Holy Blue Dupes, Batman!

These are Wet N Wild NERDS Need Love Too and Sinful Colors Paradise. Similar, no? Let's see just how similar...

Thumb, middle, and pinky are Sinful Colors Paradise. Pointer and ring finger are Wet N Wild NERDS Need Love Too. Barely noticeable! The difference is in the application. WnW NERDS is very thin and sheer and doesn't apply as nicely or as opaque as SC Paradise. Also, NERDS has a very slight shimmer that doesn't show well on the nail or in the pics but is definitely noticeable in the bottle.

 For giggles, I added a coat of Sinful Colors Hottie on top ...

And then at the suggestion of someone in my nail group on Facebook, I matted them:

I love these colors! They're *very* close, but application on the Sinful Colors polish is definitely preferable.

Beautiful Barielles!

05/25/11 - I finally snagged a couple of Barielle polishes I've been wanting for a while - Elle's Spell (left) and Falling Star (right). 

Here is Falling Star, which is described as "marine blue with gold glitter." It's definitely marine blue, but I would describe the glitter as more of a coppery color. I LOVE this polish! Onto the favorites list it goes! <3

Next up is Elle's Spell, a "jelly red with multicolor foil flakes." Think Nubar 2010 but in a red jelly! It's absolutely stunning, another of my favorite polishes!

Just for fun, I tossed some Hard Candy Matte-ly In Love top coat onto Elle's Spell... I really like the result :)

My first Zoya!

05/11/11 - Today I'm wearing Zoya Phoebe, one of the Summer 2011 Mod Mattes collection! Phoebe is Greek for "bright and shining," and although this shade, being matte, isn't shiny, it's definitely bright! It looks just like turquoise on the nail. It's beautiful! She is an amazing summery color.