Joe Fresh Khaki and nail stamping

Hello lovelies!

I have another Joe Fresh to show you today. I just picked this one up, and I *think it's fairly new. I hadn't seen it before, but that doesn't mean anything. Sometimes I look with my eyes closed. Once again Joe Fresh has impressed me. I am never let down by these polishes. This one is a dusty med-light khaki green, and I just loooove colours like this.

Outside, full sun

Inside, no flash

I added a stamp in RBL recycle. Not quite the shade I was going for, but it'll do. 

Thanks for looking! Have a great weekend everyone. I am going to Niagara Falls for the weekend.

♥Pam♥

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Joe Fresh Twilight Flakies!!

I have a deep love for Joe Fresh polishes. 1)because they are great, both colour and formula, 2)because they are Canadian Made, and 3)because they are really affordable. How can you go wrong?
This is one of their most unique. Twilight. It is a black jelly with multi coloured flakies in it. The flakies are similar to the ones in Hidden Treasure. This one needs 3 coats to get to full opacity, because it is a jelly. I have tried it over a layer of black, but I found I didn't get anywhere near the sincere awesomeness that shows through when you use three coats alone.

This one has become harder to find, but if you find it, get it! She is a beaut!

Here is is again, with  matte topcoat on it.

I am really loving matte flakies!

And just because I had this one kickin around since summer, I thought I would share it too.

What do you think of Twilight? I love flakies myself :)

Any other Twilight book/movie fans here? I happen to love the books, and I am looking forward to the movie. Should be interesting if it's done properly

Thanks for looking!

♥pam♥

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Showdown! The battle of the greens.

The fall collections this year are full of beautiful colours, and army green seems to be a trend among a lot of different brands. The first two I picked up were from China Glaze-Westside Warrior, and OPI- Uh Oh Roll down the Window. I have often heard the question asking how these two compare to each other. So today, I have compared them for you, along with two other greens from my collection.

The four we will be comparing today are-

OPI Uh Oh Roll down the window

China Glaze Westside Warrior

Orly Enchanted Forest

Joe Fresh Moss ( this is a dupe for Zoya Shawn)

On with the show!

First up is the comparison most requested. This is OPI and China Glaze.

From left to right I have China Glaze WsW on my index and ring fingers, and OPI UORDTW on my middle and pinky fingers.

While they both have smooth application with no streaking or drag, Westside is noticeably more opaque and perhaps a little thicker. It's actually a one coater, where as Uh Oh definitely requires two, or even three coats.

Westside is darker, and a little less murky and less yellow. 

I can't say that I necessarily prefer one colour over the other, and I would say they are different enough to own both.

Here are the same polishes, just another view.

Please ignore the little cotton fuzz that was hitchin' a ride.

Here we have Westside on the index and ring fingers still, and ORLY Enchanted Forest on the middle and pinky fingers.

The Orly is darker and pulls more blue than Westside Warrior. Definitely a two coater. The first coat looks a little streaky but it evens out easily with the second coat.

Same polish placement again, different angle.

This one is Joe Fresh Moss on the index and ring fingers, and OPI Uh Oh on the middle and pinky fingers. Moss is a deeper darker colour, with yellow undertones like Uh Oh, but dark like Enchanted Forest. Moss has great application, very smooth, very pigmented. Not at opaque as the China Glaze, but with careful application you could get away with one coat.

The following three photos are all four polishes side by side.

Index Finger-OPI UhOh roll down the window

Middle Finger-China Glaze Westside Warrior

Ring Finger-Orly Enchanted Forest

Pinky Joe Fresh Moss

I hope this helps you out some, and doesn't confuse you further.

They are all gorgeous polishes, and any of them will have you right on trend for fall.

Thanks for looking!

♥pam♥

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Joe Fresh Mint, and simple nail art

Creative post title right? Ha! Oh well, I can't be creative all the time I guess right? >.<

Today's post features another Joe Fresh polish-Mint. It is a lovely mint green polish with a beautiful shine. It does require 3 coats for complete coverage, as is common with most mint greens. Mint green and yellow polishes are notorious for having a slightly streaky application and both will usually require 3 coats. Joe Fresh tends to have a fairly quick dry time, so I don't mind. Plus it's only $3.33 a bottle, so it earns extra points for being easy on the wallet.

Joe Fresh Mint

Joe Fresh Mint

Here I added a side swipe of Joe Fresh Cobalt,

 then three large-ish dots of white.

 (I used Sally Hansen White On)

Directly on top of the white dots, I added dots in Mint and Cobalt

 just slightly smaller

 so that some of the white dots peek out from below.

You could stop here and top coat if you like. 

But, you know me- I never stop there :)

Here I added even smaller dots on top of the Cobalt and Mint dots, in the opposite colours.

Here is the finished look.

Cute and simple.

If you do not have a dotting tool, a skinny arts and crafts paint brush with a rounded tip on handle end of it works well for the large dots. A skinny makeup brush, (the end, not the bristles) or the end of a BIC pen works as well. What you are looking for is something with a semi rounded/semi flat end that is a little smaller than the diameter of a pencil eraser. In fact, a pencil eraser that has been worn down a little would work well unless you have really tiny nails. For the medium size dots, if you open up a bobby pin and use the rubber end, it's perfect. For tiny dots, a tooth pic will work.

