tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53936368497942634722024-03-13T14:55:02.323-07:00Over The Top CoatA blog for all things manicure, with side notes about life in general.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251284735235812365noreply@blogger.comBlogger371125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393636849794263472.post-64487095756503794862015-03-22T13:00:00.000-07:002015-03-23T16:41:51.405-07:00Indie Spotlight: Paint Shop Polish, May Flowers & In Bloom<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hello there! Yes, I know it's been ages and ages since I've posted. There are tons of excuses I could make, but what it boils down to is just feeling burnt out on blogging. There just came a point where all the swatching, photo editing, and writing just wasn't fun for a bit and I was all like "Blogging is hard!" so I took a break. But I'm dipping my toes back in the water, just to test it out. I can't promise regularity with posting but be sure to follow me on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OverTheTopCoat?ref=hl">Facebook</a> and Instagram (user name is @vashtiaa). I tend to post quick shots of current manicures on those accounts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Alright, back to the point of today's post! <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/PaintShopPolish?ref=shop_sugg">Paint Shop Polish</a> has a new spring collection coming out on Monday, March 23 and I was lucky enough to get to swatch a couple of pretties and I have some photos of those to show you today! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">First up is In Bloom, an appropriately named floral glitter topper. Large iridescent lavender flower-shaped glitter swim in a clear base with smaller petal pink, daffodil yellow, and violet hexes, lilac squares, and a healthy sprinkle of holographic micro glitter. This is just a perfectly pretty spring mix!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I applied In Bloom first in one thin coat to spread out the holographic sparkle and then by dabbing the larger glitters on. The gradient underneath was created using Sinful Colors Unicorn and Out of Bounds. In Bloom was fairly easy to work with, the base is a good consistency; not too thick or gloppy. I did have to fish a bit for the larger flower glitters, but that's pretty much par for the course when it comes to big glitters. You'll also want a good top coat to smooth out any bumpiness from the glitter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If you're a glitter topper fan, In Bloom is definitely worth a look. So pretty! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">May Flowers is the second polish I have to show you today. We all know what a sucker I am for a good crelly and this one fits the bill! Icy blue iridescent flower glitters are accompanied by small hexes in the same shade and periwinkle hexes in a squishy white crelly base. This was my favorite of these two polishes...love the glitter mix and the base is beautiful!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">No application issues to report, beyond the necessity to fish a bit for the larger glitters. I'm showing 3 coats here with one coat of Seche Vite on top. Really just a lovely polish!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">May Flowers and In Bloom will both be available this Monday, March 23 on the Paint Shop Polish <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/PaintShopPolish?ref=shop_sugg">Etsy site</a>. A 5ml mini bottle retails for $5.50 and a full size 15ml bottle is $10. Also, Candi is currently </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="null">offering 15% off $15 with code PADDYS15 or free US
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Good morning, afternoon, evening or whatever time it may be in your neck of the woods! We're well into autumn weather here in Chicago and the shorter days and brisk temperatures have me setting aside my bright polishes for deeper and more muted tones. Today's post is all about two such polishes. Barielle is a brand I've loved for awhile now. As if dependable quality and great selection were not enough, Barielle's low prices and great sales endeared me to the brand long before they approached me to review for them. Both of the polishes I have to show you today are from their Fall 2014 Jetsetter collection and they're definitely right on trend for the season!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Gondola Ride is a sage creme with a touch of grey. This is definitely more of an earthy, fall color than a spring green and I can see it being a great neutral for a semi-progressive work environment. I'm fortunate to have a job that doesn't dictate my nail color, but I'd feel comfortable wearing Gondola Ride just about anywhere. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Gondola Ride is opaque in 2-3 coats and I'm showing 3 coats here with one coat of Barielle's No Chip Speed Dry top coat (review to follow in a few days). Easy application with no dragging. It was a touch streaky for the first coat, but evened out nicely with the second and third coats.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> If you're looking for a great way to transition green polish into the fall season, Gondola Ride is a perfect way to start!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Midnight in Paris is pretty much just as beautiful as its name. A deep blurple metallic with a subtl shimmer, Midnight in Paris adds a touch of dramatic sophistication to your mani. I had a hard time photographing this one, and it actually has quite a bit more purple in than is shown. It will also vary depending on the light.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Midnight in Paris is opaque in 1-2 coats and I'm wearing 2 coats here with one coat of the No Chip Speed Dry on top. This is almost a one coater, but the formula is not overly thick. I have no application issues to report. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If you're a blurple fanatic or just looking for a dramatic fall color, Midnight in Paris is a great addition to your collection!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Both Gondola Ride and Midnight in Paris are currently available on <a href="http://www.barielle.com/">Barielle's website</a> for $8 for a full size 13.3 ml bottle. To keep up with special offers and new releases, you can sign up for Barielle's emails on their website or follow them on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/barielle">Facebook</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thanks so much for reading and I hope you enjoyed the post!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251284735235812365noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393636849794263472.post-63533321654980964272014-10-26T08:41:00.000-07:002014-10-26T08:41:34.987-07:00Indie Spotlight: Paint Shop Polish Fall 2014 Matte Collection<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">*Paint Shop Polish products provided for honest and unbiased review*</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hello, everyone! I hope you're all having a great weekend so far! Any baseball fans out there? There's a heck of a World Series going on and, though I'm much more of a football fan, I'm pretty excited that the Royals are in it. I'm from Kansas and this is the first time they've made it to the WS in 29 years! That's something to be excited about, right? Anyway, on to the polish!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/PaintShopPolish?ref=shop_sugg">Paint Shop Polish</a> is an indie brand based out of Pittsburgh who's been making polish for about a year and a half. I was lucky enough to swatch for Candi in the past (here's a <a href="http://overthetopcoat.blogspot.com/2013/09/indie-spotlight-paint-shop-polish-review.html">link</a> to that post) so when she asked me to swatch a few polishes from her Fall 2014 LE collection, I was thrilled to accept. I've got 4 polishes from that collection to show you today, so let's get to it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cherry Berry is first up. A raspberry colored jelly with a satin, semi-matte finish, Cherry Berry is a great fall color! And since it's a jelly, the squishy factor is high and would be fun to play with in a jelly sandwich.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is a fairly sheer polish and I'm showing 5 (!) coats to get the opacity you see in these photos. Of course, it could be easily layered over another polish if you don't want to deal with that many coats. The formula was smooth and easy to apply, no real issues to report.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As I said before, Cherry Berry has a semi-matte finish, as do all of the polishes I'll be showing you today. You can choose to keep that finish or add a matte top coat to bump up the effect or even a regular top coat to make everything all shiny. Be careful if you choose to leave the natural finish of the polish, as they do take a while to dry without top coat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Next up is Bad Romance. This is a hard color to describe and it's showing up much more neutral in these photos than it actually is...my camera fails yet again :( A heather grey base with pink to lavender shimmer, Bad Romance is just plain pretty. It's one of my favorite colors of the 4 and I don't think I have anything else quite like it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Bad Romance is opaque in 2-3 coats and I'm showing 3 with no top coat here. Another nice formula with no streaking or dragging issues. I wish I would have used a matte top coat on this because I think it would have looked spectacular, but I'll have to save that for another time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Bad Romance is a great, soft polish that would transition well from work to whatever you have planned after. The color is unique but not in-your-face...I think you'll catch yourself staring at your nails a lot with this one ;) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">No Plain Jane is an orchid metallic with a bit of blue shimmer. You know I love a purple polish, so this one is a bit of a no-brainer for me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Opaque in 3-4 coats (I'm showing 4 here), No Plain Jane has a smooth application and I experienced no issues at all with the formula. Of the 4, NPJ has the least satin finish I thought so I'd definitely recommend a matte top coat if you want to emphasize that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> A pretty color and a good formula, what more could you ask for?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Last but not least (especially since it's my favorite of this post) is Blue Steel. The name of this polish makes me giggle because all I can think about is Zoolander...I'm not sure if that's what Candi intended when she named it, but there it is nonetheless. Blue Steel is a gunmetal grey with shimmery bits throughout...love, love, love this color! Especially for fall!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is the most opaque polish of the bunch, almost a one coater though I'm showing 2 coats in these photos. The formula was near perfect with no streaking or dragging and a beautiful finish. If you're tempted to pick up only one of these polishes, Blue Steel is a must-have!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">All of these polishes are currently available on the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/PaintShopPolish?ref=shop_sugg">Paint Shop Polish Etsy site</a> for $5.50 for a 5ml mini bottle and $10 for a full size 15ml bottle. This is a Limited Edition collection so don't wait to grab any you may like, they won't be around forever! Be sure to follow <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PaintShopPolish">Paint Shop Polish on Facebook</a> to keep updated on new releases and other important info!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thank you so much for reading and I hope you enjoyed this post!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251284735235812365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393636849794263472.post-75148187309013980652014-10-21T05:51:00.000-07:002014-10-21T05:51:26.627-07:00Indie Spotlight: LynBDesigns Spark of Madness Collection, Part 2<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">*LynBDesigns products provided for honest and unbiased review. All other products mentioned were purchased by me.*</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <span style="font-size: small;">Happy Tuesday everyone! I've got the second half of the Spark of Madness collection from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/LynBDesigns?ref=l2-shopheader-name">LynBDesigns</a> to show you today. You can see my swatches of the first half of the set <a href="http://overthetopcoat.blogspot.com/2014/10/indie-spotlight-lynbdesigns-spark-of.html">here</a>, if you missed it. This entire collection was inspired by Robin Williams and some of his many beloved films. Without further ado, let's get going!</span></span></span><br />
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Nanu Nanu is up first today. While technically not a film, Mork was the role that kind of rocketed Mr. Williams to stardom and I think it's completely right for a nod to that to be in this collection. Nanu Nanu is a creamy, peachy creme base with multicolored small glitters, mostly in red, green, and orange. If this sounds like a strange combination to you, I'll admit it is. But it works! It's definitely a polish that will draw the eye because of its unusual colors.<br />
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The formula is great here, with a smooth and creamy consistency. I'm showing 3 coats here with one coat of Seche Vite to smooth out any bumpiness from the glitters. I'd also like to note that my camera insisted this polish was more orange than it actually is and no amount of color-correcting could fix it to my satisfaction. Nanu Nanu is much more of peach shade than an orange, so please keep that in mind if you decide to order.<br />
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If you like unusual color combos, I think Nanu Nanu might just be for you!<br />
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Seize the Day, Boys is one of 2 polishes in this collections that pay tribute to Dead Poets Society. And, rightly so, it's a great movie! StDB is a lovely teal with a bit of a golden shimmer and a linear holographic finish. The holo on this one is a little more subtle than others, but no less beautiful for it.<br />
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Gosh, isn't that lovely?? I'm wearing 3 coats here with one coat of Seche Vite on top. The formula is practically flawless here and I had no issues with application whatsoever.<br />
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Seize the Day, Boys is a must if you love teals and especially if you love holos. As I mentioned, it's not an in-your-face holo, but it just adds a little extra to the beautiful color that's already there.<br />
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Inspired by Jumanji, Keep Your Chin Up is a shifty bronze that leans towards golden peach and pink depending on the light. It also has little blue flecks and a subtle holographic effect. I love the little blue bits in this! Another great Fall color here as well.<br />
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Beautiful formula here, I'm showing 3 coats with one coat of Seche Vite. I had no streaking, dragging, or other issues at all with KYCU. <br />
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Keep Your Chin Up is definitely one of my favorites of this collection. The color is lovely and it's kept from being a straight up neutral by the holographic sparkle.<br />
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Make Your Life Spectacular is inspired by Jack...such a sweet little movie with a sweet little polish to match. MYLS is a lovely soft lavender base with a pink shimmer and it has a strong linear holographic effect. My first thought when I put this on was that it was a bit of a bait and switch. You grab this pretty lavender bottle and you're thinking it's just a pretty, girly polish and don't get me wrong, it is. But then the sunlight hits it and you realize that while it's also pretty and girly, it's also pretty damn kickass as well! Love it!<br />
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MYLS is a little on the sheer side and may take 3-4 coats for full opacity. I'm showing 3 in these photos and you can still see a bit of nail line. You could, of course, layer it over white or a light color to cut down on layers. The formula is smooth and easy to apply and I had no problems with it at all.<br />
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Another favorite of mine, Make Your Life Spectacular is a gem. It's definitely one you'll want to snag for your own collection!<br />
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Finally we come to my top favorite of this set. Oh Captain, My Captain is the second polish inspired by Dead Poets Society and Jenna has really outdone herself with this one! OCMC is a multichrome base that shifts from green to gold to plum with a scattered holographic effect as well. This very well may be the most perfect Fall polish ever! It strongly reminds me of the leaves changing color on the trees...so beautiful!<br />
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And the sparkle! The formula is, again, near perfect with no dragging or streaking. I'm showing 3 coats here with one coat of Seche Vite on top. Seriously, get ya a bottle of this! Trust me, you NEED it!<br />
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The Spark of Madness collection goes on sale today at noon EST and will be available for purchase on <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/LynBDesigns?ref=l2-shopheader-name">LynBDesigns Etsy site</a>. Nanu Nanu retails for $8: Oh Captain, My Captain is $12; and all the others in this post are $10 for full size bottles. Be sure to follow <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LynBDesigns">LynBDesigns on Facebook</a> for updates on new releases, swatch photos, and other important information!<br />
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Thanks you so much for reading and I hope you enjoyed this post!
