Samarium's Swatches

Barielle Brilliant Colors - Swatches & Review + Tribal Nail Art!

2013-06-17T11:08:00.000-05:00

Hello lovely readers! I hope you are having a terrific Monday!
Here I am writing up a blog post and waiting for the mail to come :D

Today's post is the new Barielle Brilliant Colors Collection! With some added nail art, go go!

*Products in this post were sent to me for the purpose of a 100% honest unbiased review.*

Smarty Pants Pink - Two coats.

Magna Cum Laude Turquoise - Two coats.

Straight A Coral - Two coats.

High Marks Purple - Two coats. One is enough coverage.

Head of the Class Green - Two coats.

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As you can see I decided not to add the descriptions today. I felt they were just misleading.

They describe the shades as neon which they aren't, they are bright and gorgeous but just not neon.
Barielle has been releasing some really fantastic collections this year! Really gorgeous cremes.
The collections this year are already some of my favorite Barielle's!

This collection follows suit with a small exception, Magna Cum Laude Turquoise.
Mine was streaky which you can kind of see in the picture. I do believe a third coat would have taken care of the streaks and it wasn't horrible to apply. Just not the standard I hold for Barielle based on their other polishes.

Although I could have gotten a off bottle, other reviews seem fine.

I recommend doubling on base coat with it also, I had no staining but just to be safe.

And also while you're at it I would with Head of the Class Green as well.

It didn't stain my nails but it was a pain to get off my skin, so apply carefully and double up to be safe!

All of the other shades in this collection had impeccable formulas and applied super easy!
I'm loving Straight A Coral so much, I don't understand I used to hate corals but this year I love them!

Follow Barielle on Facebook and Twitter!

You can purchase Barielle Shades from their website.

They retail for $8.00 or you can purchase this whole collection in a kit for $25.00.

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I received my new nail art brushes and wanted to put them in use!
I tried my hand at a Tribal Manicure! I'm out of practice and despite the topcoat smearing I think it came out okay!

And really I need to find a better topcoat, I waited THREE hours before top coating in hopes to prevent smearing :(

Nope didn't help. Damn you SV. -_-

The base color is Illamasqua Load, and the black is Milani Black Swift. All the other colors are from this Barielle collection!

& Mattified!

And of course I added Butter London Matte Finish.

What are your thoughts on this collection? I love the colors they chose!
Also who watched True Blood? :)

*Products in this post were sent to me for the purpose of a 100% honest unbiased review.*

Miss Professional Nail - Sation - Swatches & Review

2013-06-16T08:24:00.000-05:00

Hey all, Happy Father's Day! I doubt many, if any dad's read my blog but still.
It can serve as a reminder for those of you with a Father to go tell him Happy Father's day :)

Today's post is my very first experience with the brand Sation! A brand I've been wanting to try for ages!
So scroll down to see my thoughts and swatches! (Plus some nail art!)

*Products in this post were sent to me for the purpose of a 100% honest unbiased review.*

Money Badger - Two coats over Bondi Central Park Blossom.

"A wild honey and mahogany glitter medley in a clear base." From the Glitter I Collection.

Plenty of Frogs - Two coats.

"A toad-ally awesome green with a kiss of silver glitter." From the Candylandia Collection.

Prairie Fairy - Two coats.

"An all-flattering, flesh-toned peaches-and-cream." From the Little Horse on the Prairie Collection.

Queenie In A Bottle - Two coats.

"Blink for this royally rich pink." From the Candylandia Collection.

Rock A Guy Blue - Two coats.

"A true, tough denim blue." From the Little Horse on the Prairie Collection.

You're My Lacquer Charm - Three coats.

"An electric pop-rock pink." From the Candylandia Collection.

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I really can't say enough how wonderful these polishes are! They have terrific formula's and go on so smoothly and dry quite fast. They are also affordable so that is a big plus!

I'm a sucker for a gorgeous pink so Queenie in a Bottle is my favorite!

Along with Plenty of Frogs and You're my Lacquer Charm!

Prairie Fairy doesn't look wonderful with my skin tone but I'm dying to stamp over it!

Sation polishes are available for purchase on the Miss Professional website.

They range from $5.00 to $ 7.00 each. (The $7.00 polishes are from the Glitter I Collection)

Stay up to date with Miss Professional Nail on Facebook!

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I used all of the polishes in this post, with the exception of Money Badger to do the striped mani below.
I used nail tape and a striping brush. Unfortunately it smudged a little during topcoat application.

My daughter asked me to paint her nails with Queenie so I gladly obliged, then I asked her what she wanted on top! Flowers? Polka Dots? And she chose Polka Dots! I added the dots with a dotting tool and Rock A Guy Blue.
Then I decided to do my nails to match hers.

I did my nails while she was on my lap and the topcoat smudged here also so needless to say they are far from perfect but I loved matching our nails together. :) (Who knows of a smudge proof topcoat? I used SV)

Have you tried the brand Sation before? Which of these do you like?

*Products in this post were sent to me for the purpose of a 100% honest unbiased review.*

Digital Nails Galactica, Stars at Night & Timey Wimey - Swatches & Review

2013-06-15T19:58:00.001-05:00

Hey guys! I hope your weekend is going great!
I did my daughters nails to match mine today and it was adorable! No worries it will be in a upcoming post!
For today's post I have three gorgeous shades from Digital Nails to show you!

*Products in this post were sent to me for the purpose of a 100% honest unbiased review.*

Galactica - one coat over A England Camelot.

"This gold and green beauty is made with color shifting glitter and goes from amber, to bright gold, to sea foam
depending on the angle at which it is viewed. The color shift effect works in any lighting, not just sunshine."

One coat over China Glaze Budding Romance.

Stars at Night - Three coats.

"Stars at Night is a navy jelly polish with more spectraflair linear holographic pigment than you can shake a stick at.
It doesn't even need sunshine to scream OMG RAINBOWS, and those bad boys will pop out even in dim indoor lighting."

