5.27.2014

Twinsie Tuesday: Reader Requested Mani

Back to work after a long weekend, womp womp. LOL. So today's Twinsie Tuesday theme is Reader Requested Mani. I just happened to be at a baby shower a few weeks ago with a friend who follows my blog, and when the soon to be mama opened up a lovely watercolored dress for the baby, my friend immediately turned to me and said, you have to turn this into a mani.

So I ended up doing two different manicures, the first which I didn't like  and then this one, which I did.





Polishes Used:
-Orly - White Tips
-Zoya - Tilda
-Zoya - Ling
-Zoya - Rooney
-Zoya - Wendy

This look doesn't match the dress exactly, but it definitely was inspired by the watercolored pinks, greens and blues of the dress.

So that was the look that I liked, and here is the look that I didn't like.




I used the same polishes for this look, with the addition of Zoya Kitridge. This look was OK but just wasn't what I was going for.

I'm excited to see what types of manicures the other ladies' readers requested! Check them out below:

Alaina at The Little Canvas
Amanda at Amandalandish
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Kelly at Tuxarina
Lakeisha at Refined and Polished
Marisa at Polish Obsession
Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les
Stephanie at A Little Polish
Traci at DrinkCitra
 
 

5.26.2014

The Nail Challenge Collaborative Presents - Skittles - Week 3

For all of my fellow US readers, Happy Memorial Day!

For my third Nail Challenge Collaborative Skittles mani, I decided to do something patriotic for Memorial Day and go Red, White & Blue.





Polishes Used:
-OPI - Red (I don't know the name because it was from a mini bottle -- they should really just put mini labels on those!)
-Orly - White Tips
-China Glaze - I Sea the Point

I am totally in love with this look! I love doing glitter placements like these; I had originally planned on just doing the glitters on the white nails, but I loved them so much that I added the glitters to the rest of my nails as well. In my mind, you can't go wrong with a patriotic look, and add in some glequins and well, you get this :)

What do you think of this look? Did you do any special manicures for Memorial Day?


5.25.2014

Nude Leopard Print

To be honest, I haven't been wearing much nail polish to work lately, however, last week I decided to rock some manicures and this is one of them! I have been loving nail art over natural nails so much these days, something I never would have done a couple years ago, but I've just been seeing so many manicures using this style so I thought I would join in.





I love how this look turned out, I used Konad White polish over my natural nails and Pueen09 image plate. Because the image was so dense, I think that this design worked great with what I was going for, you can see a VNL but it's not so in your face and I LOVED wearing this. So simple. PLUS, I didn't have to spend the time waiting for my base color to dry, I just stamped directly onto my NailEnvy basecoat.

What do you think? Would you rock a look like this?

5.24.2014

A Rhyming Dictionary Polish - Swatches & Review


Today I'll be sharing with you 7 pretty shades from A Rhyming Dictionary Polish. Morgan from A Rhyming Dictionary Polish is a super sweet girl and I was excited when she asked me if I wanted to try some of her polishes.



Show and Tell-- One of Calvin’s favorite ways to disgust his fellow classmates is by bringing in whatever gross stuff he can find, usually a big bag of dead bugs. The polish is a gold hued holo (spectraflair) with gold and orange flakies interspersed.



This is a really unique shade, and I don't have anything like this in my collection. I really like how this has flakies and holo, it was a fun combination. This is two coats with topcoat.


Moe-- We all had one. He calls Calvin a twinky all the time and steals his lunch money.  Calvin: “Are your antisocial tendencies the product of your berserk pituitary gland?” Moe: “What?”An aqua holo (spectraflair) with a warm tint.


This is such a fun shade, I loved how it was a bit of metallic but holo. I am wearing two coats here but you can definitely get away with one with this polish.


Susie-- Named after the one and only Susie Derkins, Calvin’s frenemy and neighbor, lunch mate and snowball target who has a soft spot for the cuddly stuffed tiger Hobbes. A periwinkle blue holo made with spectraflair this is a subtler holo, it's not totally in your face. Finish is matte until top coated.


As mentioned in the description, this dries to a matte finish, I am wearing topcoat here but either way you wear it, it's a really pretty shade.


The Transmogrifier-- The transmogrifier is an upside-down cardboard box with a dial on the side that could be set to whatever the user wished to be turned into. The transmogrifier's dial is an arrow that is turned to a setting, which is whatever animal, plant, or thing you want. During its first trial, "Calvin" and "Tiger" settings were added for Calvin to turn into a tiger and back. Little known fact: the transmogrifier will only work if the cardboard box is upside down. Blue sparks with iridescent shine to it this polish is hard to capture accurately.


