Two Swatches !

Sorry for my lack of posts this week - Valentine's Day certainly kept me busy (^_^) and I because of the tiles I work with in glass art, my nails get wrecked... pretty fast.

Anyways, here's two manicures I did for Valentine's day.

First off is a bright red from Rimmel London. This one is called 310 Red Carpet, and from what I've seen they don't make it anymore.

 As you can see above, I attempted to add some flair to this mani and added on a sticker. They were nifty, but I must've applied them too fast because it got all yucky after I applied my Seche Vite.

Note: these pictures were taken about three days after wear. No major chipping, and only two coats ^_^

Here's the second one I did, simpler this time. This is Claire's Mood Changing Polish in Calm/Wild. It's a really shimmery pink-when-warm/purple-when-cold polish. It does not change by mood, it changes based on your body temperature. It looks really cool with longer nails! Anyways, this polish USED to work for me. I always use three coats, but this time I got a maaaaaajor chip (I blame you, Seche Vite!) so I took it off pretty quickly.

Hope you had a great Valentine's day!

-Melanie

Drugstore Beauty!

Sorry about my break from swatches - none of the pictures I took turned out very good because it's been raining all week! Roar!

Here's a drugstore polish - Pulsating from Rimmel (London?).

 Above in the sun (which didn't last long), and below in the shade (which was actually two minutes later).

This colour is a very "bam! right in your face!" kind of polish. It's actually got a fuchsia-y hint which is great since pink is not really my colour... I'm wearing it to distract from my nail band-aid :]. Anyways, these pictures were taken after two days of wear. As you can see, there's no chipping, just some natural nail growth (which makes me super happy!)

I purchased mine for around $4 at Walmart, although I think it might be $3. This is an oldie from my stash.

By the way, anyone enter those giveaways I posted? Fingers crossed!

-Melanie.