Stardust Beauty Cheers to 3 Years!

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Today I have Stardust Beauty Cheers to 3 Years, an anniversary polish from Stardust!

Cheers to 3 Years is a vibrant medium purple polish with subtle shimmer and holo. This was 2 perfectly lovely coats, plus topcoat. I really need to get a halogen light for my holos, because the light I'm using doesn't do them justice.

Drema is having a 30% off sale through 3/31 with the code 3YEAR! I love her polishes and her Absolute Zero is my favorite acetone additive for helping my acetone to not dry my nails out so much AND making it smell better! (Beautiful Day and Love Spell are my fave scents!)

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Formula X Aphrodite

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I recently took a gander through the Sephora inside my JCPenney and picked up this new Formula X polish called Aphrodite. This is a silver, purple crazy linear holographic polish. There are 5 polishes in this line with this type of crazy holo effect and I am seriously thinking about going back to get the other 4!

This was 2 coats plus topcoat. It's a finely milled glitter so it's not chunky to apply or thick. It had a very nice formula and only needed one coat of topcoat to smooth everything out.

With flash:

Without Flash:

So beautiful! And in the sun... holy moly. Gorgeous!

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Amanda

Twinsie Tuesday: Birds

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Today we are being inspired by birds and let me tell you: I cheated THE MOST this week, lol. I did not have time to come up with anything fun for birds at all so I checked my handy dandy spreadsheet for any polishes with "bird" in the title". I found a few and came up with this combination! I will have you know, this is the first time I'm using multiple brands for one manicure in FOREVER. I honestly can't remember the last time I didn't use all one brand!!

butter LONDON Ladybird (PR) is a bright orange red creme that borders on a jelly. I used two coats. Then I added Lac Attack T-Bird (WHERE ARE YOU LAC ATTACK, I MISS YOU!!!!), a gold and black and white glitter topper.

I know, I know. It's the least birdly manicure ever but there is just nothing that can be done about that fact, lol.

                                                                 Alice at Nail Art in Wonderland

                                                                   Amanda at Amandalandish

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Claire at Kerruticles

​Lisa at The Polish Playground

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Marisa at Polish Those Nails

Megan at A Beauty in the Business

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Sara at The Call of Beauty

Sarah at Partly Cloudy with a Chance of Lacquer

Savannah at Addicted to Polish

Sharon at Behind Green Eyes 

Steph at Lovestruck Lacquer

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Amanda

Bite Beauty #AmuseBouche Lipsticks

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Today I have a quick recap on the Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche lipsticks that I received from Influenster!

I received 3 shades: Pepper, Gazpacho, and Beetroot.

A photo posted by Amanda (@fashionfooting) on Mar 8, 2016 at 5:42pm PST

These are incredibly comfortable lipsticks and I loved the lemony fresh scent. The pigmentation of these really impressed me; they are so creamy and smooth when you are applying! While these are not a matte lipstick, they do last for a good while. I would say that I got about 5 hours of wear with Pepper, and just a little under that for the other two colors.

One of my favorite things about these lipsticks is the way they wear away. They fade beautifully and you don't have the dreaded.... butthole mouth when the center has worn away! Also, they stain the lips, especially Beetroot!

Pepper:

Gazpacho:

Beetroot:

These retail for $26 and are available in 34 shades! I want to look into a bright pink or maybe even a purple. What do you think of these and have you tried this line yet? Or anything from Bite Beauty?

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Orly Melrose for Spring 2016!

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Today I have the Spring 2016 Orly collection, called Melrose, to show you! I have been really loving Orly's collections this past year. They are concise (always 6 polishes) and I really like the colors and themes!

Beautifully Bizarre is just that: a beautifully bizarre color. A pale pink that leans almost lavender and has a beautiful blue flash that is much more apparent in person than it's photographing. This was also much more opaque than I was anticipating! This was two coats, plus topcoat.

Trendy is a neon coral pink with silver flecks... a beautiful color but kind of a dreadful formula. It was thick and chalky and also patchy AND it didn't level well. I had to redo a few nails twice before it looked acceptable. This was 3 coats plus topcoat.

