Cirque Colors Swatches!

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Today I have swatches of 4 Cirque Colors polishes! I received these in a Secret Santa gift at Christmas time and I didn't want to wait toooo long to wear these beauties! Let's get to the swatches!

Morganite is a beautiful peachy pink with holographic micro flakies. Ugh this is SO SO gorgeous in person. The holographic flakies catch the light beautifully. This was 2 coats! It had a great formula!

Garnet is a burgundy red with holographic flakies. Another fantastic formula on this polish and it covered completely in 2 coats.

Paraiba is a bright teal green with silver holographic flakies. This is STUNNING in person. Completely mesmerizing. Another amazing formula, opaque in 2 coats.

Tanzanite is an indigo with holographic flakes. Another gorgeous color, even more so in person and another great formula. This was 2 coats but it was so so close to being opaque in 1 coat.

So wow, if you haven't picked any of these polishes up yet, I highly suggest them. They were a pleasure to apply and gorgeous to wear!

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Colores De Carol Tree In A Bottle

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Today I have Colores De Carol Tree In A Bottle. This is a dark green jelly loaded with assorted glitter shapes and colors: stars, hexes, etc. This was 3 coats.

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Amanda

Native War Paints Lily Bug

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Okay so this is embarrassing: This polish has been untried for over a year. Sigh. How does this happen???

Native War Paints Lily Bug is a green glitter in a green jelly base. This was from the NWP x JessFACE90 collab prior to the launch of Jess's Nine Zero Lacquer brand.

This was 3 coats, plus topcoat.

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Amanda

Potion Polish Cranberry Fizzy

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Potion Polish Cranberry Fizzy is today's red polish. This was 3 coats and I LOVE this color. These types of reds are my favorite: deep, rich, sultry.

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Amanda

Colores de Carol Marshmallow Candy Apple

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Today we finally have some red polishes to view, lol. I own a lot more green polishes than I do red :-p

Today we have Colores de Carol Marshmallow Candy Apple, a red jelly with assorted glitter sizes and shapes. For a jelly, this built up to opacity very nicely in two coats.

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Amanda

Nine Zero Halloween Collection!

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Today I have the Nine Zero Lacquer Halloween collection to share with you! Yeah yeah yeah, I know that Halloween is in one day but I have confirmed with Jess that these will be around for a bit so you can still purchase!

Tricks No Treats is a while crelly with purple, green, and orange matte shards. This was 2 coats, plus topcoat. I would recommend setting the bottle upside down for a minute to let some of the glitters sink to the top (which sounds very weird to write out, ha!)

Jack-O-Lantern Juice is an orange jelly with matte black shards. This was 2 coats, plus topcoat. A second coat of topcoat might be needed to completely smooth out some of those shards.

Cauldron Fire is a black jelly with orange holographic glitters. This is quite stunning and about 50 times prettier in person! The sparkle is very evident! I say we get Jess to make this type of polish in every holo glitter, yes?? This was 2 coats plus two coats of topcoat.

The Witching Hour is an orange, purple, black, and green micro holo glitter. Again, another that is really much much more sparkly and intense in person! 3 coats, plus topcoat.

Spooky Lights is the Halloween version of Twinkle Lights and Patriot, with orange, purple, green, and black glitters. 3 coats plus topcoat.

Black Cat Optional in a silver holographic glitter with orange and black and white glitters mixed in. This is 3 coats, plus topcoat.

Also returning this year is Swamp Thing, the lovely green polish she released last year.

What do you think? Which of these is your favorite?

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Amanda

Great Lakes Lacquer Leaves In The Lake

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As bummed as I was to miss out on attending Polish Con in Chicago in September, I have been able to get a few leftover exclusives here and there. I was so glad to be able to purchase the Great Lakes Lacquer polish, Leaves in the Lake.

This is a dark navy jelly with red, orange, green flakies. I used 3 coats here, plus topcoat. This picture does this polish no justice; it is sooooo much prettier in person! The flakies in the jelly really stand out!

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Amanda

Pretty & Polished Navy Pier

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I was not able to attend Polish Con in Chicago in September but lucky for me, a few indies had some exclusives left over and I was able to purchase Navy Pier from Pretty & Polished.

Navy Pier is a navy blue jelly with holographic glitter. This is 3 coats. Ooh la la!

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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

Orly Mulholland Collection for Fall 2016!

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Today I have the 6 piece collection from Orly for fall 2016, called Mulholland. I know I've mentioned before that ever since Orly rebranded, I've been consistently impressed with their collections. It's so nice to see 6 piece collections. Larger collections seem overwhelming to me, lol.

Mansion Lane is a dark grey creme. This is 2 coats, plus topcoat. A nice formula, no pooling or running. It was the tiniest bit thin but that is just based on my preference for polishes.

Cahuenga Pass is a tomato red jelly. This is 3 coats plus topcoat. I don't think this is a very fall like color, but I LOVE it! Great formula, as well!

Hillside Hideout is a deep mauve with gold shimmer. This was another with a great formula and opaque in 2 coats, plus topcoat.

Million Dollar Views is a golden coppery color with gold glitter. This was 2 coats, plus topcoat. Now, I know what you're thinking: doesn't this look exactly like Orly's Rage? I thought the same but no, Rage is more pink and has no glitter. I even took a comparison swatch for you!

