Thoughts of Beauty

When I saw thermal I thought it was a updated version of mood changing nail polish. Which in a odd way, it is! I have a friend who is crazy about pink and purple and wants it in the same bottle of polish if possible. Well she saw Alice After Eight and was like I MUST HAVE IT!! Well Chrissy the owner of PolishTBH was kind enough to send me a mini bottle when I placed the order for my friend. I didn’t know she was going to.. so I had to play!!

From PolishTBH listing on etsy..
Alice After Eight.. What is it?
“Thermal polish that is purple when below temps of 72 degrees, when warm it is pink. It is a linear holographic with the use of spectraflair. Black light and uv light responsive to a hot pink, and green glow in the dark. Original formula was thick and a one coater. It has since been thinned out and will require at least 3 coats to full opacity. This way the holo is more defined.”
Well fun I did have!! As I was taking photos it took about 5 minutes to go from purple to pink in the sunlight! So here is a series of photos I took as it changed from purple to pink in full sunlight.. enjoy!!

As you can see the purple is staying to fade away ..

What I liked is the holographic in this color seems to be more with the pink than the purple.. if that makes any sense


The pink is coming out stronger now.. and boy pink it is!! (my friend is going to go nuts when she sees this post!) I need to ship her the bottle still..

Woot! Hello Holo!!

AS you can see now, the pink is totally here and the purple is gone. The bottle never changed color, just my nails did. But I have seen it change depending on where I have it sitting. The warmer the bottle, the more pink it is!

I have never had a chance to play around with thermal polishes yet, so I do hope you don’t mind me sharing with you what I saw. You can find PolishTBH on etsy here PolishTBH etsy site on Facebook here:
PolishTBH Fan Page

**Nail polish was send as a gift

Today we are going to have some fun.. I do not have just one, I have two holos by Above the Curve! Now we all know I love a good holo and have my favorite colors but these are not green.. lol but they are amazing in their own way.
Oh boy here we go its Blue & Red Day!!
First is Blue Raspberry.. its a intense blue holo that just glows in the sunlight! The swatches are three coats, without a top coat. I had no problems with application. This one is part of the Jolly Rancher Collection. From what I understand so is Watermelon.

I did for real, I felt in love with this color the minute I laid eyes on it!

How about a another view? Hello Holo!! I love Jolly Rancher candies and this does remind me of the favor.

Even in the shade it was a wonder to look at..

How could you not wander around looking for sunlight just so you can stare at your nails??
Now Watermelon is a bit different.. its a bright sunny red! I had no problems with application of this one either.

This one a really bright red pink scattered holo.. You can not see any holo effect indoors, once you go outside.. you can see then really lightly there pink/gold holographic shine. Its amazing and really hard to catch in photographs. This was three coats and no top coat..
I was surprised on this one, its so pretty and I don’t even care for most reds..

I thought it would be fun to do something different! I am going to test out Rafflecopter again (it wouldn’t work for me last time so I am trying again)
Ready to giggle? This is how I felt trying to setup Rafflecopter:

Ok on to the Giveaway part of this post!
We are giving away one bottle of each! It’s Blue & Red day!! I bet they would look awesome in stripes or some kind of artwork
a Rafflecopter giveaway

Now for the fun part! Lets do a giveaway!! The polishes are being donated for this giveaway by humm ME! I hope I setup the giveaway correctly.. so
You can find Watermelon and Blue Raspberry on Overall Beauty as well as other Above the Curve nail polish colors. AS well as Above the Curve. I haven’t done a giveaway in a while for nail polish so I thought it would be fun to do these two. Also this is open till May 25th 2013.. US and International!!

It was Sunday Mother’s Day morning when I thought of this idea.. if I was going to work tomorrow what would I wear on my nails? So off I went hunting to see what I had that I could swatch with the idea that; I what would I wear to work if I was going to work for someone else?
So here we go..
Coney Island Queen by Palhish Polish
A beautiful nude with a gold shimmer and a flakies.. I checked with Palhish to see if she thought this was a wear to work color, she agreed and that is why its the first one on my list of colors. I figured I would show off colors that even if you do not have the brand, you could find the color.

A color that can be work by just about anyone, and it even works with someone as pale as me.
Juliet by BB Couture

Juliet is a rose creme that is great for everyday work color. Its not too bright and works with just about anyone’s skin tone.
Wicca Willow by Daily Lacquer

Here is another view of the same color:

Now if that seems a bit too bright, then I decided to matte it. Got to love g’day matte by Picture Polish!

Took the shine away and left it looking a really pretty brown with a bit of green shimmer. It looks even better in person!
Santa Monica Sands by BB Couture

This is a great color! It is a beige tan with shimmer and glitter. Not too much, so its doesn’t take away from the fact this is for work not for play.
Next color I think it fits the go to work colors, but it doesn’t really have a real name.. It was a gift from Ruby White Tips and its called Kym Customs Collection What you can’t tell in the photos its there is just a hint of rose to it.

