My first half-moon mani

I can't go to work with naked nails, so I decided to try a half-moon mani.

Check out the colors I used after the jump!

Sally Hansen HD (pic heavy)

I've just realized how pretty the Sally Hansen HD polishes are.
The Hi-Definition Nail Color is infused with liquid crystals to enhance the resolution, brightness, and true color of these polishes.

I've had them for a few months and just saw them on one of my display shelves and really noticed them for the first time.

Sally Hansen Hi-Definition Nail 

The best thing about them all is that I got all but 2 of them at a local discount grocery/salvage store for $0.99 each; I got the other 2 on clearance at Rite Aid for $1.27 each!

Swatches of each on bare nail, over black, and white after the jump!

I stopped by Ross today to see if they had any polish for the cheap.
I only saw one that I liked.

Meet Borghese Mediterraneo Sea.

This is a royal blue cream with blue, purple, pink, and green glitter packed inside.

My favorite thing about it is that it dries matte. Matte and glitter are my favorite combo.

This polish applies like a dream and is completely opaque in 2 coats!

This is my favorite Borghese polish that I own. 

I usually think of Borghese as boring old lady colors but this has blown me away.

Borghese is about $7 at CVS and Rite-Aid (I THINK, don't quote me on that), but I got this at Ross for $1.99.

I couldn't decide what color to paint my nails last night so I called my nephew and asked for his opinion.

He responded as any 14 year old boy would, "Uh..what?" He finally said teal and glitter.

Spoiled's Distant Memory topped with Color Club's Beyond the Mistletoe!

See individual review after the jump!

Milani Haul! (pic heavy)

I got a great haul of Milani polishes today.

From left to right: Breey, Neon Lites, Orange Burst, Winter Wine, Lemongello, Totally Cool.

These are all gorgeous colors! The oddball, of course, is Totally Cool.

Individual pics and reviews after the jump!

I won this this bottle of Lynnderella I Can Afford It on another site.

I was super excited about getting it.

I Can Afford it is a combination of large green hex glitters and purple and gold smaller glitters. 

It's all suspended in what I believe is SUPPOSED to be a clear base but I think the glitter bled and the base is a light green.

This is one coat of ICAI on my natural nail.

The brush is small and skinny; usually my ideal brush.

The polish came out in clumps and didn't really spread evenly on my nail.

I wanted to layer it over another color after I did this swatch but removal was even worse than application.

Removing this polish was TERRIBLE, it was sticky and got everywhere even when I used the foil method.

I'm never going to use this again. I'll probably give it away or trade it.
And if no one wants it I'll just trash it.

Maybe someone else will have better luck with it.

I'm swatching, snapping pics, and writing up some reviews to queue up so the place won't seem so lonely.

Also, I got my bottle of I Can Afford it by Lynnderella that I won from Set In Lacquer today; I'll be swatching it as well!