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Lucite lace nails at Joy Cioci SS 2012

Nail Files: Urban Outfitters Nail Polish Review

Ever curious about those little square Urban Ouftitters nail polishes that they have out on display in stores? Well, I took the liberty to try on every colour sans 2 because I didn't have enough fingers. Here's my verdict:



Wow, the lilac was gorgeous with my warm skin tone! The sea foam green didn't look so nice on my fingers in natural light. (It's like a ghetto version of Chanel's Jade). All colours except the grey and gold were a single coat. The grey was pretty translucent when you put it on so I had to double up in fear of my nail looking like a dead nail. The gold was nice with one layer but I wanted to pack a punch. The dark green is one again a ghetto version of another nail polish: British Racing Green by Butter London. I didn't really like it... Maybe it needs another coat.



Now, onto the ugly hand. We won't talk about the blue. It's disgusting. The second nail is a dark purple that I found really boring because they have much nicer ones in a similar shade at Sephora. You can't tell in this awful photo but the pink is HORRIBLE. It looks like semi-matte bubble gum. Ew, disgusting with my skin tone. The orange was disappointing. I'd call it a creamcicle color and to be honest, I have two other MUCH nicer orange nail polishes by Butter and Essie. The watermelon-ish color on my thumb was nice. One again, all of these had one coat.

Bottle photos: libbywilkie-aneyefordetail.com

The dark colours had the least staying power and flaked off by the next day. They also took longer to dry for some reason that some scientist will probably link to caner in the future.

Overall, not bad for the price but I'd stick to my first hand! UO sells them $8 for 2 in stores.

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Chanel Summer Cool

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Hellllooooo Chanel. I can already see how tacky the green shade will look on my nails. My yellow based skin tone will clash like a charm. Chanel, thanks for making elementary school colours classy again. These lacquers hit the stores in a month. I can't wait!

bloated

So apparently I post a lot of photos on my blog because my Picasa album for this blog totally filled up and they won't let me upload any photos to that album anymore. So a new album it is. :)



Speaking of albums, if you haven't listened to the American collaboration The Dead Weather, you really should get on that. Think Alison Mosshart's smokey/scratchy LP record voice from The Kills + The White Stripes + a little bit of Queens of the Stone Age. Um, amazing much?

And for those who have a nail polish obsession (I know I do from time to time), there's a new LA based cosmetic group on the prowl: RGB. Their nail polish is as modern as it is classic. I can't wait to get my hands on a bottle (or three... the Pre-Fall collection please!), but it seems as if the only stores that sell RGB are in California. Boohoo.



I guess I'll have to find it on ebay or something. Oh yeah, I'll be selling some used shoes in a few days. So stayed tuned in to Royal-Tee!

Queen of Mayhem

rich, dark, delicious

i don't know why, but lately i've been on some sort of nail polish rampage. last week i changed my nail colour 3 times. crazy.

so when i saw Mac's new nail polish line for FW '09 my heart skipped a beat (almost literally).



They come in three long-wearing finishes - Cream, Sheer, and Frosted and have absolutely divine names like:

rich, dark, delicious
dry martini
cool reserve
dance all night
for fun