MollyHell's Grab Bag! - Orly Midnight Star

Yeah, I don't like frosts, but this one's color, and the metallic quality make it a huge favorite of mine.

Orly Midnight Star:

MollyHell's Grab Bag - Sally Hansen Rockstar Pink

And this one is even available right now in stores! Sad to think how often I see a polish or hear about it and it just isn't available anymore.

Sally Hansen Rockstar Pink:

MollyHell's Grab Bag! - Color Club Electronica

LOVE it!!!

Color Club Electronica:

Halloween Leftover: Ulta Glow Get a Treat OPI Mini Set

Halloween is over, but I picked up this little mini set at Ulta for a whopping $2.99. It has three polishes, a white glow-in-the-dark, a light blue glow-in-the-dark and an orange creme. I have always wanted Boo-Berry, the blue one, so I snagged this set. Now I don't have to pay eBay prices! An added bonus to this pack: these two glow-in-the-dark polishes are by FAR the brightest I have tried, including Sally Beauty, other OPIS, Wet n' Wild, and China Glaze.


OPI Ghostess With the Mostess, the white GITD:


OPI Boo-Berry, the blue GITD, is very sheer but I LOVE the color:


OPI Pumped Up Pumpkin is darker orange creme than the Tattoo Ta-Boo orange, and I like it better.

MollyHell's Grab Bag! - Creative Studio 54

Yeah, Creative doesn't make this anymore. That make that mix and match stuff. Whatever.

This is not only a yummy purple, but it glows in black light! For dancin', and bein' noticed on the floor!

Creative Studio 54:

MollyHell's Grab Bag! - Two Polishes Everyone Should Own

Two polishes everyone should own. Says it all right there.

BB Couture Fairy Blood. Super vibrant ruby red jelly with red glitter. In my opinion the best of the red jellies with red glitter, period. Intense color without staining the skin, easy to remove, and gorgeous.


And BB Couture Dragon's Breath, a juicy purple jelly with red, silver and blue glitter. Incredibly stunning.

Revlon Fantasy Lengths Glue-On and Self-Adhesive Eyelashes

I got invited to try Revlon Fantasy Lengths eyelashes by janet, who also sent me the nice glue-on nails. I seldom wear false eyelashes but I am always game to try new things. I own exactly one pair of false eyelashes, made by MAC, they're a Hello Kitty collection pair and they are really neat, so I figured why not try the Revlon?

Considering what a complete novice I am at putting on eyelashes these were not too hard to apply. I was sent four pairs, two which had glue you needed to apply, and two with adhesive strips already on them. I only tried the self-adhesive ones. The difference is the self-adhesive ones have a much thicker base to them, which is noticeable. But not becessarily bad, I put on black eyeliner anyway. A couple of fumblings and a couple of trapped lashes, and I got decent enough application. It was pretty easy. Next time I might even be able to not get eyelashes trapped! Revlon's site for these lashes is: http://www.revlon.com/ProductCatalog/SubCategory.aspx?CategoryID=3&SubCategoryID=11 . Unfortunately I have no idea how much these cost.

MollyHell's Grab Bag! - Sally Hansen Arabian Night

Sally Hansen Arabian Night is a stunning dark blue/purple with golden shimmer. Maybe the best polish Sally Hansen ever made other than the Prisms?

MIGI Nail Art Pens

I was asked if I wanted to try these pens out by Jeff at Migi Nail Art. Who am I to say no?? He graciously sent me four pens, black, white, pink, and fine gold glitter. These come in small plastic squeeze tubes you can screw together so you have a double sided pen, which makes storage easier. They have about 40 colors, including a couple glitters and some neons. Migi Nail Art: http://www.miginailart.com They've got some design ideas on their site and a lot of videos on YouTube.

