NOTD: SUZI LOVES COWBOYS

I was at a friend's house last night & out of nowhere I felt like doin my nails... I just remembered about the brown lunch bag that's been in my purse for a few days now.... I got me a couple of OPI nail polishes that I completely forgot about... since I don't ever get the chance to do my nails anymore, I decided now is the time since we were just chillin, drinking wine, brandy & Red Horse... I know right?!? beer, wine & brandy??!?!!

anyhoo, this is my NOTD:

O.P.I. Suzi Loves Cowboys

(from the O.P.I. Texas Collection)

PRODUCTS USED:

O.P.I. Suzi Loves Cowboys

Revlon No Chip Top Coat 

this is how it looks like with 3 coats of Suzi Loves Cowboys no base / top coat 

you can see all the ridges on my nails...

here's what it looks like with 4 coats of the nail polish (to cover the nicks & marks from last night.. =D) & top coat...

Suzi Loves Cowboy looks like a delicious melted chocolate brown.. in the pictures it looks yummy but not so much on the nails.. they look more like dark chocolate... as much as I love dark chocolate, I don't like it on my nails... this & Don't Mess With OPI are the only two shades from the Texas collection that caught my eye... but I didn't get Don't Mess With OPI coz I think it might be identical to Jade is the New Black which I already have.... if you have both, please let me know...

can you guess the other nail polish I got?? 

tadaaaa!!

MY PRIVATE JET!

it looks like the galaxy... it's sooo purddyyyy

I actually used this to paint my toe nails & I like it! can't wait to try it on my finger nails....

I heard it's really hard to get a hold of but I got lucky there's a beauty store in my area that took my order & got it for me... 

I heard there are two versions of My Private Jet.... did I get the original version or the we-can't-make-anymore-of-the-original-but-it's-too-in-demand-that-we-should-make-a-different-version-and-sell-it-like-it's-the-same version??? LOL 

NOTW: METRO CHIC

Sephora by O.P.I. 

METRO CHIC

PRODUCTS USED:

O.P.I. ChipSkip chip preventor (as base coat)

Sephora by O.P.I. Metro Chic

Seche Vite dry fast top coat

I know it's already spring and everything but my nails are not feeling the bright pastel colors with all this rain goin on... so on my nails is a gloomy color.... still pretty though!

SHATTERED TEENAGE DREAM

this NOTD was actually done back in the first week of February... with all the craze about the new crackle polishes from China Glaze I hope it's not too late to post this....

PRODUCTS USED:

Seche Base Ridge Filling Base Coat

O.P.I. Teenage Dream

O.P.I. Black Shatter

Seche Vite Top Coat

from the Katy Perry Collection 

isn't it pretty in the bottle too??

2 coats of Teenage Dream 

3 coats of Teenage Dream 

up close 

1 coat Black Shatter

I think I like it without top coat, it has that rugged look to it... like it's very unpolished... if that makes sense 

after applying Seche Vite 

right hand 

I think the Teenage Dream is already pretty by itself but the Black Shatter does give it a mysterious effect with the Teenage Dream just barely peeking through the cracks... I love it but it's a pain in the bumbum to remove... you need loads & loads of cotton balls & nail polish remover & about 10 hours of your time... anyhoo, I think it's all worth it, I got a lot of compliments on it & people ask me what it is & where I got it from....

do you guys have any of the nail polishes from this collection?? which one is your favorite to put under the Black Shatter???

M.I.A. NO MO! + JAN-FEB COLLECTIVE HAUL

was I gone for a long time or was I gone for a long time?? OMG! I think so too!! in fact it was waaaay too long I almost forgot my blogger password... LOL.... I have all kinds of excuses why I haven't been bloggin but I'm not about to start enumerating them now coz obviously, no matter what excuse you have, no matter how busy you are, if you wanna blog, you're GOHNNA blog! but what I had was far more serious than just excuses, I was in a funk!! & boy I could not get out of it!!!

but all it took was one peek at the blog world & it brought me back... one peek reminded me of what I love doing... your awesome comments reminded me that I have readers who love visiting my blog, so I forced my self to snap out of it & get to bloggin again!!

thank you so much for all the lovely comments!! they are like fuel that keeps me goin.... =).. thank you to all the new followers!! you are the reason why (except for this lovely addiction of course) I blog!!

I miss bloggin!! I miss you all so let's get to it shall we?!?

I guess I'll start with a minute collective haul from January & February.... this haul is very tiny as I have been a good girl, a.k.a. "I'm broke as f*ck!"....  LOL

Maybelline Fit Me Foundation & Super Stay Makeup

I got shades 220 & Classic Beige... I am a NC30 shade in MAC Studio Fix Fluid & according to reviews I've seen on these 2 products, these are the two shades that would match NC30... 

my very first ever...

Sinful Colors nail polishes 

in Soul Mate & You Just Wait 

everyone's ravin about this brand of nail polish, so for $1.99 I thought I'd try it & see what the big fuss is all about...

Jesse's Girl Eye Dust 

in Penny Arcade 

it's a gorgeus gold-coppery color... swatched here over top MAC Painterly Paintpot

& here blended... 

the picture doesn't do it any justice but I promise, the color looks amazing firsthand...

Wet n Wild ColorIcon eyeshadow trios 

I got Good Jeans, I'm Getting Sunburned 

Walking on Eggshells & Sweet As Candy 

Sally Girl  Baked Eyeshadows

388121, 388122 & 388124 

388121

388122 

388124 

swatched on top of MAC Painterly Paintpot 

DUO eyelash adhesive in dark tone

Ardell false lashes in Demi Pixies

Sally Girl gel adhesive for glitter

Demi Pixies up close 

E.L.F. Beauty Book Smoky Eye Edition 

spotted this at Ross for $4.99  + tax

Ms. Makeup Angle Tip Shadow brush &

Eye Blending brush 

great deal!! $1 for good quality, soft brushes... got these at Big Lots

OPI Black Shatter &

Katy Perry mini nail polish set 

OPI Black Shatter &

Jade is the New Black 

OPI Chip Skip

S.A. recommended I get this, she said this works awesome preventing n/p chipping... so I said for $2? why not?!?

OPI Teenage Dream (full size) &

Black Shatter

I got all these separately from 2 different stores... I got 2 Black Shatters, Teenage Dream & Jade is the New Black at JC Penney when they had a BOGO 50% off around the second week of January...

& lastly,

Color Club n/p set - All About Color

also at Ross for $7.99 + tax

hope this post kind of made up for a whole month of no blogging... =)