Round 20 Bestie Twin Nails with The Little Canvas

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Nothing To Disclose

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.

This time, we wanted to do a black and gold NYE festive manicure and I realize it's no longer NYE but who cares, lol. We used this picture by SoNailicious.com for inspiration!

I started with OPI DS Pewter for my base color because I somehow don't own a plain black OPI. Wut? Then I used the brush in the OPI I Cannoli Wear OPI to stripe that color down the middle. using a small striping brush, I painted OPI Glitzerland on the side of I Cannoli Wear OPI. I added topcoat and boom. Done.

I love black and gold together. Why do people do this primarily at the holidays? Ugh, it's so pretttty!!! Now go check out Alaina's nails and leave her a one word comment! I mean it! One word!

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

2b Colours Nail Polish Review

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Press Sample

Today I have two polishes to share with you from 2b Colours. This brand recently became available on Ulta.com and is available in select Ulta stores. The only store in Michigan it is available is in Westland, so if you're near that city, check out the in store display!

Cerise Red is a red with a lot of pink in the polish. It looked more like a dark, bright pink in person, if that makes sense!! LOL This had a nice formula and applied very easily with 2 coats.

 Jeans Look - Black is a slightly textured black polish with a tiny scattering of silver shimmer throughout. This was pretty opaque in one coat but the color deepened up quite a bit on the second. And of course I did not use a top coat for this polish ;-)

I realize it looks more gray here but that's due to my lighting and angle of the hand pose.

These were nice polishes to apply, I didn't have any issues with either one. Be sure to check out 2b Colours on Ulta.com (Or in store, if you are lucky enough to do so!) and look for a makeup review for some 2b Colours products coming soon!

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Twinsie Tuesday: Favorite Discontinued Polish 3/31

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Today for Twinsie Tuesday, I grabbed some of my Zoya Pixie Dusts to share with you! I love the Pixie Dusts and am sad that Zoya is discontinuing the line.

I used some nail vinyls to block off some space on my nail and painted Zoya Arianna, then Oswin in the middle, and Noir on the top of the nail (by the cuticle). It's hard to tell the difference in color between Arianna and Oswin but they did look different in person.

Make sure you check out the rest of the Twinsies posts!

Tiffany at Polished To Precision

Savannah at Addicted to Polish

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Lisa at The Polish Playground

Lakeisha at Refined and Polished

Kristine at Pink and Polished Nails

Jessica at Blue Velvet Lacquer

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

Bridget at A Painted Nail

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Amanda at Amandalandish

Alaina at The Little Canvas

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Twinsie Tuesday: Pinterest Inspiration

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I used this picture from Pinterest for my inspiration but changed the colors a bit.

Zoya Prim is on my pointer and pinky fingers, Zoya Godiva is my middle finger and Zoya Severine (one of the mini's from a recent Zoya promo) is the ring finger. I love love love Prim, it is just a gorgeous cornflower blue color! My stripes are, as usual, terrible but I still really liked this manicure.

The coats for each polish were as follows:
Prim: 2
Godiva: 3
Severine: 2

Now go look at the other twinsies posts! 

Alaina at The Little Canvas

Amanda at Amandalandish

Amanda at Fashion Footing

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Bridget at A Painted Nail

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Jessica at Blue Velvet Lacquer

Kristine at Pink and Polished Nails

Lakeisha at Refined and Polished

​Lisa at The Polish Playground

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Savannah at Addicted to Polish

Tiffany at Polished To Precision

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Bestie Twin Nails With The Little Canvas

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For this month's BTN, we decided to use this photo from @ana0m on Instagram.

If you hadn't noticed, I really like using the same brand for these so I busted out my Zoya's and got to work.

The colors I used were Zoya Vespa (green), Purity (white), Wednesday (mint green), and Trixie (silver).

