Rainbow Honey Swatches: Equestria Collection

Hey y'all today I have some swatches of a few polishes from Rainbow Honey's Equestria collection!  I bought these when they first came out last year and swatched them, but I completely forgot to upload them! >.<

Let's get to the swatches!

 

  

The Element of Magic:  a purple base filled with all kinds of purple, pink, silver, and holo glitter!  I applied two coats over China Glaze Coconut Kiss.

The Worst Possible Thing:  a clear base filled with blue and purple flakes and holo, pink, and purple glitters!  I applied one coat over Sinful Colors Lavender (left) and Sinful Colors Black on Black (right).

Celestia: a sheer blue base filled with shimmer and opalescent flakes.  I applied two coats over Color Club Take Me To Your Chatuae (left) and Sinful Colors Black on Black (right).

I love these polishes and I definitely want to buy more in the future!  Rainbow Honey newest collection is the Sweet Talk collection, which you can check out HERE.  You can check out Rainbow Honey's Facebook page HERE and their website HERE.

Do you have any Rainbow Honey polishes?  If so, which one(s) are your favorite?  If not, which one(s) are on your wish list?

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Crystal <3

Dupe Alert!?: OPI Casino Royale vs. Kleancolor Plum

Hey guys, so I was looking through my collection and noticed that quite a few of my polishes looked like each other.

The two polishes that I'm comparing tonight are OPI's Casino Royale and Kleancolor's Plum.

 Bottle Comparison:  They look very similar, but Casino Royale does look a bit "brighter" than Plum.

On the nail:  In person the two colors look a lot more similar on the nail, but in the pictures you can kind of see a difference between the two polishes.  Can you tell which one is which?

 

Here I have a light directly over my nails.  Now can you tell which is which?

I applied OPI's Casino Royale on my index and ring finger and Kleancolor's Plum on my middle and pinkie finger!  Did you get it right?

In regular lighting you can't really see a difference unless you stare at fingers for a all the time and analyze the polish.  OPI Casino Royale is a tad brighter than Kleancolor Plum, which is more of a muted greyed plum.

 In this picture you can really see that Kleancolor Plum has some grey in it.  

Overall:  These colors aren't exact dupes, but I don't think you need both of them.  If you want to save a few bucks then go for the Kleancolor shade.  If you prefer the brighter plum color and don't mind spending $8 then go for the OPI shade.  Both polishes only took two coats to achieve full opacity.  One thing that I didn't like about KC Plum is that the polish did seem a little patchy but I think my polishing skills were to blame. : P

So which of the two do you prefer?  

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Crystal <3

Week In Review #2: Jan. 21-27

Hey guys so I know I didn't post much last week, I was busy job hunting and editing pictures and videos.

Here's the week in review:

BLOGPOST

Nail Polish Spotlight: Love My Nails Merlot

Decmeber Ipsy Bag (2013)

Pure Ice: Top Underwear Shades for 2013!

Nail Polish Spotlight (Combo):  Wet N Wild I Red a Good Book & Fergie Tonight's Gonna Be a Good Night

VIDEOS

December Haul Pt.1

January Ipsy Bag

December Haul Pt.2

2012 Favorites Pt.1 | Makeup

So there you have it!  Next week I have some swatches, nail fails, hauls, and more so stay tuned!

Let me know what kind of post you would like to see in the future in the comments or you can shoot me an email HERE.

Thanks for reading; follow and share if you like!
Crystal

Nail Polish Spotlight (Combo): Wet N Wild I Red a Good Book & Fergie Tonight's Gonna Be a Good Night

Hey y'all! Today I have the Nail Polish Spotlight shining over a fun nail polish combo!

Fergie by Wet n Wild Tonight's Gonna Be a Good Night and Wet n Wild I Red a Good Book

Tonight's Gonna Be a Good Night (TGBGN) is a polish filled with small matte black glitters and medium gold glitters in a clear base.  I've had TGBGN for a while but I couldn't figure out what I wanted to wear with it...until now! 

I've been in a red polish mood lately so I decided to wear one of my many untried polishes, I Red a Good Book, and I fell in love with the two of these together!  At first I wasn't a big fan of the glitter after one coat but after I got more glitter on the nail it looked a lot better! 

