Color Club Pearl District

Hey guys!

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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.

Talk to you soon!
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.

Talk to you soon!
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

Color Club Crystal Baller

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Today I have a fabulous polish from Color Club, Crystal Baller from the Halo Hues 2015 collection. This was the only polish that I purchased from this collection but really... I mean... let's just look at the polish, mmkay.

This was two perfect coats, with no top coat. It's sooo insanely holographic and amazing. I love love love this.

Do you have any of the Halo Hues? They are really fantastic and I need to wear mine more often; they sort of get ignored in my helmer....... well, that is true for a lot of beautiful polishes, whoops! Teehee.


Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Operation Helmer July Results!

Hey guys!

Hows it going? Today is my monthly Operation: Helmer post! Are you excited??? LOL

We'll just get right to it, shall we?

The first manicure I did this month was a neon mani using Pipe Dream Polish Light of Day and V.I.P. Pass. I also used a Lumina Lacquer glitter on the ring finger, Take My Breath Away. These colors were super intense, and I didn't use a white base for these! TRUE neons!

Next, I did a gradient using Color Club Nomadic in Nude and Sally Hansen Pacific Blue (the OG formula). I topped this with Liquid Afterglow Lacquer Unicorn Tears.

 Next, I used Colors by Llarowe Surf My Wave, basically the most amazing blue holo of life!! love love love!

 The next day, I added CBL Gemini Rising over Surf My Wave. LOVE!

You already saw my BTN with TheLittleCanvas, but I'll post them again :-)

I used ILNP Princess Diaries and OPI Pop The Cork! for a really sweet manicure. Princess Diaries is a very linear holographic light pink.

And I don't think I posted these on IG but I used Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Chimera and a pink glitter that I cannot even sort of remember what it's called. Maybe Candy Lacquer Skulls & Roses?? Whoops.

These last two manicures were what I wore for my daughter's 1st birthday party. We had an 80s theme so I attempted a neon splatter mani and I quite liked it! I realized later that I should have used a white base but oh well! I did neon polka dots on the right hand. 

Polishes used were all China Glaze:

Sun-Kissed (yellow)

Orange You Hot?

Heat Index (hot pink)

That's Shore Bright (purple)

Splish Splash (blue)

 So a pretty good month! I also posted some reviews and did a bunch of swatches so I will have posts coming every Tuesday and Thursday for the next few weeks, at least! Whoo! I might change the posting time to MWF, but we will see how that all goes :-) 

What were some of your favorite manicures this month?? 

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Inspired By... Simple Little Pleasures

Hey guys! 

Today's post is inspired by a YouTube video that Sarah from Chalkboard Nails tweeted a few weeks back. If you know me at all, you know I have a love/hate relationship with water marbling. I absolutely love the look of it but I don't often pull off a successful water marble.

So when I saw this video, I literally gasped. It was beautiful. I had to try it.



I decided to try it using many of the same colors as Colette did because obviously that will make me better at water marbling :-p  The only thing that I should have done was use a black base; I used a white base.

I used Color Club Beyond, Kismet, and Eternal Beauty. My toothpick drawing skills in the water marble are rather abysmal... that is probably the most challenging part for me, lol. But This turned out pretty well, at least for my usual marbling standards.

 Definitely not as pretty as the manicure it was modeled after but I'm still calling it a success!

Go check out Amanda's blog to see what she came up with for this week's Pinterest Inspired Post!

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Amanda

March Untrieds: Color Club Halo Hues 2013!

Hey guys!

Today's March untrieds post is a doozy! Lots of pictures so bear with me! And make sure to go visit Sarah and Amanda's posts today! 

Today I have the Color Club Halo Hues 2013 releases for you. As with the last batch of Halo Hues, all the formula's on these were pretty terrific. I didn't use an aqua base for any of them and there was no dragging or anything like that! Whoo! All swatches are 2 coats.

