NOTD: Deborah Lippmann Mermaid’s Dream & Zoya Wednesday

Posted on May 18, 2012 | 5 Comments

Happy Friday Peeps!

I hope you’ve all had lovely weeks and are looking forward to the weekend. I know I am…though the highlight of my weekend is sleeping in and being lazy, because for once I have nothing planned. So sad that doing nothing is so exciting. I’m livin’ the dream! ;)

Anyway, today I have a little mani that I did using Deborah Lippmann Mermaid’s Dream and Zoya Wednesday.

First of all, Mermaid’s Dream is just so much ridiculous awesomeness in a bottle and I’m so glad I finally got my hands on it. I can’t even describe how great it is. It’s a glittery/shimmery/foil combo that is just completely gorgeous. Plus, it applies like a dream. Lippmanns are pretty expensive at $16-18 a bottle, but if you’re gonna drop some dough on one, let it be this one. Luckily I had a Zappos gift card that I got from work, so I didn’t have to drop my own cash on it, and that makes me love it even more ;)

Then we have Zoya Wednesday which is also amazing in its own right. It’s a beautiful, dusty blue/green creme. And like most of Zoya’s cremes, it has a great formula; not too thick and not too thin.

For this mani I used 2 coats of Wednesday on all but my ring and pinky fingers. Then on my ring and pinky, I used 3 coats of Mermaid’s Dream. I wanted to try out the newish trend of doing 2 accent nails instead of just the one, and I really like how it came out. Peep the pics:

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And because Mermaid’s Dream is so awesome, I decided to also make a couple of rings out of it (I have them on my Etsy shop). Peep it:

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Don’t Mermaid’s Dream and Wednesday make a good couple? I loved this mani so much that I wore it for 3 days, which is pretty epic for someone who changes their polish daily.

Anyway, let me know what you think of this mani, and have a fantastic Friday!

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Aphrodite Lacquers Ambrosia

Posted on May 16, 2012 | Leave a comment

Hey Peeps! Happy Pink Wednesday!

I haven’t done a pink Wednesday in foreverrrrr…and to be honest, doing one today was an accident. It just so happened that the mani I most recently took pics of was pink :)

Anyway,  today I’ve got another lovely indie polish from Etsy. It’s a beautiful glittery jelly called Ambrosia by Aphrodite Lacquers.

Ambrosia is part of Aphrodite Lacquers’ Sandbar collection. It’s a light pink jelly interspersed with fuchsia, pink and silver glitter. It’s super gorgeous on its own, but I was going for a more opaque look so I layered it over Essie Tour de Finance.

In the pics below I used 2 coats of Tour de Finance and 2 coats of Ambrosia. Peep it:

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Pretty, right?

You can buy Ambrosia and the other 5 lovelies in the Sandbar Collection from Aphrodite Lacquers’ Etsy shop.

Ambrosia is currently out of stock, but should be back at the end of the month. There are still three other colors from the collection available as I write this post. I own 4 of the 6 in the collection and I definitely recommend all of them, so get your hands on them if you have a chance.

That’s all for today folks. Have a happy hump day!

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Pretty & Polished Phoenix

Posted on May 10, 2012 | 2 Comments

Happy Thursday Loves!

I hope you all have had a great week so far! Today is my Friday, so I’m looking forward to powering through the work day and getting to the weekend! :)

Today I’ve got another awesome indie polish for you. It’s Phoenix from Pretty & Polished.

Phoenix is a super gorgeous polish made up of a pale orange base packed with tons of small orange, yellow and red matte glitter (mmm I love matte glitter!), and medium red hex glitter. It’s so freakin’ beautiful! It’s like a little fire in a bottle.

It can probably be worn on its own and be opaque in a few coats, but I have a small bottle so I decided to layer it to save as much as this lovely as possible. I layered it over the awesome, fiery orange beauty that is China Glaze Riveting.

