06th Jan2011

Chanel – Brown Sugar

by carinaeletoile

Is a polish from 1994-1995 considered old school? In my head it is, but it may not be so for others. Anyway, enough with the debate over semantics. Let’s look at my treasure.

I know I’ve gone on and on about Chanel’s Brown Sugar. I did a search for Brown Sugar in my blog and I found three instances of where it’s mentioned. I know I’d have mentioned it a lot more but editing saved you from having to read about it everyday. Now friends of mine, on the other hand. I’ve more than bent their ears on it. Frankly, I think I think I abused them. LOL.

I’ll dig up Violette and let you look at them to see. I will eventually do a side by side comparison, but for now here is my one true nail polish love.

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05th Jan2011

Another Dog Day For Rex

by carinaeletoile

I think I’ve been bombarding the blog lately with animal posts in addition to nail polish, but I can’t help it.

Today I gave Rex a bath. I try to give him a bath and clean his ears out once a week because he’s a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. As with most spaniels and dogs of his ilk, they have tendencies to have things go wrong in their ears if you don’t take care of them. Rex is no exception. So I like to nip it in the bud.

Rex always needs a bath once a week because if he doesn’t he’s no longer adorable ruff ruff Rex. He’s Stinkasaurus Rex. He brings the funk and not in a good way.

Rex says, “Your depraved indifference to my suffering shows. You take photos of me when I am cold, wet and hungry.”

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Category : Cavalier King Charles, Dog, Pets
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05th Jan2011

Ginger & Liz – Hold The Drama

by carinaeletoile

Once again, Ginger & Liz totally make me have much love for them. Somehow, somewhere along the way the nail polish gods heard my pleas for colors that would look good on a brown girl like me…nearly all of the colors I have from G&L (save for one that was ok, but it wasn’t a disaster) have looked good enough when worn and have garnered some wonderful compliments.

The formula was a dream and the gloss was incredibly high and gorgeous…which I ruined the moment I did the cuticle oil.

Hold The Drama is truly the perfect purple I looked for in a creme that was close to eggplant but didn’t turn to a near black when dry. If you’re into purple polishes, this is one you shouldn’t pass up.

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04th Jan2011

Stalker Kitty

by carinaeletoile

I decided to have a little bread and cheese for a snack…and the moment I sat down, stalker kitty sat close to me. Really close because he wanted to have some cheese. I refused.

This is his pretty begging kitty face. He’s saying, “Please, ma’am…just a little piece of cheese will do me until dinner.” (Overlook the fact that he always has a full bowl of food.)

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04th Jan2011

NFU Oh – 065

by carinaeletoile

I had to take a picture of the bottom of the polish bottle because sometimes I forget when I swatch more than 3 in one day. :) Now you know what I’m showing ya!

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Category : China Glaze, NFU Oh
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03rd Jan2011

Get 3 Free Zoya Polishes For Free!

by carinaeletoile

For all you nail polish birdies who haven’t heard or anyone who’s been curious about Zoya but stayed away due to price…here is your chance to see why Zoya is a brand I do love.

Their polishes are normaly $7 a bottle, but this promo lets you get 3 (yes, THREE) free bottles of their polish for the price of their standard shipping – $6.95.

In case you don’t know what colors to get, here are some – but not all – of their colors I’ve swatched.

Taken from Zoya’s FB page.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!

We have the best fans in the world! As promised, the code is listed on the image above. The code is good for 3 Free* bottles of polish. The code is now active. (Because we love you guys and didn’t want to make you wait until the 4th!) The code will be active until January 7, 2011 at 11:59PM EST.

*Restrictions apply. See Facebook page for complete details. Online offer only. Valid Credit Card or Debit Card with sufficient funds needed to process orders. Offer valid in continental US only. Offer not valid in conjunction with other offers, discounts or specials. Code to be released January 3, 2011 on www.facebook.com/zoyanailpolish. Code valid January 4 – 7 2011 only. The offer is void if 20,000 “Likes” is not reached by January 3, 2011 at 11:59PM. Offer good for 3 free bottles of nail polish per customer. Valid email, contact and address information required to process orders. S/H charges apply.

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03rd Jan2011

Ginger & Liz – Take It or Leave It

by carinaeletoile

I’ll take it, thanks!

At first I was a bit disappointed at the color in the bottle because in the picture, it’s a great olive/khaki green. When I saw it in person it looked more grey…then I put it on.

It was a light first coat and I started to doubt it. However, it dried so quickly and had such a high gloss I was speechless. I did a second coat and it started to look more green than grey. Third coat was what it needed…and it was gorgeous. No bubbles and it was so fast in drying I was surprised. Again, G&L have out done themselves. I have yet to get a color from them where I am disappointed in the color or the formula.

See below for my pictures.

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02nd Jan2011

My Three Favorite Boys

by carinaeletoile

Kaadian (aka Mr Carinae) and my dad went out to the casting pools today so Kaadian could further perfect his casting in fly fishing. Daddy was ready. Mr Carinae was ready. It seems poor little Rex wasn’t ready – he didn’t have his coat or shoes (it was going to rain), nor did he have a fishing pole! Being even more of a bad mommy, I didn’t have Rex’s doggie life jacket from Outward Hound. Well, it’s not like he really needs one since he is such a water dog. He loved swimming in the pool and I had to keep the gate closed because if I didn’t, he’d be in the pool, paddling away.

I forgot Rex has strong tendencies to love the outdoors since he has so much spaniel in him. He gets excited when he sees birds outside and on a couple of occasions back in AZ, he’d be at the back door, staring out of the window and in a pointer pose, pointing at the birds in the yard!

Anyway, my three favorite boys, ready for outdoor activity. Sadly, Rex didn’t get to go.

Click the thumbnail to embiggen.

Category : Dad, Dog, Kaadian aka Mr Carinae, Pets, Rex
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