More Del Sol Solar Color Change Polish

I no longer feel good about recommending this brand, so I've archived my review.

Amazing Zoya Tweet Buy!!!

If you aren't already following Zoya on Twitter, you should be! Otherwise, you might miss out on incredible 'secret sales' (called 'TweetBuys'!) like this:

Purchase a Zoya Color Lock System ($48) and get Ooh La La and La Di Da Collection samplers for FREE! Add the Zoya Color Lock System to your cart and enter code HH3. Samplers will appears in cart automatically. Expires tonight at midnight.

Now, I don't normally post about Zoya's TweetBuys on here because you're supposed to find out by following them on Twitter, but this deal is way too amazing to pass up.

Check out my swatches of Ooh La La and La Di Da here:

Ooh La La

La Di Da

And be sure to follow Zoya on Twitter to hear about more of their amazing TweetBuys!

Another special deal from Nubar!

The 20% sale has ended and Nubar is already offering another nice deal for their customers!

Until the 15th, receive a free full-sized Foundation Base Coat and Diamont Shine Top Coat with every order of $50 or more.  (If this were a discount, it would amount to 29% off!)

I don't think there's a code or anything, I'm pretty sure they just add it to every order that totals at least $50.  

The Diamont Shine topcoat has been getting really good reviews lately- I've been using it a lot more and find that it really does seem to help polish wear!  

Thanks, Nubar!

20% off of $50 or more at Nubar!

Nubar's having another great sale, but only until Friday!

Use code MAY092050 at checkout to receive 20% off your order of $50 or more.

This code is good today through Friday, May 8th.  (Edit: I have confirmation that it does end on Friday and not Saturday, sorry guys!)

Shop here at ByNubar.com.

Need a little inspiration?

Purple Beach

Pasadena Purple

Burgundy Velvet

Hot Green

Green Silver Glitter


Teal Glitter

Rescue Beauty Lounge 50% off sale and Lippmann Gift With Purchase

Wanted to give you all a heads up on these awesome specials from two of my favorite brands!

First of all, Rescue Beauty Lounge is having a 50% off sale for a couple hours tomorrow. Stephanie at Polish Addict covers all the details in her post, so check it out to get the whole scoop!

Also, I know I'm a day late on this one, but Lippmann Collection is giving away the completely awesome Party Like A Rock Star kit with any $50 purchase. The email does not include a code to enter, so I'm assuming it will be automatically added to all orders $50 and over. I would mention it in the comments section just to be safe. This is also for a limited time- tomorrow is the last day to get the free kit!

Here are a few swatches to inspire you :)

Rescue Beauty Lounge Black Russian

Rescue Beauty Lounge Dead Calm

Rescue Beauty Lounge Frugalista


Rescue Beauty Lounge Locavore

Rescue Beauty Lounge Look Rich, Be Cheap

Rescue Beauty Lounge Recycle

Lippmann Collection Party Like A Rock Star Set


Lippmann Collection Whatever Lola Wants

Lippmann Collection Purple Rain

Lippmann Collection Maneater

Lippmann Collection It's Delovely

Lippmann Collection Pump Up The Jam

Lippmann Collection Shut Up And Drive

Lippmann Collection Rhapsody In White

Lippmann Collection Lady Marmalade

Lippmann Collection Fever


Lippmann Collection P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)

Konad sale: 20% off and free shipping over $20

I know a couple other people are doing this right now, but in case you've missed out or haven't heard about it, you can get 20% off of Konad products at OCNailArt.com!

Just use the code 'scrangie' at checkout and you'll receive 20% off your order.

Another perk is free shipping over $20, and that includes INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING!!

I'll add this info in my sidebar so it's visible in case this post gets buried.

Use code scrangie at ocnailart.com for 20% off and free shipping over $20.


Here's a little inspiration, and I am making an effort to do more Konad posts. I have been working on doing a tutorial, but I just haven't gotten a chance to finish it!

20% Off at Sally Beauty Online

I just received this email from Sally Beauty and thought I'd pass it along!

Save 20% off your entire online order with code 555902. Free shipping over $50.

Ends April 11th.

Lippmann Collection March Madness Sale

Lippmann Collection is having a sale!!!!!

25% off your order of $75 or more plus free shipping. Use code 0309madness at checkout.

Three days only.

I have lots of Lippmann swatches :)

Another Carolyn New York sale!

Just got this email and thought it would be helpful:


Buy any of Carolyn New York's Original 20 "Classic CNY Colors" for only $1.25 each. Minimum order of 10 bottles. Valid Feb 14-Feb28th.

Carolyn's Classic shades are:

125th Street History
42th Street
Brooklyn
Castle Hill
Columbus Circle
Fashion Week
Lincoln Center
Mulberry Street
Park Chix
Shopping on 5th
Snowing In The Park
Spanish Harlem
Spring Street
Sutton Place
Taking In A Show
The Bronx
Times Square
Tribeca Spirit
West 4th
Window Shopping

So, any of those shade are $1.25 each, minimum order of ten bottles. Pretty good deal.

Oh, though it's worth pointing out that in the last few emails I've gotten from CNY, they proudly advertise, "Free basecoat and topcoat with every order!" Yeah, that's a lie. You won't get them. And also, their cuticle oil is pretty bad, it's basically scented mineral oil. (Just sharing my experience.)

