Wrap-up Review: Madame Milly

Since there were so many pieces to this brand being reviewed over several months of time I thought a wrap-up was in order. Madame Milly does not appear to be available at Kohl's anymore, but does appear to be available on Amazon.com.

One Note: Revlon Nail Art Neon in 120 Light Neon

This is a One Note because I am pretty sure this is going to be removed shortly from my nails and is being posted more to remind me to tell my husband not to bother buying any more of the duel-ended nail polishes from Revlon because they have been more miss than hits for me. Granted this one is kind of old, but it is also the first time I used it, although it does kind of look like maybe it had been opened in the store before he bought it because the yellow end was half empty or more. But either way, it is very gloppy and not nice.

Review: Rimmel Lasting Finishing Pro 330 Posh Pink

Nail Polish:    Rimmel Lasting Finishing Pro 330 Posh Pink

Bottle on the right end


Day Applied:    8/3/13

Upcoming Review: Rimmel London Lasting Finish Pro and French White Tip Pro

During CVS's Semi Annual Makeup Clearance Sale my husband tried to get one of everything he could find that was 75% and unopened.  Select Rimmel London Nail Polishes fit that requirement and I ended up with these three :-)

Review: ColorMates Nail Polish in Glitter Glam

Nail Polish:    ColorMates Nail Polish in Glitter Glam

Day Applied:    6/25/13

Cost: (Without any discounts)    $1.00 at the Dollar Tree

Coats until same color as the bottle:    This is a glitter top coat so I do not expect it to completely coat the nail in glitter.

Cream   
Shimmer   
Glitter:    Yes (Large and tiny glitter in Dark Pink, Orange, Green, Blue/Teal, and Silver)
Other   

Drying time:    Five to ten minutes for touch dry.

Holiday Nails: Independence Day 2013 (4th of July)

I get very sentimental about all things related to the United States of America its flag, national anthem, and anything else that I associate with this day. Do I think we do everything right, no, there are a lot of things this country has done that I am not proud of, but I am still glad I am from here and live here.

Flag and Fireworks for Independence Day

Review: ColorMates Nail Polish in Spring Fling

Nail Polish:    ColorMates Nail Polish in Spring Fling

Day Applied:    5/6/13

Cost: (Without any discounts)    $1.00 at the Dollar Tree

Coats until same color as the bottle:   

One coat probably would have been fine for getting to the color in the bottle because this is mostly shimmer so the color in the bottle itself is not that deep.

Cream    No
Shimmer    Yes
Glitter    Maybe, only if you consider the super tiny shimmer to actually be glitter.
Other   

Drying time:   

Five to ten minutes for touch dry, although I waited an hour before I was willing to do anything else with my hands because I tend to smudge my nails a lot.

Image after one coat:   

Review: ColorMates Nail Polish in Hot Red

Nail Polish:    ColorMates Nail Polish in Hot Red

Upcoming Review: ColorMates Nail Polishes

 

I have three ColorMates nail polishes that I am pretty sure were all purchased at the Dollar Tree.  The polishes to be reviewed, from left to right are, Hot Red, Spring Fling, and Glitter Glam.

When doing the Glitter Glam review, I will be showing the polish used as a top coat over a Wet n Wild's French White Crème from the Wild Shine line and Black Crème from the Wild Shine line in order to try and show the glitter contained within more clearly.  I will do two white nails and two black nails.  One set will have one coat of the glitter polish on them, the other set will have two coats of the glitter polish on them.

Review: Sally Hansen Magnetic Nail Color in 902 Polar Purple

Nail Polish:    Sally Hansen Magnetic Nail Color in 902 Polar Purple

Review: Madame Milly Nail Polish in Hot Pink

The kit this is from was purchased for me by my husband a few months ago.  I am not sure if the same kit is still available; this series of reviews is intended to help with deciding whether future purchases from this brand is worthwhile.