Timey Wimey - One coat over Nubar Grape.

"Timey Wimey is an insane blend of purple, teal, aqua, chartreuse, hot orange-pink, & tangerine glitters, in a
multitude of shapes and sizes suspended in clear base specially designed to hold up lots of glitter.
This polish has shreds, HUGE dots, tiny holos - it's an explosion of sparkle."

Timey Wimey sandwiched between another coat of Nubar Grape.

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All three of these polishes are wonderful, all of Raphaelle's polishes I've tried have had terrific formulas!
Her glitter polishes disperse super easily and evenly without having to try which is nice!
Stars at night was a dream! I love it, I wore it for three whole days! Which for me is a long time :)
I love the Galactica and Budding Romance combination!

You can purchase Digital Nails polishes from Etsy, ranging from $10.00-$13.00 ea.

Stay upto date with Digital Nails via Facebook and Twitter.

Have you tried this brand yet? Which polish/combination do you like the most?

*Products in this post were sent to me for the purpose of a 100% honest unbiased review.*

Salon Perfect Kaboom & Floam Comparison

2013-06-14T13:31:00.000-05:00

Hi all! Today's post is another quickie (but don't worry, more reviews soon!)

This post compared Floam and Salon Perfect Kaboom!

Kaboom (left), Floam (right)

Floam is on the Pointer & Ring finger nails and Kaboom is on my Middle and Pinky nails.
I used three thin coats of both on my bare nail.

Kaboom is more dense and goes on a little less smooth, but it is more affordable.
Kaboom is just a little more dense than Floam.

They seem pretty dupe-y to me! Something about Kaboom is a tiny bit different.
It looks like it just has more yellow and green than Floam.

Now I have to go suffer the experience that is the grocery store :(
If I was rich I would get my groceries delivered lol

I hope you all have a wonderful day!!

*Some products in this post were sent to me for the purpose of a 100% honest unbiased review.*

Printable Nail Art Template!

2013-06-13T06:58:00.000-05:00

Hey guys! Just a quick little post here, This morning I was drawing up nail art ideas and got a bit sick of trying to draw nice nail shapes. So I decided to make a quick printable template!

Here it is if anybody else is interested! You can click it and download the full size from my Flickr.

Salon Perfect Neon Collision Shades Jolt, Kaboom & Shocked - Swatches & Review

2013-06-12T15:02:00.001-05:00

Hi guys! Today's post is featuring three of the new Salon Perfect Neon Collision Shades!
Scroll down for swatches! :)

*Products in this post were sent to me for the purpose of a 100% honest unbiased review.*

Jolt
"Yellow and orange collision"

One coat over Sation You're My Lacquer Charm.

Kaboom
"Turquoise and yellow collision"

One coat over Sation Plenty of Frogs.

Shocked
"Hot pink and turquoise collision"

One coat over Sation Queenie in a Bottle and Alessandro Mini (no label, I got it in my Birchbox months ago.)

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What can I say about these besides how awesome they are?!
It's so nice to see a mainstream brand capture something properly that we've seen many indies do!
The formula of these polishes is very consistent, they are a little thick but still applied pretty easy and evenly for me.
You will need to double up on a good thicker topcoat such as SV or Gelous.

You can purchase Salon Perfect nail polish from your local Walmart for a limited time at $3.98 each.

Follow Salon Perfect on Facebook!

Which of these if your favorite? Have you purchased any of these?

*Products in this post were sent to me for the purpose of a 100% honest unbiased review.*

CrowsToes - Swatches & Review

2013-06-11T21:25:00.000-05:00

Hey guys! For today's post I have seven polishes from CrowsToes to show you!
I tried to find a crow for the macros but I have no idea if it's right so ignore that, close enough to me, lol.

*Products in this post were sent to me for the purpose of a 100% honest unbiased review.*

Bunny Slope - One coat over Sation Prairie Fairy.

"A mix of white, silver and opalescent glitters mixed in a clear base."

Frog's Breath - One coat over CrowsToes Season of the Witch.

A glitter topper with gold glitter and various green glitters.

Heartless - One coat over Sation Queenie.

"A mix of holographic and deep berry micro glitters. I dare you to find one heart shaped glitter in there."

Lil Miss Sunshine - Three coats.

"A purple shimmer polish with color-shifting shimmer/micro-flakes that shift from silver to purple to green to blue."

Milquetoast - Three coats.

"A white-based glitter polish with various sizes of metallic copper hex pieces and holographic copper micro-glitter."

Season of the Witch - Three coats.

"A black-based green flake polish with color-shifting flakes that go from green to purple/fuchsia. This isn't glitter, it's flakes!"

Voodoo - One coat over China Glaze Fancy Pants.

"Purple, orange and green glitters in a clear base"

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The formulas on the glitters are like all CrowsToes glitters so they are a bit thick which is because they are made with uncut suspension base so the wearer can thin the polish to their desired viscosity.
I used them at the original formulas and dabbed the glitter on. I might think Voodoo and Frog's Breath a little.

Heartless, Lil Miss Sunshine, Milquetoast, and Season of the Witch all applied perfectly!
The formulas on the above were super easy to apply.

Llarowe for $13.00 each or from Overall Beauty for $12.00 each.

Follow the CrowsToes blog, The Polished Crow!

Here is a better macro shot, the Crow one was more for cuteness :)

Which of these do you like best!? I'm in love with Heartless!

*Products in this post were sent to me for the purpose of a 100% honest unbiased review.*

Barielle Nail It Sweepstakes!

2013-06-10T20:34:00.001-05:00

Since the Barielle Tips to Toes Sweepstakes was so successful Barielle has decided to have another Sweepstakes for the month of June! Read below for the info on the Nail It Sweepstakes!

The June Sweepstakes will start on June 10^th and end on June 30^th.

