tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87021414862840372082024-03-05T19:48:24.591-08:00Lambchop MobileFabulous since 1976!MightyLambchophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04149659418738772000noreply@blogger.comBlogger798125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702141486284037208.post-52994834966756561692020-01-12T09:13:00.000-08:002020-01-12T09:13:43.191-08:00I have so many things on my mindGUYS. I have things to talk about. SO. MANY. THINGS. I can't guarantee regular postings because I'm old, cranky, suffering from malaise of my own making and THINGS. I have many reasons for not being engaged and many reasons for longing to be engaged. This is my space and you are all just living in it.<div><br></div><div>That said, I have a small start to what could be coming.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>AGE: I'm 43. I'm a Gen Xer. I'm a cisgenderd, hetero woman. Evidently, my generation has a special mid life crisis and I am very much feeling it. I'm officially perimenopausal, at an awkward place in my "career." It's not great. However, I like my 40s. Not as much as my thirties but I'm not mad about it.</div><div><br></div><div>Career: Yeah. I've fucked around for too long and though I make more money than I ever did, I don't have much to show for it professionally. I didn't finish colllege, I'm undisciplined and I still don't know what I want to do. That's pretty bad since I seriously need to think about retirement.</div><div><br></div><div>Personal: Pretty damn good considering. I've been with my husband for 20 years, married for 13. I'm still crazy about him and glad I made the commitment. No complaints there.</div><div><br></div><div>All of that laid out is to illustrate what will be coming because I HAVE THOUGHTS. I have regrets, I have triumphs and I am grateful. My life is messy as is anyone's and I have to get it off my chest.</div><div><br></div><div>I shall end this with some nails because this space really took off with a love of nail polish and nail art and I shan't let you down. I'm also still very passionate about those two things so that's good.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I saw Moonspell in Portland two days after my birthday. This is the nail art I did:</div>
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I went to Vegas in May and September. Then I was off to Texas in October for my older brother's wedding. This is the nail art I wore in Texas:</div>
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I haven't slowed on the nail art, nail polish buying but I had to step away from swatching. It was a lot of work and other things. I'll slowly bring it back. In the meantime, you can see more of the nail art I've done on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mightylambchop/">Instagram</a>. I'll prolly end up reposting here but nonetheless, options. I recently received the <a href="http://uberchicbeauty.com/products/uber-mat-by-uber-chic-beauty.html">Uber Mat</a> which has really helped reignite some passion and I got the <a href="http://www.pueen.com/PUEEN-Celebration-Collection-FIREWORKS-FESTIVAL-p/bh000435.htm">Pueen Fireworks Festival</a> plate which is just lovely. I love XL stamping plates so much.</div>
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I do have a confession to make though. I have joined the dark side of major makeup obsession. ( I already was pretty enamored with the makeups anyway. Now it's like crazy.) Not enough to truly blog about it because I'm pretty fucking lazy and this is the best I can do. But I finally hit VIB at Sephora and an Ulta opened up in my town just a couple of miles away from me. Praise Bob. I gots me makeup and nail polish. I think one of the major factors to my diminished interest aside from life and work was the sub par offerings of most major polish brands this year. I mean, really.</div>
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MightyLambchophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04149659418738772000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702141486284037208.post-5182562071022020132015-06-29T13:15:00.000-07:002015-06-29T13:15:22.648-07:00Abstract PansyHey there, hi there, ho there!<br />
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I'm not about to recite the litany of everything happening since April. Suffice to say, in that time I had had to have TWO yes TWO root canals, I saw Moonspell again and I went to Vegas and renewed my wedding vows. So basically, things happened.<br />
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Anyway. I re-designed the layout on the blog today after neglecting it for so long. It will change again, eventually but I will place no time frames on that. I did however, get with it and finally join Instagram. You can follow me <a href="https://instagram.com/mightylambchop/">HERE</a> if you are so inclined.<br />
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To start things right, I wanted to include some nail art I did back in April. I learned that you could do some gradient, dry marble, something with a stamper. I had to try it out and I played with the technique for awhile and it's one of my faves now. This look came out very reminiscent of pansies and I adored it.<br />
