Themed Thursday: Winter Wonderland featuring ILNP

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Today is the last day of Themed Thursday for January! The theme today is Winter Wonderland so I busted out some ILNP holos for my take on a winter wonderland.

I started with a gradient of Cozy Mittens and After Midnight. Then I used Ski Lodge to draw some pine trees. The brush I was using was a bit stuff and it happened to make sort of perfect, textured looking branches for the trees!

So here's the thing: I freaking loved this manicure. I was shocked at how simple and easy it was and obviously the holo polish made it sparkle beautifully but I was stoked at the outcome of this little nail adventure!

Remember, if you are participating in this challenge, be sure to use the #ThemedThursdayJan hashtag on Instagram!

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Round 19 Bestie Twin Nails with The Little Canvas

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It's time for another Bestie Twin Nails with my buddy Alain from The Little Canvas. You know the drill: let's get to the good stuff.

For this prompt, I chose a manicure by Sensationails4U on Instagram. Super festive!

I started with ILNP Cherry Luxe (2 coats), on my index, middle and pinky nails. Then 2 coats of ILNP Juliette (which is gorgeous!!). For my Christmas tree, I used Lucky One and Limelight, with Iconic for the little tree stump. Finally, I added a green nail stud to the top of the tree!

Whatchu think? I'm not usually so festive with my nails, lol!

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

I Love Nail Polish: Day 3!

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We are to the last day of ILNP Week! Have you enjoyed this week? I really like featuring one brand for the week (or at least a good chunk of the week). Let me know if you enjoy this as well!

All of these polishes had very good formulas and were super super easy to apply. No pooling, streaking, or patchiness whatsoever.

Honor Roll is a navy blue holo. This was 2 completely perfect coats. Looove!

Shoreline is a pale pale aqua color, packed with holo glitter and flakies. It basically looks silver but regardless of the color, it was 2 perfect coats. My notes say "2 COATS IT'S FANTASTIC" so I must have been really excited about that, lol.

Money Bin is a yellow gold holographic. This was 2 coats and has the same formula as Shoreline: full of flakies and holo and really easy to apply.

 Finally, we have MEGA (X), the 4th in the MEGA line of super holos. This is a silver holo, packed to the gills with super amazing holo goodness. I used 3 coats, but it was ALMOST opaque in 2. I even took a video of the amazing holo because it wasn't translating properly to still photos. Check Instagram for that!

And that concludes ILNP week! What was your favorite polish? As I was reorganizing my helmers last week, I found the Spring ILNP polishes that I purchased and haven't swatched yet. Yep. So I can definitely do another ILNP feature week if you enjoyed this week! 

Talk to you soon!

Amanda

I Love Nail Polish: Day 2!

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Welcome to another day of ILNP week!

All of these polishes had very good formulas and were super super easy to apply. No pooling, streaking, or patchiness whatsoever.

Ten Fold is described as a minty green holo. This was 2 coats, no top coat.

1UP is a bright green holo. I love greens like this, they are so vibrant and fun! 2 coats.

Harbour Island is described as a caribbean blue color and LOOK AT THE COLOR! AHHHHHH dead. I love this color. This is 3 coats, as this is a more sheer, jelly type of polish.

Float On is a bright aquamarine blue. 3 coats. Surprising to no one, this is another favorite!

Are you guys enjoying ILNP week?? Come back tomorrow for the last day!!

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

I Love Nail Polish Summer 2015

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Welcome to another Indie Feature Week! This week, we are all about I Love Nail Polish and the Summer '15 polishes! I don't have the whole collection but I have most of the holos, because you know how I roll :-p Since there are so many polishes, I'm going to break it up to a few per post, so as not to overwhelm your minds with all of the HOLO GOODNESS!! So let's get to it!

All of these polishes had very good formulas and were super super easy to apply. No pooling, streaking, or patchiness whatsoever.

I See You is a champagne holo. This was 2 coats. You can obviously still see my nail but I sort of liked the idea of this being a little more sheer, since the color is so delicate.