Or here is another view of it:


The reason why it fits the go to work idea is, its a creme rose with just a touch of holo to it. Just enough to add a little character but not lets go crazy holo (that one is coming)
Now if you enjoy wearing pink polish, and even I will wear this next one.. why? Because it has this amazing blue flash that just jumps at you in the sunlight!
Raspberry Cosmo by BB Couture

I was showing off this swatch to a friend of mine who is a barbie pink fan.. (she drooled over the swatch!) and made me promise to ship her a few bottles! To see it in the sunlight?? I was like I could totally see myself wearing this one!
This is a basic brown that has a bit of frost to it:
Caramel Carma by BB Couture

It really is a pretty brown, and if you don’t care for the frost, hit is with matte top coat or glitter
Now I kinda of saved the best for last.. For those of us who work for ourselves! Woot!
Custom Color by Ruby White Tips (yes another one, also called Custom Kim’s)
Now believe me, working as your own boss can be really tough at times, you want to pull your hair out or you have a super bad bad day and then you get nail mail..

True story too. I was having a pisser of a day and I got nail mail from Ruby White Tips. I had ordered a few colors and she send me this one along as a surprise.. HELLO HOLO!!
(My cell took the best photo to show off the purple in it)
This is my kind of go to work color.. holo, silver with a bit of purple.. or its purple with a ton of silver in it.. don’t care love it!

Here is another one cause she just too pretty.. one of those colors that every time you wander into sunlight you spend the next 10 minutes just looking at your nails.. I DOUBLE DARE YOU to tell me you haven’t done that.. I dare ya!

In the shade its beautiful!! I will be doing a review for this one later on
Besides if you work at a job that you sell nail polish all day long? Why wear boring when you can wear…

A little update for you!! Ruby White Tips is offering all readers of Thoughts of Beauty a coupon code! Taking 20% off your order Coupon code is all caps – OVERALL – Just how cool is that!! She left a comment about it but in cause you missed it. Not for grab bags or the colors for the bats. But Ruby White Tips has some really cool colors.. Visit her today at http://rubywhitetips.etsy.com and tell her Kim send you Don’t know for how long, so I would jump on the chance to save 20%

Which one do you see yourself wearing to work? How did I do with my choices? Leave a comment below… 

and tell me, what was the worse color you ever wore to work that got your boss or co-workers telling you that isn’t right for work color.. come on I want to hear horror stories today!! (If I see one more person working the cash drawer at a store, with chipped polish?? I swear I am going to start taking nail polish remover wipes.. up there with curled glitter on my hit list of NO!!)

Have a wonderful Monday everyone!!
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*** Nail polishes in this post have been either given to me as gifts, I have bought them, or they were send to me so that I may do swatches for the website.

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As you may not know I tend to use sulfate-free shampoos on my hair. But when I got asked about doing a review for a Vidal Sassoon hair care product I was like sure why not? To be honest I had no idea that it wasn’t for their salon brand but for their Vidal Sassoon Pro Series that you can pick up at any drugstore pretty much.
I have long hair, as you can see in the photo below..

And I been testing out the Vidal Sassoon pro series pretty much for the past while because are you ready for this? I like it better than the Big Sexy Hair set that I bought. Yes I like a drugstore brand over a salon brand! Shocker huh?

Vidal Sassoon Pro Series
New Vidal Sassoon Pro Series Boost and Lift Shampoo & Conditioner
(retail: $4.99 each, 25.3 oz)
Info about it:
The Vidal Sassoon VOLUME Shampoo provides lightweight cleansing to leave your hair with volume for free flowing movement and bounce.

The Vidal Sassoon VOLUME conditioner helps restore manageability and rinses clean to leave your hair with volume for a free flowing movement and bounce that is ready for a perfect style.

I tend not to do comparison blog post but this time I am. Why because at the time I got the Vidal Sassoon pro series I had just bought a set of Big and Sexy shampoo and conditioner to use.

When I tested the Big and Sexy shampoo against the Vidal Sassoon pro series for volume and lift shampoo and the Vidal Sassoon won. The reason? I love the scent of the Big and Sexy but it leaves something on your hair. And I feel like it makes my hair heavy and greasy. Yes I totally feel I wasted money buying it. And get this I got a liter of it!
I am also using the Vidal Sassoon Volume conditioner which I love!! It leaves your hair soft and smooth and easy to style.
The Big and Sexy conditioner is ok, again I have a liter bottle of it. it also feels like its leaving something on my hair.
The Big and Sexy brand? Recommended by my hair stylist.
Get this my hair stylist got his training at a Vidal Sassoon Academy!
I am a natural blond, the last thing I need is extra product left on my hair. It will weigh it down and get greasy looking. The only thing that Big and Sexy brand has over the Vidal Sassoon pro series is that its sulfate free. That is it.
For affordable haircare by a brand name that has been around since 70’s Vidal Sassoon gives you a product that doesn’t weigh down your hair, doesn’t make it too soft but manageable.
Now get this!! We not only get to give away one set of Shampoo and Conditioner with a volumizing mousse, we get to give away two sets of three hair care products for you to test out for yourself! Sign up now for a change to win! Limited to US only open till May 17th, 2013

 Sign up here > Vidal Sassoon Pro Series Giveaway