Perfectly Polished Tips 155 - Busy Blogger

Hey everyone, I just to share that my baby girl, Olivia Josephine arrived on October 6, 2009. I had planned to put a bunch of posts on auto post that my blog would keep going while I was busy. Unfortunately with all the last minute preparations I never got around to it. So maybe, hopefully I will get those posts posted sometime soon.

Perfectly Polished Tips 153 - Nubar Cleopatra Collection

Nubar's Cleopatra collection is made up of 8 shades of purple. I have been wearing purple often lately so this collection was right up my alley. As with the Coral Collection the polishes applied well and I had no issues with them. I liked the range that this collection provided. As much as I love the muted grey purple shades like Pharoh Purple I love the deeper shades in this collection. I will be wearing them this fall for sure.

*looking at Nubar's website I believe Luxor Purple should be Heiroglyphs Purple and Hyke Purple should be Isis Purple. I guess the ones I got in my set are named differently from what they decided to release.

You can find the Cleopatra Collection on Nubar's website.

Perfectly Polished Tips 153 - Nubar Coral Collection

Nubar's Coral collection was my first time trying a Nubar polish. I have always heard good things about them and was happy to have gotten the chance to try them out. The Coral collection is inspired by different types of sea coral. There are 7 various shades as well as 1 purple polish. I was really impressed with how well they applied and how well they wore. They applied smoothly and were all opaque in two coats. My swatches are shown without a base or top coat.

Cozumel Coral - a warm soft bisque pearl
Caribbean Coral - a cool pinky purple
Amazon Coral - a warm bright pinky orange
Palau Coral - a warm true orange

Belize Coral - a warm salmon orange
Costa Rica Coral - a warm bright tangerine
Red Sea Coral - a cool bright pinky red
Caymen Coral - a warm bright red-orange

You can find the Coral Collection on Nubar's website.

Perfectly Polished Tips 152 - Essie Northfork Collection

When I found these in mail box I think my jaw dropped. I could not believe that Essie would release a collection like this. She always seems to play it safe with all of her collections, although we have seen a couple of blues this year. And there is always Starry Starry Nights which is a favorite of mine. All three of these polishes applied beautifully, the photos show two coats each no base or top coat.

Shelter Island is a sky blue creme.

Sag Harbor is a grey-ed baby blue with fine silver shimmer.

Greenport is a soft aquamarine creme that is boarder line jelly. It has a unique finish and my favorite from the collection.

This collection was released in April and was Limited Edition. If you poke around the internet you may still be able to find them.