Summer Crush is a bubblegum pink with scattered holo. This was 2 coats.

Closure is described as an apple red with holographic. I personally love this, it's difficult to find a red holo and while I wouldn't consider this a full on red, it's very very close and really pretty. 3 coats.

Walking Home is dark purple holo. This was 2 coats.

Stay tuned for the rest of the ILNP swatches this week!

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Top 14 from 2014!

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I bring you... My Favorite 14 Nail Manicures of 2014! Or 14 from 2014, as my biffle Amanda (@GlitterBadass) named it. This will be my first favorites post since I've been blogging!! It's unclear why I'm so terrible at making these lists; probably because I have a horrible memory and can never remember half of the things I use during the year, lol! So I am going down memory blogging lane and showing you my favorite posts from the year! I will be featuring polishes that were blogged about and polishes shown on Instagram!

These are in no particular order, except that I went back through my Instagram and started in January, so they appear in the order they originally did on IG! I will leave the captions for those photos, as they contain all of the pertinent information :-)

Crazy holo sunshine picture for today's #notd: @cupcakepolish Life's A Beach with one coat of @glistenandglow1 HK Girl Topcoat. Gorgeous color! #neonblue #indies #cupcakepolish #fashionfooting #holo #holoupinhere

A photo posted by Amanda (@fashionfooting) on May 5, 2014 at 8:59am PDT

@maybelline Bleached Neons gradient with @northernstarpolish Neon Chic glitter topper. #fashionfooting #nails #suntea #neons #nailsofinstagram #nailpolish #indies #instanails #gradient #nailart

A photo posted by Amanda (@fashionfooting) on May 5, 2014 at 12:30pm PDT

Today's nails are ADORABLE and inspired by/copied from @thelittlecanvas using #revlon, #lynbdesigns, @opi_products, and @loveangelinepolish polishes. #pansies #flowers #nailart #fashionfooting #yesthegrassthepansiesareonisholoduh

A photo posted by Amanda (@fashionfooting) on Jun 6, 2014 at 10:17am PDT

Today's bonus post is #bestietwinnails with @thelittlecanvas! Watermelons using @wetnwildbeauty and @cupcakepolish! #fashionfooting #nailartwow #bblogger #nailstagram #holo

A photo posted by Amanda (@fashionfooting) on Jul 7, 2014 at 8:15am PDT

My nails for yesterday's 80s party for little miss #averykatniss. I used all @chinaglazeofficial neons over a black base. #splattermani #nailartwow #bblogger #nails #fashionfooting #chinaglaze #neons

A photo posted by Amanda (@fashionfooting) on Jul 7, 2014 at 9:35am PDT

Today's #notd is the no longer available #mayacosmetics Envy, which is basically the most perfect emerald green glittery holo polish of life. #notbeingdramatic #fashionfooting #nailstagram #bblogger #nailblogger #green #indie #glitter #holo

A photo posted by Amanda (@fashionfooting) on Aug 8, 2014 at 7:38am PDT

Today's post is the gorgeous @enchantedpolish June 2014! One coat, people. ONE COAT! #fashionfooting #nailblogger #bblogger #enchantedpolish #holo #indie #ohmygoshamazing #purple

A photo posted by Amanda (@fashionfooting) on Sep 9, 2014 at 3:10pm PDT

Oh hai! I still post nail photos, I swear! My gorgeous @chaosandcrocodiles manicure that I did while @amanda_npe came to visit. She let me use her beloved Secret Agent collection. It's completely amazing and I need them. #day70 #100days3as1k #100days3as1k #fashionfooting #nails #chaosandcrocodiles #holo #rainbow

A photo posted by Amanda (@fashionfooting) on Sep 9, 2014 at 2:59pm PDT

Today's post is another round of #bestietwinnails with @thelittlecanvas using @chinaglazeofficial polishes! Any guesses as to what our inspiration was??? #fashionfooting #nailblogger #nailstagram #nailartwow #thelittlecanvas #chinaglaze #btn #round4

