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ALU’s 365 of Untrieds – L.A. Girl Rock Star Head Banging
365 of Untrieds is my personal challenge to weed through the polishes in the ALU stash that I’ve been wanting to try but just haven’t gotten around to.
Another day, another green. This gem was another discovery at my local Five Below store. Last summer at Cosmoprof, Melissa from The Daily Nail introduced me to the L.A. Girl brand but since you can’t purchase products at the show, it wasn’t until I saw bins of their Rock Star line polish at Five Below that I got my hands on it. L.A. Girl Rock Star Head Banging is a perfect example of why I started ALU in the first place. It’s a case of not knowing what you’ll get based simply on the bottle. What appeared to be an average teal green shimmer ended up being so much more. |
ALU’s 365 of Untrieds – Fashion Bug Shamrock
365 of Untrieds is my personal challenge to weed through the polishes in the ALU stash that I’ve been wanting to try but just haven’t gotten around to.
Yesterday I reviewed one of the Fashion Bug polishes my mom gave me as part of my birthday present. It didn’t give a great first impression of the brand so I decided to give them another chance. With Fashion Bug Boysenberry, what looked fantastic in the bottle ended up having the opposite effect on the nail. Today’s color, Fashion Bug Shamrock, is the complete opposite of that. What looked kind of “meh” in the bottle ended up being totally fantastic on the nail. Don’t let that kind of frosty, faded appearance fool you. |
ALU’s 365 of Untrieds – Fashion Bug Boysenberry
365 of Untrieds is my personal challenge to weed through the polishes in the ALU stash that I’ve been wanting to try but just haven’t gotten around to.
Is it just me or does every store seem to have its own line of nail polish now? Icing, Claire’s, Charlotte Russe, Forever 21, American Apparel, H&M, TopShop… I could go on and on. And as my mom discovered, Fashion Bug can be added to that list as well. A while ago, at least six months or so, she mentioned spotting nail polish at Fashion Bug and said they had a lot of fun colors. I don’t even know that there’s a Fashion Bug near me so I didn’t make any effort to hunt them down and pretty much forgot all about it. Of course she never forgets. As one of my birthday presents, Mom gave me some polishes from Fashion Bug and was very proud that she was able to get me something I didn’t already own. The four polishes she gave me included a two greens (she knows me so well), a purple and this berry concoction that was filled with holographic glitter called Boysenberry. The glitter reminded me of China Glaze Rapture so of course I had to try that one first. |
ALU’s 365 of Untrieds – Nails Inc The Mall
365 of Untrieds is my personal challenge to weed through the polishes in the ALU stash that I’ve been wanting to try but just haven’t gotten around to.
Exciting news US Fanatics, Nails Inc is coming to Sephora!!! The hit UK nail polish brand will roll out to Sephora stores this September and I’ve been told that the brand is launching some amazing things “never been done before.” I spied some “Special Effects” glitters on Eva Chen’s Tumblr but we can expect something “even better” than that so get your wallets ready. I’ve been a big fan of Nails Inc ever since I first got my hands on the polishes and their incredible Kensington Caviar Top Coat a couple years ago at Cosmoprof and I remember hoping that a major beauty retailer like Sephora or ULTA would pick them up. To celebrate their upcoming major US launch I’m sharing a fabulous Nails Inc color, The Mall. |
ALU’s 365 of Untrieds – Essie Coat Azure from the French Affair Spring 2011 Collection
365 of Untrieds is my personal challenge to weed through the polishes in the ALU stash that I’ve been wanting to try but just haven’t gotten around to.
I’ve briefly mentioned in past blog posts that I was in a sorority in college, Alpha Delta Pi. If you aren’t familiar with the sorority system, like a US state, there are a lot of official symbols for sororities. Official flower (woodland violet), mascot (lion), symbol (diamond), open motto (We live for each other), philanthropy (Ronald McDonald House) and colors (azure blue and white). Now for the past couple years I have found myself yawning over the spring collections from Essie. Soft shades just aren’t my bag and sheers make my nails look terrible. So when I stumbled across Essie Coat Azure from the French Affair collection, I was pleasantly surprised. While I haven’t been actively seeking out a nail polish version of my sorority’s color, finding one has always been on my wish list. |
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