Pink Roses

Hello everyone! Just wanted to share my nail of the day with you. For the base coat I used OPI Push and Pur-Pull. Then stamped using DRK-A image plate using Sally Hansen Lively Lilac, Presto Pink and Berry Swift. To add a little bling I stamped the tips with Color Club's Foil Me Once.

I hope you enjoyed this mani. Thanks for stopping by!

Color Club Spring 2013 Halo Hues Collection - Swatches and Review

Spring time is approaching and that means it's time for some Holo fun! Today I have the Color Club Halo Hues to share with you.

Color Club Halo Hues 2013 Collection

Hey lovelies! Today I have exciting news. I was browsing AIS page and discovered Color Club is releasing new holos for Spring 2013.  Not much information on them right now except they are currently for sale on Amazon and Ebay!!!

*Edit* Color Club posted on their facebook page that they have not released their new polishes yet, so use caution when purchasing online. Yikes! Hopefully the set I get is the real deal. I'll keep you guys posted.  

*Update* Per their facebook page, they were able to pre-sell the collection to some of their distributors in preparation for the Western Buying Conference. So you can feel safe in making outside purchases. I feel better about my purchase now :)

I love that they went deeper and darker with the new collection. I'm really interested in Beyond and Eternal Beauty, especially since I missed out on China Glaze LOL.

Beyond, Kismet, Miss Bliss, Over the Moon, Cosmic Fate, Eternal Beauty

I just ordered the full set so hopefully I'll be extremely happy with them and this will cure my disappointment with my first set which arrived in broken bottles.  I still haven't replaced them and I'm not sure that I will.  

Thanks for stopping by. Happy Friday!

Christmas Decorations Mani

Yesterday I created a mani for Adventures in Stamping Sunday Challenge. This week's challenge was Christmas Decorations.

For the base color I used Sally Hansen Pronto Purple and created the gradient with China Glaze Emotion topped with StudioM (Massini) True Passion.  For the accent nails I used a base of Color Club Foil Me Once and stamped with Pronto Purple using a fauxnad image plate.

A side view with my pink Angel.

I hope you like this Christmas mani. Have a great Christmas and wonderful Holiday Season!!!

Nail of the Week: Color Club Glitter Magnetic

A quick post to share my nail of the week. For the base I used my new Color Club glitter magnetic polish. I believe the name is Shock in the Dark but my bottle wasn't labeled. I tried the magnetic design first but it turned out horribly. I'll try to swatch it again later when I have more time to figure it out.  

A closer view to try and capture the glitter in the polish. It's a shame it doesn't show up very well because it's loaded with glitter.  I think that's one of the reason's the magnet didn't work well.

For stamping I used BM-309 and an old Daschica's Beauty image plate. I also tried Finger Paints Black Expressionism for the first time. It worked okay, but I think as it dries out more it will be perfect for stamping.

I hope you enjoyed this mani.  Happy Sunday and thanks for stopping by!

Color Club Take Wing Collection Summer 2012 - Swatches and Review

Happy Friday! Today I have the Color Club Take Wing Collection to share with you. Inspired by butterflies and metamorphosis, the collection consists of 6 glass-flecked shimmers that will brighten your summer days. 

Wing Fling. Gorgeous pink fleck that flashes lilac at some angles.  Very pretty. 

Daisy Does It. Very bright lemon yellow. My camera couldn't accurately capture the color and makes it appear more subdued, but believe me it is bright!

Sparkle and Soar. I'm in love with this tangerine shimmer.  

 Fly With Me. This was my least favorite of the collection but I've seen it look awesome on other skin tones. 

Metamorphosis. A green-teal shimmer that flashes a slight blue at an angle.  

Sky High. This is one of my favorites from the collection. It has a slight pink shimmer that's barely visible on the nail but it's still gorgeous.  

I used two coats of polish for most of the collection, except when it got to the darker colors (Sky High and Metamorphosis), the formula was slightly thinner so they required 3 coats.

Overall the collection is great. This finish is a shimmer glass-flecked which causes your nails to twinkle in the sunlight. Some of the colors remind me of pretty summer cocktails with added citrus garnishes. My favorites from the collection are Sparkle and Soar, Wing Fling and Sky High.

The Take Wing Collection is available now online and at retailers that sale Color Club!

~ Provided for Review~

Pink Nail Spam!

Hello Beauties!

I apologize for my absence. I've been busy enjoying my new found freedom after graduation but I've been saving up manis to share with you.  

Nicole by OPI Paparazzi Don't Preach stamped Sally Hansen Night Flight using  DRK-A Image Plate. Night Flight looks black but is actually a midnight blue. I love these two together. 

Icing Candy Shop. Multi-glitter in a pink base. I was a little underwhelmed with this one.  I'm not sure why but it seemed like I could have topped any pink with a party glitter and achieved the same effect.  Plus my bottle was previous used which turned me off a little. 

