Jessica Paint The Town Collection 2010

I love nail polish with a gimmick. These Jessicas come in little paint cans! How cute is that? They also have some that come in teddy bear shaped bottles like the old Fing'rs polishes (I'll post those soon too).

Though, unlike most products that have a gimmick, the colors/product are actually quite nice.


Funkytown. I know that there are a lot of these types of glitters- the blue/pink/purple glitter in a clear base combination. This one, though, is the prettiest of them all. I don't know why but this one sparkles way more than the others I have like this. Maybe they use a special kind of glitter, I don't know, all I know is that this one is blindingly sparkly and I love it.


Girls Night Out. My least favorite of the bunch but still not bad. Much nicer in real life. It's a cranberry red shimmer. It has more depth of finish and color but I couldn't seem to capture it. This shade of berry red does weird things to my camera.



Pajama Party. Awesome color. Hard to photograph. Let me describe. It's a dark blue-based purple base with strong blue shimmer. It sits on the color like a flash or duochrome but it doesn't really shift with the angle. It's more like a blue overlay. It reminds me a lot of the old Jane polish Gem X if you remember that one.


Scene Stealer. A nice teal shimmer. Color is more accurate in the indoor picture. Sunlight picture shows the reflective metallic qualities of the finish.


Shake Your Booty. I love this name. It makes me want to wear it just because of the silly name. Besides, how many polishes do you know of with the word 'booty' in the name? Ignore the fact that I can't stand the word booty unless it is referring to something a pirate obtains. Anyway... pretty standard medium blue shimmer with green accents. Seems like I see this color a lot. Not a bad shade, just a little common.


Shopping Spree. THIS is my favorite of the collection. It looks like velvet on the nails. It's a shimmering red-based purple and it has so much depth. Reminds me of China Glaze Cowgirl Up. It's so pretty.

Formula on these is okay, a little bit runny and sheer on some shades. I did three coats of all and all of them needed the third. Application is a little tricky because the brush doesn't like to conform to my nails or flex as easily as I think it should. Drying time is long.

Love the paint can bottles. We need more cute shaped bottles. I want someone to make some old retro looking bottles with the fancy elongated handles and really intricate designs on the glass, maybe like an Anna Sui or KO bottle.

(These were sent to me for review.)

Jessica Cosmetics Muse Collection Fall 2010

I really, really like this collection. Colors straight out of my "nail polish wishes" post!


Bittersweet. Break this bittersweet spell on me... A warm, yellowy milk chocolate brown with really subtle warm toned shimmer. Reminds me of brown leather boots. Murky, muddy and lovely. It seems so much darker on my nail than it does in the bottle, and it looks not as yellow-toned on my skin as it does in the bottle as well. Same with Victorian Crush. Something about my really red lobster hands!


Crimson Reflections... Ehh... not my thing. A deep berry red. I don't do berry so I don't have much to say about this one!


Intrigue. Ooh la la! Purple taupe! Love these types of colors. Good combination of purple, brown and grey. This is probably similar to something else but my memory is failing me at the moment. The name reminds me of one of my favorite scents from Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab (Intrigue!).


Majesty Blue. Jessica does some pretty fabulous blues, and this is one of the most fabulous. The base color is common- deep midnight blue shimmer- but what makes this one special are the large shimmer flecks that flash green through the blue base. Click on the indoor picture to enlarge and check out the little speckles of glitter/shimmer!


Scarlet. SUPER bright red. This is one of the few types of red I'll wear- the really bright, loud, obnoxious ones. Always makes me feel like a pin-up girl.

The star of the collection- Victorian Crush!! Murky, yellow-toned drab olive green! LOVE! Looks different on my nail/against my skintone than it does in the bottle... Very strange... but I do adore this color. By the way, this is the base for my fail Konad from the other day. Forgot to add that detail.


The formula on these was good. Thinner than I'm used to for Jessica and that was a good thing. Jessicas tend to be a little on the thick side but this new thinner formula was much easier for me to apply. No streaking or sheerness issues, the colors only needed two coats (and that's what's pictured here) but the drying time is long. Better than average for Jessica (probably because of the new thinner formula) but still on the long side.

I love these colors. Camouflage colors. Muted earth tones. Mr. Scrangie loved them too- I was showing them to him and he said, "those look like camouflage!". I think he likes camo. I do too. Bonus. No complaints about this collection... Okay, maybe one... that berry color is a snorefest! But I can't think of another color they should have done instead. Maybe a grey? Oh well. I like 5 out of 6!