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hi there! It feels like it's been forever since I've blogged and I know I've been a bit MIA lately. Work has really picked up (in fact, I had to work all weekend...boo!) and my weekends have been packed full of football! But, I have today off and some beautiful polishes to show you so let's get to it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/LynBDesigns?ref=l2-shopheader-name">LynBDesigns</a> is, as you might have guessed, one of my favorite indie brands. Jenna creates beautiful colors with a great formula so it's hard not to love them! This collection is a 10-polish set created in honor of Robin Williams. Some of my favorite movies are included as inspiration in this collection and I was just thrilled to get the chance to swatch it. I'll be showing the Spark of Madness collection in two parts as 10 polishes is quite a lot for any post ;) Here we go!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Oh, There You Are, Peter is inspired by the movie Hook. Oddly enough, Hook is not only one of my favorite movies, but my Dad loves it as well so I'm a big fan of this polish! OTYAP consists of a spring-y light green shimmer base with a hint of gold and little grass green and sheer yellow gold glitters.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Isn't it pretty? The formula was easy to apply and I'm showing 3 coats here with one coat of Seche Vite as a topper. Because of the little glitters in this one, you'll probably definitely want a good top coat to smooth things out a bit. The glitters came out of the bottle easily and there was not gloppiness or clumping.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I know not everyone is a fan of green polishes, but it's hard not to love the lighthearted feeling of Oh, There You Are, Peter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Friends Come In All Sizes is up next. Death to Smoochy, the inspiration for this polish, is not your typical Robin Williams comedy, but it's still pretty hilarious. FCIAS is a deep purple jelly base packed with golden and fuchsia glass flecks. Of course, since it's purple, I'm pretty much in love with it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My bottle of FCIAS was a little on the thicker side, but it wasn't an issue for application. This was opaque in just 2 coats (which I'm showing here) and was really almost a one-coater. The formula was smooth and I didn't have any issues with it. The glass flecks really add a nice depth and shine to FCIAS...it reminds me of granite or marble!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Friends Come In All Sizes is great fall color! And I really think it fits the inspiration perfectly; purple, shiny, and just a little bit dark!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Fosse, Fosse, Fosse derives its inspiration from the scene in The Birdcage where Armand is trying to help Albert with some dance moves. A pale blue creme with a hint of mint and a lovely blue to pink shimmer, FFF had me at "Hello!". I'm a firm believer that you can never have to many minty polishes in your stash, and more's the better if they have a little extra sumthin-sumthin in the mix ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The formula is great here, opaque in 2-3 coats (I'm wearing 3 in these photos). I'm pleased to report that the shimmer in this polish does not lose its punch when applied...bonus! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Even if you own umpteen minty polishes, the shimmer in Fosse, Fosse, Fosse sets it apart from the rest so I'd definitely recommend grabbing a bottle ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Next up is Fight Fire With Marshmallows, a reference to the movie Toys. I'm not too familiar with this movie, having only seen it once, but this polish is just gorgeous! A warm brown jelly base filled with golden hexes in two sizes, black and white triangles, with lavender hexes and iridescent squares, FFWM is stunning!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">*Sigh* I just can't get over how much I love this one! The color, the glitter, everything! The formula is great, I'm showing 4 coats here to get a good level of opacity, but you could definitely layer this over a nude or light colored polish if you're not in the mood for so many coats. I didn't have any issue with getting the glitters out of the bottle and just used the brush to place the triangles and larger glitters how I wanted them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Fight Fire With Marshmallows is definitely a unique polish, which is all the more reason that you might NEED to own it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Lastly, but definitely not least, is Phenomenal Cosmic Powers; an obvious nod to Genie in Aladdin. I'm a sucker for a good animated flick and Robin Williams certainly made this movie. PCP is a stunner of a teal metallic with a golden blue-green shimmer. This polish simply glows and I had a hard time choosing which swatch photos to show as every one was practically perfect!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Easy breezy formula on PCP for sure. Opaque in 2-3 coats (I'm wearing 3 cuz that's how I roll) and super smooth, I had no issues at all with this one either! The color is definitely phenomenal and I love, love, love the shimmer!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Spark of Madness collection will be available for purchase on the LynBDesigns Etsy site beginning tomorrow, Tues. Oct. 21 at noon EST. Each of the polishes in this post will retail for $8 for a full size bottle. Be sure to follow <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LynBDesigns">LynBDesigns on Facebook</a> for release dates, new polishes, and other important info! </span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251284735235812365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393636849794263472.post-16877631621370739442014-10-14T19:08:00.002-07:002014-10-14T19:08:39.458-07:00Indie Spotlight: Spellbound Nails Can I Keep You?<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">*Spellbound Nails products provided for honest and unbiased review. All other products mentioned were purchased by me*</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hello, hello! I'm continuing with the Halloween theme today with a gorgeous <a href="http://www.spellboundnails.com/">Spellbound Nails</a> polish. Ashley, owner and creator of Spellbound Nails, has a created a beautiful Halloween collection inspired by the movie Casper. Along with Hocus Pocus, Casper is a movie I make sure to watch around Halloween every year...it's just so cute! So when I found out Ashley was making a polish collection inspired by it, I knew it would be really special. The collection is titled Give Up the Ghost and contains 6 polishes, 5 of which glow in the dark. I've got one of these to show you today and it just so happens to be my favorite of the collection!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Can I Keep You? is obviously (at least if you've seen the movie) inspired by the line Casper whispers to Kat after they first meet and later when he becomes human for the night. Can I Keep You? is an amethyst crelly base with bright yellow stars and hexes and orange shreds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There's no two ways about it, this polish is just fun! You guys know I was sunk at purple, but I love the glitter combo in it as well! The formula here is also good, opaque in 2-3 coats (I'm wearing 3 here with one coat of Seche Vite on top) and the glitters were quite easy to get out of the bottle. Please ignore the bubbly you see in the macro shot...that was an application error (cuz I was going too fast!) and has nothing to do with the polish itself. If you give a bit more time between layers to let the polish dry, you won't have an issue. I know better, but I was just in a hurry to get this lovely on my nails!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In addition to beautiful color, fun glitter, and a great formula, Can I Keep You? has a super strong glow in the dark effect! My poor camera isn't well equipped to deal with photos in the dark, but even it grabbed a pretty good shot of the glow on this beauty. </span><br />
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Halloween collection to try out this year, I highly recommend the Give
Up the Ghost collection! Can I Keep You? is currently available on the <a href="http://www.spellboundnails.com/">Spellbound Nails site</a> for $9 for a full size bottle. If you love the whole collection, you can nab it in full size for $53 or mini for $27 (which is a great deal on both counts!). Be sure to check out <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SpellboundNails?fref=ts">Spellbound Nails on Facebook</a> to keep up to date on new releases, swatch photos, and other important info!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hello all! I'm excited to bring you my first Halloween polish swatch of the season! Halloween is my favorite holiday and therefore, I'm always excited to see what the indie makers come up with for the season. Pretty & Polished has recently released their <a href="http://www.shopprettyandpolished.com/collections/halloween-2014-collection">Halloween 2014 trio</a> and I've got one of the set to show you today!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Little Miss Scare-All is comprised of tiny bright pink, copper, and red glitters swimming in a gorgeous purple jelly base. I wasn't sure how I'd like this one when I saw it in the bottle. But once I got it on my nails, I was blown away by the depth in this polish; it's stunning! I love the way all the little glitters catch the light and the colors are perfect for Halloween and autumn in general. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Little Miss Scare-All is currently available on the <a href="http://www.shopprettyandpolished.com/">Pretty & Polished site</a> for $8.50 for a full-size, 15ml bottle. You can also purchase it as part of the Halloween 2014 Trio which is listed for $26 (plus you'll get a free LE bottle if you buy the set during October. I have it, trust me, you want it!). I'm definitely eying <a href="http://www.shopprettyandpolished.com/collections/halloween-2014-collection/products/black-is-the-new-orange">Black is the New Orange</a> from this set as well...I love thermals and this one just screams Halloween! Be sure to follow <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pretty-Polished/290891350944291">P&P on Facebook</a> for updates on new releases, swatch photos, and any other important info!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thanks so much for reading, I hope you enjoyed this post!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251284735235812365noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393636849794263472.post-78754765628443339302014-09-26T15:21:00.000-07:002014-09-26T15:21:41.190-07:00Product Review: Born Pretty Store, Quirky Arabesque Stamping Plate<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hello there, everyone! You may remember me mentioning how much I love stamping at the moment, so when <a href="http://www.bornprettystore.com/">Born Pretty Store</a> asked me to review some items, I knew right away I wanted to give some stamping items a try!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Whilst perusing their site, which if you haven't been has tons of great <a href="http://www.bornprettystore.com/">nail art</a> items at really reasonable prices, I came across some fun plates. I decide to try out <a href="http://www.bornprettystore.com/nail-stamp-template-quirky-arabesque-pattern-qa88-p-15087.html">plate QA88</a> with a pattern they called "Quirky Arabesque". Fitting, no? The swirly patterns and "infinity" style appealed to me right away. (Infinity plates are ones with designs that cover the whole plate so you can stamp anywhere and get an "infinite" number of patterns.) This is a smaller plate at just over 2 inches across so it's a little more limited than, say, the Pueen Encore plates or MoYou's...but it's still a pretty pattern with lots of great looks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I began this manicure with 3 coats of Sinful Colors Easy Going, a barely there, pink creme. Initially when I saw this plate, I thought it might be good for leadlighting so I wanted to start with a light base to try that out. The stamping polish I used is part of a set from Born Pretty Store and I'll be reviewing that set in a few days. Overall, QA88 is a good plate. I had no issues getting it to stamp and I received it in perfect condition with no scratches or dents. You can see a few spots on the tips of my nails where the pattern "skipped", but that is more likely due to my own stamping skills (or lack thereof; I'm getting better, but not perfect!) or the fact that a few of my nails curve under when they get to a certain length. So that's nothing I can point to as a product issue. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And, as I thought when I saw it, QA88 is great for leadlighting! The pattern is open enough to allow you to fill in the design with whatever colors you choose. I went with a multicolored design created with Zoya's Frida, Wet 'n' Wild's Trippin' on the Boardwalk, Simply Sweet in pink neon, and a random yellow. Kind of has a circus vibe, but I love it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If you're looking for an inexpensive infinity plate with a fun pattern, this one might just be for you! Plate QA88 retails for $2.09 and shipping is free with non-registered airmail or minimal with airmail tracking (depending on where you live). I always find their shipping to be faster than I think it will be though their site does say it can take up to 20 days for delivery. If you decide to purchase this or any other items from Born Pretty Store, feel free to use my referral code, YFL91, to save yourself 10%!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thank you so much for reading and I hope you enjoyed the post!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251284735235812365noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393636849794263472.post-67647679345726540712014-09-17T06:29:00.001-07:002014-09-17T06:29:59.778-07:00Indie Spotlight: Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer, It Got Away from Me, Yeah…Women of Doctor Who Subset Collection Sampler<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">*Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer products supplied for honest and unbiased review. All other products mentioned were purchased by me*</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hi everyone! Check me out...two posts within mere days of each other! I can't help it; these lovely indie makers keep sending me gorgeous things to swatch that I simply must share with you! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Today's post includes some swatches of two upcoming <a href="http://www.blueeyedgirllacquer.bigcartel.com/">Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer</a> polishes. BEGL is a brand I've wanted to try for a long time, but never had a chance to so I'm thrilled to bring you these two polishes today! Both of these polishes are from BEGL's It Got Away from Me, Yeah... Collection, a 15 (!) polish collection inspired by Doctor Who. The collection name seems somewhat appropriate as Julie began with a 6 polish set and it kind of snowballed from there lol Since there are so many polishes in this collection, she's divided them up into subsets and the first set that will be released is the Women of Doctor Who and both of the polishes in this post are from that set. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'm Dr. Martha Jones. Who the Hell Are You? is, as you may have surmised, inspired by the character Martha Jones. I must admit I don't watch Doctor Who (though I know I should...there aren't enough hours in the day!), so I really can't offer any insight into Julie's inspiration. But, I can tell you that IDMJWtHAY is a bright fuchsia creme that dries to a satin finish. That lovely sheen you're seeing in the photos are the light-reflecting, shifty flecks in the polish...a beautiful touch that causes flashes of green, blue, and gold.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is the second polish in a week that has me rethinking my dislike of matte finishes (excepting matte glitters...love those!). I've never been a huge fan of this particular finish, but there's something about the smooth finish here that I can't help but love! And the glass flecks in IDMJWtHAY give it a faux flakie feel. The formula was very easy here (I'm showing 3 flawless coats here) with no dragging or other nasties to worry about. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The beauty of a satin or matte finish polish is that you can get a separate look out of them simply by adding top coat. Which I did in the photo below.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> One coat of Seche Vite deepens the color a bit and, of course, pumps up the shine. If you're in the market for a bright polish with a unique finish and plenty of versatility, I urge you to give IDMJWtHAY a go! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Next up is A Snogging Booth?, a lightly textured, red and black, full coverage microglitter polish with a pop of holographic glitter. This was a pain to photograph, but I loved the polish! The texture kept throwing my camera into a tizzy, but hopefully I've managed a few decent shots so you can get an idea of the fun going on here. Textured polishes can be...well...they can just look gross sometimes. This is not the case with A Snogging Booth?. The texture is a bit less than the Zoya PixieDust polishes, but is still evident on the nail...sort of a fine sandpaper sort of a finish. The holographic bits give it a lovely shimmer as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Much like the aforementioned PixieDusts, A Snogging Booth? with top coat is a whole different beautiful animal! Another polish with two looks in one bottle...gotta love it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Women of Doctor Who collection goes on sale <span id="docs-internal-guid-32066a57-821f-2e2c-d1a5-86bdd8dc5aa1" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">starting Sunday, September 21, at 3:30 PM, EDT. Both of these polishes will retail for $8.50 for a full size bottle. Be on the look out for the next Doctor Who release coming in October with the third installment in November. All of the Doctor Who polishes will be available through November after which they will be retired...so if you see something you like, don't wait! Be sure to follow Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/blueeyedgirllacquer">Facebook</a> for information on collaborations (like her same-day-release Disney Duo collab with <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/SweetHeartPolish">Sweetheart Polish</a>!), upcoming release dates, and other important stuff! You can also follow her on <a href="http://www.instagram.com/blueeyedlawyer">Instagram</a>, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/blueeyedlawyer">Twitter</a>, and <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/wishesofablueey/beglove/">Pinterest</a>!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hello, hello! I hope everyone is ready for autumn because the indie Fall Collections are starting hit the virtual shelves and there's a lot to love! I was fortunate to get to swatch from not one but THREE upcoming <a href="http://www.shopprettyandpolished.com/">Pretty & Polished</a> collections and I'll be showing you polishes from two of those collections today. Both P&P's <a href="http://www.shopprettyandpolished.com/collections/fall-2014-nail-polish-collection">Fall 2014 Collection</a> and their Supernatural-inspired collection, <a href="http://www.shopprettyandpolished.com/collections/its-funnier-in-enochian">It's Funnier in Enochian</a>, are currently available for purchase on their site and I'm sure you'll love them all so let's check out some swatches!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I Can Quit Anytime I Want is a polish from the 5-polish collection It's Funnier in Enochian. I used to watch Supernatural forever ago but I went several years without cable TV and just never got back into it. That said, it was always entertaining and great for the eye candy! ICQAIW is a deep, deep brick red jelly (it looked like espresso in the bottle) that dries to a velvety matte finish. I was very surprised by how much I loved the finish on this one as I don't generally care for mattes (unless there's glitter involved). However, ICQAIW's finish is so perfect I can't help but love it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'm showing 4 coats of ICQAIW in these photos; it is quite sheer and because of that, it's going to be great for layering, jelly sandwiches (as you'll see in a few moments), and leadlighting. The formula is just about flawless, although my bottle did have a little bit of pigment that was unmixed. A good shake fixed that problem though and it did not affect my finished swatches at all. Additionally, because of the matte finish, there's almost no drying time to worry about...bonus!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I mentioned earlier that the versatility of this polish is great, check out the photos below! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I decided to add a coat of Seche Vite to ICQAIW in the photo on the left. It really brings out that jelly squishiness that we all love so much. Then, of course, I had to do a jelly sandwich! I added on coat of <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/shirleyannnails">Shirley Ann Nail Lacquer</a>'s Wedded Bliss and then one coat of ICQAIW with a final coat of SV on top. Beautiful! I Can Quit Anytime I Want is available on the Pretty & Polish website for $8 for a full size bottle. This is a beautiful polish, with a lot of versatility and you definitely don't want to miss it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Take the Long Way Home is the first of the Fall 2014 Collection polishes I have to show you. An eye-catching gold glitter, TtLWH is greatly changed by light variation. In bright light, it's a sunny, vivid gold, but takes on an antiqued, burnished color in the shade. You'll definitely want to check out all the listing swatches on this one to see how much difference the light makes!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">TtLWH is fully opaque in 2-3 coats (I'm showing 3 here with one coat of Seche Vite). I always worry that full coverage glitters will be an issue, but TtLWH has a great formula; not too thick or gloppy. Application was a breeze! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Gold is a big color for the fall collections this year (this is the second one I've swatched for the season already) and Take the Long Way Home is a great polish, if you need a full coverage gold glitter to add to your stash! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There is S'more to Life is a crelly glitter polish and I love it! The inspiration and this polish match up so well! The creamy, almost white base is the marshmallow with the golden caramel hexes as the graham crackers and deep, chocolate glitters as the Hersey's bar (because it's not really a S'more with a Hersey bar!)...and the total is greater than the sum of its parts, just like the original!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I wore TiStL in 3 coats with one coat of Seche Vite to smooth out any rough glitter bits (not that there were many). Application was easy, with little to no fishing for glitters. Just a great polish with a lovely visual payoff!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In addition to being a dead on dupe for its inspiration, There is S'more to Life is perfect for autumn. The sparkle of gold from the glitter gives it a touch of sophistication that will have you sighing every time you catch a glance of it! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Last and my favorite of this set is Ninjas Hate Crunchy Leaves...makes sense, right? ;) This bright glitter topper consists of autumnal-hued glitters in varying sizes. It's like Vermont in the fall in a bottle! </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">NHCL is packed with glitter so I had no trouble getting a good distribution onto my nails. I chose to show this polish over a candy corn inspired gradient (comprised of Sinful Colors Snow Me White and Wet 'n' Wild in Cursed and Get Lucky) because I'm totally jonesing for Halloween already lol It turned out to be the perfect way to show off this colorful topper, doncha think? So much fun!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I hope you enjoyed this post and thanks so much for reading!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251284735235812365noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393636849794263472.post-84375299624482991662014-09-12T06:58:00.000-07:002014-09-12T06:58:17.996-07:00Indie Spotlight: LynBDesigns The Fault in Our Stars Collection Part 2<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">*LynBDesigns products provided for honest and unbiased review. All other products were purchased by me*</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hello, everyone! We've had a lovely cool shift in weather and it's starting to really feel like fall in Chicago. I know I should be worried that it means winter is just around the corner, but I love autumn so much I just can't care at the moment :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">On to the polish! I promised earlier in the week that I'd have the second half of LynBDesigns The Fault in Our Stars collection to share with you and here they are! (If you'd like a refresher over the first 3 gorgeous shades in this collection, you can see my swatches <a href="http://overthetopcoat.blogspot.com/2014/09/indie-spotlight-lynbdesigns-fault-in.html">here</a>.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">An olive-toned antique gold with a hint of pink shimmer, Tasting the Stars kind of snuck up on me. I wasn't expecting to love it so much just looking at it in the bottle, but once I got it on my nails I didn't want to take it off! I won't lie; this color is probably not for everyone but to me, it's a gorgeous, sophisticated color (and perfect for fall as well!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Tasting the Stars was easy to apply and is opaque on its own in 2-3 coats (I'm showing 3 coats with 1 coat of Seche Vite here). Jenna (LynBDesigns creator) mentioned that this would also look great over black, and I'm pretty sure she's right. I'll definitely be giving it a try! No application issues here, just a smooth easy finish.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If you're a sucker for fall colors, be sure to snag Tasting the Stars for your stash. You won't regret it (I hear crunchy leaves in my head every time I look at it)! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Wish Granting Factory is up next. In the bottle, this polish looked bronze-y orange but, once I applied it, I discovered a lovely plummy jelly brimming with holographic flash and golden shimmer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Opaque in 2-3 coats (I'm wearing 3 with 1 coat of Seche Vite), Wish Granting Factory has a smooth, easy to apply formula. I wore this polish for about 3 days with little to no tip wear, so durability isn't an issue. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Wish Granting Factory is another shade that will be perfect for fall, the wine-hued base practically screams autumn. It's another favorite of mine from this set (I seem to have a lot of those)!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Ok, I'm going to gush a bit. Our Little Infinity is by far and away my absolute favorite in this collection and is definitely in my Top 5 favorites of all time. Not only is it purple, it's a shifter with holographic glitter...it's like Jenna reached into my brain and made this one just for me! A royal blue to rich plum multichrome with flashes of gold and pink, Our Little Infinity is nothing short of spectacular. It's like a purple disco ball when the sunlight hits it and the shift in lower light is a vision. Our Little Infinity seems to glow and its distractability factor is off the charts! I'm thankful I don't drive when I wear this one...I can barely tear my eyes away from it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">*sigh*...I mean, just LOOK. AT. IT! In addition to her spellbinding good looks, Our Little Infinity has a beautifully smooth formula, though you might need an extra coat for full opacity. I'm showing 4 thin coats with a coat of Seche Vite in these photos. I wore this for 3 days on 2 separate occasions and had almost no visible wear. It's the perfect polish, I swear!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I did my best to capture the gorgeousness of Our Little Infinity, I hope you'll realize how special this one is because if you love purple and sparkly and shifty...you NEED this polish!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Fault in Our Stars collection will be available on the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/LynBDesigns?ref=l2-shopheader-name">LynBDesigns Etsy site</a>
on Friday, Sept. 19. Tasting the Stars and Wish Granting Factory will each retail for $8 for a full size
bottle with Our Little Infinity at $12. I highly
recommend following LynBDesigns on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LynBDesigns">Facebook</a> to keep updated on new releases, sales, and giveaways. Jenna recently started a fan group on Facebook as well called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/668581943227747/">LynB Loves</a>.
