Baby Bliss Challenge!

If you've been following my blog or my Instagram, you may have noticed that my nails suddenly went from long claws to baby nubs. About 5 weeks ago I broke a nail all the way to the skin, so I've been recovering from that! I decided to make updates every week after I filed them all down so that you could all see how amazing the products are that I use, if you have yet to try them.

I posted about both Bliss Kiss Oil and Sweet Baby by Donna in my Nail Care Routine post several months back, but many of you might not really understand how amazing these products are - especially when combined. I've been using them for quite a while, so I can tell personally how much my nails and cuticles have improved, so this is for those of you who don't see my nails every day! A few of the ladies I follow on Instagram (including Donna of Sweet Baby by Donna herself) have begun combining these two products and using them daily, so I decided to try the same. The results were so fantastic, I figured I should make a blog post to share it with you all! I tried to keep the conditions in the pictures as similar as possible so it was easier to see the changes, but there are some minor differences. Sorry in advance!

Day 1:

I took this picture on July 25, 2014 - a couple days after I finally filed all of my nails down. As is obvious (to me, at least) from this picture, my middle finger nail was the one that broke so it is actually beyond a nub at this point. Starting from this date, I began applying a mixture of Sweet Baby by Donna and Bliss Kiss as often as I could. The mixture that I used was roughly 50/50, I just showed both of the products separately in this picture. On days that I didn't work, I didn't wear polish and just applied this throughout the day whenever I had a few minutes to let it absorb. When I had to work, I wore polish to make sure that none of my nails broke again.

Day 7:

I took this picture on August 1, 2014. After a week of using only these products, my nail had almost grown past my finger! I was pretty excited about this. At this point, I wasn't filing my nails at all because I didn't really bother shaping them at this length. As before, I spent all down time applying the mixed oils.

Day 14:

I took this picture on August 8, 2014. A few days before I took this, I began shaping my nails into little stilettos. So for all following pictures, keep in mind that I've been filing my nails to keep this shape! They did actually grow a little longer than this, but I kept filing them to this shape.

Day 21:

I took this picture on August 15, 2014. As before, I've still been filing my nails, but they've now grown far past my skin so they actually look like points! Yay! Still not back to the claws, but they're getting there. At this point, I was on my summer vacation from class, so I had a lot of down time to do as much nail care as possible.

Day 28:

I took this picture on August 22, 2014. This is the most updated picture of my nail length, as it was taken last Friday. This is after only one month of using nothing but Baby Bliss (the combination of Bliss Kiss and Sweet Baby by Donna). By that I mean that I didn't use Nail Envy as my base coat, I didn't take any Biotin, and I used no other nail care products except for lotion and polish itself. My nails are still growing out to the length that I want them to be, but they've grown so quickly! I can't promise anyone will get the same results as I have since there's no way to know how much of it is related to body chemistry or the unusual amount of free time that I had in this time period, but I definitely recommend these products.

DISCLAIMER: I purchased all of these items myself and I'm sharing this because I use them exclusively and love them! You can purchase them at the following sites if you're interested.

- Sweet Baby by Donna: https://www.etsy.com/shop/SweetBabybyDonna (I also recommend her lip balm and lotion, they're amazing!)
- Bliss Kiss Pure Nail Oil: http://www.nailcarehq.com/products/ or on Amazon.com

Nvr Enuff Polish - The Pagemaster Collection Review! (Picture Heavy)

What is this, two posts in one day!? I must really love you guys. Or I don't want to accidentally let another three weeks slip by before I post this one...Next up in Blogfest 2014 is the Pagemaster Collection from Nvr Enuff Polish! In case you're too young or forgetful to know what that is, The Pagemaster was an awesome and underrated movie from back in 1994 about a lame kid who gets turned into a cartoon and has to overcome his own insecurities and hang out with cool books before he can go back to his boring life. Okay, so maybe I'm not a movie-describer for a good reason, but I swear it's a legit movie and these polishes just make it even more so!

So much love going on in this picture. So very much. Fair warning for you, the top two polishes in this collection are actually currently completely sold out. With any luck, not to mention stalking of @nvrenuffpolish on Instagram, you may get lucky and see them back in stock soon!

