tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39651699797240399362024-03-21T15:20:23.713-07:00Polished And CaffeinatedBringing my addiction to nail polish and coffee into the world.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01476284392441283397noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965169979724039936.post-2343004697535364832015-06-25T21:05:00.002-07:002015-06-25T21:05:50.017-07:00Lemming Lacquer - My Lemming Tis of Thee Trio and Bath Products Review!Hello there! First up tonight is a slightly belated review for you since it included bath products that Cassie wanted me to try out for a few weeks before reviewing. First up I'll review the polish since it's a little less in-depth.<br />
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This collection consisted of two gorgeous and opaque holos and one glow-in-the-dark glitter topper. Not only are these all super patriotic, they're just such gorgeous colors, you really can't go wrong!<br />
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First up is two coats of Right of the People. This is one of the most perfect true red holos that I've ever seen. The application is so opaque and smooth that you could probably get away with one coat, but I usually do two just to make sure I cover any spots that I missed. Overall, A+++++! My red-loving self is all about this polish.<br />
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Next up is two coats of Blessings of Liberty. I was so surprised to find that I really have no polish in my collection that matches this color and quality! This was the same as Right of the People in that it probably could have been one coat easy. The application and color was just as perfect on this one, there really aren't any other words to describe it!<br />
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I was so excited to try out Pursuit of Happiness because I really don't have enough GITD polishes, and zero that are toppers! I was happy to discover that despite being GITD, this applied just as easily as any other glitter topper. I didn't have any issues with fishing for glitter either! I used one coat over Right of the People, Blessings of Liberty, and Alpine Snow (OPI).<br />
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The last look that I did with these was in combination with a duo from Painted Polish and Polish 'M. I used American Spirit (Polish 'M) for the base, did a glitter gradient using Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Holo (Painted Polish) on my pointer and pinky fingers, drew on some stars using Right of the People, and did some zigzag vinyls using Blessings of Liberty. I was so happy with these, very patriotic!<br />
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Next up in my review are the mani bombs that I received from Lemming Lacquer! These were a product that she just came out with, so she sent me a few new scents to play with and review.<br />
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The first one I tried out was the American Pie scented red white and blue star mani bomb! This one really does smell like cinnamon and fresh apples, it's entirely mouthwatering. I threw the mani bomb into this small bowl of water and soaked my hands in it for a few minutes, dried them off, and added lotion and cuticle oil! The mani bomb really made my hands feeling super smooth right away and it smelled absolutely amazing.<br />
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About a week after trying the American Pie scent, I went back for seconds with Tropical Fruit Breeze. I'm a huge fan of fruity scents and Alice, so I absolutely loved the design and scent of this one! You can't see it great in this picture, but this bomb has some microglitters and shimmer so you look nice and sparkly after your soak, I totally love it! I still have a couple of mani bombs to try, so I'll update you on those scents as well. I just didn't want to waste them all in a month!<br />
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The last thing that I was sent for review is this delicious new cuticle oil! As per her request, I've been using it exclusively since I received it, and let me tell you how glorious it is. It has a really smooth application, which I absolutely can't emphasize enough. The roller doesn't put too much on your hands and I haven't had any problems with it leaking in my purse, and I have with other rollers like this. The actual oil is really velvety and absorbs so quickly! Since the roller doesn't put too much on, I can pretty much get one good swipe over my cuticles and rub it in and I'm all set. I'm really in love with this! Not to mention, this scent might be one of my very favorites of anything. It's called Bedroom Hymns and I highly recommend it! It's a subtle but fruity scent with some musk undertones that's very unique and tantalizing, I honestly can't say enough nice things!<br />
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DISCLAIMER: These products were all sent to me for free from Lemming Lacquer to honestly review and these are all my honest opinions on the products that I received.<br />
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If you'd like to buy any of your own, these are all currently for sale in <a href="http://www.lemminglacquer.com/" target="_blank">Lemming Lacquer</a>'s shop!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01476284392441283397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965169979724039936.post-30976059659460277352015-05-18T18:24:00.003-07:002015-05-18T18:28:21.731-07:00Mermaid Scales Pictorial!I've had a handful of people ask me how I do my gradients/stamping over the past few months, so I spent some time this morning doing a short pictorial about the process I go through for gradients and stamping. I did a shortened version on my Instagram this morning, but this will be a little bit more in depth since I had such limited space there!<br />
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I decided to do some mermaid scales for this tutorial since whenever I do this design I get questions about it. In short, it was a green to blue gradient with darker blue stamping over it. I used all <a href="http://mentalitynailpolish.com/" target="_blank">Mentality Polish</a> for these since they're opaque enough to make amazing gradient and stamping polishes.<br />
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This step may seem silly and obvious, but I've forgotten about it enough times to make it worth mentioning...MAKE SURE YOUR STAMPING PLATE IS CLEAN. So many times I'll stamp something and throw the plate back into my stash without cleaning off the extra polish, it just makes it so much more annoying later on. The worst part is when you're all ready to start stamping and you have to take time out to clean off a plate, especially when the acetone can mess up your perfect gradient!<br />
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After my stamp was all ready to be used, my first step was one coat of Pastille with topcoat. Parts of it are still rather sheer, but that isn't a big problem since it'll be sponged over pretty soon. Note: This sort of technique ONLY works when you're doing a gradient using similar shades/colors. If you're doing a gradient that's a rainbow or something of that sort, you'll almost definitely need a white base to make the colors pop. If you do a gradient over another color, the colors will muddle together and not look nearly as bright.<br />
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After cleaning up around my cuticles and waiting for the top coat to dry, I put a decent amount of Simply Peel latex barrier around my nails so the gradient didn't cover my whole hand. This was mid-drying so some fingers still show white while others are clear. Wait for this to dry and then continue on!<br />
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The next step involves opening all of the bottles that'll be included in your gradient and placing them in a safe area. I say safe because I've ruined many a mani trying to grab my cat away from nuzzling open polish bottles...You want to keep them open with the lid placed on top for the entire time you're doing your gradient so that they're easily accessible. This prevents your polish from drying completely before you've finished your gradient. For this gradient I used Pastille, Duet, Gumdrop, and Scalawag.<br />
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Next up you want to do pretty thick layers of each polish on your makeup sponge. Make sure you use a latex-free sponge or it won't work nearly as well! I like having the lightest color on the top and the darkest on the bottom, but it's really personal preference at that point. You have to put quite a bit of polish on the sponge since it'll (obviously) absorb some of it before you even get it on your nails.<br />
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Here's a mid gradient shot of one pass with the sponge. You'll have to repeat the sponging process until you're happy with the opacity and blending of the different colors. I tend to go a little overboard because I love when it starts looking so smooth that it could be mistaken for a thermal!<br />
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After all of your nails are blended to your satisfaction, take off the latex barrier with some tweezers. You want to try to do these steps as quickly as you can so that the polish doesn't dry since it makes taking the latex off much more difficult. If you don't have any liquid latex to use, you can still do gradients - THEY'RE JUST VERY MESSY. I did a lot of gradients before discovering this trick, they just take a lot of q-tips and clean up. I've seen some people use Scotch tape around their nails to help with some of the mess too.<br />
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After you apply another layer of top coat and clean up around your cuticles, you're ready for more Simply Peel latex barrier. Make sure all of these steps are dry before you get to stamping or it can be really frustrating and you'll have to start over.<br />
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Everyone tends to stamp in minorly different ways, but I always do a pretty thick layer of polish (in this case, Offbeat) on the left and top of the design I'm going to use. I'm right-handed, so when I slide the card off to remove the excess, this pattern ensures that I'll get all of the polish over the whole design.<br />
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Here's what the plate looks like after you've scraped off the excess polish! It should be visible that there's polish in the cracks to make sure that you've covered the whole design that you want to use.<br />
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Next you'll want to squish your stamp on top of the plate. I usually put the bottom down to line it up and roll it up a little bit to try to grab the whole image. Again, everyone stamps a little different, but this works for me and helps me to not stretch the image or have chunks missing. Another little tip, if your image doesn't fully get on there - don't fret! You can squish your stamp onto a lint roller and it'll take the whole image off without damaging your stamp with acetone (PLEASE DON'T USE ACETONE ON STAMPS! It breaks it down and you'll regret it!).<br />
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After you're done stamping, remove the latex, apply top coat, and clean up around your cuticles one last time! And that's all she wrote. It looks like a lot of work when it's finished, but if you practice the entire process is so simple and fun - you won't even think about it twice. I hope this helped some of you out a little bit! Let me know if you have any more questions, and tag me <a href="https://instagram.com/whimsicalicious/" target="_blank">@whimsicalicious</a> on Instagram if you use this tutorial, I'd love to see what you all come up with!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01476284392441283397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965169979724039936.post-48754437562767704032015-05-18T15:25:00.001-07:002015-05-18T17:52:04.490-07:00Cuticle Care Routine - Updated!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I did this post a while back, but deleted it months later since it wasn't even accurate anymore - so here's an updated version. I was recently asked on Instagram how I care for my cuticles so here's a little more in depth description of what I do to keep my nails healthy. Let me know if I flaked out and missed a step, I'd be happy to answer any questions!<br />
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This is a more intensive cuticle care day than normal since I only do this entire routine about once a month, but this is how I keep my hands, cuticles, and nails healthy! I've left a little bit of detail out since I have full reviews for some of the products that I use in separate blog posts, but I'll still mention them throughout the process.<br />
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Step one is this weird bowl of oily goo! A while back on Instagram I saw a blogger I followed post about how she keeps her nails white and her hands soft and ready to be manicured, so I've used this concoction ever since. I don't do it super often since it requires a lot of prep and time afterwards to make sure your nails get oil back (soaking them in water already probably makes Ana cringe!), but I find that it really helps them look healthy for me. After that intro, this is simply a bowl full of hot water, some vinegar and baking soda, and as much olive oil as you can spare. If I was rich I would use a lot more of it! After I have this all ready, I have a couple of products that I throw in there too that I'll talk about in a little more detail next.<br />
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The first thing I always add is my Sweet Baby by Donna Nail Whitening Soak! She hasn't made this in a while since she can't get all of the ingredients for it, but hopefully she gets the chance to bring it back since it's a must-have. I put a little spoonful into the mixture I already have and let it melt in a little bit. Next I tend to put an unreasonable amount of mani bombs, sugar scrubs, and other hand care products in because TREAT YO'SELF. This time I used a Pink Sugar Sugar Scrub Tab from <a href="http://nikkirosebathandbody.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank">Nikki Rose Bath and Body</a> and a Lemon Verbana Mani/Pedi Bomb from <a href="http://www.bomberbabehr.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank">Bomber Babe Hand Refinement</a>.<br />
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Here's a better look at the Pink Sugar tab from NRB&B! I'll have a more specific review for this one along with the other products that they were sweet enough to send for me to review, but in short - it was awesome. It smelled amazing and it was really easy to use! I dipped it in the water a little bit so it started to break up and I rubbed it into my hands until it broke down enough to scrub some on my nails. It left my hands feeling super smooth and smelling delicious!<br />
