Hey everybody! I have been really busy this week, but I did manage to do something I've been meaning to do for a long time. I made a list of all my unworn polishes. I feel rather ashamed of myself. I won't give you a number, but let's just say that facing an addiction is pretty sobering. :P SO...that being said...I'm ushering in a new series here at my Reverie to feature said polishes. It's the Era of Financial Responsibility!
Another thing: you may have noticed that I do not like using typical nail polish language. I will not use the words "dupe" or "stash", and don't even get me started on "lemming". Another term I really dislike is "untried". I mean...who came up with all this stuff anyway? Who invented the nail polish language?? Anyway, as I always call my terms by a different name, I am officially calling my unworn polishes my never-worns. I think it lends a sort of elegance to my unhealthy habit. :D
Today's post features two polishes by Sinful Colors that were both *meant* to be a Blogger Made Me Do It post blaming the ever-charming Liesl Loves Pretty Things. So I guess you're gettin' a two-fer! First off, let's hear it for Graine de Poivre.
Graine de Poivre (translation: peppercorn) is a mushroom taupe creme, introduced fall of 2013. I fell so in love with this when Liesl featured it that I went looking for it right away. I have some close-but-no-cigar colors like it. Graine de Poivre turns really grey on me, but I still like it. The formula is very good on this one.
I did a little comparison shot of some taupe-ish and greige colors, just so you can see about where Graine de Poivre falls in the spectrum. Oh, and I have no idea why Berlin There, Done That looks matte...:/
The other Sinful Colors offering that I just HAD to have after Liesl's feature is Hot Chili, a sort of "texture lite" introduced around May of 2014.
See how pretty this is? Would you believe me if I told you it's even prettier in person?? Hot Chili is a barely pink-tinged red metallic with textured bits of something and small holographic glitter. Yeah, this is nice. I was surprised that the formula was super runny. My results after one coat were disastrous, but two coats seemed to help quite a lot.
Well now. I feel better already. Two down from my long list of never-worns and many, many more to go. At $1.99 each, these two SC polishes don't induce *that* much of a guilt trip. I blame Liesl anyway. :P
Thanks for stopping by, and have a lovely day! <3
Hey everybody! This morning it actually sort of felt like fall outside. However, that didn't stop me from experiencing my standard personal sweating attack within a couple of hours. Blast you, hot flashes. Oh well...that doesn't alter the fact that it actually IS fall. :) And when you know it IS fall, you just want to wear some fall colors! Today I have a couple of Barielle polishes from the 2009 All Lacquered Up collection that I just recently purchased and discovered with much delight are thoroughly autumnal.
First up is Putt-E On Me, a beautiful, shiny creme.
Let me first say that I purchased both polishes I'm showing today at TJ Maxx in a variety box of 5 for $7.99. I love Barielle polishes, mostly because you can almost always find a crazy strange one in your box. Putt-E On Me is said crazy strange one.
When I saw the bottle and read the name, I thought it was probably like your standard greige on the nail...you know, some harmlessly uninteresting putty color. Wow, was I wrong! I don't know if it's my skin tone, but this lovely creme has undertones of smoky mulberry. I love this polish!
Putt-E On Me is definitely a greige-ish neutral, but it's so much more interesting on that you think it will be. I used 2 coats for the photos, which do not show just how shiny this polish is. Very, very pretty and versatile.
Another obviously autumn polish from my superbly priced Barielle set is Lava Rock.
Well, you don't have to be a neurosurgeon to know that I fell in love with this one too. Lava Rock is a dark, vampy, blackened plum with a red shimmer. It reminds me of OPI Every Month Is Oktoberfest.
The bottle shot looks like there is blue in the shimmer too, but I looked and looked under a bright light, and I couldn't see the blue. I suppose the polish gremlins were playing a trick on me. :D I used two coats for the photos.
Even if the blue shimmer was merely in my head, the red shimmer is blatantly there. There is also an almost duochrome look about Lava Rock. This polish apparently thinks it's funny to fool the eye. :P No matter, you sly little jester...you're still delectable!
I love both these Barielle fall colors. Barielle polishes can be purchased on their website. They sell for $8 each and your second one is $4. And of course, you can always go stalking your local TJ Maxx and Marshall's for great deals on Barielle multi-packs. :)
What's your favorite autumn nail color?
Thanks for stopping by, and have a lovely day! :)
