Friday, October 24, 2014

I Like My Nails Matte and Scented.

Hey thanks to everyone who listened to me whining yesterday. I appreciated all of the advice and messages that you guys sent, and I promise I'm taking it to heart as best I can. I need to stop listening to sad music and start holding my chin up... but sometimes it's really, really easy for the sad music to win. (Thanks Sara Bareilles. Thanks a lot.) Sometimes it's really hard to not cry on the subway. Sometimes waking up alone feels like the worst way to start the day. Sometimes rainy days feel like a metaphor for my entire life.

But sometimes nail polish on a Friday is a reminder about the little things that can make me smile. So. There's your segue into nail polish today.

These nails were supposed to be autumnal but they came out more Christmas-y in the photos...


So I guess now would be a good time to mention that there are only 61 shopping days till Christmas.

I used a Revlon Parfumerie polish, in the color Balsam Fir. It's a beautifully dark hunter green - quite a bit darker than it's actually appearing in these photos. And since it's a "Parfumerie" polish, it does have a "balsam fir" scent to it, which lasts a couple of days and withstands several hand washings.



My accent nail is Raisin Rage from Revlon, which I also used recently for my Fierce Autumn Wedding nails.

I topped my nails with a matte top coat from Revlon, but it didn't have the dramatic mattifying result that I remember it having the last time I used it. Can you even tell there's a matte coat on these??

What are you rocking on your nails today?
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13 comments:

  1. I'm loving the matte look for sure! I'm on the fence about scented polishes. They don't bother me, but I don't know if I love them or not. Also? Sara Bareilles has been my music soul sister lately. Having some sad times over here and she's been speaking straight to my soul.

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  2. xmas nails!!!!
    I LOVE XMAS and it couldn't come fast enough.
    i took a whiff of some of these from the bottle but that was a long time ago and i can't remember them really standing out...balsam is one of my fav scents.


    Jenn
    A Beautiful Zen

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    1. IIIIIIIIIII TOO LOVE CHRISTMAS JENN! I got a really happy feeling all over when I wandered into my first Christmas display of the year in a store recently.

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  3. Nail polish always cheers me up :) Hope you're doing better.

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  4. Only 60 days until Christmas and I am SOOOOOO happy!
    Love the nails :)

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    1. Me toooooo, the whole Christmas season just puts me in a happy, friendly mood.

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  5. Weird! It doesn't look all that matte to me either! It does look a little Christmasy (I'MNOTREADY). Love the green. In fact, there have been a few greens this week that have been awesome. I love finding new polish colours!

    And it's a total bummer to feel like rainy days are your life. *hands umbrella (one of those clear ones that are like a bubble over you, with goldfish decals, thusly turning the raining world into a giant fish bowl, which is kind of awesome)* <--- (I may have gotten carried away with that description. ;) )

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    1. Ditty on the 'I'm not ready for Christmas'...

      And umm...I TOTALLY want one of those umbrellas but I have NEVER seen them for sale!!!

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  6. I do think that they look more matte than they NORMALLY would but probably not as matte as I'd expect from ads and such. Which are probably retouched. But I *just* got a matte top coat and I'm totes excited to try it out!!!

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  7. They do look more Christmas-y, but it's okay. lol The matte looks a lot like my NYC does, not very good. More rubbery and still a bit shiny. I want to get a really good matte polish someday; I think next time I'll do a lot of research first. lol

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    1. Good call Toria - my matte polish purchase was a bit of an impulse buy hehe!

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    2. Mine too! I was so excited to see "matte" that I instantly snagged it up. haha Oh well. lol

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