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Sadly this photo's a bit washed out. I'm a bit out of practice with my photography and well, Oregon sun while beautiful; is tricky to work with. either way, I'm still proud of it.</div>
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I'm pretty sure my base was Orly Sweet Dreams. Everything else: Revlon Parfumerie Wild Violets, Pure Ice Platinum Magic Base Coat and Color Club Almost Famous. I used a MoYou stamper and placed blobs of polish on paper. Placed the stamper down on the blobs and slightly moved it to swirl and then gently pressed the stamper straight down to y nails. Voila! </div>
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I use this technique a lot with great results. I used it for my Margarita mani <a href="http://lambchopmobile.blogspot.com/2015/04/margarita-party.html">HERE</a> and a few other times. Photos of which to come. It's really easy, not nearly as messy as I would have thought and it dries hella fast. </div>
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Lately, I've been working on reverse stamping and had some triumphs. Those will come as well. Aside from that, I've been getting deeper into makeup and such. (Matt and I have been working on a photography project and I needs me good makeup skillz.) Matt thinks I should become a YouTuber but I don't know about that. I could never be as fun and cool as Nicole from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/YoungWildandPolished">Young, Wild and Polished</a>. (I could watch her videos all day long.)</div>
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That'll do for now. Bob willing I will get my shit together one of these days.</div>
MightyLambchophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04149659418738772000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702141486284037208.post-45781868658959145972015-04-11T07:00:00.000-07:002015-04-11T07:00:01.516-07:00Margarita PartyHello, hello!<br />
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I adore my Cheeky Viva Mexico Jumbo plate. Now, I'm a smitten kitten for these XL kind of plates anyway because they are snazzy and efficient! Anyway, I was reminiscing about our trips to Mexico and so I decided to have some fun with my nails and try another new nail art technique.<br />
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I can hear the cries now. "Lamby, did you not learn your lesson with Konad Special Polish???" I did, I did. I let that shit dry for two hours before adding top coat. Bu the culprit was the top coat itself which will be discussed another time. Just note that if you buy the Kiss decal set that comes with a teensy bottle of top coat, do not use the top coat. Learn from my mistakes.</div>
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All my nails have a base of China Glaze I Need a Refresh-mint. I used the green Konad polish to stamp my boozy images on index thru ring. On my thumb and pinkie, I grabbed some snazzy neon colors from the original Color Club Poptastic collection and I put small blobs on some paper. I then used a stamper that I don't like and mashed that bad boy down to get swirled and mixed colors. Pressed that shit down on my nails and there you have it. Once dry, I stamped with MoYou black stamping polish.</div>
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I was sketpical about how well that kind of stamping was going to work. I expected a big mess from pressing my stamper onto blobs of polish and I was worried about how quickly the polish would dry. (If ever.) Gratefully, it dries really quick. And this technique was pretty fun and easy so I will for sure be adding that to the repertoire.</div>
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So my hubs surprised me four bottles of ILNP multichrome flakies not too long ago and I am completely enamored with them. Now that there's more sun coming, I can actually have some nice photos but that didn't stop me from at least having one photo of how I layered with them.<br />
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Savage is a matte, it's rad EXCEPT that it stains. The good news is that it's easy to remove said stains unlike another nameless Sinful from years ago. I sponged two thick coats of Supernova over this because I like the scale effect and it's easy. </div>
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The multichrome flakies aren't just gorgeous, they apply beautifully and most importantly clean up exceptionally well. Some glitters just don't and you find random specks wedged in your cuticle area or nestled in between your fingers. Not so with these!</div>
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There will be more of these beauties joining the family. Believe it.</div>
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Today I have sparkly and pretty because sparkly and pretty.<br />
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On a Silver Platter is just lovely. My local stores never had it when it was released way back in holiday 2013 but they did have a fuckton of Belugaria. (Full disclosure: I own Belugaria and I actually like it,) So, I never got around to seeing it and taking it home with me until recently.</div>
