Polishes Mentioned in Essie North Fork Post

Just to post pics of my alternatives casually mentioned when discussing Essie's North Fork Collection, I present:


Misa Dirty, Sexy, Money



China Glaze Caribbean Blue

Essie's North Fork Collection

As many people were I was excited by Essie's North Fork Collection. Purported to be colors inspired by eastern beach towns, they looked very nice online, and in swatches.

My verdict: They're nice, but nothing super special.

Essie Greenport is a nice soothing green creme, but frankly you might not need it if you have Misa Dirty Sexy Money. Misa DSM is greyer, and a bit darker, but it is basically the same type of green. It wouldn't hurt to have both, Greenport is a nice shade and maybe "nicer" than DSM, more friendly, less cutting edge, if you know what I mean. But if you are not green crazy, or polish crazy, you could probably pick a similar color and not miss Greenport. But simultaneously I think it is nice and worth owning...

Essie Greenport:


Essie Shelter Island is a nice sky blue creme. It gets a nice C+. You can absolutely buy a cheaper polish and get this color, it is absolutely average and unnecessary. For my money China Glaze Caribbean Blue beats it hands down.

Essie Shelter Island:


Essie Sag Harbor is a great cloudy day sea grey-blue with shimmer. I think it's the winner of the bunch, strangely. You could probably find a polish close to this one, but frankly I don't know of any, so I love it and say BUY!! It really does remind me of sailing and blustery days at the shore battling the crisp wind in a beautiful sailboat, enjoying a hot coffee and the sea spray.

Essie Sag Harbor:


So anyway I guess I am at odds here. On one hand I like the collection, on the other hand I think you can kill your lemming for these a lot more cheaply elsewhere. You decide, chum!

More Sally Hansen Prisms!

As promised, here are more Sally Hansen Prism swatches! I get my discontinued Sally Hansens from CassieCosmetics on eBay. Quick efficient service and always what I ordered. Some prices are decent, some a bit eyebrow raising.

Anyway feast your eyes on the following!

Sally Hansen Prisms Lapis Amethyst:


Sally Hansen Prisms Fire Opal:


Sally Hansen Prisms Golden Cinnabar:


Sally Hansen Prisms Bronze Ruby:


Sally Hansen Prisms Scarlet Ruby:


Sally Hansen Prisms Coral Amber:

This weekend's Races - Proudes 5K and CBI Island Physiotherapy Food Drive Fun Run

Proude's Shoes 5K

(Points Race)

Saturday May 2, 2009
5K

Starting Time: 9:00 a.m.
Registration: 8:00 a.m. at Proude's Shoes - Sherwood Business Centre (Preregistration Friday night)
Fee: $10 / $20 per family
Sponsor: Proude's Shoes - Saucony
Fundraiser: Canadian Diabetes Assoc.
Contact: Kevin Proude 894-3504 info@proudesshoes.com
Course Description: A nice run for all abilities through the streets of Sherwood.
Map

CBI Island Physiotherapy Food Drive Fun Run

Sunday May 3, 2009
5K (Walk/Run) and 10K Run

Starting Time: 9:00 a.m.
Registration: 8:00 a.m. Main Lobby - Polyclinic Professional Center
Fee: $10.00 and non perishable food donation (greatly appreciated)
Fundraiser: 100% of proceeds going towards the Upper Room Food Bank.
Sponsor: CBI Health
Contact: Jenna Gallant 902-566-5212 and/or jgallant@cbi.ca
Course Description: Two 5km loops around charlottetown, starting and finishing at the Polyclinic Professional Center. Get together with friends and run for a great cause!

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2009/04/29/pei-connaughton-worlds.html

Connaughton running for Canada

CBC News

P.E.I. Olympic sprinter Jared Connaughton will be running for Canada at the world track and field championships.

He will be joining the 4x100 relay team in Berlin in August. The team qualified for the world championships over the weekend at a competition in Philadelphia.

Last summer, he competed at the Summer Olympics in Beijing in both the 4x100 relay and the 200 sprint.

News From the Prince Edward Island Marathon

Welcome to the 2009 BMO Nesbitt Burns Prince Edward Island Marathon

October 16 - 18, 2009

We are very excited to announce our new website, please check us out at www.princeedwardislandmarathon.com

Registration for 2009 is now open with early bird pricing in effect(posted on the registration page). We have added a new category for 2009 the Ben's Smart 5K Run & Walk. To register for any of our events click here.

