Rescue Beauty Lounge Anne

Another one I found buried in swatch/mani photos! I have posted Anne before, but the pictures have been really horrible. This pic is slightly better.

Anne is recently available again on the Rescue Beauty Lounge site. It is a beautiful and unique color. Olive green with a very fine gold and pink shimmer. The was my first polish splurge. I remember getting for myself for my birthday last year! I think it is still the most expensive polish I own. It has gotten a little thick, but I plan on trying to add lacquer thinner to it (once I'm not such a chicken!) to see if it improves the consistency. Run and grab it before it's gone again if you're interested!

Explosion manicure... Sort of.

Got bored and decided to try a scotch tape manicure I saw on Nailside's tumblr. (Tutorial here)

I decided to go for butter London Yummy Mummy after I took off DS Mystery. It was a nice, neutral palate cleanser, but then I decided to try something new. I used Rescue Beauty Lounge Anne for the explosions. Needless to say, I love it. I've gotten several compliments at work.

You should check out Nailside's other tutorials as well. They look easy, but very cool.

Rescue Beauty Lounge Anne

Ugh! And the shitty pictures keep coming! Posting this as a reminder to update with a better picture later. Must. Get. Nicer. Camera. :)

I love this polish. Olive green base with gold and pink microglitter. Love! It is one of four in the RBL Housewives of the Tudor Dynasty collection and has had the hell blogged out of it. I kinda freaked about spending $18 on a bottle of polish, but justified it by telling myself it was a birthday present. I've worn this more than any other since I've started collecting polishes.

I wasn't very happy with this mani, and I think it's because I used Poshe with this polish for the first time. I think I've decided that I'm a Seche Vite girl, shrinkage and chemicals be damned! I've heard others say RBL polishes tend to work better with Poshe, but not this one. Not on my nails, anyway.

Formula is smooth like butter, but I have a wonky bristle in my brush. I'll probably clip it next time. I've also read that lots of people can get good coverage with 1 coat of this. I'm just not that good. I need 2 coats. Applied this Friday morning, and got a huge chip on my R index and middle fingers at Walmart today. I picked up Hard Candy Sky while I was there, so I'll probably try that out tonight.

What I've Got...

My collection so far. Please excuse the crappy pictures. It was nighttime and I've got fluorescent bulbs.

Topcoats, l to r: Hard Candy Matte-ly In Love, Poshe Quick Dry Topcoat, Seche Vite Quick Dry Topcoat, OPI RapiDry Topcoat

Purple: Mary Kay Intensity

Duochrome: Hard Candy Beetle

Browns, l to r: Zoya Cola, China Glaze Ingrid

Greens, l to r: China Glaze Peace on Earth, Rescue Beauty Lounge Anne

Pinks, l to r: China Glaze Heaven, Zoya Skye, OPI Polar Bare

Blues, l to r: Hot Topic Blue, Hot Topic Periwinkle, Rimmel Marine Blue, Zoya Ibiza, OPI Yodel Me On My Cell

Greys, l to r: Rimmel Steel Grey, Zoya Kelly, Zoya Harley, Zoya Freja, $OPI Just a Fairy Tale, OPI Lucerne-tainly Look Marvelous

Reds, top to bottom & l to r: Zoya Blair, Zoya Kalista, Essie Wicked, OPI Color So Hot It Berns, Revlon Crushed Crimson, OPI You Make Me Vroom, OPI Red Like Roses, China Glaze Phat Santa

Orly Bonder

I tried to flip that reds picture, but my blogging skillz are lacking. :) I hope it can only go up from here!