I started with two coats of Purity on my pinky and middle fingers, then I used 3 coats of Vespa on my ring, pointer and thumb. Then I (crookedly) striped some Trixie and Wednesday down the middle finger and pinky. One day I will learn to draw a straight line, but it is not this day.

I also didn't top coat any of the nails, I liked how they looked textured and a little bit satiny, rather than glossy :-)

Go check out Alaina's nails because her lines are probably straight and all that junk :-p


Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Love, Angeline Swatches

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I have some swatches of the most recent Harmonious Gemstones from Love, Angeline and I threw in a swatch of one of her glitters for good measure.

First, the glitter is Since The Beginning of Time, a glitter bomb that features every glitter Natosha has used since she opened up shop. It was densely packed and this was one coat over China Glaze Boho Blues, with topcoat.

Now onto the Harmonious Gemstones!

First is Rubellite Melodies is a pink polish. The Gemstones are typically pretty opaque in one coat, but two is preferred for full opacity. This was two coats with no top coat.

With topcoat:

Rhythym in Aquamarine is an aqua colored polish. These were all the same formula, 2 coats. Actually, all of these were 2 coats :-)
No topcoat:

With topcoat:

Rhapsody in Cymophane is a yellow gold polish. Again, 2 coats. No topcoat:

With topcoat:

Score-d Garnets is the red gemstone and I love this one. Again, 2 coats, no top coat.

With topcoat:

Finally, Triadic Gemstones is a multi colored gemstone and it's pretty amazing. This was again two coats, no topcoat.

MACRO!! With topcoat! Let's just gaze in the beauty of this. Soooo amazing.

You can purchase Love, Angeline polishes here.

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Twinsie Tuesday: Polish Received In A Swap

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For this prompt, we are choosing a polish that we received in a swap. I have done a lot of swapping over the years so I had a lot of polishes to choose from. I decided to choose one that I received most recently and that is Different Dimension Ready Set Snow.

This is a white base with silver holo sparkles throughout. I did not realize until application that this was textured, however! It was a bit thick but that is due to the texture of the polish. However, application was easy and this covered fully in two coats. I applied one coat of topcoat but will probably used two in the future.

Without topcoat:

With topcoat:

Don't forget to check out the rest of the twinsies!

Tiffany at Polished To Precision

Savannah at Addicted to Polish

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Lisa at The Polish Playground

Lakeisha at Refined and Polished

Kristine at Pink and Polished Nails

Jessica at Blue Velvet Lacquer

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

Bridget at A Painted Nail

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Amanda at Fashion Footing

Amanda at Amandalandish

Alaina at The Little Canvas

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Bestie Twin Nails with The Little Canvas!

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Alaina of The Little Canvas and I are back with another round of Bestie Twin Nails or BTN, for short :-)

This time, we chose to replicate this look that is unfortunately not credited and the link it was pinned from is... well... Pinterest won't let you go to the site because it's been flagged for inappropriate content. SO! If you know you did this manicure, let me know so I can properly credit!!

I chose to use similar colors as the original pin, using Squishy Face Polish Dusty Rose as my base color and then Zoya Tomoko for the gold and OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls and Wet n Wild Black for the accents. I used some nail vinyls for the lines because I'm terrible at straight lines, lol.

I quite liked these! I need to practice my striping but it's not terrible looking, I don't think. I am definitely enjoying our BTN, as it's helping me to come out of my comfort zone with nail art. Baby steps. Baby steps! LOL

Go look at Alaina's nails because they are really pretty!

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

SinfulColors Full Throttle Swatches

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*polishes were provided for free in exchange for my honest opinion*

Today I have 3 of the 5 polishes from the SinfulColors Summer 2014 Full Throttle Collection. These polishes are rubberized textures.

The formula on all 3 of these polishes was very nice. It was not thin and very easy to work with; almost no cleanup was needed! The colors available are very race car-ish, as well!

First up, Rain Rubber. This "brilliant burnout blue" is my kind of color (but you know this, if you have read my blog at all... I love my blues!)

