Showing posts with label Frost. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Frost. Show all posts

Saturday, February 11, 2017

Polish Con - Leesha's Lacquer Once in a Blue Moon

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Hi everyone!  It's now week 10 of The Road to Polish Con and this week is featuring Leesha's Lacquer with Once in a Blue Moon.  You can pick this up from PolishConvention.com starting February 12 until February 18th!

Let's take a look!


Friday, June 24, 2016

Polish My Life April, May, and June Gleams & Cremes Birthstone Collection Swatches and Review

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Hi everyone! I showed you some of Polish My Life's Gleams & Cremes a few months back here and now it's time for some new ones! There are 6 new polishes total and can be purchased from PolishMyLife.com!

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Law Beauty Essentials Swatches and Review

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Hi everyone!  I graduated and took a little break, but I'm back!  Today I have some polishes from Law Beauty Essentials to show you.  The bottles have a square shape as does the top, much like Butter London.  The caps come off to allow for easier application and the brushes are wide with slightly rounded edges, similar to Sally Hansen brushes but a tad less wide.  Each bottle has .37 fl oz of product.  This brand is also 5 free!  Let's take a look.


Thursday, September 10, 2015

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!



Thursday, August 13, 2015

SinfulColors A Class Act Collection (partial)

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Hi everyone! Today I have a few of SinfulColors A Class Act Collection.  There are 27 in total and have already been spotted in Walgreens as well as other retailers.  There's a little something for everyone!

sinful colors a class act collection back to school

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Sally Hansen Miracle Gel Tribal Vibe and Boho Chic Collections (partial)

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Hi everyone!  Today I have some Sally Hansen Miracle Gel polishes to show you.  Recently Sally Hansen has release not one, but two new Miracle Gel collections.  They've also made improvements on the Miracle Gel top coat and have put some limited edition duo packs together.  I have a little bit of each collection, so I'm putting it all in one post.  I'll be doing a separate review on the Miracle Gel top coat later.
*The brushes on these are really wide.  I love them because I have big nail beds and it makes things easy to apply. Please keep this in mind when I talk about application.  If you prefer smaller brushes, you may have a different experience.

sally hansen miracle gel


Let's take a look!

Saturday, February 21, 2015

Barielle Gentle Breeze Collection Spring 2015 Swatches and Review

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It's finally the weekend!  This has been a really long week for me and I'm just glad it's over.  Hope your week was better than mine!

Today I have the Barielle Gentle Breeze Collection for Spring 2015 and I know some of you are dying for spring to hurry up and get here.  It consists of 5 polishes: 3 creams, 2 shimmers.



Sunday, December 28, 2014

China Glaze Twinkle Collection - My Picks

Hi everyone!  Hope everyone had a merry Christmas, a happy Hanukkah, or just a great December!  I've been meaning to post my selections for the China Glaze Twinkle Collection for Winter 2014 for a while.  I bought them more than a month ago!  Holiday festivities have gotten in the way of posting.  I've been wearing the same polish for a little more than a week now!

First up is Out Like a Light.  This is a dark gray creme and absolutely perfect.  Application was great.  This is one thick coat.

China Glaze Out Like a Light Twinkle Winter 2014

China Glaze Out Like a Light Twinkle Winter 2014


I'd Melt for You is a smooth metallic silver that reminds me quite a bit of Millennium from the Khrome Collection that everyone raved about in 2009.  I'll have to do a comparison post soon.  This is one of those polishes that you should wait for to dry in between coats or it starts to clump a bit and if you have ridges, they show.  I still love it though!  This is 2 coats.

China Glaze Id Melt for You Twinkle Winter 2014


 China Glaze I'd Melt for You Twinkle Winter 2014

Pine-ing for Glitter has green multi sized glitter in a clear base.  This is it over Out Like a Light.  While I used it as a topper, it can be built up and used alone.  This is one coat.

China Glaze Pine-ing for Glitter over Out Like a Light

China Glaze Pine-ing for Glitter over Out Like a Light


December to Remember.  I have to say I was disappointed in this color.  It's a frosty blue, with pink shimmer/micro glitter that shifts colors a bit.  The shift looks a lot more obvious in the bottle, but doesn't show much on the nail.  This is 2 coats.

China Glaze December to Remember Twinkle Winter 2014

 China Glaze December to Remember Twinkle Winter 2014

China Glaze December to Remember Twinkle Winter 2014


Another glitter from the collection, is Feeling Twinkly.  This is a medium blue micro glitter in a clear base.  It can be layered to opacity or used as a topper.  I used it as a topper here over Out Like a Light.  Love this combo!  This is 1 coat over Out Like a Light.


