Color Club Boho Mojo

There's going to be a lot of pictures today because Color Club Boho Mojo from the Back to Boho collection is a weird little color.  It's the greenish silver pearl color and with pearls come streaks!  I used a base of Duri Rejuvacote, 2 coats of polish and a top of CND Air Dry.  Formula was otherwise good.

Extreme sun here to show that it's not completely opaque with my 2 coats.

You can see the olive silver here in the sun as well.

In this shade picture it's more silver than green (I think?)

Okay, it's really silver here - and loads of streaks!

Finally indoors with the flash - olive, silver, pearl.  Not my favorite but definitely a fall color.  I read somewhere that the best way to hide the streaks of pearl is to add a coat of glitter - I should have done that!

Color Club is located on several etailers, including Head2Toe Beauty which has it for $3.00.  You can also Like them on Facebook and Follow them on Twitter.

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration.  For more information, please read this post.

Ozotic Pro 506

Nom nom nom, I love this color.  Ozotic Pro 506 is multi-chromatic pearl finished polish.  Like my review on 528, I have the older bottle brought to me from Australia by Kimmi at The Plastic Diaries.  Also like 528, this polish has the same purple/blue/green color to it, but also has some red and gold in it (promise!)

I used a base of nubar Noir, 2 coats of 506 and a top of Seche Vite.  I wore this color to a family reunion and got a ton of compliments, even some from the ladies of the San Antonio Del Sol store.  :] (Hi ladies!)

The sun puts this color in a hard blue light, but that's okay because it's still a pretty blue.  However in the shade...

Oh yes.

Nom!  See that purple and blue shift?


Then I decided to get some indirect light.

More purple!

I love the color shift so much on this polish.

Extreme hand holding!  But now you can see that gold and red that I talked about above.  It's there!

Finally indoors with the flash put more of a turquoise spin on it, like in the sun.  Lovely color.  The formula is super smooth and you can probably get away with just one coat instead of two.  I layered this color on its own for my nail stick but it took many many many many coats and it never got to be opaque - this is definitely a layering polish.

You can purchase piCture pOlish and Ozotic from piCture pOlish's website directly, but know that it's coming from Australia, so your shipping will be a bit more expensive than you're probably used to.  You can also like them on Facebook and follow them on Twitter. The cost is $14 for the 15 mL bottle.

For the USA crowd, there are two US distributors Llarowe and Overall Beauty.   Llarowe has the new bottles for $17.50 and Overall Beauty has the new bottles for $18.00.  Both offer free shipping for orders over $50.00.

CND Pink Wishes effect

After a very annoyingly horrid experience of changing to AT&T U-verse (which turns out, I really didn't HAVE to do - I'm not getting any better service or even speed because I'm outside the service area), I'm back today with the duo of CND's Pink Wishes - the Effect.  Using the previous colour, I added one coat of the Pink Wishes Effect.  CND describes it as a sweet, pale pink pearlescent sheen.  I really am in love with how the effects line can transform your polishes.

Now granted this is a pink on pink effect, so the shimmer (pearl) isn't as strong as I'd like it to me.  Great for the office or a low key event, but definitely not an in your face effect.

The effect is almost completely lost in the shade as you can see.  The bottle shows more than the nail.

Indoors with the flash, and again this is just a very subtle effect.  If you'd like to check the effect over black polish, The PolishAholic has a great swatch here.

Pink Wishes Colour & Effects Duo

Pink Wishes Colour, a cotton-candy pink, layers beautifully with Pink Wishes Effect for a sweet, pale pink pearlescent sheen.

Includes a .33 fl oz bottle of Pink Wishes Colour and a .33 fl oz bottle of Pink Wishes Effect.

Suggested retail price:  $20.00 US / $25.00 Canada

Available for a limited time only in salons and professional beauty supply stores.  For locations, visit cnd.com . 

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration.  For more information, please read this post.

China Glaze Cha Cha Cha

Today's color is Cha Cha Cha from Island Escape - the 2011 Summer collection by China Glaze.  My friend Victoria is obsessed with this color & already wants to use it for her wedding next year.  It's a "vivacious shimmer green" but it's more of a pearl finish.  I used a base of Seche Natural, 2 coats of Cha Cha Cha and a top of Seche Vite.  I should have used 3 coats.

Hello visible nail line on my middle finger.  This is a yellow based green but still pretty (and non-staining I'd like to report).

More VNL, more yellow based green - nothing new to report in the shade.

Indoors with the flash shows that the color is mostly opaque on the other nails - not sure what's up with my middle finger.  It's just being a rebel I guess.

China Glaze can be found online through several etailers, including my favorite Head2Toe Beauty, Sally's Beauty Supply, and TransDesign.

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration.  For more information, please read this post.

FingerPaints Groovy Green

This weather is so up and down.  First it's rainy and cloudy, then it's sunny and hot.  And of course when it's sunny and hot, I don't have time to swatch.  ^_^


Today's post is Groovy Green from the Summer 2011 FingerPaints collection.  It's a pearly finished, light green - almost like the plastic grass you've seen in Easter baskets.  I had high hopes for this color.  I used a base of Seche Natural, 2 coats of polish and a top of Seche Vite.  Sadly, the formula was pretty gummy for me, and worse, it did not play nice with Seche Vite at ALL.

Boo clouds.  You can see that my Seche Vite totally pulled up the polish on my index finger and it also smeared the other nails.

Indoors with flash - you can really see the damage on my index finger now, and also a bit on the pinkie.  I'm just not the biggest fan.  I was really scared about staining but none occurred thankfully.


FingerPaints can be found in Sally's Beauty Supplies stores and online for $4.99 USD each.  They are a Sally's Beauty Supply exclusive brand, so you can follow Sally's on Twitter and like them on Facebook as well as follow their blog.

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration.  For more information, please read this post.

BB Couture Purple Haze

I have another BB Couture color for you today!  Purple Haze currently available in the "Bright Color" section of their website.  Purple Haze is a pearlish magenta purple.


I used a base of Grip-Base, 2 coats of Purple Haze and a top of Top-Rock.  The formula was super nice and smooth.

Hello sun!  You can see a bit of brush strokes because of the pearly finish but otherwise it's quite nice.

However in the shade?  Check that out - it's just smooth and creamy and beautiful.  Quite a nice surprise!

And finally one of those weird indoors with a flash pictures that I've been doing.  What do you think about these last shots?


You can purchase BB Couture from their website or from a company called Overall Beauty which ships globally.  Additionally, you can like BB Couture on Facebook or follow them on Twitter.

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration.  For more information, please read this post.

deborah lippmann Wicked Game

I have been lemming this color for a long time - mostly because the promo bottles always look so beautiful!  This is an iridescent swirling lavender grey - very duochromey.


I used a base of Seche Natural, and 3 coats of Wicked Game for my index and middle fingers.  On my ring and pinkie, I first added a coat of CND Blackjack, then 2 coats of Wicked Game.  I did not use a top coat.  I also had no sun...  So depending on what angle the "light" (hah) hit, you'd see green or purple.

I definitely like it better over black - just because it shows up a little better on the nail.  I'm seriously into the whole CND Blackjack - a LOT.  I also really like duochromes.


deborah lippmann sells for $18 a bottle.  You can follow her on Twitter.