The other two polishes were worn together, Rubber Ball and Race Rubber (pink and red, respectively).

If you are not a fan of textures, have no fear: the texture on these polishes is very minimal and I don't think it would be offensive to those who don't love texture on their nails.

These polishes are available at Rite Aid and Walgreens for summer 2014.

Check out SinfulColors on Facebook and on Twitter.

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

SinfulColors Crystal Crushes Review

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*The products in this post were provided for free in exchange for my honest opinion*

Today I have two polishes from the SinfulColors Crystal Crushes collection to share with you!

"Crystal Crushes is a brilliant collection of gem-inspired nail polish shades with multi-faceted 3D texture. Gorgeous matte colors flecked with a reflective pearl finish sure to dazzle your digits and make your heart skip a beat.

Featuring 8 vivid shades sprinkled with an angel dust finish."

The two shades I have are Treasure Chest, a sea green and Got A Blush On You, a fuchsia.

First, Treasure Chest. This was two coats. The formula on these was pretty good, not thick or goopy. I might have been able to do one coat with this shade, if I had used a thicker coat.

Got A Blush On You was the same as Treasure Chest. This is two coats, good formula.

I really liked these. I honestly don't know if I would have purchased these had they not been sent to me but I'm glad I did try them!

These are available exclusively at Walgreens for Fall 2013 for $2.99.

Check out SinfulColors Facebook page and follow them on Twitter @SinfulColors_NP!

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

OPI Liquid Sand Jinx

Hey guys! What are your plans for the weekend? I am taking care of my sick baby, which is heartbreaking. She caught my cold and is all stuffy :-( Hopefully she feels better soon and I hope your weekend is more fun than mine, lol. 

This is Jinx from the Bond Girls collection of textures. 

Ohhhhhh mah gosh, such a gorgeous color. I adore this! This was 2 wonderful coats, no topcoat. 

I can't believe that I once hated the textures... Zoya and OPI are making me eat my words! 

Talk to you soon!

Amanda

Orly FX Black Pixel

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Did everyone have a nice weekend? I'm finding it hard to believe that it's a already September!! Yikes!

I snagged this in a Sally's clearance bin a while back. Orly has jumped on the texture train and this baby caught my eye.

Black Pixel is a (shockingly enough) black texture polish! This was 3 coats, no top coat. It looks shiny, but it actually wasn't, lol. 

What do you think? 

Talk to you soon!

Amanda

Recent NOTD: OPI Honey Ryder and China Glaze Keepin' It Teal

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Have any fun plans for the weekend?? Not me, just hanging out and probably going to go through clothes and house things in preparation for a a garage sale! Fun times :-)

Here's a recent NOTD for ya! 

I used 2 coats OPI Honey Ryder on my index and pinky fingers, and 4 coats of China Glaze Keepin' It Teal on the thumb, middle and ring fingers. 

I really like the gold and teal together and I am coming around to these textured polishes. 

What do you think of this combo? How do you feel about the texture trend?? 

Talk to you soon!

Amanda

Zoya Fall Pixie Dusts!

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Today I have the Zoya Fall Pixie Dust Collection to share with you! I'm sure you've seen these all over the place but hey, I just had a baby... I'm a little behind! LOL 

I wasn't too crazy about the whole texture trend when these started rolling out but I have to say that the Zoya Pixie Dusts are amazing. So shimmery and beautiful! I'm going to keep this short and sweet, as I hear my little princess stirring! 

These were all 2 coats and I didn't have any issues with any of these. I didn't use a top coat for any of the swatches. 

Tomoko

Dhara, one of my favorites! I just love this color orange with the golden shimmer! 

Arabella

Carter

 Sunshine

Chita, which is what I wore for about 2 weeks because I went into labor wearing this and didn't have time to remove :-)

So what do you think? Do you love the texture polishes? Did you pick up any from this collection? What are your favorites??

Talk to you soon!
Amanda