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Above is three coats. I love the shiny, sparkly, holo but I think the golden shimmer is pretty kickass. This wants to be gold but it flashes some green and purple. I've been wearing it a lot lately and that's saying something as Essie isn't one I gravitate to that often.</div>
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Hallelujah! Except that I took a lot of photos in the hiatus and they seem to have disappeared so I have to try and swatch and whatnot all over again. Yay. I blame my husband even though I have no real understanding as to why I do not have said photos and it may not be his fault but I like having a scapegoat.</div>
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<i>You're damn right I put a mustache and cop glasses on this photo of my sister wearing a sombrero. I took it to 11, y'all</i>.</div>
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But that's not all, now you can learn how to leave quality voicemails. I hate talking on the phone and I only do so when someone doesn't call me like they said they would the night before (Ahem, MY SISTER.) even though I'd rather brush my cats' teeth. When that happens, these are the kinds of voicemails you receive from me:</div>
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<b><i>"So, what? You don't answer your phone anymore, heffa?? *REDACTED BORING REDACTED* That's okay. I'll just write about it in my diary. When it's published, becomes a New York Times bestseller and I am rich and famous; just remember that everyone will hate you. ...AAAnd you're so pretty. Ok, love you, bye-bye."</i></b></div>
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So now you have proof of how amazing me and my sister are. You're welcome. But now to nails!</div>
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I remembered everything in this because I was obsessed. I stumbled on Alchemy on clearance at Sephora and it made its way home with me. But I was also obsessed with sponging flakie polishes thanks to <a href="http://www.morenailpolish.com/">More Nail Polish</a> and the amazing things she did with the ILNP multichrome flakies <a href="http://www.morenailpolish.com/search/label/ILNP">here</a>. So simple and yet so brilliant and I feel lame that I never knew/thought about doing that.</div>
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I decided to attempt another nail art challenge from the hubs. When will I ever learn? He wanted me to do ikat. What I ended up with was vagina dentata. I'd like to say I self sabotaged since I don't like to do things that are "tribal" or "ethnic" because it's culturally insensitive but who the fuck am I kidding? I did sugar skull nail art so I'm just as culturally appropriating as the next. I just have not so very good skills hence the genitals all over my nails.</div>
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MightyLambchophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04149659418738772000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702141486284037208.post-91033271312211748302015-01-12T18:03:00.000-08:002015-01-12T18:03:53.043-08:00The Ultimate Duck DayHey y'all.<br />
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I HAD to do something for today. Oregon meeting Ohio State is exciting but nerve wracking. No matter what, this is a historical season in Oregon football. Go Ducks!<br />
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MightyLambchophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04149659418738772000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702141486284037208.post-42956148545867982472014-11-22T14:45:00.000-08:002014-11-22T14:45:08.709-08:00Sweeping out the cobwebsHey gang!<br />
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I have been gone awhile and disappointed not to be able to blog. My work is 100 times busier with added responsibilities so I often have no time or desire for nail art or swatching. I am not giving up though and I may be able to sneak some things in here and there. Thanks for your understanding.<br />
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Looking forward to joining you all again soon!MightyLambchophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04149659418738772000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702141486284037208.post-31698017038836231032014-09-16T07:00:00.000-07:002014-09-16T07:00:02.018-07:00Cheeky Sugar SkullsGood morning!<br />
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I recently purchased the Cheeky Viva Mexico Jumbo Plate. Of course I would since I've visited Mexico so many times and just love it so. This was a must have. This plate has awesome sugar skull designs on it so I had to do a colorful design.<br />
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MightyLambchophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04149659418738772000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702141486284037208.post-11572324030604685002014-09-15T08:53:00.000-07:002014-09-15T09:06:29.569-07:00Let's love loveGood morning!<br />
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On Saturday I officiated at my cousin's wedding. It was gorgeous outdoor event at twilight. My cousin looked gorgeous and her groom was so sweet and adorable. I had to come up with a ceremony on the fly and I kept it pretty short because they were sooo nervous and anxious. It all turned out well and it was super fun!<br />