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And here's a better look at the mani bomb I used! This one I threw into the water and let fizz away before I soaked my hands in it. I usually try to soak them for about 10 minutes, but I tend to get distracted or impatient and it usually ends up being less than that. All of the oils and goodies in these help make your hands and cuticles even softer, which helps remove them later!<br />
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Next up I put on my Simply Peel Latex Barrier before I used cuticle remover. I did a whole separate post on this stuff, but in short it protects your live skin from the damaging stuff in cuticle remover! That way you only take off what you want to. I made sure to let it dry before putting on my preferred cuticle remover, waiting the allotted time, and scraped everything away with a wooden cuticle stick.<br />
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After removing the latex and cleaning off all of the extra remover by washing my hands, my nails were a little raw. I anticipated this since I'd been painting them a lot without enough oil, so I made sure to slather lots on! I use a lot of different cuticle oils and creams, but recently I've been using a combination of <a href="http://www.polishtbh.bigcartel.com/products" target="_blank">Polish TBH</a>'s Good Morning Mocha, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/SweetBabybyDonna" target="_blank">Sweet Baby by Donna</a>'s Tao Cacao, <a href="http://www.nailcarehq.com/products/" target="_blank">Bliss Kiss</a> Crisp, and <a href="http://www.365daysofcolorpolishes.com/" target="_blank">Sunny's Bath Product</a>'s Better Than Sex Cake. They all smell delicious and work so well together!<br />
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After a lot of oiling and a little bit of filing to even out my nail shape, my nails were nice and white! This was actually the picture that I was asked to do this review on, so we've definitely come full-circle. This was mid-oiling, but whenever I've oiled them enough I put on my <a href="http://www.dreampolish.com/" target="_blank">Smooth Gem Base Coat</a> to protect them whenever I'm not polishing them. Hopefully this all helped you learn my routine a little better! Does anyone else have any hand care products that they can't live without?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01476284392441283397noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965169979724039936.post-39430988751233191242015-04-26T15:14:00.003-07:002015-04-26T15:36:52.416-07:00Lemming Lacquer - Curiosities From Wonderland Review!Hello all! A few days later than I intended, I have the full Curiosities From Wonderland collection to review for you from <a href="https://instagram.com/lemminglacquer/" target="_blank">Lemming Lacquer</a>. This is Cassie's first collection and it's absolutely wonderful! She did a magnificent job covering so many different types of polishes in one collection and doing them all so well. I was especially impressed with how professional and polite she was with me when asking me to swatch, she really sold me on her commitment to professionalism and quality in her products!<br />
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A little breakdown of this collection for those of you who haven't seen my IG swatches: three jellies with glitter, one thermal jelly with glitter, one glitter topper, one holo, and one duochrome holo. Seven polishes in all, this collection was designed to encompass several different forms of Alice In Wonderland stories, video games, and movies!<br />
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First up I have two juicy coats of Ravens & Writing Desks. I decided to accent the colors of the glitter on my ring finger using Morning Dew (Stardust Polish) and stamping with my 2-03 plate from Uber Chic Beauty. On top of that I drew a couple of ravens using black acrylic paint. I reeeeally love this polish! It went on very smoothly and evenly, the glitters distributed so well, and it dried very quickly. Whenever I see polishes that have this much glitter in them, I expect the polish base to have much less pigment so that the glitters are visible when layered, but I think R&WD has just the perfect amount. You can still see the different layers of glitter and the base is still very squishy, but it was only two coats! I'm also a huge fan of this unique jungle green, I think it looks very flattering on my pale skin.<br />
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Next up is Eat Me, the glitter topper from this collection. As I've said before, this might be one of my very favorite manis that I've ever done! I'm so thrilled that it came together as I expected. I did a corner gradient over white using Gossip Mag (Trust Fund Beauty), Funny Bunny (B Squared Lacquer), Bees Knees (BSL), Sprout (BSL), Rachel (Mentality Polish), and Viola (BSL) on my pointer, middle, and pinky nails. I also used the same colors to gradient stamp on my ring finger using my Alice 03 plate from MoYou London. On top of all of my other nails, I used one coat of Eat Me! I'm so excited about this polish. I really don't own very many glitter toppers because they tend to get left out of collections and for whatever reason I just don't buy many solo. I love how versatile this is that it can create more complex manis like this, a simple accent nail, a jelly sandwich, YOU NAME IT. I was also pleased with how jam-packed it was! I was expecting to have to put at least two coats just to get all of the colors on there, but it was surprisingly easy for me to cover the whole nail and get the whole rainbow with one quick swipe.<br />
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Next up we have two squishy coats of Drink Me. It's so hard to say since I really love all of these, but I think this may be my favorite. I can't even handle it! I love polishes like this make me look super pale because they're so dark and vampy, it's one of my favorite things about polish at all! This one also holds a special place in my heart since it was designed based off of Alice: Madness Returns from American McGee which is one of my all-time favorite video games. I think Cassie captured the dark nature of that game and Alice's shrinking hiccups perfectly! As with R&WD, this one distributed very evenly and dried very quickly! This polish is everything that I was hoping that Cosmic Forces would be when I first saw it, it's dark and ominous with bright glitters and I just love it. I used an accent nail of three coats of Fabled (Illyrian Polish) stamped with Posh (Nvr Enuff Polish) and my MoYou London Alice 03 plate again.<br />
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Next up is the jelly thermal I'm Not All There Myself. Initially, I didn't even realize that this one was a thermal until Cassie reminded me and I'm so very happy that she did! I just thought that it was another gorgeous jelly, but who knew it was two gorgeous jellies in one?! I used two coats over a nude base to reduce VNL during transition, but I was surprised to see that it seemed unnecessary since it looked opaque enough without the extra effort. This polish is a bright fuchsia when warm and a deep blurple when cold - encompassing all of the lovely colors of our favorite Cheshire Cat from the 1951 Disney version of Alice In Wonderland! One of my favorite things about this polish is that the glitters match each respective shade so well that they quite literally disappear during each transition! I'll explain this a little bit better with the larger shots as that sentence was just about as confusing as the Cheshire Cat himself.<br />
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As you can see in this picture, the lighter pink circle glitters are much less visible on the nail than they are in the bottle. She did so well matching them so that they would disappear and focus more on the darker purple glitters that nearly disappear when the polish is cold! Such a great amount of thought went into balancing this polish out in each stage, and it really shows.<br />
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Now in its cold state you can see the larger pink glitters much more than in the previous shot. I just love the attention to detail in this polish! Since I forgot to mention it before, my accent nail was Trick Or Treat (B Squared Lacquer) with strips of Avalon (A England) and an acrylic Cheshire grin. </div>
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Next up is Her Imperial Viciousness, another favorite of mine! As luck would have it, I just happened to be wearing a red shirt when I swatched this, so it matched pretty well. This was also two squishy coats with wonderful coverage and glitter distribution! There were also black heart glitters in this that I only managed to get one of on my middle finger. I have very rounded nails so I tend to avoid larger glitters like that on purpose because they won't stay flat on my nails, but turning the bottle upside down for a couple minutes would certainly help if you wanted more hearts. On my accent nail I stamped using Alter Ego (Cirque Colors) and my plate 1-01 from Uber Chic Beauty. I'm such a huge fan of classic reds like this that make me look more pale than I am, it makes the polish look so bold and bright! </div>
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This polish was actually the first polish that I noticed on <a href="https://instagram.com/lemminglacquer/" target="_blank">Cassie's IG</a> and thankfully I commented and she was sweet enough to offer me a chance to swatch for her! Before I forget, make sure you go follow her on Instagram so you don't miss out on any news considering new collections and any possible restocks of these! You won't be disappointed and she has a criminally low number of followers for the quality of her polish. This was two coats of Whooo R U? on all nails except my accent nail which was Scoundrel (Mentality Polish). I stamped using the opposite color on all nails using my Sailor 07 plate from MoYou London to give a hookah smoke sort of pattern to emphasize the inspiration of the polish. This one is so hard to capture on camera since it has so many hidden shimmers and looks so amazing from all angles, but I did get a <a href="https://instagram.com/p/1i5Mv_mkmn/?taken-by=whimsicalicious" target="_blank">video</a> on my IG that absolutely won't load here so I'll just leave the link! </div>
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The final polish that I have for you from this collection is Curiouser and Curiouser! This was two coats on all nails except my accent nail which was the fitting Miss Alice (Stardust Polish). This is such an amazing baby blue holo with a magnificent gold shimmer in it, it encompasses Alice so perfectly! I stamped some gold bows using Dapper (Mentality Polish) and my Alice 07 plate from MoYou London (again, I know, but it was so perfect for this collection!). </div>
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Overall: This collection had astounding quality and creativity, especially for a debut collection from a new indie! Cassie blew me away with her inspiration (one of my favorite topics and stories of all time) and she translated them into unique but still very obviously fitting polishes. I'm very excited to see what else she has in store! </div>
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This whole collection is still available for purchase from <a href="http://www.lemminglacquer.com/" target="_blank">Lemming Lacquer</a> ($65 for the whole collection, $16 for the Drink Me/Eat Me duo, and varying prices for each individual polish depending on the finish of it). I suggest getting in on this brand before she starts selling out instantly, her polishes are quite fantastic and I have it on good authority that she has more amazing things to come! </div>
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One of my favorite things about this product is that it's actually unique. By that I mean that it isn't just rebottled liquid latex from Amazon! No offense to brands that do that, I have nothing against it, it's just so awesome to know how much work she went through to formulate this and make it unique and actually helpful to your skin! I used it for a few different things to show how versatile it is, so hopefully this break down helps you realize how much you need it.<br />
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The first thing that I wanted to try after getting this product was using cuticle remover while wearing it. Much to my surprise, Ana informed me that cuticle remover can damage your living skin just as much as your cuticles. To think I've been damaging my fingers this whole time! So I put on this barrier around my nails before I used cuticle remover so that it wouldn't harm my living skin but I was still able to safely remove my cuticles. </div>
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After you put on cuticle remover the edges of the latex will turn a little white, but Ana assured me that the skin is still fully protected!<br />
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I decided to do some nail art to show how crazy useful Simply Peel is, so I started off with one coat of Simply Smooth for the base. Ana also gave me a mini of this to try out, and it's super amazing! It's really smooth (go figure) and dried very fast. I love it! Side note: I did these steps a couple weeks apart, so my nails are much longer from this point on...you are not imagining things.<br />
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I started off with two coats of April 2014 for the base of my crazy nail art extravaganza because I felt like doing some purple nails. I also used one coat of Simply Quick top coat from Ana to seal this before I moved on.<br />
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This is what Simply Peel looks like as soon as you apply it...<br />
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And this is what it looks like when drying/dried. It has little glitters in it! GLITTERS.<br />
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I chose a gradient to begin with since I just love them I used April 2014 (Enchanted Polish), Charmingly Purple (ILNP Brand), and June 2014 (Enchanted Polish).<br />
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This is what it looks like after one quick grab with tweezers! Still a tiny amount of clean up will be required since you can't get it too close to your design or it'll pull up too, but soooo much better than gradients without liquid latex!<br />
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After a little bit of clean up and another coat of Simply Quick, my gradient base was done!<br />
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Next I stamped over one of my nails using June 2014 and one of my Bundle Monster plates! While this particular color wouldn't have been so terrible to get off skin, this barrier saves so much time on clean up and would be a lifesaver for reds/blacks/deep blues!<br />
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The next thing that I wanted to try was using Simply Peel for some negative space designs. I decided to do a half moon design since it was the easiest for me to work with, having not been use to maneuvering the latex very well.<br />
