Maybelline Salon Expert: Acoustic Azure

Today's NOTD is Acoustic Azure. This was a great Dollar Tree find, it's nice and pigmented. I only needed one coat for the picture.



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Maybelline Express Finish: Merlot Magic + Kleancolor Chunky Holo Poppy

Merlot Magic is an old school Maybelline Express Finish I picked up from the Dollar Tree a couple of years pack. I just love darken reds and this color is awesome, just on the edge of being a vampy color...but not quite.



Than I decided to add one layer of Kleancolor Chunky Holo Poppy overtop to give it a bit more umph....perfect!



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LA Girl Glitter Addict colors

I got my LA Girls glitters through Cherry Couture, but I've seen a recent display at Rite Aid. I used Maybelline Express Finish Purple Trend as the base.

Here's Purple Trend by itself. If I ever make a top 10 list, this sucker is going to be on it. I love the vampy purple, but the teal shimmer is what makes it so special. Make sure to click to enlarge the pick.




and this is in order: Flamboyant (copper), Eutopia (purple), Nostalgic (aqua), and Jostle (blue). Each color has small micro glitter and larger hex glitter of the same color in a clear base.



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LA Girl Glitter Addict: Uninhibited

I LOVE black glitter! Ever since Wet n Wild's Tangled in my Web came out, so I just had to get Uninhibited. Uninhibited is a mixture is small black micro glitter with larger black hexes mixed together in a clear base. I decided to wear this over Maybelline Express Finish Cool Couture. I really think this color and Purple Trend deserved more attention than they got, they are two of my all time favorite colors!

Please make sure to enlarge the pick so you can see all the awesome shimmer from Cool Couture peeking through the black glitter. I LOVED this combo.


Just in case you wanted to see Cool Couture solo, here is a link to my previous post.

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Maybelline Express Finish: Matte Bronze

This color is an old Maybelline Express Finish called Matte Bronze. I love how fast these old mattes dry. Lately I seem to smudge my nails like every time I do them, so it was nice to have them all dry and ding fee when I was done 8-)





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Wet n Wild Fastdry: Correction Tape

So, after searching my little butt off trying to find the On the Prowl colors, I finally found them. I got all the colors I wanted except for Tangled in My Web, which is the black glitter and of course the one I wanted most.

This color is called Correction Tape and it's pretty much the same as Party of Five Glitters except the glitter colors are different. I really didn't want this color, but after recently swatching POFG and loving it, I decided to get it. This is one coat over yesterday's Blackened Maroon and this is my current NOTD. I really like the combo.





Sooo, I if anyone has an extra Tangled in My Web they may be willing to trade, I have an extra blue flakie Snowman polish I could swap in return. Just leave a comment if interested.

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Maybelline Express Finish: Blackened Maroon

Here's another old DT Maybelline that, yikes, I don't think I've ever worn before. It's called Blackened Maroon and I'm glad I finally gave it a chance. It's nice and vampy dark, but definitely not black. Just like I like 'em! LOL.



So can you believe October starts this weekend? I think for the entire month I'm only going to post Halloween related polishes ☺

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Maybelline Express Finish: Notorious Navy

Another awesome color from the Scene on the Runway limited edition Maybellines, Notorious Navy is a nice blue with an almost foil finish . I'm not sure the name fits though, when I hear "Notorious Navy" I think dark and vampy.

This is two coats without top coat.






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Maybelline Express Finish: Purple Trend

This is another of those limited edition Maybellines. This is called Purple Trend and it's a raisin-y purple with the same teal shimmer as Cool Couture. The shimmer on this one is a bit less noticeable, you can only really see it in direct sunlight.



I think you can pick up more of the shimmer in this pick:


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Wet n Wild Fastdry: Party of Five Glitters

When I first saw this color, I really didn't think I'd like it that much, but to my surprise, when I added a layer over Maybelline's Be Seen in Green, I really liked it. The glitter wasn't as dense as I expected, and it allowed the base color to remain the focal point.

