L.A. Girl Sand Blast collection: Sandstorm

Purchased by me

L.A. Girl entered the world of textured polishes recently with their Sand Blast collection.  The Sand Blast polishes are non-glittery, textured, matte polishes in eight colors.  Sandstorm is one of the two I purchased, and it's a soft, yellow-toned tan.  It's darker and warmer than Zoya Godiva.  It was opaque in three coats, dried fairly quickly, and the formula was on the thick side but still easy to work with.  All swatches are three coats.

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The Sand Blast collection is available on the L.A. Girl website, at Rite-Aid and other drugstores, and at Cherry Culture.  Prices range from $3-$5 US + shipping.

Sinful Colors Candy Coated

Purchased by me

Candy Coated is a basic pastel lilac.  There's some shimmer in the bottle, but it's completely nonexistent on the nail.  Still, it's a nice blue-based pale purple, and for $1.99, a decent addition to the stash of any lover of pastels and/or purples.  The formula was decent, patchy on the first coat and it took three coats to get rid of streaks, but it wasn't overly thick or runny.  All swatches are three coats with no top coat.

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Sinful Colors polishes are available at most major drugstores and retail for $1.99 + tax.

Sinful Colors Sweet Tooth

Purchased by me

Sweet Tooth is a basic pastel lavender.  There's some shimmer in the bottle, but it's completely nonexistent on the nail.  Still, it's a pretty color, and for $1.99, a decent addition to the stash of any lover of pastels and/or purples.  The formula was decent, patchy on the first coat and it took three coats to get rid of streaks, but it wasn't overly thick or runny.  All swatches are three coats with no top coat.

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Sinful Colors polishes are available at most major drugstores and retail for $1.99 + tax.

Jessica Cosmetics Born 2 Pansy

Purchased by me

This is the lightest purple polish with a blue flash which I have in my collection, lighter than FingerPaints Itsy-Bitsy Spider, Color Club Port-folio, and Orly Mysterious Curse.  Born 2 Pansy is a light, pink-toned lavender shimmer with a shy blue flash which doesn't like the camera.  The viscosity of the polish was perfect, but it was still somewhat streaky after two coats and took three to hide any streaks.  All swatches are three coats with no top coat.

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Topped with Finger Paints Itsy-Bitsy Spider in my first and lame attempt at a spun-sugar mani:

Born 2 Pansy was part of the summer 2012 Heavy Petal collection, but is still available at the Jessica Cosmetics' website for $7.50 + shipping.

Technical difficulties

A computer that won't read my camera card and a couple of rough days at work mean that I won't be posting until next week.  Thank you for your patience.

Orly Summer 2013: Mash Up

Take risks. Rock opposites. Start a riot with envy-inciting style. Now’s the time to blur the line between energetic and outrageous–with Mash-Up, the new Summer 2013 color collection from ORLY. Turn up the heat to the extreme, with hyper-brights and high-attitude hues that work the weird and wonderful with wild abandon.

Harmonious Mess

Choreographed Chaos

Mayhem Mentality

Sparkling Garbage

Pretty-Ugly

Beautiful Disaster

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