Joining it will gain you access to sneak peeks and other great perks
(like pre-order discounts!), so you might want to consider that, too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I hope you enjoyed this post and thanks so much for reading! </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251284735235812365noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393636849794263472.post-6330946479464132912014-09-08T07:09:00.001-07:002014-09-08T07:09:32.239-07:00Indie Spotlight: LynBDesigns The Fault in Our Stars Collection Part 1<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">*LynBDesigns products supplied for honest and unbiased review. All other products mentioned were purchased by me*</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hello, hello! I hope everyone has had a great weekend! My Wildcats pulled out a heart-stopping (I don't call them the Cardiac 'Cats for nothing) win over Iowa State on Saturday so all is well in my world :) But we're here to talk about nail polish so I shan't bore you with football any more!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A few weeks ago, Jenna from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/LynBDesigns?ref=l2-shopheader-name">LynBDesigns</a> asked me to swatch her September collection which is inspired by The Fault in Our Stars. Jenna consistently puts out a quality polish and hers are some of my all time favorite indie polishes so of course I said "yes!" immediately. Even though I've neither read the book nor seen the movie, I feel like polish transcends its inspiration often enough that you don't really need to have intimate knowledge of that inspiration to appreciate it. However, I imagine that many of you will love this one for the connection to the book. I'll be showing you 3 polishes out of the 6-polish collection today. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">First up is Time Slut. I love the name of this polish even though I have no idea what the reference is lol Time Slut is a pale lavender metallic polish with a subtle bit of electric blue to violet flash that grabs the light beautifully. I must have autumn on the brain because this polish just reminds me of a cashmere sweater...something about the color is so cozy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'm wearing 3 coats of Time Slut with one coat of Seche Vite in these photos. This polish has a great formula and I had no troubles with it at all. Since Jenna sent these to me with plenty of testing time, I am also able to tell you that I wore this polish for 3 days with just a touch of tip wear so durability is also great!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Metallics typically aren't my favorite finish for a polish; they tend to be finicky to apply and can look streaky and uneven. Time Slut does not fall into that category. Easy application and a gorgeous color make it stand out from the pack. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Zeno's Tortoise Paradox is the only crelly glitter polish in the bunch and the next up for review. A pistachio-leaning green crelly base chock full of blue, white, green, and pink glitters in hexes and squares, ZTP is colorful and eye-catching. ZTP reads as a springtime polish to me, the green base and pastel glitters feel appropriate to the growing season and I can definitely see myself pulling it out of the stash come April for a fresh Spring mani.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Again I'm showing 3 coats here and you'll most likely need a top coat (1 coat of Seche Vite shown here) just to smooth the larger glitters out a bit. The opacity is good here and I probably could have gotten away with 2 coats. No dragging or streaking and very little glitter-fishing at all. Just a great formula!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I always love a good crelly polish and Jenna really has a knack for coming up with unique color combos. Zeno's Tortoise Paradox is a fun polish and, if you're a fan of the crelly, you'll definitely want to grab it for your stash! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Okay? Okay is the only holographic polish in the collection and is one of my favorites of the set. Seriously, you add anything holographic to anything blue and you've got a winner! A sky-blue creme scattered holographic with a subtle pink shimmer, Okay? Okay is breath-taking! This one reminds me of crisp autumn skies and that little nip in the air that tells you some glorious fall days are on their way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Opaque in 2-3 flawlessly smooth coats, I had no issues with application. Durability was also an A+ with almost no tip wear after 3 days (with 1 coat of Seche Vite). If you're looking for stunning blue polish to add to your collection, Okay? Okay is just the ticket!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Fault in Our Stars collection will be available on the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/LynBDesigns?ref=l2-shopheader-name">LynBDesigns Etsy site</a> on Friday, Sept. 19. Okay? Okay will retail for $10 for a full size bottle with Time Slut and Zeno's Tortoise Paradox at $8 each. I highly recommend following LynBDesigns on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LynBDesigns">Facebook</a> to keep updated on new releases, sales, and giveaways. Jenna recently started a fan group on Facebook as well called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/668581943227747/">LynB Loves</a>. Joining it will gain you access to sneak peeks and other great perks (like pre-order discounts!), so you might want to consider that, too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I hope you've enjoyed this post and that you'll tune in later this week for swatches of the second half of The Fault in Our Stars collection...there's a polish in the second bunch that will blow your mind, especially if you love purple, and duochromes, and holographic glitter...you won't want to miss it! Thanks so much for reading!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251284735235812365noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393636849794263472.post-7498641840736808332014-09-01T12:00:00.000-07:002014-09-01T12:00:00.232-07:00Indie Spotlight: Spellbound Nails, Bully For You & Bear Down Duo<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Happy Labor Day everyone! I hope you're having a nice holiday if you're in the States. It's been a relaxing long weekend for me and I'm really not looking forward to going back to work tomorrow lol I've got some fun polishes to show today from <a href="http://www.spellboundnails.com/">Spellbound Nails</a>. Ashley, the mastermind behind the brand, created and is donating some polishes to the <a href="http://www.ebullymatch.com/Bully-Bash-2014.html">Chicago English Bulldog Rescue's Bully Bash</a>, which is scheduled for October 4, 2014 from 11 AM to 6 PM (CST). These polishes will be put up for silent auction to help raise some fund for the rescue and the wonderful work they do. Additionally, Ashely will be donating $2 per each bottle of these polishes sold to CEBR...it's always great to get a lovely polish whilst doing good for the dogs! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There are three polishes included in this fundraiser and I have swatches of all of them to show you guys so let's get to it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Bully For You is a bright, lime green jelly with a unique fuchsia shimmer and flakie shards. This polish is on the sheer side, so I've shown it alone in 4 coats on my thumb, index and pinky nails, in 1 coat over 2 coats of Sinful Colors Olympia, and in 2 coats over Sinful Colors Black on Black. Bully For You is a very versatile polish with tons of layering possibilities! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I chose to show you a macro of this over black so you could really see the interesting shimmer this polish. It just adds something a little extra...and really, who doesn't dig a little flakie action?! The formula was great here, easy to apply and no dragging or streaking. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Even if a lime green polish isn't your favorite, you may want to give Bully For You a shot. That shimmer is just such a great touch and the layering possibilities will give you more options than just plain green.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Up next is the first half of the Bear Down Duo, #1 Fan. Bear Down is the name of the Chicago Bears fight song...which surprised me when I moved here because I didn't realize NFL teams even had fight songs lol I've always liked the Bears (which is a huge accomplishment for them because I despise many, many NFL teams for various reasons) but since moving here, I've become a fan. I'll clam up on the football speak and get back to polish!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">#1 Fan is a dark navy with a beautiful blue shimmer. Navy can sometimes be a bit drab, but the base of this not only matches the Bears' navy perfectly, it's the perfect background for the shimmer! I'm showing 3 coats here with a coat of Seche Vite. The formula was a little tricky on this one for me as it was kind of thick out of the bottle. I added a few drops of polish thinner and that really helped. It was a bit streaky on the first coat for me, but evened out nicely by the second coat. I should also mention that it was fairly warm out when Ashley shipped these to me, so that may have more to do with the thickness than anything. Summer is just not a great time for shipping polish :(</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Even with my bottle being tricky, I love the color! I'm sucker for a beautiful blue and #1 Fan certainly fits the bill!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Da Bears is the second half of the Bear Down Duo. A glitter topper comprised of different sizes of orange and white glitter, Da Bears is easily my favorite of these three. The color is perfect not only for the Bears, but for summer, fall, and would make a great addition to a manicure themed by my favorite holiday, Halloween! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I decided to apply Da Bears over a gradient of Sinful Colors Snow Me White and NYC Times Square Tangerine Creme. Isn't it just divine?! I wore this combo for 3 days with no chips and virtually no tip wear. Durability test passed with flying colors! Additionally, the formula was smooth and easy to work with. I did a little specific placement of the glitters but, on the whole, they applied easily right off the brush. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">These polishes release today (Monday, Sept. 1) and are available on the <a href="http://www.spellboundnails.com/">Spellbound Nails store page</a>, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/spellboundnails">Etsy</a> and <a href="http://spellboundnails.storenvy.com/">Storenvy</a>. Each polish is $10 for a full size, 15ml bottle with $2 going to the CEBR. You also have the option of purchasing the Bear Down Duo at $20 for the set, with $4 going to CEBR. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You are also welcome to participate in the Bully Bash's silent auction. This year, attendance to the Bash is <i>not</i> required to bid in the auction. If you'd like to see a catalog of auction items, please take a trip on over to the <a href="http://www.biddingforgood.com/cebr">auction page</a>. Some items are already up for bid and they'll be adding more up to and during the Bully Bash!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I hope you enjoyed this post and, should you decide to order any of Spellbound Nails charity polishes, I'd love to hear what you think of them! Feel free to leave me a comment :) Thanks so much for reading!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hi there, folks! If you're fairly new to my blog, you may not know that I'm a football nut. In particular, a Kansas State University Wildcat football nut. Today is the first game of the year and I'm super excited to watch my 'Cats play again...it's been too long! I know you're asking yourself what this has to do with nails or polish. Well, just like any fan I like to display my team's colors and fortunately, nail polish comes in many colors including the regal purple and white of the Wildcats! So without further ado, here's my game day mani to cheer on the 'Cats!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I used bunches of polishes to create this look (I'll include a list at the end of the post if you're interested) and some fun PowerCat (my team's icon) decals I found online. I'm trepidatious about the decals, as my team seems to do better when I handpaint them. Yes, I'm a crazy superstitious fan to boot lol But, I'm chancing it because the decals are just so darn cute!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this manicure (even though I know not every one is into sports). I know I can't be the only fan out there who paints her nails for game days. I'd love to see your team manicures as well! Feel free to link them in the comments section! Thanks so much for reading!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/shirleyannnails">Shirley Ann Nail Lacquer</a>~<i>Donatello</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sinful Colors~<i>Snow Me White</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Zoya<i>~Carter</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">China Glaze<i>~Creative Fantasy</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">O.P.I.~<i>Solitaire</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sally Hansen Striper~<i>White & Purple</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Wet 'n' Wild~</span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">2% Milk</span> </i><br />