PEI Marathon co-chair Cheryl Paynter is working hard to increase the number of pace bunnies for our October 18th Marathon. Cheryl met Jack Heely in his capacity as a pace bunny in May of 2008 at the New Jersey Marathon and they have remained friends ever since. Jack has most graciously agreed to head north to pace in the BMO Nesbitt Burns Prince Edward Island Marathon Weekend and to offer his support and services to those training for this great weekend. Coach Heely will be available to answer your training questions and is also writing articles that will be posted on the site. To learn more or ask Coach Heely a question click here.

If you are interested in becoming a pace bunny for any of the 2009 categories please email alicia@eventsinc.ca

Bonus Registration Initiative:Â Anyone who registers for any of the PEI Marathon categories by May 30th, 2009 will be eligible to win a Marathon Prize basket of goodies valued at $200.

The 2009 Marathon Weekend has something to offer the whole family.
~ Your Race...Your Pace! ~

Nail of the Day - Nubar Mellow Yellow 4/28/09

Today is Nubar's Mellow Yellow. I was very meh about this when I saw the bottle, sent to me by the fantastic Carla.

But putting it on, I changed my mind. The formula of this frost shimmer by Nubar is amazing. It's like spreading on whipped mousse. It held to the brush well, and stayed exactly where I put it. It seriously felt like I was spreading whipped lemon mousse on my nails. It was fantastic!

And it turned out to be pretty interesting. Not quite a neon, but a bright lemon yellow with a subtle and nice lime green shimmer to it. I was happy with it! If you like yellows, try it! It's a nice change from the golden yellows.

BB Couture Beach Collection Part 2!

The rest of the Beach Collection are just as stunning as the first part I posted about. All the colors are rich and lovely, the jellies glow and are deep. I am deeply in love with this collection.

The rest of'em!

BB Couture Moon Over Manhattan:


BB Couture Balboa Beach Bunny:


BB Couture Midnight Malibu:


BB Couture Sunset Surfer Girl is not only much pinker, almost a neon, sorry for the bad picture, but is already discontinued and replaced by Hermosa Surfer Girl, previously blogged about.


BB Couture Zuma Wave Rider:


One I do not own, Santa Monica Sands, is a beige creme with glitter.

BB Couture Beach Collection!

I cannot tell you enough how much I love the new BB Couture Beach Collection. They all have glitter for one thing, which is a huge plus right there, and the colors are vibrant, unusual and simply gorgeous. I am crazy about each and every one of them. Kudos BB Couture!!

The formula is nice, not runny, the only one that even approaches thick is Laguna Lagoon, which is a creme, so not too surprising and easy to fix. Two coats for cremes, three for jellies gives good coverage.

THANK YOU to Carla for these!!!

Here are some, rest tomorrow:

BB Couture Laguna Lagoon:


BB Couture Butt-Naked Bronze:


BB Couture Hermosa Surfer Girl:


BB Couture Catalina Cutie:


BB Couture Venice Party:

Islanders on the Run - The Clarks at Big Sur

The Clarks at Big Sur....

Marathon

Runner Details	Race Results	Split Times
Bib: 25 Name: Scott Clark Gender: M Age: 45 Hometown: Summerside Rr#2, PE	Overall: 13 out of 3058 Men: 13 out of 1827 M 45-49: 2 out of 225 Age/Grade: 76.26% Place: 14 Finish: 2:55:03 Pace: 6:41 Tag Time: 2:55:03 Gun Time: 2:55:03	Half: 1:27:51 Pace: 6:43

5k

Runner Details	Race Results	Split Times
Bib: 10174 Name: Kim Clark Gender: F Age: 41 Hometown: Summside, PE	Overall: 271 out of 810 Women: 108 out of 473 F 40-44: 12 out of 41 Age/Grade: 52.97% Place: 268 Finish: 29:09 Pace: 9:23 Tag Time: 29:09 Gun Time: 29:09	- No splits are available for this runner -

Congrats you two!

Some Poetic Tributes to Scott

Polish of the Day - Sally Hansen Chrome Burmese Ruby

Another luscious discontinued polish!! I see many more in the future. Thank you Rebecca!