There will be 10 prizes given out and one Grand Prize of a DKNY Blue Leather Handbag, RSP of $175.00.

The Barielle kit will consist of:

1 Two of the Summer Collections 5 Packs (Brilliant Colors and Summer Brights) - $50

2 One Nail Rebuilding Protein Base Coat - $17.50

3 One No Chip Speed Dry Top Coat - $12.50

4 One Nail Strengthener Cream - $17.00

Total value of $97.00

The Grand Prize will include the fashion accessory plus the Barielle Kit.

Go here enter the sweepstakes on a computer, or here if you are on your cell phone!

Starlight and Sparkles Polishes - Swatches & Review!

2013-06-09T07:04:00.000-05:00

Hey guys! Hope your weekend is going well! I'm sad it's Sunday, I know I won't get any nail mail :(
But I do have 12 gorgeous polishes from Starlight and Sparkles to show you today!

*Products in this post were sent to me for the purpose of a 100% honest unbiased review.*

Companion Fairy - One coat over Zoya Anja.

"Companion Fairy is a color shifting sparkle top coat, meant for layering over other polishes. It is one of a quartet of color shifting sparkle top coats. Companion Fairy shifts through turquoise, blue, teal, and cool green."

Din - One coat over Zoya Colbie.

"Din is a color shifting sparkle top coat, meant for layering over other polishes. It is one of a quartet of color shifting sparkle top coats. Din shifts through red, orange, gold, and green."

Dragon - One coat over A England Lancelot.

"Dragon is a color shifting duochrome top coat, meant for layering over other polishes. It is one of a trio of color shifting duochrome top coats. Dragon shifts from bronze gold to green, and flashes orange and teal at the extremes of its color range."

Dragon Breath - Three coats.

"Dragon Breath is a cool-toned teal linear holographic with the same color shifting shimmer that is in the other Dragon polishes (Dragon and Dragon Scales)."

Eponymous Princess - Three coats.

"Eponymous Princess is a true pink polish with multi-colored shimmer, inspired by Princess Zelda of the Legend of Zelda games. The pink is neutral (not leaning particularly warm or cool). Pink, gold, and blue sparks stand out in the shimmer. This polish is opaque in two to three coats."

Farore - One coat over Zoya Coraline.

"Farore is a color shifting sparkle top coat, meant for layering over other polishes. It is one of a quartet of color shifting sparkle top coats. Farore shifts through teal, green, light green, and gold."

Nayru - One coat over Sation Rock A Guy Blue.

"Nayru is a color shifting sparkle top coat, meant for layering over other polishes. It is one of a quartet of color shifting sparkle top coats. Nayru shifts through turquoise, blue, and violet."

Phoenix - One coat over China Glaze Velvet Bow.

"Phoenix is a color shifting duochrome top coat, meant for layering over other polishes. It is one of a trio of color shifting duochrome top coats. Phoenix shifts from red to gold to green, and flashes vivid red and bright green at the extremes of its color range."

Phoenix Fire - Two coats.

"Phoenix Fire is a warm-toned purple linear holographic with the same color shifting shimmer that is the other Phoenix polishes (Phoenix and Phoenix Feathers)."

Starlight - One coat over Zoya Ki.

"Starlight is a holographic top coat, meant for layering over other polishes."

Unicorn - One coat over Nicole by Opi Khloe Gad A Little Lam Lam.

"Unicorn is a color shifting duochrome top coat, meant for layering over other polishes. It is one of a trio of color shifting duochrome top coats. Unicorn shifts from cool green to blue, and flashes turquoise and vivid indigo at the extremes of its color range."

Unicorn Spell - Two coats.

"Unicorn Spell is a cool-toned violet linear holographic with the same color shifting shimmer that is in the other Unicorn polishes (Unicorn and Unicorn Tears)."

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I really love these polishes! The glitter topcoats like Farore, Nayru are a little thirsty though.
I should have used another coat of topcoat but I didn't notice until the photos. Not biggie if you are using a thicker one like SV. I was very impressed with Carissa's formulas, they all go on so smooth and great especially the holos!

The holo shades are special too, not run in the mill they have pretty shimmer in them too! It's easiest to see in Unicorn Spell. Dragon is super amazing, I mean I love these all I can't choose favorites!

Eponymous Princess slightly reminds me of NOPI Kimpletely in Love.

You can purchase Starlight and Sparkles polishes from Carissa's Etsy shop. Her polishes range from $3.00-$6.50 for mini's and $7.00-$16.00 for full size bottles.

What are your thoughts on these?
How amazing is the holographic topcoat over Zoya Ki?

Also don't forget to go enter my giveaway!

*Products in this post were sent to me for the purpose of a 100% honest unbiased review.*

My Two Year Blogiversary Giveaway!

2013-06-07T09:04:00.000-05:00

Finally here is my very late Two Year Blogiversary giveaway! It is finally here!
Since you've all been waiting so long I won't bother with too much text :)

Prize #1 - Two Custom Nerd Lacquers generously made & donated by Amanda from Nerd Lacquer.
There will be two winners.

Prize #2 - My collaberation shade from Picture Polish, Atomic.
Plus a $20 Gift Certificate to spend on Llarowe.

Prize #3 - The Entire I've Made a Huge Mistake Collection donated from the amazing Kristi at Happy Hands Nail Polish. See my Swatches & Review here.

Prize #4 - A small assortment of some of my go to nail care favorites!
CND Solar Oil, CND Stickey Base Coat, Nail Tek Foundation II, Cult Nails Wicked Fast, & Lush Lemony Flutter.

Prize #5 - Three Mosaic Lacquer polishes donated from the sweet Jessica of Mosaic Lacquer,
Along with an assortment of BN spare polishes I had around the house.
Jessica Hologram Chic Set, Sephora by Opi Real 18K Gold Topcoat, Shimmer Polish Nichole, Deborah Lippmann Today Was a Fairy Tale, and a Mini of Jindie Nails Dream in Color.