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Here's what my nail looked like after sponging on one coat of Lusty Lavender (Painted Polish) without removing the latex. Yikes! Could you imagine cleaning that up without a barrier?!<br />
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And here's what it looked like after removing it!!! Without any clean up! I'm telling you, magic.<br />
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Here's my final, very purple look with a final coat of Simply Quick over everything. Liquid latex is a lifesaver in general, but Simply Peel is by far my favorite that I've tried.<br />
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OVERALL: The drying time will vary based on how thick of a coat that you put on, I found mine to be roughly 2 minutes in general. You'll want to be sure to do alternating nails so you don't stick your fingers together because it'll just all pull off in one piece! Also, make sure that you clean your brush off after each use so the latex doesn't dry off and clump up the whole bottle.<br />
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<b>AGAIN: DO NOT USE THIS IF YOU HAVE A LATEX ALLERGY!!!</b><br />
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This product was provided, free of charge, for my honest review. I love this product a ton and I'm absolutely going to be purchasing more as soon as I run out!<br />
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If you want to try this product out for yourself, head over to <a href="http://www.nailcarehq.com/shop/simply-peel-liquid-latex-barrier/" target="_blank">Nail Care HQ</a> and grab a bottle for yourself! Simply Peel is available for $11.99/15mlAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01476284392441283397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965169979724039936.post-37153217851767781492015-04-02T21:16:00.001-07:002015-04-02T21:17:04.461-07:00Happy Birthday Lillian Eve!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello there! Today I have a special post for you all since it involves a giveaway! I was recently contacted by the lovely Tiffany of Lillian Eve to help her celebrate her first anniversary since LE began business in April of 2014. I've followed her on Instagram for some time and I was very excited to be a part of the celebration! I have some springy manis that I'm going to do using a few of her polishes in celebration of her brand's anniversary, but for now I'll just share the Rafflecopter so you can get in on this party!<br />
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<script src="//widget-prime.rafflecopter.com/launch.js"></script>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01476284392441283397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965169979724039936.post-2687964188417606062015-02-27T16:11:00.003-08:002015-02-27T16:11:49.629-08:00Delush Polish - Spring to Conclusions Review!Hello there again! Today I have a for fun review of <a href="http://www.delushpolish.com/" target="_blank">Delush Polish</a>'s spring collection - Spring to Conclusions. This collection of 6 cheery spring shades was just so perfect that I had to swatch them and share them with you all!<br />
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For all of these swatches I wanted to show them both glossy and mattified because they look so very different and gorgeous!<br />
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The first polish I chose to swatch was An Offer You Can't Refuchsia! I used two coats of this squishy and magnificent polish for full coverage. This was probably the polish with the most glitter, but that didn't make it difficult to apply. As with any glitter-filled jelly, as long as you don't try to apply another coat before the first is dry, there won't be any dragging or issues. I absolutely love this color combination and it is just so perfect for spring and summer.<br />
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The next polish that I tried was A Peony For Your Thoughts! This was also two squishy coats. I didn't have any difficulty grabbing the larger circle glitters, although I did leave all of my bottles upside down for a few minutes before swatching them. As with all the others, this had a great formula and went on very smoothly!<br />
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The third polish from this collection that I swatched was Amazemint. This shows it being a little bit brighter than it really is, but I promise that it's the most perfect teal/mint. I loved the small glitters in this that made it very subtle and wearable. <div>
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The next polish that I tried out was 50 Shades of Yay! I had more issues making the glitter look evenly spread out on this one, but that was really only my OCD that wanted it more even, it still looked gorgeous. For this swatch I used two coats on all nails to create this squishy joy!</div>
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The fifth polish that I swatched in this collection was Springing In The Rain! I used two coats for this swatch as well, and had no difficulties with formula or application. This whole collection was just so well-made! I'm madly in love with this color combination, it just works perfectly with spring in Seattle to me.</div>
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The final polish that I swatched was In the Prime of My Lime. This one required three coats because it was a little more sheer, but it still dried quickly and I had no application issues. This polish reminded me so much of margaritas, I couldn't help but think of them whenever I looked at my nails!<br />
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Overall, this whole collection was amazing. I've been trying to spend a little less money on polish since I quit my job, but I just knew I had to splurge on this whole collection because I needed them alllllll!! I purchased all of these myself with no request to review them, I just wanted to share how much I love them with you all.<br />
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These are available through <a href="http://www.delushpolish.com/" target="_blank">Delush Polish</a>'s website for $4.50 per mini, $8.95 per full size, $25 for the set of minis, and $48 for the full size set. </div>
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For my candy design I chose to do Hot Tamales because they're my favorite candy in the world! This design was actually really easy to do, I'll have to remember it in the future. I used Over and Over A-Gwen from OPI for my base and freehanded the Hot Tamale edges with Mrs. Mia Wallace from Urban Decay. After that I added small "highlights" using Peppermint Twist from Laquerlicious again and used a wax effect topcoat to make it look more like candy. I really loved these!</div>
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These might have been my favorite nails for this whole challenge! I thought about doing a different type of fruit, but since it was near Valentine's day I thought the chocolate-dipped strawberries would be fitting. I used Valley of the Dolls from Nvr Enuff Polish for the base, Cosmic from Nvr Enuff Polish for the strawberries, acrylic paint for the seeds, Dragon from A England for the stems, and Hot Chocolate for Unicorns for the tips. I think these worked well with my nail shape and they looked so fun! </div>
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<!-- end InLinkz script -->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01476284392441283397noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965169979724039936.post-39563271028056541842015-01-25T22:45:00.003-08:002015-02-27T14:41:45.091-08:00Nvr Enuff Polish - Candy Land Review!Oh my gosh, an actually on-time blog post?! What is this!? This collection sold out so quickly that the wonderful ladies of Nvr Enuff are working their pretty butts off to get them restocked later this week or next week (early February 2015). So get your wishlist ready! To kick off the new year, Lynnae and Alix made another small and perfect collection devoted to the magnificent world of Candy Land. Honestly, these might be four of my favorite polishes to date. Of theirs or anyone else's. THEY'RE JUST SO GREAT.<br />
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Is this not just the perfect, most sparkly collection? I played the Candy Land board game when I was little (not to mention I've always been a fan of candy in general), so I was excited to see this collection come to life! One of my favorite parts about swatching for ladies my age is we all had similar interests in our childhood so I get to relive fun things every time they make a collection.<br />
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Queen Frostine is such a beautiful blue with LITERALLY the most hidden pink shimmer! In person it's much more apparent, but for some reason this polish really just photographs as blue. You can see a hint of the pink shift in the top right edge of my bottle macro, but that's about it. In any case, Queen Frostine is slightly textured without a topcoat just like this whole collection, but it looks beautiful both ways. It dries very quickly and builds opacity just as amazingly as the rest of their collections.<br />
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I think this polish really complements my skin tone very well, so if you're a pale chica like me - get on this right quick! I really loved the slight texture that all of the glitters gave this whole collection. It was still smooth enough that it didn't get caught on shirts or anything, but it had an interesting look! I used Plastered In Pink (Painted Polish) for my thumb to show off the pink in Queen Frostine, two coats of QF alone on my pointer finger, two coats of QF with topcoat on my middle and ring fingers, and one coat of QF over Camelot (A England) on my pinky finger with topcoat.<br />
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King Kandy is probably my second favorite from this collection. It has such a unique combination of glitters that it could really but used as an accent nail for so many manis! I just love how much versatility these ladies give their collections. As with the others, this one is slightly textured without topcoat and still dries and applies very well.</div>
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Do you see all of the different colors show up?! It's so amazing they even managed to cram them all into one bottle! For this swatch I used two coats on my thumb, one coat on my pointer finger, one coat sponged on my middle finger, two coats of Afterglow (NEP) on my ring finger, and one coat of King Kandy over one coat of Afterglow (NEP) on my pinky finger. This polish was so dense with one free coat, seeing how dense it was sponged on was just astounding! The time that sponging saves for me makes me so excited because it means I could just throw this on in minutes and look all sparkly and awesome.</div>
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I've said it before, and I'm sure I'll say it again, the ladies of Nvr Enuff constantly make me love pink! They're trying to convert me! After using this polish, I absolutely know what I'm doing for my Valentine's nail art because it's just so romantic and perfect. As with the others, the textured effect was subtle enough to not snag on everything but still looked very cool! I used topcoat on all my nails to show the depth of the sparkles, but it still looked beautiful without it.<br />
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It's so pink and gold and just a;joiefja; so much love. Again for this I used two coats on my thumb, one coat on my pointer finger (HOW DENSE IS THAT ON ITS OWN??), one coat sponged on my middle finger, two coats of Afterglow (NEP) on my ring finger, and one coat over one coat of Afterglow (NEP) on my pinky finger. </div>
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Are you ready for my favorite polish of the collection?! In all fairness, all of the others tied for second, but this purple is just drop dead beautiful. I might get a shirt that says "I own Lord Licorice from Nvr Enuff Polish" so that people bow to me in the streets. The biggest sign that this is a polish you need in your collection is that it would not photograph as pretty as it actually is! For some reason, all of the most beautiful polishes in the world just refuse to be photographed well.<br />
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The base of Lord Licorice is so deep and vampy and the glitters are so bright and cheery, I just love the combination of the two. I just want to pour it all over everything that I own! For this swatch I used two coats on all of my nails except my accent nail which is Radiantly Wrecked (Painted Polish). Again, this looked beautiful with no topcoat, but it really brought out the shine in the glitter. </div>
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Overall, this entire collection is just a must-have. I recommend stalking the heck out of their Instagram to see when this restock will be so you don't miss out! </div>
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<span style="line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">As I said, these polishes are all currently out of stock, but will be restocked sometime in late January or early February. I recommend heading over to </span><a href="http://nvrenuffpolish.bigcartel.com/category/the-pagemaster" style="line-height: 20.7900009155273px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://nvrenuffpolish.bigcartel.com/</a><span style="line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"> nonetheless and getting whatever you can possibly grab anyway! </span><span style="font-size: 15.1999998092651px; line-height: 16.6319999694824px;">Make sure that you follow <a href="http://instagram.com/nvrenuffpolish" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">@nvrenuffpolish</a> on Instagram to get all of the updates on any upcoming releases and/or restocks! </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01476284392441283397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965169979724039936.post-1472096759297810932015-01-25T22:05:00.000-08:002015-02-27T14:36:10.535-08:00Nvr Enuff Polish - Christmas Town Review!Well after Christmas, I finally have time to update all of my most recent Nvr Enuff collection reviews! Hurray! I was really excited about this collection because Christmas is one of my favorite times of year and I loooove The Nightmare Before Christmas. And of course, their collection did not disappoint! I was so pleased with the simple colors that they picked for this collection.<br />
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One thing I love so much about these ladies is that they do small, simple collections and they do them right! They picked the perfect number of polishes, the perfect colors, and they nailed the formulas and their inspirations perfectly. 10/10, as usual!!<br />
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First up in this collection is You Don't Have Claws At All. As many of you know, I'm on a never-ending quest to buy all of the red polishes in the world, so this was just another amazing addition to my collection! Like many of their recent polishes, this polish is passable as one coat, although I generally do two just to cover any spots that I might have missed.<br />
