Perfect Kiss

I've been a fan of most of the Misa products that I've tried. I found this past spring's Wishes collection to be an exercise in magic. Light, sparkly colors? Some of which seem to shimmer in multiple colors? IN. I've bought some of their earlier stuff as well -- Dirty Sexy Money was a big pedicure crowd pleaser, and I've posted about my adoration for Spinning Out of Control on this very blog (and it's my twitter avatar -- @tinybottle if you're interested). So when I was creating a new haul, it seemed only natural that Misa would be represented. I bought two colors that were new to me: Perfect Kiss and It's You!

Today I'm reviewing Perfect Kiss. This color is a deep, bright fucshia with a lot of shimmer. I had a bit more trouble than normal with the formula on this -- it came out really thin for some reason. The color was nice, and had great depth, but I'm not crazy about it. I think my newly-formed nail polish obsession has me "over" the brighter pinks already.

Picture below contains blur to best see the shimmer and the depth of color.

E-Tailer Alert!

China Glaze's Metro Collection has hit the e-tailers. I just picked up uptown and downtown for 17.94 a piece. Grabbed a couple of Misa polishes as well just because. I'm testing nailsupplies.us for the first time. Let's hope they're as excellent as transdesign!

Apparently it will take two days for my beauties to reach me. Please be Wednesday, please be Wednesday...

Misa Genie in This Bottle

Oh Misa, my love affair continues...

Genie in This Bottle comes from Misa's Wishes collection. You can see the Touch the Rainbow post for another gem from Wishes. Like the rest of the collection, Genie in This Bottle is a shimmery pastel. This one is tricky, though. In certain lights she looks purple, in others she looks pink, in others still, light gray with multi-color sparkles. I've seen her described elsewhere as a green with purple and pink sparkly bits. I think that may be the most apt description. Regardless, my camera had a hard time capturing her accurately as she changes quite a bit.

This polish comes in the wondrous square bottle. I find I love the Misa brushes more than is reasonable for this type of thing. Genie in This Bottle's formula is pretty thick, but not unmanageably so. I understand that's fairly common for the pastel princess polishes. Regardless, she's a beauty and worth any small amount of extra application trouble.

Images below are two coats with OPI Natural base and Seche Vite top coats.

Spinning Out of Control

I have two things presently Spinning Out of Control...
1. My burgeoning obsession with MISA nail polishes.
2. My ability to keep a blog going.

So on the 29th of May, I had a one-night only manicure in the color of Spinning Out of Control. This color, from MISA's What I Like About You fall collection is a gorgeous dark blue-purple with all kinds of depth to it. It has some pink/purple shimmer in it and almost seems to glow. The formula on the color was great -- it was thin and self-leveled. I really feel like every MISA nail polish I've tried so far is basically idiot-proof. Which is a bonus for me.

I do want to note that this color pulled WAY blue on me compared to other swatches I've seen online. My picture may be a touch bluer than it was in reality, but not much. My red-blue undertones really took this to a blue place. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

I'm suddenly feeling like I need to buy the entirety of the MISA line. All of it.

Misa Touch the Rainbow

So on Monday, I actually painted my nails China Glaze's I Wanna Lei Ya (also from the Fiji Fling collection). It was a lovely color that couldn't stand up to my bowling league. By the time I had a chance to take photos, my nails were broken and my manicure was 100% chipped and ruined. Every single finger. I'll try it again on another day.

Today I present you with Misa's Tuoch the Rainbow. It's a lovely icy blue with a light blue turquoise shimmer running through it. The formula was mildly challenging to get evenly applied, and required three coats to cover. My hands are something FAR less than steady since the plague hit me, so that could admittedly be a part of it. The color, once applied, is gorgeous! The blue is noticeable, but is not so in your face that it feels awkward in an office (granted, my office is pretty low key about that sort of thing in general, and I'm in a creative department that grants even greater leeway). The color has just the slightest hint of sparkle that gives a nice depth of color. It's great on us pale girls with blue/pink undertones.

Digression: you know what is really, very, not at all cute on us? Yellow. Last night, I got part way through an Electric Pineapple manicure last night before realizing my hands looked hot pink. It was not cute. I'm too pinky-blue and too pale for that. I think I'm going to be willing to give that one to a good, warm-toned home. If anyone reads this and they fit that description, send me an email. The contact info is on the right.

Final analysis of MISA Touch the Rainbow: Great color, just requires a steadier hand than I presently have.

It appears I have a problem.

This blog is being born of necessity. Since April 17, I have made three large nail color purchases from the interwebz. Not just one or two... large, large purchases (at least to me). And I have not finished wearing even the first order's worth of pretty, pretty polishes.

I am a polish addict. The more I have, the more I need. I am a burgeoning nail nutty girl, so I figured I'd join the ranks of the websites I compulsively scan for the latest colors. I'm hoping to have lots of fun updates and reviews as I grow my collection.

Prior to the aforementioned hauls, I had a hodgepodge of about 11-12 colors. And this obsession was brought on by my last in-store (ULTA) purchase of two colors from the China Glaze Anchors Away Collection: Knotty and Ahoy. I bought them, I applied them, I loved them, I NEEDED more.

So without further ado, here are my first three orders that have started my collection in earnest.

Order 1. April 17, 2011. The psychosis begins...
China Glaze Jitterbug*
China Glaze Midnight Mission*
China Glaze Foxy
China Glaze Swing Baby*
China Glaze Strawberry Fields
China Glaze Sky High-Top
China Glaze Frosty*
China Glaze Bahamian Escape
China Glaze Secret Periwink-le*
China Glaze Branding Iron
This was my discovery that China Glaze exists online for about 3.00 a bottle. I love this knowledge.
*already worn

Order 2. April 24, 2011. Or: hey, there's another website and THEY sell OPI & that Seche Vite stuff everyone raves about...
OPI Meet Me on the Star Ferry
OPI Bright Light-Big Color* (presently on my toes. I'll spare you)
OPI Japanese Rose Garden*
China Glaze Something Sweet
China Glaze Sugar High
China Glaze Orange Marmalade*
China Glaze Grape Juice
China Glaze I Wanna Lei Ya
China Glaze Ingrid
China Glaze Peachy Keen*
China Glaze Tantalize Me* (presently on my hands. This I'll show shortly)
Seche Vite Top Coat

Order 3. May 15, 2011. I have no yellow. Or green. PANIC! I should order some stuff!
MISA Genie in This Bottle
MISA Touch the Rainbow
MISA Spinning Out of Control
MISA Dirty Sexy Money
MISA Toxic Seduction
Color Club Soft As Cashmere
China Glaze Electric Pineapple
China Glaze Lighthouse
China Glaze Hey Sailor
China Glaze Below Deck
China Glaze Sea Spray

I was greatly saddened by the fact that On Stranger Tides was sold out. I may have even pouted.

So this is where I start. I'm definitely obsessed. I love this whole nail polish thing.