Loreal - Target Red with Orly - Rage tips

Apologies for abandoning this blog for so long! Have been caught up with other things and taking photos of my nails kind of fell to the wayside.

I have been wearing Loreal - Target Red, which is a perfect red cream sold exclusively at target. Of course I got bored and decided to dress it up, giving myself a makeshift french with Orly - Rage. Rage is advertised as a rose gold, but it it comes across as a bronze/silver/gold depending on the light.

This looks really great in person. It's perfect for the Chinese New Year, too bad I'm about 3 and a half months late on that one :) 

The red is coming off a little brighter than it is in real life. Oh and excuse my messy tips, I did them by hand and they are not perfect.

Awkward dog photo! 

OPI - Bastille My Heart

Here is OPI - Bastille My Heart, a nice deep cranberry shimmer. I purchased this as a present for my mom but couldn't help using it myself.

Milani Liquid Metal for Summer (?)

Polish friends, I did something today that is probably a huge no no. I tried on polish in a drugstore (without buying). You see, I am currently starting week 2 of a 2 month no buy and I could not stay away from these colors. I mean, I had to make sure they were not worth purchasing, ya know?

The display that inspired my devious behavior was Milani's new Liquid Metal for Summer Collection. I might be making that name up. My mind was too distracted by metallic micro glitter to get a proper photo of the display, and the name of this collection is completely cut off. I think I remember seeing Liquid Metal so I'm just going to go with that.

Here are my quick and messy skittle swatches. 

Pinky: Metal Gear (one coat) - a yellow/gold metallic. 

Ring: Melt Down (one coat, probably not color accurate) - red metallic 

Middle: Molten Rock - shimmery metallic teal

Index: Hot Metal - pink/purple jelly with pink and blue microglitter. This one is way more pink in person, but the microglitter gives it that bluish purple flash you see in the photo. 

Ok people. I inherited a very stumpy thumb from my father. I really wanted to keep it off the internet, but I used it to swatch an awesome color so I have no choice but to feature it in this next photo. I'm sorry. This is Melt With You - orange metallic with gold microglitter. This one only one coat, I'm sure it's better with two. I don't really own anything like it so I might have to go back and purchase. 

Molten Rock instantly reminded me of Zoya Charla. It's definitely in the same family, but the glitter is a lot finer so the finish is smooth and less glitzy. Charla also has a green duochrome effect. I really like them both, though part of me leans towards Molten Rock cause Charla is almost *too* sparkly for my fingers. They are different enough where owning both is extremely justifiable. Here is a quick side by side: 

Diamond Cosmetics - Cherry Tobacco

This color is absolutely stunning when light hits it. It is a very dark brown (almost black) with a deep red shimmer. I'll admit I was a little put off by how dark this is the first time I wore it, I was expecting the shimmer to be visible 24/7. I'm posting a lot of pics so you can see how this polish changes depending on how the light hits it. (unfortunately the sun has not been out so I have yet to see it in direct sunlight, I imagine it's really pretty). Sorry these photos are kind of crappy! It was hard get the color right at certain angles.

Finger Paints - Magenta Mood

Not quite sure why they call this magenta as this polish is basically a strawberry-toned red. It is filled with tons of micro glitter ("glass flecked" might be the proper polish term). I used three coats which definitely brought out the red even more (it leans *slightly* more pink with 2).