Feel The Funk is a violet holographic polish. This was opaque in 2 thick coats plus topcoat and is so sparkly in person.

Window Shopping is a vibrant bright red toned pink. This had a great formula and was opaque in two coats, plus topcoat. It appears more pink in person than it is photographing but the bright color is throwing off my camera.

Vintage is a beautiful neon mint creme. This also had a bit of a tricky formula and needed 3 coats to level out properly. Plus topcoat.

Hip and Outlandish is a bright teal green. This is another that is too bright to capture accurately but very pretty. This formula was also good, two coats plus topcoat.

Aside from the bummer formula on Trendy and Vintage, I do still love this collection! It's springy but not pastel and I always love that because I just can't get into pastels for too long, lol.

What do you think of this collection?


Talk to you soon!
Amanda

New! Barielle ProSina Polishes

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Barielle has released a new formula of polish, called ProSina. Prosina is a specialized type of keratin that has the ability to strengthen, condition, and protect the nails. I have two shades from the line to share with you so let's take a look.

First is Gray Sky, a taupe gray with very subtle silver shimmer. This was quite opaque in one coat but it was just patchy enough to need a second coat. Plus topcoat.

Head of the Class Green is teal green that covers in two coats. This does dry a bit matte.

And with topcoat. Love this color!

I always enjoy the Barielle polishes that I wear and these were no exception. Both colors had great formulas and were easy to apply.

The Prosina line will feature both nail colors and treatments and will be available on the Barielle website beginning April 1st! All of the Barielle polishes are 5 free and pregnancy safe, for all of you sassy pregnant ladies out there.

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Twinsie Tuesday: Inspired By Jewelry

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Today we are getting inspired by jewelry and not to pat myself on the back, but I recently made a rather lovely necklace for my Polished Findings shop (actually, for me lol) and I thought I would do a post on that piece.

I used China Glaze Westside Warrior, one of the most beautiful "ugly" colors I own. This is a murky, dark camo green and I love it. I used one coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust over 2 coats of Westside Warrior and then added some silver circle holo glitter.

I forget how lovely Fairy Dust is and am reminded every single time I wear it. It's subtle enough to not be too obnoxious (which isn't actually a thing in my opinion, lol) but spectacular enough to really zazz up a manicure!

Alaina at The Little Canvas

  Alice at Nail Art in Wonderland

    Amanda at Amandalandish

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Claire at Kerruticles

​Lisa at The Polish Playground

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Marisa at Polish Those Nails

Megan at A Beauty in the Business

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Sara at The Call of Beauty

Sarah at Partly Cloudy with a Chance of Lacquer

Savannah at Addicted to Polish

Sharon at Behind Green Eyes 

Steph at Lovestruck Lacquer

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Amanda

Color Series Day 4: Cobalt Blue

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And we've come to the end of Cobalt Blue for the color series!! Do you guys like this? Do you have any other colors you would like featured in a color series? Let me know!

Today's polishes aren't going to be comparisons for color closeness to Sally Hansen Pacific Blue but they are cobalt blue and just lovely. My middle and ring fingers have Sally Hansen Pacific Blue and the index and ring fingers have the polishes that are being compared. I don't know if all of these polishes are available so forgive me if they are discontinued! All swatches are shown with topcoat.

China Glaze Frostbite is a bright blue with blue shimmer. This was a little bit sheer on the first coat but built up to opacity on the second.

Liquid Sky Lacquer Freedom Blue is a dark royal blue holographic. This was 2 coats.

Too Fancy Lacquer Set Fire To The Rain is a gorgeous bright navy (is that a thing?) holographic. This is one coat, ya'll. Yep.

A England Spirit of the Moors is a gorgeous navy blue scattered holo. This was two perfect coats, as per usual from A England.

Great Lakes Lacquer The Fashion Artist is very close to Pacific Blue in color but obviously has a blue fleck throughout the polish. This took a bit longer to dry than some of the other polishes so definitely be patient in between coats.