MDV on the index and ring finger, Rage on the middle and pinky. They look even more different in person and both are completely lovely.

Party In The Hills is a black and gold microglitter in a clear (or possibly slightly tinted base). 3 coats, plus topcoat. The glitter wasn't quite as dense as I prefer for glitters but again, that's just my preference.

Meet Me At Mulholland is a brown shimmer with orange and purple flakies. This is 3 coats plus topcoat.

What's your favorite from this collection? I personally love Cahuenga Pass and Party in the Hills!

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Twinsie Tuesday: Studs or Embellishments

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Today we are working with studs or embellishments and I decided to be very basic and use my Essie Starry Starry Night for a little galaxy manicure. Now I'm sure you've heard of the debacle surrounding this polish and how it's not a dupe for the original and yadda yadda yadda. My friend Jess sent this to me and I was excited to own it.... and then all of the ruckus started about bad formula's and such and that very much dimmed my excitement. It's been sitting in my nail polish rack for close to a month (if not longer) because I just didn't care to be disappointed lol.

But I was in a pinch for an idea for this prompt and GALAXY NAILS was a super easy look that I could whip up in no time. So here we go:

I applied 2 coats of Essie Starry Starry Night and thankfully, this bottle had a typical jelly glitter formula. It was not thick or troublesome at all! I was so happy with that result! Then I added some star rhinestones from Born Pretty Store (you can use code FEL91 for 10% off your order) in random patterns or placement on my nails and voila. Simple galaxy nails.

                                                                 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

Orly 15 Minutes of Fame and Gossip Girl

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Today I have a quick gradient using the only two Orly polishes I purchased from their Winter collection, Infamous.

15 Minutes of Fame is a pinky red jelly with pink glitter. This was 2 coats.

I dabbed Gossip Girl onto the tips of my nails, using the brush in the bottle. Top coat and done.

I know these are so simple but I never tire of a simple glitter gradient!

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Amanda

Favorite Nail Polishes of 2015: Day 5!

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I'm quickly realizing that I should have started my Favorites List earlier in the month, lol!! Whoops!

Anyway, today we have Priti NYC Midnight Blue Gerbera. Priti NYC is available at boutique's in NYC and various online retailers. I purchased mine on Hautelook earlier this summer. I enjoyed all of the colors I purchased but this was the standout, for sure.

Midnight Blue Gerbera has a blue jelly base with blue and green glitter. This was 3 coats, plus topcoat. The formula was a bit thick at three coats; however, I am usually a bit heavy handed with my coats of polish :-p I just love this color and it looks completely mesmerizing in person!

Have you tried Priti NYC before?

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Amanda

Great Lakes Lacquer The Friends Collection, Part 2

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Great Lakes Lacquer is back with the second part of their Friends collection, consisting of 5 polishes that are inspired by the friends that most of us have in our lives.

The Polish Fairy Godmother is an orangey rust red with blue shimmer. The formula on this was a bit thick but I made it work. I used topcoat for these swatches. This was 2 coats.

The Animal Advocate is plum wine linear holo with fuschia flakies. This was 2 coats, plus topcoat and I'm please to report that this polish (and the polishes hereafter) all have the pretty perfect formula that Great Lakes Lacquer has delivered through the first part of the Friends collection and the monthly limited edition polishes they've released.

The Evil Enabler is a deep deep purple jelly with orange glitter and orange holo glitter. This was 3 coats, plus topcoat. I love the combination of the dark jelly and orange glitters; it's quite unique.

The Enigmatic Soul is a cobalt jelly with blue shimmer. This was 2 coats, plus topcoat.

 The Traveling Linguist is a warm bronze jelly filled with gold shimmer. I used 3 coats for this, plus topcoat. I love this color brown!

Be sure to check out GLL monthly Limited Edition polishes and the Friends Collections on her Etsy Shop!

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Amanda

Mid West Lacquer I Have The Power!

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I received this polish as part of a giveaway prize!

This is my first Mid West Lacquer! I always love trying new brands, but sometimes it's overwhelming because there are so many indie brands! When I win a giveaway and there are multiple brands in the package, that makes me happy because I can try new brands all at once! :)

I Have the Power! is a dark berry colored jelly with gold flakes. This was pretty sheer and needed 4 coats plus topcoat. Even so, it has a nice formula and didn't look thick and clumpy at 4 coats. It's such a beautiful color, perfect for fall!

Have you tried Mid West Lacquer? Are there any colors I *must* try next??

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Polish 'M & Love, Angeline Halloween Duo

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Sooooo this is apparently the week of showing polishes that you can't purchase, whoops! This is the Halloween Duo from Polish 'M and Love, Angeline. This has sold out and as far as I know, there are no plans for a restock.

Polish 'M's contribution is called Spooktacular. This is a white crelly with purple, yellow, orange, and black glitters in assorted sizes and shapes. The glitters were abundant in this polish and no fishing was required. This took 3 coats to cover completely and I added one coat of topcoat.

Love, Angeline's contribution is called A Little Batty. This is a black jelly with purple, green, and yellow circle glitters, with microglitters abounding throughout. This was 2 coats, plus topcoat. Again, no fishing required; the glitters were easily applied to the nail.

What do you think of these? I love black jellies so I'm partial to the Love, Angeline but they are both really fun for Halloween!

Talk to you soon!
Amanda