<i> </i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251284735235812365noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393636849794263472.post-66635044978050505052014-08-18T06:37:00.000-07:002014-08-18T06:37:37.633-07:00Indie Spotlight: Mod Lacquer Alien Encounter and Zero Point<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">*Mod Lacquer products provided for honest and unbiased review. All other products mentioned were purchased by me*</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hi everyone! A couple of weeks ago, Jennifer from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/ModLacquer?section_id=all">Mod Lacquer</a> put out the call for reviewers and I was lucky enough to snag a spot this go-round. I've had the pleasure of wearing Jennifer's creations before (as you might remember from <a href="http://overthetopcoat.blogspot.com/2014/05/indie-spotlight-mod-lacquer-men-in.html">this post</a>) so I've been on pins and needles to get my paws on this shipment! I was not disappointed, her polishes are superb and without further ado, let's get down to it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Both polishes I'm reviewing today are from the Above Top Secret collection, a UFO/Alien-inspired set of holographic loveliness. <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/189206145/alien-encounter-holographic-nail-polish?ref=listing-1">Alien Encounter</a> is a grassy spring green linear holo. The effect on these polishes is insane and will thrill you to no end in sunlight! Seriously, these babies should come with a warning label about their highly effective distractability (and yes, I know that's not a word but I'm using it anyway).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Alien Encounter applied like a dream. I'm showing 3 smooth coats here with no top coat. I totally could have gotten away with just 2 coats but I never like to skimp when it comes to holo. Pile it on, I say! Rainbows for everyone! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I decided to do something a little special with these swatches because it's such a fun theme for a collection. My Alien Encounter swatches come complete with their own "little green man", created with AE itself and the addition of some black striping polish. I may have to recreate this with a bit more detail in the future...he's so cute! I shall name him "George"!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Next up is <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/189212355/zero-point-holographic-nail-polish-15ml?ref=listing-6">Zero Point</a>. Zero Point is listed on Etsy as a pink linear holographic polish but it really leans more silver on me. There is the barest blush of pink in certain lights but it's not showing up in my photos unfortunately. (If you're looking for a pinker holo, I'd suggest <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/189172126/aerial-phenomenon-holographic-nail?ref=listing-10">Aerial Phenomenon</a> from the same collection.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Again, the formula was nearly flawless and applied easily, no flooding or dragging. 2-3 coats for opacity (I'm wearing 3 here) and no top coat needed for shine. I can't say enough nice things about Jennifer's polishes! They're just stunning!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Zero Point, as near as I can understand it, is named after a technology used to power UFOs (and I'm probably completely wrong on that lol). For my accent nail, I used a stamp (I'm sorry that I don't have a brand for you to refer to, but it was a random that I picked up off of Ebay I think) that looks a bit like a planet or an atom...either way, kinda spacey so I thought it fit with the theme. I double stamped with a gold and then a black striping polish. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Alien Encounter and Zero Point are currently available on <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/ModLacquer?ref=l2-shopheader-name">Mod Lacquer's Etsy shop</a> for $11 per each full size, 15ml bottle. If you're interested in keeping up to date on new products, sales, and other important info, be sure to follow Mod Lacquer on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ModLacquer">Facebook</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I hope you've enjoyed this post and thank you so much for reading!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251284735235812365noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393636849794263472.post-2969589111989594432014-08-10T09:00:00.000-07:002014-08-10T09:00:02.448-07:00Sunday Similarities: Minty Teal Cremes<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hello again! I've got a full Sunday Similarities post for you guys today so let's get a-movin'! Mint remains a popular color choice no matter what the season and since I have about a billion of them in my stash, I decided to swatch a few and compare them for you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">These mints are in the teal family and are all cremes. I'm comparing 4 polishes in this post: from left to right in the photo above are Sinful Colors Teal the End, NYC Tudor City Teal, Sally Hansen Triple Shine Dive In, and Sinful Colors Open Seas. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As you can see, Open Seas and Tudor City Teal have a bit more green and grey to them than Dive In and Teal the End, which are pretty much dupes. Of the 4, Tudor City Teal has the sheerest formula, requiring 4 coats to get the opacity shown here. Each of the others are shown in 2 coats here with no top coat on any of them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Do you need each of these polishes in your life? Probably not, unless you're a nut like me ;) Obviously, Teal the End and Dive In may be redundant, but Open Seas and Tudor City Teal differ by a shade or two. I don't think Open Seas is still available in stores, being from a couple of seasons ago but I just picked up Teal the End for $1.99 at Walgreen's last week. Tudor City Teal is available anywhere NYC is sold for $0.99 a bottle on average and Dive In tops the price list at around $4.99 wherever you find Sally Hansen products. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I hope you enjoyed this post and thanks so much for reading!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251284735235812365noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393636849794263472.post-20237123765926592522014-08-04T21:34:00.000-07:002014-08-04T21:34:39.053-07:00Leadlighting: The First Attempt<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hi there, all! As I mentioned recently, I'm all about the stamping lately. I love the looks that you can create with it and once you get the hang of it, it's so easy! I know if you're just starting out stamping that you won't believe me, but I swear it's true. Continuing with my stamping obsession, I decided it was high time I tried leadlighting. Leadlighting is a technique which gives a finished look reminiscent of stained glass, which is were the name comes from.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I started with 3 coats of OPI My Vampire Is Buff and then stamped on top with Sinful Colors Black on Black and Pueen's Encore plate SE04B. I topped everything with a coat of Seche Vite before I started the leadlighting part.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Basically, the premise of leadlighting is pretty simple. It's like a coloring book, using sheer jelly polishes to fill in the stamped outlines. I used Sally Hansen's Triple Shine in Grape Jelly mixed with a bit of Wet 'n' Wild's Trippin' on the Boardwalk to up the opacity a bit. The SH is a great polish for leadlighting but it's very, very sheer. I wanted a touch more opacity for this look. After filling in a few random flowers, I decided I wanted another punch of color so I used SH's Triple Shine in Play Koi mixed with a homemade jelly polish (which you can learn how to do <a href="http://overthetopcoat.blogspot.com/2014/07/alcohol-inks-tutorial.html">here</a>). I just dabbed it onto the center of the non-purple flowers with a dotting tool.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'm happy with this for my first attempt at a new technique. My main issue is that I loved the mani so much before I added the color that I'm a bit disappointed that I tried it at all. But it does have a lot of possibilities, which I'm pretty excited about.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Have you tried leadlighting? I'd love to see your manicures! Thanks so much for reading and I hope you enjoyed this post :)</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251284735235812365noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393636849794263472.post-55226259552754075102014-08-03T07:50:00.001-07:002014-08-03T07:50:51.123-07:00Sunday Similarities: Elevation Polish Haleakala & Colors by Llarowe Dirty Diana<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hey there, folks! The other day whilst perusing Facebook, I saw Manicure Addict's swatch of Elevation Polish's Haleakala and immediately fell in love. I jumped right over to <a href="http://elevationpolish.bigcartel.com/">Elevation's site</a> and they had it in stock. Because of unbelievably fast shipping, I received my bottle yesterday! When I opened the package, my first thought was that Haleakala reminded me quite a bit of Colors by Llarowe's Dirty Diana. So I figured it would make for a great Sunday Similarities post!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">At first glance, you can tell just from the bottles that these ladies are not dupes. But I really wanted to compare them on the nail so I swatched them both. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As you can see on the nail, there are some obvious differences. Haleakala is much more purple whereas Dirty Diana is a vibrant pink. Aside from the color, however, these two share a knock-your-socks-off linear holographic effect and a perfect formula! I'm showing two coats of each here with no top coat. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Since these are not really dupes at all, I highly suggest both or either for your collection. Haleakala is currently available on <a href="http://elevationpolish.bigcartel.com/">Elevation's site</a> for $12.50 for a full size bottle and Llarowe does have <a href="http://www.llarowe.com/shop-all/colors-by-llarowe/cbldirty-diana.html">Dirty Diana</a> up on their page as I write this, but only one full size bottle left at $12. I do believe mention has been made of Llarowe re-releasing the Michael Jackson tribute collection, of which Dirty Diana is part, so don't despair if you miss it this time!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As always, thanks so much for reading and I hope you enjoyed the post!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251284735235812365noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393636849794263472.post-53687904692387741742014-08-02T14:03:00.000-07:002014-08-02T14:07:42.109-07:00Stamped Green Gradient Manicure<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hi everyone! It's a beautiful Saturday here in Chicago and I'm inside, typing up a post on my neglected blog. Work has been taking a huge toll on my hands, I should post a picture of how they look after I get done polishing a million little bits of metal lol It's so hard to get them clean! And then I've had breakage so I'm back down to nubs. I actually am enjoying them. My longer length always gets caught on things and I'm constantly stressed over breakage. So, not having to worry about that makes life a bit easier. Anyway, on to the manicure!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I've been a stamping fool lately, can't get enough of it! I picked up the <a href="http://pueen.storenvy.com/collections/603673-nails-diy-nail-art/products/7851615-stamping-plates-set-se-encore">Pueen Cosmetics Encore stamping plates</a> a couple of weeks ago. The images are beautiful and offer almost endless possibilites for stamping...I love them! They are currently available on Pueen's Storenvey site and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pueen-2014-Nail-Stamp-Collection/dp/B00L1CALVO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1407013207&sr=8-1&keywords=pueen+encore+stamping+plates">Amazon</a> for $24.99 per four, double-sided plates set. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I began this manicure with a gradient. I used <a href="http://www.llarowe.com/shop-all/lilypad-lacquer.html">Lilypad Lacquer</a>'s Apple Spritzer (which I snagged off of Llarowe when they had a huge sale a few weeks ago!) and Army of Me by <a href="http://blackcatlacquer.bigcartel.com/">Black Cat Lacquer</a> (also purchased in the same sale). It's my first experience with both of these brands and I wasn't disappointed with either! Apple Spritzer is a delicate light green to gold holographic with a perfect formula. Army of Me shares the perfect formula but is a deep almost-forest green holographic. Both of these polishes are still available on Llarowe for $13 and $12, respectively.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">After the gradient dried, I stamped over top with Sinful Colors Black on Black using Pueen's Encore plate SE01A. I couldn't be happier with how this turned out! The colors, the holo sparkle, the black stamping...so perfect! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I hope you all enjoyed this post and thanks for reading!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251284735235812365noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393636849794263472.post-33177988206054702752014-07-26T14:21:00.000-07:002014-08-07T21:09:12.148-07:00Enter All the Widgets!! The Great Polish Giveaway 2014: List of Participants<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hi there! I've spent the morning compiling a list of links for NPC's Great Polish Giveaway of 2014 and I thought it might be of interest to all of you. Each participant of this giveaway has their own widget where you can earn up to three extra entries in addition to the <a href="http://www.nailpolishcanada.com/categories/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014.html?sort=featured&page=1">widget on NPC's page</a>. In case you've missed it, this giveaway allows bloggers to nominate a polish for the grand prize, up to 200 polishes to one winner! There are some great polishes included in this prize so I highly suggest you all enter, enter, enter! The prize is currently sitting at 148 polishes...everything from Cirque and NCLA to Orly and China Glaze. If you have a blog and want to get in on the nomination action, you can find out about it <a href="http://www.nailpolishcanada.com/nominate-a-prize-to-be-added/">here</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I wasn't able to find a comprehensive list* of each participant and a link to their widget, so I decided to make my own! I did my best to include everyone but I was unable to find links for some of the folks listed on the prize list, so if you don't see your name and would like to be included, please let me know! The list starts below, in no particular order. This is also a great way to find new blogs...there are so many folks participating that I didn't know so I'm thrilled to have some new people to follow :) Thanks so much for reading and I hope this is helpful!