Color Club Pearl District

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One more Color Club polish to share with you. This is Color Club Pearl District, and I'm kind of confused by the name as this is not pearly at all, lol. Regardless of the name, it is a lovely bronze color and was opaque in 2 coats.

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Amanda

Round 28 of Bestie Twin Nails with The Little Canvas!

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It's time again for another Bestie Twin Nails with Alaina from The little Canvas. I am going to be honest some more, lol: I told Alaina we needed a really easy manicure for this month because I've been crazy busy, lol.

So we picked a simple black to gray gradient. I used Zoya Storm and Trixie for a bright shiny sparkly gradient. Since Trixie is so metallic, the lines weren't very blended but I still like it!

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Amanda

Twinsie Tuesday: Inspired By Pantone 2016

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I'm going to be very honest: I hate the pantone colors this year. Pastels are not my thing, especially pastel pinks, lol. But I sucked it up and grabbed two lovely colors from Zoya and did a very simple gradient/flakie combination!

Zoya Brittany is a pale pink putty color in a satin finish, and Kristen is the pale blue creme. I did a vertical gradient with these and topped them with Zoya's Maisie. The colors in the flakie don't really show up these lighter colors but it is still pretty!

Steph at Lovestruck Lacquer

Sharon at Behind Green Eyes 

Savannah at Addicted to Polish

Sarah at Partly Cloudy with a Chance of Lacquer

Sara at The Call of Beauty

Megan at A Beauty in the Business

Marisa at Polish Those Nails

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Lisa at The Polish Playground

Claire at Kerruticles

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Amber at NailsLikeLace

Amanda at Fashion Footing

Alice at Nail Art in Wonderland

Alaina at The Little Canvas

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Amanda

Color Club Sunrise Canyon

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Today's Color Club polish is Sunrise Canyon, a limey yellow green creme. This was a bit thin and needed 3 coats but otherwise had a nice formula.

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Amanda

Color Club Almost Famous

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Apparently this week is Color Club week! LOL! I have another Color Club creme to show you today.

This is Almost Famous and you should know by now that I love yellow. However, this yellow... oy. It was kind of a mess. Very thick and because of that, covered in two coats but I had to redo my index finger several times to level out the polish and as you can see, it didn't really do that well.

This is still a beautiful color, though, despite it's rather unfortunate formula.

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Amanda

Color Club East Austin

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Today's NOTD is Color Club East Austin, a bright neon peach. This was three coats and the formula was a bit thick and definitely not the easiest to work with but I mean.. look at the color!! It's so bright!!

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Amanda

Formula X #SystemAddict

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Today I have the Formula X #SystemAddict system from Influenster to share with you.

There are 4 steps to the System Addict system, beginning with the Cleanse XCEL. "Start your mani with a clean slate, and instantly prep the surface of nails for optimal polish application. Specifically formulated to be used as Step 1 of Formula X's gel-like mani set, The System XCEL™, this nail cleanser is the essential salon product. CLEANSE XCEL's exclusive flash-dry formula gently removes invisible oil and residue from the nail in an instant, giving the nail surface the ultimate canvas for polish application and adherence. Featuring Formula X's redesigned Xpert Strokes™ Brush for a faster, smoother application, CLEANSE XCEL is infused with witch hazel extract to purify the nail surface, and a fusion of cucumber extract and safflower seed oil to help condition the nail bed while leaving nails completely dry to the touch."

Prime XCEL is the base coat. "Prep, protect, and help polish stick. This multitasking base coat primes nails for the ultimate long-lasting mani. Specifically formulated to be used as the second step of Formula X's gel-like mani set The System XCEL™, PRIME XCEL is formulated with advanced bonding agents and keratin to form a sticky layer that helps bind color to the nail, letting polish take hold stronger and longer, improving overall polish performance. With Formula X's innovative Xpert Strokes™ Brush, redesigned for faster, smoother application, PRIME XCEL also acts as a protective barrier, standing between you and your polish to prevent staining. "

TGIF is the color I was sent, a fun, bright coral. This was 2 coats. The formula is a bit thick but very manageable. I topped it with the Shine XCEL Top coat. "Make your mani last with a gel-like finish. Shine - Nail Top Coat is formulated to be used as Step 4 of Formula X's gel-like mani set, The System XCEL™. This advanced, acrylic-fortified top coat dries 45 percent faster than before, sealing in your nail polish color with glossy, gel-like protection so that your mani stays vibrant and shiny day after day. When used as part of The System XCEL, SHINE XCEL instantly elevates any Formula X nail color with the ultimate high shine and cushion-like volume of gel polish, just by layering, for up to 10 days of wear. It includes Formula X's innovative, Xpert Strokes™ Brush, redesigned for faster, smoother application."

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Amanda

China Glaze Rebel Collection Fall 2016

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The China Glaze Fall 2016 collection is called Rebel and has some beauties to offer us. There are 12 polishes so I'm going to be short and sweet with this post.

Dope Taupe is a taupe creme. I like colors like this a lot lately. Maybe I'm getting old, lol. This was 2 coats.

Fresh Prince-es is a pale pink, which seems sort of odd in a fall collection but maybe that's part of the Rebel theme, ha. This was pretty thin and needed 3 coats.

Purple Fiction is a beautiful magenta shimmer. This was 2 perfectly lovely coats.

Teen Spirit is a midnight blurple glitter in a dark base. This was 2 coats with another nice formula.