These apply badly. Runny, and they dry so fast you are sure to get clumpage unless you apply very quickly. Also it shows EVERY nail ridge, use a ridge filler! I had to reapply three nails per hand.

I will, nonetheless, be getting more of these.

Sally Hansen Chrome Burmese Ruby, a burgundy metallic:


Tyler Durden's Opinion of Sally Hansen Burmese Ruby:
Ok, I got it. Shit, I lost it.

Boston Marathon Blog Traffic Spike

Readers of this blog come mostly from the autism/autistic and running communities (and some, like us, with a foot in each). Traffic here is pretty constant but a few days every year there's a spike in readership. The day of the Boston Marathon is one of those days:

Chances are, some of those readers who just discovered this blog on Monday will return, maybe regularly, maybe next April....

Hello & welcome to all our readers
new & old, Islanders & foreigners, regulars & infrequent visitors.
We appreciate the comments we get here, in our email boxes and to our faces.

Islanders on the Run - Today in Grande-Digue

Today at the Grande-Digue 15K

12 (place) Jamie Nickerson     M Charlottetown   1/45(Div. Place) 56:48
16 (place) Jen Micholson       F Cornwall        2/46(Div. Place) 59:09
20 (place) Mark Cullen         M Cornwall        5/20(Div. Place) 1:00:09
26 (place) Rebecca Walker      F Summerside      2/20(Div. Place) 1:01:20
42 (place) John Van Ekris      M Charlottetown   10/45(Div. Place) 1:05:31
51 (place) Natalie Dallaire    F Cornwall        5/20(Div. Place) 1:07:49
56 (place) James Mutch                           17/45(Div. Place)1:08:00
85 (place) Maureen Leard       F Cornwall        4/46(Div. Place) 1:13:24
93 (place) Ellen Sherren       F Charlottetown   3/37(Div. Place)  1:14:47
101 (place) Kimberley Bailey    F Cornwall        7/46(Div. Place) 1:15:39
105 (place) Mike Murrins        M Charlottetown   18/33(Div. Place) 1:16:52
107 (place) Judy West           F Charlottetown   2/28(Div. Place)  1:16:56
112 (place) Cheryl Paynter      F Charlottetown   5/37(Div. Place) 1:17:43
118 (place) George Mutch                          34/45(Div. Place)1:18:45
171  place) Diane Pye           F Charlottetown   7/28(Div. Place)  1:25:33

275 Runners
Full Results

Photos
Photos of the Kids Race

Spring Run Off

It was sunny and 10 degrees.

The Sporting Intentions Spring Run Off on North River Road in Charlottetown.

The out and back course was on North River Road and Victoria Park.

The 5km race was added this year for the high school kids who were volunteering and running.

Stanley Chaisson won the race and returns from PEI Marathon and Kristy Newson for the top female.

I finished in 46:29 and came in 33rd out of 71 runners.

Brian Smith won the 5km and Hannah Szwark for the top female.

Official Result: 33rd out of 71
10K in 46 minutes, 29 seconds

More Photos

Spring Run Off 2008

Before the race Leo gave me his official yellow Boston Marathon
long sleeve shirt
and Dianne gave me the poster.
Thank you!
(Alex put the poster down, outside, at Sporting Intentions. If you picked it up, please let us know.
Scott Clark has brought Alex a poster from Boston the past few years. Knowing Scott wasn't running Boston this year, Leo and Dianne
both made sure Alex had his Boston Marathon 2009 keepsake. Alex was rather upset to discover he'd lost his poster.
Thanks you two, Leo - the shirt is not only his colour but it's his size too! Pretty special...)

Running For Autism

Not Against It
acceptance not cure

Similar or Matching Polishes: #2 In a Series - China Glaze Moonpool

We all have polishes we long for that are discontinued. Sometimes you can find them on an out of the way website, sometimes for mucho dinero on eBay.

Or you can franken your own duplicate, or best yet find an almost exact duplicate, which I have done here.

Moonpool is a discontinued green with gold shimmer from China Glaze. Oh, I get a lot of hits on my Moonpool photo!! But now, you can have your own almost exact duplicate. These pictures are a bit more dissimilar than the comparisons, so keep reading.

