Confetti Moonstruck

    This is gonna be a quick post, since I'm supposed to be packing my stuff to leave this place and am wayy behind schedule. I wish I could press a button and fold my room into a little box, like they used to do in the cartoons. But anyway, here's Confetti Moonstruck.

Moonstruck is a pale grey-ish taupe creme.

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     I'm going to keep Moonstruck. This type of color has been everywhere since last fall, so it's not unique. But still, I am fond of it. It's very simple, understated, and clean...perfect for when you don't want your nails to take center stage or just need to cleanse the palate. Plus, I like how it looks on my nails.

   I also liked how Moonstruck applied. It was a bit too liquidy, but went on like butter and leveled itself beautifully. Three coats of color and a layer of topcoat gave me a perfect, creme-y look, with very little effort on my part. Ooh, also, the brush in this bottle was indeed doing the gangsta lean, but really, I don't understand...like what people are moaning about. I turned the brush to accommodate for the direction of the slant in relation to my nail, and all was well. It was a little inconvenient, but I really don't think it's a big deal. 

And that's all I've got for you today! Thanks for reading, and have a lovely hump day! 

OPI Wing It!

      For today, I've got Wing It! (ahh I hate unnecessary punctuation) from OPI's Summer Flutter Collection. 

Wing It! is a sheer reddish-pinky-coralish base packed with flat, color-shifting pink and blue shimmer pieces.

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    I found Wing It! to be really funny. The base color just kind of hangs out in this really ambiguous area, and the shimmer is the same. It's kind of iridescent, kind of blue, kind of pink, kind of violet, kind of duochrome, kind of metallic...but it doesn't fit firmly into any of those groups. Wing It! is like...the epitome of a noncommittal polish and even though I don't like noncommittal things (and people), I think I'm going to keep it. 

   I still have to think about it though, because I didn't like Wing It!'s formula at all. It went on smoothly enough, but was rather thin and hard to control. It also took five coats to eliminate all VNL in person, which is of course no bueno. So I guess we'll have to see on this one.

    

 But that's all for today! Thanks for reading! 

Confetti Smitten

           Happy Mother's Day!! The color I chose for today is not very Mother's Day-esque, but I do love my mommy dearly, so I felt the name was appropriate. Here's Smitten, from what I assume would have been Confetti's core lineup, if the brand hadn't been cut down in its infancy. *plays taps*

Confetti is a midnight blue polish with purple and blue flecks of shimmer. 

This one shows more of the colors.

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   Smitten is okay. It's not the most exciting polish ever, but it is a good-looking one. It also has the rather unusual distinction of looking better on the nail than it does in the bottle (as it should always be). I really like how the flecks of shimmer sparkle from the base in sunlight, and in regular light, it doesn't go completely flat. Plus, I think it's unique in my collection, so Smitten can stay.

   Formula-wise, Smitten was what I think is typical of Confettis: thin but controllable and quick-drying. I needed three layers for opacity, and another layer of topcoat to get some gloss out of it. I've also heard complaints about wonky brushes, but the one in this bottle was fine and did the job.

Thanks for reading, and I wish all the mothers a most magnificent day! ^_^

Zoya Kelly

          So, as many of you probably know (courtesy of Zara from Never Unpolished) May is Brain Tumor Awareness Month. Grey is the patron color or whatever you call it for this cause, which I think is pretty cute, because much of the brain is grey matter. Heehee. Zara is going to be wearing grey nails every day of May, and I thought it would be fun to join in. I can't do it every day like she is. That's dedication, yo. But I'll try to wear it quite often. 
As my first grey of the month, I have Zoya Kelly, from the Wonderful Collection.

Kelly is a dark grey creme with undertones of blue and maybe purple. 

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    I quite like Kelly. It's a fairly complex shade of grey, and all the undertones make it look different depending on the skin tone of the wearer and the lighting conditions. This dynamism is what makes Kelly fun and sets it apart from other grey cremes. I also think that the darker tone of it gives it a more refined, modern, and chic feel. And if I do say so myself, it looks really good on my nails. Yeahhh conceited moment. However, I think Kelly has been kind of hyped up as the best Zoya color of life, and in my opinion, it is not alllllll of that. I could think of some other Zoyas that I'd name as must-haves before Kelly. But with that being said, it really is nice color and I don't own anything quite like it, so I will be giving it a permanent home among my children.

