A little disappointment – and a big excitement!

 

As has happened entirely too often – and as is only to be expected, what with all I’ve gone through lately (which I’ll bore you with tell you about some other time) – I again came to a point where I needed a real pick-me-up kind of color.

I started out with twelve promising colors that I eventually weeded down to four.  I brought them in to the BF to see which of the four he voted for.  (He likes to get involved with my polish obsession.  I just love that!)

Of the four I brought in, he opted for Color Club’s Femme Fatale (# 851).

 

 

I thought that it was particularly appropriate, as FF came so close to making it onto my nails the last time I was feeling glum.

Ummm – didn’t quite have the effect I was hoping for.

A nice enough color, to be sure, and I’m sure it’d look gorgeous over black, but. . . .

 

Indoors

 

Sunshine

 

That’s four coats, people.

This is getting relegated to my “work” pile (since I’m indoors so often, if it’s barely noticeable in indoor light it’s a “go”) and, possibly, to be tried with black underneath.

There is some nice glittery shimmer to this, if you look just right.

 

 

But, really, it’s hard to notice.  And when I do notice it, well . . . it looks like too much.  Like the polish is bubbling.  It may be because of the large number of coats.  I think one or two would work better, since the color doesn’t build up at all, anyway.

And – aha! – yet again I think I’ve got another dupish color – this one without the glitter.

L’oreal’s Resort (on ring), two coats, no top coat.

 

 

I can maybe see a slight difference in color; sometimes I think Resort is a little bit of a darker pink, but if even in person, up close, specifically looking for a difference I’m not sure I can find one, I think it’s safe to call it a dupe.  The only difference is the fine glitter in FF which isn’t in Resort.

And, for the bubble illusion mentioned above, I kind of prefer Resort.

So, long story short, nice enough color, but I wouldn’t want it living here, if you know what I mean.  It stayed a day, then I was moving on to something that TRULY fits with the “Cheer up, Charlie” theme!

 

 

And now for the big excitement!

Aquaheart has nominated me for the, um, something blog award! 

 

 

I did a little searching online and have discovered it’s the Lemonade Award!  I am now to nominate twelve blogs I love to read myself!

There are really so many great blogs out there – just look how long my blogroll is! – so while I nominate all of them in my heart, I will only enumerate a few, so they have names left to nominate!

 

The Polish Addict

Getcha Nails Did

Nevertoomuchglitter’s Weblog

Wixology

Polish, Platforms, Perfume

Body And Soul

Violet Lebeaux

Nixxy’s Nails

The Hungry Asian

Scrangie

The Nailphile

Helen and Sheenie’s Nice Things

 

Happy Thursday, everybody!