These are kinda hard to find on Jessica's website, so I looked up the direct link in case you wanted to see their bottle pics: Jessica Muse Collection on JessicaCosmetics.com

Jessica's bottle pics are very good and very color-accurate. I think they have the best, most true-to-life product photos around- they haven't mislead me yet! I think some of the other polish companies need to hire Jessica's photographer... Would make online polish buying much easier!

(These were sent to me for review)

Jessica Cosmetics Ignite Collection Summer 2010

In an effort to catch up, how about a two for one today? Who knows, maybe I'll even go for three...

Jessica summer. Neons! I don't think I've seen Jessica do neons yet. Please keep in mind that neons don't photograph true to life- they are glowy and vibrant in person. Here they are:


Blue Blast. Bright neon-ish blue creme. A little sheer.


Electric Teal. Not an accurate representation- for some reason these bright teals always look whitened and odd on camera. It's deeper, teal-er and more neon in real life. This one has shimmer.


Pink Explosion. Super bright neon pink creme. Medium shade, not a light neon pink.

Yellow Flame. Highlighter yellow. Easily the most opaque neon yellow I have ever used. Three coats and it's totally opaque. Unfortunately, the formula was about the texture of wallpaper paste.

Orange Zest. Very bright traffic-cone orange neon creme. Again, a medium orange instead of a light orange. I love this type of color, I don't care how many identical colors I have in my collection. Bring on the oranges!!


Purple Burst. More of a fuchsia than a purple, but it's purple enough. Think Essie Perky Purple.


The formula on these was... interesting. I don't know if I got a bad batch or dried out bottles or what, but all the shades felt thick and gluey. Actually, they felt like painting my nails with vaseline or something. Really weird texture. Needless to say I had a hard time applying. I did three coats of all. The yellow really only needed two coats- very rare for neon yellow. Could be because each coat was about an inch thick because of the formula! =X At least the drying time was good, average for neons which tend to dry on the fast side anyway. And since these are neons, they do dry matte. Don't panic. Seriously. Repeat after me: neons dry matte. Nothing is wrong with your polish.

I do love neons so these definitely appeal to me. I can't say that they are unique, though. These are very common neon shades. I suppose Yellow Flame is the most unique due to its opacity- two coat neon yellow. That never happens. Also worth noting- these have great wear time. I wore Purple Burst as a mani and a pedi and they resisted chipping and tipwear until I removed them. Normally I change my pedicure when it starts to chip, but this one never did and I got bored. I've heard that Jessicas wear well but honestly I change my polish too often to notice such things... lol

(These were sent to me for review.)

Jessica Daydream Collection Spring 2010 and Bonus! Jessica Burlesque Beauty Fall 2009

You know... I never hear much about Jessica. Never see many people talk about Jessica... Never actually see Jessica polishes. My local Target got rid of their Jessica display, even. And I only recently discovered the brand. That's strange. They have a lot of good colors! Midnight Moonlight rocks my world!

So... I was totally surprised when Jessica's Spring collection showed up on my doorstep. Didn't hear a thing about this collection until it was in my hands. Same thing with their Summer collection, too, but I haven't swatched that one yet. So, thanks Jessica PR people! I appreciate you keeping me in the loop! I think if I would have blinked, I may have missed this collection entirely.


Cloud Mine. This is the one I mentioned on Twitter being similar to Creme De Menthe. It's more similar in the bottle than on the nail. Too light, too blue but same overall theme. It's a pastel mint green with gold frost. The gold is almost like a flash on the top of the polish, I only notice it at certain angles. I kinda like this one except it gives me major lobster hands.


Enchante. Hot pink with subtle blue/violet shimmer. Almost metallic looking.

Eyes Wide Open. Ooh, this one I like. I don't know if you can tell from the picture, but it's like a jelly shimmer, if such a thing exists. It's translucent and each coat deepens the shimmer effect. It's a little bit iridescent. Oh, and it's orange. I like orange. This one is a bit corally.


Flight of Fancy. Light cool pink with silvery shimmer. Pretty, but not a color I could see myself wearing. I love the chunky shimmer in this. But, this one gave me the hardest time application-wise. Kinda gooey and thick.

Perchance To Dream. Light pink champagne frost. Again, not a color I think I'd ever wear, but I like the way it looks on my nails. It gives the illusion that my nails are really white underneath. It has a brightening effect. But... yeah.... frost... eek.


