January Buys

I think I'm just going to do a monthly post of the polishes I've gotten unless it's a HUGE haul.

Anyways, here are the polishes I had picked up towards the end of January.

OPI buy 1, get 2 free sale:

Fly, Tomorrow Never Dies, That's Berry Daring, The Spy Who Loved Me, Skyfall, Shatter The Scales

I also bought a couple Julep polishes from separate blog sales.

Mystery Glitter and America.

 A closer shot of Mystery Glitter. It totally reminds me of Halloween, which is exactly why I bought it. And I got America for patriot holidays. :) I definitely can't wait for the chance to use these!

What do you think? Did you pick up any new polishes in January? What are you looking forward to getting in February?

Zoya Haul

I'm sure everyone knows about the Color Your World promo that Zoya had a couple weeks ago. I took full advantage and ended up getting seven colors.

Paloma, Friday, Evvie

FeiFei, Daul. Song, Creamy

Did you take advantage of the promo? What colors did you pick up??

Winnings & Small Haul

I got a couple giveaway wins this week and snagged an amazing deal from Sally's yesterday.

Lawless Lacquer  held a Zoya giveaway sponsored by Verve Salon in Pittsburgh, and I won Natty and Toni. Natty has been on my wishlist, and Toni is a gorgeous shade! The only reason I hadn't added it on my wishlist is because I have lots of vampy reds/purples and don't wear them very often.

Then, from Mandy's Polish, I won prize #1 of her Birthday Giveaway. The prize included a set of four pots of glitter, OPI Spiderman mini's, Nabi Magnetic Polish Lilac (my first magnetic polish!), Essie Shine of the Times, Sinful Colors Pearl Harbor, Wet n Wild Gray's Anatomy, and Color Club Worth The Risque. 

I stopped at Sally's to get some top coat and see if they had the new Bits N Pieces collection out yet (which they didn't), and I saw they had the Boho Chrome collection on clearance. I wasn't able to get this collection when they came out, and really wanted them, so I was sooo excited to see them marked down. They were only 2.69 each, plus I used my 15% off coupon! What a steal. The only one that was missing was the purple one, and from what I see, it wasn't really a duochrome anyways, just more like a metallic. I also got Posche Top Coat and I haven't ever used it before, so I am anticipating seeing how it matches up to Seche Vite.

Another bit of exciting news...I finally got a daylight light bulb! lol. I thought what I had was a daylight kind, but it wasn't. So, the quality of my pics will be good up a couple notches. I am just sad that I did some really pretty nail art for upcoming challenges over the weekend, so the pics are not very good. Oh well.

Anyways, I want to hear your thoughts on Seche Vite vs. Poshe? I have always been a faithful SV user, but I have heard lots of good things about Posche, too. I'm just wondering if it dries as fast and glossy as SV.  Let me know your thoughts or what you use as a top coat!

Small haul

My childhood best friend was in town to visit over the holiday and we spent an afternoon out shopping and browsing. Here are the polishes that I picked up from Marshall's and Sally's.

Sephora by OPI Blasted Silver, Barielle Green Opal, Orly Passion Fruit, China Glaze Creative Fantasy, Beauty Secrets Cuticle Oil, and some pear lotion.

I'm so glad there is a Marshall's closer to me now because they have Color Club, Sephora by OPI, Barielle, Orly, Sation, and sometimes OPI for a seriously discounted price. I definitely will be stalking!

 My only complaint was that once I got home and opened my Barielle polish...this is what I found:

No brush?!!!! WTF! How does that even happen? I'm torn because I know this was the only bottle and I really like the color...it's a metallic army green with gold shimmer. So, I don't know weather or not just to put it in an empty bottle, or return in. Plus, it was only 2.99...I mean, I wouldn't have bought it if I knew there was no brush, but since I already have it home, I kinda want to keep it. lol.

What would you do? Put it in a cleaned out bottle...for 2.99 you almost can't beat it. Or take it back?