Rainbow Favorites Day 5 - Blue

I hope you're enjoying your Thursday! Today's post for the rainbow challenge is blue. My absolute favorite blue is the combo of Essence Belle and Edward. But I've posted those polishes twice, so I decided to give other blues a chance. I narrowed it down to three. Zoya Charla, Bootie Babe Hella Baloo, and Sally Hansen Pacific Blue. Still couldn't pick just one, so I chose two.

I picked Bootie Babe Hella Baloo and Zoya Charla as my favorites. Hella Baloo is a medium blue creme. The application is great and opaque in one coat. Nothing better than a one coat polish. Zoya Charla a dark aqua with teal green glass flecks. The application is great and opaque in two coats.

Choosing favorites has been hard. And I can tell you that if you asked me my favorites a month from now, they would probably be different. 

Hella Baloo retails for $4 (for 9mL) and $12 (for 30mL) on Bootie Babe. According to their Facebook page, the 1oz/30mL bottles are pre-order and will be available in September. Charla (Sunshine Collection) retails for $8 at Zoya. 

If you want to see what other polishes the other lovely bloggers are choosing, check them out. :)

~on beauty stuff and what else’s...~

9ml Universe

atlcatsmeow

Captivating Claws

Fancy Phalanges

Fe’s Nails

Football and Fingernails

Fresh Air & Fashion

Happy Nails

Kelly’s Kolors!

Lacquer Dreams

Lacquer or Leave Her!

Liesl Loves Pretty Things

Light Your Nails!

Manicurity

My Life in Polish

Nail Polish Lane

Nailpolish is Alive

Nubbin Nails

Of Color n Music...

Passion for Polish

Polish and Such

Sincerely, Obsessed With Polish

So You Think You Can Paint

The Rantings of a Nailpolish Hoarder

Yellow and Pink Polka Dots

I hope you are enjoying your Monday! Its time for another nail art challenge on Polish-aholics Anonymous. We voted to revisit some of the first challenges. This week is Polka Dots. Perfect considering that they are coming back in style. I've always loved them!

I did one thick of white then two coats of Bootie Babe Electric Lemon. Neon polishes pop over white and show their true brightness. Then I used a dotting tool and Sally Girl Way Cool for the polka dots. I adore pink and yellow together, especially bright shades of both.

Bootie Babe retails for $4 on their website. In June, they will start selling their polish in bigger bottles (15mL versus their current 9mL). The caps will also be taller and easier to handle, though I had no problem with the current caps. For more info, check out their Facebook page. Sally Girl retail for $1 at Sally Beauty Supply.

Bootie Babe

I finally bought some Bootie Babe polishes during their holiday sale. If you have not seen them, they are shaped like butts. I could not resist the unique little bottle. They are so cute!

I ordered three: Hella Baloo, Electric Lemon, and Mean Tangerine. Each polish came in a little box with the name on top. I also got two stickers that match the little stickers on top of each bottle.

I alternated the polishes on my fingers. The application is great. Hella Baloo went on smooth and opaque in one coat. Given Electric Lemon and Mean Tangerine are neon, I layered them over white to get their full brightness and make them easily opaque.

I could definitely see myself purchasing more Bootie Babe polishes in the future.

The prices are still at $4 a bottle and available on their website. According to their Facebook page, Bootie Babe hopes to have new and improved bottles by April 2012. The bottles are going to be bigger (0.5oz/15mL instead of the current 0.31oz/9mL) and have taller easier to use caps. They will also have 24 colors. No information yet as to whether the current 12 will be part of that 24.

I love the idea of full size bottles. I did not find the short caps hard to work with. However, I imagine the longer ones will be easier for some. I'm looking forward to seeing what will come from Bootie Babe in the future.