Cirque Erda & Helios

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This was my St. Patrick's Day manicure but it was so pretty that I wanted to share it on the blog too.

2 coats of Cirque Erdas, which is a stunningly gorgeous bright green and I'm just like asdkbakfljbaldfkbadflkabdfaaaaaa over it. Love love love.

I added one layer of Helios, a gold holographic microglitter. Lurve it!

Cirque polishes can be purchased here.

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

OPI This Color's Making Waves

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This is the only color I purchased from the OPI Hawaii collection. It's a different color, shifting from blue to green, and also looks sort of metallic and not so metallic at times, lol. Great description, right? :-p

This was 3 thin coats, no top coat.

Did you buy any from the Hawaii collection? What were your favorites?

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Amanda

Twinsie Tuesday: Seasonal Opposite

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For Seasonal Opposite, I immediately thought "brown" because that's more of a fall color to me for polish. So I busted out Zoya Emilia, Chanelle, and Sunny for a simple dotticure.

Simple, but definitely seasonal opposite, right?!


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

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Amanda

Jelly Galaxy Nails

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I was trying to recreate this look from Nails Redesigned. Her design was more of a "party on her nails", as she put it and mine is more of a galaxy but that's okay.

I started with a base of 2 coats using Bonita Colors Royal Wishes and I'm going to be super dramatic here and say "this color is so pretty, I could die". But come on, IS THIS NOT AN AMANDA COLOR?! It's perfect. I ALMOST didn't want to continue with my nail art plans, lol.

Then I added a coat of Black Dahlia Lacquer Sparklefest, a beautiful silver holographic glitter.

You guys.... then something crazy happened. In a completely random order, I swiped a little bit of Rica:
- Squishy Strawberry
- Squishy Plum
- Squishy Lemon
- Squishy Tangerine
- Squishy Grape
- Squishy Blueberry

on various nails until I sort of got a design I liked. Then I added a top coat and called it good. I quite liked this, even if it didn't come out the way I was planning.

Whatcha think? I'm kind of in love with these jelly manicures I keep seeing and definitely want to try some more!

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Black Dahlia Lacquer Dandelion Fields

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Dandelion Fields is from Black Dahlia's Hanging On To Summer collection and is a burnt orange holo. This had a nice formula, I used two coats. I love colors like this!

What do you think?

You can purchase Black Dahlia Lacquer Dandelion Fields here.

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Amanda

Barielle Glitter Mania Collection for Spring 2015

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Press Sample

I have one of the two new Barielle Glitter collections for Spring!! Yes! Barielle is doing glitter! I feel like this was an area that they were lacking selection and I'm so happy they have two new collections to choose from.

Princess Pink is a sparkly pink hex glitter. This was pretty densely packed and I used one coat over Illamasqua Jo'Mina.

Gemstones is a blue and purple and silver glitter polish. This was also fairly densely packed and I used one coat of Illamasqua Collide.

Orange Flame is an orange hex glitter. Again, densely packed and one coat over Illamasqua Poke.

Mermaid's Fin is a beautiful aqua glitter with tiny holographic glitters scattered throughout. One coat over Illamasqua Cameo.

And finally, Confetti is a black, pink, light blue, peach matte hex glitter. I loved this one and while it wasn't as dense as the other glitters, it applied nicely in one and a half coats over Illamasqua Rare. I personally loved the combination of the neon yellow with the matte glitters!

This is a fun collection from Barielle and as I mentioned before, I am excited to see some glitters from Barielle!

You can purchase Barielle polish on their website here.

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Jior Couture Swatches

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Press Sample

I have two polishes to share with you from Jior Couture today! This is a newer to me brand, but I've been seeing a bunch of pictures on Instagram and have been loving the colors I've seen!!

March 2015 is a sage green with golden shimmer and gold hex glitter. This has a nice formula, I used two coats. This polish dries a little bit matte, so I added a top coat for the second photo.

090 is a beautiful dusty lavender purple with a linear holo. This also had a very nice formula, I used 3 thin coats.

The first picture is in natural light:

This picture is in direct light:

The last picture is with flash:

I love these colors and the formula on both of the polishes was pretty great! Check out Jior Couture's website to view the rest of their lovely polishes!

Talk to you soon!
Amanda