The Nailphile

This Is The End, Beautiful Friend, The End

noreply@blogger.com (Siobhan) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:21:33 PST

Good morning, Dear Reader. Thank you for joining me on a fun ride. I have appreciated your participation and support. The time has come for me to move on to other things, and so I shall. The End.

Anna Sui Dolly Girl Nail Polish Sets

noreply@blogger.com (Siobhan) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:20:19 PDT

Happy Halloween, Dear Reader! I'm not a huge Halloween person, or holiday person, for that matter, so I have something entirely unrelated to Halloween for you today. Today, we have the limited...

Illamasqua Collide and Konad M61

noreply@blogger.com (Siobhan) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:49:25 PDT

Good afternoon, Dear Reader! I have another Nails of the Day for you today. I started with Illamasqua Collide, three coats. Illamasqua Collide Nail Polish, Three Coats I didn't like that I could...

Illamasqua Elope

noreply@blogger.com (Siobhan) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:22:28 PDT

Good morning, Dear Reader! Long time no see... Today I just have my Nails of the Day for you: Illamasqua Elope. It's a bright green jelly, and I used three coats. Illamasqua Elope Nail Polish,...

Chanel Jade Rose & Jade

noreply@blogger.com (Siobhan) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:43:27 PDT

Good evening, Dear Reader! I finally got around to using Chanel Jade Rose, and thought I'd show it to you even though it's not the latest and greatest. I've been wearing Chanel Jade since yesterday,...

Polish or Perish: Smart Chicks & Nail Polish

noreply@blogger.com (Siobhan) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:31:03 PDT

Good morning, Dear Reader! Today I thought I'd introduce you to a new(ish) blog that's really great. Polish or Perish is authored by seven women, all grad students or about to be grad students,...

China Glaze Khrome Collection

noreply@blogger.com (Siobhan) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:36:47 PDT

Good afternoon, Dear Reader! I had some sun today, so I swatched the China Glaze Khromes for you. Each is two coats over a base. I used Nubar Foundation for five, and Zoya Get Even for the one I...

Zoya Ultra Glitter Collection

noreply@blogger.com (Siobhan) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:27:10 PDT

Good afternoon, Dear Reader! Today I have some swatches and a manicure with Zoya's Ultra Glitters. Their site says they give full coverage in two coats, I found that each took three. I'll start with...

Zoya Winter Matte Velvet Collection

noreply@blogger.com (Siobhan) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:15:03 PDT

Good afternoon, Dear Reader! I just got Zoya's Winter Matte Velvets, and thought I'd show them to you. Each is two coats over one coat of Nubar Foundation (even thought they recommend no base...

L'Oreal LaquiResist Supernova

noreply@blogger.com (Siobhan) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:40:46 PDT

Good morning, Dear Reader! I took out an old favorite for you today: L'Oreal Supernova from the discontinued UK LaquiResist line. There are quite a few great colors in the LaquiResist line, but...

Essie Bright Tights & Konad M13

noreply@blogger.com (Siobhan) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:10:45 PDT

Good morning, Dear Reader! Today I did a Halloween Konadicure using Essie's Bright Tights as the base and Konad plate M13 with Black Pearl Konad Special Polish for the patterns. It's over the top,...

Nails Inc. Hollywood

noreply@blogger.com (Siobhan) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:01:03 PDT

Good morning, Dear Reader! This morning I have another nail polish from the Nails Inc. The Hills Collection to show you, Hollywood. It's the pink creme. It took three coats to be opaque and even,...

BCA Konadicures 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Siobhan) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:15:57 PDT

Good morning, Dear Reader! As we're nearing the end of October, BCA month, I thought I'd show you a couple of BCA Konadicures. One was a post-swatching manicure last week, the other is my Nails of...

FingerPaints Holiday 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Siobhan) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:58:45 PDT

Good afternoon, Dear Reader! This afternoon I thought I'd give you a peek at the FingerPaints Holiday 2009 Collection. Five are swatches and one is a full manicure, all six required three coats to...

Anna Sui & Jill Stuart: Scented Nail Polish

noreply@blogger.com (Siobhan) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 06:23:24 PDT

Good morning, Dear Reader! I'd planned to show you one nail polish today, Anna Sui #003, and discovered there were a couple more I'd forgotten to show to you. So today I have Japanese glitter nail...

Jill Stuart Diamond Sparkle Nail Collection

noreply@blogger.com (Siobhan) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:25:26 PDT

Good afternoon, Dear Reader! Today I have Jill Stuart's 5th Anniversary limited edition nail polish collection for you, The Diamond Sparkle Collection. It's a set of three nail polishes that come in...

Absinthe Makes the Heart from Sephora by OPI

noreply@blogger.com (Siobhan) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:09:21 PDT

Good evening, Dear Reader! I finally got around to doing my nails today, and chose Sephora by OPI Absinthe Makes the Heart. This is a pretty grey green with a ton of microglitter, and it took three...

Urban Decay Apocalyptic Nail Polish Kit

noreply@blogger.com (Siobhan) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:25:34 PDT

Good morning, Dear Reader! Today I have the return of Urban Decay nail polish with their Apocalyptic Nail Polish Kit. Such a cheery sentiment for the holidays! It's a set of seven itty bitty minis,...

CND Effects over CND Oil Slick

noreply@blogger.com (Siobhan) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:08:28 PDT

Good afternoon, Dear Reader! I just got a bunch of CND Effects from Head2Toe, and thought I'd give you a peek with some swatches. As I selected the last picture, I realized I should have swatched...

Dior Silver Purple & Blue Lilac

noreply@blogger.com (Siobhan) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:12:04 PDT

Good morning, Dear Reader! Today I have a couple of purple Dior nail polishes to show you, Purple Silver and the lesser known Blue Lilac. Silver Purple is, at the same time, clearly both silver and...

Nubar Chocolate Truffles Collection

noreply@blogger.com (Siobhan) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:39:50 PDT

Good evening, Dear Reader! The UPS man dropped off a surprise for me today: Nubar's Chocolate Truffles Collection, which is shown as coming soon on Nubar's site. The collection consists of different...

Essie Winter 2009 Collection

noreply@blogger.com (Siobhan) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:53:28 PDT

Good morning, Dear Reader! Essie sent me preview samples of their Winter 2009 Collection, and today I have swatches of them for you. "Sweet Time of the Year" is the theme of the collection, and the...

China Glaze Glitters (Still More)

noreply@blogger.com (Siobhan) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:40:52 PDT

Good morning, Dear Reader! Today I have still more China Glaze Glitter swatches. There will always be more... Snow Globe is more of a top coat, with lots of regular glitter and a bit of hex glitter...

Konadicures for Fun

noreply@blogger.com (Siobhan) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:46:49 PDT

Good morning, Dear Reader! I've shown you so many swatches and new things lately, I haven't done a Konadicure post in a while, so I thought I'd do one today. I have two to show you, one that was a...

Konad Special Polish Swatches, Part II

noreply@blogger.com (Siobhan) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:34:16 PDT

Good evening, Dear Reader! I said I'd have more Konad Special Polish swatches for you today, and here I have them. This time, it's seven new colors - I didn't think to check what I'd done before,...