Share With You Sunday: 02/05/12-02/12/12

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Quiz of the Day:

Are You An Extrovert or An Introvert?

My answer: You are 40% Extrovert, 60% Introvert


You're a bit outgoing but also a bit reserved
Like most people, you enjoy being social
But you also value the time you have alone
You have struck a good balance!

Share your result in the comments!

Nails:
I Drink Nail Polish shares with us Spoiled Jewelry Heist.
Sonoma Nal Art shows us her Hello Kitty Valentines nail art.
Kitschy Suburbia shares with us her Disco Smurf manicure.
Nail Polish Wars shows us her Leopard manicure and her dog Dixie.
Ice Queen's Nail Parlour swatches Sinful Colors Neon Melon.
Nails Made Simple swatches Dollish Polish Toxic Avenger.

Beauty:
Pigments and Palettes shares with us her Socialite eye look.

Miscellaneous:
Picnic Recipe shows us how to make Penne with Butternut Squash & Goat Cheese.
Real Mom Kitchen teaches us how to make Red Velvet Cake Krispie Treats.

What You're Loving:
Polish Obsession shares with us her Water Mable manicure.
The Lacquered Lady shows us Orly Fowl Play.

Bottle Spam Saturday: Orly Edition

Sorry this late. I wanted to finish my school work today, so I can do a whole lotta nothing tomorrow! :P

I think next week I will have coral spam. It keeps getting picked second, and I know many of you are wanting to see it. I'll resume voting after coral spam next week.

Here are the Orlys!

Winter Wonderland, Cotton Candy, Lemonade, and Glam

 Stone Cold, Meet Me Under the Mistletoe, Frisky, and Sapphire Silk

Royal Navy, Lunar Eclipse, La Playa, and Lollipop

Cashmere Cardigan, Frolic, Bubbly Bombshell, and Fantasea

Close Your Eyes, Oui, and Space Cadet

Wild Wisteria, Fowl Play, and Androgynie

What are your favorite Orly Polishes?

Happy Saturday!

Milani Teal Jewel FX

It's about time Milani has put out some new stuff...right? When I first got into nail polish, Milani was releasing seasonal collections and new stuff all the time. In the past year or two I feel like they have been lacking in that department. This year they've introduced some new One Coat Glitters and Jewel FX colors. They also have released some new colors to add to their core line. YAY! Keep it up Milani. This is one of their Jewel FX colors.

Teal Jewel FX over Milani Fresh Teal

Teal Jewel FX is a mixture of large teal,green, silver holographic glitters, and smaller teal glitters in a clear base.

This is 2 coats. I do not think you could get full coverage on this unless you felt like slathering on 4+ coats. I personally do not think that's practical, but if have the patience be my guest! This is fun glitter. I love the varying colors and sizes in the mix. I also like the formula on this. You do not have to dig around for the larger glitters. They apply on the nail nicely!  Awesome polish. Thanks Milani!

Happy Thursday and Happy Birthday to my Mom! <3

Orly Cotton Candy

I think I've identified my "it" color for spring. I've seen a colors like this in a few spring 2012 collections (Orly & Essie....Thanks Jen for the swatches!), and I can't get enough of it. This Orly color is from a from spring 2010, but I think it works for this spring too. It's the pastel peachy-pink, and pastel warm pink shades. I don't know why, but I want all shades like this!

Cotton Candy

Cotton Candy is a warm pastel pink-peach creme.

So pretty! I'm really loving this color. I'm usually a sucker for the lavender shades in spring, but I think pink and peach maybe my color this year? We'll see!

Happy Wednesday!

Talk It Out Tuesday: How much is it worth to you?

**I may be opinionated in this post. It is not my intention to offend. I'm not judging people who do differently, I'm just sharing my point of view.**

I'm sure we've all been in this position. There is some amazing polish out there that we want, but it's long discontinued, it was limited edition, it's very exclusive, and etc. What price are we willing to pay for it, and at what lengths are we willing to go to try obtain it?

The most I ever paid for a polish was $35 for China Glaze No Way Jose on eBay. I am completely embarrassed and truly regret spending that much.  I love the polish, but the seller after my purchase put a lifetime stock on eBay and is selling them for much less. I guess I was idiot he/she was testing the waters with to see how much some moron would pay for it. Guilty. How humiliating.

I will NEVER pay that much for a polish again. My biggest lemming at the moment is OPI DS Exclusive. This is on eBay now for $50-$65. No way. I think the most I'd pay for a huge lemming if I could find no other source would be $20. There is no way I'd pay whatever ridiculous price for Clarins 230, Chanel discontinued polishes, or whatever. Even if I were made of money, I wouldn't spend that much. All in all...it is really only nail polish in the end.

Lately, there seems to be an issue of how much you are willing to put up with to get a spectacular polish. Case and point....Lynnderellas. I have not followed closely a lot of the Lynnderella stuff, but from what I gather and the bits of it I've seen it seems like a nightmare. I think the polishes are gorgeous, and I'd like a few myself, but the exclusivity and demand for them turns me off completely. There also seems to be too much chatter and drama involved. When I'm buying polish, I do not want a whole intense presentation of raffles, lotteries, wait lists, and etc. I just want to grab it in a store and go to the cashier, or put it in my online shopping cart, send payment and be done with it. I understand the exclusivity of these polishes has made it come to those types of measures, but ugh so not worth it! I'll find some glitter and throw it on my nails and call it a day!

What are your thoughts? What are some polishes worth to you..price wise and sanity wise?