Rica Leopard Spot Glitter Polishes Swatches

Today I have three new glitter toppers from Rica Polish. All three feature the new leopard spot glitters that are popping up in polishes. Post is pic heavy! 

L - R: LF Neon Leopard, The Cat's Meow, Purrfectly Kissed

Quick rundown for you. All of these required the leopard spots to be fished out. These have what I call a "slippery" base. Meaning the glitter slides off the brush as you take it out of the bottle. All are finished with a coat of Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter Food and a top coat.

Purrfectly Kissed features a pastel pink leopard glitter with various pastel glitters and micro blue glitter. Layered over Barielly Money Talks. This is two coats of the smaller glitters and placing of the leopard spots. The fishing was fairly easy with this one.

LF Neon Leopard ( Lisa Frank inspired ) Features white leopard with various bright and black glitter in micro and small sizes. One coat layered over Illamasqua Grab. This had the best coverage of the bunch. One leopard came out of the bottle on its own. The rest were placed but the easiest to fish.

The Cat's Meow is a silver holographic leopard with silver, blue, and purple holo glitters. This was the sparsest coverage of the three.  At times I would only have one glitter on the brush. This also required a lot of effort to get the leopard spots out of the bottle. This is layered over Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Pagan. I really loved the combo of these two together.

Although these don't have the greatest application, I do like the way they look. Tons of layering options with these too. What do you think? Worth the effort? These polishes are available from Rica's Etsy Shop.
Thanks for sticking through the whole post.

*polish purchased by me and all opinions are my own*

HPB Halloween Mani Link Up

I belong to a Facebook group, Hobby Polish Bloggers. This is for our monthly link up, Halloween being this months theme. Make sure to check out the InLinkz at the end of the post for more great mani's from this group!!

I went with glitter skulls.  My base is Girly Bits A Stripper Has Been Sleeping In My Bed. Stamping done with Mundo de Unas black and Messy Mansion 22. The sparkle was really throwing off my camera.

Thanks for the visit. You can also look for us on Instagram  #HPBHalloween or  #hpbloggers. Have a great day. Hope this is helping everyone get into the Halloween spirit.

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MckFresh Nail Attire Witchy Tutu

Today I have Witchy Tutu from MckFresh Nail Attire.

Witchy Tutu is a clear based glitter topper filled with too many different glitters to mention. Let's just leave it at multi-shaped, multi-coloured! No issues with application or formula. I used two coats over Barry M Olive. You could pretty much layer this over whatever colour undie you wanted. I had pretty good coverage with one coat, but it was so much fun that I threw on another.

For more information please visit the MckFresh store or follow on Facebook. Thank you for the visit.

*polish purchased by me and all opinions are my own*

70's Inspired Stamping - 52WPNMC

This is my entry for the Crumpets Nail Tarts 52 week pick n mix challenge. I decided to go with the 70's prompt.
My thought with this mani was ugly 70's wallpaper!

My base is SquareHue Oxford Street. Stamping plate Cici & Sisi 04 stamped with Mundo de Unas #12 Cream (which is more of a very pale yellow)

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Emily de Molly The Unloved

  Today I have Emily de Molly The Unloved. This is a dark red jelly with pink and red glitter. There are also large silver holographic dots.
I had pretty good coverage with two coats. Some areas were a bit lighter, but nothing too noticeable in person. The large dot glitters were a bit elusive. If you wanted some on every nail you'll need to fish a few out of the bottle. Was smooth with a coat of KBShimmer clearly on top.

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Emily de Molly is an Aussie brand. I suggest you check the stockists links for availability. There are many options. 

Thanks for the visit!

*polish purchased by me*

OPI DS Titanium

  OPI Titanium is a new Designer Series release.

Dark charcoal with iridescent flakies and silver micro glitter. I found the application to be a bit of a challenge. I did three coats plus a bit of dabbing. Once I got into natural light I noticed that there were still some areas that didn't have very good coverage. It dries to a matte finish. I applied top coat for the pics.

I have to say that I was pretty disappointed with this. It should look great, but for some reason it just didn't work for me. I may try layering it and see if the results are any better. And please note that this tends to eat top coat, so you may need two coats.

