Nail From Last Week: Thanks So Muchness!

This is the last polish from the OPI Alice in Wonderland collection. This is a really pretty red polish. I like this one much better then Off With Her Red! This time I did my manicure early enough to photograph it in natural light.

Over all I enjoyed this collection, the only thing I wish is that instead of two red colored nail polishes, they would have given us a purple nail polish or a glitter polish with purple in it. I think I am going to have to make myself a purple franken to go with this collection.

Natural Light:
With Flash:

Nail Polish: Thanks So Muchness (2 Coats)
Base: Nail Tek III and Orly Bonder
Top Coat: Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

What do you think?

Ciao! xoxo

~Dissolved Girl

Nail of the Week: My First Franken

My first manicure of the new year is a nail polish mixed by me. For it being my first time I loved how the color turned out.

Here is my manicure:

Without Flash:

With Flash:

Polish made with these colors:
What I learned from this experience is not to put too much of the clear polish. Because I put so much it was really runny so I had to add more of the other colors. By the time I got it to the consistency I wanted I had practically used up the other two colors.

The only thing left to do is give it a name. Any ideas? I was thinking of calling it 2010 since it is the first Franken I have made and also the first polish I used this year. Does it sound too corny? I would love to hear your thoughts.

Ciao! xoxo
~Dissolved Girl

Nail of the Week: Swizzle Stix

Nail Polish Brand: Shades by Barielle
Color: Swizzle Stix (2 Coats)

Base: Orly Bonder
Top Coat: Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

I know this color is more of a color for Spring. But I was really in the mood to wear a nice baby blue. I also wanted to try out one of the Konad plates that I have. For my first time using Konad I did not do too bad.

What do you think?

Ciao! xoxo

~Dissolved Girl

PS: Tomorrow there will be a post about my first giveaway so make sure to stop by my blog tomorrow.

Nail of the Week: You Don't Know Jacques! - Matte

I tried out the OPI Matte nail polish for my manicure of the week.

I do not know yet how I feel about it. What do you think?

Nail Polish Brand: OPI
Color: You Don't Know Jacques! - Matte (2 Coats)

Base: Orly Bonder
Top Coat: None

On other news, guess what came in the mail today?




Ciao! xoxo

~Dissolved Girl

Nail of the Week: Pink Underground

Nail Polish Brand: China Glaze
Color: Pink Underground (2 Coats)

Base: Orly Bonder
Top Coat: Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

Anyone that knows me for longer then five minutes knows I am not really a fan of pink. But for some reason or another I own about 5 or 6 pink nailpolishes in different shades. I for some reason love pink nails in the summer. I also love it on short nails.

Nails of the Week: 4th of July and New York Cab

So it has been a while since I posted a nail of the week. These are the two that I have had this month:

Stars and Stripes:


New York Cab:



I do not remember which nail polishes I used for the manicure's but I will edit this when I do.

Nail of The Week: Strawberry Lemonade

This is my manicure for the week. I had pictures of the last weeks manicure but Mr. P's computer was attacked by a virus and the picture was lost before I got to post it.

Nail Polish Brand: China Glaze
Color: Its Poppin' (Pink)

Nail Polish Brand: Shades by Barielle
Color: Lemondrops (Yellow)

Base: Orly Bonder
Top Coat: Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

Ciao! xoxo
~Dissolved Girl

Nail of The Week: Shower Together

Nail Polish Brand: China Glaze
Color: Shower Together (2 Coats)

Base: Orly Bonder
Top Coat: Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

Sorry for the messy looking polish. The picture was taken before I did the clean up.

This color is pretty cool. But I think I will leave this color for the fall, it does not scream spring or summer to me. This polish is so thick that I could have gotten away with one coat but I was not satisfied with the color turn out. So I went ahead and applied a second coat just too see how dark the color got. I must say I like it much better but not one of my favorite polishes.

What do you all think?

Ciao!! xoxo

~Dissolved Girl

Nail of the Week: Hey! Get in Lime!

Nail Polish Brand: OPI
Color: Hey! Get in Lime! 3 coats

Base: Orly Bonder
Top Coat: Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

I totally missed out on MAC's Peppermint Patti nail polish from the Sugar Sweet collection. But I have OPI's Hey! Get in Lime! which I think is a very close duplicate. I also have Orly's Mint Mojito but in my opinion this OPI nail polish is closer in color to Peppermint Patti.

Want a picture to compare the two? Go to Nail Juice's blog and check out her swatch of the Peppermint Patti nail polish.

What do you think?

Ciao! xoxo

~ Dissolved Girl

Nail of the Week

Nail Polish Brand: Shades by Barielle
Color: Grape Escape (2 coats)

Base: Orly Bonder
Top Coat: Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

I LOVE this nail polish color.

