Nails Inc Bruton Mews and Whitechapel

Hello there everyone. I hope you've all had a great start to the new year. So far mine has been okay. Quiet, the way I like it.
Today I have two new Nails Inc polishes for you. Both of these were purchased from Sephora.

Bruton Mews is my base. It is a forest green creme. Very close to a one coater. Great application with no issues to report. This is part of the new Nails Inc Nailkale line. I should also mention that I have the Nailkale base coat and am in love with it. Just an fyi. I decided to top this with Whitechapel. This is a glitter topper with white mini bars, white hexes and lots of micro gold and holo glitter. This is ONE coat. No dabbing, fishing, swishing, etc. Super application with great coverage.

I have to say I love both of these! Nails Inc's rebranding has really impressed me. The big square bottles are super easy to deal with. Love the brushes. Great formulas for the ones I have tried. Super happy.
I hope you enjoyed. See you soon ;)

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

China Glaze Strawberry Fields Swatches

Hello everyone. Hope all is well in your world!

Today I have Strawberry Fields from China Glaze for you. This polish is a re-release for this years Celebrate Courage set. It's a very nice bright pink with gold shimmer.

I used three thin coats plus top coat. The formula was thin and I still had some vnl in natural lighting. It did have a good shimmer payout though. This was more noticeable in person. It seemed to get washed out a bit in my photos.

I purchased this polish from Nail Polish Canada. China Glaze is available from too many places to list them all ; ) Thank you for visiting today. Hope you enjoyed the swatches.

St. Patrick's Day Messy Mansion 04

Got a very green St. Patrick's Day mani for you! This is stamping with Messy Mansion plate 04.

Polishes used are Sally Hansen Go For Gold, Picture Polish Kryptonite, and Mundo de Unas #48 military green.

Now go drink some green beer! Be Irish for a day. Cheers.

Cadillacquer What The Heart Wants swatch and review

Cadillacquer What The Heart Wants

This is a minty green creme with gold circles and squares. Also a bit of gold shimmer, but it isn't that noticeable in most lighting. I needed three coats for full coverage. Photos are with top coat. I did notice that this seemed to take longer to dry. Good wear time. 

This is a nice subtle glitter polish. I do like a nice mint shade!
Please visit the Cadillacquer site for pricing information. And a bonus, this polish is currently on sale! They are based out of Switzerland but do ship internationally. You can also find a list of international stockists if you prefer to order from somewhere closer to home. Thank you for stopping by!

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

Black Sheep Lacquer One Woman Army thermal polish

Hello everyone

 Back today with a new release from Black Sheep Lacquer. This is One Woman Army. When cool it is a light army green and a warm white when hands are warmer. Lots of gold shimmer and flashes of blue thrown in. Photos are three coats with a coat of top coat. All photos taken in artificial light. Sorry, the weather just wasn't cooperating.

These are the warm photos. My only complaint is the visible nail line. When I applied my hands were cool, so I was applying while it was green, so I didn't notice. No thickening of polish while applying. Even coverage and no streaking. 

These are the cool. With my skin tone my fingers showed a bit pink. My apologies. The shimmer is very abundant even with the darker colour. The blue flashes are still noticeable as well. I thought they might get washed out, happy to report I was wrong.

I really loved the macro shots of both these polishes. Unfortunately I couldn't seem to get a decent shot of it in transition.
Black Sheep Lacquer is available HERE. The polish is Leaping Bunny certified! No guessing whether a seller is just saying that their product is cruelty free! For updates and new releases you can also follow on FACEBOOK.

Erin sent this polish for review with a purchase I recently made. All opinions are my own.

And I want to wish Black Sheep Lacquer a very happy one year anniversary of being in business!

Lucky 13 Lacquer Cherokee Rose swatches

I bought some Lucky 13 Lacquer polishes a few months ago. Sadly I am just getting around to trying my first one! The life of a polish addict, right? I need more hands!