In the pics below I have 2 coats of Phoenix layered over 2 coats of Riveting. The glitter in Phoenix spreads really well, but you do have to fish a little for the hex glitter. That’s ok with me though, because the end result is amazing! Check it out:

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I wanted to throw in this picture because it looks like my nails are glowing!:

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Awesome right?!

I couldn’t stop staring at my nails when I wore this because it was like they were on fire! I love it!

You can buy Phoenix from Pretty & Polished on Etsy. I’m not sure if Phoenix is available in a full size bottle, but the little one like I have is $4.75

Let me know what you think of this lovely and have a terrific Thursday! :)

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NOTD: China Glaze Gothic Lolita & Lynnderella LavenDear

Posted on May 8, 2012 | 6 Comments

Happy Tuesday!

I know…I know…I’ve been neglectful of the blog again. I really do try to have a regular posting schedule, but life happens. So now I’m just gonna post when I have time and try not to stress about it.

So today I have a NOTD that I did with 2 beautiful purple polishes…Let me preface this by saying that I almost didn’t wanna show you guys this mani because one of the polishes I used is a Lynnderella. I know there’s a lot of drama surrounding them, and it’s frustrating that they’re so hard to get a hold of, but at the end of the day they’re still beautiful polishes IMHO, and that’s that.

Anyway, the lovely purples I used for today’s nails are China Glaze Gothic Lolita and Lynnderella LavenDear.

First of all, if you don’t have Gothic Lolita, GO GET IT NOW! It is an amazingly beautiful polish from China Glaze’s Electropop collection. It’s a gorgeous, medium purple with some awesome hidden shimmer running through it. When I first saw promo pics, I was like, “meh, another purple”. But it’s not just another purple. You really have to see it in person to fully appreciate it, but trust me when I say that you need it. Plus, it’s called Gothic Lolita, which I happen to think is a pretty badass name for a nail polish. It goes on smooth and buttery and is opaque in 2 coats.

On my ring finger I added 2 coats of the purple glitter explosion that is Lynnderella LavenDear. It goes perfectly with Gothic Lolita, so I couldn’t resist doing a glittery accent nail with it. Peep the purple goodness:

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So what do you think of this purple mani?

It’s out of the normal range of polish colors that I tend to wear, but I love how it came out.

I know LavenDear is not easy to get your hands on, but Gothic Lolita is pretty easy to find and it’s totally awesome. Also, if you do happen to have LavenDear, I’ve just provided you with the perfect “underwear” for it. You’re welcome ;)

That’s all for today my loves! Enjoy your Tuesdays and be happy that it’s no longer Monday! :)

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Lac Attack Jewel of the Nile

Posted on April 30, 2012 | 2 Comments

Happy Monday Peeps!

I hope you all had a great weekend!

Today is the last day of April and alas, my last day of blue nails for Autism Awareness. I didn’t get to post as much as I would’ve liked, but I did hold true to my mission of wearing blue nail polish every single day this month :)

Today I wanted to end the month by showing you another awesome indie polish: Jewel of the Nile by Lac Attack.

Lac Attack is a newish indie polish seller on Etsy, but by this beauty alone, I can tell that its creator, Anastasia, knows exactly what she’s doing.

Jewel of the nail is a mix of neon matte glitters suspended in a clear base. In the bottle it looks almost exactly like Floam by Nail-Venturous, except with some purple glitter thrown in. The glitter in it is not as dense as the glitter in Floam though, so it definitely needs to be layered.

In the pics below I layered 2 coats of Jewel of the Nile over 2 coats of China Glaze Turned Up Turquoise. I love the way it came out and it made my nails look super bright and fun. Check it out:

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Do you see how it’s a little reminiscent of Floam? They could be sisters…or cousins. I’ll have to do a comparison post with them later ;)

You can purchase Jewel of the Nile from Lac Attack’s Etsy shop.

It’s currently sold out but I think it’ll be back in stock before the end of the month. The little bottle that I have is $4.25 and the full-size bottle is $8. I wanted the full-size bottle but it was sold out, so I’ll be itching to get my hands on it next time it’s stocked.