The Pagemaster is The Pagemaster - based off the wonder that is the keeper of the books and stories, we have this blue, purple, orange to red multichrome with some added real silver coated flakes.

Best worn one coat over black, but is also opaque in three thin coats

First up in this collection is the namesake, The Pagemaster. This probably my favorite multichrome that I own, it has so many colors that I wouldn't expect to see together, and I love it! And I think they totally nailed it on the inspiration, this enigmatic shade is so Pagemaster-y!

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Sadly, there was no sun outside for me to take some super awesome shiny pictures of this, but I promise when it comes back out, I will get right on that! Really, all you need to know is that this polish is perfect. I added my little video to show a little bit better what all of the different colors are that it transforms into since the pictures really only show blue and purple, but I swear I discover new ones every time the light hits it differently! Amazin'. For these pictures, I used two coats over one coat of Limitless (Pure Nail Polish) on my thumb and middle finger, one coat over Lady of the Lake (A England) on my pointer finger, three coats alone on my ring finger, and two coats over Lucid (Pure Nail Polish) on my pinky. All nails that had a base coat have French-ish tips using the original color to show the difference after The Pagemaster. I had no issues with application or formula on this guy, as you would expect from Lynnae and Alix!

Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde is based off of the gentleman the characters meet after encountering Horror from the movie "The Pagemaster" - Starting out just sweet as Mr Jekyll with the linear holo, then ending just as chaotic as Mr Hyde with the massive amount of real Silver Coated flakes. This multichrome shifts from blue to green to purple perfectly representing that which is Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde

Best worn one to two coats over black

I love this polish so muuuuch. Again, not trying to brag since it's currently sold out, but you ladies need to stalk them to try to get your hands on this! I already have a weakness for multichromes (let's face it, what don't I have a weakness for?), but the glitters in this one just did me in. This is Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and it is very mad scientist-y.

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I'm still so annoyed that my skin tone changes color like three times in that video, but at least you can see all of the shifty goodness! I couldn't completely capture the blue shift in this, but the green and purple are very clear, if nothing else. For these swatches, I used two coats of Mint Sorbet (Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear) on my thumb, one coat of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde over two coats of Mint Sorbet on my pointer, three coats of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde alone on my middle finger, one coat of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde over Limitless (Pure Nail Polish) on my ring finger, and one coat of Limitless on my pinky. These pictures make the polish look really streaky and uneven over Mint Sorbet, but it really looked very seamless and delicate in person! I wanted to show it over both a light and a dark polish because I thought that was very Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde-y of me, hopefully you'll agree! As always, this polish had no formula issues, it was a breeze to apply.

Fantasy is based off the book Fantasy from the movie "The Pagemaster" - This Lavender/pink cream polish has a wonderful golden/pink shimmer flake

 Up next is Fantasy! This is such a perfect purple/pink shimmery bucket of love, I just smile thinking about it. And not many things make me smile that easily. I think this perfectly sums up the fairy-ish girly Fantasy from the movie! I bet she would polish her book pages with this color.

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In case you guys didn't know, I love this polish. I think it makes my skin look really good and it was just so fun and girly to play with! For all of these pictures, I used two coats of Fantasy on all nails. My middle finger has one coat of Nobody Asked You, PATRICE (365 Days of Color) and one coat of Holo Wasted (Painted Polish), my pointer finger has a glitter gradient using Dashboard Dancing (Loaded Lacquer), and my pinky has two coats of The Pagemaster over it. I was really happy with how this came out! This polish has amazing application, better even than the others, and they're not bad by any definition. I really had so little clean up to do for these, it was astounding!

Adenture is based off the book Adventure from the movie "The Pagemaster" - This bright red polish is packed full of gold flakies and pink/red shimmer

Adventure! This fiery red with all of its adventurous gold shimmers really sums up Adventure from the movie. It's very sassy and just drop dead gorgeous. Before I start, I just want to point out that, carefully applied, THIS COULD BE ONE COAT. Freak out and scream now. I was amazed at how opaque it was since it looks like it would build in a couple coats, but I barely had any nail showing after one. I'm always looking for more go-to reds, and this just made the top of my list!

