Polish Con - Contrary Polish These Streets Will Make You Feel Brand New

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Hi everyone!  We're coming up on week 9 of The Road to Polish Con and one of the brands featured is Contrary Polish with These Streets Will Make You Feel Brand New.  Taking it's name from a song about the city itself, how can it be any more New York?  You can buy this polish from PolishConvention.com from February 5th through February 11th.

Let's take a look.

Polish My Life Gleams & Cremes Birthstone Collection for July, August, and September Swatches and Review

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Hi everyone! I've got some new Polish My Life polishes to show you!  This is the 3rd installment of the Gleams & Cremes Birthstone collection (check out Gleams & Cremes Part I and Gleams & Cremes Part II) and has duos of polish for July, August, and September.  You can pick these up now from PolishMyLife.com!

Lemming Lacquer Damn It, I had Something for This, Part II Swatches and Review

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Hi everyone!  I'm so excited to share with you Lemming Lacquer's second Archer inspired collection with you.  If you have checked out the first, check out Damn It, I had Something for This, Part I.  It was so much fun swatching and watching Archer.  Cassie of Lemming Lacquer nailed it again with these!

Lemming Lacquer is also running their Try Us Sale!  It's the perfect opportunity to pick these and other Lemming Lacquer polishes up.  Use code TRYUS2016 20% of orders $15 or more.  The sale lasts until August 31st!

Let's get to it!

Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer Foux du Fafa Collection Swatches and Review

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Hey everyone!  Today is being dubbed Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer day.  I've got several things to show you and first up is the Foux du Fafa collection releasing today at 3:30pm EST as a pre-order until April 30th 3:30pm EST on http://blueeyedgirllacquer.bigcartel.com/.  Inspired by Flight of the Concords, this collection consists of 5 cremes that can also be used for stamping!

Twinsie Tuesday - Inspired by a City

Welcome to another edition of Twinsie Tuesday!  Today's theme is inspired by a city.  I attempted two manicures with full nail art to represent LA and they both came out terribly.  So on to plan B!  I could randomly pick a polish from my OPI drawers and I'd have a 50:50 chance that I'd end up choosing a city themed polish, so that's exactly what I did.  So now I present to you OPI Midnight in Moscow!

Midnight in Moscow was from OPI's Russian collection released in Fall 2007 (I can't believe it's been almost 10 years!).  It's a vampy coal color based polish with molten deep red shimmer.  It has that glow from within look that I love.  I believe this one is still apart of OPI's core collection, so you should be able to find it easily in stores!

This is 2 coats.

Be sure to check out what the other Twinsies have come up with!

Alice at Nail Art in Wonderland

Amanda at Amandalandish

Amanda at Fashion Footing

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

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

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

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

Ever After Polish 'Tis the Season to Sparkle Swatches and Review

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Hi everyone!  Today I have Ever After Polish's new winter collection 'Tis the Season to Sparkle to share with you!  These will be available November 27th (Black Friday) at 12am EST from the Ever After website.  Also, be sure to use code TGIF20 for 20%  off from 11/27-11/30!

Twinsie Tuesday - Inspired by the Season

Hi everyone!  I've been taking a bit of a blogging break, but I'm back today with a Twinsie Tuesday mani inspired by the season.  I decided to go with a fall inspired look because the weather here in LA has been anything but fall like!

I went with a glitter gradient and it didn't quite come out how I envisioned (the base is to dark for my taste), but I kind of like it.

For this look I used:

• China Glaze Free Bear Hugs (from the Fall 2015 The Great Out Doors Collection)
• China Glaze Electrify (from the Hunger Games Collection)
• OPI Thrills in Beverly Hills Top Coat

Don't forget to check out the other Twinsies!

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

Claire at Kerruticles

Jessica at Blue Velvet Lacquer

​Lisa at The Polish Playground

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Marisa at Polish Those Nails

Megan at A Beauty in the Business

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Sara at The Call of Beauty

Savannah at Addicted to Polish

Sharon at Behind Green Eyes

Steph at Lovestruck Lacquer

Tiffany at Polished To Precision

Pahlish October 2015 Duo - A Rare Month

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Hi everyone! Today I have the Pahlish October Duo collectively named A Rare Month to show you.  There is both a topper and a gorgeous base and they'll be available through the month of October!

Pahlish A Stopped Watch.  This is an almost black green jelly with subtle reddish pink shimmer.  I love all things green, an this was no exception.  I think it's that shimmer that really makes this.

