Orly Elsa Collection

 Happy Saturday everyone! Today I have on the blog four of the polishes from the newly released Orly Elsa collection.

This collection is exclusive through Walgreens, so you'll only able to find it there. I had been on the hunt for these polishes for a few weeks until I finally found them! There's a total 12 polishes in this collection. They can be purchased individually or in packs of two. It's actually cheaper to purchase them in the two pack because they're $11 in the two pack and $7 individually! On to the swatches:

First up we have the movie's name sake polish Frozen! This is a frost polish and I'm wearing one coat of Frozen over a coat of OPI's Black Onyx. I'm not using a top coat in this image because when I tried putting on a top coat the polish started wrinkling! I'm definitely not a fan of frost polishes because of the difficulty that comes in applying them, so this one definitely wasn't my favorite.

My second least favorite was Free Spirit. The color is a gorgeous magenta and would be perfect for warmer weather! However, the formula wasn't the best. It was a little too thick for my taste. You'll need very light coats with this one.

Kristoff He Goes is a beautiful dark teal blue. I love this color! I swear I probably have a million bottles that look exactly like this one, but the colors is too beautiful to pass up!! The formula was great on this one and could probably be a one-coater if a thicker coat was used. I'm wearing two coats in the photo plus Glisten & Glow HK Girl top coat.

My favorite of the four was definitely Watch Out, Or Elsa!. It's also a magenta but this time there's little gold flecks! The formula on this one was also excellent and again I'm wearing two coats in the photos. I love how the flecks give the color more dimension and make it a little more magical, which is befitting for Elsa!!

All in all I liked the collection. I wish it was more Frozen or Elsa themed, since there seems to be a lot of Summer-y colors, but there is a pretty wide variety of colors. I also wish that these were sold other than Walgreens, mostly because Walgreens is so wishy-washy as to when they stock which stores, and also because Walgreens doesn't even carry Orly! Will you be picking up this collection?

EDIT: Turns out that these colors are not exclusive to Walgreens. They are actually already part of Orly's Color Blast line that is sold in multiple stores. It appears that they were only renamed in order to create a Frozen/Elsa theme.

Revlon - Whimsical

Hi everyone! Sorry it's been a while since my last post! I'm trying to do two posts a week, but I was super busy last week. Last week was Lunar New Year and on Sunday there was a big parade in Chinatown. I stopped by and had lots of fun watching the dancers and dragons pass by! 2015 is the year of the Sheep and I managed to pick up the cutest little sheep plushy! Sheepy is going to help model tonight's nail polish, which happens to be Revlon Whimsical.

I've had this polish for about three years now and never tried it on. The color in the bottle is a mint crelly with blue and pink glitters. I thought it looked really pretty in the bottle which led me to keep it for as long as I did. It's even supposed to be a dupe for Deborah Lippmann's Glitter in the Air. The polish on my nails, however, did not look as pretty. 

I ended up with more of a greenish hue than mint. The glitter's were pretty but they were a little sparse and did need fishing. I used FOUR coats for these swatches and you can still see my nail line. These swatches might have looked better if I had used an undie instead of using this polish solo.

Right after I took these photos and started writing tonight's post, Whimsical smudged everywhere and I decided to just take it off. Sadly this makes this polish a dud in my book and will be going in the destash pile.  

I'm a little saddened that this color didn't work out for me. I loved the name and felt that the color in the bottle looked really cute. It might have even been a great color for Easter! Hopefully Friday's manicure will work out a lot better for me and I think that I'm going to just rock my naked nails for the next couple of days!

Sinful Colors Nail Junkie & Rise and Shine

Hello everyone! Did you have an excellent weekend? I had an extra day off yesterday so it feels like Monday! Up for swatch today is Sinful Colors Nail Junkie and Rise and Shine. I love Sinful Colors! It is such a great budget brand. The formula is for the most part excellent (there are a few dudes here and there) and the price can't be beat (retail for $2, but are usually on sale for a $1). There's also a great array of colors and they're always coming out with new collections! Today's colors are part of their permanent collection and they're both beautiful, together and separately.

Rise and Shine is a beautiful green creme with shimmery flakes. Nail Junkie (which I am!) is a glitter topper in a blue base. The blue base really doesn't show up unless you wanted to layer this a thousand times. My bottle of Nail Junkie was a little thick, but I've also had it for a few years. This extra thickness did lead to some pulling and wrinkling. In these photos I used 2 coats of Rise and Shine and  1 coat of Nail Junkie. I topped it all off with Glisten & Glow's HK Girl.

I decided to model today's swatch with a Kingdom Hearts Donald Duck bottle topper that I picked up last year when I was in Tokyo. It's from the Little Mermaid level, so Donald Duck is actually an octopus! These colors gave me an underwater feel, so I thought that octopus Donald Duck fit the bill!

Sinful Colors can be bought at Walgreens and Rite Aid for $2 a bottle. However, as mentioned, there are plenty of sales throughout the year that bring these babies down to a $1. These are perfect if you're starting out your collection or if you need specific colors for a low price!