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This is probably my favorite non-multichrome of the collection. That is honestly soooo hard to say since I really love them all. I kind of stared at this polish for a while before I could think of anything to do with it (other than paint everything I own with it), but I saw an envelope that my best friend had given me for Lunar New Year, and it was the perfect inspiration. Since this polish already had gold flakes in it, it worked out really well! For these pictures, all nails except my accent nail have two coats of Adventure with a dry brush gradient using West End Wonderland (Butter London). My accent nail is two coats of Love. Angel. Music. Baby. (OPI) with the same glitter gradient over it. I was so happy with how these came out, I couldn't stop staring at them! As you might suspect from my rant about one coat, the formula on this was pristine, no problems at all. And on top of that, this is probably the most opaque red that I own that caused no staining to my skin or nails whatsoever. Just magic.

Horror is based off the book Horror from the movie "The Pagemaster" - this Slate Blue jelly is filled with matte gray hex, bright blue hex and baby blue circles.

Last up in this funderful world of polish reviews is Horror. Horror always has sad endings! But not if it's this polish, because there is nothing sad about it. Unless you don't own it. That would make me sad. Every collection needs a good jelly, and here it is! And sure enough, this polish reminded me of something that I personally am horrified of - sharks.

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Sorry I have a cut on my finger in this one, I slammed my hand in a door because I am not a smart person. Anyway, Horror! For this gooey, love-filled swatch, I used three coats of horror on all nails except my middle finger. On my middle finger, I used two coats of Apres-Midi with a little Matin shark fin (both polishes are also Nvr Enuff). I felt that this was fitting since it was Shark Week and I'm absolutely terrified of sharks. To sum up, this polish is fantastic. It combines two of my favorite colors to wear (blue and grey), and it just looks so squishy and deep. The formula and dry time were fantastic as always.

Overall, I would snag as many of the remaining polishes as you can! This collection has basically become a staple for me, and with 700 polishes, that's saying quite a bit. These polishes were provided for be at a severe discount for my honest review, and I honestly love them! I think you ladies will too, so make sure you head over to http://nvrenuffpolish.bigcartel.com/ and grab some! All polishes are $8.75 each (15ml)/$3.75 each (5ml) for the remaining few shades. Don't let them sell out before you grab one!

Nvr Enuff Polish - Nick of Time Review! (Picture Heavy)

AHHHH I swear I didn't die! I'm so sorry it's taken me forever to upload this, I swear I did the swatches ages ago! I got into a Human Development program at WSU (yay!) so I've been really busy finishing the quarter and getting ready to jump into the semester at WSU starting next Monday - life has been pretty hectic here! But, just because I love you guys, I made time to do two long-awaited blog posts today. Postarific! Hopefully I'll have a lot easier time this semester with keeping my blog schedule much more even since all of my classes are online, but I promise to at least update you lovelies more. In any case, swatches!

 As you may or may not have guessed, this collection from Nvr Enuff Polish was based off of different shows from Nickelodeon that the creators loved while growing up! Since we're all very close in age, I actually have very fond memories of these shows as well, so I was super excited to own polishes based on them! Now then, on to the swatches.

A black holo base with small red hex and large silver hex

Okay then! First up is a personal favorite of mine, The Adventures of Pete and Pete. This was the only show from this collection that I didn't watch, but it must have been super awesome if it inspired this polish! Thankfully I got a pretty awesome bottle shot of this, since when I actually painted my nails I don't think I did it justice.

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Alrighty then! For this one, I did two coats of The Adventures of Pete and Pete on all nails except my accent which is one coat of July 2014 from Enchanted Polish. My middle finger also has one coat of Arc en Argent, also from Nvr Enuff, over it. I really loved this combination! I used July 2014 to bring out the red hexes in TAoPaP, but in my haste to swatch it I didn't really have many visible...I promise they exist though! Not that it needs to be said, but as always, the formula and application of this was awesome. I have some devious plans to do some black and red galaxy nails with this polish, it's just so perfect!

A red linear holo jelly base crammed with red and orange holo hex glitters!

Next up in this party is Are You Afraid of the Dark? I was so excited when I saw this polish! Not only was I a huge fan of this show, I have a weakness for red polishes...and then it was also a jelly!? Basically, everyone wins in this scenario. Just happiness all around.