Behold Icing Money Tree:


Compare with China Glaze Moonpool:


Icing's formula is similar to the China Glaze one used for Moonpool. They both are slightly runny, but nothing bad, slightly sheer but two coats gives fine coverage. They dry decently fast. Both are shimmer laden frosts that show a bit of brushstroke. Are they 100% exact dupes? No. Money Tree is slightly greener, because Moonpool has a bit more golden shimmer. But Icing Money Tree is available. Moonpool is not.

The rub: Icing Money Tree is only available (at my Icing anyway) in a set of 5 polishes, for $14.00. But, the upside is you get 5 nice polishes for what you might be able to get Moonpool for, plus shipping, on eBay. And its companion polishes are nice.



Side by side comparisons:

New MAC Rose Romance Limited Polish!

I swung by the mall today, to be greeted by a new MAC polish! Love & Friendship is a creme in the Rose Romance collection, a sort of dusty lavender grape color. It's a bit thick, but a drop of Poshe Polish Reviver should take care of it. It has nice coverage and I actually quite like it! It's chic and summery without being too pastel.

Buy before it sells out, like the Sugarsweet polishes.



Tyler Durden's Opinion of MAC Love & Friendship:
Forget about what you think you know about life, about friendship, and especially about you and me.

This Saturday's Race - Sporting Intentions 10K Run

Sporting Intentions 10K Run

Saturday April 25, 2009

Registration: 8:00 a.m. at Sporting Intentions, 614 North River Rd.
Starting Time: 9:00 a.m.
Fee: $10.00
Fundraiser: Heart & Stroke Foundation
Contact: Dawn Paynter 388-7696
dawnpaynter@hotmail.com
Andrew Scott 892-4713
sportingintentions@hotmail.com
Course Description: Some Hills
Race Map

2008 Sporting Intentions Spring Run Off

Photos of Islanders Running in Boston

I've looked through hundreds (thousands?) of photos and have found these:

1 Mile

photo by Jim Rhoades & Frank Georges from Coolrunning

• Leo at 1 Mile
• Leo at 1 Mile
• Leo at 1 Mile
• Steven at 1 Mile
• Steven at 1 Mile
• Tyler at 1 Mile
• Tyler at 1 Mile
• Tyler at 1 Mile
• Sean at 1 Mile
• Sean at 1 Mile
• Sean at 1 Mile
• Garth at 1 Mile
• Garth at 1 Mile
• Sylvio at 1 Mile???

30 Km

photo by Jim Rhoades & Frank Georges from Coolrunning

• Leo at 30K
• Steven at 30K
• Steven at 30K
• Tyler at 30K
• Tyler at 30K
• Sean at 30K
• Sean at 30K
• Garth at 30K
• Garth at 30K
• Diane B. at 30K???

20 Miles

photo by Ted & Mary Tyler from Coolrunning

• Leo at 20 Miles
  Steven at 20 Miles
  

Unlike last year when I could look through all these photos and pick out the PEI Shirts, this year I had only faces, bodies and sometimes bib numbers to help. Those who know of my faceblindness issues will appreciate what an accomplishment it was to find the photos I did find. I'm sure I missed quite a few. If you have any or know of any, send the links to me or leave the links in the comments here.

It was very easy to pick out the guy wearing the PEI Marathon shirt (see him here, here and here and I spotted him in others as well), that's Charles Mandel of Bedford NS.

Maybe next year you might want to make my search easier by wearing your own PEI Marathon shirt. Other things that could make it easier for me to spot you - You could dye your hair or wear a wig. Dress up or just go with the top hat & tails. Be a superhero or a superheroine, or find a costume that suits you. You could also wear a bright hat or wave at the cameras.....

If you are going to use any of these photos,

please respect the photographers' rights & wishes:

http://jimrhoades.com/

Please feel free to re-post any photo with the condition that you give credit to the photographer with a link to Coolrunning.com on your site.
Example link:
photo by Ted Tyler from Coolrunning

Boston 2009 Photos by

Jim Rhoades and Frank Georges (1 Mile & 30 Kilometer) and Ted and Mary Tyler(20 Mile)

Nail of the Day - Sinful Hottie 4/24/09

Today's polish is Sinful Hottie!