Cherokee Rose has a white/cream crelly base with various size gold glitter and a bit of fine red glitter thrown in. I only needed two coats for this mani! Everything was nice and smooth. Love it!!!

regular top coat

 matte top coat

I really love this shade matted. Cherokee Rose is from the "Do not open, dead inside" collection. Based on The Walking Dead tv series. You can find the Lucky 13 site HERE. Happy shopping ;)

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

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year readers! I wish you all the most fabulous 2014. Glitter on!!!!

My mani for tonight is Wicked Polish Black Friday with an accent of A England Holy Grail (new version)

Black Friday was part of Llarowe's November A Box, Indied. Unfortunately, this was the only option for purchase of this polish. It makes for a great new years mani. It is like fireworks in a bottle! Three thin coats with top coat. Holy Grail was purchased from Nail Polish Canada. Like every A England polish I have tried, it was flawless!
Have a safe night everyone! See you in 2014.

*polish purchased by me*

Stamped Snowflake

Snowflake stamping using MoYou London christmas collection plate 3.

My base colour is Jessica Standing Ovation. Stamped with Maybelline Bold Gold and Mentality Polish in Scalawag.

I feel like my stamping is getting better. I still seem to fight with my squishy stampers though. They just don't like me.
MoYou London plates can be purchased HERE. Mentality Polish can be purchased HERE. The Jessica and Maybelline can be purchased through various places.

OPI Ski Slope Sweetie

Ski Slope Sweetie is from the Mariah Carey 2013 Holiday collection.

This is a pearly white with golden shimmer. I have this worn on its own, but it can also be layered. For the pics I have three coats plus top coat. There is still some vnl, which is my only complaint about this polish. The golden shimmer is very noticeable. Applied without any issues. Hard to capture the white in photos.

Well, I really like it. Although I do realize this won't be everyone's cup of tea! The entire collection is quite large, so I only purchased a few. I hope to have those swatched and posted soon. Thanks for stopping in.

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

Zoya Kalista

Zoya Kalista is a warm brown with plum undertones and a golden shimmer. The first coat was all plum and turned brown as the coats progressed. I needed three coats for full coverage. Average drying time. Photos are with top coat.

This shade screams Fall to me. I truly love it! It even looked good on my newly shortened nails, yeah. What do you think of this?

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

Hare Polish Flight of the Flamingos

Flight of the Flamingos is from The Tropics are Calling collection for late summer. This is a pale grey jelly base with gold shimmer and glitter and various neon pink glitter. It sounds like a strange combination but something about it made me do my I NEED this dance!

I've used three coats of Flight of the Flamingos with a generous amount of top coat. This was still not quite smooth so I recommend a glitter taming top coat. Dries to a semi matte finish. Even with three coats it dried quite quickly.

Overall, I really like this. Just something about it! What do you think? The Hare Polish shop can be found HERE.
Thanks for having a peek everyone!

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

Super Temp by Digital Nails

Super Temp is from the Ladies of Who collection. It is an orange/coral crelly packed full of gold microflakes. Perfect for summer.

Photos are two coats of Super Temp with top coat. On the brush the polish is quite thick and I thought I would have some application issues, but I didn't! I possibly could have done a third coat. I did notice some vnl out in the sun. Nice and smooth to the touch. I does dry down a bit so make sure to use top coat. Although I am sure you all do anyway!
Digital Nails is available on Etsy HERE. For information on restocks and new releases, follow on Facebook. Thanks for having a look and I hope you enjoyed!

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

CrowsToes Milquetoast

My first CrowsToes polish!  Very excited, and this polish did not disappoint!

Milquetoast is a cream crelly base full of various size copper glitter, with a lighter dusting of gold micro glitter. Full coverage in three easy coats. No digging or placing of glitter required. I did use of coat of Gelous to smooth it out followed by top coat.

CrowsToes polishes are available to purchase from these sites:
http://shop.llarowe.com/collections/crows-toes
http://overallbeauty.com/product-category/nail-polish-brands-and-more/crowstoes-brand-of-polish/
http://www.shoppe-eclectic.co/collections/vendors?q=Crows+Toes
http://femmefatalecosmetics.com.au/product-category/nails/viewbybrand/crowstoes/
http://www.norwaynails.com/collections/crows-toes
http://www.mariagastadeira.com.br/crowstoes-ct-3020f

Thanks for stopping in today!

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