Precision Color FX Collection

Good morning, Dear Reader!

Today I have Precision's new Spring 2009 Collection for you, Color FX.  I'm told these colos are replacing their Get Loud (neon) collection, so get the neons while you can!

These are all vibrant colors, but not quite neon, and five of the six are creme finishes.  Here they are, all three coats over a base.  They're in descending order that I like them.

Wait a Melon for Me is a slightly jelly cantaloupe colored creme and I swatched it after the yellow - please forgive my poor job of removing the yellow!).

 

 

Pink with a Wink is a bright pink with a very subtle shimmer.

 

The Next "It" Girl is bright yellow, slightly darker and much more opaque than OPI's The It Color.

 

Honey Dew This is a fantastic green creme along the lines of CNY's Greenwich Ave, with less yellow and not quite as bright.

 

Surfin' in Malibue is a stunning bright, somewhat turquoise blue.

 

Pur-fect FX is a mid tone bluish purple creme, which I wore after swatching yesterday.

 

I got mine from sparkling*nails on ebay, who's a great seller.  She ships free to the US and Canada over $100, and if you look around her store, you'll find it's *really, really* easy to hit the $100 mark!  She also has Nubar, SpaRitual, and Zoya (in addition to the big guys), so take a look.  If she doesn't have what you're looking for in stock, if you email her at sparklingnails@verizon.net, she'll take good care of you.  As always, I have nothing to gain if you buy from her, I just want you to get the good stuff!

That's all for now, Dear Reader.  Until later, love and nail polish to you!

I Have Good News and I Have Bad News

Good evening, Dear Reader!

I have good news and I have bad news tonight.  I was recently thinking of the fishnet pattern on Konad plate M57, wondering how I could use it.  The good news is that I'm able to use it, but the bad news is that it's because I broke a second nail and filed them down.  I'm sporting single-stamp nubbins.

Tomorrow, I'll have the new Spring 2009 Precision collection, Color FX, the last pictures on my nail longs.  Tonight, I have one of the colors from that collection, Pur-fect FX, Konaded with SpaRitual Thunder Road using plate M57.  Here are my new nails.

 

 

That's the update for now, Dear Reader.  Until tomorrow, love and nail polish to you!

Did Someone Say "Precisions?"

Good morning, Dear Reader!

I've finally done swatches of some of the polishes I've been staring at this week, and I have pictures for you!  They are, of course, my most recent Precisions haul.  Today I have four of them, and tomorrow I'll show you the other four.

The first is a sheer called Champagne Supernova.  It's sheerer than I expected - I feel a little naked posting this picture!  But, I'm amongst friends, so what the heck...

Next up is a bright pinkish red jelly called Peek A Boo Pink.  Although lovely, I think I'll pass this one on to one of my girlfriends who loves jellies - she would wear and appreciate it more than I would.

I also have another red, this one a deep true red, called Miami Heat.  It's opaque in two coats, which makes it a keeper for me.

Finally, my favorite: Flamingo Pink.  This is a great opaque pink creme, and the name suits it perfectly.

That's the first half of my most recent Precisions haul.  I hope you enjoyed them!  They're easy to find - I got them from sparkling*nails on ebay (that's a link to the listings).  She's easy to buy from, and if something you've seen here is out of stock in her store, just email her at sparklingnails@verizon.net and she'll make sure you get what you're looking for.  She's always great, but we've found she's especially good to The Nailphile readers, so let her know you saw it here!

On to something hard to find... Moooooonpoooool!  I managed to get my hot little hands on a spare bottle of China Glaze's Moonpool, and I'm giving it to you, Dear Reader.  I'll randomly select the winner on December fourth, so there are only a few days left to enter to win.  If you haven't put your name in the hat yet, please do!  The drawing is open to all readers worldwide, your name will show as you enter it (so you don't need to enter your full name), and your email address will only be used to notify you that you've won.  Good luck!

That's all for today, Dear Reader.  Until tomorrow, love and nail polish to you!

Even More Precisions and Some Classic China Glazes

Good morning, Dear Reader!

This morning I did some swatching for you - more Precisions that I recently got. I also have pics of two NOTD's - one from another swatching day this week, and the other is today's. I've been "saving" (for what, I don't know!) some of my old and hard-to-find polishes, and this week I've cracked into them and really enjoyed them - so much that I haven't even felt compelled to Konad them!

I'll start with the Precisions. Each is two coats over a base coat under artificial light.

Senorita Rosarita, I'll just get out of the way. What my application problem was on this one, I'll never know, and I didn't realize how shabby it was until I saw the pics! The polish itself is great - it's a blood red jelly that's unique to my collection. If you can disregard the application, you'll see it's a really cool color.

Romeo + Juliet (that's how the label has the name) is a classy slightly fuchsia red with a strong shimmer.

Can You Keep a Secret? is a hot pink almost-creme - it has a very slight shimmer to it. The shimmer shows up more in these magnified pictures than it does in real life.

Sticky Caramel is an excellent BABB (Band-Aid but Better) creme. This is definitely one I'll wear, and it's screaming at me to Konad it!

The last of the Precisions is my favorite of this bunch - Purple Haze. It's lavender with a strong silver shimmer to it. This one is so pigmented that one coat was almost enough - I barley needed the second.

