Honest Babes

While trying to make my list for the in store and online Sephora Friends and Family sale, I've trawled through more products than I care to count. In case it might be helpful, I'm providing some links and a little commentary here in case you don't feel like going through and looking for all the nail polish items on Sephora. It's very "wall of text," so if you want the highlights right now, here they are: Givenchy has a polish out, some of the nail stickers from Sephora's brand are super cute, and Nails Inc now has flakies for us!Read more »

After seeing Makeup Magpie's post on YSL's fall collection, I had to go see the polishes in person.  The display and tester bottles did not list the numbers or names of the polishes, but my ever faithful SA found them after opening several boxes and checking them against the testers.  Wintergreen is #43 and Moonlight Blue is #44.  If you're a fan of greens, I highly suggest checking Wintergreen out!You should definitely check Wintergreen out, green lovers!

Every time I see this polish, I'm compelled to swatch it.  It's opaque in two coats and so, so easy to put on and work with.  The shimmer is made up of tiny, unevenly-sized shards of silver that aren't blingy but do shine.

You may have noticed a difference on the tip- that's one coat of Lancome's Piha Black.  I wondered if Sequins and Piha were similar, but they seem to only be similar in base color only.  Piha Black is slightly more charcoal than Black Sequins, base-wise.  Piha Black is also more pearly than Black Sequins, with pink, silver and aqua microshimmer that is very subtle.  Were I to choose one to have, I'd pick Black Sequins.  But I have Piha Black because I found it at a Lancome CCO for a decent price.

Is there any way to avoid paying US$18 for Lancôme's hot Fall 2009 polish color, Indigo Paris?  Yes and no.  Let me explain...My Blue Heaven