Showing posts with label Taupe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Taupe. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
NOTD: China Glaze Channelesque
11:24 AM | Posted by
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A while ago I managed to get my paws on some discontinued shades I had been lemming. Here's one of them, the gorgeous China Glaze Channelesque. I'm not sure what to call this colour. Purple'ish taupe? Taupe'ish purple? Super dusty, toned down purple? It's like a more purple version of OPI YDKJ. It's gorgeous none the less, I love these murky, dusty, mushroomy (is that even a word?) colours. They have a special place in my heart.
China Glaze Channelesque
China Glaze Channelesque with flash
China Glaze Channelesque - bottleI love this color, been wearing it for almost 3 days now which is super unusual, I normally get bored in less than 24 hours and feel the need to change my polish colour. There's no chips or tipwear and would keep wearing if it wasn't for the fact I have to do my new years manicure tonight after work. As most China Glazes the application was great, took 2 coats to get it opaque. It was really late when I applied this so I was a little sloppy and some got stuck in my cuticles and it was surprisingly hard to remove. Not sure why that is, but I couldn't get it all off as you can see in the pictures. Very odd for such a light color, maybe it's because my cuticles were dry after all the swatching and removing I had been doing right before. We'll have to see how it goes tonight when I'm removing it all. Anyway, I love this color. And if you as me like muddy colours and find this somewhere, pick it up! It has been discountinued for quite a bit now but there's still places online to buy it.
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009
NOTD: Essie Mink Muffs
9:19 PM | Posted by
Anna |
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I totally have a crush on Jaques, as in You Don't Know Jaques by O.P.I. The.Prettiest.Taupe.Ever. I do not own it though.. yet! What to do? Use the next best thing of course, Mink Muffs by Essie! It's more brown than YDKJ but still a pretty good substitute in my opinion. I absolutely love it!
This was a tough cookie to photograph, it's slightly more grey in real life but I just couldn't get the camera to capture it.
Think this bottle picture might be a little more color accurate.I don't know what to call this color, it's not really brown and it's not really taupe, it's somewhere in between. Brown'ish taupe? Taupe'ish brown? It's gorgeous anyway, can't believe it's been sitting in my Helmer untried for so long! I got the whole collection right as it came out and just now grabbed this bottle for the first time. What was I thinking?! It applied really well, but was a little bit sheer, it took 3 to 4 coats to get it opaque. I'm sure I could have gotten away with only 3 coats but I'm a perfectionist and had to do 4.
That's all for today!
Have a nice day and thanks for reading!
That's all for today!
Have a nice day and thanks for reading!
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- Naptown, La La Land, Sweden
- Nail Nerd by day, Ninja by night! My favourite things are informercials and thumb tacs... NO! It's nails of course! and ninjas. Nails and ninjas.. yup!
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