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It's such a beautiful red, I can't even handle it! I used this one in some Christmas nail art that I'll add at the end of this review just because I was happy with it. I used one coat over Diamonds and Rubies (Sally Hansen) on my thumb, one coat alone on my pointer finger, one coat over Velvet Rope (Color Club) on my middle finger, two coats of This Looks Like Fun! (also NEP) on my ring finger, and one coat over Cosmic (NEP) on my pinky. As always, this dried very fast and had a very glossy finish with a slightly textured look from the glitters. Absolutely love!<br />
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There's Frost On Every Window is an amazing addition to my collection, I'm so happy that they designed it the way they did! It really does remind me of falling snow in winter. This one is pretty sheer which is just so amazing for jelly sandwiches and layering, which I'm always a huge fan of.<br />
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I love how versatile this polish is because you can layer it, wear it alone, all kinds of jelly sandwiches...Just so many options! Not to mention it's such a beautiful shade of blue! This dries just as quickly as the rest of this brand (which is fast) unless you apply a pretty thick coat. I used one thin coat alone on my thumb, three thin coats on my pointer finger, one coat over December 2014 (Enchanted Polish) on my middle finger, two coats of This Looks Like Fun! (NEP) on my middle finger, and one coat over Sporty (NEP) on my pinky.<br />
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I used This Looks Like Fun! for my accent nail on almost this whole collection because it really just goes with everything and it just strikes me as being so wintery! Absolutely can't get enough of it. This one is "designed" to be a topper, but easily builds opacity to make a bold and sparkly mani in and of itself.<br />
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Gosh, I just love it so much. It's so shiny. I used one coat alone on my thumb, sandwhiched it with Interstellar (NEP) on my pointer finger (this was way prettier in person, it didn't show up very well in pictures), three coats alone on my middle finger, two coats over Glitzerland (OPI) on my ring finger, and one coat over Interstellar (NEP) on my pinky finger. I just love how much versatility this one has as well! It can be used as a topper, full coverage glitter, sandwhiches...Just so many uses for this whole collection!<br />
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I know that I can't say this enough, but I love this polish. Christmastime has such a quintessentially Christmas color combination with evergreen and gold accents, but it just pulls it together all so perfectly. As with all of the others, this polish dries very quickly and builds opacity very well!<br />
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I've always loved green, and Christmastime is absolutely no exception. It was way more opaque than I anticipated for some reason, so I was even more happily surprised! I used two coats on my thumb, one coat on my pointer finger, one coat over Veruschka (Zoya) on my middle finger, two coats of This Looks Like Fun! (NEP) on my ring finger, and one coat over Apple (Zoya) on my pinky finger. I love that it applied so evenly that I could brighten the shade of green by putting a lighter shade of green under it!<br />
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I've never seen a polish with this color combination before, so that and the flakies makes me love Making Christmas that much more. These ladies really are the queens of flakies! Making Christmas can be used as a topper, but it's so densely packed with glitters that it's quite easy to build opacity into a knockout mani in itself.<br />
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Making Christmas looks so amazing when it shifts in the light, these swatches really don't do it justice! I wanted to show more of how it looks dense, but it could easily be used as a topper as well. I used one coat alone on my thumb, three coats alone on my pointer finger, two coats over Camelot (A England) on my middle finger, two coats of London (Zoya) on my ring finger, and one coat over Camelot (A England) on my pinky finger. This polish is so much more beautiful in person, I wish pictures could capture the layers it has! As always, the formula and dry time were perfect.</div>
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For my last little Christmas Town mani here I used two coats of Christmastime on my pointer and middle fingers, two coats of You Don't Have Claws At All on my pinky finger, and Alpine Snow (OPI) with Velvet Rope (Color Club) candy cane stripes on my thumb and ring fingers. It was so festive! I used multiple thicknesses of straight nail vinyls from @teismom on Instagram for this look.<br />
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<span style="line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">I don't believe that these are currently in stock, but I recommend checking </span><a href="http://nvrenuffpolish.bigcartel.com/category/the-pagemaster" style="line-height: 20.7900009155273px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://nvrenuffpolish.bigcartel.com/</a><span style="line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"> nonetheless and getting whatever you can possibly grab! </span><span style="font-size: 15.1999998092651px; line-height: 16.6319999694824px;">Make sure that you follow <a href="http://instagram.com/nvrenuffpolish" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">@nvrenuffpolish</a> on Instagram to get all of the updates on any upcoming releases and/or restocks! </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01476284392441283397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965169979724039936.post-3067989133889907032014-12-29T21:04:00.000-08:002015-02-27T14:32:16.868-08:00Nvr Enuff Polish - Unidentified Flying Holo Review!I've been avoiding this blog post for so long since I wanted to have sun shots for such magnificent holo polishes, but I don't want to let it sit on the back burner for so long that I forget to do it! So hopefully someday soon I'll have sun pictures to add to it, but for now I have some pretty good indoor pictures to show off all of the beautiful holos that the ladies of Nvr Enuff cooked up.<br />
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As I've said before, I love collections this size! They don't break the bank, you accumulate fewer untrieds, and the quality is always just perfect! After hosting a "name this polish" giveaway for a holo topcoat, Lynnae and Alix fell in love with one of the names that didn't win (UFH - Unidentified Flying Holo) and decided to create a collection just because of the name. That's the kind of awesome customer-to-creator relationship that I love with them! Not to mention that it spawned this collection. Let me just say before I start, all of the swatches below have no top coat. They all have very little clean up required, if any. These polishes are overall some of the best quality polishes that I own. Just a fair warning!<br />
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I don't even know what to classify Interstellar as since it doesn't really match any of my silver or gold polishes, but I most definitely love it! It's the sheerest of the set, but still builds opacity very well and would probably be great for sandwiches or even as a topper.<br />
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I just want to sit here and stare at my screen, it looks so beautiful! For this mani, I used two coat on my thumb, three coats on my pointer finger, one coat over two coats of Glitzerland (OPI) on my middle finger, and sandwiched it with This Looks Like Fun! (also Nvr Enuff) on my pinky. My ring finger is three coats of Godiva from Zoya and the little heart charm is from <a href="http://charminglysimple.storenvy.com/" target="_blank">@charminglysimplenailart</a> on IG. As I said before, this one was a little thin but still built up opacity very quickly and applied very evenly.</div>
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Oh my gooooodness, Cosmic is probably one of my all-time favorite polishes or things of any sort on the planet. The opacity is amazing, the color is perfect, the clean up is not even a thing...I could go on forever.<br />
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This color is just so perfect for everyday wear, holidays, just any possible reason ever to put this on. I used one coat on my thumb, two on my pointer, one coat over one coat of Velvet Rope (Color Club) on my middle finger, and one coat over one coat of You Don't Have Claws At All (also Nvr Enuff) on my pinky. My ring finger is two coats of Chyna from Zoya and the charm is from @charminglysimplenailart again.<br />
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I say "true black" because I've gotten black holos before and been a bit disappointed since the holo used by the maker tends to make the polish lean more towards grey, but Meteoric is a stunner. Not only does it truly look black to me, it's without a doubt the most opaque black holo that I've ever seen. Carefully applied, it could even be a one-coater. Yowza.<br />
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I can't even begin to describe my experience with this polish since I was so surprised by it on so many fronts! In short, it's the perfect black holo. That about sums it up. For one, the opacity is off the charts, the holo dusting is just perfect, and there's no staining/clean up issues. I can't gush about it enough! By the way, did I mention that none of the polishes on this post have top coat at all? Yeah, they're all that glossy and perfect by themselves. I used one coat on my thumb, two coats on my pointer finger, one coat over one coat of Camelot (A England) on my middle finger, and sandwiched it with Making Christmas (also Nvr Enuff) on my pinky. My ring finger is two coats of Dahlia from Zoya and the charm is also from @charminglysimplenailart on IG.</div>
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What's this, another perfect blue? Extraterrestrial is really just that. It's an alien. This can't be people technology. Another shockingly pigmented masterpiece, this beauty just has to be seen to be believed. And even then, I still don't believe that it's a thing that exists (and I own it???).</div>
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See, I wouldn't lie to you guys. Another perfect polish. I used one coat of this beauty on my thumb, two coats on my pointer finger, one coat over one coat of Yoga-ta Get This Blue (OPI) on my middle finger, and one coat over one coat of Iolite (also Nvr Enuff) on my pinky. My ring finger is three coats of Nyx from Zoya and the charm is again from @charminglysimplenailart on IG.<br />
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A while after I did this review, I finally had the chance to get a sun shot! So here's a better view of all of the UFHs and how they look in direct sun.<br />
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<span style="line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">Since I took horrifically long to post this (I'm so sorry!), I'm not positive if any of these are still available, but I recommend checking </span><a href="http://nvrenuffpolish.bigcartel.com/category/the-pagemaster" style="line-height: 20.7900009155273px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://nvrenuffpolish.bigcartel.com/</a><span style="line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"> and getting whatever you can possibly grab! </span><span style="font-size: 15.1999998092651px; line-height: 16.6319999694824px;">The store is currently under maintenance for the holidays, but I'm sure those two magnificent ladies will be back with a vengeance for next year! And make sure you follow <a href="http://instagram.com/nvrenuffpolish" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">@nvrenuffpolish</a> on Instagram to get all of the updates on any upcoming releases and/or restocks! </span></div>
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Keeping in typical Allison fashion, I'm about two months late for this post, but I promise it'll still be a good one! As I mentioned in an earlier post, I got really weighed down with life and school this semester so my blog posts have been at the back of my mind. But let's forget about that, shall we? It's almost a new year, which means more blog posts! If all goes as planned, I actually have two to post tonight and one tomorrow. I'll be all caught up! </div>
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First up in my blog fest is the Fright Night collection from Nvr Enuff Polish! Obviously this was intended to be a Halloween/scary movie collection, but as with all of their polishes, I really think you could wear them at any point in the year and they'd look just wonderful.<br />
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I love that they always have fairly small collections like this! It makes it much easier for everyone to be able to purchase the whole collection, for one, and it ensures that they focus on the quality and details of every little polish. (Which, I promise you, they do!)<br />
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First up in this party is Requiem For A Dream. I quite possible have more blues in my collection than any other color, and yet this was so very hard to match for layering! As frustrating as that is for my OCD, it's so amazing to see these ladies create yet another unique blue for my collection. And boy, is this one a doozy!<br />
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What did I tell you?! Requiem For A Dream was just so yummy I wanted to die. Sadly the sun was gone before I finished this swatch, so there's no glorious sun pictures, but it looks so good in any lighting that it doesn't really matter! As with all of their polishes, this beauty dried very fast and had an amazingly easy application. For this mani, I used two coats alone on my thumb, pointer, and pinky fingers, one coat over Yoga-ta Get This Blue (OPI) on my middle finger, and one coat over Camelot (A England) on my ring finger. I also mattefied (mattified?) my pointer finger because DUH? It looks so amazing matted! I also hand painted a little syringe on my ring finger to go along with the Requiem For A Dream theme.<br />
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Next up is The Shining. As you might expect, this one is also horrifyingly perfect! These ladies will never cease to amaze me with their ability to make such pigmented polishes that still leave no stains and are just a breeze to put on. But to the swatches!<br />
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Unfortunately since this is such a bright red, it made my camera explode and washed out my skin a lot which threw off the color of the polish as well. But you can still see how pretty it is! As always, the application for this was just wonderful. Despite being a juicy jelly polish, it only took two coats to get this opacity and they both dried very quickly. On top of that I did some black "blood?" drips using Camelot (A England) and mattefied every other nail because you're supposed to matte jellies! Definitely a must-have polish for me, as with every other one they make...</div>
