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Thursday, July 10, 2014

Laquerlicious: Vacation To Paradise + Duo - Swatches, Review, & Nail Art

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Hey guys! I have an awesome Laquerlicious collection to show you today! I've been pretty excited to post this collection cause it's so pretty! There's some awesome jellies and glitter toppers! Check out the swatches below!



Laquerlicious released her Vacation to Paradise Collection at the end of last month and I thought it was gorgeous! It's definitely very unique. It consists of 6 polishes, three glitter toppers and three jellies. There's a great variety in this collection and definitely offers something for anyone. 



           *All descriptions taken from the Laquerlicious' storefront

On Vacation. 1 coat over a sponged mani using Day Glow Teal, Citrus Collide, Lime accent from Maybelline's Bleached Neons. "This polish is in a clear base with metallic purple and lavender glitter, iridescent glitter and white matte glitter in hex shapes tiny-large. It also has a gorgeous purple shimmer". I love this glitter topper!! It's so pretty, and unique. I love purple so I automatically liked this one a lot, but once you put it on, it honestly blows your mind how much is truly going on in the bottle. I wanted to wear over something that would really make the colors pop but I don't know how I feel with this combination. It looked different in my head. Plus I don't like that it made my cuticles look so much darker than the skin on the rest of my hand. The formula and application was great.




Midnight At The Oasis. 1 coat over Don't Pink Twice by KB Shimmer. "This polish is in a clear base with purple, blue, navy blue, teal, green and iridescent glitter in circle, star, hex and triangle shapes." I think this was probably my favorite polish out of the 6. It was just so pretty and the colors go great together! It made me think of space or something. Again, I wanted it against something totally different to make the colors really pop. It looked really cool in real life, but I couldn't quite capture it. The formula and application was perfect!





Two Tickets To Paradise. 2 thin coats over Color Club La Petite Mint-Sieur. "This polish is in a clear base with pink, magenta, teal, blue, purple, silver and iridescent glitter in circle, star, hex, square and triangle shapes." I really like the big dots in this polish. I decided to do two super thin coats because I would get tons of glitter with one regular coat... I don't know if that makes sense lol. Basically you got tons of glitter on your brush, so make sure to apply in thin coats or else it's not going to look nice. 




Sand-Tastic. 2 coats. "This polish is in a shimmery brown jelly base with micro and small magenta, orange, caramel, gold and brown glitter." The name for this is perfect! It totally does remind me of sand, pretty sand that is! Brown isn't really my go to color unless it's a nude, but the glitters in this makes it really interesting. The formula and application was great!



Distant Shores. 2 coats. "This polish is in a shimmery teal jelly base with micro and small teal, light blue, green and iridescent glitter." OMG! I love this one! I've mentioned that I love ocean-y or mermaid inspired polishes right?? lol Just making sure. Yeah, I totally love this one. There's so much depth cause of all the little glitters in this. The formula and application was flawless!






And here's some nail art I did using Distant Shores as my base. I'm getting better at my freehand fish scale nail art! 




Wish You Were Here. 2 coats. "This polish is a richly pigmented berry jelly base with micro and small magenta, silver, pink, purple and iridescent glitter." Again, another beautiful jelly. It has such a great combination of glitters. Loved it! The formula and application was great!






Overall, I loved this collection. Michelle never disappoints with her creations. I totally recommend getting at least one polish from this collection, though you should probably get the whole thing. It's available now for purchase by clicking here.

The following two polishes are actually re-released glitter toppers that are actually some of the first polishes Laquerlicious ever released. So if you're a true Laquerlicious fan, you need to get these! And if you're not, you need to get them anyways cause they're so pretty! 

Lava Rocks. 1 coat over Bright Lights Small City from Contrary Polish. "This polish is in a clear base with magenta metallic glitter, black matte glitter and iridescent blue/purple glitter. Tiny-Large hex, square shaped glitter and micro slices". I loved how this looked over the base I chose. You need to get this! The pink just really pops! The formula and application was great! 





Salt Water. 1 coat over a vertical gradient over La Petite Mint-Sieur and Holy Chic! from Color Club. "This polish is in a clear base with teal and blue metallic glitter, white matte glitter and iridescent blue/green glitter. Tiny-Large hex shaped glitter." This is so pretty! It has the perfect name! It's so unique, you guys need to get this! I loved it over this gradient too. The formula and application was great.






I mean, you guys know I love Laquerlicious. The quality is always on point and they're so unique. This collection definitely stands out to me more than some summer collections. I really hope you guys try some of these out, you won't be disappointed! You can purchase these by clicking Here. AND, you can follow Laquerlicious on FacebookInstagram and Twitter.
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Sunday, July 6, 2014

926 Polish: Swatches & Review

Hey guys! How's every one's weekend going? I hope great! I have a new indie brand to show everyone. This one is called 926 Polish and it's fairly new but the formula so far is amazing! Check out the swatches below!