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I've had many people from other countries enter already so I have decided to just make it easier for myself and open the giveaway Internationally as well! :)

a Rafflecopter giveaway

May the odds be ever in your favor. :)

Aphrodite Lacquers True Love and Heartbreak Collection - Swatches/Review

2013-06-06T17:31:00.000-05:00

Hey guys! Am I the only one who still can't believe that it's already June?!
It's weird how days drag by but then time feels like it flew past you. In only four short months my baby girl will be 4! And I keep forgetting to bring up the giveaway, holy crap I guess it's impossible for me to ever have one on time lol It took me forever to get the time to take pictures of the prizes in between reviews but I just have to finish editing them- so it'll be soon!

Anyway, today's post features four new shades from Aphrodite Lacquers True Love and Broken Hearts Collection!

*Products in this post were sent to me for the purpose of a 100% honest unbiased review.*

Contrary - One coat over Zoya Keiko.

"Blue and hot pink shimmer in a clear polish base, with blacks, white, neon pinks, satin pinks, matte pinks,
and bright pinks."

Flirty - One coat over A England Lancelot.

"Neon pink sheerish base with blueish purple and pink shimmer packed full of different neon pinks, several different satin
and matte pinks, satin and matte whites, blacks, a couple different color pink daisies, a few diff sizes of circle glitters, holos"

Romance Never Dies - One coat over Lacquer Lust Poseidon's Envy.

"Clear base with electric blurple shimmer, silver shimmer, and holo shimmer. jam packed full of various
sizes and shapes of matte white glitters/ silver holo glitters/ blueish-purple iridescent glitters."

Standing Here Waiting - Three coats.

"Cobalt blue jelly polish, and contains ALL of the following- various sizes and shapes of matte white glitters/ silver
holo glitters/ blueish-purple iridescent glitters."
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I had no application issues with any of these polishes, the formula's were on par with all the other awesome Aphrodite Lacquer's I've tried! I really love Flirty!

You can purchase this Aphrodite Lacquers collection from Etsy for $9.00 each.

Follow Aphrodite Lacquers on Twitter and Facebook!

*Products in this post were sent to me for the purpose of a 100% honest unbiased review.*

Mont Bleu Crystal Nail File & Tweezer Review

2013-06-05T16:35:00.001-05:00

Hi all! Today's post is a review of some Mont Bleu products!
Scroll down below to see what I thought of their nail files & tweezers!

*Products in this post were sent to me for the purpose of a 100% honest unbiased review.*

Nail Files
As you can tell from below, there's not a huge difference in the B&A. At the time I didn't want to get rid of any length I just wanted to tidy up the shape a bit. I mostly use the larger one, but I like the use the little one on my daughter's nails :)
I used these files exclusively for a month before posting to be sure that they didn't have any wear, which they still haven't shown any signs of. Each file comes in it's own protective sleeve, it doesn't protect it from breaking but keeps it clean.

I've tried many crystal/glass files such as the Opi one, NailTek, and some other cheaper brands from Sally's.

The Opi was great at first but eventually wore and stopped working for me.
The NailTek much like this one was fab and never showed any wear but it broke. I'd say they are similar in terms of quality.
The Sally's off brand files I tried showed wear within a month and stopped working as well. The grit was lower than the other higher quality ones.

Before Filing:

After Filing:

Tweezers
These tweezers work quite well, and they are cute!
Until now I'd never been satisfied with any tweezers other than Tweezerman ones but these come very close!
I still think that I slightly prefer Tweezerman but if you can't afford to shell out $20 for a pair of tweezers you can get this brand for much less!

Earrings
I wasn't sure if I was supposed to review these exactly, I assume there are just a little extra thrown in but they are very cute. A tad big for my taste for studs. (Which is hilarious because I used to wear huge dangle-y earrings when I was younger) I didn't feel right posting a picture of my ear, so hopefully the photo of them suffices.
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You can purchase Mont Bleu products from http://www.design-glassware.com/

The prices vary depending on the style or on the size you would like.
But for a general idea here are the prices of the items in this post.

I can't find the exact link for the Mini Nail File or Large but a similar mini is 8,00 € / $10.46.

And a similar large nail file is 10,00 € /$13.08.

Or you can get a set of the mini and large for 15,00 € / $19.61

(When I say large, I mean the larger file int his post. They do have even larger files for toe nails and files for feet as well.)

Tweezers: 12,00 € / $15.69
Earrings: 8,00 € / $10.46

I hope this review helps if anybody is currently lookign to try or buy a new crystal nail file!
I highly recommend these files, they work great and are very good quality!

Don't forget to follow Mont Bleu on Facebook & Twitter!

*Products in this post were sent to me for the purpose of a 100% honest unbiased review.*

Happy Hands Beachy Keen Collection - Swatches & Review!

2013-06-03T14:01:00.000-05:00

Happy Monday guys! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!
Today's post is the new Beachy Keen Collection from Happy Hands!

*Products in this post were sent to me for the purpose of a 100% honest unbiased review.*

Beachy Keen - One coat over Zoya Caitlin.

"The namesake of this collection embodies hot summer afternoons with glitters in hot coral, fuchsia, pink, gold, and turquoise."

Cherry Cola - Four coats. Captured a tad brighter than how it is irl.

"A perfect summertime refreshment, Cherry Cola will cool you off with it’s delicious jelly base and cherry red glitter."

Tropical Storm - Three coats.

"Sometimes your beach vacation doesn't go according to plan thanks to a pesky Tropical Storm. Not as dangerous as a hurricane, but just as annoying! A dusty turquoise jelly with coral, gold, and blue glitters to show just how messy - but beautiful – Mother Nature can be."

Sandcastles in the Sand - Three coats.

"A sandy-hued jelly with gold and ocean blue holo glitters to capture the beauty of the glistening sand and water of the beach."