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Donnie Darko has to be my favorite of this collection just because I can't get enough glow in the dark polishes! Not to mention it's sheer perfection anyway...I'm gonna go ahead and describe this as "electric baby blue," because that's really what it feels like to me. It's full of delicious flakies and glitter and I just can't possibly say more nice things about it!<br />
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What did I tell you?! Again, another perfect blue. The most surprising thing about this polish to me was how easy it was to apply even though it was GITD. Every GITD polish I've ever gotten has been just a horrible experience to get on and off (although usually worth it because I love glowy), but I didn't have nearly those problems with Donnie Darko. The consistency was still a little bit thicker than normal since there were GITD pigments, but it was still pretty easy to work with. I used three coats on all nails and attempted to draw a little bunny on my ring finger, but he sort of looks like an alien.<br />
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I'm gonna be honest with you, Valley of the Dolls was only second on my list for this collection because it didn't glow in the dark. Despite having had pink hair in the past, I'm not really a huge pink polish fan because it's generally so boring to me, but I abso-freaking-lutey love this polish. It went on so smooth, the glitters distributed so evenly, and it was just overall perfect. I kind of want to go put it on right now after thinking about it so much.<br />
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This shade of pink looked amazing with my skin tone, applied so smoothly, and was just overall fantastic, as I've said. I used two coats of Valley of the Dolls on all nails except my accent which was a base of Alpine Snow (OPI) and some pills! I also dotted some of Valley of the Dolls and Rescued (Pure Nail Polish) around the pills. This whole collection was a stunner, but I think I can see myself using this polish the most. It dried so quickly and required no clean up so it's great for last minute manis, not to mention the color scheme of it works really well for so many occasions! (Namely Valentine's and BCA) </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01476284392441283397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965169979724039936.post-68678228693656608632014-10-09T15:37:00.001-07:002015-02-27T14:21:11.504-08:00Nvr Enuff Polish - Minerals Rock! Collection Review!I now have dark chocolate peanut butter cups from Trader Joe's, so I apologize in advance if this post is even more sugar-filled than normal! For my next blog post, I have what is probably my favorite collection from Nvr Enuff or any other thing on the planet ever. The Minerals Rock! Collection resonated with me early on since I collected rocks when I was little and it just reminded me of that. And then I saw the actual polishes and I was like "WHAAAAT?" They're so amazing. So without further sugar-induced ranting, here we go!<br />
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Needless to say just from these pictures, this collection is just perfect. The colors really work for fall, but are still very easily transitioned into other seasons. One of my favorite things about Nvr Enuff is that they create polishes that mean something to them, not necessarily ones that "fit the season." Mind you, that's by no means a knock on any indie or mainstream brands that have seasonal collections - I love them as well! I just always enjoy not being able to guess what these ladies will come up with next!<br />
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Star Garnet is first up in this collection because these ladies never fail to give me another unique red! This cranberry-toned red/magenta/purple is so hard to categorize because it just transcends real life. It has the perfect dusting of holo glitters and it just looks like Thanksgiving dinner to me. (My grandma makes the best mashed potatoes ever - Hi Grandma!)<br />
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Sorry for the random cat hair in the first picture, my cat was lounging in the sun as I went outside to take pictures and he just needed some snuggles. But on to the polish! It is magnificent. I'm sure you're surprised by this, but I promise it is perfect. This was two amazing coats on all nails and top coat. I tried to think of some nail art to do with this, but I really couldn't imagine not having this beauty on every nail that I own. I do absolutely plan on using it during the holidays though, it just seems like an amazing fall/winter polish to me! As always, the formula was perfect and there was no staining or issues with it even though it was a rather pigmented red.<br />
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Next up is Dioptase, the most majestic of all colors in the world. I was extra excited when I saw this polish because I've been looking for a good green/teal for Eagles nails, and this one just looked perfect! I still can't get over it. It has the perfect amount of holo glitters and it just makes me so happy inside. So happy.<br />
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I swear that's a 9 and not a lowercase g. I SWEAR. This polish just is so perfect to me. It's so deep and squishy and yet it requires so few coats to look that way! It's like having all of the good parts of jellies and none of the bad parts. I used two coats on all nails and attempted to free-hand a 9 using Alpine Snow (OPI). The font the Eagles use is apparently very hard to reproduce with an OPI brush though. As always, very little clean-up and great dry time! Definitely a go-to polish for fall and winter for me.<br />
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Next up is Lapis Lazuli! I was so surprised when I saw this polish for so many reasons (all good ones, I promise!) Firstly, I was amazed that, despite blue being the color I have the most of, none of them were close to this shade! That's always exciting to me to get an entirely new color in my collection. The next thing that was super excited was the little pearly gold flakes swimming around in there...I almost died. And if they looked pretty in the bottle? They looked even more amazing on nails.<br />
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What did I tell you? Not to mention my phone's camera is not very great, so all of these are even more mind-shattering in person! One thing that I really loved about this (besides every single thing about it, which I also loved) was that it's sheer enough to layer on other things and opaque enough that it isn't a pain to work up to opacity alone. That sentence doesn't really make sense, but hopefully the pictures kind of show you what I mean! I used one coat alone on my thumb (it was even, but gave it more of a jelly look than two coats did), one coat over Blue Lagoon (also Nvr Enuff) on my pointer finger, two coats alone on my middle finger, and one coat over Limitless (Pure Nail Polish) on my pinky. My ring finger is a gradient using Princeton (ILNP Brand), Sporty (Nvr Enuff), and Autumn (Enchanted Polish) to bring out the iridescent shards. Needless to say, just sheer love.<br />
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Iolite is probably one of my favorite polishes ever. The color combination is so classic and perfect, and I'm such a sucker for deep, vampy shades like this. It's such a deep purple (similar to Posh in it photographing a little darker than it really is) that it looks black in some lighting - which I looove. Plus the silver flakes just make it so unique and just ajwafiwje amazing.<br />
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I'm gonna go ahead and just blow your mind right now. All of my nails have one coat. No top coat, no clean-up, just joy. Despite having flakies in it, it dried super fast and glossy and SOOO opaque in one coat! I'm such a happy clam. I used Perle (Dior) to make a random stripe on each nail since it dries matte and I liked the contrast. Now you see why this is one of my favorites ever! So low-maintenance but so stunning.<br />
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I was so excited to use Opal because it's my momma's birthstone and because it's one of those polishes that just looks amazing over everything! This picture didn't really do it justice, so I got another inside later that I'll have at the bottom. This flakie topper just brings out every color in the rainbow, dries so fast, and makes any boring mani so much more intricate and neat.<br />
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I really wish the sun didn't wash out my pictures as much on this one, it looks so majestic and unicorn-like in the sun! One thing that I really love about this polish (and I tried to show in these swatches) is that it can really work for any season. I used it over spring colors on my middle finger and a deep red on my pinky - it really looks amazing on anything! I used one coat over Limitless (Pure Nail Polish) on my thumb, two coats alone on my pointer finger, one coat over a random sponging of Princeton, Cutie Pop, Music Box, and Dreaming in Violet (all ILNP Brand) on my middle finger, one coat over Alpine Snow (OPI) on my ring finger (P.S. this nail was way drop dead gorgeous in person), and one coat over Killer Curves (Color Club) on my pinky. Great dry time and it applied much more evenly than flakie toppers like this normally do!<br />
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Black Opal is another amazing polish, as I'm sure you assumed from my ranting. While it isn't as versatile as it's clear-based twin, it is an amazing base for galaxy nails and a nice twist on basic black nails. It's basically a win-win-win!<br />
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Black Opal was so much fun to play with, I'm still thinking of fun new ways to use it! Clearly everyone else agreed, as it's currently sold out, but it might be making a comeback soon. For these nails, I used one coat over Limitless (Pure Nail Polish) on my thumb and middle fingers, three coats alone on my pointer finger, one coat over Elephant Walk (China Glaze) on my ring finger, and one coat alone on my pinky. I really loved all of these looks, but I think my favorite was one coat over black! It still looked deep and squishy like it was layered but it saved polish and dried more quickly with fewer coats. Still though, any combination that involves this polish is going to be amazing!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01476284392441283397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965169979724039936.post-47447866244184917082014-10-09T11:48:00.001-07:002015-02-27T14:15:13.807-08:00Nvr Enuff Polish - Spice World Collection Review!Hello again, friends! Sorry I'm being so sporadic with blog posts, I've had some crazy family stuff coming up recently that's keeping my mind occupied. But I do have two new Nvr Enuff collections to review for you all today! First up is the Spice World collection which, as you may have guessed, was inspired by the five sassy members of the Spice Girls. And as if I didn't love the Spice Girls enough already, this collection only increased my love exponentially.<br />
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Aren't they glorious already? And let me tell you, as much as I have always loved Nvr Enuff, these two collections blew me away even more than normal. The formulas were somehow even better than before, the colors even more astounding, I can't even begin to gush enough about them. But we'll get to that in a bit!<br />
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First up in the Spice World collection is Baby! I was always compared to Baby as a kid because I was blonde and everyone thought I was sweet, which was really annoying, but there's nothing annoying about this beauty! Both my sister and I rushed to try this on as soon as I opened my swatching package BECAUSE LOOK AT IT. Not to mention, neither of us are very pink people.<br />
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Super duper in love with this color. Can't even. I CANNOT. I used two coats on all nails except my accent which is two coats of Alpine Snow (OPI) and a wonderful, free-handed pink ribbon using Baby. I finished this swatch on October 1st and I felt it was fitting to begin the month with a Breast Cancer Awareness mani using this gorgeous shade of pink. The formula is very similar to Matin from the Light Collection, although a little easier to apply. The iridescent glitters make it a little thicker than other polishes, not dissimilar to a glow-in-the-dark polish, if you've used those. But still, by no means difficult to apply.<br />
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Next up in this swatching marathon is Scary! Again, this polish just killed me. The coloring and metallic-like look is just magnificent for fall! I just love everything about it. While it is "intended" to be worn as a topper, it also just looks beautiful alone. Not to mention it wasn't difficult at all to build up to opaqueness!<br />
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RIGHT? Do you see how perfect it is? I tried to show a range of uses for Scary in these swatches, so there's a lot of different views for you! I used three coats alone on my thumb and middle finger, one coat alone with a French tip of Vampires Suck (Enchanted Polish) on my pointer finger, one coat over Vampires Suck on my ring finger, and one coat over Hot Chocolate for Unicorns (Enchanted Polish) on my pinky. This was an amazing formula, as you may have expected. The dry time was great, the coverage was fantastic, just all around lovely.<br />
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Sporty is another absolute must-have from this collection. It's such an amazing color and, I believe, a staple for any nail polish addict! My favorite part about this polish might be the difference between shade and sun. In the shade, it's such a delicate and simple blue, but in the sun it's such a knock-out holo! I just love the versatility that it brings for me.<br />
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Where do I even begin with this? First of all, when I first saw pictures of this color, I was a little confused. I thought it was strange that they would make a color that was so similar to a previous color (Apres-Midi), but after receiving it in person I could definitely see the difference! I would also like to point out another miraculous note on this polish, along with most of this collection. This is two coats on all of my nails (except my accent which is Alpine Snow and a black striper). Two coats, no clean-up around my nails, no top coat. The formula was so excellent that I really didn't need anything else. It dried amazingly fast, it was super shiny, it was so even that I didn't need any clean-up. In everyday wear I would probably still use a topcoat just to make sure it didn't chip, but it's just amazing that it's so perfect!<br />
