Fire Cracker Lacquer Candle Salad Collection Swatches and Review

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Hi everyone!  Today I have Fire Cracker Lacquer's newest offering, the Candle Salad Collection.  I have to say when Kendahl first told us the name of the collection I was confused and when I googled it I laughed so hard.  We'll just say a candle isn't the only thing that concoction resembles 😉

The Candle Salad Collection consists of 5 polishes, 4 of which are microglitters.  You can pick these up now over at www.firecrackerlacquer.com

On to the swatches!

Polish Con - Nine Zero Lacquer VIP? Not Me!

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Hey everyone!  Earlier I showed you Le Polish Polish Con't Go.  The second polish for Week 11 is Nine Zero Lacquer VIP? Not Me!  It will be available from PolishConvention.com Sunday, February 19th through Saturday, February 25th.

Let's take a look!

Great Lakes Lacquer and Literary Lacquers Make Your Stand Collaboration Swatches and Review

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Hi everyone! Today I have a collaboration between Great Lakes Lacquer and Literary Lacquers to show you called Make Your Stand.  The collection consists of 4 polishes, 2 from each brand and is inspired by Steven King's The Stand.  I'm a huge reader, but historical fiction is usually my genre of choice.  Still, I'm going to add this to my to read pile because I'm curious.

This collection is available for pre-order until July 19th on GreatLakesLacquer.com with a turn around time of 5-12 business days.

Let's take a look!

Christmas Tree Mani

If you've followed my blog for a bit, you'll notice that I never do much nail art.  Mostly because I'm lazy and I'm not much of an artist,  but I've seen this tape Christmas tree several places and I decided to try.  This was definitely quick and easy, even for someone like me, and it looks so festive!  For the gold background I used China Glaze Midnight Kiss (a gold foil from the 2010 holiday collection), for the glitter I used China Glaze Party Hearty (multi sized red, green glitter and smaller gold glitter), and for the tree I used China Glaze Emerald Sparkle (the most perfect green glitter in a green base).  I also put a little rhinestone for the tree topper.

Milani Sail Away

Sail Away is one of the new polishes Milani released a few months ago.  It's a beautiful navy blue with lots of blue and silver shimmer.  It straddles the line between shimmer and foil and I love it.

Application was perfect.  All you need is one coat and it just glides on.  I had to use 2 coats to cover up some bald spots due to the nail treatment I used as a base coat.

This is 2 coats.

OPI Swimsuit...Nailed It!

Well, since going back and forth about trimming my nails, fate decided to step in and this happened (Excuse the cell phone picture.  Also, I was wearing Deborah Lippmann Forget You over black):

I was so mad, filed my nails all the way down and planned to go on hiatus.  Now that I've had my nubs for a bit, I kind of like the idea of starting over again.  I love them on other people, so why not me?

Anyways, today I'm wearing Swimsuit...Nailed It! from the 2011 Miss Universe Collection.  It's a gorgeous blue foil with a nice application.

This is 2 coats.

BB Couture Blind Love

This has been sitting in my untrieds pile for quite some time, so I finally decided to show it a little love.

Blind Love is a silvery gold foil that leans a little to the green side.  I've read on MUA that it's a close dupe to Chanel Kaleidoscope (which I don't own).

While the color is pretty, it doesn't really "wow" me.  This is most likely because I had hyped it up for myself due to all the Chanel dupe talk.

This is 3 coats.

Orly Shine

This is a pretty foil silver.  I needed two coats for opacity, it applied pretty decently and it dried lightening fast.

Milani Molten Rock

I saw some swatches posted of these new Milanis online and I had to check and see if my CVS had them.  They did!

This polish is a gorgeous metallic blue with micro shimmer.

OPI DS Glow

I was sitting here trying to decide what color I'd start my blog off with and after much thought and consideration, I figured I'd make it easy on myself and post the polish I'm currently wearing.

Glow is one of the more recent Designer Series releases from OPI.  It's a gorgeous gold/copper/bronze with a blinding foil/shimmery finish.