Bargains...

So I was on my way to Costco after work (cause I needed to buy gas for my car and Costco was only $2.99/gallon, whoo hoo) and on the way there I stopped in at Ulta. Stopping at Ulta can be very dangerous for my wallet.

So when I walk into Ulta I always head straight to the back of the store to the clearance section and hope that there will be some good polish deals. Well today I hit the jackpot. I bought all the above items (approximately $140 worth of stuff) for how much you ask ... it was only $30. SWEET!

So basically in one visit to Ulta I tripled my collection of Essie products.

Whoa … sparkles… *gets distracted*

So I generally stick to fairly basic crème polishes for when I am at work, but tax season is over now and life around the office is a little slower paced and definitely more laid back so I am being a little more adventurous in my polish choices.

So in the last set of polish I bought I had picked up IDK from the China Glaze OMG collection. This polish collection was released in 2008 or 2009 so you will have to do some wandering around your favorite online polish retailer to find it.

IDK is a light purple holographic polish; now indoors or in the shade it just looks like a very pretty lavender, so it is perfectly acceptable for work. (see photo on right)

But step out into the California sunshine and WHAM! this polish is all sparkle and shine. I wore this polish today at work and proceeded to hand people paperwork, etc and no one mentioned anything about the color, but we went to lunch and as soon as I got out of the car and into the sunshine one of my coworkers was like OMG that polish is amazing. So clearly this collection was aptly named.

When applying this polish I was a little worried as my first coat of polish seemed to streak and leave bare spots, the second coat covered perfectly though. I left my manicure without my trusty topcoat of Seche Vite, as I have heard that using a topcoat tends to reduce the sparkle of the holographic polishes. So one coat of Seche Restore as my base coat and two coats of China Glaze IDK, for some serious sparkle.

All in all I think this polish will be getting a lot of use this summer. *goes back to staring at the pretty sparkles*

Definitely not teal...

Since the Sharks won over Detroit on Saturday, I had time to change up the nail polish from teal and try out some of my new colors that I just got.

Since it has been unusually gray and rainy around here the last couple of days I decided to go with the brightest new color I have, China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy.

This color makes me happy, like oh my I should be laying in a hammock on a sunny tropical beach happy. It is a neon coral and it is BRIGHT! This picture doesn't even come close to capturing this color. It definitely looks more pink in the shade or indoors but a little more orange-y in sunshine.

This is a base coat of Seche Clear, three coats of Flip Flop and a topcoat of Seche Vite (mostly cause I am impatient and screw up my manicure if I don't use a fast drying topcoat)