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Up next is Ginger! I love how unique this red is with hints of pink and some blue iridescent glitters in it. These ladies never cease to amaze me with their ability to make so many perfect and unique reds! As you might expect if you remember my love for red polishes, this is also an absolute favorite of mine.<br />
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This whole collection was ridiculous to swatch, each polish became my new favorite as I went on swatching! Ginger was no exception to this strange phenomenon. And again, this was two coats of Ginger with no clean-up! My accent nail is Blue Lagoon from Nvr Enuff that they were sweet enough to send me as a thank you for my continued support and swatching. I'm not entirely sure if they're releasing it for sale any time soon, but it was also two beautiful coats. Since there was a little more glitter on this one, I did use top coat for these, but it actually had a cool, semi-textured look without it!<br />
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Last, but certainly not least, is Posh! While beautiful in the bottle, this polish is something else on the nails. It has a similar, undefinable quality to Sporty in that it is entirely different in different lighting. In the shade it's such a deep plum purple that it looks nearly pitch black, while in the sunlight it's a gorgeous pearlescent purple! I cannot even imagine how amazing this would be for stamping!<br />
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Disclaimer: this actually did look a little more purple than this in the sun, my camera couldn't quite capture it. Now, I know this swatch looks like all of the nails are Posh by itself, but you might be surprised to find out that that is not true! I anticipated it being much more sheer/jelly when I saw the color, for some reason, so I had polishes under many of these coats to see how it would effect the base color. But the polish was so opaque and glorious that you can barely tell! This both made me sad that I couldn't get different effects, and very happy that it was so opaque and magnificent in such a small amount of coats. My thumb and middle finger are two coats alone, my pointer finger is one coat over Iolite (also Nvr Enuff, look forward to this beauty in the Minerals Rock! Collection post!), my ring finger is one coat over Limitless (Pure Nail Polish), and my pinky is one coat over Undenied (ILNP Brand). as before, very little/no clean-up necessary and a wonderfully glossy finish.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01476284392441283397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965169979724039936.post-85255607747013754602014-08-26T17:44:00.000-07:002015-02-27T13:44:53.845-08:00Baby 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.<br />
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I posted about both Bliss Kiss Oil and Sweet Baby by Donna in my <a href="http://polishedandcaffeinated.blogspot.com/2014/05/nail-care-routine.html" target="_blank">Nail Care Routine post</a> 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!<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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- Sweet Baby by Donna: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/SweetBabybyDonna" target="_blank">https://www.etsy.com/shop/SweetBabybyDonna</a> (I also recommend her lip balm and lotion, they're amazing!)<br />
- Bliss Kiss Pure Nail Oil: <a href="http://www.nailcarehq.com/products/" target="_blank">http://www.nailcarehq.com/products/</a> or <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=bliss+kiss+pure+nail+oil&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=34612935168&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14488433767854931647&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_s475rh26t_b" target="_blank">on Amazon.com</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01476284392441283397noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965169979724039936.post-73928190580996396882014-08-21T20:56:00.001-07:002015-02-27T13:42:46.434-08:00Nvr 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 <a href="http://nvrenuffpolish.bigcartel.com/category/the-pagemaster" target="_blank">Nvr Enuff Polish</a>! In case you're too young or forgetful to know what that is, <i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110763/" target="_blank">The Pagemaster</a></i> 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!<br />
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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 <a href="http://instagram.com/nvrenuffpolish" target="_blank">@nvrenuffpolish</a> on Instagram, you may get lucky and see them back in stock soon!<br />
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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!<br />
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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!<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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!<br />
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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!<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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 <a href="http://nvrenuffpolish.bigcartel.com/category/the-pagemaster" target="_blank">http://nvrenuffpolish.bigcartel.com/</a> and grab some! <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Crimson Text'; font-size: 15.199999809265137px; line-height: 16.631999969482422px;">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!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01476284392441283397noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965169979724039936.post-47551261985879600402014-08-21T19:39:00.001-07:002015-02-27T13:29:25.040-08:00Nvr 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!<br />
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As you may or may not have guessed, this collection from <a href="http://nvrenuffpolish.bigcartel.com/category/nick-of-time-collection" target="_blank">Nvr Enuff Polish</a> 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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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!<br />
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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.<br />
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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!<br />
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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!<br />
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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.<br />
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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!<br />
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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.<br />
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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 <a href="http://nvrenuffpolish.bigcartel.com/category/nick-of-time-collection" target="_blank">http://nvrenuffpolish.bigcartel.com/</a>, 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!<br />
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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!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01476284392441283397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965169979724039936.post-41322091278659878972014-07-19T16:51:00.000-07:002015-02-27T13:16:41.801-08:00Nvr Enuff Polish - The Light Collection Review! (Picture Heavy)I have a rather long post for you today! If all goes as planned, it will be the first of several posts...I'm so behind! For those of you who don't know, I'm taking summer classes so I can get into a Human Development program at the University of Washington...They have been much harder than anticipated and are taking up all my time :( But! I planned accordingly this weekend so I have all day for laundry and blogging, yay! Anyway, on to the nail polish.<br />
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I AM SO HAPPY to be sharing this with you guys. Several weeks back, <a href="http://instagram.com/misslynnae" target="_blank">Lynnae</a> of Nvr Enuff Polish contacted me and asked if I would like to be one of the swatchers for their first collection. Like, are you kidding me?! Her and <a href="http://instagram.com/teoqeg" target="_blank">Alix</a> (the other half of the brand) are two of the sweetest (and extremely talented!) girls I've met on Instagram. I was beyond flattered that they even considered me! Needless to say, I jumped at the chance.<br />
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So here is a super-cool breakdown of their first collection - the Light Collection! These polishes were all based off of the lighting during different times of day, and well, they're fantastic. For all of these, I'll have a bottle shot, a wide and close up view in the sun, and a wide and close up view in the shade...Yes, I went a little overboard, but they need to be seen in all sorts of lighting to understand their beauty. Let's get started, shall we?<br />
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For this swatch, I did two perfect coats on all fingers except my accent. My accent nail has two coats of "Love. Angel. Music. Baby." (OPI) and one coat of "Apres-Midi" over it. I used the chevron vinyl from the swatching kit that they sent me! (See how sweet they are?) I chose gold so you could see more of the scattered gold holo in there - because holy crap. It is everywhere. Even when I was inside it was just glowing at me! This had amazing application, it could probably even be opaque in one careful coat, but two was just perfect. The dry time was, as expected, also perfect! I had no problem putting on top coat a couple minutes after application.</div>
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Matin. This polish absolutely kills me. I have an unreasonable number of both grey and blue polishes...okay, so let's jam them together?!? Yes please. I wish my swatches captured the blue flakies better, but at least you can see them in the bottle!!</div>
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For all of these swatches, I did two coats of "Matin" alone. My middle finger has some random lines of "Mega" (ILNP Brand) just for a little holo flair on it. This is one of those polishes that is so hard for me to capture with this camera! It looks nice in pictures, but it's the kind of nice that's like "Oh yeah, if I was on vacation and I saw that I might try to pick some up if I had spare change." But what it says in real life is like "I SAW SOMEONE WEARING THIS COLOR AND I MURDERED THEM AND STOLE IT BECAUSE LOOK AT IT." I know it's an odd metaphor, but that's what it looks like to me. It's just absolutely unique and stunning in person. Anyway, this was the toughest application, but by no means bad. The polish is a little thick due to all of the flakies and love, so you just have to be careful how much you put on the brush. Still, two coats were done easily with no problems. The dry time was equally amazing!</div>
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Okay, just breathe, guys. This polish. It will be the death of me. I will spend the rest of my life trying to convince people how stunning it is in person. Like before, the pictures are nice, but NO WHERE NEAR REAL LIFE. Moonstone reflects soooo much, I literally might get in a car accident just by staring at this while driving. This one is going to be especially picture heavy since I also have a picture with flash and a short video. Sorry!</div>
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This polish is just. Like. Okay. I've said it before, but this is the best mental image I can give you guys. Imagine you painted your nails with nail glue, punched your hand through a mirror, and got a bunch of microscopic mirror shards glued to your nails. That is what this is. It's very reflective and just UGH. Amazing. For all pictures: my pinky and pointer finger both have one coat of "Moonstone" over one coat of "Camelot" (A England), my middle finger has one coat of "Moonstone" over two coats of "King Arthur" (A England), my thumb has one coat of "Moonstone" over two coats of "Black Hole" (Stardust Polish), and my ring finger is three coats alone. For the video, I wanted to show the difference between "Moonstone" and a holo top coat. Shown here is all nails with one coat of "Camelot." My ring finger has "Holo At Me" (Jior Couture" while all other nails show "Moonstone."<br />
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Coucher du Soleil MIGHT be my favorite polish in this collection. It's honestly so hard because I really love them all. It's just so squishy and I love it. I want to bathe in it and make clothes from it and live in a house covered in it. Just all Coucher all the time. ANYWAY. Swatches.<br />
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Growing up on the West Coast, I've seen my share of sunsets that look exactly like this. Again, they nailed the inspiration perfectly! Even if this polish was designed on something awful and stupid, I would proudly wear it all of the time. It's so deep and squishy, you could get lost staring at the layers for forever. This is by far my most complimented polish. The day that I wore these to class and work, I had people asking me left and right where I got it from! Every nail was two perfect, squishy coats of great application. The glitters required no fishing, they were just jumping out of there. I love how evenly spread out they were! My ring finger also has some vinyl-created lines of "Lever du Soleil," which we will be seeing shortly.</div>
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See, would I lie to you guys? Lever du Soleil is another absolute must-have in this collection. It's one of those priceless polishes that transforms every other polish you own. It's BASICALLY like doubling your entire polish collection. For less than $9? Not a bad deal!</div>
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This polish is absolutely bonkers. BONKERS, I TELL YOU. It shows up the most vividly over dark colors, but don't take that to mean that it doesn't look gorgeous over light colors or even by itself. In these pictures, I have one coat of "Lever du Soleil" over two coats of "Love. Angel. Music. Baby." on my thumb, three coats of "Lever du Soleil" alone on my pointer, one coat of "Lever du Soleil" over one coat of "Camelot" on my middle finger, one coat of "Lever du Soleil" over one coat of "I'm Not Really A Waitress" (OPI) on my ring finger, and one coat of "Lever du Soleil" over two coats of "Black Hole" on my pinky. Since this is a topper, it dries pretty darn quick from my experience. All the flakey goodness was pretty solid in just a couple minutes! Again, application was superb. My only warning with this is that it will inevitably get all over your hands, so be prepared to take off all of the gorgeous flakes! Or just leave them there. Start a new fashion statement, maybe?</div>
