Wheels T4 and U4: Dark Grey and Black Cremes

Some websites have gone dark today to protest the SOPA and PIPA acts being considered by the U.S. Congress. Some people are choosing to not use the internet at all today as part of that protest. I'm doing neither, because I don't think anyone from Congress reads this blog, and I suspect they'd be just as happy if I didn't get online and learn stuff about what they're doing. I have turned my background black as a symbolic gesture because I think the acts as proposed are a bad idea, and I don't think they're the best use of my government's time when the economy is still struggling and millions of people in this country don't have any health insurance. For intelligent words on the subject, read what John Scalzi has to say.

Nail Wheel Wednesday is observing SOPA Blackout Day by featuring dark grey to black cremes.



1. American Apparel Factory Grey (2 coats)
2. Studio M Not So Subtle (2)
3. Joe Fresh Fog (2)
4. Pure Ice Kiss Me Here (3) [I don't get this name at all; kiss me here on this grey spot?]
5. Barielle U-Concrete Me (2)
6. Nailstation Dapple Grey (2)
7. Essence Surfer Babe Pointbreak (3)
8. Essence Denim Wanted Fivepocket Grey (3)
9. Diamond Cosmetics Matte Smoke (2)
10. Barry M Grey (2)
11. Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Tailored Creme (5) [this has done that weird getting thinner with age thing]
12. Essence Colour & Go Movie Star (2)
13. GOSH Miss Grey (2)
14. Sephora by OPI Break A Leg-Warmer (3)
15. Ulta Smoke Screen (3)
16. Piggy Polish Grey-T (2)
17. Depend unknown (2)
18. Ulta Smoke Screen (3) [yeah, I really did put this on the wheel twice because I didn't realize the mini was the same as the full size soon enough]
19. Zoya Kelly (2)
20. CQ Eggplant (3) [if you see a real eggplant this color, do not eat it]

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1. Ulta unknown (3 coats)
2. Nina Ultra Pro Never Glum Plum (3)
3. Essie Smokin' Hot (2)
4. Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Grey Area (2)
5. Joe Fresh Eggplant (2) [again with the grey eggplants, yuck]
6. Ulta Professional Black Lace (2)
7. CHI Ferry to Lady Liberty (2)
8. OPI Suzi Skis in the Pyrenees (3)
9. OPI unknown (2)
10. Ulta unknown (2)
11. Rimmel Lycra Wear 10 Black Satin (2)
12. Wet 'n' Wild Wild Shine Black Creme (2) [almost 1]
13. Revlon Lunar (2)
14. Wet 'n' Wild Fantasy Makers Black Creme (3)
15. Maybelline Colorama Black Magic (2)
16. Essie Licorice (4)
17. OPI unknown matte (2)
18. Sally Hansen Lacquer Shine Lustrous (2)
19. Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Jet Black (4) [this one was actually meant to be sheer, it was an early version of the idea later seen in Dior's Rock Coat or Essence's Rock Top Coat]
20. Orly Matte Vinyl (2)

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