  As far as formula goes, Kelly was fab. I only needed two coats for opaque, creme-y deliciousness, and I also found the dry time to be quite good.

The Hungry Asian Sneeze Breeze

       Like...a week ago, Kae from The Hungry Asian had a blog sale featuring her amazing frankens. I set my alarm so I'd be ready, and happily, I managed to get everything that was on my wish list. One of them was the polish that I've got on today, Sneeze Breeze. 

Sneeze Breeze is small-ish azure blue and black hex glitter, floating in a clear base. In the bottle, it reminds me of the hand sanitizer with the little beads in it.

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I also tried it with some Essie Matte About You on top:

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lol, I've used up so much of this stuff. 

   Whee, I love Sneeze Breeze! It's so utterly unique and pretty, and I love how saturated and bright the glitter is. The black accents in there are also really cool, and give the polish this speckled bird egg look. And even though it's technically a glitter bomb, it doesn't sparkle at all. What you get indoors is exactly what you get in sunlight. Normally, that would be a bad thing, but it totally works for this polish, and makes it a good choice for winter days, because you can enjoy it to the fullest, no matter what the sky is looking like. 

   In terms of formula, my only complaint about Sneeze Breeze is that the glitter was a bit sparse. I ended up needing underwear (one layer of China Glaze Blue Sparrow) and three layers of Sneeze Breeze to cover my nakedness. Also, it needed Gelous and Poshe to be smooth. AND clean up was hellish, so I shudder to imagine what removal is going to be like. But besides that, everything was all good! ^_^

And that's all from me for today! Thanks for reading, and have a great day! 

Studio M Purple Medallion

          For today, I've got Studio M Purple Medallion. 

Purple Medallion is a bold and saturated red-based purple jelly base, packed with medium-sized silver and holographic hex glitter. The color in these pictures is not perfectly accurate...in real life, the purple is redder and brighter. 

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    Purple Medallion is a really fun and cute color. It's nice and bright, and the sparkles are lots of fun, because as long as there's even a hint of light, you can get some holo goodness out of them.

   I also found Purple Medallion's formula satisfactory. To be so full of chunky glitter, it went on pretty smoothly, and didn't gunk up at the neck of the bottle. I was also surprised at how smoothly it dried. I used three coats of color and one layer of Poshe for the pictures, and it felt and looked good to me. 

    But with all that said, I don't think I'm going to be keeping this polish. It should be right up my alley, being purple and super sparkly, but I just don't feel like I really need it, you know? 

NARS Mash vs. OPI At Your Quebec and Call

      As I was decluttering my stash, I ran across OPI At Your Quebec and Call. I felt that it was pretty, but wasn't sure if I wanted to keep it or not, because I thought that I had a dupe in NARS Mash. To be sure, I procrastinated on life did a quick comparison of the two.

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L-R: Mash, AYQaC, Mash, AYQaC

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L-R: Mash, AYQaC, Mash, AYQaC

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L-R: Mash, AYQaC, Mash, AYQaC

And some closer shots:

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L-R: AYQaC, Mash, 

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L-R. AYQaC, Mash, 

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L-R: AYQaC, Mash

      Anyone would be justified in owning both of these guys, because they look quite different.  At Your Quebec and Call seemed to have more gold in its shimmer and Mash's base color is darker, greener and more saturated. The bright center, dark edges effect was also much less pronounced in At Your Quebec and Call.
     In terms of formula, I found Mash easier to apply...the pigmentation was better and I felt that it was more controllable than At Your Quebec and Call. And finally, I think that Mash looked better on me than At Your Quebec and Call did, so Mash was the clear winner in my book.
     I can't imagine ever wanting to wear At Your Quebec and Call when Mash is an option, so with a slightly heavy heart (because it's so hard to say goodbye ;_;), I will relinquish it to the purge pile.


Which one do you like best? o_o