Here's the latest installment of the Friday Blogger Round-Up!  Five new blogs to check out!

Away with the Fairies

Bold N Beautiful Make Up

Nail Polish Obsession

Beauty by Brittany

Persistently Polished

As always, if you'd like to be featured in one of my blogger round-ups, please reply to this post or send me an email.  If I forgot you, please let me know!

Also, I've said in the past that I don't mind if you post your URL in your comments, so I can't complain that some people do, and I'm not honestly not complaining.  Just please know that if you respond in a post and include your URL, I will more than likely not put you in a blogger round-up.  I'm not trying to be rude or ignore you, but there is no way I'd be able to catch everyone that asks me to follow them, as I am horrible at checking comments.  So, if you'd like to be in my round-up, just either respond in a round-up post or send me an email. 

PS - this will probably be my last post for a week.  I've decided not to do much in terms of NP on vacation, so I'll probably just be wearing top coat and nothing else (oooh la la).  And I never got around to scheduling post to hit while I'm gone.  So, until we meet again, I send you Peace, Love, and Mickey Mouse!  :P 

Color Club Untamed Luxury Pt. 2 - Indulgence

Here's the second half of Color Club's new fall collection, Untamed Luxury.  If you'd like to read about part 1, Diamond, click here.

 Jewel of a Girl - Deep brown-red shimmer with same-tone micro-shimmer.  Pic is 2 coats.  Formula is great.

Nothing but Truffle - Dark brown shimmer base with gold and orange micro-shimmer.  Gorgeous brown.  Beautiful for fall.  2 coats.  Great formula.

Ready to Royal - Very dark purple creme with a jelly-ish finish.  Reminds me of Blackberry jam.  You don't see many vampy colors with a jelly finish.  2 coats.  Formula was okay, you need to be aware of the amount on your brush and the amount you are applying to the nail.

Positively Posh - Medium-toned greyed-brown.  Formula was a little thin, though it was opaque in 3 coats.

Pretty in Platinum - Pale grey-white pearl.  This is the exact color of pale grey pearls.  The finish is satin so it really does remind me of pearls.  I applied this one over a sticky base coat, and I still got brushstrokes.  Be sure to go in the same direction and let coats dry in-between. Formula was thick and runny at the same time, though I think this is so beautiful, it may be worth the issues.  Pic is 2 coats.

Soft as Cashmere - Medium-toned putty.  In the bottle, I thought this would be more grey, but on the nail, a lot of green came out.  It's very pretty and in the "greige" family (like Positively Posh).  Formula was similar to PP.  Pic is 3 coats.

Wild Orchid - ?.  LOL.  Is it purple?  Is it grey?  This is the one that caused me the most problems in describing it.  If I had to come up with something, I'd say it's a very greyed-out lavender (maybe I'll come up with a new word... gravender.  :P) with tons of pastel (pale pink, pale green, pale blue) shimmer particles.  It's absolutely gorgeous and my favorite of the collection.  It's beautiful in the bottle, but truly comes to life on the nail.  Formula was a bit thin, that's my only issue.  It's totally worth it though. Pic is 3 coats.

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All in all, I like this part of the collection.  It seems a bit more cohesive then Diamond, with everything thing in the grey, brown, purple family.  As they say on Project Runway, it tells a color story.  LOL.  I'm in swoony love with Wild Orchid.  Can't describe it worth a darn, but I still love it.  Color Club available at various online etailers (like TD and VNS) and is in the $3 range.

These were sent to me for review


FYI - the roundup will post tomorrow!

OPI Ski Teal We Drop in the sun

Yesterday's pic of this color looked rather dark, so I wanted you to see it in the sun.  It's an amazing color, and my favorite of the collection, and one of my favorites of all the fall collections.

I know I mention this on the right side under "pictures", but if there is anything you all want to see in the sunlight, please don't hesitate to ask.  Because I'm a SAHM with insomnia, I tend to do all my blogging/picture taking at night.  I wish I could take indoor/outdoor pics on all the polishes, but I can't stop time yet. :P I'm still working on that super-power (in my secret lab), but for now, it'll have to be upon request only.  LOL.