Jesse's Girl Satin Fall 2014 Swatches & Review

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Images used to create stacked bottle image courtesy of Jesse's Girl Cosmetics

Jesse's Girl Black Satin

Graphite grey

Between the color of this polish and the finish, this is TOTALLY the perfect color for back-to-school! It is the exact color of graphite! It even had a little bit of the shimmer that pencil lead does! Who needs a pencil when you have this polish?   

Opacity scale (1-5): 4

Finish: Satin, 2 coats to be opaque

Jesse's Girl Amethyst

Rich Royal Purple

I'll be honest, I wasn't sure if I'd like this one, but once I got it on me, I LOVED the color! It has microscopic pink, purple, and blue shimmer (as seen in the picture below) that blend together to make a really great glowy purple.   

Opacity scale (1-5): 4

Finish: Satin, 2 coats to be opaque

Jesse's Girl Sea Glass

Shimmery Teal

Totally makes me think of crystal blue tropical beaches, this is another color in this collection that gets its glow from multi-colored microscopic shimmer. (blue and green)

Opacity scale (1-5): 4

Finish: Satin, 2 coats to be opaque

Jesse's Girl Azure

Inky purply blue

I LOVE this color. It's my favorite of the collection by leaps and bounds! I'm not sure really how to describe this color, other than AWESOME. I will say though, this was the sheerest of the collection, and will take 2-3 coats to be opaque. 

Opacity scale (1-5): 2.5

Finish: Satin, 2-3 coats to be opaque

Jesse's Girl Brunello

Rich blacked berry with serious red shimmer

You'd never guess it once two coats of this polish are one, but the base color of this is purple. Like purple purple. Once you get those two coats layered on though, what you get is a darkened berry with a ton of red shimmer that is SO pretty!  

Opacity scale (1-5): 4

Finish: Satin, 2 coats to be opaque

Jesse's Girl Cauldron

Deep, blackened red with flakes of coppery red

The coppery red flakes in this polish are reminiscent of the remaining embers from an autumn bonfire. It really IS pretty, but I'll be honest, while I DO like this color, it is my least favorite of the collection, mostly because it never really dried to a satin finish. 

Opacity scale (1-5): 3.5

Finish: Satin, 2 coats to be opaque




Additional photos:

Jesse's Girl Black Satin

Jesse's Girl Amethyst

Jesse's Girl Sea Glass

Jesse's Girl Azure

Jesse's Girl Brunello

Jesse's Girl Cauldron

 

What do you think, are these polishes something you might add to your collection? I think you 'satin-ly' should! :-P  

Jesse's Girl cosmetics are available at Rite Aid stores and online at www.jessesgirlscosmetics.com

Disclosure: Products in this post were provided for review by the manufacturer. See the legal page disclosure for more information.

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Cosmoprof 2014 - NUBAR

Nothing to Disclose

This year at Cosmoprof, I had the pleasure of meeting with Aimee of Nubar to hear about their current and upcoming collections, and I'm so excited to show you! I've been a Nubar fan for quite a few years now, one of my all-time favorite polishes is a Nubar polish- Nubar Milk Chocolate Creme! Now that I think about it, I have quite a few favorite polishes that were born in the Nubar factory! Their Sparkles collection, the Fortress collection, ahhh! So many! No to mention, my nail art brushes came from Nubar, and I am pretty sure I'd have a hard time living without them–I've been using them for close to 4 years!

First up are two collections that are available this summer, the Social Butterfly collection and the World Champions collection!

The Social Butterfly collection couples pale springy pastels with a handful of fun, bold, and bright accent colors!

The World Champions collection is a mix of all the colors needed to create the country flags for the teams that played in the World Cup! This would be excellent for the Olympics as well! All the colors in this collection are existing core colors. (Thumb courtesy of Krystal of www.PolishGalore.com :-P)

Next up is the Fall 2014 collection, FALLing in Love, which is available in August 2014! The colors in this collection all contain mica for a subtle shimmer that is sure to make you fall in love! (See what I did there?) Below I've shown my favorites of the collection: First Date (mustard with golden shimmer) and Sweet Hue (hot pink with golden shimmer). Aren't they gorgeous? I'm dying over First Date- I LOVVVVEE an ugly yellow polish (and I mean that in the BEST way possible!!). Click to see larger versions!

The FALLing in Love Collection gets its subtle shimmer from mica, which is in each color!

