Twinsie Tuesday: Sparkle 2/28

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Sparkle is basically my favorite thing ever so this was an easy prompt.

Formula X is exiting Sephora's so I've managed to purchase a few at the $5 clearance price in the last several weeks. This was one, Artemis.

Artemis is a silver holographic polish. This was 3 coats. Super super sparkly and lovely.

I'm so bummed that Formula X is going away. I have liked all of the polishes that I've tried from this brand. What are some of your favorites from Formula X?

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

butter LONDON Diamond Geezer & Brown Sugar

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I have a bunch of butter LONDON polishes to share but so as not to overload one post with 10 polishes, I'm going to break them up into several posts.

First, Diamond Geezer is a silver foil polish. I found this at TJ Maxx for $3.99 and whenever you can find butter LONDON that cheap, you take advantage, lol. I haven't compared this to the other silver metallic/foil polish that I have, Zoya's Trixie but I feel like these are close but not identical.

This was 2 coats.

Brown Sugar is another TJ Maxx find. This is a red and bronze metallic glitter. A little thin, this was 3 coats.

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Amanda

Zoya Week, Day 2!

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More Zoya swatches from the Black Friday sale today!

This is Tru, a charming eggplant purple with gold shimmer. This has been on my list for a long long time so I'm so happy to finally own this polish! This was 2 coats.

Aster is a lilac with silver shimmer. A little thin, and needed 3 coats for opacity.

Faye is described as a "Bronzed mauve with purple and brown undertones and gold sparkle". This is in the same family as Zoya's Daul, which is one of my favorite Zoya's ever. This is a bit sheer, and needs 3 coats.

Talk to you soon!
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

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

Formula X Ballet Barre

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A quick NOTD using a polish I recently purchased from the clearance section of Sephora. This is Formula X Ballet Barre, a silvery gunmetal metallic polish. I don't have a ton of colors like this and I was intrigued.

This was two coats plus topcoat and the bumps on my pointer and ring finger are on my nail and no fault of the polish!

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Amanda

Zoya Seashells Collection

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Today I have the Zoya Seashells collection. If you know me, you know I LOVE the Zoya Pixie Dusts and I was soooo excited that they released a new collection because the word on the street was that there would be no more Pixie Dusts. Alas, they must have heard our cries and delivered our wishes!

The formula's on all of these are good: thick but that's pretty obvious since they are textures. All polishes were opaque in two coats, save for one polish that I will of course note. And clearly there is no topcoat, lol.

Levi is a sandy gold.

Tilly is silvery grey with small holographic glitter.

Zooey is medium pink with gold holo glitter. This is a lovely summer color and reminds me a lot of Harper.

Linds is a cherry red with fuchsia glitter.

Cece is a bright grass green with gold shimmer.

Bay is a sky blue with silver and gold shimmer. This was the only polish that needed 3 coats.

I don't even know if I can pick a favorite because I love them all!

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Nine Zero Lacquer June 2016 and Patriot

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Today's post is a quick one, but I have two beautiful polishes to show you from Nine Zero Lacquer.

First, I'll share the Polish of the Month for June 2016. This is a light purple linear holograph. By now you should know that Nine Zero has just about perfect formulas, especially for holos, and this was no different: 2 easy coats, plus topcoat.

Patriot is the Limited Edition polish to celebrate the 4th of July. It is a silver holographic base with semi-transparent red and blue glitters. This was 3 coats, plus topcoat. I love this and I want it in every color combination possible, mmmmkkay?

These polishes are both available now! I'm not sure how long Patriot will be around but I'm guessing not long after the 4th of July, but you should order it now so you can wear it on the 4th, duh!

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Amanda

Twinsie Tuesday: Geometric

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Today's prompt is Geometric and we know I ain't drawing out anything because I am not that talented, lol. So I pulled out some trusty nail vinyls and a few A England polishes: Spirit of the Moors, Gloriana, & Virgin Queen.

Two coats of Spirit of the Moors and once that was dry, I used a herring bone (??) nail vinyl on my ring finger. I applied Gloriana and Virgin Queen and removed the vinyl. A coat of topcoat and voila! I didn't intend for these to look so patriotic but it's quite fitting, seeing as how the Fourth of July is right around the corner.

                                                                   Alaina at The Little Canvas

Alice at Nail Art in Wonderland

Amber at Nails Like Lace

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

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

Nine Zero Roy G Biv Collection!

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Today I have the Nine Zero Lacquer Roy G Biv collection. This is a holo collection with a crelly, glitter, and a topper. So let's get to it! So I save a little bit of typing, I added topcoat to every swatch.

Refraction is a red holo. This is super bright red holographic! Like.. glowing bright. This was opaque in two coats.

Frequency is an orange holo. Another great formula, opaque in two coats!

Dispersion is a yellow holo and can I say HOLLLAAA!! I love yellow and they are rather difficult to formulate and this is just perfect. Opaque in 2 coats!

Spectrum is a green holo. Another great formula, opaque in two coats!

Wavelength is the blue, and obviously this is one of my favorites. I love this, and another perfect formula. 2 coats. AND I didn't have any staining with this one and I wore it for a few days!

Reflect is an indigo holographic. ANOTHER perfect formula, 2 coats.

Chromatic is a violet holographic. And can you guess the formula? Just about perfect, 2 coats.

Prism is a silver holographic microglitter with rainbow holographic glitter. This was technically not completely opaque in two coats but I only did two because the glitter is so holographic and sparkly that you couldn't see the small spots that weren't covered... except for the ring finger and in this picture, lol.

Double Rainbow is a white crelly with matte rainbow glitters. This was packed with glitter and super easy to apply. Opaque in two coats. Because there is so much glitter, this did need two coats of top coat to be completely smooth.

Kaleidoscope is a rainbow glitter topper and most normal people would put this over white so you can see all of the colors but I just really had it in my head to layer it over Spectrum. I should probably put a proper swatch of this up on instagram. Someone remind me to do that, lol!

So yeah, Jess is killing it as per usual. Her shop is on vacation mode right now but I highly recommend checking these out! Love love love!

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!

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

YWPxDifferent Dimension Let Them Eat Glitter Collection

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Today I have the Different Dimension/YoungWildandPolished Let Them Eat Polish collection to share with you!

Topaz 2.0 is a rose gold glitter bomb (well, these all are, actually!) full of pink and gold glitters, and gold flakies in a rose gold base. This was two coats, plus topcoat.

Glitter Bug is silver holo glitter, with silver holographic glitters in multiple sizes and even contains sterling silver plated flakies! This was again two coats, plus topcoat. I mean... look at this glitter! It is sooo soo sparkly in person, the camera does it no justice!

Banjo Bling is the gold counterpart to Glitter Bug, containing gold holographic glitters and flakies. Again, 2 coats, plus topcoat. I forgot to take a macro of this polish :-/

Champagne Rain is a silver and gold holo microglitter. 2 coats, plus topcoat. SO gorgeous, and again I somehow forgot to take a macro. FAIL, Amanda! 

YWPimpin is a gunmetal gray holographic polish with added gold flakies, sterling silver plated flakies and gold holographic microglitters. Another 2 coater with a great formula. Plus topcoat. 

Finally, Mrs. Rabbit, a fuchsia pink with blue shift and added pink holo glitters. This was also 2 coats, plus topcoat. 

These polishes are basically really awesome and beautiful and I'm glad I bought them. I was going to pass because ya know.. trying to be good but I had a coupon so... I needed them, lol. This collection is available now, as a set or individually!

Talk to you soon!
Amanda