OPI - Blue Moon Lagoon

Hello Everyone

Well its mighty miserable weather at the mo, with record storms hitting the UK, I thought I would show you a polish which conjures up imagery of sun, sea and holidays, OPI - Blue Moon Lagoon.

This is 4 coats of Blue Moon Lagoon. Had no problems with application, although it is quite sheer could of done with another coat. All pics taken indoors under flash. Blue Moon Lagoon is a light turquoise holo. Really like this shade, I think it has calming and tranquil properties (waffling again).  On a serious note, it is a very subtle shade and very pretty. Can't remember how much I paid for this one? Although I'm sure it was under £7.00 on ebay.

And now, Blue Lagoon in the Bahamas...I'm so over the winter and cold weather already :-) Can I celebrate Christmas here please??

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Enjoy

Tee Dee xx

One lonely Sally...

Hello Everyone

As I mentioned yesterday, I won't have many posts this week due to my balls up with managing my swatching schedule. I usually swatch on a weekend which didn't happen this week! Doh!

Today I have the only Sally Hansen polish in my collection...the glorious Amber Ruby from the Nail Prisms line. Wish I had some more of these, once again I missed out.

So I may have missed out on most of these, but I have this one, and it's a goodun :-) Amber Ruby is a red/orange/gold/green/ duochrome. This has a super thin formula, this is 4 precious coats. The application brush was horrendous, just a thin strip and extra long due to the shape of the bottle.

So the Prisms line was released in 2002. What has the polish world been doing in the last 10 years!? There hasn't been a collection line like this since. Yes there are long discontinued brands which contained duochromes/multichrome polishes, but Sally Hansen's Prisms line contained over 40, YES over 40 polishes! including shimmers and holos. It puts Models Own Beetle juice collection in perspective really, just a small dot on the duochrome world map.

All I have to say on this matter is,

Dear Santa

For Christmas, could I please have the resurrection of the long discontinued Sally Hansen Prisms. I've been a really good girl and I think they would look pretty on.

Thank you very very much

Love

T xx

Another Vintage - Misa Pepper

Hi Folks

YES I have for you another vintage nail polish (sorry). I'm in love with these old shades. Another purchase from the nail shop. Misa - Pepper is a Khaki/Olive green polish with a golden shimmer (warning very pic heavy).

With Flash

Absolutely a to die for polish. Such an unusual colour as well. I even got a nice compliment from a shop assistant in a local beauty store, This is two coats. Formula was good. I have one more Misa polish left to show you and that's my lot. I haven't got any polishes from their new collection. I really want Toxic Seduction though and Embroidered Emerald (another discounted polish).

Any other Misa colours/shades you would recommend?

Tee Dee xx

Vintage Heaven- Misa Heaven's Glow

Hi Peoples

Seems I'm stuck in today, the weather is awful and I feel like I'm coming down with a cold (booo). So I can post from the comfort of my pit (bed). Today I have another 'nail shop' purchase. Another vintage Misa - Heaven's Glow. It's a gorgeous light purple polish with gold shimmer, almost duochrome. The pictures of this polish do not do it any justice. Under certain light it turns quite dusky with the mood of the polish completely changing.

With Flash

Formula was ok seeing it was an oldie. Needed 3 coats and it was still a bit sheer, but I forgive Heaven's Glow as it's an amazing color. I'm hopefully popping back to the nail shop this week and I'm hoping to find some more delights to share with you. This only cost me £2 -vintage on a budget - I likey :-)

Enjoy

Tee Dee xx

The Beginning - A Vintage Misa Polish

Well hello there...

Is anyone there? Well hopefully there will be, otherwise I'm rambling to myself (not an uncommon occurrence). So here is my first blogging nail post and it feels like a start of a voyage, a new beginning.

Why did I decide to begin this journey. Well, I had been contemplating the idea of a nail blog for months but my nails just would not grow to an acceptable length. Weeks past, and still no beautiful long nails appeared.

So I thought sod it, I'm off to the nail shop to get acrylics. It was there that I discovered my first swatch. When picking my mani colour, I stumbled upon this beauty. I never knew what it was until I got home as the bottle had no label, but I knew it was a rare find. But who was I going to share this news with? Nobody, I had NOBODY! No one to get excited with about this little gem of a find.

I have always been a nail polish fan, but over the last 12 months this hobby had turned into an obsession. All the nail polishes I had somehow accumulated needed to be put to good use. That is the start of my story folks.


So lets get on with it. The polish that started it all. Misa Four Leaf Clover.

Misa Four Leaf Clover is a gorgeous forest green polish with copper flecks. I loved it as soon as I spotted it, I was half debating whether to offer to buy the near empty bottle from the shop. I didn't have the guts to ask, they would have thought I was a loon.

I have no idea when Misa released this polish, I did try to research but couldn't find any info.

Despite how my hands look in the pic, this green really suited my skin tone and wasn't as red as my camera shows.


Enjoy and hopefully more posts to follow and some followers to follow the posts (ya get me)



Tee Dee x