And that's it. I actually have more polishes in this general shade range but they were either One and Done polishes or something else about the color made me think I shouldn't include it, lol. What can I say? I love cobalt blue!!!!

What's your favorite color??

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Amanda

Color Series Day 3: Cobalt Blue

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Annnd I'm back with more cobalt blue polishes!

As I mentioned previously, my middle and ring fingers have Sally Hansen Pacific Blue and the index and ring fingers have the polishes that are being compared. I don't know if all of these polishes are available so forgive me if they are discontinued!

Orly Color Blast A Happy...Puddle. This is darker than PB, but has a nice formula; 2 coats, plus topcoat.

KBShimmer Low and Be Bold is a jelly formula and is clearly darker. This was 3 coats, plus topcoat.

China Glaze I Sea The Point is a bit darker but is close to PB. 2 easy coats plus topcoat.

Sonia Kashuk Roll With The Punches is another jelly polish, from the Spring 2016 collection. 3 coats, plus topcoat.

Finally for today, another way too dark polish, Essie's Bouncer It's Me. This is also a dark blue jelly and needed 3 coats, plus topcoat. 4 coats should have been used but I basically don't do 4 coats ever so I stopped at 3, ha.

Okay, are you so ready for tomorrow? It's going to be sparkletastic!

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Color Series Day 2: Cobalt Blue

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As I mentioned in yesterday's post, the rest of this weeks posts will all be centered around my favorite color, cobalt blue and basically all of the cobalt blue colors that I own and comparing them to the mother of all cobalt blue polishes, Sally Hansen Pacific Blue, the original formula. I have several more comparisons today so let's get to it!

Much like yesterday's post, my middle and ring fingers have Sally Hansen Pacific Blue and the index and ring fingers have the polishes that are being compared. I don't know if all of these polishes are available so forgive me if they are discontinued!

First up is Kiko 336. I don't own a lot of Kiko polishes but the ones I do have fabulous formula's and this is no different. This was 2 easy coats, plus topcoat. This is darker than PB, obviously.

OPI's My Pal Joey from the Hello Kitty collection is probably the closest to a dupe to PB that I own. This looks the tiiiiiiiiiniest bit darker in person but it's very very close. Great formula, 2 coats plus topcoat.

Bonita My Avatar from the Gel On collection is again, darker than PB and has a tiny tiny shimmer but that's not noticeable on the nail. This was 2 coats, plus topcoat. Bonita is another really great and underrated brand, IMO. I've had excellent luck with all of the polishes I've tried from the brand.

China Glaze Man Hunt is CLEARLY not even close to PB but it's still a gorgeous color. This is almost a jelly formula but was opaque in 2 coats, plus topcoat.

Sally Hansen Byte Blue is another very very close match to Pacific Blue. I would say that it could probably pass as a dupe, though it's slightly lighter. This was 2 coats, plus topcoat.

Finally for this post, we have Wet n Wild Coast to Coast, which I do know is not available any longer. This also has a shimmer running through it but it's very very faint and basically not noticeable on the nail. This was 2 coats, plus topcoat. A 3rd coat would have made this completely opaque but it looked more opaque in person to be honest, lol.

Are you sick of cobalt blue yet? I hope not because I have two more days of beautiful blue to share!!

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Twinsie Tuesday: Your Favorite Color

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My favorite color... well if you aren't new to the blog, you might guess that blue is my favorite color. Cobalt blue, specifically. Since I have so many blues that I love, all three posts this week will feature SEVVEERRRALLLLLL of my favorite cobalt blue polishes.... so be prepared, lol. And by several... I mean 27 🙊. Oh boy.

Let's start with the OG of OG's and the polish that started this whole crazy cobalt blue madness: Sally Hansen Pacific Blue. If you are in the polish world, you know this polish and the madness surrounding the reformulation of this polish and how it created basically nail polish CHAOS! LOL. I am lucky enough to have several bottles of the original formula Pacific Blue and I'm so glad because as I was applying this, I was quickly reminded of how truly beautiful this color is. It looks less impressive in the bottle but on the nail, it's vibrant and stunning. The formula on this is beautiful and perfect and completely opaque in two coats. It dries fairly shiny but I always add topcoat.