I purchased this from Nail Polish Canada. All opinions are mine.

Random Swatches

Hey there folks. This is a bit of a random post with some photos I had saved. Polishes I've used as bases, didn't like how they turned out etc. Not going into huge detail with each one, but thought I would just throw this out there anyways....

Julep Lissa two coats plus top coat.

Index and pinky are China Glaze Derailed. I tried water marble decals. My application of them didn't work. They were done with Derailed, Barry M Sugar Apple, MckFresh Do Ba Dee Goo Goo.

MckFresh Nail Attire Do Ba Dee Goo Goo. Blurple creme. I couldn't get good shots of this. The colour and my camera didn't get along. 2 coats plus top coat.

                           

So there you go. I told you it would be totally random! Have a great day.

Picture Polish Grace

Today I have Picture Polish Grace swatches for you.

It's a very pretty pale pink scattered holographic. No glitter in this polish. I didn't use a ridge filling base, but as you can see I should have. The formula was thinner then I expected it to be. I used three thin coats. Some of my larger flaws aren't quite covered. Remember to use a good base coat if you need it! Other then being on the thin side, I didn't have any issues. Pics are with top coat.

Picture Polish Grace is part of the Opulence series. For more information please visit the Picture Polish site. They have a lot of international stockists, so you are better off to check here. I hope you enjoyed!

*polish purchased by me and all opinions are my own*

China Glaze Don't Let The Dead Bite Swatches

Today I have swatches of Don't Let The Dead Bite. This is the only polish I got from the China
Glaze Halloween polishes this year. The rest just didn't look appealing to me.

This has a flesh toned nude crelly base with various shapes of red glitter. It applied really easily and I had full coverage in two coats. Photos below are with top coat.

These two photos are with OPI matte top coat.

I think I preferred it matted. Anyway, I liked this, but didn't love it. Formula wise there were no issues. It was actually quite flattering with my skin tone. I was surprised by that.
Thanks for the visit. Hope you aren't sick of Halloween polishes yet!

*purchased by me and all opinions are my own*

Sally Hansen inta-dri Halloween Limited Editions

Today I have three polishes from the Limited Edition Halloween shades from Sally Hansen. I just picked up the basic creme shades. White, orange, and black.

Up first is OMGhost. This is a white creme. Photos are one coat. There were issues with self leveling but top coat did correct it. It is on the thick side and with the giant brushes that this line has, I did find it a bit tricky to apply.

Pumpkin Queen is a medium orange creme. Although it's bright, it isn't a neon. It really does remind me of a pumpkin orange. This polish is on the thin side compared to most of the insta-dri line. I still had full coverage in two coats though. It dried down a bit so I added top coat.

And then there is Fright Night. This is a creme, but also has a bit of a jelly quality to it. Thinner then the white shade, but I still had full coverage in one coat. It was a bit of a generous coat though. If you prefer to apply in thin coats, you'll probably need two. This dried super shiny. I did notice some bubbles once I took the photos. This is from the polish as I don't have top coat with these pics.

I think these are great choices for staple polishes. They would also be great for nail art. I want to see if they work for stamping, but haven't had a chance yet. I do need to point out that I hate the bottles used for this line. Who thought a giant brush in the smallest bottle would be a good idea?
Thanks for the visit!

*polish purchased by me and all opinions are my own*

Thanksgiving Nail Stamping

Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadians!

I did turkey nails last year, so this year I went with leaves and pumpkins.
My base is OPI You're So Vainilla. Stamping done with Mentaliy opaque orange and Prim. Filled in with L'Oreal Creme de Mint and Mango Mamma.
Plates are Bundle Monster H11 and Cici & Sisi plate 03.

I thought it was pretty cute. Lots of fall colours.  The Bundle Monster plate (pumpkins) was fussy to work with, but no issues with the leaf pattern. And I threw in some pics of You're So Vainilla. I love these beige-ish nude shades. Great for nail art!

Thanks for the visit! Hope you enjoyed. Gobble Gobble :)