Don't Mesh With Me over Teen Spirit, and Jagged Little Teal. Don't Mesh with Me is a blue and purple shimmer topper. 1 coat over Teen Spirit and 1 coat over Jagged Little Teal.

Ya'll Red-y For This is a glowy red with shimmer. This was sort of a surprise favorite but this was also just one coat!

Pearl Jammin' is definitely one of my favorites. This is a light blue with a fiery orange shimmer. You can use this as a topper or on its own, which I did here in 3 coats.

Holo At Ya Girl is meant to be a topper and I didn't quite realize that until I was 3 coats into this swatch lol. So it can be built up but even at 3 coats, this was not completely opaque.

Jagged Little Teal is a deep teal creme. Not terribly unique but I always love colors like this because I'm a sucker for blues. This was 2 coats, with a great formula.

Blue-Ya is a dark blue with green fleck shimmer. Another great formula, and 2 coats.

Heroine Chic is a charcoal gray with red micro shimmer. A bit thin and needed 3 coats.

Combat Blue-Ts. Oh. Mah. Gosh. This.. This is just amazing. A dark cobalt matte blue. This is one coat. Yes. One. Coat. The formula is a bit thick and you do need to work quickly to get even coverage but holy moly. I did add topcoat after this but I cannot seem to find that picture.... sooo... whoops. Trust me, it's gorgeous either way!

Did you pick any up from the China Glaze Rebel collection? What are your favorites?

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Amanda

Twinsie Tuesday: Bright

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Today we are going bright and I have a doozy for you. China Glaze Bite Me from the Summer 2016 Lite Brights collection. This is a super super super bright coral pink with gold shimmer. As you can see from this photo, it looks rather glowy and uhmm.. not real? LOL It was definitely freaking my camera out!

The formula on this was actually really great. It was a bit thick but very easy to work with. If you weren't crazy picky, you could almost do one coat of this! I did 2, plus topcoat and no white base!

Steph at Lovestruck Lacquer

Sharon at Behind Green Eyes 

Savannah at Addicted to Polish

Sarah at Partly Cloudy with a Chance of Lacquer

Sara at The Call of Beauty

Megan at A Beauty in the Business

Marisa at Polish Those Nails

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Lisa at The Polish Playground

Claire at Kerruticles

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Amber at NailsLikeLace

Amanda at Fashion Footing

Alice at Nail Art in Wonderland

Alaina at The Little Canvas

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Amanda

Essie Off Tropic

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Essie's Off Tropic from the Spring 2016 collection is a gorgeous (or as my 3 year old says "glorgeous" LOL!) dark green creme. I LOVE a good green polish and it seems like Essie doesn't do a lot of colors in this range. When this collection came out, I had to have Off Tropic.

This was 2 coats, plus topcoat. This is one of those Essie's that has an amazing formula and was a dream to apply.

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Amanda

China Glaze Givers Theme

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The next few posts and maybe the majority of posts for September are most likely going to be really quick NOTD posts. I have some large craft shows coming up and am just a bit crazed busy this month, lol. I hope you don't mind!

Today's NOTD is China Glaze Givers Theme from The Giver collection that came out a few years back. This is a lovely fuchsia purple. I used 2 coats plus topcoat.

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Amanda

Nine Zero Lacquer Men Of Letters Collection!

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Today I have the Nine Zero Lacquer Men Of Letters fall collection to share with you! This collection is based on the tv show Supernatural, which I've never seen but hear great things. There are 12 polishes in this collection and it's currently available for PREORDER, and shipping will begin September 7th! Let's do dis.

Oh, one thing: the formula's on all of these were amazing, as per usual with Nine Zero.

Angel Blade is a bright silver holographic with silver flakies. This was 2 coats, plus topcoat. I always think that I have plenty of silver but I really don't think that I actually do. So pretty!

Holy Fire is golden bronze full coverage flakie polish. This was 2 coats, plus topcoat. I was fully expecting to need three coats for this but it built up very well in 2.

Croatoan is deep red holographic. Another super great formula, 2 coats plus topcoat.

The King of Hell is a bright red metallic. This was 2 coats plus topcoat. There were some brush strokes but the metallic and flash of gold make the polish look as though it's smoldering on your fingers. I loved this one!

Purgatory is a gray, brown, purple shifting polish. This was 2 coats, plus topcoat. This clearly has a very strong color shift.

Stolen Grace is an icy blue holographic. 2 coats, plus topcoat.

Lucifer's Cage is deep dusty blue holographic. Another lovely two coater, plus topcoat.

Wayward Son is a dark green holo. 2 coats, plus topcoat. And don't even pretend you aren't singing Carry On My Wayward Son, because I KNOW YOU ARE!

Moose is a chocolate brown holo. 2 coats, plus topcoat. I love this color. I love a delicious brown polish!

The Colt is a dark gray with red shimmer and ONE COAT. I don't even know how, but it's one coat. Amazing!

Baby is a black jelly with silver micro holo glitters. Even though this is a jelly, it still covered completely in two coats. Plus topcoat.

And I saved my favorite for last. This is Singer Auto Salvage, a murky green with gold holographic microglitter. This was allllllmost opaque in two coats but I could still see a bit of my nail line and did a third. But holy moly, how beautiful is this?? Topcoat added!

So yeah, this collection is basically amazing and as previously mentioned, is available for preorder right now, through September 2, 2016. PREORDERS will begin shipping September 7th!

Talk to you soon!
Amanda