China Glaze Feeling Twinkly Layered Twinkle Winter 2014

China Glaze Feeling Twinkly Layered Twinkle Winter 2014


Last but not least is Meet Me Under the Stars.  This is another favorite!  Black, silver, and a sprinkling of blue micro glitter in a black jelly base.  You can layer it over a darker color or just wear it alone.  Here, I used it alone.  This is 2 coats.


China Glaze Meet Me Under the Stars Twinkle Winter 2014

China Glaze Meet Me Under the Stars Twinkle Winter 2014


Over all I enjoyed these, especially layering them which is something I don't do often enough.  Did you buy anything from this collection?

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Zoya Wishes Collection for Holiday/Winter 2014 Swatches and Review

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Hi everyone!  Today I have Zoya's offering for Winter 2014 called the Wishes Collection.  It consists of 3 Magical PixieDusts, 2 shimmer/frosts, and 1 cream.



Read on for the swatches and review!

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Sally Hansen Salon Effects How Corny

How Corny is a part of the limited edition Halloween collection.  I was also released last year.  I skipped it last year so I decided to try this one out this year.  It's basically candy corn pieces with a shimmery white back ground.  The whole design has more of a pearl almost frosty look.  I really wanted to like these, but the pearl/frost stops that from happening.  It also prevents it from standing out from further distances.  I think they'd be much better as a creme finish.

Application was the same as all the other Salon Effects I've tried.




Thursday, September 20, 2012

Throw Back Thursday: Cover Girl Midnight Forest

For Throw Back Thursday, I decided to we Midnight Forest which I found in Dollar Tree a year or two ago.  I'm actually not sure how old this is but I believe Cover Girl has stopped making polish  (correct me if I'm wrong) .

Anyways, Midnight Forest is a blackened green as it's name suggests.  I boarders on being frosty and seems to have some silvery frost/shimmer in it.  It's gorgeous!

As for the application, it was a little runny for me, but other than that I had no issues.

This is 3 coats.




Saturday, August 18, 2012

Glitter Gal 10 to Midnight

This is my first Glitter Gal.  I bought it back in May or March (I can't remember which) am just now wearing it.  It's a charcoal gray linear holo.  This one is a little different because it's a bit frosty.  Now, I love my holo's, but for some reason I'm not completely in love with it.  I guess you could say I'm in like with it, but it may change as I wear it through the day.

Because of the frost, I think it covers up some of the holo from showing as much, but it's still pretty holo.    Application was perfect!

This is 2 coats.

(Sidenote: I think I will start doing Throw Back Thursdays.  Thanks everyone for your input!  Can't wait to see some of your throw backs.)




Thursday, January 26, 2012

Rescue Beauty Lounge Moxie

Now this is a classy color.  I hadn't worn this in a while, and decided I needed to bring it out.  I don't think Moxie gets enough love, but I suppose it's not for everyone.  It is a bit frosty and can be brush stroke-y if you aren't careful.  The base is white with lots of gold shimmer.  I have to retake pictures of this soon

This is 3 coats.



Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Nicole by OPI Me + Blue

This week and weekend have been crazy between work and other  more fun events, I haven't had much time to post my manis.

Me + Blue is obviously from the Justin Bieber collection.  It's a gorgeous frosty blue with holo glitter.  It was a bit on the thick side and the brush was absolute crap.  Now, I normally love bigger brushes ala Sally Hansen Insta-Dry, so I'm going to hope I just got a weird brush.

Anyways, this is 2 coats.






Thursday, June 16, 2011

China Glaze C-C-Courage

C-C-Courage is from the Wizard of Oz collection re-released in 2009.  That means it's taken me 2 years to wear this polish -_-  I have to get it together with my untrieds.  I still haven't worn Merry Midnight (don't stone me lol)

This polish is both frosty and glass flecked.  I'm normally not a frost fan, but certain ones get a pass and this one definitely does.

This is 2 coats.






Tuesday, April 19, 2011

BB Couture Prince Charming Blue

BB Couture is one of my most favorite brands and I wish I had more.  They do so many things right.  They've got unique colors, they've got the glitter in jelly polish down, and they know how to do crazy amazing blues, purples and greens.  What more could I want?

This is one of the first BB Coutures that I lemmed and bought a few years ago and I still love it.  I think it's kind of cool how it matches the bright blue top of the bottle.

This is 2 coats.






Friday, July 30, 2010

Finger Paints Art Dealer Teal-er

This color is a lovely teal frost borderline shimmer.  I'm usually not one for frost, but I couldn't resist.  It starts of sheer, but build up very well.  I used three coats.


This brand can be found at Sally's.