I'm no Nail Artiste. I like my polish simple. But Migi Nail Art pens are easy to use, so I fiddled with them and I think with some practice these could be fun and easy to use. If you unscrew the pen top, you get a normal size nail polish brush. If you pop off the cap you get a hair fine tube which acts as a pen tip. You just squeeze the tube, and polish comes out. The problems can be if you squeeze too hard, or apply too much. The polish has to be relatively thin to get out of the tiny tube, and this means you can get too much on the tip easily. If you wipe it off all the time, that could be wasteful, but I am sure practice and a nearby paper towel would help. I put too much polish on very easily. So while this can probably become extremely easy, it will take a bit of getting used to. My one big complaint: I'd have preferred a thin brush, not the full sized one. It is impossible to get a nice straight line with the pen or the large brush. I was completely unable to make my nail look like a tuxedo top, which I wanted to. I did make my nail look like a tuxedo as drawn by a tired kindergartener, though. I will spare you those pics and show you a few of my other dorkish fumblings. One other large problem: The glitter would NOT come out of the pen. Only the clear suspension polish did. Not good.

These come $25 for an 8 pack, or replacement singles at $3.00. I can see these being great for holidays. I may get a few and make some Christmas nails!

My Gingerbread Man Type Thing:


Assorted Things That Took Zero Talent:

MollyHell's Grab Bag! - Be Ox-Y-In and Elizabeth Arden West End Purple Sage

To start off November's Grab Bag a day late I've chosen a couple of favorites!

Be Ox-Y-In is a dark blue/green/purple shimmer. I think it's just stunning. I have no idea where to buy Be, this was a swap polish.


Elizabeth Arden West End Purple Sage is just mesmerizingly gorgeous. A juicy purple and a fine rainbow shimmer make this a knockout.

O! A Daily OPI! - OPI My Private Jet

Absolutely one of my favorite OPIs of all time - but they have changed the formula, I think it is the same basic shade but they toned the glitter way down and it isn't a holographic anymore, just kind of a shimmer. Screw that noise. WHY? So now my alternative is Color Club Revvvolution.

So you'll see I did some glue ons again. I highly prefer photographing my own natural nails, and all of my pictures are natural nail except this one, a few I will be taking here soon of OPI Holiday polishes, and the ones I took recently that I labeled as glue-on nails. It doesn't really make that much of a diference, I guess, but I want you to be able to evaluate how the polishes will look on you, and I feel letting you know which pictures are glue-on nails is important. Glue-ons suck. they damage my nails.

This is the last in a two month Daily OPI series, next month will be MollyHell's Grab Bag. I hope you enjoy!

OPI My Private Jet:

Essie A Sweet Time Of Year Collection

I am not buying these, guys, so no swatches, but I did try them out today at Ulta. The Sweet Time of Year Collection is three polishes, a baby pink, a mint green, and a red. Same good Essie formula.

The pink is basically a French manicure color. It's a super sheer wash of baby pink. Reminded me a lot of their Yes We Can pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It's not worth it, in my opinion. The red is a nice semi-opaque jelly. It's a kind of geranium petal red, very brash. It has a nice feeling to it though. One coat gives a jelly semi-translucence, two coats full coverage. The mint is a nice bluish mint green, and had it been a jelly I would have gotten it too. But it was a creme, so I passed. Ulta has these buy one at $8.00 get one 50% off, or you can wisely buy the mini pack at Transdesign, or the full bottles much cheaper.

O! A Daily OPI! - OPI Light My Sapphire and OPI DS Vintage

You get two today because I realize I somehow did OPI DS Chiffon twice. WTF!?


OPI Light My Sapphire. Only a hint of blue.


OPI DS Vintage, a nice rich copper holographic!

New MAC Magic, Mirth and Mischief Holiday 2009 Nail Lacquers

These came out two weeks ago. I got them one week ago. You'll notice I didn't rush to bring you a post like I usually do with new MACs. That's because in an already lackluster nail lacquer year for MAC, this is probably the most unoriginal, boring "collection" yet. Two streaky metallic frosts in silver and pink is what MAC gives us for a holiday we already know has some spectacular offerings to compete with. Gee, thanks. I'll keep my $12.00 plus tax. Who fell asleep after Style Black???

MAC $$$$$ Yes:


MAC Lucky Number:

O! A Daily OPI! - OPI Kris Kringle Makes Me Tingle

I've heard this called many nasty names. Glad this year's winter polishes are better.

OPI Kris Kringle Makes Me Tingle: