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Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Reverie Nail Lacquer: Summer 2014 Collection - Swatches & Review

Hey guys! Today I have an awesome collection by Reverie Nail Lacquer (recently known as Two Gypsies Lacquer). Their Summer 2014 collection is their first collection under their new name. But don't worry, Michelle still has the same awesome polishes and those crazy pretty jelly glitter bombs!
This collection is being released today at 10 am est! Check out the swatches after the jump.


This collection consists of six new shades; one holo, one creme, one crelly, two jellies glitter bombs, and one jelly glitter topper. I love the variety in this collection. there definitely is something for everyone cause I know that there's some people out there that aren't the biggest fan of glitters, or cremes. Remember these are being released today, June 25th at 10:00 A.M eastern time. Also Reverie Nail Lacquer will be having a sale from June 25th-27th ( or until supplies last)  where you get 30% off your total purchase of full size bottles and cuticle balms. 

Also, please ignore the little cut I have on my pinky. I have no idea how I got it. I'm thinking maybe my cat did it lol. And yes, it hurt every time with the clean up lol.

Agave. 2 coats. This is a pale blue-grey crelly polish with tiny copper and golden flakies. To be honest, this didn't grab my attention all that much in the bottle, but when I put it on I realized how pretty it really is. The base color is so unique! Love it. It's a good option for someone who isn't crazy about glitter, but doesn't want a plain creme either. The formula and application was great!






Orchid. 3 coats. This is a pale purple-pink base with a slight golden shimmer and a subtle holographic sheen in the sunlight. This one is so pretty! I mean, I love holo, and this has just enough of it to be seen but it's not over the top either. The formula and application was great! I swear the holo is way stronger than it's showing but for some reason my camera wasn't picking it up.





Seascape. 3 coats. A cream colored crelly polish featuring a gold shimmer, hex and dot glitters in various shades such as peach, yellow and blue. I love crellies! The glitter combination is so cute! Plus, that base is actually really unique. Most people do white base crellies, which I love, but this was like a beige creme. The only thing I didn't like about this one was that the formula was pretty thick. But I'm pretty sure it was because of the mini bottles. This is why I dislike swatching with mini bottles. It truly does change the application of a polish and may even ruin a swatch if you can never get it to look smooth. 





Mermaid Scales. A super sparkly teal micro glitter bomb with both holographic and iridescent glitters. As you all may know, I love any polish that is inspired by mermaids or the ocean. And this is no  different. The iridescent glitters are beautiful in this! I wore it over undies and no undies below:


Here I wore one coat over OPI A Grape Affair, I love this combination! The formula and application was great!





And here I wore 3 coats over no undies. You don't realize how sparkly it really is until you put it on. I personally loved it better with no undies. The formula and application was a tad harder because the polish did pull a bit if you didn't wait for the coats to dry. Just remember to do thin coats!






This is how sparkly it was!


Andromeda. A deep blue-purple jelly base packed with hex and dot glitters as well as two different sizes of colorful stars and tiny iridescent bar glitters. This is definitely one of my favorites out of the collection. It's so pretty, even my boyfriend really liked it. If you read my blog, than you know that I LOVE glitter! And this is just a glitter bomb! It's perfect. The formula and application was good. It was slightly hard to apply because of how much glitter there was but again, I blame these mini bottles. The super small brushes makes it really hard to evenly apply. I wore it with a top coat and a matte top coat below:


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Summer Wine.  A bright red jelly polish loaded with pink, red, orange, yellow and iridescent hex and dot glitter. This is definitely my favorite out of the collection. The red is so vibrant! The iridescent glitters really stand out, even the red hexes. It's just so beautiful. Plus it makes me think about Lana Del Rey since she made a cover for Summer Wine, and of course that's perfect too. *Just a quick side note, have any of you guys been listening to the new Lana Del Rey album?? Isn't it amazing!?!?* The formula and application was actually not that bad with this one. You just have to make sure to not do thick coats of else it'll clump out, which is normal for any polish. I just love how much depth this has! Great job Michelle! I wore it with a matte top coat and with a regular glossy top coat below:



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Overall, I totally recommend this collection. I really like it. Especially those jelly glitter bombs! Michelle is releasing a limited edition polish today as well ( doesn't qualify for discount) which looks so awesome, I'm definitely getting it.

 Remember these are being released today, June 25th at 10:00 A.M eastern time. Also Reverie Nail Lacquer will be having a sale from June 25th-27th ( or until supplies last)  where you get 30% off your total purchase of full size bottles and cuticle balms.


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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Twinsie Tuesday: Inspired By A Beverage/Food: Firecracker Popsicles

Hey guys! 

Twinsie Tuesday is here again! This week, us girls are doing nails inspired by a Beverage/Food. I hard a hard time coming up with something for this prompt because for some reason I kept thinking that it had to be inspired by an actual brand of food or something, but then I realized that I was just giving myself a hard time. lol I remembered that there's tons of cute and fun designs that fall under food or a beverage category, like cupcakes, ice cream, or cookies. I've actually never done those types of nail art, but I went a little different with this prompt. Check out what I did after the jump!



First off, I'd like to welcome Lisa from Polish Playground! She's the newest edition to the group. I'm not sure if she's participating in this prompt but be sure to check her blog out since she has some really amazing nail art!