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">1. <a href="http://overthetopcoat.blogspot.com/2014/07/great-polish-giveaway-2014cirque-colors.html">Over the Top Coat</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">2. <a href="http://www.polish-obsession.com/2014/07/nail-polish-canadas-great-polish.html">Polish Obsession</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">3. <a href="http://www.notesandnails.com/2014/07/massive-nail-polish-canada-giveaway.html">Notes and Nails</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">4. <a href="http://www.tarasayers.com/great-nail-polish-giveaway-2014-ends-814/">Dividing by Zero</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">5. <a href="http://www.domesticvixen.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014/">Domestic Vixen</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">6. <a href="http://canadiannailfanatic.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-great-nail-polish-canada-giveaway.html">Canadian Nail Fanatic</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">7. <a href="http://ditchthemittens.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-from-nail.html">Ditch the Mittens</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">8. <a href="http://www.laurynandrade.com/2014/07/opi-grape-affair-and-great-polish.html">Lauryn Andrade</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">9. <a href="http://simplynailogical.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-hosted-by.html">Simply Nailogical</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">10. <a href="http://alittlepolish.blogspot.com/2014/07/nail-polish-canada-great-polish.html">A Little Polish</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">11. <a href="http://meandmynailpolish.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014-emily.html">Me and My Nail Polish</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">12. <a href="http://classyontherun.blogspot.com/2014/07/nail-polish-canada-giveaway.html">Classy on the Run</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">13. <a href="http://chantalscorner.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014.html#.U9PZsKhWGkp">Chantal's Corner</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">14. <a href="http://mani-addicted.blogspot.com/2014/07/nail-polish-canada-giveaway.html">Mani-Addicted</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">15. <a href="http://blackrose886.wordpress.com/2014/07/22/2014-great-polish-giveaway/">Blacklace Cosmetics</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">16. <a href="http://ofknitandnails.blogspot.com/2014/07/npcs-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014.html">Of Knit and Nails</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">17. <a href="http://www.momsmakeupstash.com/2014/07/giveaway-nail-polish-canada-hosts-great.html">Mom's Makeup Stash</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">18. <a href="http://www.subboxoholic.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014.html">Subscription Box-Oholic</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">19. <a href="http://ivoryavenue.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-2014/">Ivory Avenue</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">20. <a href="http://melaniesfancies.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-2014.html">Melanie's Fancies</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">21. <a href="http://www.quenne.net/general/great-polish-giveaway-2014/">Quenne</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">22. <a href="http://www.injennsbag.com/2014/07/21/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014/">In Jenn's Bag</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">23. <a href="http://thernylife.com/2014/07/the-great-nailpolish-giveaway-2014-you-could-win-up-to-200-shades/">The RNY Life</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">24. <a href="http://www.iknowallthewords.com/2014/07/nail-polish-canada-great-polish.html">I Know All the Words</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">25. <a href="http://www.seriouslyswatched.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014.html">Seriously Swatched</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">26. <a href="http://mylacquercabinet.com/archives/1692">My Lacquer Cabinet</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">27. <a href="http://madricka.blogspot.com/2014/07/nail-polish-canada-great-polish-giveaway-2014.html">We Didn't Miss It</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">28. <a href="http://craftyladyabby.blogspot.com/2014/07/giveaway-nail-polish-canadas-great.html">Crafty Lady Abby</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">29. <a href="http://www.beautyfiends.net/great-nail-polish-giveaway/">Beauty Fiends</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">30. <a href="http://www.beyondblush.com/2014/07/npc-great-polish-giveaway-with-opi-50YearsOfStyle.html">Beyond Blush</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">31. <a href="http://pinkandpolishednails.blogspot.com/2014/07/nail-polish-canada-great-polish.html">Pink & Polished</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">32. <a href="http://momandpopsbusinesscents.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-great-nail-polish-giveaway-of-2014.html">Mom & Pop's Business Cents</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">33. <a href="http://autumn-rain.net/featured/the-great-nailpolish-giveaway-2014-win-up-to-200-shades">Autumn-Rain</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">34. <a href="http://mystarlightblessings.com/great-polish-giveaway-2014/">My Starlight Blessings</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">35. <a href="http://wackylaki.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014-by.html">Wacky Laki</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">36. <a href="http://www.thehappysloths.com/2014/07/nail-polish-canada-the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014-enter-to-win-200-nail-polishes.html">The Happy Sloths</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">37. <a href="http://ampolishes.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014-npc-x.html">A.M. Polishes</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">38. <a href="http://gel-luv.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014-nail.html">Gel-Luv</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">39. <a href="http://tlcshopping.ca/blog/nail-polish-canada-200-polishes-giveaway/">TLC Shopping</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">40. <a href="http://mydomesticdish.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014.html">My Domestic Dish</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">41. <a href="http://lifeandpolish.blogspot.com/2014/07/nail-polish-canada-great-polish-giveaway.html">Life and Polish</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">42. <a href="http://einalemog.wordpress.com/2014/07/17/giveaway-npc-me-and-soo-many-more/">Einalem_Og</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">43. <a href="http://intensepolishtherapy.blogspot.ca/2014/07/great-polish-giveaway-2014-from-nail.html">Intense Polish Therapy</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">44. <a href="http://delightinnails.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-win-up-to-200.html">Delight In Nails</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">45. <a href="http://southernsparklenailart.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-great-nail-polish-giveaway-of-2014.html">Southern Sparkle Nail Art</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">46. <a href="http://marioshutup.wordpress.com/2014/07/17/my-entry-for-the-great-polish-giveaway-by-nail-polish-canada/">Mario, Shut Up</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">47. <a href="http://varnishedvalkyrie.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014-great.html">Varnished Valkyrie</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">48. <a href="http://globeandnail.blogspot.com/2014/07/npcs-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014.html">Globe and Nail</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">49. <a href="http://injeebwetrust.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014.html">In Jeeb We Trust</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">50. <a href="http://www.laceandlacquers.com/2014/07/nail-polish-canada-great-polish.html">Lace & Lacquers</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">51. <a href="http://www.procrastinails.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014.html">Procrastinails</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">52. <a href="http://www.chitchatnails.com/2014/07/16/nail-polish-canada-the-great-polish-giveaway/">Chit Chat Nails</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">53. <a href="http://www.polishedandglittered.com/2014/07/nail-polish-canada-great-polish.html">Polished & Glittered</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">54. <a href="http://www.kelsiesnailfiles.com/2014/07/the-great-nail-polish-canada-giveaway.html">Kelsie's Nail Files</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">55. <a href="http://prettynailsandtea.blogspot.com/2014/07/giveaway-giveaway-200-polish-bottles.html">Pretty Nails and Tea</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">56. <a href="http://copycatclaws.blogspot.com/2014/07/nail-polish-canadas-great-polish.html">Copycat Claws</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">57. <a href="http://www.blushingnoir.com/2014/07/great-polish-giveaway-2014/">Blushing Noir</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">58. <a href="http://www.swatcherpolishranger.com/2014/07/nail-polish-canada-great-polish.html">Swatcher, Polish Ranger</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">59. <a href="http://www.agirlandherpolish.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014.html">A Girl & Her Polish</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">60. <a href="http://www.thepolishedmommy.com/2014/07/great-polish-giveaway-2014.html">The Polished Mommy</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">61. <a href="http://ramblings.workadayreads.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-2014.html">Workaday Ramblings</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">62. <a href="http://www.nailing-it.ca/indie/giveaway-great-polish-giveaway-2014-nail-polish-canada/">Nailing It</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">63. <a href="http://beadedembellishments.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014.html">Beaded Embellishments</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">64. <a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/frame?post=3131476207&group=0&frame_type=a&blog=11942173&frame=1&click=0&user=0">MelSimLi Nails</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">65. <a href="http://rubysprinkles.wordpress.com/2014/07/15/great-polish-giveaway-2014/">Ruby Sprinkles</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">66. <a href="http://crystalpistolbeauty.blogspot.com/2014/07/nail-polish-canada-great-polish.html">Crystal Pistol</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">67. <a href="http://the-nail-snail.blogspot.com/2014/07/nail-polish-canadas-great-polish.html">The Nail Snail</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">68. <a href="http://pjsandpolish.blogspot.com/2014/07/nail-polish-canada-great-giveaway-of-2014.html">PJ's and Polish</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">69. <a href="https://www.nailpolishmom.com/nail-polish-mom-blog/great-polish-giveaway-2014">Nail Polish Mom</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">70. <a href="http://awesomepossumblogorium.blogspot.ca/2014/07/the-great-nail-polish-giveaway.html">Awesome Possum Blogorium</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">71. <a href="http://m.bloglovin.com/frame?blog=11693053&group=0&frame_type=b&frame=1&click=0&user=0">The Super Secret Nail Blog</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">72. <a href="http://www.clawofcthulhu.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014-by.html">Claw of Cthulhu</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">73. <a href="http://geeyournails.tumblr.com/post/92002871924/if-you-follow-or-are-involved-in-the-nail-polish">Gee, Your Nails are Terrific</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">74. <a href="http://www.beauty-intel.com/blog/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014">Beauty-Intel</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">75. <a href="http://reviewsbysama.blogspot.ca/2014/07/epic-nail-polish-giveaway.html">As Samantha Sees It </a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">76. <a href="http://baublesandbubbles.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014.html">Baubles & Bubbles</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">77. <a href="http://www.darlingmagpie.com/home/enter-to-win-nail-polish-canadas-great-polish-giveaway">Darling Magpie</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">78. <a href="http://manisandmakeovers.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014.html">Manis and Makeovers</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">79. <a href="http://agirlandherchickennamedbetty.blogspot.com/2014/07/nail-polish-canada-great-polish.html">A Girl and Her Chicken Named Betty</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">80. <a href="http://www.writingwhimsy.com/npc-great-polish-giveaway-zoya-carter/">Writing Whimsy</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">81. <a href="http://ladymaidnails.blogspot.com/2014/07/nailpolish-canada-great-polish-giveaway.htm">Lady Maid Nails</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">82. <a href="http://dagadelic.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014.html">Dagadelic</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">83. <a href="http://www.stormandstars.net/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014.html">Storm and Stars</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">84. <a href="http://www.polishedtoprecision.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014-by.html">Polished to Precision</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">85. <a href="http://www.deespolish.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014.html">Dee's Polish </a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">86. <a href="http://www.willpaintnailsforfood.com/2014/07/nail-polish-canadas-great-polish.html">Will Paint Nails For Food</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">87. <a href="http://mylifeinturquoise.