Great Lakes Lacquer The Great Ones Collection

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Great Lakes Lacquer recently released their The Great Ones collection, 5 polishes inspired by the Great Lakes! As a Michigander, I love anything and everything inspired by Michigan or the Great Lakes so I had to purchase this collection! Moreover, they are all various shades of blue or green, which is perfect for my insatiable love for those colors! Let's get to the polishes, shall we?

Mariah has some great formula's to her polishes and these were no different. All 5 covered well, were very easy to apply and didn't leave any staining or cuticle pooling nonsense.

Lake Huron is a deep blue that has a green shift. I am THE WORST at capturing color shifts in polish but this is really pretty. 3 coats, plus topcoat.

Lake Superior is a deep green with with purple shifting multichrome. Again, I am THE WORST at capturing color shift, so I apologize. I actually love this color without even seeing the shifting colors, lol. This was 2 coats, plus topcoat.

Lake Erie is a deep blue to purple with a slight red tint. 2 coats, plus topcoat.

Lake Michigan is a teal linear holographic with green flakies and shimmer. Definitely one of my favorites, this was 2 coats plus topcoat.

Finally, Lake Ontario is sapphire blue jelly with and several different kinds of blue flakies. This was 2 coats, plus topcoat.

If you haven't tried Great Lakes Lacquer yet, I recommend the brand! I have had great experiences with all of her polishes and I just love the collections she releases!

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Nine Zero Lacquer The Accent Glitters

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Today I have the Nine Zero Lacquer The Accent Glitters collection to show you! This is either perfect timing or horrible timing because I just noticed that only two of the Accent Glitters are in the Last Call section of the Nine Zero shop and the rest have sold out! My bad!

Diamond is a silver holographic glitter. This is 2 coats and in person it is not completely opaque but it's so sparkly that it looked opaque enough for me to call it good. One coat of topcoat.

Rose Quartz is a light pink holographic glitter in a clear base. This was another that was 2 coats but for complete, 100% opacity needed a third but I stopped at two. All of these glitters are incredibly holographic so they look like they are completely covering, even though you can make out a few tiny gaps if you look closely. Plus topcoat.

Amethyst is a light purple holographic glitter in a clear base. The same goes for this as the previous two: 2 coats, but probably needed 3. Plus topcoat.

Ruby is red holographic glitter in a clear base. I did 3 coats plus topcoat for this (and the rest of the polishes). I must have been lazy for the first 3 LOL!!

Citrine is a yellow green holographic glitter in a clear base. This was 3 coats, plus topcoat.

Emerald is a teal green holographic glitter in a clear base. 3 coats, plus topcoat.

Sapphire is a cobalt blue holographic glitter in a clear base. 3 coats, plus topcoat.

Onyx is a black holographic glitter in a clear base. 3 coats plus topcoat.

So as I mentioned, only two of these polishes are currently available (Rose Quartz and Citrine), which is unfortunate because they are beautiful. I still love accent glitters, even though I greatly neglect mine. I think I shall revisit some glitter/creme polish combos soon!

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Round 27 of Bestie Twin Nails with The Little Canvas!

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How is it August and how is it time for another Bestie Twin Nails with Alaina from The Little Canvas??

Today we are doing a beautiful sunflower manicure! Sunflowers are my second favorite flower, just behind daisies. Don't you think a giant field of sunflowers is just so happy and friendly to look at? It's my favorite! So I grabbed some of my favorite Sally Hansen polishes and one of my all time favorite  China Glaze polishes and got to work.

I started with a base of Sally Hansen Byte Blue, a gorgeous cobalt blue creme. I only did one coat because I knew I would be covering most of the nails with other colors or glitter but you do usually need two coats.

For the sunflower detail, I took a small brush and outlined the half circle for the center of the sunflower using Cocoa A Go Go. Then using Sally Hansen Butterscotch and Mellow Yellow to alternate the sunflower petals and used Butterscotch to dot the middle of the brown Cocoa A Go Go. So as not to leave the index and pinky nails out, I added one coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust and then topcoat for all the nails.

Definitely not my best work but I really like these!

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Amanda

Sally Hansen Big Shiny and Big Matte Top Coats - Review

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I was recently sent two topcoats from Sally Hansen: The Big Shiny Top Coat and the Big Matte Top Coat.

Personally, the look of flakies mattified is just so lovely to me so I definitely wanted try this matte topcoat out with Great Lakes Lacquer I Left My Heart At Houghton, which I posted yesterday. I applied one coat of the matte topcoat over the GLL and waited a few seconds. The matte topcoat dried very quickly and and evenly. I wore the matte topcoat for about 3 days and didn't have any chipping, which is very impressive for my nails!

The Big Shiny Topcoat is a pretty standard, but good topcoat. I didn't notice anything exceptional about it, other than it covered nicely without any lumps or bumps or streaking in one coat.

Have you tried either of these topcoats? What did you think?

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Amanda

Nine Zero Lacquer Polish of the Month

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Today I have the Nine Zero Lacquer Polish of the Month for August 2016. This is a bright lime green holo, as the Polish of the Month polishes are known to be. As per usual, this was two fabulously flawless coats, plus topcoat.

The POTM is available now and you can also go back and pick up any monthly polishes that you might have missed, as they are all available!

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Great Lakes Lacquer August Limited Edition Polishes!

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Today I have both of the Great Lakes Lacquer monthly limited edition polishes.

First is The Waters of Torch Lake, a gorgeous aqua blue with blue shimmer. This was two coats and had a great formula. Maybe slightly a bit thick, but I love thicker formulas. I added a topcoat, by the way!

Next is I Left My Heart At Houghton, a completely beautiful periwinkle with small silver flakies. This was 2 coats and topcoat and OMG I love this so much.

The August polishes will be available through August so be sure to make your way over to Great Lakes Lacquer and pick these up before the month is over!

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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