
I stamped using BM plate 04
I placed on half the design china glaze passion and on the other half I placed sally hansen xtreme white on

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On a side note, I wanted to introduce a  new nail blogger:

She sent me a very kind email asking for a few nail ideas and color combinations, I'm not the greatest at  matching and konading (still learning here) but I tried to help her out as much as I could.  If you guys have any great ideas or tips it would be great if you could share it with her =) 

MAC bad fairy

Saturday, October 2, 2010 Category : , 9

Finally a new post!! yay! I also got my camera back from my brother in law so pictures again!

Today I am featuring the newest polish in my collection....MAC bad fairy.  It was released with the MAC Venomous Villians Collection on September 30. This is under the Villains maleficent line (from sleeping beauty).


This is 3 coats. The first coat is incredibly sheer but it builds up to be opaque.  I would say that this polish is a glitter frost duochrome.

Yes, it is a duochrome. It goes form a dark cranberry red to a gold orange.I tried to capture the duochrome in the bottom picture.


A lot of people have said that OPI's the show must go on from the Burlesque collection is a dupe for bad fairy, this is not the case. I do not own the show must go on but I do have pictures from other bloggers that own both and did a comparison.


The first blogger that did a comparison is http://lacquerluster.blogspot.com/

Left Bad fairy, Right the show must go on

The Second blogger that did a comparison is http://www.alllacqueredup.com


I think that the main difference is the color.  Bad fairy is more cranberry red while the show must go on is a cherry red.  I prefer bad fairy because it works better with my skin tone compared to a cherry red.  Bloggers have also stated that the gold orange duochrome is more apparent in Bad Fairy compared to the show must go on.

Here's a little chart made in ms paint to show the difference between Bad Fairy and the show must go on:




and here's a sneak peek for my next post:


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