Happy polishing!

Do let me know if you try out this look, and please feel free to request any colour combinations or design ideas. I would be more than happy to accommodate your requests.

Thanks for looking!

♥pam♥

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Joe Fresh Moss

TGITW (Thank God it's the Weekend)
It was a long and busy week, and I am glad to see the weekend visit. Although I hear it won't be staying long  :/
The trip to Cedar Point with the kids was a success. Good weather, and fair crowds. For the most part we were able to find rides with less than a half hour wait, and several with only a 15 minute wait. The longest one was for Top Thrill Dragster. The total wait time was about 2 hours.  It broke down while we were in line, and we were almost to the front, so we weren't about to leave. Unfortunately it's only a 17 second ride, but what a thrill indeed!!
Here is the official video for it, if you haven't been on one like this, or seen it. It reaches speeds of 120 miles an hour and goes straight up 400+ feet. CRAZY!

I think my favourite coaster was the Maverick and my favourite non coaster ride was the Max-Air.

On to the goodies.

I have lots of Joe Fresh polishes to swatch, so today I bring you Moss.

It is said to  be a dupe for Zoya Shawn. I do not have Shawn, but from the swatches I have seen, it sure looks like a dupe to  me.

As with most other Joe Fresh Polishes I have, the formula was smooth and easy to apply. These pics do not have top coat on them.

Thanks for looking!

♥pam♥

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Joe Fresh

Today (Wednesday) I am taking my kids to Cedar Point in Sandusky Ohio.   I LOOOOVE roller coasters. I mean I run from ride to ride like a maniac, and ignore my thirst/hunger/full bladder kind of love. The higher and faster the better.  The weather looks like it should be nice, so with any luck it will be a perfect day. The last time we went on a perfect day they had the highest attendance ever, and we waited in line for every ride for so long, that we only managed to get on three rides all day!!! THREE RIDES!! I live almost 4 hours from Cedar Point, so it's not like I could throw in the towel and head home ya know?

Here in Canada we are sort of behind the 8 ball on a lot of things. We don't have access to a lot of brands, and we don't get the releases as soon, and sometimes we just don't get the releases at all. But, we do have one brand that is exclusive to Canada for now ( I believe there is a store opening in NYC soon?) Joe Fresh. It's a great brand, with decent quality for the most part, and easy on the wallet as well, at $3.33 per bottle. Mind you they are small bottles at 6 mls ,but really how often do you actually use up an entire 15ml bottle of polish? And- they have a FLAKIE!! ( I will be posting about the Flakie (called Twilight) when I return to adulthood-AKA get home from Cedar Point.  Here are some swatches from their collection.

I previously posted some swatches of another Joe Fresh colour, Persian Blue here and I layered Pure Ice Heartbreaker over it, and it's gorgeous!!

Crush Orange

Crush Orange

Fog

Fog

Fog

Fog

Storm

Storm

Storm

Storm

Storm

All of these had great application, and amazing shine with no top coat. Of course I wear top coat with them ( my trusty Seche Vite) but I was impressed with their high gloss before applying it.

I picked up a few from the fall OPI collection Touring America, and I should have those swatched and posted for you soon.  I am actually just about to paint  my nails with I Eat Mainly Lobster. :)

Thanks for looking!

♥Pam♥

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Joe Fresh Persian Blue and Pure Ice heartbreaker

Joe Fresh has some seriously amazing polishes. Like any line, there are some duds, but the ones that aren't are huge winners. This is Persian Blue, which is a dark, dusty greyed out blue. Gorgeous. amazing, flawless application. Just wow.

Ok I have no idea why this pic is side ways. I turned it all ways, and it still wants to post this way.

Whatever, I still get to see the pretty polish :)

I topped this mani with Pure Ice Heartbreaker, which is a light blue microshimmer and looks AMAZING over just about everything. Really.

Well this one wants to stand on its end too. Oh well :)

So there you have it, two ways to wear an amazing blue polish.

As far as I know, Joe Fresh is only available in Canada for now, with stores opening soon in NYC.

Thanks for looking!

♥Pam♥

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Color Club Tangerine Scream

Oranges are really hot this summer. Anything from creamsicle orange, to peach, to coral, to hot neon oranges and everything in between.
This is a nearly neon, slightly iridescent orange by Color Club called Tangerine Scream. It's hot, bright and fun. It has a subtle flash of green. It's more apparent in the bottle unfortunately, and on the nail it translates more to a gold flash. Still very pretty. It has a great application but does require 3 coats which is typical of neons, and this also dries a little satiny. Not quite matte, but not shiny.

This is indoors, in natural light with top coat.

Here we go again with the sideways bit. What is up with this?

Anyway, this is outside.

In the sun

And in the shade.

(I am starting to wonder if I have fallen asleep here and I am looking at the monitor crooked.)

And here we have it with  Joe Fresh Matte Topcoat, indoors.

Tangerine Scream is a fun little polish, and for me it has no dupes in my stash.

Thanks for looking!

♥pam♥

PS, I am going to be away for a few days, but I will have some AWSOME pics for you when I return.

Cheers!

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