The wear of this polish was suprisingly long!  I wore this mani for about five days and only had minor tip wear!  The only thing that I didn't like too much was that you can see my nail line through the base color.

What polish do you like pairing Tonight's Gonna Be a Good Night with?  I think I might wear it over a gold color next!

Thanks for reading; follow and share if you like!
Crystal <3

Pure Ice: Top Underwear Shades for 2013! (Pic Heavy)

Hey y'all I hope you all have had a great day so far!  Today I have some polish combos from Pure Ice's Top Underwear polishes for 2013! 

There's a lot to see so let's get started!

Click "Read More" to see the pairs of "underwear" that I got! ; )

December Ipsy Bag (2012)

Better late than never right?  Well I've been playing with the products from my glam bag and thought I would do a little review!

 December 2012 Glam Bag!

The bag this month was a rectangular shape in a gunmetal grey color.  Out of all of the bags that I've received I like the structure of this one the best.  The bag seems to be well made and the zipper is really nice and feels like it's good quality.

The inside of the bag.

Mirabella Face and Eye Primer:  I was needing a new eye primer so I was happy to get this...until I used it.  The primer has a weird gel type consistency and felt slick on my lids.  I really wanted to like this, but my eyeshadow still creased pretty bad when I wore this alone.  I would suggest using a cream eyeshadow like a Maybelline color tattoo over the primer to keep your eyeshadow from creasing.

Be a Bombshell lip gloss in Hot Mess:  First off, let me just say that I LOVE the name of this lip gloss!  I really think they should make a lip gloss named Ratchet and have a lip gloss duo with Hot Mess and Ratchet!!!  Haha okay back to the gloss, the color is a bit sheer and gives a nice tint of color to your lips.  The only thing I don't like is that the lip gloss is a little sticky.

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Zero:  I LOVE this eyeliner!!!  It's very black and glides on very smooth!  The only thing that I don't like is that you have to sharpen it.  I'm not sure if I would buy a full size liner since it's $19, but it's probably one of the best eyeliners that I've ever tried.

NYX Ultra Pearl Mania Pigment in Mink Pearl:  This is a bit too light for me to use as an eyeshadow, but I have used it as a highlight and it works fine.  I want to try and do some type of nail art with this so be on the lookout for that in the future.

Mai Couture Highlighter Paper:  This is an interesting product... The highlight is a peachy champagne color and comes in sheets.  The product is easy to apply and gives a nice glow to your skin, but I don't think it's anything special.

Urban Decay Naked Skin Beauty Balm:  This product was an extra that Ipsy gave to members that are active on the Ipsy site.  I was excited to try this product but...lets just take a look at the pictures below.

As you can see, the color is no where close to the color of my skin.  I thought that they would've sent us a sample that matched our skin tone, but apparently this is the only shade that the BB cream comes in.  : (

 It rubs in well, but as you can see the product doesn't match my skin and it leaves my skin looking kind of "ashy".

Overall, I liked this month's bag even though I wasn't too thrilled about everything I got.

Do you like beauty subscriptions?  If you do then I would highly recommend Ipsy!  It's only $10 a month and you are guaranteed at least two full-sized items and deluxe sized samples.  Find out more information about Ipsy HERE.

Are there any other beauty/nail subscriptions that you all like?  Let me know in the comments.

Thanks for reading; follow and share if you like,
Crystal <3

Nail Polish Spotlight: Love My Nails Merlot

Hey guys, today I have a quick NPS post!

This past fall/winter I've been obsessed with dark colors and have one of my favorites to share with you all today!

Love My Nails "Merlot"

 



Merlot was one of the first polishes that I bought when I first became obsessed with nail polish!  It's a deep burgundy color with some beautiful shimmer that almost looks violet when you look REALLY close, unfortunately my camera couldn't pick up the shimmer very well : ( . (2 coats)

 



Although the polish applies great, the wear is kinda meh.  I was able to wear this for about three days without chipping, but as soon as I chipped the tiniest piece of polish on my nails the rest started chipping off.  If you change your polish frequently then the chipping might not be a problem for you. If you like to wear your polish for a long time then you might want to stay away from this one.

 

What are some of your favorite dark polishes?

 

Thanks for reading; follow and share if you like!

Crystal <3