Starry Eyed. This one is hard to describe- foil frost shimmer pink? It has reflective foil-like qualities, visible chunky shimmer but also an overall frosty appearance. I think I'll just go with metallic pink.

Formula wasn't too bad. The one pink was very thick, but the others were the average Jessica formula. Which is a little thick to begin with, but flows easily. Dry time is on the long side, which I've found to be the case for most Jessicas as well.


And, how about a two for one? Jessica's fall collection from last year!

I never got around to posting this for two reasons. One, I don't think my pictures turned out all that well. Two, it bored me to death. But I have it swatched so I might as well post it.

This collection was called Burlesque Beauty and had a bunch of naked people on the box.

Feather Boa. Berry-purple creme.

Fishnets and Fringe. Dark smoky teal-peacock creme. This one has a little hidden shimmer too.

For Your Eyes Only. Dark indigo creme. A little bit like OPI Sapphire in the Snow.


Gorgeous Garter Belt. Berry creme.

Ruffled Bottoms. Okay, I like this one a lot. They're not all berry! This one is more red-toned in real life, but it's a medium purple creme.

Sexy Siren. Surprise! More berry creme.


And this is a comparison between Divine Pine and Fishnets and Fringe, because they're very very similar to each other.
Index and ring are Divine Pine.
Middle and pinkie are Fishnets and Fringe.


Wow, it feels good to finally get that posted. Now I can move on.

Random Jessica Polishes

I have a confession. I have pictures of four new fall/winter collections from various companies open in my photo software waiting to be edited, but they bore me to death and I don't even feel like posting them. They've been sitting there for weeks.... Every time I go to finish cropping and watermarking them I think I fall asleep.... zzzzzzz....

So, instead, here are a few of the awesome Jessica polishes I ordered a couple weeks ago.

Like I've mentioned before, Jessica is a new brand to me. I never used them before last year's holiday mini collection (which is beyond gorgeous) and every time I see them at Target it's just a bunch of pinks and reds.... So when I was poring over their website, clicking on every single polish name and looking at their pictures, I was totally shocked and excited to see a good variety of blues and "interesting" colors! I ordered a bunch and I've been indecisively filling and emptying another shopping cart ever since...

Enough babbling. Pic time.



Casablanca. A sheer-ish black base with pink/blue/teal duochrome shimmer. This has a ton of duochrome in the bottle, but the effect is more subtle on the nail. It needs bright sunlight to be visible, but it also shows up in sunset light quite well. It reminds me of one of those sweet black/duochrome shimmer Nicoles, but I can't remember which one. Blues In The Night perhaps?


Glamorous Gladiator. A warm brown-bronzy shimmer with a splash of opal flakes. Jessica has a flaky polish! I had no idea. This reminds me a bit of OPI Shim-Merry Chic, but less "barflike" (as I've heard it called, lol!!)- it's richer, more saturated, a little deeper and bronzier. Not as many flakes and no glitter, but still a very strong shimmery base.


Grecian Touch. I love this type of color. Vampy colors that are nearly black, but have a glint of color that appears to be glowing like coals... Lit from within. That's what it looks like. This one is a plum-bronze-burgundy duochrome. Subtle duochrome, the color shift is most obvious in bright sunlight. Dark around the edges and glowing in the center.

Midnight Moonlight. Medium blue shimmer with subtle green and purple duochrome. I think this is my new favorite blue. In the bottle this has an insane amount of duochrome, but the effect is much more subtle on the nail. In the second picture you can see a little of the green and purple duochrome. Purple at the tips of the nails and green in the center. Have I mentioned yet that Jessica's bottle pictures are the best? Extremely helpful when picking out polishes. Look at their picture of this one.

Solar Eclipse. Super deep blue creme with a hint of purple. In the bottle, this one looks a lot more violet, but on the nail it's mostly a rich dark blue with just a tiny drop of purple. I've been wearing this on my toes for nearly three weeks topped with a bit of Orly Prisma Gloss in Silver and it looks stunning. It's super dark but not black. A lot of dark blue cremes end up looking black or inky but this one retains its blue-ness.

Venus Was Her Name. Deep dusty charcoal grey base with vibrant purple shimmer. This is super unique. I don't have another polish like this. It looks dusty. Dusty and color shifty. In some angles/lights it looks grey, but when the light touches the surface, the electric purple shimmer lights up the deep base and it just looks soooooo cooooool. Freakin' weird. Weird and awesome.


