so for New Year's I decided to bling up my rescue beauty lounge chinoise mani with an untried.
nails inc trafalgar sq. i have no idea where it came from or if there are anymore like it...nails inc has so many random exclusives...it's killed me to keep up.

it looks quite dramatic and jelly-like in the pictures...but now...an hour later. i can see that it's really just a brighter red essie ruby slippers. i love it...but i need to be more creative with what i layer trafalgar sq over next.

and resolutions...i have one.
to bring you pictures of the rest of my nails inc...before i add to the family...stay tuned...see if i make it through!

rescue beauty lounge chinoise

Gorgeous red creme. the formula on this is thin but vibrant. smooth and easy to apply.
it might have a twin in Barry M bright red...it looks very similar in the bottle and on the paper swatch i did. good news for any UK girls.

nails inc elizabeth street.
a bit of a palette cleanser from all the vibrant reds... soft baby pink with a subtle hint of shimmer.

nails inc victoria & albert

Merry Christmas to you all....My mani is a safe classic red. As I applied it though...I wondered why I had any other red...this is perfection in a bottle.

May you all have a safe and happy holiday with friends and family...whatever you celebrate <3

opi comet loves cupid
holiday wishes '09 collection

beautiful neutral red creme...bright and classic. <3

rescue beauty lounge drifter

the closest thing i have in my collection is nails inc saville row. it's cooler and less red than drifter. i prefer it formula wise as well.

drifter is not my favorite rbl. it's runnier and harder to get even then most of the other rbl cremes i've worked with. it almost wants to be a jelly but it's too opaque so it's just...a pain.


countdown to sale time...Good Luck all!!

rbl purple haze

rbl teal

rbl lulu and plie'

rbl concrete jungle

rbl under the stars

rbl bruised

rbl scrangie

rbl orbis non sufficit

rbl mismas (not totally accurate but yes, you need it :))

rbl glamourpuss

rbl no more war

rbl grunge...a 100% must have

rbl lelia (forgive the typo)
rbl moulin rouge

rbl dead calm

comps of stormy and CJ

revamp (now named black russian...they had to change it due to some legal issue)

Such a rare occurrence!!! Rescue Beauty Lounge is having a sale. 12/15/2009! I hope this helped ?!

nails inc vine street


this was from a free GWP last month on the nails inc. website. it's perfect for this time of year...dark chocolate with a touch of red. i love it.
this was my first nails inc that i felt was too thick. i intend to thin it before i use it again. it was like painting with glue it was so awful.

lippmann ruby red slippers. the clear winner out of the celebrate set. it's gorgeous on it's own but it needs 3 coats to build up to opaque and with that it becomes harder to get smooth.
i layered it over illamasqua boosh this time and it's wearing like iron.
it was available by itself at lippmann.com but it's showing OOS...hopefully it will show up again.

essie geranium

i picked this color up over the summer. it was beautiful when it was 100degrees out and it's gorgeous at 50degrees.

it was voted the best coral of 2009 by instyle (whatever, right?!) but it's much more of a tomato red then a coral on my pale skin. the quote was that it gave the illusion of a tan...yeah not so much on me.
it's thin but not quite a jelly finish to me...the way that only essie seems to have mastered... thin but vibrant. it would need 3 coats to be completely opaque...at 2 i still have some VNL.

nails inc heddon street



it reminds me a little of lippmann bitches brew just not as red...and not as plum as SOPI meet for drinks

heddon street is part of the 4 color Winter Party Collection from nails inc.

beautiful burgundy shimmer
not as great as the cremes application wise...a little on the thin side to me.

if you don't have a chance to grab the nails inc i'm sure there are some close colors out there....it doesn't strike me as truly unique.

lancome lizzie jagger

i'm pulling out an old picture of this one. it's too hazy today to get a new pic.
gorgeous color from lancome...sadly it's been d/c.... it's htf.... and it's a mini in a fat bottle with a mop for a brush. what were they thinking?
good thing the color is amazing!

Street Wear Blood.

it's the exact color of dry blood. the shimmer adds depth. gotta love the old street wears!

Winter ULTA LE OPI
(boring bottle pics for now)
dreaming of red, dazzled by gold, visions of sugarplum

ULTA has a B2G1 sale going right now...Score!

nails inc berkeley square. dark grey...almost black.

another gorgeous creme from nails inc. this is part of the fall '09 collection


i adore this color. it's dark enough to be vampy and perfect for fall paired with teal or plum. i like that it seems to have a blue base instead of being warm toned. i'm sure this one could be mixed up franken style.

Attitude Peacock Feather
A gorgeous green tinted teal. So beautiful. Like the deepest part of the ocean. It's still available in the UK on various websites but sadly it's practically impossible to find in the US.

Also, the new addy for the blog is www.tobywoo.com. so much easier to remember :)

illamasqua bOOsh

illamasqua unnatural

models own purple rain

models own purple grey

nars zulu

gray franken 60%white 40% black

loreal emperor

EA garden city cabernet

nails inc brook st mews

nails inc black taxi

nails inc echo falls merlot

nails inc saville row

nails inc fitzhardinge st.

nails inc victoria

lippmann just walk away renee

chanel rouge noir

lippmann dark side of the moon

nailtini navy grog
nailtini port

opi pueblo plum

SOPI dark room

SOPI caffeine fix

opi we'll always have paris

opi MOLBBQ

rescue beauty lounge moulin rouge

opi lincoln park after dark

zoya casey

zoya angelina

I've seen a lot of requests for good vampy cremes lately...so I thought I'd share some pics!