Northern Star Polish - Swatches & Review

I recently was given the opportunity to review 3 polishes and a cuticle oil from Northern Star Polish. This was my first experience with Northern Start Polish and I was super excited to see what pretties Kristin sent me for review.

All swatches shown with two coats of color without topcoat

Northern Star Polish's Summer Collection will be released at noon (central) on June 15th. She will be releasing new colors as well as cuticle oil scents; cuticle oils will also be available in the roll on bottles as well as the original via design.

Scrum-Diddly-Uptious

This lovely orchid purple shade has holo disbursed throughout and does to a suede finish. It was opaque in two coats.

Sparkling Seaweed

This green holo has an awesome blue shimmer to it, unfortunately I had a hard time capturing it. In real life, the blue shimmer is more pronounced than the pictures. This polish was almost opaque in one coat but I am wearing two here.

Mulberry

Mulberry is a shade that is already released on her site, and is describes as follows, Mulberry is a dark mauve/purple polish with twinkling mica flakies and color shifting micro glitter. Mulberry is a special release, and $5 from each bottle sold will be donated to the National Network to End Domestic Violence (http://nnedv.org/).
The flakes are really pretty in the polish and this shade is completely opaque in two coats.

All of the shades had nice application and self leveling formulas. None of the polishes were streaky and all were opaque in two coats.

Kristin also sent me an unscented cuticle oil for review. This was actually my first roller-ball cuticle oil so I was excited to try that out.

What I liked about this was that having the roller ball kept everything clean and I didn't have to worry about getting too much cuticle oil on at once like you can with a brush. I actually liked that this was unscented as well - I usually apply my cuticle oil right before bed, and I don't really want to be smelling something too strong while I'm trying to go to sleep.

So there you have it, which of these shades was your favorite? Mine is Scrum-Diddly-Uptious!

Pricing Info:
The Summer Collection shades as well as her other polishes are $8.50
Roll-On Cuticle Oil will be $5.00
Original Doe Foot Applicator Cuticle Oil is $3.00

You can find Northern Star Polish at the following locations:

• Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/northernstarpolish
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NorthernStarPolish
• Instagram: http://instagram.com/northernstarpolish
• Email: northernstarpolish@gmail.com

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

Morgan Taylor - Swatches & Review

Happy Friday! Today I am going to be sharing with you 6 more shades from Morgan Taylor!



All swatches are shown with two coats of color with topcoat

PS I Love You

Dress Up

Funny Business

Fame Game (over Funny Business)



A video of Fame Game will be uploaded to my Instagram later today

Sweater Weather

Metalling Around

I found all of these shades really pretty, and they all had really nice application. Fame Game is only one coat and look how glittery it is! I love how all these shades work together, and I know my purple polish loving friends will probably be drooling over some of these.

Which one is your favorite?

You can check out Morgan Taylor at the following locations:

• Website: http://morgantaylorlacquer.com/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MorganTaylorLacquer
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/MTMorganTaylor
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MorganTaylorLacquer

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

The Nail Challenge Collaborative Presents - Skittles - Week 1

The May theme for the ladies in the Nail Challenge Collaborative is SKITTLES. I don't wear skittles on a regular basis but it is fun when you're looking for something different every now and then!

Polishes Used:
-Barielle - Designer Shoes
-Orly - White Tips
-Funky Fingers - Sand & Stilettos

When starting out with this look I didn't intend for it to become skittles, I was just going to have a nice simple cream mani. However, I then saw my chevron nail vinyl's, then I remembered the glitter polish that I purchased at 5below earlier in the year and the look turned into this.

My camera didn't want to capture the glitter in the first picture but hopefully you can see it in the rest of them. If not, I will be posting a video of this look on Instagram sometime today where you can see just how blingly it is!

Let's take a look at what the other ladies have created this week:

An InLinkz Link-up

Easter Mani

Happy Easter! I hope all who celebrate are having a nice day. As I mentioned yesterday I haven't really done any Easter nail art, but I will show you my "Easter" mani. It's purple and pastel so close enough right? :-P

Polishes Used:
-Precision Nail Lacquer - Walking on Air
-Acrylic Paints

I had the purple base and couldn't decide what to do with it, so I checked out one of my favorite You Tube Tutorial Channels, that of  Jaunty Juli. I really like her channel because she makes all of the manis that she creates, easy to re-create by watching the tutorials. For this look I followed her Ombré Fern Silhouette Nail Art tutorial. Instead of the blue, I decided that this would totally work with the purple that I already had on my nails.

I like how this look turned out although I do wish that I would have mixed my first "fern" color to be a little darker because it is too similar to Walking on Air. When I had this look on, I went to McDonalds and the girl who was working the drive through did a double take on my nails and then asked me to see them and told me how much she liked them; I love when that happens :)

Enjoy the rest of your Easter day!

 

 

 

OPI - Next Stop... The Bikini Zone

I recently won the OPI Brazil mini set from a giveaway, and today I'll be sharing with you Next Stop... The Bikini Zone. I actually wore this mani for a couple of days, which is rare, just because I really liked the color.

I am wearing two coats of color with topcoat. This shade has a little bit of everything, purple, duochrome, shimmers, etc. I had a hard time photographing it thought, my flash really gave it a gnarly look.

It feels weird that tomorrow is Easter and I haven't really done any Easter nails; but like I said, April has been somewhat crazy so I'm just trying to keep up with having posts :)

Do you own any shades from the Brazil Collection? If so, which ones?

 

 

 

Twinsie Tuesday: Winter to Spring Transition Polish

It's now Spring and the Twinsies are getting into the spirit with today's theme, Winter to Spring Transition Polish. I *think* this prompt was probably originally meant to be shades you can wear in winter and spring, but I put my own twist on it, and did some winter to spring nail art instead!

Polishes Used:
-OPI - My Boyfriend Scales Walls
-OPI - Alpine Snow
-China Glaze - Gothic Lolita
-Wet 'n Wild - On A Trip
-Hard Candy - Matte-ly in Love
-Acrylic Paints - Green, Purple, Yellow, Orange, White

When I think of Winter to Spring I always think of Crocus'. I am always seeing these pretty purple flowers pop up in my yard through the snow and always think, "no, not yet, this is Pittsburgh, it's going to snow again", but they always seem to be OK. lol. I wanted the perfect purple accent color, so I mixed up Gothic Lolita and On A Trip and got the look I wanted (after I mixed them I realized I could have probably used KB Shimmer - The Grape Beyond, although that has the subtle blue shimmer, which I wasn't looking for).

So like I said, probably not what was meant by the theme, but I don't care, I LOVE this look!

Let's see how the other Twinsie's interpreted this look and what their favorite transition polishes are:

Alaina at The Little Canvas

Amanda at Amandalandish

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Anna at Going to the Showing

Anne at Grape Fizz Nails

Casey at CaseyLane Loves Polish

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Elizabeth at Did My Nails

Erin at Paint Those Piggies

Heather at Peace, Love, & Polish

Kelly at Tuxarina

Lakeisha at Refined and Polished

Maribeth at Obsessive Cosmetic Hoarders Unite

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Rachel at Top Coat It

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Stephanie at A Little Polish

Tiffany at Polished To Precision

Traci at DrinkCitra