This is one coat over Be Seen in Green:




So, is this a dupe to the Milani glitter? I don't own that one, but they seem to me like they'd be similar to each other. I'm thinking the glitter in the Milani color would be more dense though.

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Maybelline Express Finish: Be Seen in Green

This is another one of the four Maybelline Limited Edition polishes I purchased a couple of weeks ago. I just learned the collection is called Scene on the Runway, and this is Be Seen in Green. It's an aqua green base with a bit of regular green shimmer mixed in...it gives it a bit of kick. Not my fav, but still a nice color.





This is with one coat of LA Colors Treasure Island:


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Maybelline Express Finish: Cool Couture

I recently found a new display of Limited Edition Maybellines. There were two of each color in the display and I have to say there were some cool colors! I got three from the set, I believe there were 5 colors in all. This is called Cool Couture, and it's a gray cream with teal shimmer. This is so unique, I love it.



Here's a closeup of the teal shimmer, sorry for the blurry pick, but I had to try and show it off. The shimmer with the gray is just amazing.


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Maybelline Salon Experts: Punked Purple

Punked Plum is my current mani and I think I've found the perfect vampy for me! It's a nice dark color, but you can totally tell it's a maroon and not black. I love it! It's got a nice glass fleck finish to it too. I recently pulled out a ton of colors in prep for my 1st purge and this was one of the colors on the chopping block. I'm so glad I gave it a try. It was untried, I got it in a dual pack from the DT a while ago.







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Maybelline Express Finish: Glass Slipper

Ah, another white mani today. This previously untried Maybelline is called Glass Slipper. It's a white cream with a bit of glass fleck, and it's pretty opaque too. I really do like these old Maybellines.







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Maybelline Express Finish: Sunset Pink

Here's another old untried Maybelline, this is Sunset Pink. SP is a pale pink base with a touch of a glass fleck finish. Hmm, almost close to mannequin hands here! LOL. I don't usually go for pinks, but when I do, I like 'em light like this one.





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Maybelline Express Finish: Ice Cold

Every once in a while, you just need to wear white polish. This color is called Ice Cold. It's a white base with a frost finish. It does show a bit of brush stroke, but not too badly ☺

This is yet another DT find. It's been sitting untried for....well, I hate to say like 2yrs or so. I still have a few others that I've never worn....so you'll probably see a few more Maybellines soon ♥





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Maybelline Express Finish: Twinkle Twinkle

Twinkle Twinkle is such a cool color! I think it's pretty close to Starry Starry Night, but it's not a jelly base. At any rate, it's a nice dark blue base with silver glitter. I was lucky enough to find this sucker at the Dollar Tree.

This is right on the border of my "vampy-color-looks-black-except-in-direct-sunlight" pet peeve, but I think it's just colorful enough not to get on my nerves ☺ I really love this one. It also looks great with Shooting Stars overtop, but I forgot to grab of picture of that combo.





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Maybelline Express Finish: Khaki Fringe

Green! I almost passed this one by until I saw a post on MUA swatching the color. I don't know why it didn't impress me in the store, maybe the florescent light made it look different? I'm just glad the Dollar Tree still had one when I went back for it. Like Purple Rage, this one has a kind of frost / shimmer finish.

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Maybelline Express Finish: Purple Rage

Here's another one of my old Dollar Tree Maybellines, this is called Purple Rage. It's a steely purple bordering on gray. It has kind of a frosty finish, you can see some brush strokes, but not badly. This is two coats, no base or top.





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Maybelline Express Finish: Wine Spritzer

Wine Spritzer is a rosey pink colored foil and one of the many Maybelline's I've found at the Dollar Tree. I usually don't go for pinks, this was part of a two pack that I originally bought for the other color. I really wouldn't have given this one a chance on it's own, but once I saw it on the nail, I was surprised that I actually liked it ☺

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