Saturday, August 31, 2013

I Love Nail Polish A Nice Chianti


Hey guys! Happy Saturday!! What are you up to today??

Green and purple makes me think of the Hulk, but that's okay because the Hulk is awesome and so are these nails. 

I Love Nail Polish A Nice Chianti is a dark purple glitter in a clear base. One coat over SinfulShine In The Limelight. Photos with topcoat. 



Do you like purple and green together?? How do you feel about gradients? 

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Friday, August 30, 2013

Recent NOTD: OPI Honey Ryder and China Glaze Keepin' It Teal


Hey guys!

Have any fun plans for the weekend?? Not me, just hanging out and probably going to go through clothes and house things in preparation for a a garage sale! Fun times :-)

Here's a recent NOTD for ya! 

I used 2 coats OPI Honey Ryder on my index and pinky fingers, and 4 coats of China Glaze Keepin' It Teal on the thumb, middle and ring fingers. 

I really like the gold and teal together and I am coming around to these textured polishes. 


What do you think of this combo? How do you feel about the texture trend?? 

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Thursday, August 29, 2013

KraftyGurl Stone Heart and Totally Neon


Hey guys!

Today I have two polishes from a new to me Etsy brand, KraftyGurl polishes! 

I used China Glaze You Drive Me Coconuts as my base color. 

On my index and middle finger, I used Stone Heart, a black and white glitter with hexes and black heart glitters. The hearts were hiding a little bit; I actually forgot to look for them at first and had to go back and add a heart after I applied the second glitter! Ha. This was about one coat of glitter, plus some fishing for the heart. 



On the ring and pinky, I used Totally Neon, a white, pink, blue, green, yellow, pink matte glitter. I love this. It's totally 80's, which is perfectly fine with me :-) One coat.


 You can purchase full sized bottles of KraftyGurl polishes from  her Etsy site for only $6.50! Check them out!

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

I Love Nail Polish Truffle Shuffle


Hey guys!


Yesterday I showed you OPI's Let Them Eat Rice Cake. It's a lovely color... but it's perfect for GLITTERS!!!! 

I Love Nail Polish's Truffle Shuffle has.. wait for it..... CIRCLE GLITTER!! YESSSSS! 

A mixture of pink and red glitters in a lovely chocolate glitter base. This was one coat plus a little bit of blobbing. I did use a coat of topcoat for these photos. 


IT'S SO PRETTY AND DELICIOUS! This is currently on sale for 40% off at ILNP, because it's going away so hurry and check out the SAVINGS! 

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Monday, August 26, 2013

OPI Let Them Eat Rice Cake


Hey guys!

A simple color, but so pretty. 

OPI Let Them Eat Rice Cake is a ricey colored cream polish. This was 2 easy coats. My bottle was purchased from a blog sale, so it's a black label. Muahah. 




 Also... the perfect base for GLITTERS!! Muahaha!

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Saturday, August 24, 2013

Darling Diva Polish Oblitus


Hey guys!

This beauty was included in a recent order from Darling Diva Polish. This is a LE holo that she lost the recipe to, so whoohoo for LE holos! LOL 

Oblitus is a pinky purple holo. I swatched this at night so I didn't have any sunlight but these photos are taken under a table lamp and are still pretty awesome looking. I used 3 coats, no top coat. 





HOLO MACRO!

How do you feel about holos? 

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Friday, August 23, 2013

Lac Attack Beach Daze Collection!


Hey guys!

My Sparkle Short Soul Sista, Ana, recently put out a contest for a fan to create a collection! The winner was Beach Daze and I have 4 of the 5 polishes from that collection for you! 

Sand Goddess, a matte micro glitter with pink, black, white, blue, yellow, and maybe green (?) glitters. 1 coat over SOPI Cab Fare. 




Magic Below The Water is a beautiful blue jelly, with blue and teal hexes. 2.... or maybe 3 coats?? Sorry, I'm terrible!



Sunset in Paradise is a lilac holo. This was 2 coats.


With flash:


 Endless Summer is a yellow, pink, blue, green hex glitter. This was 1 coat over Sunset in Paradise.



One thing that I love... attention to detail (as I forget to take notes most of the time I swatch... ack. Anyway...).

It drives me nuts when labels aren't facing the same way and I feel like Ana knows this and affixes her labels in the same direction just for me.

THE BOTTLES AND LABELS LINE UP! This makes me so happy! 

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Thursday, August 22, 2013

Zoya Fall Pixie Dusts!

Hey guys!

Today I have the Zoya Fall Pixie Dust Collection to share with you! I'm sure you've seen these all over the place but hey, I just had a baby... I'm a little behind! LOL 

I wasn't too crazy about the whole texture trend when these started rolling out but I have to say that the Zoya Pixie Dusts are amazing. So shimmery and beautiful! I'm going to keep this short and sweet, as I hear my little princess stirring! 

These were all 2 coats and I didn't have any issues with any of these. I didn't use a top coat for any of the swatches. 

Tomoko


Dhara, one of my favorites! I just love this color orange with the golden shimmer! 



Arabella

Carter



 Sunshine




Chita, which is what I wore for about 2 weeks because I went into labor wearing this and didn't have time to remove :-)




So what do you think? Do you love the texture polishes? Did you pick up any from this collection? What are your favorites??

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Friday, August 16, 2013

White Owl Lacquer Cherry Blossoms


Hey guys!

As you know, I'm obsessed with circle glitter. I don't know what it is, but it just makes me so happy! 

Mara from White Owl Lacquer released her spring collection and several of the polishes had circle glitters in them... well, they needed to be mine! 

Cherry Blossoms is a milky based polish with green, purple, and pink glitters. This is 2 coats over OPI MBSW. I did use a topcoat for these photos. 




Do you LOE circle glitter??! 

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Essie Trophy Wife


Hey guys!

I've returned!! Well, not really, but I have some drafts saved that I thought I should post :-) hopefully I will be able to get back into the swing of things and blogging soon!! I have a lot of great stuff to share but right now, I am enjoying my little baby :-)

Here's a quick shot of Essie Trophy Wife, which my friend Arlyn recently sent me.

This is a deep teal pearl polish. I used 3 thin coats here. LOVE this color! 

Whatcha think?

Talk to you soon!
Amanda