Lush Lacquer Black Friday and Illamasqua Purity

I was browsing through my polish and came across this amazing glitter bomb from Lush Lacquer. I'm not sure what took me so long to try her out but I am completely in love! I used 1 coat of Black Friday over Wet N' Wild Black.  This is a beautiful combination and the glitter just pops over black. It's like a party on my nails.

 

I picked up Purity during the Sephora sale. Purity was a pure-challenge to apply. I'm not sure if it was due to me being tired or just a bad formula. Either way, it took quite a bit of cleaning to get a decent appearance. It is gorgeous, so I guess it was worth all of the trouble and the 3 coats. 

Those are my latest NOTD's. Hope you like them. Thanks for stopping by!

Valentine Hearts

Just a quick post tonight to share another Valentine mani. This time I used Misa Double Dutch as the base and topped it off with Lush Lacquer's Santa Baby. I was so happy to be able to use the polish because I didn't get a chance to during the Christmas season. I made sure not to get black on the brush when I dabbed it on.  The hearts are from the Salon Express Kit stamping kit.

I like the way it turned out. Hope you like it to. Thanks for stopping by!

Getting Ready for Valentine's Day

Today's mani is Valentines Day inspired. For the base I used Sally Hansen Crinoline a very pale nude. Then topped it off with I Love Nail Polish Animal Cookie. For stamping I used Messy Mansion and Fauxnad image plates with Sally Hansen Presto Pink (middle) and Magenta Motion (pinky).

A slightly closer view to show the details in the glitter. 

I hope you like this mani as much as I do. Thanks for stopping by :)

Two Birds One Store

Hello beauties! Today I have a few polishes from Two Birds One Store to share with you.  

Just Keep Swimming is from the Matte About Summer Collection and it's loaded with square glitters: small bright blue, medium black and large white.  The picture didn't quite capture the lime dots that add additional interest.  I layered 1 coat over Ulta Un-tile The Morning. 

Shine By Night is from the Shadow Goddesses Collection.  It has a black jelly base with various sized green hex glitters and medium blue glitters throughout. I had to use multiple coats to build it up to my satisfaction.  I was happy with the 4th coat.  

Who Ya Gonna Call? is from the Hallow's Eve Collection.  It has a light grey base and is loaded with matte white, black and blue glitters.  I was concerned about the need for countless coats but the layers built up quite nicely.  I used 3 coats to make it opaque. 

Intoxicating is also from the the Shadow Goddesses Collection.  It has a wine jelly base with micro white and red glitter, small white squares and medium red hex glitter. A pretty combination that looks great alone, but I layered it over purple to see what would happen. I love the combination.   

An indoor picture to show a different view. 

Overall I must say that I was impressed with all of the polishes. The combination of glitters kept me staring at my nails. They all applied well but Shine by Night was a little tricky to get the look that I wanted. I wore Shine by Night and Intoxicating for a few days with minimum chipping. Like most glitters they were a pain to remove but that's what the glue and foil methods are for :)

Two Birds can be found on FaceBook, Etsy or SeeSarahSwatch.

~Sent for Review~

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NanaCoco meets Sakura Matsuri

I stumbled upon the NanaCoco polishes while exploring my new city. I found them in one of the local Beauty Supply Stores for only $1.99. Hologram Maze is a dark magenta foil that goes on with one coat and dries quickly, almost too quickly to stamp with. But I was able to get a quick stamp using my new Cheeky Summer image plates. It's so pretty over Sakura Matsuri. 

I almost hated to cover up this beautiful glitter, but I wanted a different look after a few days. For the base I used 2 coats of Essie Pink-A-Boo and 1 coat of Sakura Matsuri. This is the perfect mani if you don't want, or don't have time, to do your nails for a few days, because it's hard to see any tip wear. The picture below is from day 3. I'm so in love with this one, I purchased 2 bottles :)

Until next time. Thanks for stopping by!

Magic Mist meets Lavendairy

Hello Everyone! Sorry I have been away sooooooo, long.  You have no idea what my life has been like over the past few months.  After graduating, I changed cities and started a new career.  Change is good but it can be scary and time consuming.  Everything is new, new, new and nothing is comfortable or feels quite like home. Needless to say, I haven’t done much nail related lately.  After passing my board exams, I started to get back into nail care and started growing my nubbins back. My nails are short-er now, but I like them that way.  I work a lot with my hands and long nails can slow you down (if you’re not used to them).  

I’ll be getting back into blogging slowly.  I’m so behind on what’s going on in the nail world right now, but thanks to you guys, I was able to snatch up a sweet deal on Coterie and a few of the latest Halloween polishes (ha-ha).

Today I have a quick pic of Hare Polish, Magic Mist.  I’m a little finicky when it comes to glitter. I prefer the scattered effect over the true glitter bomb.  Magic Mist was great for that effect and a safe choice for work.  I used 1 coat over 2 coats of Lime Crime Lavendairy. 

And here's Lavendairy alone, a bright lavender with good application that dried fairly quick. I really love this color against my skin tone. I had to darken the picture somewhat since purples don't play nicely with my camera. 

And that's all for today. Thanks for stopping by :)

~Lavendairy was sent for Review~

Bundle Monster 2012 Image Plates Have Landed!

Woop woop! I got my Bundle Monster plates a day early. I was so excited to receive them, I stopped dead in my tracks and started stamping.  I choose the water marble image to play with first.

I had to stamp the nail several times to get a scattered effect. I used Konad White, Blue and several Sally Hansen Insta-Dris to stamp.

Here's the first attempt where I stamped once on each nail, except the pinky which was an accident but came out great.   

And a quick swatch of Mr. Bubble by Lush Lacquer.  Mr. Bubble is loaded with blue, pink and white matte glitter in various sizes. It's very concentrated but I was able to get the application I prefer by blotting it on the nail.  I used Finger Paints Blissfully Blue as a basecoat and 1 coat of Seche Vite.  

The new Bundle Monster image plates are available now on their website and Amazon for $21.99. Use code Nail2012 to take about $3 off.