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This collection is really fun and cute! I don't own anything like Cherry Cola whatsoever!
I used four coats of Cherry Cola, three looked good but there was still some VNL showing.
But I think I have to give it to Sandcastles int he Sand for my favorite from this collection though!
It's beautiful, neutral but not boring and the formula is impeccable. Not to mention Robin freaking Sparkles :D hehe
Beachy Keen has wonderful coverage, I only used one coat! But all of the formula's were great!

Keep up with Kristi on Facebook, Twitter & on Instagram!

Happy Hands polishes cost $10.00 ea or you may purchase the full set at $60.00.

Happy Hands can be purchased at the following sites!

Happy Hands Etsy

Happy Hands Bigcartel

Harlow & Co.

Mei Mei's Signatures

Femme Fatale Cosmetics

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Scofflaw Summer Collection - Swatches & Review!

2013-06-02T20:50:00.000-05:00

Hey guys! Tonight's post is the new Scofflaw Summer Collection!
Scroll down to see six gorgeous and unique shades!

*Products in this post were sent to me for the purpose of a 100% honest unbiased review.*

Electric Salamander - Three coats.

"Electric Salamander consists of a pale shimmer-packed green-gray base with glitters in lavender, light and dark green, and bright electric neon blue. The aforementioned shimmer in the base is made up of blue, purple, and pink sparkles. It's typically opaque in two or three coats, depending on your nails."

Little Edie in the Grey Gardens - Two coats.

"Little Edie in the Grey Gardens is a homage to that greatest of cult-classic documentaries, Grey Gardens. It starts with a soft grey base filled with matte glitters in pastel yellow, coral, and lavender as well as metallic chartreuse and pink. It features light green shimmer highlights, which come out to play in certain lights. It's typically opaque in two or three coats, depending on your nails."

Owls of Outrage - Three coats.

"Owls of Outrage! It starts with a shimmery blackened plum wine base, which is packed with glitters in grey, teal, rose, holo violet, and purple. It's completely opaque in two or three coats."

Paranoid Android - Two coats.

"Paranoid Android is a vibrant, perfectly-perfect sky blue jelly. It boasts a subtle shimmer, and is packed with glitters in neon coral, dark plum, sky blue, and gunmetal silver. It's typically opaque in two or three coats, depending on your nails."

Valley of the Dolls - Two coats.

"Valley of the Dolls is a juicy strawberry hued pink-red. It features an especially shimmery base with dazzling silver highlights. It contains glitter in matte grey, gunmetal silver, rose, and lavender. It's semi-opaque but can be built up opaque in 2 or three coats depending on your nails. It also looks great layered over other polishes."

Wyld Stallyns - Two coats.

"Wyld Stallyns is just the sort of polish the Princesses would have worn when rocking out with Bill and Ted. A vibrant violet-leaning purple base with copper and pink shimmer, filled with glitters in different shapes and sizes in purple, blue, chartreuse, silvery white, neon pink, and pale blue."

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This entire collection is just beautiful! Seriously, I'm very impressed!

I want to choose favorites but they are all stunning, I think Owls of Outrage is at the to of the list though! It's breath taking! Even prettier in person I swear! Wyld Stallyns and Little Edie in the Grey Gardens are way up there too! I don't own anything like Little Edie in the Grey Gardens! All six polishes had terrific formulas and applied easily.

Scofflaw Nail Varnishes are available for purchase from Etsy, Llarowe and Shop Electicco.This collection was just stocked early today, I do believe most are sold but follow through the links below to stay up to date with restock information!

Stay updated with Scofflaw through Facebook and Instagram!

*Products in this post were sent to me for the purpose of a 100% honest unbiased review.*

China Glaze Texture Swatches & Review

2013-05-31T10:00:00.000-05:00

Hi guys! Today's post is of three of the new China Glaze Texture polishes!

I hope everybody enjoys the upcoming weekend! I'm out of town hanging out at my sisters with my brother, hubby, daughter and nephews! We played Settlers of Catan for the first time last night and that was really fun! I lost but still :P Saturday I'll be back home and then I'm going out to dinner with some fellow polish lovers in KC! Anybody else have plans this weekend??

*Products in this post were sent to me for the purpose of a 100% honest unbiased review.*

In The Rough - Two coats.

"Light lime green with textured grit,"

Itty, Bitty, & Gritty - Two coats.

"Melon with textured grit."

Of Coarse! - Two coats.

"Bright cobalt blue with textured grit."

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These polishes were all very consistent formula wise, a tad thick but very easy to apply!
I used two coats for each of them but they just barely needed the second coat!
I'd recommend applying thinly and letting the polish dry fully in between coats. If you don't wait for it to dry completely before adding the second coat it takes a much longer time to dry and get as gritty :)
I tried these with topcoat but I like them better gritty! (I forgot to take photos, sorry!)

I'm slowly growing on textured polishes more and more and I really love the bright cheery shades that China Glaze released. These were very cute especially in person! I haven't done a wear heard wonderful things about the lasting power on these babies!

Stay up to date with China Glaze on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!

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Lacquer Lust - Swatches & Review

2013-05-27T16:21:00.000-05:00

Hi guys! Happy Monday! How was your weekend? Anybody have any fun Memorial Day plans?
Not much going on here still completely enthralled with Buffy! I'm almost done with season 6, and I'm getting so sad that I know there's not much more :( Just one more season.

Anywho, today's post is featuring a new-to-me indie that I've been eager to try! Lacquer Lust!
I was so excited for these thermals!! I only had one before these but I'm so fascinated with thermal polish!

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From Dusk till Dawn - Three coats.

Top: Hot
Middle: Transitioning from Hot to Cold.
Bottom: Cold

Heads Up 7 Up - Three coats.

Top: Hot
Middle: Cold
Bottom: Hot (Pointer & Middle) & Cold (Ring & Pinky)

Morning Sunshine - Three coats.