Sally Hansen Salon Effects. I tried to freshen up my nail stickers after a few days of wear so I stamped it using my new FUN2 Image plate and Color Club Where's the Soiree.  It came out pretty cool but the stamping was not thick enough to completely cover the flower.  I'm sure it will look better on a solid color.

And those are my nails for the last few days. I hope you enjoyed them :)

Until next time. Happy Polishing!

Sticks 'N Stones

Happy Sunday everyone! I just finished working on my Senior Project and its done as far as I'm concerned. Two more weeks of school until graduation and I'll have my P.H.D. - player hater's degree :)

My nail of the day is Sticks n' Stones over Color Club's Take Me To Your Chateau. I really love this combination. The glitter pops so well over the blue, or any color for that matter. I stamped on top to add a little extra to the mani. I didn't necessarily need it, just playing around. I originally wanted to stamp with my Cheeky flower but I couldn't get it to pick up. I like the results anyways so I'm happy.

Here are my nails prior to stamping. Very jazzy without the stamps. I can't wait to try Sticks 'N Stones over more colors.

Thanks for stopping by. Happy polishing!

Sunday Stamping Challenge

Good morning beauties! Just a quick post to share a mani I did for the Sunday Stamping Challenge. The theme was black and white and I used my new Cheeky XL Image Plate C. The image plate looks similar to the ones sold by Mango Nails and Chez Delaney but they don't appear to be grooved as deeply. When I scraped the plate there was a lot of nail polish left behind, but when I scraped twice I couldn't get a good stamp (see ring and pinky nail). The bundle is a great deal but I don't believe the images are as precise as Mango Nails. I guess with practice you could make them work.


For stamping I used Color Club's Where's the Soiree, my favorite black for stamping, over Nicole by OPI's Lights, Kim-era, Action!


That's all for today. I'll announce the Nail Art Contest Winners very soon. Until then, Happy Polishing!

Blue Me Away

Hello beautiful! I hope you're having a great weekend so far. The weather is beautiful here and Spring is in full effect. While I've been enjoying the great weather, I can't say that my eyes have been having a good time. My daughter and I have been sick all week due to the high pollen counts. I guess beauty doesn't come without a price :D

Today I have a quick mani to share with you done using the DRK-A Image Plate. I'm not sure what the design is exactly but I thought it was interesting. I stamped using Where's the Soiree over Nothing Kim-Pares to Blue.

This was super easy to do and only took a few minutes. I hope you like it :)



Thanks for stopping by. Happy Polishing!

10 Day Challenge - Day 9

I'm joining a new challenge group and I wanted to finish up the 10 Day challenge while working on the other challenges as well. I have several favorite color combinations but I decided to go with pink, purple and blue.

The colors I choose were: Color Club Sweetpea, Hydrangea Kiss and Sally Hansen Bewitched. The stickers are from Ebay. For stamping I used my new DRK-A image plate. I purchased my image plate from the lovely Rhonni in the Adventures in Stamping group on Facebook.

You may have noticed my new nubbins. I broke two nails and the nail wraps were high maintenance so I decided to start over. I feel awkward but I'm getting used to them.

Thanks for stopping by. Happy polishing!

Color Club Blossoming Spring 2012 Collection - Swatches and Review

Today I have the Blossoming Collection to share with you. The set consists of 5 cremes inspired by Spring flowers and 1 Diamond Drops top coat.

Blue-Ming. Minty blue creme. This is one is very bright but not at all neon. I used one thin coat followed by a thicker coat. You may need three if you like them thin. Blue-ming dried at a high gloss without a topcoat. Really pretty but I didn't expect it in the collection. I thought it would be more of a powder blue. That doesn't take away from its beauty though. It reminds me of Aquadelic from the Electropop collection but its definitely more minty.

Sweetpea. Soft and feminine rosy purple/pink. I really like the application on this one. It also has a high gloss and reminds me of Splash of Grenadine.

Hydrangea Kiss. Dusty blue-purple creme. It reads more blue on me for some reason but I like it. It reminds of Lapis of Luxury but much prettier. I used 2 coats.

Lavendarling. Dusty purple creme. I used 2 coats here.

Blushing Rose. A lovely soft pink shade. This was the only one from the set that needed three coats but it was worth it.

Diamond Drops. Color Club described this as a silver ice flake polish. They're definitely flakies, but more of a holographic foil-like flake. The flakies reflect different colors when they are hit by light but my favorite effect was in the shade. I may try to matte them to see what happens.

I tried one coat of Diamond Drops over each color.

Spring is my favorite Season, so I always look forward to new collections this time of year. Color Club based their collection on flowers of the Season. To be honest, I'm not a flower expert, so I had to Google what a hydrangea is, then I realized they were flowers my childhood neighbor had in their backyard. I can say that they captured the pinks, purples and blues of the hydrangea, sweetpea and lavender flowers. I'm not sure of the inspiration for Blue-Ming, it seems to be the outlier in the group. Diamonds Drops is a pretty foil-like flakie which I preferred over the lighter colors in the set.