I noticed that I have yet to do Fourth of July inspired mani this year so I thought, why not today? And I found these lovely nails that I just had to recreate, especially because they fall perfectly under the summer category as well, I mean who doesn't eat Popsicles during the summer!? I was going to do ice cream nails but my boyfriend said Popsicles instead so that's how I lead to The Daily Varnish and her lovely nails. I also figured it was something easy to do since I don't have much time this week, there's tons of swatches that I have lined up!

Anyways, here's what I used:


L to R: Wet N Wild Wild Shine Red Red and French White Creme, and OPI Keeping Suzi At Bay

It looked really easy to do, but I hard a hard time since my nails are so short right now. I was having trouble leaving enough white space in between both colors. I'm not sure how much these look like the Firecracker Popsicles, they just look like ombre nails, but you guys know what I was trying to do so does that count?? lol Why did my nails have to break?! 

Anyways, here I have it without the star studs I added:



And here's with the stars:




I mean, it's not literally food, but I hope you guys get what I was trying to do!



I hope you guys like it!

Check out what the rest of the girls did below!


Aliana at The Little Canvas
Amanda at Amandalandish
Amber at Nails Like Lace
Bridget at A Painted Nail
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Cordia at Seriously Swatched
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Kelly at Tuxarina
Lakeisha at Refined and Polished
Lisa at Polish Playground
Marisa at Polish Obsession
Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-less
Stephanie at A Little Polish
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Saturday, June 21, 2014

OPI: Coca-Cola Collection - Swatches & Review

Hey guys! Happy Saturday! The weekend is here again. I have so much to do this weekend, go to the post office, finish swatching, clean my room...My room is always a mess by the end of the week, does that happen to you? Anyways, today I have the new OPI Coca-Cola Collection to share. I've actually had this for a while, about 3 weeks I think but I fell behind on my swatches so I wasn't able to get to them til now. 


When I first heard of this collection, I thought to myself  "A collection about soda??" lol I just didn't understand what they could possibly make about that, especially when there's way cooler stuff to be inspired. But when I saw pictures of them I thought it was pretty cool, nothing spectacular you know. But now that I swatched them, I'm actually really loving them. They're not the most unique colors, but they're really pretty.

This collection consists of 9 new polishes, each inspired by a different Coca-Cola beverage. Apparently the polishes vary depending on where you're located. In Europe they don't have Orange You Fantastic! but they have Orange You Stylish! which you can see swatches of here. They also have Turn On The Haute Light instead of My Signature Is "DC" but apparently it's the same thing.


You're So Vanilla. 2 coats. This is a light beige nude creme inspired by Vanilla Coke. When you look at this you don't really think twice about it, but when you put it on, it's really pretty! It's a perfect nude. I wasn't able to capture the correct color, it's way more beige than it's coming out. Also the formula was amazing, a bit streaky on the first coat, but I got complete coverage by the second coat.



Orange You Fantastic! 2 coats. This is a sheer orange glitter polish with red, gold, and silver hexes in different sizes. Inspired by Orange Fanta. I love this one! It's very interesting and I love the fact that it's an orange polish. I don't have anything like it in my collection. It is pretty sheer, but you can get full opacity on it's own. I wore it over some nail art I did using the China Glaze Off Shore collection where I used the drag method, click here to see. I also noticed that it had a bit of a textured finish like Blush Hour from the previous OPI Spotlight On Glitter collection. 


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The rest are two coats:







Coca-Cola Red. 2 coats. This is a classic red creme inspired by Coca-Cola. It's really pretty, but nothing really unique about it. It did stain a teensy bit, but nothing major. The application was flawless though. I couldn't capture it though! It's coming out way more red-orange than it is. 



Sorry I'm Fizzy Today. 3 coats. This is a salmon pink with a hint of peach creme inspired by Vanilla Coke. I suck at describing colors. But I honestly think of salmon pink when I look at this. But it also has some peachy tones to it. I really like it. I'll have to check if I have any dupes. The formula was flawless!



Got Cherried Away. 2 coats. This is a semi dark magenta creme inspired by Cherry Coke. This is so pretty! I'm always attracted to pinks like this...but is it a pink or a purple?? I don't know. lol The formula was prefect though!



A Grape Affair. 2 coats. This is a dark purple creme inspired by Grape Fanta. I love this color so much! I just love purples, especially when the formula is this great. I could have probably just done one coat.



Green On The Runway. 2 coats. This is a duo chrome that goes from green to brown with hints of red inspired by Sprite  I love this one too! The duo chrome isn't crazy noticeable but the green is so pretty! I really like it. It's a bit sheer in the first coat but it builds up quite nicely.







Today I Accomplished Zero. 2 coats, no undies. This is a black jelly with reddish pink glitter inspired by Coke Zero. This one was really interesting to me when I saw the promo pictures. Now that I'm wearing it, it's not something I'm gong crazy for, but I still like it. I thought it was going to be super sheer but I got full coverage with just 2 coats. 




My Signature Is "DC". 2 coats. This is a silver foil inspired by Diet Coke. I'm not a huge fan of these silver polishes but I don't know why I really like this one. The formula was fantastic, I could have used only one coat. I think I might use this for silver glitter gradients or something. 



Overall, I liked this collection. It has something for everyone, especially those creme lovers. The cremes in this collection are to die for. The formula is just great! I like that there was a nice variety. There's definitely something here that I'm sure you don't have in your collection.

What do you guys think?

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