NUBAR First Date

NUBAR Sweet Hue

And last, but not least, other products coming up from Nubar are a Matte Gelicure topcoat, which will be out this fall, and a long-wearing gel-like lacquer topcoat called PoliCure, which is not UV-cured, and will be released at a later date. 

What are you most excited about? Do you agree with my picks for the top colors in the FALLing in Love collection? Tell me in the comments below!

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Throwback Thursday: Zoya Cashmere Swatches & Review

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Don't you hate it when you're on your computer, looking through files, and you discover that you never posted those swatches that you did literally MONTHS ago? Awesome, right? I feel like a big ol' dummy. I looked at the date, and these photos were taken in August. Yeah, that month at the end of summer that was, hmmm, let's count...over 7 months ago. Really. The sad part? I LOVED this collection, so I'm not sure how I could have missed posting it!!

Anyway, better late than never right?

Zoya Livingston

Red creme

A bright red creme that isn't anything terribly unique, but it's a pretty nice red. 

Opacity scale (1-5): 3.5

Finish: Creme, 2 coats to be opaque

Zoya Pepper

Brick red creme

I love this one. Love! It's a great brick red, and makes me think of my favorite pop (or if you're not from Michigan- SODA), Dr. Pepper! I wonder if that's why they called it that?!

Opacity scale (1-5): 3.5

Finish: Creme, 2 coats to be opaque

Zoya Louise

Chocolate creme

Another one of my favorites from this collection! (Warning: I'm going to say that a lot in this collection) This is/was a fantastic color for fall. I have a soft spot for browns like this.

Opacity scale (1-5): 3.5

Finish: Creme, 2 coats to be opaque

Zoya Flynn

Tan/camel creme

Another yummy neutral that is perfect for fall, and of course, I love it. Every time i see polishes like these I need them. The name makes me think of Breaking Bad though. :-P

Opacity scale (1-5): 3.5

Finish: Creme, 2 coats to be opaque

Zoya Hunter

Dusty (you guessed it) hunter green creme

A dusty green that makes me think of evergreen trees. Definitely guaranteed to 'SPRUCE' up your manicure! :-D Ba-dum-bum!

Opacity scale (1-5): 3.5

Finish: Creme, 2 coats to be opaque

Zoya Sailor

Navy creme

Ahoy!! This lady is sure to make your nails ready for the high seas! It's not a super deep navy, but it's definitely navy! :-D This one was the most opaque of the bunch!

Opacity scale (1-5): 4

Finish: Creme, 2 coats to be opaque



What do you think, better late than never? Did you love this collection when it came out? Which colors did you get? Tell me in the comments below! 

Zoya nail polishes, as always, are free of formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin, toluene, dibutyl phthalate, and camphor and can be purchased at zoya.com and Ulta and Ulta.com for $9. 

Disclosure: Products in this post were provided for review by the manufacturer. See the legal page disclosure for more information.

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Falling For Fall

Well, August is swiftly approaching its end, and the warm days of summer will be long behind us (well, you) soon. The cool, crisp mornings of fall are on their way, and I have to say that I'm completely jealous of those of you lucky enough to enjoy it. Fall is my absolute favorite season, and since I moved to Vegas, and then India, I haven't really gotten to enjoy it. I miss the warm scent of burning leaves in the air, the tartness of warm apple cider on my tongue, and the crisp blue skies of autumn. I know it's a month or so away, but it's already on my mind, especially seeing all the fall nail collections coming out. Growing up in the woods in Michigan, there was no shortage of Autumn experience, from the greenery-lined gravel roads of summer becoming ablaze with the flame of fall leaves, all red and orange and yellow, to the chill that forced a sweater over your shivering shoulders at night. I loved it all, still do.

Today's nail art is to bring a little autumn to my humidity-filled existence. :)

I used:

White: American Apparel Cotton
Dark Brown: Barielle Unraveled Rust
Medium Brown: China Glaze Mahogany Magic
Burgundy: CND Bloodline
Mustard: Barielle Aura Angora
Camel: American Apparel Trenchcoat
Yellow: American Apparel Manila
Bright Orange: CND Electric Orange
Medium Orange: Jesse's Girl Beauty Guru
Red-Orange: American Apparel Lopez Canyon
Copper: China Glaze Harvest Moon
Metallic Gold: ORLY Solid Gold
Topcoat: Seche Vite

What's your favorite season?

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