BUT even though I loved the color I will not be getting the polishes again and this is why:

1) I did not like the brush. It is way too small.
2) Each bottle is $8. These bottles are small. I cannot justify buying this polish again when I run out. The only reason I got it in the first place was because of the sale they had at the time.

The price alone is reason enough for me not to get it again. For that price I can buy two China Glaze nail polishes at Head2Toe or at 8ty8 Beauty. So any other reason is just icing on the cake.

If price or the brush is not a big deal for you, I highly recommend the polishes. The color is intense, even before I put on the top coat the polish had a high shine. It is the perfect consistency, not runny or too thick and so far it has not chipped.

Right now the site has a special, Buy two get one free and free shipping on orders over $50.

Ciao! xoxo
~Dissolved Girl

Nail of the Week

Nail Polish Brand: China Glaze
Color: Bahamian Escape

Base: Orly Bonder
Top Coat: Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

This is such a pretty nail polish. Reminds me of summer and the beach. A little sloppy in the application but it will do.

I was planning on being creative with my nails, I was going to use the Konad or do something similar to my Hello Kitty nails, but I am just so tired. Maybe next week will be better.

On other nail news, I tried pairing the Blue Sparrow from last weeks NOTW with other nail polishes and I did not like the out come. So I think this nail polish is a Fail for me. It is such a shame because it is a pretty color, I just do not like how it turns out for me.

In the very near future I will be having a give away and I think I will add the polish as part of the package. Give it to a new home that will actually enjoy it and put some use to it. So look out for it!

Ciao! xoxo

~Dissolved Girl

Nail of The Week

Nail Polish Brand: China Glaze
Color: Blue Sparrow (Three Coats)

Base: Orly Bonder
Top Coat: Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

Note about the China Glaze Blue Sparrow. While the color looks very pretty in the bottle. I am not 100% sure how I feel about this color. When I began to apply the color, the polish was very runny. Now that the nails are dry the color looks dull, it does not look as sparkly as I expected or even as sparkly as it looks in the bottle. It almost looks like textured blue nail polish. Not blue, glitter nail polish.

I wonder if I should use a different top coat for this polish? The next time I try it I am going to use a different top coat. One that leaves a higher shine then Seche Vite. I will also try different combinations with this polish. Maybe a blue polish underneath and then one coat of the Blue Sparrow on top?

I really would love to make it work because it just looks so pretty in the bottle and even before it dries into its dull matte state.

Until next time, Ciao!! xoxo

~ Dissolved Girl

UPDATE: I ended up figuring out how to best use this color and I now love it. When I first used it I just applied one too many coats and I am using the Sally Hansen Acrylic Nails top coat and it looks awesome.

Nail of The Week

Nail Polish Brand: OPI
Color: Big Apple Red (Two Coats)

Top Coat: Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat
Base: Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Base

Until next time, Ciao!! xoxo

~ Dissolved Girl

Nail of The Week

I decided to bust out with an OPI nail polish from their Russian Collection:




Nail Polish Brand: OPI
Color: Russian Navy (Two Coats)

Top Coat: Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat
Base: Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Base

Until next time, Ciao!! xoxo

~ Dissolved Girl

Nail of the Week

I forgot to post my nail of the week picture. I know it is Friday and practically the end of the week but better to post it now then never, right? Also, you all should go check out this blog. This Lady is fantastic, she blogs about all nail related things, such as nail polish reviews, swatches even which sites are having nail polish deals. Go check her out. I am sure you will get as addicted to her blog as I am.

NOTW:



Nail Polish Brand: Hello Kitty for MAC Cosmetics
Color: On the Prowl (Two Coats)

Top Coat: Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat
Base: Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Base

Until next time, Ciao!! xoxoxo

~ Dissolved Girl

Hello Kitty Nails

I know it has been a while since I blogged but I am working on another blog that will be up soon. I will still keep this one for my regular rambling sessions but the other one will be to showcase some of my work. Once it is ready I will update this one and let you all know my new blogging home. Now that we have that out of the way, on to some fun stuff.

The Hello Kitty collection for MAC Cosmetics is out and of course I had to run out to the store and check it out. So with the boyfriend in hand we headed to the M.A.C store at Pentagon City, tracked down my favorite make-up artist Christian and started testing out the products. I must say after looking at everything I was not as excited with the collection as I thought I would be. I adored the nail polishes and I really liked the Too Dolly eyeshadow palette so that is all I got. Which at the end of the day it is a great thing because then that means more money for other collections.

Anyway, as soon as I got home with the help of the darling boyfriend we set to work on doing my nails. I must say I was really happy with the out come (thanks babe!!) and I look forward to trying other combinations with the polishes.

I would love to hear what you all thought of this collection. Was it all you hoped for? or did it leave you wanting more?



Look out for my next post about my new blog. Till next time....

Ciao!! xoxoxo

~Dissolved Girl