Sinful is a drugstore brand, here at Walgreen's it sells for $2 a 0.5 ounce bottle. They have some pretty nice colors I will blog about later.

Sinful Hottie is a sheer denim blue jelly with a ton of glitter in it. The glitter is very much like the sparks you see in the depths of an opal, kinda candy colored without being pastel at all. It also has a jellylike texture from all the glitter. It spreads well and evenly, and dries very quickly, allowing many coats. I used four today, the picture is three. When you run your finger across the polish surface and it feels bumpy, Hottie is dry and ready for another coat. It's beautiful and simultaneously somehow blingy yet understated.

Pick Hottie up and enjoy!!




Tyler Durden's opinion of Sinful Hottie:
Recycling and speed limits are bullshit. They're like someone who quits smoking on his deathbed.

Games volunteers get new look

http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=244708&sc=98

Games volunteers get new look

EDITORIAL STAFF
The Guardian

The 2009 Canada Games volunteer uniform, a quality Columbia two-piece golf shirt and jacket combination, was unveiled in Charlottetown Wednesday. The golf shirt is gold and the rain jacket is red and emblazoned with the Canada Games Island-shaped logo and the Atlantic Lottery Corporation logo. The corporation is the presenting sponsor of the Games volunteer program. The uniform is a benefit of being a volunteer, organizers said. From left are John Edwards, Charlie Cheverie, Cultural Affairs Minister Carolyn Bertram, Karen Wortman and MaryEllen Basha. Guardian photo by Brian McInnis

Volunteers for the 2009 Canada Games will be wearing a Columbia two-piece golf shirt and jacket combination.
The new uniform, only one of the benefits volunteers with the Games will realize, is valued at $99.98 and was unveiled Wednesday.
Supporters, volunteers, sponsor partners and media were on hand for the debut of the gold golf shirt and red rain jacket emblazoned with the 2009 Canada Games Island-shaped logo and the Atlantic Lottery Corporation logo. Atlantic Lottery Corporation is the presenting sponsor of the Games’ volunteer program.
“Our $1.1-million contribution has allowed us to not only support and build the spirit of the Games since 1976, but to also support Team Atlantic and every Canada Games volunteer, through the volunteer services program,”?Joel Irvine, vice-president of sales and customer service with ALC, said.
A green zip jacket, a part of the familiar 1991 uniform jacket, was retired during the ceremony.
Joseph Spriet, president of the 2009 Host Society, said the Games still need volunteers. They are looking for 6,000 volunteers.
“We are in the unique position of being a provincewide Games, so we need volunteers from tip to tip to sign up,” he said.
“When volunteers apply, not only can they request a specific type of volunteer assignment, but they can specify which area of the province they would like to work in.”

On the Net: www.2009canadagames.ca

Alyric

Alyric

I will miss you...

Essie Summer 2009 Neons

I LOVE these! As I blogged about when posting about Funky Limelight, the formula is pretty standard neon polish formula. They go on a bit streaky, they dry a bit too quickly, but they are pretty decent anyway, and relatively easy to use. And bright... WOW!! These are eye-popping, and very hard to photograph. You will not be disappointed, unless of course you dislike neons.

The first is a gorgeous, OPAQUE yellow neon, called Funky Limelight. I am going to get another bottle of this, I think it is outstanding in every way. An opaque yellow neon as bright as a highlighter marker? Instant win.



Next up is a soft pink called Punchy Pink. It's nice, you could probably call it hot pink were it not for another color in the series, Flirty Fuchsia, which really IS hot pink. This manages to be a softer pink while still neon. Who knew it was possible. Forgive the picture, it is so bright it just would not photograph well.



Third up is Perky Purple, a juicy hot reddish purple. I got a lot of compliments on this one, it's a stunning eyecatcher.



Last up is Flirty Fuchsia. As previously stated, it's HOT pink. Violent pink, and it almost vibrates on your finger. Sometimes a neon like this can look orange toned on the fingernails, but this stays very true to the color in the bottle, as all of this collection does. And it's gratifying and impressive that they do. Once again, bad photo, this eyebleeder even shocked my camera.




So, if you like neons or are even curious, BUY THESE!!! I think they are hot stuff!


Tyler Durden's opinion of Essie 2009 Neons:
Time to stand up for what you believe in.