The formula on them is not the greatest, but it's not horrible. Just inconsistent mostly. I find them a little hard to control- some are kind of thick, some are normal, some are thin, but the brush is kinda soft and doesn't make a perfect U shape like other brushes. They also take quite a while to dry. Not so long that it deters me from wearing them, but long enough that I can't put my shoes on a half an hour after application. I definitely recommend a quick-dry topcoat and drying drops with these. Every little bit helps! Also, letting them dry for two minutes between coats helps speed up the process as well, but that requires patience, and... well... Sometimes I don't have a whole lot of that when I'm painting my nails!


The thing about ordering on the Jessica website is that it's a little difficult to find the 'good' pictures. When you click on the custom color section from the homepage, you get the useless color dots and then you have to click ORDER to see the bottle picture. BUT, if you click 'Custom Colors' on the bottom of the order/add to cart page, it brings you to the list with the good pictures that you can click to enlarge.


And here I am again, slowly filling another Jessica cart and then changing my mind... Do any of you guys have Pink Diamonds, Greta, Bette, Bedazzler, Garnet Glaze, Queen Bee or Mystery? A couple kind of look like glitter in the pictures but doing a search for 'glitter' doesn't return them as results. Two of them look like cool duochromes too, but it's hard to tell. Maybe I should just get them. Hmm... Decisions, decisions....

Jessica Baby It's Cold Outside Collection Winter 2009

Okay, so I'm posting the winter collection before the fall collection.... Cause... frankly... I'm a lot more excited about this one! You'll see why in just a moment.

This is a collection of four vampy shades for winter and they're not just the traditional red-burgundy-brown type shades!

Black Ice. Very dark black creme with sparkly silver glitter. OOOOOH! GLITTER!!! Jessica is a very new brand to me and I really had no idea they did cool shades like this. Pleasant surprise, really! Anyway, I've mentioned before that I'm not normally a fan of the black/silver combo. The black ends up looking dull because the silver is not usually shiny enough. However, I've recently found three polishes that have changed my mind, and this is one of them. The silver glitter is dense and very shiny... Sparkly... twinkly... The black looks very black and the silver looks very bright. Perfect.


Divine Pine. Dark yellow-toned green with hidden shimmer. (Please excuse the scratches and tipwear, photo was taken after two days of wear) GREEEEEEEEN!!! And a very nice one at that. It's nearly-black, but it looks different than a lot of the similar colors. It's darker than BB Couture Green Goblin but lighter than OPI Here Today Aragon Tomorrow or Zoya Envy. I included the second picture with the flash to show the base color and the hidden shimmer. It's not a blue-toned as Sephora By OPI Dark Room. It does look mostly black indoors but outside it's a vampy green. I adore this. Not too dark, not too blue, almost exactly what I've been looking for. And no, it looks nothing like Zulu.


Frost At All Cost. Dark dusty peacock creme. This is an unusual shade. It's a very dusty green-blue... I've seen this color referred to as "peacock blue" and I really think that fits. It's dark but not black. Pretty unique as well, I can't think of a whole lot of colors similar to this... Although, it is very similar to Fishnets and Fringe from the Burlesque (fall) collection.


Midnight Mist. Dark vampy blackened purple with hidden shimmer. This is a little off- it's slightly more 'purple' looking in real life... maybe just a touch more of a lighter red base than this shows. Anyway, purple vampy, can't go wrong there. I want to say this is probably similar to OPI Lincoln Park At Midnight (I recall that being the lighter one?) but I can't find my bottle to compare! This is a very red-toned purple and it has hidden shimmer that only comes out in bright sunlight. The shimmer does help to break up the dark color a little and just gives it a little 'something'...


The formula on these is not flawless, however. I don't know how Jessica formula 'normally' is, but these are thicker than the first ones I tried. They're quite thick but very opaque. I did have a bit of trouble controlling these. The drying time on these is also very long. I've tried them with Seche, Poshe and Diamont quick-dry topcoats and while they do 'set' very quickly, they remain dentable for over an hour. They do eventually dry completely, just not as fast as I'm used to. But, neither of these flaws are pronounced enough to make me want to avoid the polish.

Overall, I really dig this collection. I have been in the mood for vampy shades and I'm actually happy to see this small collection of nothing but dark shades. I'm especially happy that it includes three of my favorite things- green, glitter and purple! I do wish they dried a little faster but that hasn't stopped me from wearing them. In fact, I've been on kind of a Jessica binge this past week... Heh. Hopefully I can get some good pictures soon. All I have to say is Midnight Moonlight omgahhhhhh *drool*