This is 3 coats.

Pahlish Autumn People.  This is a topper with red ultrachrome flakes as well as gold and multichrome flakes and violet shimmer all in a clear base.

This is 1 coat over A Stopped Watch.

Be sure to check out Pahlish at the following spots and don't forget these are only available through the month of October!

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**Products in this post were sent by Pahlish for an honest review.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab Claw Polish

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Hi everyone!  I totally had this post ready for Wednesday and it disappeared on me!  So lets try this again. Today I have 6 Claw Polishes to show you from Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab!  This is an indie brand that's well known for their intoxicating perfumes and ethereal gothic aesthetic.  They were one of the first indie perfume brands I purchased from.

These polishes are some BPAL's most famous scents reincarnated in polish form.  They are currently being sold at the Black Phoenix Trading Post and retail for $9.75 each.  Be sure to check out Ida Nails It and Lavish Layerings for swatches of polishes not included in this post!

Pahlish Objects of Curiosity - September 2015 Duo

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Today you get a double dose of Pahlish!  This is the duo for September 2015.  It includes a glitter topper and a gorgeous base and will be available from Pahlish.com for the month of September!

Palish Little Bells.  This has a deep blackened violet blue jelly base with very subtle purple flecks and shimmer.

This is 2 coats.

Pahlish Forty-Four Sunsets.  This is the topper of the duo and it's one of my favorites of all the duos I have!  It has a clear base and is fill with copper glitter as well as ultrachrome flakes and a heavy dose of violet shimmer.

This is one coat over Little Bells.

This duo will be available starting tonight September 6th at 7pm CST until the end of September.  Pick yours up over at Pahlish.com and don't forget to check Pahlish out at the following spot!

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**Products in this post were sent by Pahlish for an honest review.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.

China Glaze Evening Seduction

I broke my nails.  That was 2 weeks ago.  When I say broke my nails, I mean all the way past the meat, a few were bleeding, and they hurt kind of broke.  It's been two weeks and they are still extremely short.  I don't think they've been this short in years.  I might be exaggerating a bit, but I know some one out there feels my pain.  So I've decided to come out of hiding, bust out one of my untried vampies and rock the nubbins.

China Glaze Evening Seduction fit the bill, so that's what I've got on today.  It originally hails from the Visions of Grandeur collection  that was released in 2005 but it's apart of the core line now. This is a true vampy polish.  It's a deep plum cream that borders on looking black.  Actually at a glance in certain lighting, it does look black.  It's perfect for my short nails and for October.

Application on this was great.  Everything applied smoothly, but be forewarned.  Apply with care because this is one of those polishes that's a pain to clean up.  Looks like your fingers have been bleeding if you don't do a thorough job.  Other than that, I love this polish.

This is 2 coats.

BB Couture Saturday Night Fever

I think I've said this before, but BB Couture knows how to make great polish with glitter suspended in a jelly base.

Saturday Night Fever has a dark green (nearly black) jelly base with green and gold glitter suspended in it.  It dries a little gritty, so I used a coat of Gelous and a coat of Seche Vite.  These pictures do it no justice.  I don't know why I couldn't get a good picture of it.

This is 2 coats.

Maybelline Chic Chocolate

Chic Chocolate is from Maybelline's 2010 Fashion Week collection.  It's a gorgeous blackened red shimmer.  It tends to look black in minimal lighting.  Application would have been nice, but the brush was a bit lopsided and a little stiff.  I've got to stop leaving things untried for more than a year lol.

This is 2 coats.

Sephora by OPI 212 - Sephora

212 - Sephora was originally released with the opening of Sephora's NYC store.  It was only available there and online.  I've now started to see it in the regular displays and it seems to be a part of the core collection.

212 is an interesting mix of things.  The base seems to be black, but the olive-gold shimmer gives it a murky dirty brown feel.  Through out all of that are flakies that flash orange and green as well as small holo glitter pieces.  Some how it all manages to come through

This is 3 coats (you can get away with 2).

Sephora by OPI Dark Room

I still have on Milani Blue Flash because I'm too lazy to take it off so this is from the back log.  I dread glitter removal even with the foil method.  It's a shame because I love me some glitter.

Dark Room is one of those almost black colors.  It's a nice blackened teal.  I remember when this first came out, everyone was hoping it would be a dupe for NARS Zulu but was disappointed to find it was more teal than green.  It's still a pretty unique color.

This is 2 coats.