HOWEVER, the polishes are fantastic, the bottles and brushes and formula are perfect.

I'm pretty sure I only have one or two of those shades listed, but here's a picture of the one I have photographed:


Columbus Circle.

SuperStar Nail Lacquer Spring 2009 Collection: Rising Star Couture

I recently got a chance to try a few polishes from SuperStar's Spring 2009 collection, Rising Star, and I'm very pleased with them!

SuperStar is a small polish company that has some really great unique polish colors. I've previously reviewed some really nice neons from SuperStar, and these new spring colors are just as bright and flashy, but with some added oomph!

As you all know I'm a huge fan of duochrome/iridescent polishes, so as soon as I saw these colors I knew we were meant to be.


Orangeu An A-Lister? A super-bright neon coral-orange with an overlay of silvery iridescence. Bright and cheerful but with a kick! The silvery pink flash makes this a really unique neon. This color is very difficult to capture on camera because it's so bright. It's a little darker and a whole lot brighter in real life. This picture I took indoors shows just how much it glows:







Park Avenue Purple. A bright, shimmery purple with blue overlay. Really, really gorgeous. Not quite a true duochrome, more of a purple with blue iridescence. The base of this is a nearly-neon purple, and the blue shimmer adds a cheerful punch to it. Another very bright, attention-grabbing shade.

These colors are very welcome during this season of boring, drab pastels. All of SuperStar's shades are a little bit glam, a little bit edgy and above all, fun. They have duochromes, glitters, neons, greens, metallics, not the usual lifeless pink-red-white-beige shades that we're constantly being bombarded with from polish companies. I'm especially digging the neon-duochrome and neon-holo glitter combinations released in the spring collection.

The formula and brushes are excellent. I had no problems at all with application, the texture of the polish is very smooth and it dries quickly. Quick drying polishes earn big points with me!

I really appreciate SuperStar's love of color and their willingness to release fun, funky and fascinating shades instead of the stereotypical spring-summer-fall-winter 'required' polish shades. Neon raspberry with glitter in spring? Hell yeah! Metallic silver in fall? Right on!!

Another thing worth noting about SuperStar: they listen! When I had originally reviewed my first polishes from this company, a lot of people voiced their opinions about the SuperStar website being difficult to navigate and not being the most user-friendly site in general. SuperStar listened, and has completely re-designed their website with a colorful, spunky look and an easy to navigate format!

So just a reminder to all of the lovely people who read my blog: Your opinion matters! If you want something from a polish company, ask! You never know who might see your comments, and you could inspire wonderful things.

Anyway, SuperStar nail lacquer is available at the brand new SuperStar website. They currently have 24 shades which retail for $8.50 each, but if you pick five colors you can get them all for $35 with promo code 5for35.

Misa Promotion Ends Tomorrow!

Just wanted to let you all know that the Misa polish promotion ends this Friday. So be sure to get your orders in before tomorrow, Friday January 30th, because they won't be accepting any more orders after that date.

If you've emailed them and haven't heard back, I would give them a call just to make sure they got your order.


And, to top it all off, I just found this super cool video some beautiful girl on YouTube made! I'm sitting here going, "Awwwweeeee!!!" I love it! I hope she doesn't mind me posting it!

Random Zoya Swatches (Warning: Very Picture Heavy.)

These are for the lovely Phyrra, but since I know that a lot of you are planning on doing the Zoya Polish Exchange, I thought I'd post them on here :)

If I had to pick favorites, these are my favorite Zoya polishes (in the order they appear on the website, for handy browsing!):

Gaia
Sparkle Gloss
Snowsicle
Angella
Glimmer
Shimmer
Pasha
Vegas Freeze
Zara
Malia
Venus
Areetha
Kylie2
Manhattan Mixer
Creamy
OC Cooler
Gabrielle
Ginger
Lianne
Sienna
Annie
Elke
Soho Punch
Kiki
Whitney
Audrina
Jinx
Richelle
Colette
Shivon
Kaufda
Beyonnce
Anastasia
Pru
Kalista
Evangeline
Ivy
Jade
Delilah
Jacy
Colby
Mikka
Rihana
Blair
Sloane
Kierra
Rea
Lael
Roxy
Ki
Hope
Yasmeen
Tangy
Irene
Suvi
Southbeach Ice
Yummy
Jo
Kotori
Tart
Indigo
Trixie
Harley
Freja
Angelina
Casey
Raven

Most of those I've posted on here at some time or another, use the search function to find past swatches. Here are a bunch of swatches I'm pretty sure I haven't posted:

Beyonnce. Duochrome.

Blyss

Paris

Ginger

Eve

Evangeline

Delilah (View full size!)

Aria

Angella

Gabrielle

Harmonie

Ivy

Jade (View Full Size!)

Lindsay
Lillith

Kiki

Kaufda



Juno. Slight duochrome.

Sienna. (Incredibly stunning.)

Pasha

Milla


Marry / Marry J (Bottle says Marry, website lists it is Marry J)

Roxy

Venus

Tama

Vegas Freeze

*whew* That's a lot of swatches!

Now go forth, be conquered.....