Bottle Deception: Coral Edition

Good morning, dear readers!  I don’t know about you, but I have a lot of bottles of lacquer that look deceptively identical, but once you have the polishes out on your nails, you can see just how different the colours truly are.  I decided to pull out some of my orangey-coral bottles and compare them for you.  From left to right on most of these pictures (pinky to index finger) I used two coats of Zoya Soho Punch, Zoya Rica, Zoya Myrta, and Julep Mischa.

Index: Julep Mischa

Middle: Zoya Myrta 

Ring: Zoya Rica 

Pinky: Zoya Soho Punch

As you can see, these definitely do not all look the same on the nail.  Zoya Soho Punch is very sheer, and there is VNL with two coats.  Zoya describes this colour as a coral red, but I think it is more peach.  Zoya Rica is an orangey-coral, but it has some pink undertones that are much more obvious when on the nail.  I personally would say Zoya Myrta is more of a red- orange than the coral that the company claims, but it is still a lovely colour.  What really surprised me was Julep Mischa.  I have a love/hate relationship with the brand, and I almost always find it too thick to apply well.  Mischa was a pleasant surprise, and I found it to be at the perfect consistency upon opening the bottle.  Mischa is very close in colour to Myrta, but I found the former to be a tad more tomato coloured (and yes, I mean the traditional red tomato, not the crazy colours you sometimes see in heirloom tomatoes :D ).

Doing these swatches was an interesting experiment for me, and I really didn't anticipate the colours to look so different from each other.  This is just further proof that what you see in the bottle does not always translate to the nail.

I hope you enjoy your week, dear readers!

NAIL MAIL!

Every day I ask my dog if he wants to see if there is nail mail, and he perks up and runs to the door every time.  It has become our routine, and I love that he is just as excited to go check the mail as I am.  I know he doesn't actually care if there is mail of not, but it is a fun little bit of time I get to share with my goofball.

 Here is my recent nail mail!  I didn't realize until I put all these pictures just now much of a "blue" mood I have been in!  :D

Barielle: Island Breeze

Dollish Polish: Team Salvatore and Darling Diva Polish: Water Dragon

 Girly Bits: Arctic Sunrise and KB Shimmer: Shipwreck

I've been reading some of the comments about what you would like to see more of in my blog, and I was surprised to see just how many people wanted to see more pictures of my fur babies.  Because Ludo is my nail mail buddy, I'll end with a picture of him.  :D

Hates baths, but doesn't mind the rain as long as he is playing ball

As you can see, I've been on a blue kick lately.  What colours have you been drawn towards recently?

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Good evening, dear readers!  I'm trying to get back into my normal routine since getting back to town, and I should have more posts up soon.  Amy from I'm Feeling Nail-Venturous has generously provided two of her creations for this giveaway, and I am so excited about it!  As I'm sure most of you already know, she has decided to stop making polishes for sale, although you can still buy a few of her creations at Ninja Polish.

I have for you *pause for dramatic effect* Flying Blue Jay and Rainbow Fish!

There will be two winners, and winners will have 48 hours to respond to my email with their address.  I will move on and pick new winners if I do not hear back from the original winners until both prizes have been claimed.  Sadly I am going to have to limit this giveaway to US addresses at this time.  If you live outside the US and have a friend in the US I can ship to (who can then send it along to you), you are more than welcome to enter!  My last international package has gone missing and I am a little weary of shipping at this time.

The first winner selected will have first choice of these polishes, and the second winner will receive the remaining lacquer.  In the event that the first winner does not respond to my email within the 48 hours, the second winner will automatically bump up into the number one slot and have her choice between these beauties.

Giveaway ends September 6th.  Please allow 4 weeks for shipping.  I am usually on the ball and don't anticipate any delays at this time.

After you enter, kindly leave a comment thanking Amy for her generosity.

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