After dinner mint green

Mint greens or a variation of it have been such a trend recently. I don't have a ton of them, but have tried the one from Maybelline which was a nightmare for me. It was stringy, streaky, and such a horrible brush. I didn't even bother to try the one Revlon released because of my bad experience with one of their scented polishes, Gum Drop. Other than the one from Maybelline, I haven't bothered to try any other ones, EXCEPT for this Brucci since it was only like $2 and some change. This is absolutely AMAZING. It was perfect in two coats, no streaks or bald spots. So easy to control and is MUCH cheaper than drug store polishes.

I'm glad i didn't buy any of the more expensive mint greens and just waited it out and got this one because it was definitely worth it! I have a feeling Sheri's Pistachio Creme and I are going to have a long affair :) Sheri's got great taste! It does make me want after dinner mints though instead of pistachios hehe... I found this at a local beauty supply, but I *think* Bed Bath Beyond and Harmons carries Brucci. I know for sure Duane Reade carries Brucci too. There were also a few other pastels that the beauty supply had, but I had no interest in those -- sorry! I haven't come across a Brucci I didn't like though :)

Less than 24 hrs oh no!

Yep that's right, in less than 24 hours i'll be taking my exam. So today I've just been relaxing, i did my nails and pampered myself a bit. Trying not to stress, I only freaked out once and it was yesterday, but thankfully I had my BFF to calm me down and bring me back to my senses. Growing up is definitely tough and there are still so many questions I don't have answers to. I feel like i'm running out of time and must figure out the answers sooner rather than later =/ I guess only time will tell. So during the week I had this on:

This is Brucci Blue Sapphire. Super pretty blackened blue/navy that is still totally blue in low lighting and then when the light hits it, its filled with glimmer. It was perfectly opaque in one coat, but since I've grown out my nails and have more white tip, there was VNL so I put on a second coat. Absolutely stunning after the second coat and dry time was pretty fast. LOVE LOVE LOOOOOOOVE this and is my new fav navy/blackened blue shimmer.
And now my current mani, Brucci Black Emerald. A blackened green shimmer with a slight duochrome effect. This is what it looks like most of the time:

In this picture you can see the slight duochromeness on my pointer finger.. really pretty. more than I expected when just looking at the bottle.

Closer shot to show the green shimmers in it!

ok do you guys see this??????? This is the same polish still.. it has brownish red shimmer in it too that gives the duochrome effect. Really really awesome polish. And yes, I polish my nails in all sorts of directions LOL. This was slightly thicker than Blue Sapphire, but not hard to apply and definitely needs two coats to become opaque.

Brucci (and some Sinful) swatches!

All in all, trip to NYC was disappointing: so many things were out of stock! Try as I might to stimulate the NYC economy, I was stymied at every turn... oh well. I promptly hauled some Orgasm and Obsessive Compulsive polishes when I got home (because the concept of saving that which was to by NYC polish haul money is uninteresting to me at the moment -- unwise, I know).

I never knew what a gem of a drugstore Duane Reade was until I moved away from NYC. Such a nice, fully stocked selection of drugstore (and some salon) polishes: Milani, Revlon, Sally Hansen, Borghese, Wet N Wild (not a single empty WnW Craze display!), Tropez, OPI, Essie, sometimes Barielle and Toma. And, of course, Brucci, which I've only ever seen at DRs.

I have a soft spot in my heart for Brucci: it was my first nail polish brand and I used to have a bunch of them in my teens. So I stocked up on them while I was in the city, wore a couple while there, and have duly swatched most of them for you all. The two Brucci polishes I wore while home were quite durable: only a little bit of tipwear after a few days and no chipping. The color selection is decent: it's still very staid compared to other brands -- and has its share of frosty semi-sheers in semi-interesting colors -- but some interesting ones thrown in.

Application for these polishes, in general... a bit watery for me but by no means thin: most polishes were almost totally opaque in two coats. Warning though: this polish requires thin coats because it's so watery. It's not that quick drying and when I was swatching, I found that if I carelessly did a thick-ish coat, the polish would drip down and pool at the tip of my nail while I was photographing! Not attractive. Also, weird. It's a hard polish to control, IMO (again, because of its wateriness): allllll over the nail if I wasn't careful. But for $3, it's not bad. The cremes, especially, were very glossy and had a nice air of sophistication. Anyway, enough blathering...!

Brucci Explosive Meteorite

Pretty basic: dark grey with silver shimmer, giving off an overall charcoal shade. One of the easier polishes to apply. I believe this is new for fall.

Brucci Grape Galaxy

Also new for fall. Very dark purple with light purple and blue shimmer. It looks pretty plain in the shade but very pretty when the sun hits it. Also fairly pain-free in application.

Brucci Grape Galaxy with Sinful I Miss You on top

Multi-sized holo glitter (with silver glitter) in a dark purple jelly. A very silvery type glitter though it does have some holo thrown in.

Brucci Hunter Drive (in sunlight and in shade)

I always find reds hard to capture. This one was pretty watery and sheer: I used four coats for the above, and there was still some VNL. But I really like this polish: it's more burgundy than the photos would lead you to think and it has really gorgeous gold and red shimmer.

Brucci Daniella's Curve

Very glossy mauve-plum shade. One of the unfortunate watery culprits. You can practically see the polish starting to fall off of my nail there. But when applied carefully with thin coats, it's a very pretty color: sophisticated and something you can wear to the office (without feeling really dull).

Brucci Creme de Cocoa

Good basic chocolate brown. Darker and warmer than in the picture. Not something to celebrate but it fills a gap in my stash.

Brucci Creme de Cocoa with Sinful Smoking Hot on top

Everyone's seen opalescent white glitters but this one seemed atypical: it's a very dense, very fine glitter that reflects more green and gold than silver. I was taken aback at how much fire is in this polish!

Brucci Black+Blue

Dark blue jelly. Very pretty but I have several dark blue jellies; I bought this one mostly to franken with. :)

And now, the pièce de résistance...

Brucci Black+Blue with Sinful Nail Junkie on top

Check out this new Sinful glitter. OMG. Multi-sized blue, green, gold and silver glitter in a blue-green jelly. It SPARKLES LIKE WHOA. So f'ing worth the $2, if only for the name alone!

Close-up:

And because it SPARKLES LIKE WHOA, I need a video as well:

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