new polish finds

[1.31.2012 my evening included homemade mulled wine, and a new manicure]

[secret peri-wink-le(permanent collection) and gothic lolita and gaga for green from the electropop collection]

i stopped by cosmoprof yesterday after i left my full time job because i had run out of nail tek.  the last time i was there i saw the full collection of china glaze's "electropop" but i didn't seen any i absolutely needed.  that is until i thought about it.  i left yesterday with gothic lolita, gaga for green, and secret peri-wink-le.   last nite i kept looking at secret peri-wink-le and decided that it needed to be the first tried.

[venique deviant little sneaker]

i also saw the full line of venique there, and not just the small holiday display.  venique is new to the polish market and it's made with sil-tek, which allows the polish to expand and contract with wear.  i purchased two other colours back in december that were in the initial launch collection and both being glitter topcoats.  i have to admit, there was hardly any chipping and i am very rough on a manicure.  the official website doesn't seem to be really up yet, but check out this blog to see a little more and read a great review.  you can also see the two glitters i bought as well.   the one that i picked up yesterday, deviant little sneaker, is a mauve-y plum glimmer base, with small round silver and red glitter throughout.  i'll definitely photo once i try it out.

nails and insects

[china glaze - flour leaf clover with claire's - bedazzled]

[hello cicada!]

new nails, new camera

[ 3.25.2011 CG: "in the lime light" and CG: "fault line" ]

the more i use the crackle polishes that i was able to get, the more i love them.  especially "fault line".  sure it's thicker than the others, but it's a purple crackle and has a shimmer.  i'd like to think that it was made just to be layered over slime green <3

the black is still my favourite, imagine that!  and as soon as i can find them again, i'll pick up another bottle for safe hoarding.  every where in my sleepy little town is sold out, and aren't expecting more until may.   i saw the OPI display, but the shatter was gone.  all i've been able to try is the CG's, but i love them!  i'll be interested in seeing the new OPI's, especially the serena williams.  

on other notes, i finally found a new point and shoot camera that makes me happy, and not disappointed.  after much looking at the olympus FE series, and the stylus series, and some nikon peeking thrown in,  i finally decided to go with a nikon s8100 and i love it.  it will be nice now to have a very good, reliable little camera that can easily go with me places.  sometimes lugging a nikon DSLR isn't practical.

maybe now i'll post more!  especially seeing as how i have a penchant for macro, and this has a surprisingly good macro and super macro function <3<3