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014-by.html">My Life In Turquoise</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">88. <a href="http://sou-douzaine.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-great-nail-polish-giveaway-of-2014.html">Sou-Douzaine</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">89. <a href="http://heydarlingpolish.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014-by.html">Hey Darling Polish</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">90. <a href="http://missdeviousdiva.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014.html">Miss DeVious Diva</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">91. <a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/frame?post=3121601949&group=0&frame_type=a&blog=12564255&frame=1&click=0&user=0">Chameleon Souls</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">92. <a href="http://www.thelazylaquerista.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014.html">The Lazy Laquerista</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">93. <a href="http://ohmyswatch.wordpress.com/2014/07/16/nail-polish-canada-the-great-polish-giveaway/">Oh My Swatch</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">94. <a href="http://goodlacknail.com/2014/07/21/win-200-polishes-the-great-nail-polish-giveaway-2014-by-nail-polish-canada/">Good Lack, Nail</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">95. <a href="http://sparkledbeauty.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway.html">Sparkled Beauty</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">96. <a href="http://www.mycorneroftheforest.com/2014/07/who-wants-to-win-some-nailpolish.html">My Corner of the Forest</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">97. <a href="http://www.oliviafrescura.com/2014/07/21/ncla-let-them-eat-cake-review-nail-polish-canadas-great-polish-giveaway/http://www.oliviafrescura.com/2014/07/21/ncla-let-them-eat-cake-review-nail-polish-canadas-great-polish-giveaway/">Olivia Frescura</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">98. <a href="http://www.craftynail.com/2014/07/giveaway-nailpolishcanada/">Crafty Nail</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">99. <a href="http://vancitypolishnv.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014.html">PolishNV</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">100. <a href="http://swatchandreview.com/win-200-nail-polishes-and-a-review-of-models-own-hypergel-nail-polish-in-cornflower-gleam/">Swatch and Review</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">101. <a href="http://teenpolishjunkie.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014.html">Teen Polish Junkie</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">102. <a href="http://www.rebeccalikesnails.com/2014/07/how-would-you-like-to-win-200-nail.html">Rebecca Likes Nails</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">103. <a href="http://www.manicurator.com/2014/07/nail-polish-canada-great-polish.html">Manicurator</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">104. <a href="http://www.beautyinfinitum.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014-200.html">Beauty Infinitum</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">105. <a href="http://www.chrissyai.com/2014/07/nail-polish-canada-great-polish-giveaway.html">ChrissyAI</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">106. <a href="http://www.rialovespawlish.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014-by.html">Ria Loves Pawlish</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">107. <a href="http://thatmakeuplady.blogspot.ca/p/nailpolish-canadas-great-polish-giveaway.html">Let's Talk Makeup & Beauty</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">108. <a href="http://thenailneverstops.tumblr.com/post/91480039235/the-great-polish-giveaway-hosted-by-nail-polish-canada">The Nail Never Stops</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">109. <a href="http://colorsfrenzy.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014-by.html">Colors Frenzy</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">110. <a href="http://colorsfrenzy.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014-by.html">Writing Beauty</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">111. <a href="http://www.sassyshelly.com/2014/07/nail-polish-canada-great-polish.html#.U9R-LqhWGko">Sassy Shelly</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">112. <a href="http://onachalkboard.blogspot.ca/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014.html">On a Chalkboard</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">113. <a href="http://myglitteryobsessions.blogspot.ca/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014-from.html">My Glittery Obsessions</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">114. <a href="http://www.jeannemelanson.com/great-nail-polish-giveaway-2014/">Jeanne Melanson</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">115. <a href="http://chinaglazefavs.blogspot.ca/2014/07/nail-polish-canada-great-polish-giveaway.html">China Glaze Favs</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">116. <a href="http://www.super1nails.blogspot.ca/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014.html">Super Nails</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">117. <a href="http://wendyscontestsgalore.weebly.com/the-great-nail-polish-giveaway-of-2014">Wendy's Contests Galore</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">118. <a href="http://www.yourbeautyblog.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014.html">Everything Pretty </a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">119. <a href="http://paintedprettyblog.blogspot.ca/2014/07/nail-polish-canada-great-polish-giveaway.html">Painted Pretty</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">120. <a href="http://www.jenn.nu/2014/07/18/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014/">Jenn</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">121. <a href="http://kittiesandpolishforever.wordpress.com/2014/07/18/nail-polish-canada-the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014/">Kitties and Polish Forever</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">122. <a href="http://paintthosepiggies.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014.html">Paint Those Piggies</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">123. <a href="http://livelylacquer.blogspot.com/2014/08/nail-polish-canadas-great-polish.html">Lively Lacquer</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">124. <a href="http://www.thelittlecanvas.com/2014/08/the-great-polish-giveaway-2014.html">The Little Canvas </a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">125. <a href="http://polishedplatypus.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014.html">The Polished Platypus </a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">126. <a href="http://www.kalynlord.com/a-england-ophelia-npc-great-polish-giveaway/">Kalyn Lord</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">127. <a href="http://pointytoeshoecrew.com/2014/07/27/the-great-polish-giveaway/">Pointy Toe Shoe Crew</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">128. <a href="http://maesbeauty.wordpress.com/">Mae's Beauty</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">129. <a href="http://talkerblogger.wordpress.com/2014/08/01/the-greatest-polish-giveaway-of-2014/">talkerblogger </a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">130. <a href="http://www.canadianmomreviews.com/2014/08/great-polish-giveaway.html">Canadian Mom Reviews</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">131. <a href="http://www.amandalandish.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014.html">Amandalandish</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">132. <a href="http://www.vanitycurve.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014.html">Vanity Curve </a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">133. <a href="http://tipsforeveryday.com/nailpolishcanadagiveaway/">Tips For Every Day </a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">134. <a href="http://lipstickandlullabies.ca/2014/07/28/nailpolishcanada-com-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014/">Lipstick & Lullabies</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">135. <a href="http://www.purplemonstercoupons.com/2014/08/giveaway-nailpolishcanada-great-polish-giveaway-2014/">A Fresh Coat </a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">136. <a href="http://frugalistamamas.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014-group-giveaway.html">Frugalista Mamas</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">137. <a href="http://www.eyeheart.ca/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway.html">Eye Heart</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">138. <a href="http://paintednubbs.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014-by.html">Painted Nubs </a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">139. <a href="http://www.addicted-to-lacquer.com/2014/07/nail-polish-canadas-great-polish.html">Addicted to Lacquer</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">140. <a href="http://rasilla.wordpress.com/2014/07/11/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014/">in a nutshell...</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">141. <a href="http://polishedlifting.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014.html">Polished Lifting</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">142. <a href="http://ericasnailsandmore.wordpress.com/">Erica's Nails and More</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">143. <a href="http://www.fancysidenails.com/2014/07/cirque-vectors-and-npc-giveaway.html">The Fancy Side</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">144. <a href="http://www.simpleasaflower.com/2014/07/giveaway-the-great-polish-giveaway-from-nailpolishcanada-com-uscanada/">Simple As a Flower</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">145. <a href="http://www.keyofmarie.com/2014/07/awesome-giveaway-opportunity.html">Key of Marie </a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">146. <a href="http://rosesbookcorner.blogspot.ca/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway.html">Rose's Book Corner</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">147. <a href="http://caffeineandcolour.wordpress.com/2014/07/30/do-you-want-to-try-and-win-a-lot-of-polish-i-know-you-do/">caffeine and colour</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">148. <a href="http://followinmyfabulousness.blogspot.ca/2014/07/nail-polish-canadas-great-nail-polish.html">Follow in My Fabulousness</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">149. <a href="http://streetsaheadstyle.blogspot.ca/2014/07/win-bottle-of-butter-london-molly.html?m=0">Streets Ahead Style</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">150. <a href="http://cozycomfycouch.blogspot.ca/2014/07/the-great-polish-giveaway-giveaway.html">Cozycomfycouch </a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">151. <a href="http://cosmeticallycurious.ca/giveaway-nail-polish-canada-great-polish-giveaway-2014/">Cosmetically Curiou</a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">s</a></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">152. <a href="http://nailpolishjunkie74.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014.html">Nail Polish Junkie</a></span><br />
153. <a href="http://haligonia.ca/halifax-ns-news/columns/sparkled-beauty/6968-the-great-polish-giveaway.html">Sparkled Beauty</a><br />
154. <a href="http://diynailartdesign.com/giveaway-sponsored-nail-polish-canada-100-bottles-win/">diynailartdesign.com</a><br />
155. <a href="http://www.momsicals.com/2014/08/giveaway-great-polish-giveaway.html">Momsicals </a><br />
156. <a href="http://nailsthefinalfrontier.com/2014/08/05/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014/">Nails, The Final Frontier</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*You can also check out the "official" list done by Taylor Moorby <a href="http://nailsthefinalfrontier.com/2014/08/05/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014/">here</a>. As I'd already spent about 6 hours making my own list when NPC let me know there was a complete list, I wanted to post mine anyway. I've continued to update by using Google and searching out new posts. Taylor's list has every participating blog whether or not the blogger has posted a link to their own widget for entering. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251284735235812365noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393636849794263472.post-90019101700827265902014-07-17T19:11:00.000-07:002014-07-17T19:11:33.659-07:00Great Polish Giveaway 2014~Cirque Colors Fascination Street<br />
"What's this?" you say? Two giveaways in one week? That's crazy talk! But, crazy as it might be, it's also pretty freakin' awesome! In addition to my <a href="http://overthetopcoat.blogspot.com/2014/07/two-year-birthdanniversary-giveaway.html">Two Year Birthdanniversary Giveaway</a> that I'm currently hosting, I'm also taking part in the <a href="http://www.nailpolishcanada.com/categories/the-great-polish-giveaway-of-2014.html">Great Polish Giveaway 2014</a> which is hosted by NailPolishCanada.com, Cirque Colors, NCLA, & Picture Polish.<br />
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This giveaway is offering one lucky person a chance to win up to <u><i><b>200</b></i></u> nail polishes! Currently the number stands at <strike>83</strike> 91, which is amazing all by itself especially when you check out the list and see exactly which polishes are up for grabs! Basically, NailPolishCanada.com had this great idea for a giveaway and wanted to get bloggers involved. Each blogger nominates a polish to be won in the giveaway and then promotes the giveaway on their blog. You can enter separately on each participating bloggers' posts to gain more entries...pretty sweet deal! I'm excited to participate, especially since I got to nominate one of my very favoritest polishes ever, Cirque's Fascination Street! FS was the very first indie I ever bought and it instilled the righteous love of holographic polish into my very being! You can check out my swatches of it below and don't forget to enter the giveaway at the end of the post! (If you have a blog and would like to nominate a shade for the giveaway, follow <a href="http://www.nailpolishcanada.com/nominate-a-prize-to-be-added/">this link</a> to sign up.) <br />