Nail Polish:    Madame Milly Nail Polish in Hot Pink

Nail Polish Party with Nieces: April 5, 2013

The other day I volunteered to babysit our nieces while my husband and his best friend, their father, went for a hike. They are probably old enough to not need babysitters any more, but it was a good excuse to share in the nail polish I have amassed and I had been mentioning to my husband before that I thought it would be fun to have them over and let them paint their nails (with their mother's permission of course) so when the opportunity presented itself, I grabbed it.

Yesterday they came over and I had arranged a selection of my nail polishes for them to pick from and told them if they didn't see anything they liked we could look at the larger collection.

Review: Madame Milly Nail Polish in Red

The kit this is from was purchased for me by my husband a few months ago.  I am not sure if the same kit is still available; this series of reviews is intended to help with deciding whether future purchases from this brand is worthwhile.

Nail Polish:    Madame Milly Nail Polish in Red

Day Applied:    3/23/13

Cost: (Without any discounts)    Kits at Kohl's range from $20 to $40.  Kohl's does run regular sales so I always recommend waiting for one of those when considering makeup there.

Keep In Mind: March

Having seen many YouTube videos where the makeup lover does a monthly favorites video I thought I would do something similar but in post form.

Each month I will list two "favorites" to Keep In Mind, provided I have two; one that is something I have not reviewed in the previous month and one that is something I have reviewed in the previous month.   If I don't have anything that I considered something worth keeping in mind for the month, or if it is the same as the previous month, I will say so. 

Needless to say, what I am starting off with that has not been reviewed is always a favorite so it is always something I keep in mind and will get more of when I run out.
 

Holiday Nails: Easter 2013

White Nails for Easter

Basic white nails, there is a lot of shimmer to them, but the point was to make them look like hard boiled eggs and then do some nail art with a nail art polish my husband had picked out for me so that they would look like Easter Eggs.  Unfortunately I have been having a really hard time with nail polish the last couple of day and this is quite possibly the 15th attempt to get the white on to the nails correctly.  I know for sure it is over the 9th attempt because that is where I lost count but kept going; I have used roughly 1/3 of a bottle of white nail polish just trying to get this far.

This polish was done this morning, on Easter, on a whim, and this is probably the best I have ever painted my nails because there is very little polish actually on the skin.  While it may not be what I had envisioned several days ago when I came up with my idea of Easter Egg nails, I am very proud of them.

Nail Polish used was Wet N Wild's Megalast Polish in 202A Break the Ice.

Thank you for your time.

Review: Fetish Run for Cover Nail Color in ICON

Nail Polish:    Fetish Run For Cover Nail Color in ICON

Nail Polish Review Form

Since the next review will most likely be a nail polish one.

Things of note for how I apply nail polish.  First off the base and top coat used will be Wet N Wild's fast dry Clear Coat or which every Wet N Wild Clear Coat I have on hand as I am guessing they are all the same.  The only exceptions would be if the base coat/top coat came in a kit with the nail polish being reviewed.  Also, I am very bad at applying polish to my nails, it frequently looks like I have dipped my fingers in paint after the initial application.  It does get better, but I do not use nail polish remover to do the clean up because I am even worse at controlling that.  I just let washing my hands, showers, and baths soak the polish on the skin off because it does a much better job than I do and usually in less than 24 hours which is why I always do my nails on days I am pretty sure I am not going to leave the house that evening.

Nail Polish: Brand: # Name

Day Applied: MM - DD - YYYY

Cost: Price I (also read as, my husband) paid because we only buy makeup on sale/clearance.  (Without any discounts)

Tips: Nail Polish Clear Coat/Top Coat and avoiding color transfer to the bottle

So yesterday I was applying the nail polish I plan to post a review of in seven to eight days and while I was applying the top coat I thought including tips on this blog as separate posts would be a good idea.  If the tip I am including is something I learned from a YouTube video or another website I will link to the source as most of the tips will probably not be things I came up with myself.  If the tip is something I came up with myself I am not claiming to be the only person who ever thought to do whatever it is I am suggesting, just that I personally hadn't heard/read it from anyone else.