Swatch and Review: Ulta Jaded

Good morning, everyone! I'm so sorry that I've been off the grid for the past week. I got slammed with two major assignments when I returned from my cruise, one of which was a group project. Just to quickly sum that one up, four girls, two who barely paid attention in class (and could not make deadlines), one of whom wrote worse than my twelve-year-old sister, and a TON of editing the end result on my part made for a very unhappy and stressed out Princess Polish.

On the other had, for my second project, I finished it on Saturday at 11:30pm... 48 hours before it was due. I didn't do that in four years of undergrad, so I celebrated with a few hours of swatching!

And today, one of those swatches is the subject of my post: Ulta Jaded!

Back when this blog was first starting out, I found my very first Ulta, 45 minutes from my house. At the time, there was a clearance sale going on and I snagged Jaded for only $2.

I honestly do not know why I waited so long to wear this.

A deep, forest green, Ulta Jaded looks nearly black indoors. But hit a flash of light and BOOM! A pop of green microshimmer comes your way!

The application of the two coats was like butter with a fairly reasonable dry time. I loved it and used it as a base for a manicure later in the week!

Are you ladies feeling this fall color?
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Swatch and Review: SoFlaJo Ghost of a Chance

Happy Monday! (Yeah, I know.)

I'm going to post a little more on NYFW and Fashion's Night Out in a few days, but today, I have for you a wonderful creation from SoFlaJo.

Halloween is a little over a month and a half away, but Jody's Terrified Collection is bringing the scary spirit to your nails!

Here is the full collection above... STUNNERS!

I had the opportunity to try out Ghost of a Chance, a crystalline shimmer polish that doubles as a blue-green top coat!

Here, you can see the ghostly-presence of the green and blue shimmer.

Because of the undertones of the glitter, I chose to layer Ghost of a Chance over a range of dark blues and black. From left to right, there are two coats over Zoya Indigo, Zoya Ibiza, Zoya Song, and Zoya Tart.

I think it gives them all a gorgeous depth that a plain creme or frost just can't portray on its own. Though, I think it looks the BEST over the black because it gives the green the most pop!

While this definitely has the look of fall, I think this will be amazing for an icy winter look too!

Like all of SoFlaJo's polishes, the application was outstanding. She really knows how to do awesome, transformative top coats!

Handcrafted, all polishes are made from natural pigments and glitters with bases free of the chemicals Toluene, Formaldehyde and Dibutyl Phthalate and Formaldehyde. You can purchase any and all of the Terrified Collection now at the SoFlaJo Etsy Shop. Mini bottles are available for $5 (7mL) and the full size bottles are available for $10 (15mL). The 5-piece Terrified Collections (available in mini or full size) have deep shipping discounts too. BONUS!

What do you think of Ghost of a Chance?

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Sinful Colors Cinderella

Doesn't every little girl dream of her fairytale moment? I will cop to having a crush on Prince Harry... though for a time in middle school, while Prince William's hairline didn't resemble his father's, I would have taken either royal.

Who am I kidding? I'd still take either.

Sinful Colors Cinderella is the perfect shade for any woman of any age to remind her that all ladies deserve to feel like princesses once in a while.

Cinderella is a light blue creme with subtle light pink microshimmer. It's so hard to capture the shimmer on camera, as it just did not want to focus on it, but it's more pronounced in person. It took four coats to build up to the level of opacity that I wanted, but it was totally worth it.

What amazed me is that when I think of the Disney version, this base color is EXACTLY what comes to mind. That dress! Ahh!

 

See what I mean? And that shimmer gives it a little bit of the Fairy Godmother magic!

You can find it at your local Walgreens or Harmons Face Values for $1.99.

Have you found Sinful Colors Cinderella near you?

Bibbity Bobbity Boo!
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Swatch and Review: Sally Hansen HD Byte

I had been reading that over at Rite Aid, a lot of polishes had been listed as 75% off. When I got to the one by school, I found a lot of them had been wiped from the shelves. BUT I managed to snag two Sally Hansen HD polishes for $1.55 each and I was very happy with that.

Originally, I noticed the polishes were wayyyyy too sheer to be on their own. But when I layered Byte, which looked like nothing more than a pretty pink polish, I was nearly knocked off my chair.

 

Holy guacamole, Byte is a duochrome! 

Upon closer examination of the bottle, I noticed some blue microshimmer hiding amongst all that glitter.

 

Look at that color shift! Ahh, I LOVED it. The only downside was the noticeable tip wear after a day, but for such a gorgeous duochrome effect, I'll repaint if I have to!

You can purchase any of these HD shades by Sally Hansen at your local drug store, such as CVS, Walgreens, or Rite Aid.

So what do you think, ladies? Worth the $1.55?

And stay tuned for the first post of March Madness!

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Day 23: Zoya Dannii

Though I don't own Zoya Danielle (due to its sheer, ballet slipper-like appearance), I like to take some creative license and consider Dannii another namesake.

I'm not going to lie. I waited a really long time to buy Dannii. When the Intimate Collection came out last spring, I dragged my heels. I wasn't in the pastel mood, not even for the much-hyped Gemma. But when the Zoya 2012 promo came out, I finally pulled the trigger and caved.

And boy am I happy I did.