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Soiree is one of the most gorgeous blues that I own. It has the strange quality of being both very deep teal and a very true navy color...I don't even know how. The quality of this polish is SO UNBELIEVABLE. I mean, this whole line is amazing, but I'll explain why this one astounds me specifically a little more below. </div>
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Okay, now to explain why this polish is so perfect. I mean, first of all, look at it. It's just delicious. But that last picture. The one named "MAGIC!" IT IS ONE COAT. Over two coats of "Apres-Midi." For those of you who polish lots of things, you know that most jellies, when put over a lighter color, will have some sort of darker and lighter areas after one coat. Jellies aren't designed to be super opaque, and this isn't, it's just so evenly applied that you can actually lighten the look of this polish by putting it over lighter colors. And it will apply perfectly. I'm sorry, that just amazed me. As for the rest of my nails, my pointer and pink fingers have one coat of "Soiree" over one coat of "Yoga-ta Get This Blue," my middle finger is two coats of "Soiree" alone, and my ring finger is one coat of "Soiree" over two coats of "Black Hole." As you may expect from that rant, this polish also had perfect application and dry time, big shock!</div>
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Oh hello, it's just me, THE FREAKING OCEAN IN A BOTTLE. Okay, so it wasn't based on the ocean, but it totally could have been. I'm pretty sure they de-scaled a mermaid for this one. (No mermaids were actually harmed in the making of this polish)</div>
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Would you look at that, my nails are basically mermaids. If I had Vanessa's (<a href="http://instagram.com/mrslochness">@mrslochness</a>) mermaid scale stamp, you bet your cheesecake it would have gone on these babies. This is one of those polishes that you can spend hours staring into and not even realize it. It has so much depth, even after one coat, that you just can't look away. My thumb has one coat of "Arc en Ciel Bleu" over two coats of "Apres-Midi" to show how it looks over a lighter color, my pointer and pinky are both one coat of "Arc en Ciel Bleu" over one coat of "Yoga-ta Get This Blue" (OPI), middle is one coat of "Arc en Ciel Bleu" over one coat of "January 2014" (Enchanted Polish), and my ring finger is three coats of "Arc en Ciel Bleu" alone to show how it builds up. Again, just wow. Their first collection, and still perfect application and dry time! These girls are witches, I tell you! The super sweet and super pretty kind, though. </div>
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Okay, I lied. Arc en Argent is my favorite. Because RAINBOWS. ON YO FANGAS. I may have had too much caffeine today, no judging. Again, I could put this over everything I own. In fact, I basically plan to. It's up there with Supernatural Lacquer's "We Kill the Sparkly Ones For Free." And if you know me, THAT IS SAYING A LOT. Okay, okay, now swatches, you impatient youngsters.</div>
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Do I even need to talk about this one? I don't think so. Now you see why it's my favorite. RAINBOW SHARDS. I couldn't even wear this to work because I literally would not get anything done. Like, "Excuse me customers, I'm busy looking at THE RAINBOWS ON MY HAND, PLEASE GO AWAY." But I digress again, this polish is just. Just perfect. So amazingly glitterful (yes, that's a word). I used one coat of "Arc en Argent" over one coat of "Camelot" on my thumb, one coat of "Arc en Argent" over two coats of "Mega" on my pointer finger, one coat of "Arc en Argent" over two coats of "Black Hole" on my middle finger, one coat of "Arc en Argent" over two coats of "Lady of the Lake" (A England) on my ring finger, and two coats of "Arc en Argent" over two coats of "Mega" on my pinky to show how it would look alone. This is so jam-packed with glitter, as with all of these polishes, there is no fishing or fighting for a gorgeous look. Application and dry time - amazing, big shock. </div>
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The first thing I did was use my favorite base coat from Jior Couture, three thin coats of "You're Such A Budapest" from OPI, and NYC Grand Central Station.<br />
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After that all dried, I started to sponge on the three pastel colors that I chose for this. I used "Funny Bunny," "Sprout," and "Rain Boots" from B Squared Lacquer. I did this step until the base was no longer visible.<br />
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After the glitter dried a little bit, I started to paint on some "stars" and dots using "Snow Me White" from Sinful Colors.<br />
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Once the stars had dried, I put on another top coat layer and cleaned up the edges! Happy day! Here's the final product in the shade and in the direct sunlight. The sun made my hands look weirdly red in these, but at least my nails are sparkly! Hopefully this helped make it a little easier for those of you who don't try galaxy nails much. If you recreate them and you have an Instagram, tag me @whimsicalicious, I'd love to see them!<br />
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As you may or may not know, I spend my Sundays with close friends and some family playing pen and paper RPGs. All of these polishes were made with some of my most beloved characters in mind. Even if you don't know what that is, I'm sure you can still enjoy the beauty of these polishes!<br />
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First up! Quui was named after my monk during our Rise of the Runelords Pathfinder campaign. She had some awesomesauce orange monk robes, hence the color inspiration! The only pictures I can find are both not wearing orange robes and designed off of Diablo 3 monks, but my D3 monk had the same name! So it all works out.<br />
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My girl Quui wrecked the absolute crap out of things until she was squashed. Like, literally. A stone giant smacked her into the ground and she was pudding. Nevertheless, she will go down as one of my favorite characters I've played! So this one was dedicated to her lovely self.<br />
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For this, I did two easy and amazing coats of Quui from Jior Couture. After that, I used "Little Brown Dress" from Essie, "Cypress" and "Never Nude" from Cirque Colors, and "Wooden Shoe Like to Know?" from OPI to make some mountains. These are the mountains that my lovely monk was squashed in! I decided to add some dots to the top because it looked very empty. For some reason, my skin looks very colorless in this picture where it didn't in person. As expected, this polish is perfect in every way! Great coverage, amazing dry time, and no staining when I removed it. Love, love, love.<br />
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Next up is Quiemita! Named after my cave druid in our first Pathfinder campaign, this gorgeous green is so exactly what I've been missing from my collection. I've spent forever trying to find this shade, and Jior Couture nailed it! I had acidic slime in mind when I designed this one, as Quiemta was a cave druid. After some random number of levels that I can't remember, she could have turned into an ooze (how awesome is that?) so I thought it was fitting. Quiemita, too, met an unpleasant fate. She was actually killed and then resurrected and then killed again like twenty minutes later in a TPK. GOOD TIMES. This was one of my favorite characters to play ever. She grew up in a cave, so it was really fun roleplaying her not understanding any social cues. For example, one time I super failed a roll to understand someone giving me sign language cues and I fell into some water and blew our cover. Anyway! To the actual polish.<br />
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For this lovely business here, I used three coats of Quiemita for the base. It was pretty opaque in two, but I prefer not seeing my nail line. The wonderful Quiemita's favorite food was cave mushrooms, so that's what I decided to draw! You should have seen the practice mushrooms for this, it was just a hilariously bad process. For the mushrooms, I used a base of "Yes Your Majesty" by Stardust Polish with "Little Brown Dress" by Essie for the dots and outlines. The underside of the mushroom is "Butt Bootie Naked" by Lacquer Lust and the stem is "Wooden Shoe Like to Know?" from OPI. As per usual, this polish was perfection. It dried very quickly and was easily removable despite being super glittery and gorgeous on the nail!<br />
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Last but abso-freakin-lutely not least is Moll. Moll was named after my Arch Militant in our very first Rogue Trader campaign. Mind you, that picture is of a Sister of Battle, but it's exactly what Moll looked like. The 40k world is one of my favorite things since sliced pie, so getting to have essentially limitless funds and connections in it was pretty awesome. Like, I had my own army on our ship. I saved this character for last since she is the only one still alive! Our campaign ended suddenly when my jerk friends were jerks and broke up our ship, but she will live to murder them in my campaign someday.<br />
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As with Quui, this was two coats and a breeze to use. Since Moll was an insane murderer, I gave her a blood accent nail using "Through the Fire" from Deborah Lippmann. In fact, I designed this polish off of the blood that she tended to spill. I miss the heck out of her! As with all of the above, I'm entirely in love with this polish.<br />
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More of a close up on this juicy, red holo!<br />
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Overall, these polishes were everything that I wanted and more than I expected! They were made and shipped in record time, and there was clearly no lacking in quality in the process. If you've ever been hesitant to buy custom polishes like I was, look no further! Jior's got you all set up. Check them out at <a href="http://www.jiorcouture.com/">www.jiorcouture.com</a>.<br />
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If it wasn't obvious, I paid for these myself. I wasn't asked to review them, I just honestly love them and wanted to share my experience!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01476284392441283397noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965169979724039936.post-54368766624535600642014-06-06T14:32:00.000-07:002015-02-27T12:26:43.003-08:00Family Appreciation Nail Art #4 - Coffee, Teaching, and More!Sorry I was MIA for so long, I've been fighting tooth and nail to finish this quarter strong and get into a child development undergrad program! As a reward for your patience, I've saved up a few posts that I think you will enjoy. First up is my final family appreciation post (for the time being). I saved my mom for last because she, like many moms, is probably my biggest fan. She is constantly looking at my Instagram (and updating me on how many followers I have, thanks Mom!) and liking/complimenting everything that I do. As you've seen from the last few family posts that I've done, I have quite a bit in common with all of my family members, but personality-wise I'm probably closest to my mom. As a result, her nail art is sort of an amalgamation of a lot of different things that we have in common or that remind me of her. So here we go!<br />
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First up is my thumb. This one was slightly more related to the names/themes of the polishes than the actual design itself. Blue is my mom's favorite color though, so it worked out well! For the base I used two coats of "The Cold Never Bothered Me Anyway" from <a href="http://royalpolish.storenvy.com/">Royal Polish</a>. And yes, I am a 6 year old at heart, so I've seen Frozen about a million times. My mom is a third grade teacher, so of course she knows all about it too! On top of that, I did one coat of "Men of Letters LE" from <a href="http://supernaturallacquer.storenvy.com/">Supernatural Lacquer</a> in the center of the nail. I just used the stock brush for this, so it's not perfect, but still pretty even. My mom used to watch Supernatural with me all of the time in high school, so every polish I get from this amazing brand reminds me a little of her! On top of THAT, I did one very thin strip of "Alpine Snow" from OPI. My mom was born in Colorado and used to ski as a child, so this one reminded me of her as well. I also used the stock brush for this, so the line isn't perfect. I was really happy with the final effect on this one! Very simple, but pretty.<br />
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For my pointer finger I decided to do a galaxy nail again. Every time I do galaxy nails my mom absolutely loves them, so I thought I should do one for the nails that were dedicated to her! This is probably one of my favorite color combinations that I've done and I really wish pictures did it justice. I liked it so much that I did my right hand all galaxified and did a tutorial on it! Since I'm going to have an entire post about how I did this nail and all of my right hand, I'll skip the spamming of polishes and mini tutorial on this one.<br />
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For my middle finger I decided to do another gradient. I am honestly obsessed with gradients and I do them whenever physically possible! In fact, I think I may make another post about them later today. I'm in a blogging mood. Anyways! For this I used a base of "Butt Bootie Naked" from <a href="http://www.lacquer-lust.com/">Lacquer Lust</a>. This is one of my all-time favorite polishes! On top of that I sponged "BBN," "Wooden Shoe Like to Know?" from OPI, and "Little Brown Dress" from Essie. I was pretty happy with it plain, but I decided to add a little nail art design of what inspired this color combination: coffee! My mom and I are both avid caffeinistas, a word that I really hope I was the first to think of. For this, I used "Alpine Snow" again and mixed in a little of "BBN" on the top of the cup and for the little swirly coffee lines, or whatever those are. For the little heart at the bottom, I used a dotting tool and "Yes Your Majesty" from <a href="http://www.stardustpolish.com/">Stardust Polish</a>.<br />
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For my ring finger, I decided to do a sort of recreation of the apple mani that I did for an untried challenge hosted by two of my favorite Amys on Instagram. My mom is a teacher and I'm in school to be a teacher, so apples are obviously like half of what I eat. If only that were the case...Anyway! I used a base of two coats of "Totes Magotes!" from <a href="http://dollishpolish.bigcartel.com/">Dollish Polish</a>. So glad I got this while it was available, I live by this minty holo! On top of that, I used the stock brush and "Yes Your Majesty" to make the little apple. I used a thin line of "Little Brown Dress" to make the stem and used some of my "Alpine Snow/BBN" mixture from my coffee nail to give it a little shading. I was surprised how much I liked this nail since I didn't think my original apple mani looked like an apple at all! I gotta represent my home state though. :)<br />
