Color Club- Foil Me Once

I've definitely been feeling a more girly vibe for the last few days...hence the super girly pink and purple polishes that I usually don't go for.  Today I have Color Club's Foil Me Once, a lovely pinky purple foil from their Foiled collection. (How many times did I say foil in that sentence?!?)  This is two coats topped with Seche Vite:

Definitely fulfilled my girly polish craving for the day.  I love all of the polishes from the Foiled collection.  Color Club did such a nice job with them :)

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Color Club-Antiquated

Oh, Antiquated, how I love you (and colors like you)!  If you can't tell, I love pale gold foils.  I feel like they're flattering on every skin tone and look chic for every occasion.  This one is one of my favorites because it's not an overly yellow gold.  Yellow gold has never looked good against my skin, so I prefer to stay away from those.  This one is universally flattering and the formula is really easy to work with.  For these photos, I used two coats topped with SV:

What are your favorite gold foils?  I'm always on the lookout for good ones :) (Like I don't have enough already...)
Antiquated is from the Foiled collection, in case you were wondering!

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Wet'n'Wild-Silvivor

Silvivor is a pure chrome silver.  For some reason, I was craving a silver polish, so I put this one on!  Formula was pretty good and took two coats to make it opaque.  I'm not sure why I'm so into wearing silver right now, but I wore this one for 2 and a half days!!  That's an eternity for me!  Anyway, here she is topped with SV:

My camera kind of freaked out on this one and didn't quite know where to focus, so it's a bit blurry.  And sorry about the sloppy job on my middle finger, I didn't do any cleanup on this one cuz I was lazy :)

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Sinful Colors-Dancing Nails

Dancing Nails is a really neat pinky red metallic color.  It makes me feel so fierce!!  Haha :)  Application, as always with SC, was pretty good.  Care is needed with brushstrokes because of the nature of the foil finish.

Isn't she pretty!?  This color always makes me think of Christmas when I see it :)

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Avon-Teal Wing N

Here's another Avon from forever ago...or just three or so years.  I don't really get the name, but the color is pretty!  It's a bit sheer, even at two coats, but it's even, so I didn't mind much.  No topcoat in these photos:

It almost has a foil finish, but its not quiiiite there.  Do any of you guys have this one??  Let me know what you think :)  Till next post, my lovelies!

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Sally Hansen-Time to Shine

Time to Shine is said to be a dupe of Chanel Quartz.  Not sure how close it is, but it certainly looks similar!  It is a metallic beigey-gold with a super flashy finish.  I attempted to freehand a flower on the ring finger...total fail!  Haha :)

These photos make the color seem just a wee bit more yellow than it actually is.  I really like it...what do you gals think??

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another crackle, but a lovely one!

I came across this crackle in a local boutique.  It's by a brand called Nabi, which isn't very well known.  I have used one Nabi polish before and was unimpressed.  This one, though, was totally different!!  Usually crackles and I don't get along, but this one was pretty easy to work with.  I also love this one because it's a charcoal metallic crackle, which makes it kind of unusual.  Even though it's metallic, it still shows up really well against most colors.  These pictures are crackle layered over Sally Hansen Pacific Blue and topped with Out the Door:

As you can see, this one crackles pretty well.  I just had some trouble with my pinky finger.

What do you guys think?  Is the crackle fad on its way out??  Or here to stay for a while longer?

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Revlon-Carbonite

Ahhhh, the highly coveted Carbonite, how I love thee.  Widely accepted as the dupe to Chanel's Graphite, it has been really elusive and extremely hard to find.  However, the other day while shopping in my local CVS, I spotted one left in a Revlon display.  I immediately snatched it up and I'm sooooo glad I did :)  Carbonite is beyond gorgeous.  I'm wearing two coats and no topcoat in these photos:

I wish I had Graphite so I could do a comparison post, but alas, I don't.  I don't think I need it either, because I've looked closely at pictures of these polishes side by side and they truly look identical.  I'm in love!

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Sally Hansen-Forever Lilac

Forever Lilac is from the Diamond Strength line.  It is a sheer berry-lilac mix of a color with a ton of pretty shimmer.  Now, I did not expect this polish to be called Forever Lilac when I first saw the color.  In the bottle it is more of a raspberry color, definitely not lilac.  On the nail, however, it dries just a touch lighter.  Still not a true lilac, but definitely closer than the bottle color.  These photos are three coats topped with SV.

I really like this color. I'm not sure it's the best against my skin tone, but it's super shimmery and pretty.  Very feminine.  It has a somewhat metallic quality, which makes it a little more unusual than your typical purple mani. Even though this color is super shimmery, I still think it is office appropriate because of the soft, feminine color.

What do you think?

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Sally Hansen-Tyin' the Knot!

When I saw this color at my local Target, I couldn't take my eyes off of it!  It's super hard to describe, though...in the bottle it looks like it might be a dark metallic taupe/charcoal/silver/brown/?/beautiful.  On the nail it dries a bit more on the charcoal side, less brown than it looks in the bottle.  All I can say about it is that I never want to take this color off!  It's very chic and polished.  These photos are 2 coats with a topcoat of SV.

If I look really hard, I can even see a slight green tint.  Especially in that first picture.  Maybe I'm seeing things? Who knows...

Application on this one, as with all the Sally Hansen Diamond Strength polishes, is flawless.  I didn't have to do any cleanup on this one.  The polish basically applied itself.  Since it is a pearl/frost, care is needed with brushstrokes to avoid crazy streaky patterns on the nail.

What do you think of this color?

EDIT:  I have been staring at this polish all day, and I noticed some purple tones coming out in it...almost reminds me of Chanel Paradoxal...maybe?  I don't have Paradoxal, so I'm not completely sure.  Anyway, just thought I'd put my two cents in about the purple :)