Top: Hot
Middle: Transitioning from Hot to Cold.
Bottom: Cold

Poseidon's Envy - Three coats.

Top: Hot
Middle: Transitioning from Hot to Cold.
Bottom: Cold

Sky's the Limit - Three coats. Two were sufficient but I smudged a nail.

Venus - Three coats.

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These polishes are so beautiful, when I saw Venus I literally said "Holy Shit" out loud.
Seriously stunning, even more so in person than the pictures!
The formulas on every single one of these were smooth and buttery, they applied so easy!
It's difficult to pick favorites because I love each one, but something Morning Sunshine really pulls me in. I'm not typically a coral and peach fan! Venus is far up there too!

Lacquer Lust polishes are available for purchase from Bigcartel, and are priced at $12.50 each.

Keep up with Jo and her gorgeous creations on Facebook, Instagram & Twitter!

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Happy Hands I've Made a Huge Mistake Collection - Swatches & Review!

2013-05-26T14:22:00.003-05:00

Hey guys! Today's post is a freaking awesome one :)
I have the Happy Hands I've Made a Huge Mistake Collection to show you!
And what better day than today? The new season of Arrested Development is up on Netflix now!!
I'd be watching it right now If my hubby was home from work!

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Banana Stand - Three coats.

"A yummy yellow jelly crème with chocolate-brown glitter and of course, there’s always green glitter in Banana Stand! This polish is part of the I've Made a Huge Mistake! Collection."

For British Eyes Only - Four coats.

"Only a Mr. F wouldn’t love this polish (just kidding)! A teal jelly with satin & holographic teal glitter, it truly is love, indubitably. This polish is part of the I've Made A Huge Mistake! Collection re-release."

I Just Blue Myself - Two coats over Hanging in the Balance.

"Now you can blue yourself, too! Multiple sizes, shapes, and finishes of blue glitter make this a perfect glittery topcoat to finish yourself off! This polish is part of the I've Made a Huge Mistake! Collection re-release."

Illusions, Michael - One coat over Opi A Roll in The Hague.

"Illusions, Michael: Put away your Sword of Destiny and put on this magical polish! Illusions, Michael contains a mix of red, gold, orange, and holographic stars. This polish is part of the I've Made a Huge Mistake! Collection re-release."

Mayonegg - Three coats.

"There’s nothing too disgusting about this milky white polish with yolk-y yellow glitter! This polish is part of the I've Made a Huge Mistake! Collection reformulated release."

Motherboy - One coat over Zoya Jolene.

"There’s nothing like a mother & son wearing matching outfits, and now they can match their nail polish too! This is a mix of pastel satin glitters in green, aqua, baby blue(th), pink, and lavender. This polish is part of the I've Made a Huge Mistake! Collection."

Tricks are Something a Whore Does for Money... or Candy - One coat over
Illamasqua Nomad.

"This is no illusion! A protestacular mix of silver, holographic green, and gold glitters including some truly magical holo stars! This polish is part of the I've Made a Huge Mistake! Collection re-release."

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All of these polishes are amazing and have terrific formulas!
For British Eyes Only is a little sheer and needed four thin coats for opacity but I felt the effect was worth it!
But it can also be layered if you dislike using multiple coats.

I'd love this collection even if I wasn't a fan of Arrested Development but the inspiration just makes me love them even more! The polish names just make me remember each scene/joke that they are named after and make me want to watch it all over again! Ida has wonderful swatches of this collection and gifs, pictures or videos of what they are inspired from here! (Go check out her blog, shes awesome)

Keep up with Kristi on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram!

Happy Hands polishes cost $10.00 ea or you may purchase the full set at $60.00.
HH can be purchased at the following sites.
Happy Hands Etsy
Happy Hands Bigcartel
Harlow & Co.
Mei Mei's Signatures
Femme Fatale Cosmetics

Who else is/will be watching Arrested Development tonight?!

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Happy Revolution Project Badass Collection - Swatches & Review!

2013-05-23T20:23:00.001-05:00

Hey guys! Today's post is one I'm especially excited for! The Happy Revolution Project Badass Collection!
For those who may not know Happy Revolution is a collaboration between Polish Revolution and Happy Hands Nail Polish!! Two amazing indies merging to make a badass collection! What could be better?

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Aluminum Monster - Three coats.

"You can wear this polish under your prom dress, or let it shine on it's own in all of it's glory!
A black jelly with teal shimmer and holographic teal, gold, and silver glitter."

Champion of the Sun - Three coats.

"Dayman, fighter of the Nightman, champion of the sun, he's a master of karate and friendship for everyone.
Wear this polish and you can be a champion of the sun, too!
A sunny jelly with orange, gold, and yellow glitter with shimmer."

Flip Flip Flipadelphia - Three coats.

"For those moments when you're reigniting old rivalries or playing flip cup (or both).
A gray jelly with red, gunmetal, and silver glitter."

GreenMan - Three coats.

"Wearing this green polish will help you get through some hard times, and to party in style!
A bright green jelly with neon green and lime iridescent glitters."

Kitten Mittens - Three coats.

"Is your cat making too much noise all the time?... Think there's no answer? You're so stupid!
There is! Kitten Mittens. An adorable white jelly with white, black, bubblegum, and baby blue glitters."

Night Crawlers - Three coats.

"What is Nightcrawlers? Why, it's a game where you crawl around in the night like worms..
and this polish is perfect for the occasion, without ruining it with blankets.
This is a wine-colored jelly with matte gray, silver, gunmetal, and burgundy glitters and red micro glitter."

Rum Ham - Three coats.

"Eating your drinks? That is genius! Get drunk at sea with this deliciously boozy polish.
A pink jelly with copper, pink, brown, pineapple and cherry colored glitters."

The Nightman Cometh - One coat over China Glaze Def Defying.

"Nightman, sneaky and mean; spider inside my dreams, I think I love you.
You too can have sexy hands like Nightman, with this polish!
A glitter topcoat with black, lime, gold, and white glitter."

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Unfortunately I haven't seen the show (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) that this collection was based off of, yet!
But I still love this collection it's just great! The formulas are perfect and go on smooth.
Next time I will layer Kitten Mittens over white I think, there is a lot of pretty glitter in it so it appears a bit chunky with three coats. A lot of them are just sheer enough to layer if you'd like but also opaque with three coats. I really love each one of these but I have to say that Aluminum Monster is just my favorite, utterly stunning!
Followed closely by Night Crawlers & Rum Ham!

Make sure to keep up with both Kristi & Lauryn to see their beautiful polish creations!

Facebook: Happy Hands / Polish Revolution
Twitter: Happy Hands
Instagram: Happy Hands / Polish Revolution
Shop: Happy Hands Etsy / Happy Hands Bigcartel / Polish Revolution

Are you guys loving these as much as me?!

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Mosaic Lacquer - Swatches & Review

2013-05-21T20:06:00.000-05:00

Hey guys! Today's post is featuring five polishes from the indie brand Mosaic Lacquer!

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Here Comes the Sun - One coat over Gradient Pointer & Pinky- China Glaze Mahogany Magic and Zoya Codie. Middle & Ring Zoya Josie and China Glaze Holly-Day.

"Here Comes the Sun is a top coat with a green to red shimmer with gold and copper glitters."

Pointer & Pinky- China Glaze Mahogany Magic & Zoya Codie.
Middle & Ring Zoya Josie & China Glaze Holly-Day.

Morning Star - Three coats.

Morning Star - One coat over A England Camelot.

She Carried Lilacs - One coat over Zoya Josie.

Tumbleweed - One coat over A England Camelot.

Vampire at Heart - Two coats over Zoya Tao.

"Vampire at Heart is a Glitter top coat with purple shimmer, purple glitter and a variety of black glitters including black hearts."

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Overall the formulas were really good! Tumbleweed seemed a little goopy at first glance but spread on with ease.
She carried Lilacs requires some glitter placement but nothing too difficult.
Morning Star is just stunning, layered or on it's own. The shimmer in Here Comes the Sun is gorgeous too!
Vampire at Heart over Tao is just a perfect match, don't you think?

Mosaic Lacquer is available for purchase from Etsy for $8.00 ea

I hope you are all staying safe during all the storms going on lately!

I'll try to start posting more consistently again, I just needed a bit of a break!

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Barielle Tips to Toes Sweepstakes!

2013-05-20T15:15:00.000-05:00

Hey guys! Sorry I haven't posted in a few days, been trying to catch up and I've also been distracted watching Buffy /hides

Today's post is a quick post to remind you all to enter the Barielle tips to Toes Sweepstakes if you haven't already!

There will be a total of 11 winners, 10 winners and one grand prize winner!

The lucky winners will get:

1- One 5 Pack Nail Color Set – Retail $25

2- One Nail Rebuilding Protein – Retail $17.50

3- One Nail Strengthener Cream – Retail $17

4- One No Chip Speed Dry Topcoat – Retail $12.50

5- One Total Foot Care Cream 2.5oz – Retail $12.00

6- One Professional Protective Hand Cream 2.5oz – Retail $8.00

Total Value of $92.00!!!

The Grand Prize includes the Spa Kit plus a Michael Kors wallet ( value over $100.00)

You have until May 27, 2013 @ 12:00 pm (EDT) to enter, So what are you waiting for?
Go enter here for a chance to win!!

This is a good opportunity to win some of Barielle's recent collections, such as the ones below!

These two Collections are some of my Barielle favorites!

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Digital Nails Ultimate Ginger and Wibbly Wobbly - Swatches & Review!

2013-05-15T16:53:00.000-05:00

Hey guys! Today's post is from the indie brand Digital Nails!
This was my first time trying this brand and I'm loving it!

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Ultimate Ginger - Two coats.

"Ultimate Ginger is a unique blend of marigold, orange, avocado white and holographic aqua glitters suspended in a robin's egg blue crelly base. It is designed to wear alone and is shown above at three thin coats. It looks amazing with a regular or matte topcoat."

Ultimate Ginger Mattified! Soooo beautiful!!

Wibbly Wobbly

"Wibbly Wobbly is an insane blend of grass green holographic, teal, aqua, chartreuse, & hot pink glitters, in a multitude of shapes and sizes suspended in the sheerest of blue jelly base specially designed to hold up lots of glitter. This polish has matte, metallic, blue microflakies, HUGE dots, tiny holos - it's an explosion of sparkle."

I used one coat over Zoya Pinta on my Pointer & Pinky nails, and over China Glaze Turned Up Turquoise and Hanging in the Balance gradient on my Middle & Ring fingers.
I loved this manicure so freaking much, it was hard for me to remove it!!

Wibbly Wobbly Matteified! Sorry about the shrinkage.

Here's the mani before Wibbly Wobbly, Zoya Pinta on my Pointer & Pinky, and China Glaze Turned Up Turquoise and Hanging in the Balance gradient on my Middle & Ring fingers.

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I absolutely LOVE both of these polishes! Even if they were Doctor Who inspired they are both so pretty!
But the fact that they are pretty and inspired from one of if not my favorite tv show makes them even better!The formulas were both very easy to apply, WW was a little more difficult because of the larger glitters but I still found application easy.

You can purchase Digital Nails polishes from Etsy, both these polishes sell for $10.00 ea.

Stay updated with Digital Nails on Facebook and Twitter.

Raphaelle kindly sent me Ultimate Ginger because Amy is my favorite companion,
Who is your favorite Doctor Who Companion?

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Pretty Serious Daphne's Birthday Party!

2013-05-14T03:08:00.001-05:00

Hey guys! Today's post is to celebrate the Pretty Serious one year anniversary!

