Feature Friday - Raging Olive Squared

Happy Friday!  Today's mani happened because I was so loving the CQ Golden Green I put on a couple of days ago, which you can see again here.  So you already know I started with my base of SH Double Duty and put on two coats of Golden Green.  I used tape to mask off the lower right square and painted on Orly's Rage.  I topped them with a quick coat of SV and repeated the taping for the upper left quadrant.  I finished it all off with a another coat of SV and voila!  Thanks for being here with me and have a great weekend, everyone!!!

I'm Swatchin' You - CQ Golden Green

Folks, I have a doozy for you today!  This color is un-freakin'-believable.  This is a polish I got in a swap.  It's from CQ and it's called Golden Green.  I love this color like whoa right now!  It's a very retro 70's olive green with gold shimmer.  It totally reminds me of a green shag carpet I had in my room as a child.  It's amazing how you think something is so hideous when you have it.  Then, 20 or 30 years later, it's retro chic and you wish you still had it!

The formula was great and very forgiving, so go ahead and take your time with application.  Just be careful of balding on the first coat if you use too many brush strokes.  It was almost opaque in one coat.  You are looking at two coats here.  The brush was perfect.  The finish on this is almost a frost.  If you look closely, you can see some brush strokes, but it's not very noticeable IRL.

I am seriously in love!  Oh, and don't look too closely at that nubbinized middle finger.  I'd like to say I broke that one whilst aggressively flipping someone off.  The sad truth is that it broke while cleaning the kitchen.  So ho-hum.  :o)

Sunlight - blurred for bling

SH Double Duty and SV as base and top coats.

Some Recent Hauls

I have been bad about keeping you up to date on what I have bought recently.  Sorry about that!  So I decided to do some catching up.  Here are some of the pollies I've bought over the past two months or so.

First up, my first swap!!!  I have never swapped before and I was very excited about this!  I didn't specify anything I wanted and just said she could surprise me with picks from my wishlist. She did a fantastic job!  I loved all of the pollies she sent and here they are!

L to R: CQ Golden Green, Petites Utopia, ChG Secret Peri-wink-le, Orly Bubbly Bombshell, OPI Swimsuit...Nailed it, Essie Wicked, Essie Mesmerize

This next photo is my JCPenney Salon mini haul and an Ulta Clearance haul.  My JCP Salon has OPIs for $6 each when you buy two.  Then I headed over to Ulta to check out what they had left (my Ulta's clearance section hasn't changed since the beginning of January).  I picked up all of these ChG colors for $8.

L to R: OPI Red Lights Ahead...Where?, OPI Vampsterdam, ChG Champagne Bubbles, ChG Electric Pineapple, ChG Lighthouse, ChG Papaya Punch

As many of you probably already know, Walgreens has Sinful Colors on sale for $0.99.  Too great not to pass up!  I shared the love between my two Wags and got these pretties!

L to R: Bali Mist, Cloud 9, Daddy's Girl, Unicorn, Cinderella, Dancing Nails, Savage, I Miss You, GoGo Girl, Glass Pink

The Cinderella is actually a second.  I already have it and decided to pick up another to set aside for a future giveaway.  I'm thinking that if I can hit a "milestone" in followers (maybe 50?), then I could do a giveaway to celebrate!  I've got a couple of others set aside, too.  So help me spread the word to get more followers so I can start giving you guys some prizes!

And last but not least, I heard a rumor that HEB (Texas grocery store chain) was carrying Color Club.  On my next trip, I checked it out and there they were!

L to R: Hot Like Lava, It's a Hit, Lumin-icecent

I don't usually like big, chunky glitters.  But I found It's a Hit mesmerizing and couldn't take my eyes off of it.  So, I decided to give it a try.  I'm guessing it will be my one and only chunky glitter.  We shall see!  What have you gotten lately?