A few of the polishes dry at a high gloss, as if they are a few drops of clear away from being jellies. My favorites from the collection are Hydrangea Kiss and the Blue-Ming and Blushing Rose combinations with Diamond Drops. Since they are cremes, there are likely some duplicates out there. The only one I can think of for now is Sweetpea's similarity to Splash of Grenadine. Overall they have a good formula and applied well. Definitely worth considering if you don't have anything similar or if you love Spring colors.

The Blossoming Collection will be available in February 2012 at shopcolorclub.com. All Color Club products are made in the USA and are not tested in animals.

~Sent for review by PR~

Color Club Spring 2012 Blossoming Collection - Press Release

Introducing The New Blossoming Collection from Color Club

Rich Color Has Bloomed & Everything is Coming up Couture

October 2011 - New York, New York - Color Club, the New York based nail color company announced today the debut of Blossoming a new nail polish collection for Spring. With the beautiful budding flowers of the season as an inspiration, rich color has bloomed! Add Diamond Drops topcoat for a "morning rain-kissed" effect. Blossoming features six nail polishes - from Hydrangea Kiss, Sweetpea and Blue-ming to Blushing Rose and Lavendarling. This new vegan, formaldehyde, toluene and DBP-free collection is sure to signal spring is in the air...or blossoming.

The Blooming Collection includes:

Hydrangea Kiss: Dusty blue-purple creme

Sweetpea: Rosy Pink creme

Blue-ming: Bright blue-green creme

Blushing Rose: Baby pink creme

Lavendarling: Dusty purple creme

Diamond Drops: Silver ice flake polish

Color Club’s Blossoming Collection will be available in February 2012. All Color Club products are made in the USA and are not tested on animals. Products are available at shopcolorclub.com.

About Color Club

A favorite of celebrity manicurists and nail color fans worldwide, Color Club is renowned for its high performance rich shades and exceptionally safe products. From the brightest neons, to glitter and French, all nail colors are vegan, formaldehyde, toluene, and DBP -free – and made in New York, NY with the best raw materials. Products are available at shopcolorclub.com.

Spring Garden

Happy Saturday! Hope you all are doing well. I apologize for the short break. School has started and I've been sick for a couple of days. I think I'm mostly sick and stressed from having to return to school, lol. I really didn't want to go back but at the same time it's very exciting because I graduate this year. Yippeee!!

I have a couple of manis and swatches to share, but first I thought I'd share my nails from yesterday. I was having a depressing week so I wanted to try a happy mani. To created this look I used Red Angel plates RA-116 and Bundle Monster BM216 over Color Club Take Me to You Chateau. I stamped with a green Franken and Sally Hansen Flashy Fuchsia. Super easy.

Not my best stamping but still cute :)


I hope you enjoyed this mani. Thanks for stopping by!

Top 11 of 2011, My Favorite Polishes of the Year!

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens

Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up string These a few of my favorite things....

My favorite polishes of the year in no particular order

Oh my Megan you're such a gem. Elegant and sophisticated. Although it's not your typical neutral I think it can pass in various environments.

I think I finally figured out how to create the perfect movie manicure. You know the one that Jennifer Aniston usually wears in movies. Mousseline takes a few coats but it's like cushiony clouds once you get there.

The perfect little topcoat to quickly spice up a mani, Nubar White Dots.

The perfect Holiday green Glittering Garland.

I coveted the magnetics from a far throughout 2010 and was thrilled when they made it to the US in 2011. One of my favorites the year, Layla Black Metal.
The Special Effects arrived late this year but just in time to ignite a fire on my nails. Twisted was my favorite from the collection of five. I know a lot of people don't like the density of the polish but I think it's perfect because it allows me to create the look I'm going for. I can be a demure vixen with 1 coat or take it into overdrive with several coats.

Khloe Had A Little Lam Lam. Need I say more?

Change your Holiday vision. Blue is not a color that comes to mind during the Holidays but Snow-Man of My Dreams was the perfect mate this year.

The Lovely Gayle. This muted one coat-er won me over.

My first neutral glitter, or should I say a neutral based. Glitter in the Air makes me happy :)

First Mate. A stunning cobalt blue that's sure to turn heads.

The return of DS polishes. We were all hoping for holographics but were gifted with glitter instead. With the mix of purple, blue and pink used to make DS Temptation, I'm not complaining.

Perfecting a Dupe. This may be one of the most popular Revlon's of the year. A duplicate to Deborah Lippmann's Bad Romance, Facets of Fuschia, was definitely a favorite of mine.

While the excitement over crackles has died down there were a few stars amongst the bunch. Clean Break was one of my favorites from the plethora of crackles that were released in 2011. It was one of the few that cracked wide enough to allow ample room to visualize the base color. Go Color Club for mastering this formula!


And there you have it. A few of my favorites. Yes I know, I went well over 11 polishes but I just couldn't narrow it down!

I hope you enjoyed my selections. Until next time, Happy Polishing!