Revlon - Sweetly Seductive

Revlon Sweetly Seductive collection

Hiya Girlies!!  I am excited to share the latest Revlon scented collection with you today.  I have to say, personally I LOVE Revlon's scented polishes.  This is their 3rd scented collection and I think the best!  All of the polishes in this collection have "fizz" in their name and have amazing glass fleck sparkle.

Apple-tini Fizz & Colada Fizz

Apple-tini Fizz

Colada Fizz

2 coats each...no base or top coat

Grape Fizz & Grapefruit Fizz

Grape Fizz

Grapefruit Fizz

Mint Fizz & Orange Fizz

Mint Fizz

Orange Fizz

Pineapple Fizz & Watermelon Fizz

Pineapple Fizz

Watermelon Fizz

Wow!!  My fingers are mush after typing Fizz so many times!

As you can see, these are on the sheer side, but definitely have a beautiful sparkle to them.  I am looking forward to layering them with my other Revlon scented polishes for super-awesome fruit salad nails!!  

Also, I have to mention, I was THRILLED to see watermelon in this collection.  I have now have scented polish to represent each fruit on my Konad fruit plate (M55)

4th of July Mani / Pedi

Hi girlies!  Yipes!  My list of to-do blog posts is in the double digits!  Work has been busy and on top of that I spent nearly every waking moment the past few weeks getting ready for our 4th of July BBQ and fireworks.

I am trying my best to get through my list as fast as possible....there is a lot of good stuff!!

I was so preoccupied with preparations that I didn't give much thought to what I wanted to do with my nails.  When I finally needed a break from cleaning, gardening, and cooking I decided on a fairly simply Red, White, and Blue combo with added glitter top coat in honor of the fireworks.

Here we have all the ingredients...all lined up in a row.  The base coat used was Seche Clear.  The top coat used was Seche Vite.

Picking my red was the easiest part!  Zoya's America was begging to part of this patriotic mani / pedi.  After 2 coats of America, I added 1 coat of Claire's red hex glitter, then I added 1 coat of Revlon Slipper.

The white was pretty easy too.  At the time I painted my nails for the holiday weekend, I only had 2 white polishes....and one is kinda thick and old.  So, Sinful Colors Snow Me White it is!!  After 2 coats of SMW, I added 1 coat of Claire's blue hex glitter, then 1 coat of Revlon Star.

Picking a blue shade was very hard for me.  I thought I had a fair amount of blues in my collection, but they all seemed to light or too dark...and none of them were the right creme to go with America and SMW...so I picked the blue I liked best with the red and white and ended up with OPI DS Magic.  I have to admit I felt a little blasphemous for using Magic for the first time in a combo mani...and one that would be covered in glitter at that...  After 2 coats of OPI DS Magic, I used 1 coat of Sally Hanson In The Spotlight followed by 1 coat of Revlon Belle.

I did end up rather liking the result.  

I don't usually pick my polish to match my outfits as I usually keep my nail color for a week and don't like to be quite that matchy matchy, but I do try to avoid clashing when possible.  I picked out a marine themed outfit for the 5th that went quite well with the 4th of July nails.

I love this necklace!!  A gorgeous iridescent lavender shell with gold edges....I got it at Goodwill....SCORE!! It went nicely with my royal blue faux-suede tank.

I have a bazillion pairs of sandals, but these are definitely among my most favorite.  I bought them at Ether....the CUTEST little shoe boutique in the Pearl District of Portland.  

:)  My Felix Rey for Target bag always makes me smile!  It has gold leather braided handles with gold toggle hardware.  The bag itself is mostly wavy blue and cream canvas with 2 beautiful fish, each featuring metallic leather, jewel eyes, and large sequin scales.  I love this bag, but it is much too pretty for the beach!  I would be mortified if it got dirty!!

Random Recent Hauls

Hey Girlies!

I've gotten a little backlogged with successful polish hunts recently, so I've decided to purge several at once...here goes:

First a couple of dusties purchased from a salon in Cedar Hills Crossing:

China Glaze Pom Pom & China Glaze Cosmic

Both these shades are from China Glaze's Specialty Collection.....one of my favorite collections of all time!

The next 2 were purchased at Fred Meyer's.

LA Splash Baby Octopus

I love the pretty rainbows!!  Dancing prisms always remind me of Pollyanna!

My last Revlon scented polish!  Somehow I never got Pretty in Papaya, so I fixed that.  I have all the Revlon scented polishes so far with the exception of the beach and ocean scented ones....I love Strawberry Shortcake dolls and scented markers not the scented stickers of bizarre things!

From a different Fred Meyer's we have another LA Splash.

LA Splash Embellished

Absolutely breathtaking.  The swatch is droolworthy!

The next 2 are from Ulta:

Essence Irreplaceable & OPI DS Jewel

Both these polishes are incredibly hard to photograph.  Jewel is almost a wine color with an olive gold duochrome to it and Irreplaceable is a very light beige with subtle gold shimmer throughout.  

Another day at Ulta:

I picked up Essence Where Is The Party? 

a very pretty purple to teal to green multichrome

My first Glam Slam duo!  OPI Spark De Triomphe & OPI White Shatter

and Glam Slam duo #2 OPI Rally Pretty Pink and OPI Red Shatter

From Sally Beauty Supply:

Finger Paints Art You Wondering? & Finger Paints Purple Palette

From Target:

Sally Hansen In The Spotlight & Sally Hansen Snappy Sprinkles

From Fred Meyer's:

OPI Not Like the Movies & OPI Teenage Dream

OPI Last Friday Night & OPI The One That Got Away

Along with OPI black shatter, these colors make up the OPI Katy Perry collection

From Ulta:

OPI Skull and Glossbones & OPI Steady as She Roes

OPI Planks a Lot & OPI Sparrow Me the Drama

OPI Stranger Tides & OPI Mermaid's Tears

together with OPI Silver Shatter these colors make up the OPI Pirates of the Caribbean collection

Whew!!  That feel like a huge load off my mind!  More detailed reviews and swatches to come.