Studio M: Singles Only

I'm alive! ha ha and all moved into the new house...that is except that I have not unpacked any of my hobby stuff yet...including my polish. It took a while for my nails to grow back too, with all the moving and packing, I've been sporting nubbins for quite a while.

Today I'm wearing Wet n Wild Megalast "Haze of Love" with Studio M's "Singles Only" overtop. Singles Only is a sheer pink jelly with Silver hexes and small silver glitter mixed in. I'm not a pink polish lover, but I do wish the base was a bit more opaque, the pink was so sheer it may as well have been clear.

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China Glaze Luxe and Lush

When I first saw Luxe and Lush in person, I thought it was a dupe to Color Club's Covered in Diamonds, but although they're similar, they are definitely different. Both are chunky flakies in a clear base. What do I mean by chunky? Most flakie polishes are smooth, but the flakes in "chunky flakie" polishes are irregular shapes that do not lay flat on the nail. Some examples of other chunky flakies would be the NYX avenue or Sinful Ocean polishes.

The primary differences between CID and L&L is that CID has larger flakes and flashes more colors; blue, green and gold. L&L has smaller flakes and flashes gold and green. Here are the two together:

Here is Luxe and Lush by itself. This is layered over my current Gel mani.

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And the winner is.....

Thank you to everyone who entered my 500 follower giveaway, I appreciate every one of you. I found a few more vintage polishes at the Dollar Tree, so I'll be working on another giveaway real soon...

Now for the good stuff, the winner is:



Congratulations Sara, I hope you enjoy the polishes. I'll be shipping out your package by the end of the week.


Here's a quick nail pic, I used Milani's striper polish in Purple Outline as an accent to my Rad Nomad mani from the weekend.

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Studio M: Rad Nomad

Now, on to the polish! Rad Nomad is shared by both Studio M and Color Club. It's a dusty purple-y gray cream. The color was originally from the fall 2011 Color Club collection Back to Boho, and after researching that collection, I'd say this color is my favorite from it. It must be a core color, because now Studio M is carrying it at Meijer.

Lobster hands!

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Wet n Wild Coloricon: Bow in My Presence

This is the 2nd color I purchased in the Be Jeweled collection, it's called Bow in My Presence. BIMP is a very light teal that flashes pink. The duochrome on this one isn't as strong as Speak When Spoken To, but I only used one coat here, so that may have something to do with it. This is one coat overtop yesterday's Studio M On the Hunt.

You can start to see the pink flash around the edges although it's very subtle:

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Studio M: On The Hunt

I recently found this polish at Meijer, it's called On The Hunt. I believe this is a Studio M exclusive, I Googled the name and didn't see any Color Club's with the same name. OTH is a mint green with some pretty amazing gold shimmer. The shimmer is what sold me on the color. I love this for spring. I'm not a pastel girl, so this is a good alternative for me ☺



Look at that shimmer! ♥



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Super Clearance!

I love a good deal, especially on polish. I found this color just sitting on an end cap at Meijer and picked it up. When I read the name, Snowed-In, I knew it was from the Christmas collection....so I took it over to the bar code scanner and it rang up for..... 29 cents! Woo! Sold! I also got Orna-mint for the same price. Not bad!




What a cool color, huh? I decided to try and layer Revlon Whimsical over top a darker blue (since I don't have any light ones) and I did not love the look. I also layered Sally Hansen Glass Slipper over the other nails and I do like that combo. Too bad I ruined the ring finger with Whimsical, cuz I would have worn the heck out of the Glass Slipper combo.



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Studio M: Silver Lining ...with flakies

I found this color on clearance at Meijer, Silver Lining is from Studio M's holiday collection. It's a grayed out white frost. Pretty color, but I really hate seeing the brush strokes. They actually don't look too bad in the photo, but they really stood out in person.



So, I've always wanted to try wearing a flakie over a white and I wasn't disappointed. It was hard to photograph, and I have the worst lobster hands here, but the polish looks great 8-) I love how it looks like an opal. Very cool. This is two coats of Finger Paints Twisted.



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Studio M: Covered in Diamonds

Studio M is a Meijer exclusive brand of polish and they are the same as Color Club, they have a lot of the same polishes with the same names. I had been eyeballing the Color Club version of Covered in Diamonds for a wile, but when I saw the Studio M version in the store, I decided it was about time to grab it.

Covered in Diamonds is a clear base filled with chunky flakies. The flakies in this remind me of the NYX Avenue polishes, they don't always lie flat on the nail....you have to be ok with a little texture to like this polish. This is one coat over Wet n Wild Black Magic:





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Studio M: Flair

Flair is not my usual vampy color, it's a bright orangy red shimmer. I got it on clearance for less than a dollar. Sometimes stepping out of your comfort zone pays off and I think it did with this one. I would have never gotten it otherwise and I really ended up liking it.





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Avon: Wicked + Massini: Fall Promo Shade

So, I was trying to go for a Thanksgiving/Fall look today, so I started with one coat of Avon's Wicked, which is basically black unless in direct sunlight, then you see some brown shimmer. Over top I added one thin coat of Massini's Fall Promo Shade, which is basically Color Club's Wild and Willing.

You can see alot of the green duochrome in this pick.



Head one, it's an orange-y brownish color. The finish to it reminds me of Orly's Space Cadet - kindy of that metallic foil-y texture.





Massini or as it's known today, Studio M is a Meijer brand knock off of Color Club. Last year, they released the entire Wild at Heart collection, but on each bottle listed the color as Fall Promo Shade.

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Many Layers

So this mani started with LA Girls Rockstar in Addict, which is a maroon-ish red color with orange-y glass flecks.

Pretty color, but I thought it needed some umph, so I added a layer of LA Girls Rockstar Double Platinum, which is a light charcoal, almost clear jelly base with silver holo glitter:


I didn't care for the combo, so I added a layer of Massini's Slamming Red (Massini and Studio M are the same brand). I adore Slamming Red! Just look at the holo in the bottle. My camera absolutely refuses to capture red polishes properly.


So, Slamming Red is my current NOTD. I just picked up Orly Space Cadet today, so I think I'll be changing my mani soon. As much as I love Slamming Red, I don't think I'll be able to wait to wear Space Cadet, it's so pretty!!!

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