Little Black Dress. 3 coats. This is a sheer black jelly with pink hexes and pink shimmer throughout. This was kinda sheer but it built up nicely. The pink shimmer is a really nice touch. The formula and application was great.



Here's what the glitter looks like.

Why So Blue Panda Bear. 4 coats. This is a sheer blue jelly polish with a slight frost and blue holographic hexes. This was pretty sheer as well, so I needed four coats. Other than that, the formula and application was great.




Bubble Yum. 3 coats. This is a bright pink fuchsia with pink blurple shimmer throughout. This one is so pretty! The formula and application was great.




Coral-Licious. 2 coats. This is a vermilion orange coral with red undertones. Coral-Licious is a jelly with golden shimmer and a slight linear holographic glitter. The formula was amazing ! I only used two coats, and it's fully opaque! I  love the golden shimmer in it too!



I totally recommend taking a look at this brand. They're fairly new but the formula and polishes are pretty impressive. These are available for purchase now! Just click here to purchase. Also make sure to follow 926 Polish on Instagram and Facebook for updates. 
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Friday, July 4, 2014

Fourth Of July Nail Art Plus Review of Born Pretty Brushes

Hey guys! I have another post today! I'm really trying to get as much stuff done as possible this weekend so maybe you'll see multiple posts a day this weekend. Is that sad that that's all I'll be doing this weekend?? LOL Maybe, but it's what I like to do. I might go to Disneyland this Sunday so yay for that!

Anyways, of course I had to post  Fourth Of July inspired nails! I don't know why, but I usually don't participate in holiday themed nail art. I think it's because I'm too lazy to do it on time lol. But I thought this year should be different. Anyways, I saw this awesome red, white, and blue tie dye shirt that totally inspired me to do these! 

I hope you guys like it!


For the Tie Dye effect on my pointer and pinky finger I used Wet N Wild Wild Shine A Blank Canvas and Red Red, and Sinful Colors Endless Blue. And for my middle and ring finger I layered Black Cat Lacquer America F*uck Yeah! over OPI My Signature is "DC". 

I used these brushes from the Born Pretty Store (that I received for free to review) to do the tie dye effect. This is what the brushes look like:


They're pretty cheap so the brushes aren't that durable. The plastic feels really weak, like they'll break easily. But the brushes were actually pretty great. I wish they were kind of thinner, but they worked well. 


I heard some people had really bad experiences with these. So I guess it just depends on your order. I personally didn't have a bad experience with them, but I guess you don't know what you'll get. Just make sure to contact Born Pretty to get an exchange or a refund.

You can purchase these brushes by clicking here. Make sure to use my special discount code: LPG10 to get 10% your purchase. Also, make sure to follow them on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube,  Born Pretty Blog
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Trust Fund Beauty: Hamptons Collection- Swatches, Review, & Nail Art with Simply Spoiled Beauty Nail Art Pens

Hey guys! Happy 4th of July! I hope you guys have a great day! Stay safe though!

Today, I have a new indie brand called Trust Fund Beauty . I have part of their Hampton's Collection, which is made up of eight polishes, but I only have two. The packaging is so cute! The polishes came in these pretty boxes. You can take a look at their polishes by clicking here.


Pool Boy Toy. 2 coats.  This is a periwinkle blue with silver shimmer throughout. I love this color! It's probably not the most unique color, but it's very pretty! It was almost opaque in one coat, but I added another coat to even it out. The formula and application was great. I had a hard time capturing the true color of this polish. It's a bit more periwinkle, and less baby blue if that makes sense.


Hampton Hookup. 3 coats. I'm not gonna lie, this polish is kinda weird. In the bottle, it looks like a fuchsia pink. It almost, looks a bit red, but still pink. Like this:


And then I applied it to my nail. On the first coat, within the first few seconds it was still pink. And once it started drying, it started getting redder and redder. I was like "am I going crazy?" lol cause I thought maybe it was my lighting but no, even the next day it still looked like that. I even asked my boyfriend and he agreed it was red so I'm not crazy! lol I also thought that it might be a thermal polish and run my fingers under cold water but nothing happened. So shall I say this is a bright red jelly with pink undertones? I guess I should. It dries into a matte jelly. The application was great though, opaque in 2 coats. Regardless, I like the color, but obviously you want the color you purchased, not a surprise color.