Oh, also, there was no sun when I was swatching these so you get a table lamp. Wahh.

Let's get to it! First up, Kismet! This is a really fun green gold holo.

Next, Cosmic Fate, which is an orange holo... I love this one! 

Next is Miss Bliss, a pink holo. This is very similar to Halo-Graphic from the 2012 holo's but Miss Bliss is a bit more vibrant.

 Eternal Beauty, a deep purple holo.

 Over the Moon, the blue holo from this collection.

And finally, Beyond. I think I just love black holo's the best. They are so sassy! It also seems like this was the strongest holo, but that could be because the base color is so dark.

So! What do you think? Did you get any of the new Halo Hues? What were your favorites?

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Color Club Winter Affair Duo

Hey guys! Today is my husband's birthday! Happy Birthday!! I should probably at least get him a card, eh? Whoops!

I picked up this duo at Sally's forever ago! I'm not gonna lie... I don't know the names. There were no names on the packages and since there were two holiday collections released by the same name from Color Club (one for Sally's and one for everyone else) I kind of gave up on figuring out which shade this was. I do know that it's a gorgeous wine colored shimmer!

This is 2 easy coats. Look at that shimmer! 

I decided to do some French tips with the flakie. I am not a French manicure kind of girl. They are too classy for me, haha! So this is probably the most simple French mani you'll ever see on this blog :-p 

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

January Untrieds: Color Club Angel Kiss

Hey guys! Happy Tuesday and Untrieds Day! Amanda and I are both posting holos today, without knowing it. We share the same brain!

I have one more Halo Hues polish that I just couldn't resist: Angel Kiss. A light blue super holographic? Umm yeah, I needed this!

This was 2 coats, no top coat. What I love about the Halo Hues is how easy they are to apply. Some holo's apply very patchy on the first coat. That is not the case with these babies. Pure buttah, I tell ya!

Let's stare at the awesome... 

*Drool* Okay, back to regular programming now.

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Color Club Cloud Nine

Hey guys! Happy Saturday! What are your plans for this weekend? I'm probably going to be working on challenge nails and cleaning... very exciting, I know :-)

Here is the second Color Club Halo Hues polish I picked up: Cloud Nine, a light light light pink holo.

I used two coats here, with no top coat. 

Whatcha think? Do you have any of the Halo Hues? Which are your favorites?

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Twin Tuesday with Maria of NailsMadeSimple

Hey guys! Hopefully everyone is doing well after the storms last night! We got some snow, yuck! But I can't complain too much, as I wasn't having to worry about a hurricane! :-/

Today's post is a Polish Twin post with Maria of NailsMadeSimple. I posted a photo on Instagram after I received two of the Color Club Halo Hues and she suggested we be polish twins. Since I love Maria, I said yes :-)

So, this is Color Club Halo-Graphic, of the Halo Hues collection. I used two coats but I probably could have used one if I had been prepared to use one.

I'm gonna start with the Flash picture so YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE AMAZING!!!!!! 

Natural Light: 

So so pretty! This isn't usually my sort of color but it's nice for a change :-)

Be sure to check out Maria's post to see her awesome beautiful nails!

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Color Club Wild At Heart

Hey guys! Happy Saturday. It's super rainy and cold here, which sucks because my parents have an annual hog roast and every year the weather is awful awful. Last year, it was almost 100 degrees and super humid and this year it's going to rain! Boo! Well, at least the food will be delicious ;-)

Today I have a Copious buy to share with you! It was only a Penny! 

Color Club Wild At Heart... Umm, I'm not really sure why no one told me "AMANDA! YOU NEED THIS POLISH IN YOUR LIFE!!" but yeah, you need this polish in your life! WAH (haha) is a GORGEOUS dark purple allllmost linear but not quite scattered holo. This was 2 perfect coats, no top coat. LOVE LOVE LOVE!

With Flash:

So yeah, go buy this because you will not regret it!

Talk to you soon!
Amanda