I got the Precisions from sparkling*nails on ebay, as usual (and that's a link to the Precision listings). If she's out of stock of anything that you've seen here, if you email her at sparklingnails@verizon.net and let her know that you saw it on The Nailphile, she'll take very good care of you and see that you get what you want. She has excellent customer service in general, but we've found that she's extra good to The Nailphile readers. One added note, if you find yourself loading up in her store (which is *really* easy to do, says the voice of experience!), she ships free to the US and Canada for orders over $100, and she does ship to France as well. I always add just one more (between Zoya, OPI, China Glaze, Precision, CHI, and SpaRitual...) , find that I'm close to free shipping, and add a couple more to get the free shipping. It's easy to do - I used to do it accidentally, now I just assume I will!

On to the China Glazes! I was hanging on to the second of these pics waiting for a good post where it would fit in, but it's such a great color that I thought I'd just tack it on to today's post. First up is today's NOTD (Nails of the Day), which I did as soon as I finished swatching this morning. It's China Glaze's Crystal Ball, which can be hard to find. The closest thing I've seen to it that's easily available is Precision's Shine, Wine, and Dine (which I posted a while back).

The second is probably my most precious China Glaze. I've had it for quite some time, but was, as I mentioned, "saving" it. I realized I didn't know what I was saving it for, so I finally used it, and it's better than I'd hoped. It is, of course, the very hard to find Moonpool (Moooooooooooooooooooooonpooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool!).

That's what I've got for you today, Dear Reader. I plan to be cracking open more of my precious hard-to-finds in coming weeks since I've enjoyed these two so much (as well as last week's OPI Creme de Menthe). If I ever use them up and they're gone, at least I will have enjoyed them!

Until tomorrow, Dear Reader, love and nail polish to you!

Yet More Precisions!

Good morning, Dear Reader!

I woke up bright and early on this fine Sunday morning and finished swatching the last of the Precisions I have which I haven't yet shown to you. There are four, and something was a little off with my application skills this morning - they're not quite as perfectly tidy as usual, and for some reason I was doing super thin coats for the first three swatches. I normally do thin coats (making all OPIs three-coaters for me), but on these I was doing them even thinner than usual. For all four of these, I did two coats over a base so they're consistent with my other swatches, but if any look a bit thin, attribute it to user error... Since the sun is still coming up and it's a cold cloudy day here, I used artificial light for all of the pictures. I'll show them to you in the order that I swatched them so you know which three were thinner than usual.

Hey Baby Hey is a semi sheer carnation pink with a moderate shimmer.

Wizard of Oz-zie is a rich berry with a strong silver shimmer.

Harold + Muave is my favorite of this group, a purple-y mauve with a strong silver shimmer.

I Toed You So is a rich, deep red creme, and the only on I applied with my usual coats. There was no VNL with this one, as there is with so many OPI reds, so it made me happy.

Those are all the Precisions I have that you haven't seen yet, but there are a few more on the way that I'll be able to show you soon. I got them from sparkling*nails on ebay (that's a link to her Precisions listings), but if she's out of stock of anything you've seen here, if you email her at sparklingnails@verizon.net and tell her that you saw it on The Nailphile, she'll take good care of you and make sure you get what you want.

I may have more for you later, Dear Reader, as I'm going into Konad withdrawal. I haven't done an all-out Konadicure since Tuesday, and am in the mood to do one now, so I might have more pictures for you this afternoon. Until then, love and nail polish to you!

Even More Precisions & Misa Earthward

Good morning, Dear Reader!

I awoke this morning feeling pretty spunky, so I did some swatches of four more Precision polishes for you.

This first, Black Matrix, is a basic black creme that I'll use for layering with the Sprinkles collection. I often find with layering that different brands don't make friends well, so I like to use the same brand for both colors.

Sangria is a red shimmer the that really is the color of good Sangria.

Morning Glow is a great hot-but-not-too-hot pink creme, close to OPI's Hottie Pink but a bit redder (although I haven't run across my Hottie Pink in the never-ending task of unpacking and organizing my polish to compare...).

Heidi Says is a pink sheer with a good blue flash to it. See how much I'm warming up to the sheers?

After I swatched these, I went through the "Untrieds" I've set aside as I unpacked. Yes, it was only a few days ago I said I was weary of dark colors, but that went away with morning when I saw Misa's Earthward and wondered why I hadn't tried it yet. That's the mani I did for today (al least for this morning - there may be more swatching to be done today...).

I got the Precisions where I always get them (and my Zoyas, and SpaRituals, and CHIs...) - from sparking*nails on ebay (that's a link to the Precisions listings). I'd wager that it this point I have almost everything that she has available, but I love them! They apply and dry beautifully, and so many of the colors are knock-your-socks off good (and since shipping is free to the US and Canada for over $100, it's easy to tack on just one more...). If she's out of stock of anything you've seen here, you can just email her at sparklingnails@verizon.net and let her know you saw the color(s) you want on The Nailphile, and she'll take very good care of you. She's a great seller, but has been extra good to my Dear Readers. I got the Misa at Head2Toe, linked on the right side of the page, which is a great source for OPIs, Essies, Misas, and more. The down side to Head2Toe is their international customer service doesn't seem to be the best, but since they and I are both in Illinois, that's not a problem for me. I just mention that for our international friends.

That's all for now, Dear Reader. I might have more for you this afternoon. Until then, love and nail polish to you!