Revlon - Bare Bones & Essie - Mademoiselle

Hellooooooo!

Today I have a classic manicure for you. I borrowed this idea from one of my favorite nail blogs, LetThemHavePolish.com. It includes Bare Bones from Revlon's Colorstay line, and Essie's Mademoiselle. The only difference is that I used Bare Bones and she used Essie's Brooch the Subject. The colors are VERY similar as far as this manicure is concerned.

Revlon - Bare Bones without flash.

As you can see above, Bare Bones is a tan color. It is very pretty by itself, but I REALLY wanted to see how adding Essie's Mademoiselle would transform it.

Revlon - Bare Bones with flash.

Bare Bones applies just like the rest of the polishes I have used from this line, HOWEVER, it seemed to take quite a while to dry. I'm not sure if that is because of the way I applied it, or if its the formula. I will definitely use this color again, so I'll pay attention as to whether or not it dries as slowly. The photos above are 2 coats.

Topped with Essie - Mademoiselle without flash.

And here it is covered in 2 coats of Essie - Mademoiselle. Unfortunately I don't have a picture of Mademoiselle on my nails by itself, but it is a sheer pink jelly. The idea of layering these two polishes was to create a nude color with a little something extra. After adding Mademoiselle, the tan color transformed into more of a pink-ish nude. And doesn't it just look so squishy?! I really love it.

Macro shot of finished product.

Different shot of the finished product without flash.

I got a lot of compliments on this manicure and I definitely plan to do it again. I'd also love to wear Mademoiselle by itself, and when I do, I'll be sure to share it with you.

Don't forget to click on the pictures to make them bigger! :)

Thanks for hanging out!

--Dixie

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Revlon - Bold Sangria & Essie Luxeffects Pure Pearlfection

Happy Tuesday!!

(I'll give you a minute or two while your eyes adjust to my new layout.)

Today I have a manicure I did a while back, but I really wanted to share it because it involves one of my current favorite lines of nail polish... Revlon Colorstay.

As usual, all photos are clickable to enlarge.

Without flash.

It is very difficult to see from this photograph, but Bold Sangria is a deep plum color. At least that is how I would describe it. My husband tells me I'm colorblind. Anyway... moving on. :)

Without flash.

To make things a little less boring, I added a simple accent nail with Pure Pearlfection from Essie's Luxeffects collection. I thought about doing it on all of my nails, but Bold Sangria is so yummy by itself I couldn't bring myself to do it. :D

With flash.

In this photo taken with the flash you can get a better idea of the color of this polish. Wouldn't you say plum-ish?

And similarly to the other polishes from this collection, I would describe this as a creamy jelly. It's super shiny, with a little help from the Seche Vite top coat. It applied like a dream in two coats, and lasted for about 4-5 days before it started to fall apart.

Macro shot of accent nail.

Macro shot.

It was a little difficult for me to get a good macro shot of this color, but I did my best. I hope you enjoy this color as much as I did, although this seems to be a little out of season now.

Thanks for gawking at my nails!

--Dixie

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Revlon - Indigo Night (aka OKC Thunder Nails!)

Heyyyyyyy there, good lookin'!

Today I have a pretty blue manicure for you all. As you can tell by the photo below, it may or may not have been motivated by the OKC Thunder game tonight. No, I'm not going, but I WILL be rooting for them from my comfy chair at home. :)

Modeling my manicure :)

I realized after I started going through my photos to pick which ones I would put on this post... I've posted about a different Revlon blue nail polish that is similar to this one. Do you remember Revlon - Royal? I mean, how could you forget? Look at it!

The difference between these two polishes is that Royal is much deeper than Indigo Night. Royal is also very much a jelly polish, and Indigo Night is more of a crelly (for those not fluent in nail polish speak, that's a mix between a cream & jelly). 

With flash

Indigo Night applies very much like the other polish I have posted about from this particular Revlon Colorstay line, Revlon - Velvet Rope. It goes on smoothly, doesn't streak, self-corrects, etc, etc. I did a little clean up, but that was mainly because I got a little heavy-handed and smeared the polish too far past my nail tips. Oops.

Without flash

All of these photos have one coat of base coat, two coats of Indigo Night, and one coat of Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Anti-Chip top coat (which promises to dry your nail polish to the touch in 30 seconds, and it does as it says).

Macro shot without flash

Thanks for stopping by! And GO THUNDER!

-Dixie

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Revlon - Royal

Happy Saturday!

I finally got around to painting my nails again and I was really excited because I got to use a polish I discovered on a couple of different blogs that I already knew was going to be gorgeous!

This is Revlon Royal.

Revlon Royal without the flash.

With flash.

Macro shot. Sorry it is a little blurry. 

How pretty is this?! I love it and I'll probably use it a lot. After this color and the last color I posted (Revlon Velvet Rope), I've decided I'm a huge fan of jelly polishes. They are so pretty to look at, and I am constantly asked if I went to a salon to get a manicure! 

A fair warning: this polish dries to a vinyl/matte finish. You must use a top coat to get the glossy shine that I got on this one, and I use the Seche Vite fast dry top coat.

I don't think I can say how much I love this. I just couldn't stop staring at my nails all day. :)

Thanks for stopping by!

-Dixie

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Revlon - Velvet Rope

Hello dears.

Today I have for you a gorgeous red jelly polish. This is Velvet Rope from Revlon's newest collection. (Photos are clickable to enlarge.)

How pretty is this? I know red is boring, but I've been on the hunt for MY perfect red, and I think I finally found it. I really had my eye on Chanel's Pirate, but I have a really hard time spending $26 on a polish! I can't do a swatch comparison, but I'd say this is pretty dern close. And this only cost me 5 or 6 bucks. :)

My macro shot for you. This is with a base coat, 2 coats of Velvet Rope, and a top coat of Seche Vite. It applies neatly, doesn't flood the cuticle area, self-corrects. I have no complaints. 

And this is a picture with the flash on. You can tell it looks much lighter in this shot. The true color is closer to the photo above without the flash. It is a very deep, blood red. Perdy. :-P

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed yourself.

Dixie

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