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I had to do special nail art of course, so this what I came up with:<br />
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I was inspired by the wedding invitations which were white with black lace. I didn't want to do a white base so I chose SpaRitual In the Buff as my base. It kinda goes with the negative space trend in nail art, so win!</div>
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MightyLambchophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04149659418738772000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702141486284037208.post-22979472608029513782014-09-02T15:07:00.001-07:002014-09-02T15:07:48.657-07:00Duck Out The JamsGood afternoon!<br />
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Today I bring you the first Duck Day manicure of the 2014-2015 season! This week the spirit color was white.<br />
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Ducks beat South Dakota 62-13. Nice start but the first challenge of the season comes next week against Michigan. I won't lie, I'm nervous!</div>
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As usual, I'm super busy but never too busy for nail art!<br />
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MightyLambchophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04149659418738772000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702141486284037208.post-16777481732722757682014-08-19T15:12:00.000-07:002014-08-19T15:12:26.508-07:00Black Coffee BluesGood afternoon!<br />
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I recently go the Pueen Love Elements stamping plate set and I have been going nail art crazy!<br />
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The coffee cup design is too cute so I knew I would have to do a tribute to my second favorite beverage. </div>
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I used Orly Country Club Khaki as my base and Orly Buried Alive to stamp with.</div>
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The cups are from Pueen plate # 30. The "coffee rings" are from plate #47.</div>
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I love my coffee mani...now to find something to pay tribute to my favorite beverage, WINE.</div>
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MightyLambchophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04149659418738772000noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702141486284037208.post-71203469512594964112014-07-29T15:04:00.000-07:002014-07-29T15:04:59.707-07:00Aqua DreamGood afternoon!<br />
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Today I have another of the brilliant yet bad smelling Kleancolor Metallics. These are hands down the best metallic polishes I have ever used.<br />
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MightyLambchophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04149659418738772000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702141486284037208.post-14313089736052553232014-07-28T07:55:00.002-07:002014-07-28T07:59:37.850-07:00Nice day for a weddingGood morning!<br />
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I was away for awhile due to a very busy week. My nephew got married on Saturday and the week was full of activities. My brother came from Texas for the wedding so we had a belated birthday party for him, an early birthday celebration for the groom and we squeezed in a concert at the fair to see my sister's favorite band, Tesla. It was a lot of fun but it was exhausting!<br />
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I was at a loss for a special manicure for the event until I found a new dress. I was thrift shopping down in Roseburg and happened upon a great dress that was cute, comfy and best of all, under $10 bucks. It was perfect for the event and I'm going to be wearing it very frequently. Behold...<br />
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It was super cute and it had POCKETS! Perfect to keep my lip balm and red lipstick on me at all times.Since it had so much color, I needed that on my nails too. I couldn't resist the inspiration to "match" my dress so I did this:</div>
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The wedding was lovely and held in a cute little chapel in Creswell. I loved that they even rang the church bells once the ceremony was over. My nephew looked so handsome and his bride was stunning. My eyes got a little leaky particularly when she sang to my nephew. *sniff*</div>
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MightyLambchophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04149659418738772000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702141486284037208.post-27463638217325316732014-07-18T15:33:00.000-07:002014-07-18T15:39:15.476-07:00"Owlin" AroundGood afternoon!<br />
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I really enjoyed Finger Paints Poolside Paradise Collection so the last time I trolled through Sally, I picked up what was most interesting to me. I was inspired to also use a Finger Paints glitter I picked up last year but never swatched. Problems solved.<br />