Since I love this color so much, and because this is no longer exists, obviously I had to find any and all colors that were similar or might be close to PB and buy them all. All of them. Buy all of the cobalt blue.

For all of these pictures, PACIFIC BLUE will be on my middle and ring fingers and the polish that I am comparing will be on my index and pinky! And all polishes will be shown with topcoat.

You would think that Sally Hansen would have the closest dupe to Pacific Blue since.. ya know... it's their color and all. Boho Blue appears to be very close but the formula is completely different, as it is a jelly and you can see at three coats, it's not completely opaque. Still beautiful and probably will pass the "are you close enough to satiate my need for PB?" test but not exact.

Next is another from Sally Hansen, from the Insta-Dri line. This is called In Prompt Blue. The formula on this was really nice, 2 coats. But as you can see, still no dice. Too dark. Beautiful, but no PB.

Next, we have a contender from Essie, Butler Please. For an Essie, which I usually have pretty bad luck with, this has a great formula. Two coats are shown here. And again, it's a beautiful color but not a dupe for PB. Although now that I'm doing these comparisons, I should compare Butler Please to some of the other colors that I have, lol!

Next up is Nails Inc Baker Street. Next to Pacific Blue, this is my favorite of the cobalt blue polishes that I own. Perfect in two coats. I have several bottles of this, as well 🙊

Finally (for this post), Essie's Mesmerized, which is not even close to Pacific Blue but just a lovely blue polish. Another nice formula from Essie, opaque in two coats.

Oh just you wait. I have plenty more where this came from. (My instagram feed is going to be so bluetiful hahahahaha! Oh man, I crack me up.)

What's your favorite color??

Alaina at The Little Canvas

  Alice at Nail Art in Wonderland

    Amanda at Amandalandish

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Claire at Kerruticles

​Lisa at The Polish Playground

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Marisa at Polish Those Nails

Megan at A Beauty in the Business

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Sara at The Call of Beauty

Sarah at Partly Cloudy with a Chance of Lacquer

Savannah at Addicted to Polish

Sharon at Behind Green Eyes 

Steph at Lovestruck Lacquer

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Round 22 of Bestie Twin Nails with The Little Canvas! Splatter!

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It's time yet again for another Bestie Twin Nails with Alaina from The Little Canvas! For this month, we wanted to do a simple splatter manicure using some greens for St. Patrick's Day. We decided to do a gradient under the splatter!

I grabbed a few of my favorite Zoya's and got to work. I started with a base of Zoya Josie, then used Josie and Veruschka for my gradient. I used Zoya Richelle for my splatter and applied a little bit of Maria Luisa for some extra gold fabulousness. And then some INM Out The Door topcoat.

Super splattery, right? Haha.

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Amanda

Fangirl Polish And Shepherds We Shall Be Trio

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Today I have the And Shepherds We Shall Be trio from Fangirl Polish! This is available as a set or as individual polishes and is inspired by The Boondock Saints. This collection is only available through St. Patrick's Day!

Veritas is a shimmery gold with gold holo microglitter and had a nice formula. I used 3 thin coats, plus topcoat.

In Nomeni Patri is a white crelly with several colors of green, gold, black, and white glitters. This was two easy, plus topcoat. There is a lot of glitter in this polish but it has a great formula and isn't thick or difficult to apply at all!

Aequitas is jewel toned emerald green with micro holo green and teal glitters. This was 2 easy coats, plus topcoat.

I really like this little trio and I like that these polishes aren't limited to only being used on St. Patrick's Day! I'm not much for seasonal glitters and such that limit my use of a polish, lol.

Be sure to check out Fangirl Polish and pick this collection up prior to St. Patrick's Day if you want to own these babies :)

Talk to you soon!
Amanda