Nothing To Disclose  I started this mani by laying down Barielle Delicate Dancer (not pictured). After applying a sheer base color, it was time for the fun part! To achieve this look, I blobbed the brushes in different spots. 
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Purchased by Me | Press Sample 2013 is almost over and boy did I acquire a lot of nail polish. So, in no particular order, let's look back at my new favorites from the last twelve months!

Dare To Wear Violetta
This gem is one sixth of LeChat Dare To Wear's Floral Fantasy Collection from summer 2013. I have most of the collection, but this baby was my favorite for sure!

OPI My Vampire Is Buff
If you notice, I'm typically drawn to bright cremes, neons, and glitters, but after seeing Sarah from Chalkboard Nails using it as a base color for her nail art on a few occasions I decided to give it a try.


Zoya Dream & Payton
Dream and Payton are two holographic parts of Zoya's Zenith Collection. An added plus? They have an amazing formula!

Claire's Splatter Effect Collection
How could I even begin to pass up black & white glitter suspended in neon jelly bases?

Michael Marcus Once You Go Matte
I really liked that this was a full coverage black, matte lacquer that reached full opacity in two easy coats. Added bonus? The packaging.

butter LONDON Cotton Buds & Dare To Wear Flawless White
When am I never on the hunt for the perfect white nail polish? Never. I probably own about five or six different white cremes, but in 2013 I hit the ivory nail varnish lottery twice!

Illamasqua Nomad
This glossy jade creme was on my wishlist for a pretty significant amount of time. That is until Mr. Nail A College Drop Out went to Sephora all by himself and bought for me.

Formula X for Sephora Xplosives
My little lacquered heart went into immediate overdrive when I first heard about these guys back in June. Sadly, I (and everyone else) had to wait until September for them to hit stores. Oh but when they did. It. Got. Real. I picked up six of the fourteen shades.

Are any of your favorites on the list? If not let me know in the comments what polishes made your heart skip a beat or two, or three, or made you stop in your tracks altogether in 2013.
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Nothing To Disclose Last week I swatched the new limited edition Sally Hansen X-treme Wear collection for Fall '13 on swatch sticks and then it happened. Rhonda from Nails Beautiqued asked me where I got my swatch sticks that say Sally Hansen on them. So why not answer her query? I'm sure plenty of you were wondering the same thing right? Right.


I bought my swatch sticks on eBay for less than $3 per 50 piece pack (with free shipping by the way) so if you have a pretty large collection like myself, you'll easily spend $50 or more if you want to swatch every single shade you own.
I recommend this as a weekend project. Sit around, have a snack, turn on any ridiculous Lifetime movie of your choice, and boom! There you go!


Most sellers have these available in two color options, "natural color" and clear. From what you can see here, I chose clear.

How did I get the names on each stick? A handy dandy label maker!


1. These aren't called swatch sticks on eBay. In fact, if you try to search "swatch sticks" you'll likely get quite a few hockey gear results.
2. Search "nail display fan board."
3. The swatch sticks come with a long metal screw and a nut to put on the end. If you want something a little less hardware store you can pick up a pack of book rings at Office Max like I did.
4. Because you read through this entire post here are some quick swatches of the new Splatter Effect Collection by Claire's

This isn't the only thing I keep in my polish arsenal. Follow me on Instagram (@DropOut_Nails) and/or search the tag #ThingsEveryPolishWhoreShouldHave

Hows that for informative?
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Press Sample Oh Monday night. Finally I get to return to my bed if only for awhile! You know,  the place I spent a significant portion of my weekend? Anyway, Sunday night I was messing around with some ideas for nail art and here's what I came up with.


Last weekend I hit up a few of my favorite spots to acquire some booty--nail varnish of course, and not actual buttocks. I then left said hook up spot with Zoya Neely (for $2.99 btw). Claire's Culture Shock and Claire's Graffiti.
Fast forward to last night I decided to test out some Orly Instant Artist Water Based Paints, and well, here we are!
For this mani I started with a base of Zoya Neely, made a rough gradient with the two Claire's lacquers, and lasted tested out my line work with the two Orly Instant Artist paints.

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Do you miss the weekend like I do?
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