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For my pinky, I actually represented my mom's home state! She (along with most people in my house) is a huuuuge, huge Broncos fan. Unreasonably huge. She grew up in the Denver suburbs and has remained a die hard fan in her years away from the state. So I decided to do a John Elway nail! I used a base of one coat of "Ay Poppy!" from <a href="http://cultnails.com/">Cult Nails</a> and a 7 I dabbed on using "Absolutely Alice" from OPI. For those of you who don't know this, I'm a huge Alice fan and I was so thrilled when a wonderful lady I follow on Instagram was selling hers! Again, I just used the stock brush for this. I guess I was just anti-nail art brushes on this mani. Topped them all off with Cover Me top coat from <a href="http://www.jiorcouture.com/">Jior Couture</a> and went on with my day!<br />
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Hopefully you all enjoyed my last family-inspired mani for the time being!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01476284392441283397noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965169979724039936.post-49968906563025486162014-05-26T00:19:00.000-07:002015-02-27T12:21:51.618-08:00Family Appreciation Nail Art #3 - Texas Hold 'Em!Sorry I was MIA for so long! I had a long week with homework and allergies trying to kill me. Apologies in advance for ranting more than normal for this family appreciation, this one is a big one. Today I decided to (finally) finish my nail art that is dedicated to my dad. He has been supportive of everything I've done since I was a little kid, and nail art is no exception. My dad is a software engineer, a super smart guy, and a talented poker player. First, a little backstory on why poker means so much to me. When I was very young, I felt very inferior to both of my sisters. They were both in different sports, they were good at math, naturally talented at writing, taller than me...You name it, I was insecure about it! My dad was taught to play Texas Hold 'Em by my great-grandfather (his maternal grandfather) when he was very young, and he taught us in turn. When my sisters and I were much younger, we often had poker tournaments at the house. I was always really excited about them because I was actually good at poker! It really gave me something to be proud of and feel secure about at a time in my life where I felt useless. Since then, I've grown to accept my strengths and those of my siblings, but poker was the only thing that I felt good at for a long time. I still watch poker with my dad fairly regularly and I love when he calls me when he's playing to get advice or to tell me stories. It's something that has really bonded us over the years and I can't imagine our relationship without poker conversations!<br />
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As I've said, my dad has been so supportive throughout the years for every random thing I've grown attached to. He was even supportive when I got a tattoo of all of the card suits since it was in his honor. He is a very frugal and reasonable guy, so he doesn't remotely understand the amount of money that I spend on nail polish. He worries about my finances and constantly keeps an eye out for my sisters and I in that regard. He's done so much for us and he continues to astound me everyday with how amazing he is at being a dad. He shares my nails with friends from work (hi friends!), he asks me to send him pictures of my nails almost every day, he asks to see them whenever he gets home; I just can't even explain how much all of his support means to me. Now that I'm done being all sappy, I'll get to the actual nail art!<br />
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I stuck with black, white, red, and green ($$$$) for this mani, so it's pretty simplistic.<br />
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For the thumb and pinky finger, I used two coats of <a href="http://supernaturallacquer.storenvy.com/">Supernatural Lacquer</a> "Prototype 3" as a base. This shade is not available anymore, but it is extremely close to "GED & A Give Em' Hell Attitude." On my thumb, it was covered in one coat of Supernatural Lacquer "We Kill the Sparkly Ones For Free." I've blurred it a bit in this picture so you can see all of the gorgeous holo glitter in it!<br />
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On my pinky finger, I used one coat of <a href="http://www.365daysofcolorpolishes.com/">365 Days of Color</a> "Nothing Suits Me Like A Suit." I know, I know, I basically put this on everything. It's just one of those must-have, perfect glitter toppers!<br />
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On my pointer finger, I used one coat of A England "Camelot" topped with one coat of 365 Days of Color "Pulling. It. Off." Again, this is just one of my must-have glitters! I use it on everything.<br />
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On my middle finger, I did a gradient using Pretty Serious Cosmetics "Nightmaren" for the base. I did one easy coat of Nightmaren with a quick coat of NYC "Grand Central Station" to seal it in. After that dried, I sponged on a combination of Nightmaren and Camelot until it was blended enough for what I had in mind.<br />
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Lastly, my ring finger! For this, I started with one thick coat of OPI "Alpine Snow." After that had dried enough, I put on one coat of GCS and let that dry completely. I decided that I'd rather use polish for this than acrylics since I really wanted the shimmer in Nightmaren to show up on the accent nail. I honestly used the tip of a sharpened colored pencil and a dotting tool to do every suit on here!<br />
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I hope you all enjoyed what is my second-to-last family nail art!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01476284392441283397noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965169979724039936.post-78147606005026275632014-05-18T22:24:00.001-07:002015-02-27T12:18:00.062-08:00Family Appreciation Nail Art #2 - Mass Effect!Sorry I'm a bit late with this one! As luck would have it, the sister who these nails were designed to honor came over for a sleepover last night so we were all rather caught up with that. These nails were designed for my older sister, Amanda, and our shared love of Mass Effect. She is probably one of the sweetest people in the entire world to everyone and has always been incredibly supportive of my sister and me. She even made a post on Reddit bragging about my blog because she's like my second momma! It was really adorable. Anyways, I love her to freaking death. Now for the nail art!<br />
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I didn't do a close-up of my thumb or my pinky since they're not really nail art, but I'll still list polishes. My thumb has OPI "Over & Over A-Gwen" with one coat of <a href="http://www.365daysofcolorpolishes.com/collections/118897-all-products">365 Days of Color</a> "Nothing Suits Me Like A Suit" over it. By far my favorite black and white glitter in the world, just by the way. My pinky was two easy coats of "Librarian's Shush" by Femme Fatale Cosmetics. I added this because it softened the other nails a bit and she used to work as a library assistant so I knew she'd appreciate the name! Now on to the actual nail art.<br />
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For my pointer finger, I did a sort of gunmetal color base ("Carbonite" from Revlon) with some simulated blood spatter. The blobs were applied using a dotting tool that I bought from <a href="http://winstoniastore.com/">Winstonia Store</a>. As with my thumb, this red is "Over & Over A-Gwen" from OPI.<br />
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For my middle finger, I decided to do a simple N7 design. I was really excited about this one since it was the most detailed thing I could really do with the thickness of brushes that I have. There are a ton of different designs used for the N7 logo, but I went off the one on my hoodie sleeve. The base was (again!) OPI "Over & Over A-Gwen." After the base and the top coat that I put over it dried, I used Scotch tape to paint all but a thin stripe black using "Camelot" from A England. After that dried, I used a striping brush to add the white lines with OPI "Alpine Snow." The N7 logo itself was also freehanded using a brush and "Alpine Snow."<br />
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For my ring finger, I decided to do a single galaxy nail. The base for this was "Camelot" from A England and top coat. After that dried, I sponged on a mixture of "Downtown" by Revlon, "Perle" by Dior, "50/50" by ORLY, "Lady of the Lake" by A England, and "Tess d'Urbervilles" by A England. After those all dried, I added small "stars" using "Carbonite" by Revlon. When that dried, it was time for a top coat and it was all done!<br />
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I've had better galaxy nails (I clearly need to practice them more often!), but overall I was really happy with these! I actually did this design on both nails and wore them to a friend's bridal shower and got quite a few compliments. Do any of you have any different techniques or colors you like to add in galaxy nails?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01476284392441283397noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965169979724039936.post-61226527352697039192014-05-14T00:06:00.001-07:002015-02-27T12:11:02.695-08:00Family Appreciation Nail Art #1 - Baseball!It has become exceedingly apparent to me in the past few months that I'm very lucky to have such a supportive family. I have a hobby that many consider frivolous and borderline strange, but my whole family is so supportive and excited about my nail art. Realizing this, I've decided to do nail art that reminds me of each one of them so that they know how much I appreciate their support and understanding.<br />
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I decided to pick my little sister, Emily, for the first spotlight. We've been at odds many times throughout our lives, but she still sticks up for me when people don't understand my obsession with polish. She compliments every mani I do. She likes everything I do on Instagram. She is an all-around cheerleader for my nail art, even though she herself doesn't really understand the interest. One of the main reasons that she is so supportive is that she knows what it's liked to get judged for an obsession, hers being sports. She has always loved them, and her love for them is infectious! And so, in her honor, I made some baseball nails to show you all. I used all nail polish for this, so I'll go through each nail to break down what I did! (All nails are using <a href="http://www.jiorcouture.com/">Jior Couture</a> "Smooth Me" ridge filling base coat and "Cover Me" fast dry & seal top coat.)<br />
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On my thumb, I simply had a base of Butter London "Dosh" with a messily applied streaking of OPI "Skip the Gift Wrap." I used a fan brush to give it a sort of grass feel. Mind you, no self-respecting baseball field caretaker would allow their grass to look that ragged and unkempt!<br />
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For my pointer finger, I used a base of Butter London "Cuppa" and painted on rough lines with OPI "A-Taupe the Space Needle" (which was very fitting, considering the Seattle theme). After that dried a little, I sponged more "Cuppa" on top of it to give it a very battered, wooden feel. This nail, quite obviously, represents the bats! No batting gloves here!<br />
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Since I was born (and mostly raised) in the greater Seattle area, I went with Mariners' colors (teal and navy) on my middle finger. I used <a href="http://www.purebeautyshoppe.com/collections/pure-nail-lacquer">Pure Nail Lacquer</a> "Overflow" for the base and did a chevron tip with OPI "Yoga-ta Get This Blue!" using <a href="http://nailvinyls.com/">nail vinyls</a> from <a href="http://instagram.com/teismom">@teismom</a> on Instagram.<br />
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For my ring finger, I attempted to create a zoomed-in baseball look. I used OPI "Alpine Snow" for the base and free-handed the stitches using Deborah Lippmann "Footloose."<br />
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For my pinky finger, I simply used Mineral Fusion "Galaxy" by itself since it had small navy hexes and larger green ones, it worked perfectly for this!<br />
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Do any of you guys have a baseball addiction? I'd love to hear stories! And thanks again for reading!</div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01476284392441283397noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965169979724039936.post-38036284455576787392014-05-08T16:35:00.000-07:002015-02-06T21:13:18.133-08:00Introduction!I wanted to begin this first post with a little introduction about where I'm coming from as a nail artist and a human being. Ever since I was little, I loved nail polish. I've had pretty severe anxiety problems from a young age, so I bit my nails ever since I could remember until a coupe years ago. My little sister convinced me to get an Instagram (she's much more hip than I am) and I instantly fell in love with the nail community. I had never seen nail art before and was astounded at the things that some of the artists could do. On top of rekindling my lifelong love for varnish, it made me realize how unhealthy my nail biting habit was and how much I wanted gorgeous, long nails! I worked long and hard to have strong, healthy nails that I'm happy with. While they do still break on occasion (thanks a lot, retail work), I know that they're a jillion times better off than they were prior to joining this community. With all of the support and kind words from other nail artists and family, I've decided to become a little more dedicated to my passion of nail art. I've spent my life in love with art and polish, so it only makes sense for me to combine the two and try to share it.<br />
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As some of you may know, I started a blog about a year ago to record the steps I was taking to get better nail health. I ended up making very few posts for it since I wasn't happy with how my nails looked (hence the point of the blog) and didn't often take pictures of my manicures. Recently, however, I've been feeling like I'm creating manis that I love and never get a chance to post on Instagram! While this is a very exciting realization since it means my nail heath has improved greatly, I was rather bummed about not being able to share all of the manis I make. With this realization, I've decided to once again delve into the world of nail blogging, only with much more regularity and depth this time around.<br />
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I hope you enjoy!<br />
Allison (<a href="http://www.instagram.com/whimsicalicious">@whimsicalicious</a>)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01476284392441283397noreply@blogger.com3