Rescue Beauty Lounge - Scrangie

Hellloooo sexeh purple! I've been neglecting my purple polishes for awhile, but no longer! Rescue Beauty Lounge Scrangie was my first high end polish and my first kinda sorta "indie" polish. RBL's are known for usually having a good formula and "hidden" shimmer. Luckily for me, the shimmer in this one isn't too hidden. RBL Scrangie was released in 2009 in a collection that was created in a collaboration with the bloggers they were named after. Scrangie says in her post about it here that she was inspired by a beetle shell or butterfly wing when collaborating with Ji from RBL.

Now, I got this in a swap through pure luck over a year ago, not knowing how gorgeous or hard to get it would be. I don't know if I'd ever being able to lay down $18 for any of the Rescue Beauty Lounge colors out of my own pocket, the only two I have, I swapped for. So this is one of the only posts you'll ever see me do for RBL, if you want more, check out my buddy Rach's blog, Stuff I Swatched, she has a bunch.

I like it because it's A) Purple B) Duochrome C) awesoommmmeee. The base is a pretty purple, a little more red than blue, with a gorgeous aqua flash, and the occasional hint of gold sparks. The formula on Scrangie is a little thin, so I did have to use four coats, but I think it was worth it! It's definitely unique in my stash.

So pretty~!

Catch Up Spam!

Man am I behind on swatches or what??? Here are some of the manis I've been wearing lately:

Essence Grey-t to Be Here with CND Crimson Sparkle on top. Had to add the CND effect because the Essence's sparkle just wasn't cutting it for me. Love the base color of it though! Three coats plus one of Crimson Sparkle.

OPI Here Today Aragon Tomorrow Suede. Normally I don't like green polishes, but the depth in this one is amazing. It almost looked 3d/holographic. Super sexy green. This swatch is two coats no topcoat.

And here with NYC Grand Central Station topcoat.

China Glaze Pink Plumeria, two coats over a nude franken base, with a franken Spectraflair holo topcoat. I love Pink Plumeria soooo much! It almost makes me look tan. 

Layla Hologram Effect Red Taboo is a gorgeous deep pink holographic polish. This swatch is two coats over one coat of Nfu Oh Aquabase. Please excuse the lack of cleanup, I did my nails at my parent's house and didn't have my usual equipment. Ugh, it's almost TOO pretty!

Woo! I've got some more coming a little bit later, a few indies that deserve their own post!

- A Winner For the Holo Contest and NOTD

Someone recently commented on the contest I was running a little while ago. For some reason, both the winners that I drew for the contest never responded to their emails saying that they had won. I didn't want to be one of those sites that contacted a winner and then reneged when they didn't respond right away. However, I would assume that it's been long enough now that if the winning parties were interested, they would have responded.

So, after giving them plenty of time to claim their prize, I'll post a new winner here on the blog, with the hopes that they'll see this post and claim the awesomeness that is their new bottle of OPI DS Sapphire!


a Rafflecopter giveaway

and a NOTD to give you a little something to look at! A franken with some holo dots.