Daphne's Birthday Party sponged on top of China Glaze Aquadelic and Cult Nails Devious Nature.

"Daphne's Birthday Party is a combination of 5 different coloured glitters of the same size, designed to look like sparkly confetti on your nails!"

Daphne's Birthday Party is a special polish to celebrate the one year anniversary of Pretty Serious and the first Birthday of our much loved mascot, Daphne!

Not my best gradient, I didn't realize how dense the polish was before hand, definitely build-able for full opacity!

Pretty Serious Polishes are available at http://www.pretty-serious.com/ for $9.95 AUD ea.

Anyone else participating in posting Daphne's Birthday Party today, I made a inlinkz tool - feel free to add your URL below!

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Contrary Polish Ain't That a Beach Trio - Swatches & Review!

2013-05-12T15:04:00.000-05:00

Hi all! Happy Mother's Day to my fellow mother's out there! I hope you have a terrific day!
Today's post is my first experience with Contrary Polish! Scroll down to see what I think!

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Sand - Two coats.

"Dirty tan with metallic gold shimmer and brown microglitter"

Sky - Two coats.
"Sky blue with metallic gold shimmer and blue microglitter"

Surf - Two coats.
"Green-leaning blue with bright green shimmer and blue.green microglitter"

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This was my very first experience trying Contrary Polish and I have to say that I am seriously impressed!
The formulas were so terrific, they went on effortlessly! All three of these shades are just stunning.
Sand is amazing, she captured sand so well! I wore Surf the longest, I didn't want to take it off the shimmer is amazing!

Contrary Polishes are available for purchase from the following websites:

Llarowe
Shoppe Eclecticco
Femme Fatale Cosmetics

All three polishes are currently in stock on Llarowe for $11.00 ea.

Follow Contrary Polish on their Blog, Facebook and Twitter!

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Ozotic 604, 730 & 912 - Swatches & Review!

2013-05-11T16:14:00.000-05:00

Hey guys! Today I have three gorgeous Ozotic nail polishes to show you!

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Ozotic 604 - Three coats, no undies.
"Yellow gold sparkle high impact nail polish"

Ozotic 604 is a white gold holo that has no glitter!
604 contained a scattered holo element that will bring rainbows to you fingertips!
Your nails will take on a whole new dimension when in bright light or sunlight sparkling with every colour of the rainbow!

Ozotic 730 - Two coats, no undies.
"Golden orange/rose duo chrome nail polish"

This shade contains a special effect known as a "colour flop"
Do you see bronze/gold or is it burgundy?
Layer over black or white base coat to create a totally different colour!

Ozotic 912 - Two coats, no undies.
"Scattered holographic particle multi chrome nail polish"

Ozotic 912 is a purple/pink scatter chrome holo that has no glitter.
Watch this shade change from chrome specks to multi coloured specks in bright sunlight.
912 contains a holographic shimmer that will bring rainbows to your fingertips.
Your nails will take on a whole new dimension when in bright light or sunlight sparkling with every colour of the rainbow!

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The formulas on all three of these were really great, especially 604 and 912.
730 was a little more difficult because the brush but I think mine was just a little wonky, none of my other Ozotics have had the same issue. regardless it applied nicely!
I didn't see a huge difference in others swatches of 730 and 912 with a black base, so I opted to show them on their own. 912 is super hard to capture, but it just stunning!

You can purchase Ozotic nail polish from the following sites plus more!

Llarowe
Harlow & Co.
Overallbeauty
Nail Polish Canada
piCturepOlish.com

Keep up with piCture pOlish on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram!

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GlitterDaze Easter Explosion Collection - Swatches & Review

2013-05-10T15:35:00.002-05:00

Hi all! Today's post is the GlitterDaze Easter Explosion Collection!

Although Easter has come and passed, you can wear these beauties year round!

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Bombtastic Bunny - One coat over GlitterDaze Strawberry Slumber.

"Bombtastic Bunny is a super loaded glitter topcoat containing multiple shades and sizes of light pink and light blue glitters as well as multiple shapes and sizes of silver holographic glitters such as hearts, stars, diamonds, shreds, and bars! This polish will look great over a multitude of different colors!"

Chicky Chicky Boom Boom - One coat over GlitterDaze Peaches & Dreams.

"Chicky Chicky Boom Boom is a super loaded glitter topcoat full of yellow, matte pink, and lavender glitters. There are so many different shapes and sizes of glitter, including hearts, stars, diamonds, shreds, hexes, and bars. This polish is accented with multi sizes shapes of metallic holographic glitter to give it an eye catching sparkle!"

Dynamite Duckling - One coat over GlitterDaze Mint Summer Night.

"Dynamite Duckling is a super loaded glitter topcoat containing green, pink, gold, and white glitters in a multitude of shapes and sizes. These glitters include dots, diamonds, stars, bars, hexes, shreds. There is also a little sprinkling of micro holographic gold glitter to add to sparkle factor!"

Eggsplosive - One coat over GlitterDaze Cotton Candy Coma.

"Eggsplosive is a super loaded glitter topcoat that is sure to please the pastel lovers out there. It is jam packed with a wide array of pastel glitters and shapes including hearts, stars, flowers, shreds, hexes; you name it, its in there! What really makes Eggsplosive stand out is the addition of iridescent glitters in multiple sizes; they really give this polish that sparkle that plain matte glitter polishes sometimes lack."

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These four glitter polishes are so pretty, and packed full of glitters, no fishing required at all!
They, like many glitter toppers with larger glitter do need 2 coats of topcoat.
Chicky Chicky Boom Boom is my favorite!

You can purchase GlitterDaze products from www.GlitterDazeNP.com,

www.meimeisignatures.com and www.ledouxnuage.com.

This collection is available for $11.00 each or $40.00 for the collection in it's entirety.

Follow Sana to keep up with GlitterDaze on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter!

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