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I pretty much just ran around for like 20 minutes and yelled "SQUISH!" while wearing this, no joke. It's so gooey and delicious, it's basically a pie. But anyway! My thumb has two coats of Are You Afraid of the Dark? over Rocko's Modern Life (also from this collection, be patient!), my pointer finger has one coat over July 2014, and my middle and pinky fingers are both two coats of AYAotD alone. Now that is an acronym. My ring finger is two coats of Pete and Pete with the little candle from the opening of the show. To make the candle, I used San Tan-tonio (OPI) for the stick and a mixture of May and July 2014 for the flame. If you look really close you can see that I also used one of the glitters from AYAotD in the middle of the flame! Now that is dedication. As usual, perfect formula, no issues here! Since it's a jelly I had to be a little careful that I didn't start throwing coats on before the previous dried, but it actually dried rather fast and didn't require many coats to look opaque, so that was a pleasant surprise!

A nude creme base with a blue/violet shift!

Are you ready for one of the best nude polishes I have ever laid my busted eyes on?! I don't think you're ready, because I sure wasn't. This polish matches my skin tone really well, and it's still very interesting with all its shifty goodness. I used this for so many different manis after I got it, I could probably make a pretty hefty post just for those!

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It's very difficult to capture the shift on camera since it's rather subtle, but if you look closely it's more visible in my shade shots! I really, really just super love this polish. It went on ridiculously smoothly, dried so fast, and just looked amazing. For whatever reason, I normally have a lot of trouble applying nude polishes that I like, so I just went into this swatch worried that it was going to be difficult, but no issues whatsoever! All of my nails except my accent nail have three thin coats of Rocko's Modern Life. You honestly could probably do two, I was just worried that they were going to take forever to dry like every other nude I have (which, as I mentioned, they did not!) My accent nail is two coats of Apres-Midi from the Light Collection (also Nvr Enuff) and the Conglom-O logo from the show using some mystery polishes that I got from Jior Couture.

A whole bunch of awesome glitters suspended in love and joy.

You may notice on the website that Kablam! is not listed anymore as part of this collection. I believe there was some issue with the glitters in some orders, so I think they took it down for quality control. I didn't have any problems but look at that customer service! They refunded all of the orders who purchased it, whether they had issues or not. Some classy ladies over there at Nvr Enuff. Anyway, I'm sharing this one just because I really love it, and with any luck it will be back for purchase some day!

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Honestly, I've never been a huge fan of glitter toppers since I just don't remember I have them so when I'm thinking of colors I never think to pick them out. But after getting this, I'm constantly trying to think of manis that will just match it specifically. It's so wonderful and I love these colors and shapes together! My thumb has two coats of Kablam! over one coat of June 2014 (Enchanted Polish), my pointer has two coats alone, my middle finger has two coats over two coats of Pete and Pete, my ring finger has two coats over two coats of Apres-Midi (also Nvr Enuff, as I said before), and my pinky has two coats over two coats of Rocko's Modern Life. UUUUGH I just love it so much. The glitters were a little more sparse in this, which honestly, I prefer. The most frustrating thing about glitter toppers to me is when you try to do one coat over an awesome polish and you end up not being able to see it at all. I really liked that I could layer it until I was happy with how glittery it looked! While this may not be your cup of tea (I know some people feel like they're being ripped off if it isn't just overflowing with glitter), I just love it. Don't worry, glitter people, I'm not judging you. I respect you and your glitter-loving ways.

Okay then ladies (and probably gentlemen, hi Dad!), there's the Nick of Time Collection for you! Everything but Kablam! is still available over at http://nvrenuffpolish.bigcartel.com/, so don't wait until they sell out! Full size polishes (15ml) are $8.75 each and minis (5ml) are $3.75 each. As of now (August 21, 2014), it looks like RML has no full size left, AYAotD has both, and Pete and Pete has only full size. What an array of possibilities! As before, the minis of these polishes were provided free of charge for my review, and I straight up bought the full size before they had a chance to send them. Because I love them so much. And it was a good thing I did, I almost missed out on some goodness!

P.S. Sorry about my nail length, my claws broke very bad right before they sent these polishes out :( I promise they're growing back very quickly though!