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Today I have another beauty from the Orly Baked Collection. I bought a mini set at Sally and gave my sister Hot Tropics and Saturated out of it since I have the full size bottles. I didn't know how I was going to love Ablaze so buying the mini seemed like a good idea...<br />
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Ablaze leans really orange on me but it's an orange-y coral with glorious golden shimmer. It 's vibrant enough that you do not need to layer it over white at all. I can only imagine what this would be like layered over white. It's pretty retina searing as is. I still had a tiny bit of VNL but nothing major. Dry time was exceptional and the formula is smooth and perfect.</div>
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MightyLambchophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04149659418738772000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702141486284037208.post-85191324831071943332014-07-05T07:00:00.000-07:002014-07-05T07:00:00.850-07:00Suuper...Man...Good day!<br />
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I wanted to give you a break from my Mexican haul to share an Essence polish. Dear Bob, I love Essence. So cheap, so awesome, you can't go wrong. I am ridiculously devoted to their eyeliner pen. Essence is a very good thing.<br />
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Super, Man! is a fab silver foil loaded with holo glitter. It reminds me a lot of Orly Dazzle plus delicious holo glitter. This is really thick but applies really nicely and dries surprisingly fast. It was a snotch gritty but nothing top coat couldn't smooth out. It does give one the shimmer herpes though.</div>
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MightyLambchophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04149659418738772000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702141486284037208.post-16809675067227178162014-07-04T07:00:00.000-07:002014-07-04T07:00:07.618-07:00MuricaGood day!<br />
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Really quickly showing my Fourth of July mani. And quicker yet breakdown. Ready?<br />
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Base on thumb is Essence Super, Man!</div>
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Dots are Elf Silver, Color Club Wish List Red and Nicole by OPI It's ALL About The Glam</div>
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Stamp is Konad Special Polish in Red and Metallic Blue</div>
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I'm doing my darnedest to get my Mexico haul swatched and posted.One of my regular visits is to La Isla Shopping center because they have a store that's pretty similar to Claire's called Kloom. Well three years since my last visit, Kloom closed and was now replaced with Chula. Honestly, wasn't much of a difference except the absence of Luchador stuff and a heavy emphasis on sandals. So, yeah. That said, I can move on to one of the polishes I purchased there.<br />
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This applies very thick and it is a bit streaky but I was enamored nonetheless. I was impressed with how quickly it dried in spite of its thickness. It does make application tricky and I suppose I could thin it out but I haven't. I just really adore the color.</div>
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MightyLambchophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04149659418738772000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702141486284037208.post-24385002869532491142014-07-02T14:10:00.001-07:002014-07-02T14:35:26.399-07:00Olé Lady OléGood afternoon!<br />
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I have another purchase from Mexico. I have featured Lady Olé before after the last time I went to Mexico. You can check that out <a href="http://lambchopmobile.blogspot.com/2011/04/pigeons-iguanas-and-mayan-ruins-oh-my.html">HERE</a>. Anyway, let's move on to my newest member from the Lady Olé line.<br />
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Lady Olé Lillian</div>
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The formula is a tad thick and you most certainly need three coats for best opacity. Aside from that, it dried quickly and I was good to go in no time. I do need to state very clearly that this is not 3, 4 or even 5 free. This is full on toluene, formaldehyde and DBP packed. Then again, every single polish I have ever purchased in Mexico is not 3 free. With the exception of the Del Sol polishes I got ages ago in Cancun that is.</div>
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It took me awhile but I managed to cross a lemming from my list and then it took EVEN longer to get the goddamn thing swatched. But I have done so!<br />
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Today I have a recent find from Claire's. I will always be a sucker for a good black polish and more so when there is holo glitter.<br />
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Yummy holo, yo.</div>
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<i>I got this at Claire's for $4.50. I was a bit letdown by what else they ahd to offer so i did not take advantage of the usual BOGO 1/2 off. Such is life.</i></div>
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