Lac Attack Tricks & Treats

Hey guys!

So these were totally for Halloween but I'm showing them late, whoops. I blame Avery. (when is it not acceptable to blame your kid for things anymore?)

First, Vampire Bite. This is a fuchsia jelly with black glitter and white shards of glitter. 3 coats.

Spiced Pumpkin is a mixture of orange, green, pink glitters. This was only 2 coats! Obvy this is perfect for laying but I used it on its own here.

Sugar Skull is a mixture of square, circle and skull glitters in a clear shimmery base. This is one coat with some blobbage over Sinful Cold Leather. The circle glitters aren't curling, they are a bit holographic! The skull wasn't laying perfectly flat.

There ya go! Check out Ana's shop at LacAttack.com!

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Review: SinfulColors Leather Luxe Polishes

Hey guys!

*These polishes were sent to me for free in exchange for my honest opinion*


I have two of the Sinful Colors Leather and Luxe polishes to show you today.

"The Leather Luxe collection features eight weather-warming shades with leather-inspired finished. The best part: they come in every popular base color so there's a leather-licious look for everyone." These are available exclusively at Walgreens this fall.

Cold Leather is an enchanting night sky blue. This was two coats. I am not entirely sure what's happening on the middle finger, to be honest. It didn't want to even out at all. I must have some wicked ridges on that nail? Since it applied perfectly fine on the other nails, I have to assume that error is on me. This dried fairly quickly.

Leather Loose is a safari sinful brown. 2 coats. This applied much nicer than Cold Leather.

 I had to add topcoat to this to see that beautiful shimmer! So pretty!!

What do you guys think of these? I love the idea of matte nail polish and I enjoy it on others but I feel like it just looks strange on me. Maybe that's in my head? What do you think? Do you like plain matte polish? And I like the color of Cold Leather but much prefer Leather Loose as it applied better and it has that lovely shimmer!

Follow SinfulColors on Twitter @SinfulColors_NP and check out their Facebook!
Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Today's Empties Post is... A VIDEO! Ack!

Hey guys!

I decided to do my quarterly empties post as a video; I much prefer to see these types of posts as videos so hopefully you do too!

This is my first video, please be patient, I clearly have no idea what I'm doing while filming with my iPhone!


Let me know what you think!

Honest Link (this is my referral link, if you sign up using this link, I will earn credit towards my purchases): http://honest.com/accept_invitation/317873




Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Review: Northern Star Polish

Hey guys!

I received some goodies from Kristen at Northern Star Polish to share with you!

Kristin is releasing her winter collection TODAY so whoohoo! Oh! Before I forget, my nails are super short right now, sorry :-/

There's quite a few pictures, so let's get to it!

First, I love her packaging. I don't always keep the boxes that polish comes in (although I have been lately) but I love the ingredients clearly listed on the box.

First up, Aurora, "inspired by the Queen of the Snows, a deep blue jelly polish with color shifting and holographic sparkles reminiscent of the northern lights."

This was 3 thin coats. This had a good formula, easy to apply and was a nice consistency.
 Natural Light:

 Direct Sun:

Next is Glacial Illusions, "a milky white crelly base with teal, purple, and silver glitters."

This was 3 coats. I first thought this was going to need undies but it built up nicely after the second coat. And I totally dinged my index finger, bah!

Finally, she included a cuticle oil. This is Super Elf, "a special seasonal scent of candy canes & bubbly sugar sweetness because we can all use an injection of magical elf motivation during the holidays."

I've used Kristin's cuticle oil before (Kiss Kiss) and it smells good enough to drink! However, I LOVE that this comes in a tube with this kind of applicator. I've used this several times and it's moisturizing but not greasy. And it smells like candy :-)

So there ya go. Check out Kristin's Etsy shop here, follow her on Facebook and go check out her new winter collection!

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Polished Findings Winner!

Hey guys!

Random.org picked the winner of the Polished Findings giveaway and the winner is....


Marisa from Polish Obsession!


Thanks for participating and I hope you enjoy the new things coming to my store soon!

And I PROMISE I'm going to get back to nails, hopefully very soon! :-)
Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Rainbow Honey The Final Battle Swatches

Hey guys!

I have a quick post for you today! As this is a review, I wanted to make sure to post it as soon as possible :-)

I have three of the polishes from the new Rainbow Honey The Final Battle fall collection to share with you today!

The Final Battle brings us 15 new shades inspired by Square Enix's Final Fantasy VII.

First, Phoenix Down, over Essie Cashmere Bathrobe. This was two coats. I initially did just one coat and that was sufficient but wanted a little more of the white glitters so I added a second.

Phoenix Down is described as "full or orange, red, white and iridescent glitters, always have this at the ready to revive your worn down manicure".

Tidal wave, 3 coats.

"This murky aqua base is filled with holographic glitters and the effercescent shimmer of the great Leviathan's scales".

Ultimate Weapon, 2 coats. Wow, this was so much more fantastic than I was anticipating!

"A blackened violet with a bright blue shimmer".

As always, I love these polishes. Rainbow Honey is definitely one of my favorite indies and I love the collections they release!

You can purchase Rainbow Honey on their website.

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

*Products were provided to me for free in exchange for my honest opinion.*

Polished Findings Giveaway!

Hey guys!

I have been working on my Etsy business a little more recently. Or at least, thinking about ways to improve. One thing I know I wanted: to do a giveaway for a piece of jewelry in the midst of these thoughts!

Visit my Etsy shop here (PolishedFindings) and look through the shop. You can favorite up to 10 items  (well, you can favorite as many as you like but for the purposes of this giveaway, only 10 will count) and each item favorited will put you in a drawing to win one of those pieces!

So here it goes:

Step 1: Visit Etsy Shop
Step 2: Favorite Up to 10 Items
Step 3: Wait to see if you've won!

Bonus: If you decide that you just can't wait to see if you've won and want that jewelry NOW, every order placed between now and November 2 will not only get FREE Domestic SHIPPING (use code FREESHIP), but will also go into a drawing to be refunded their purchase!

So spread the word, favorite away, and thank you very much!

*This contest ends November 2, 2013 and is open to U.S. residents only. *

Talk to you soon!
Amanda