 I am wearing one coat of Transmogrifier over Sally Hansen Pacific Blue. This is a lovely glitter topper or could be built up into nice jelly glitter.


Bath Time-- We all lamented bathtime as kids but Calvin takes the cake. His love of tsunami’s and antics in the bath make it one of Calvin’s mom’s least favorite times of day as well.  Micro flakes of copper, blue, orange, and gold make for a complex depth, like that of deeply embedded mud and clay.


I am wearing two coats of color with topcoat. I love how full coverage this glittery shimmer shade is in just two coats.


G.R.O.S.S-- Get Rid Of Slimy girlS Calvin and Hobbes create an exclusive club with the primary purpose of excluding and bugging girls. Susie Derkins is frequently the target of the club's activities. Famous for their extremely long password, all the verses are dedicated to praising tigers, since Hobbes is the only one who can climb to the treehouse without a rope ladder. The polish itself is a girly mix of white circles, silver hexes, gunmetal holo hexes, pink holo circles, neon pink squares, flat pink hexes and tiny pink holo hexes.


I am wearing one coat of this glitter topper over Morgan Taylor Berry Perfection. This combination of glitter would look good over a broad spectrum of base colors. There was also a nice distribution of glitter in just this one coat.


Lots of Tiny Snowmen - This is a glitter topper packed with multicolored circle glitters in all shapes and sizes. This polish is not currently in the shop, but should be up soon!


Seriously how fun is this glitter?! As with the last glitter topper it would look good over all base colors, and I love how all the glitter just pops against this black base (KB Shimmer Eclipse)


So there you have it, a wonderful example of some of the pretty shades created by A Rhyming Diction Polish. 

Which of these shades is your favorite? If I had to pick I would have to narrow it down Moe, Susie, The Transmogrifier and Lots of Tiny Snowmen, although you can't go wrong with any of these shades.

You can find A Rhyming Dictionary Polish at the following locations:

Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/Arhymingdictionary
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ARhymingDictionary

5.23.2014

Zoya Bubbly Collection - Swatches & Review

On Sunday I showed you the Zoya Tickled Collection and today I will be sharing with you it's sister collection, the Zoya Bubbly Collection!


This collection seems to contain the sister shades to Tickled. I love when Zoya releases two collections at once because they always seem to work so well together.


All swatches shown with 2 coats of color plus topcoat. Color descriptions provided by Zoya.
Alma: A warm golden peach metallic featuring the exclusive liquid-metal holographic jelly formula. Fully opaque in 2 coats. Perfectly balanced between yellow and orange, this shade flatters most skin tones!


This lovely light tangerine shade works perfectly with the gold undertones in the polish. This is two thin coats and had a nice application.


Binx: A spicy orchic purple dappled with gold metallic and holo sparkles. The exclusive liquid-metal holographic jelly formula is full-coverage in 2 coats. With undertones evenly balanced between red & blue, this shade is flattering to most skin tones.


I absolutely love the description that Zoya put together for this, a SPICY ORCHID shade?! I felt this color looked pretty good with my skin tone as well.


Stassi: A brilliant citron green with a gold metallic glaze and holographic finish. Featuring the exclusive liquid-metal holographic jelly formula with 2 coat coverage.


I don't usually wear a lot of green polish, but what I really loved about this was the name, lol. I am a big Vanderpump Rules fan (I admit, I am a "reality" TV junkie), so gotta love a polish named Stassi.


Muse: A blue raspberry holographic fizz with a subtle vein of gold. This shade features the exclusive liquid-metal holographic jelly formula with 2 coat coverage.


This shade was really hard to capture in the photos, but as with all the shades, the polish had a nice application.


Jesy: A full coverage, firey coral orange metallic holo featuring the exclusive liquid-metal holographic jelly formula. The golden undertones make this shade bright enough to flatter a tan but keep it distinctly different from the coppers of Fall!


I agree with Zoya's description of this orange, somehow it doesn't seem "Fall" too me either, and that's a pretty unique thing  I think.


Harper: A cotton candy pink with a spun gold shimmer. Featuring the exclusive liquid-metal holographic jelly formula, this shade is opaque in 2 coats.


Gotta love a good Barbie / bubblegum / cotton candy pink shade; and this one doesn't disappoint. It almost was a slightly lighter in person so would be great if you're looking for something to add to the work rotation.


So there you have it, the Zoya Bubbly Collection. Which shade is your favorite?


You can purchase these shades now, on Zoya.com!

*Products in this post were provided by the manufacturer for my honest review*