So what do you guys think of Jewel of the Nile? Let me know your thoughts and try to have a happy Monday :)

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Whimsical Ideas by Pam – Seuss

Posted on April 27, 2012 | 4 Comments

Happy Friday Everyone!

My schedule is all thrown off this week because of issues at work, so I almost forgot what day it was.

Anyway, today I have a little indie polish for you from Whimsical Ideas by Pam. It’s called Seuss and it is amazingly awesome!

If you haven’t heard of Whimsical Ideas by Pam, it’s an awesome line of polish sold by its lovely creator Pam through her Facebook page. I don’t remember how I first found her, but the first polish of hers that I saw was Peanut Butter & Jelly (which I’ll have a review on next week) and I fell in love.

Once I looked through pics of her polish on her Facebook page and I saw Seuss, I knew I had to have it.

Seuss is a bright and beautiful sky blue creme/jelly packed with fine blue glitter, medium red hex glitter, and large white hex glitter. It applies like a dream and my favorite part is that you don’t have to fish out the glitter chunks! You get a good variety of all of them with each brush stroke. In the pics below I applied 3 thin coats to get to the opacity that I liked. Check out the amazingness:

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Very “Thing 1, Thing 2″-ish, right???

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Isn’t the bottle so cute and…whimsical? ;)  I love the little bow! 

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You can totally see why she named this little beauty Seuss. I’m in love!

The color combination is so perfect. It brings back memories of the old Dr. Seuss books that I learned how to read with when I was little :)

What I love most is that Pam sells her polish through email orders. That means there’s no having to stalk Etsy shops at random hours, or worrying about getting what you want in your cart and checking out before others snatch them up. You just email her your choices, then patiently wait a few days for her to invoice you, and voila!

You can  view more pics of Seuss and Pam’s other polishes through her Facebook page here. There’s info about how to order right on the front page. The polishes are $10 each and her shipping prices are really reasonable. Plus, she ships super fast! I got mine 3 days after I paid.

So what do you think of Seuss? Have you tried any of Pam’s polishes? Let me know your thoughts and have fantabulous Friday! :)

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NOTD: OPI Yoga-ta Get This Blue! & Milani Gold

Posted on April 24, 2012 | 2 Comments

Happy Tuesday Peeps!

Yay for Tuesday because it’s not Monday! :)

Over the weekend I got a random idea for a blue and gold mani in my head. It was one of those ideas where I was like, “I have to take off my current mani and make it happen right now!” The only problem was that I was pretty sure I had gotten rid of every gold nail polish that I owned because I hate the way it looks on me.

After reaching out for some gold polish ideas on Twitter, and googling gold nail polish like crazy, I realized that I still owned a couple of gold polishes from China Glaze’s Winter collections (because China Glaze polishes are my precious and when I have the entire collections I refuse to part with any single color ;) ).

Anyway, the mani I have for you today is the result of my idea manifested on my nails :) In the pics below, I used 2 coats of OPI Yoga-ta Get This Blue! on all but my ring finger. I wanted to bling up my ring finger with Milani Gold, but I didn’t wanna have to use 4 or 5 coats, so I used 2 coats of China Glaze Champagne Bubbles as “underwear”, then I only needed 2 coats of Gold. Peep it:

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Do you like?

If you don’t own Yoga-ta Get This Blue!, you need to buy it. I had my bottle for a couple of years and had forgotten what a beautiful blue it is. Plus, the formula is flawless.

Milani Gold is pretty awesome too. You get a good amount of glitter with each brush stroke and you don’t have to fiddle with the glitter chunks too much to get an even application. Plus it’s so cool and blingy! It’s sounds cheesy, but I get why they call it a “Jewel FX” because it’s totally like you have little jewels on your nails. I love it!

Anyway, that’s all for today my loves! Let me know what you think of this gold and blue mani, and have a terrific Tuesday! :)

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