You can purchase these polishes for $15 CAN each by clicking here. Also make sure to follow Trust Fund Beauty on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

I mean, though the color changes, it's still pretty and the formula is pretty great on these polishes so I decided to do some nail art using one of the nail art pens that Simply Spoiled Beauty sent me to review. These pens are so easy to work with. They seriously make your life easier. Just apply where you want the polish to be and there, you're done! They're great because they come with a little striping brush when you unscrew the cap and a pen tip under the plastic cap.  Here's what they look like:


And it comes with a thin pin thing inside the pen tip like so:



I don't know if other girls through it out, but I left it in so it won't clog. And here's the striping brush:



Overall, I really like this nail art pen. I still have other pens to go through, but I'll post all of them on my blog when I use them. The pens are slightly sensitive to any squeezing, so make sure to be careful when you're doing nail art or else a bunch is gonna come out. Eventually you'll get the hang of it.

So I decided to do some leopard print nail art. Here's what I did:



I hope you guys liked what I did! You can purchase these by clicking here. Make sure to follow Simply Spoiled Beauty on Facebook and instagram.

Again Happy 4th of July! 
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Powder Perfect Lacquer Summer Duo- Exclusive to Lacquer Chic Shop

Hey everyone! I have another quick post today. Today, I'm swatching a new indie brand (to me at least), called Powder Perfect.  Powder Perfect is releasing a Summer Duo exclusive to the Lacquer Chic Shop, an online retailer. I think you guys will love these duos! Especially because they're at a great price and I have a discount code below, so check them out!

Powder Perfect is an Australian indie brand. This is the first Australian brand that I ever swatch for so that's so exciting for me! This duo is so cute! The Summer duo consists of a beautiful cream and a crelly. They were released yesterday and are being offered at $20, plus free shipping! I don't know how long the free shipping will be til, so I would grab them now before they're gone because they're limited edition!

Bikini In A Bottle. 3 coats. This is a bright barbie pink with darker pink micro glitter and purple shimmer through out. It's a really nice combination. It's surprising how bright the pink really is which is perfect for the summer. I love the extra details, really makes it interesting. I had no issues with the formula, it went on super smooth.


Beach To The Bar. 2 coats. This is a purple jelly base polish with blue, fuchsia, lavender, and silver glitters in different shapes and sizes. I love anything purple so I really liked this! The glitter combination with the base works so well together. The formula and application was flawless! The glitter spread out so evenly!


I totally recommend this Summer Duo! They're so pretty, the formula was flawless, and the price is perfect! Plus you can use the special discount code that Tiffany, the owner of Lacquer Chic Shop gave me to share with my readers, just use BVL15 for 15% off your order! The duo is available now, so head on over to the Lacquer Chic Shop to purchase your duo! 

Lacquer Chic Shop
Store: http://lacquerchic.com/
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Powder Perfect
Store: http://www.powderperfect.com.au/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PowderPerfectAustralia
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Twinsie Tuesday: Skittles Nail Art

Hey guys! Tuesday again, meaning another Twinsie Tuesday post! This week's prompt is Skittles! I had so many ideas for this, but I got caught up with some stuff today that I ran out of time. I'm trying to go to sleep earlier because I'm literally running on about 5-6 hours of sleep everyday because of painting my nails so late. I'm trying to catch up on my swatches but just knowing how much I have to do makes me lazy lol Does that happen to anyone?? Anyways check out what I did down below!


Because I started late, I decided to do some fairly easy skittle nails and it worked out perfectly actually! I had actually thought about doing something else but it was going to be way more time consuming. For some reason I thought about my new Color Club Poptastic Remix Collection and how perfect they would be for this prompt! I mean they're so colorful already! So that's what I used instead.



Here is what I used as my base (in order of the picture):



  • Essie Strut Your Stuff
  • Essie Vices Versa
  • Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Lightning
  • Color Club Poptastic


And I used the new Color Club Poptastic Remix Collection (in order of the picture):



  • Daydream Believer
  • Go-Go Green
  • Woodstock or Bust
  • My Generation

I basically just found colors that matched the glitters and layered a different color on each nail. In this mani, I layered Go-Go Green over Sally Hansen Lightning, Daydream Believer over Essie Vices Versa, Woodstock or Burst over  Color Club Poptastic, and My Generation over Essie Strut Your Stuff.


I'm not sure how much I like it. I thought it looked so cool in my head, like it was going to be really colorful, but that's not how it came out. I think it's because of the color combinations that I chose to layer them over. I'm glad I used some untrieds though! I have to start tackling that pile!


I'll definitely try to remake this mani, maybe it'll come out better. Regardless, make sure to check out what the rest of the girls did cause they' always make some awesome stuff, I promise!




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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