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Hello, Polish Fans! As I mentioned on Facebook a little bit ago, I have completely forgotten my blogiversary (again!)...April 17th was the second anniversary of my very first blog post, which is just amazing to think about! I managed to forget my first blogiversary last year and decided to combine it with my birthday (July 17th) and just do one big giveaway. It seems to be becoming a tradition as that's what I've planned for this year as well. I put the call out to the nail polish/blogging/indie universe and was able to round up some pretty great prizes for you all! I'm very grateful and honored that all these fabulous people were willing to share in this giveaway with me! Shall we check them out? ;)<br />
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<span class="null">From <a href="http://sunshinenails.blogspot.com/">Sunshine Nails</a>, we have one full size bottle each of Finger Paints </span><span class="_5yl5" data-reactid=".11.$mid=11405193364820=2abe237a335bac28a80.2:0.0.0.0.0"><span class="null">Mistful Thinking and Shower With Flowers and one mini bottle of China Glaze Travel In Colour.</span></span><br />
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From <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/PaintShopPolish?ref=shop_sugg">Paint Shop Polish</a>, one full size bottle of Under the Sea, a scattered holographic blue polish from her mermaid-inspired collection.</div>
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From Leah at <a href="http://www.mynailpolishispoppin.com/">My Nail Polish Is Poppin!</a>, <span class="_3qi9" data-reactid=".1r.1.0.0.0.0.0.1:$mid=11405308289947=214778d68bea4e77a42.0.1.0.$right.0.0.1.0"><span class="null">1 bottle each of Color club Sparkle and Soar and Essie Jamaica Me Crazy and some groovy nail files</span></span> :)</div>
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From Panacea at <a href="http://www.mynailpolishispoppin.com/">My Nail Polish is Poppin'</a>, a flat rate box of mystery polish. </div>
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From <a href="http://a-mani-maniac.blogspot.com/">A Mani Maniac</a>, six 7ml bottles from Polish Addict's summer Neon collection plus one 7ml bottle each of a holographic topcoat and a neon glitter topper.<br />
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From <a href="http://danareeddesigns.com/">Dana Reed Designs</a>, one Beaded Karma necklace (sterling silver and 14kt gold filled, 16-18"length).<br />
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From Over the Top Coat, Prize Pack 1~1 Bottle Each of butter London Scuppered (sorry about the label damage, but it <i>is</i> a brand new bottle!) and Pimms, Sally Hansen Triple Shine Twinkled Pink and Sugar Shimmer Work of Tart, and Mentality Curiousity<br />
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From Over the Top Coat, Prize Pack 2~1 Bottle Each of butter London Sozzled, OPI Divine Swine, China Glaze Don't Be a Flake, Sugar Shimmer Berried Under, and Chick Polish Hipster Chick</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hi there! I'm trying to get back into the swing of things here and I wanted to show off my newest manicure. I'm doing my best to get the hang of stamping and I had a good night of it. My bf even commented that it must have gone well because the process wasn't accompanied with the customary swearing and throwing things...so I have a temper, sue me! lol</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I started with 2 coats of FingerPaints Dream I Can Fly, a turquoise-y blue (that's got a touch more green than my pics show) as a base. I was a little disappointed with this polish as my bottle is quite gloppy and streaky. It did even out in two coats, but it was kind of a mess to get there. Fortunately, the color is beautiful!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Using <a href="http://www.llarowe.com/shop-all/colors-by-llarowe.html">Colors by Llarowe</a>'s Smooth Criminal, which I recently snagged from a blog sale, and Pueen 65, which I received as a gift from my friend Liz at <a href="http://a-mani-maniac.blogspot.com/">A Mani Maniac</a>, I stamped some swirly bits over top. I'm loving the way this turned out and I can't wait to see it in the sunlight (stay tuned for an <a href="http://instagram.com/vashtiaa">Instagram</a> pic of that)! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My best stamping tips so far are to work quickly and make sure to rough up your stamper head! Mine wouldn't pick up the image at all until I buffed it lightly with an emery board...now it works great! I'd love to hear any tips you guys have for stamping...it can be a tricky business ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thanks so much for reading!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251284735235812365noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393636849794263472.post-67533960021049542302014-07-06T07:55:00.002-07:002014-07-06T08:03:28.987-07:00Alcohol Inks Tutorial<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hi everyone! I've been a terrible blogger because I haven't been around much lately, I know. Summer time is crazy at work and I've had to work several weekends, so my rare free time has been spent relaxing rather than blogging. I hope you'll all forgive me! Don't forget that you can follow me over on <a href="http://instagram.com/vashtiaa">Instagram</a> where I post pics of pretty much any manicure that doesn't make it into a blog post, so it's a great way to keep tabs on what's going on with my nails :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">To make up for my absence, I have a tutorial for you today...yay! Many of you will have heard of an awesome new manicure technique called lead lighting. Taking its name from a stained glass technique, lead lighting manicures feature stamping with black or a dark color over a white/light base. Then the stamped design is filled in using sheer jelly polishes, mimicking the look of stained glass. You can create some truly gorgeous and unique manis this way. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When searching out jellies to try lead lighting for myself, I discovered I actually don't own very many suitable polishes for this technique. Browsing around on the web gave me the idea of using alcohol inks to lightly pigment clear polish, but those inks can get a little pricey. Further research let me know I could make my own alcohol inks at home, with supplies I had around the house so I thought I'd give it a try!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There are several "recipes" for DIY alcohol inks floating around the web using anything from KoolAid to food coloring to markers for the color part. For my initial experiments, I tried food coloring, marker ink, and acrylic paint. Each of these made a great alcohol ink, but once I started mixing them with the clear polish I ran into issues. The marker ink caused the polish to thicken and separate rendering it unusable and the food coloring faded color so badly it became grey. So I've settled on acrylic paint for my polish alcohol inks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is one of the easiest tutorials you'll see. The supplies you'll need are paper towels for clean up (this stuff can get messy!), Rubbing Alcohol (I used 70% because it's what I had at home, but I've seen sites that recommend using 90%), Acrylic Paint (I recommend the liquid-y kind rather than what you'll find in a tube. You're mixing it so if it's already liquid it just makes things easier), a small cup for mixing, a bottle or jar to store your ink in, and a bottle of clear nail polish (I used Wet 'n' Wild's Clear Nail Protector because it was on sale at Walgreen's for $0.69). If you have a small funnel, it will come in handy but it's not necessary. Also, acrylic paint is permanent! If you're worried about staining, make sure to wear old clothes and cover your work surfaces. You can also wear latex or rubber gloves to protect your hands. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">To start, pour a small amount of rubbing alcohol into your mixing cup and add a few drops of acrylic paint. Mix it by either swishing your cup around or using a spoon or other mixing device. Decant a bit of clear polish out of the bottle, you'll need room to add some of the ink once it's mixed up. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Once your paint is dissolved into the rubbing alcohol (and here's where the funnel would be helpful), pour it into your storage bottle or jar. I used an old Seche Vite bottle (cleaned with acetone) to store my inks. The next step is to pour a small amount of the ink into your clear polish. As you can see in the photo above, you'll have to shake it up to mix everything together. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But once it's all shaken up, it stays mixed with little to no settling. They look a bit cloudy in the bottle, but that doesn't seem to be an issue once it's mixed with the polish and applied.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And here are two coats of the red color above and a yellow jelly I made over two coats of Sinful Colors Snow Me White. My next step will be to try these with the leadlighting but I don't anticipate any problems with that...well, not with the polish anyway, the stamping might be another story!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If you don't want to go through the hassle of making your own inks, they are available for purchase at most craft stores, like Michael's and Joann's. <a href="http://www.joann.com/search?q=alcohol%20ink">Joann's website</a> has a nice selection of them, prices are regularly $4.99 for a 0.5 oz bottle and $9.99 for a pack of 3. It does look like they're having a sale right now, making the single bottles $3.49 and the 3-packs $6.99, so it's a good time to buy if you're interested! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Have you tried any DIY alcohol ink recipes? I'd love to hear about your results or see any pics of your lead lighted manis! I hope this post was helpful and thanks so much for reading!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251284735235812365noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393636849794263472.post-48345258524806165152014-06-15T14:21:00.000-07:002014-06-15T14:21:56.194-07:00Sunday Similarities: My Floam went Kaboom and now I'm Flipping Out Hard!<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">*Nothing to disclose*</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hello everyone! I'm so excited about today's post because it involves the nabbing of my #2 lemming of all time (#1 being Clarins 230 but short of a miracle or a lottery win, that shall remain a dream)! I can't tell you what it is about Floam by Nail Venturous that caused me to jones so badly for it, but I've searched high and low for that little bottle with the yellow label. I even bought it from a blog sale about a year ago, waited for three weeks, only to find out it had been lost in the mail. This was a hard lesson I learned about international shipping :( But my story has a happy ending because I found another blog sale (here in the States) and in that blog sale, I found another little bottle with a yellow label (for only $5 no less!) and this time, USPS did not fail me! Thursday afternoon I unlocked my mailbox and there, to the tune of a choir of angels accompanied by rays of sunshine from Heaven itself, was my very own bottle of Floam!! I know this seems dramatic, but as you're all polish people, I know you understand ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The very first thing I decided to do with my bottle of Floam (after I did a happy jig whilst holding it above my head in a triumphant manner) was a comparison post. In my quest for Floam, I have tried several alleged dupes and am thrilled that I can finally compare them to the real deal! Nail Pattern Boldness Flipping Out Hard and Salon Perfect Kaboom were two polishes that I picked up in hopes of quelling my Floam craving so I figured they'd make a great Sunday Similarities post!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I started with two coats of Sinful Colors Jungle Trail and then used two coats of each comparison polish; Floam on my index and pinky, Kaboom on my middle, and Flipping Out Hard on my ring finger. I didn't use any top coat for these photos because each of these polishes purposely uses matte glitters. That said, they do all look lovely with a top coat and you may prefer them with it because they will dry with some texture without it. Flipping Out Hard is obviously the odd man out for color, having much more yellow and green glitters than the blue. FOH is the most densely glittered polish of the bunch and I probably could have only used one coat with a little dabbing. I have to say that as far as color and density go, Kaboom is pretty much a bang on dupe for Floam. In the bottle, Floam comes off as a bit more blue but on the nail, that difference is less pronounced. Kaboom is actually even a bit more dense in the glitter department than Floam.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If you'd like to purchase any of these beauties for yourselves, here's the low down. Salon Perfect Kaboom can still be found in Walmart stores. It retails for around $4 for a full size 14ml bottle, by far the most economical of the bunch. Flipping Out Hard is available on the <a href="http://nail-pattern-boldness.myshopify.com/">Nail Pattern Boldness site</a>, retailing for $9 for a full size 15ml bottle. Though not really a dupe for Floam, FOH is a gorgeous polish in its own right. NPB just does a great polish, I have a couple and have yet to be disappointed! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">That brings us back to Floam which as you might expect is a little more difficult to get a hold of. Ninja Polish, which took over Floam from Nail Venturous, is currently on hiatus. I do not know when (or even if) she'll begin taking orders again. Your best bet is to stalk blog sales or Ebay, like I did. I've seen Floam listed any where from $5 to $45 for the full size 15ml bottle. Kaboom is by far the best dupe I've seen, so if you're less patient than I it's definitely a good option to get this look. Especially with Ninja Polish being closed at the moment, I imagine Floam will become more difficult to find.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thanks so much for reading, folks! I hope you enjoyed the post and that it was helpful :)</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251284735235812365noreply@blogger.com2