A photo posted by Amanda (@fashionfooting) on Sep 9, 2014 at 9:48am PDT

Today's post is the magnificent @crowstoesnailcolor Bifrost! #fashionfooting #crowstoes #indies #nailblogger #glitter #unicornmagicalness

A photo posted by Amanda (@fashionfooting) on Oct 10, 2014 at 9:07am PDT

#manimonday #notd is this @zoyanailpolish concoction of Ryan, Autumn, Chanelle, and Marnie. I kinda sorta love this! #nailblogger #nailsofinstagram #zoya #cloudmani #dotticure #fashionfooting

A photo posted by Amanda (@fashionfooting) on Oct 10, 2014 at 8:47am PDT

The sexy beast that is @chinaglazeofficial Boundary of Memory is on the blog today! #fashionfooting #bblogger #nailblogger #chinaglaze #glitter #thegiver

A photo posted by Amanda (@fashionfooting) on Oct 10, 2014 at 9:38am PDT

#notd @smittenpolish Seasonal Lattes and Antiquing is wlcjdiwldislwjslssk beautiful! #holo #holoupinherrrr #indies #smittenpolish #brown #fashionfooting #nailblogger

A photo posted by Amanda (@fashionfooting) on Oct 10, 2014 at 7:13am PDT

My plan was to swatch the @orlynails Sparkle collection today but I'm not sure I can take this beauty off any time soon! This is Mirrorball and it's just amazing. Linear holo with holo glitter. I don't have any sunshine today so this picture is with a lamp but it's still a beautiful holo without sun!! 😍😍😍 #orly #holo #fashionfooting #nailblogger #bblogger #notd

A photo posted by Amanda (@fashionfooting) on Nov 11, 2014 at 11:00am PST

So yeah. Wow. That was much harder than I anticipated! I will have you know that I had at least 20 manicures in here originally, lol! I was going to attempt a Top 14 favorite nail polish from 2014 but I think even think that's possible! I always say this but next year, I will start keeping track at the start of the year!! Eek. We will see, lol!

What are some of your favorite manicures from 2014??
Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Operation Helmer July Results!

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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?? 

Talk to you soon!

Operation Helmer: May Results!

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How are you? I felt like I was going to be failing miserably at this month's challenge again but something kicked me in the buns towards the end of the month and I manager 8 manicures. Which doesn't sound like a lot but it's better than I've done in the past! LOL

The first manicure I did was using Nails Inc Kensington High Street with Nails Inc Baker Street and Deborah Lippman Va Va Voom on the middle two fingers.

Next was OPI's La Paz-itively Hot. I forget about this color and it's so pretty!

Cupcake Polish Life's A Beach. Guys. NEON BLUE HOLO! /dead.

Next, a teal skittle mani using:
ILNP Sniffany on the index and pinky and OPI Love. Angel. Music. Baby for the dots
Pipe Dream Polish Hello, Earthling on the thumb and middle
Essie Naughty Nautical on the ring finger with Lac Attack Imagine. Circle Glitters!

Next, I was feeling gradienty, so I busted out this bad boy with my Maybelline Bleached Neons (Bleached in Peach and Day Glow Teal), and a glitter from Northern Star Polish called Neon Chic. You guys on instagram loved this one :-)

I was still feeling the gradient vibe so I used ILNP Charmingly Purple and AC Slater for this purple to black smoky gradient.

And more ILNP for my first saran wrap mani! Under the Bleachers and Cupcake Polish She Wears Short Shorts. So fun! Reminiscent of crackle, but not as obnoxious.

And finally, some nail art! I used my buddy Alaina's tutorial for these super cute pansies!
Revlon Spanish Moss
LynBDesigns The Credible Hulk
OPI Can't Let Go
CarpeNoctem Pimp My Purple
Love Angeline Operation Sun

So I didn't really stick to the drawer (OPI) that I was supposed to this month but my untrieds bin has turned into a bin, a box, and a basket so I need to use those guys! I am purging as I go, don't worry :-)

What did you think of May's manicures??
Talk to you soon!
Amanda