Oh hey there! Are you here to see some goygeous polishes? Well, let me tell you that you have come to the right place. I think that I mentioned previously that I spent a large chunk of my weekend blissfully painting my nails and writing up posts for the coming week. Today I am sharing some Colors by Llarowe Color4Nails Exclusives so get your Paypal ready! Continue reading “Colors by Llarowe Color4Nails Exclusives”
Category: Review
OPI Purple Gradient + Stamping
I really don’t know why I find the most simple nail art techniques extremely challenging. I remember seeing The Nailasaurus’ gradient nail tutorial a million years ago and thinking that it looked fairly easy. I was excited to try it out…until I wasn’t. It turned out to be super difficult for me to get a decent gradient so I basically gave up…not to mention that it was crazy messy. Well, I think times have changed because I now feel more confident after implementing a few tricks. Today I decided to do an OPI purple gradient (yay to my favorite color!) with some stamping. This was also an idea I put into practice because purple is the color of the month over at the OPI Mad Love Facebook Group, and I wanted to create something fun for the group. So let’s start with the messfest! Continue reading “OPI Purple Gradient + Stamping”
Colors by Llarowe Irish Eyes Are Smiling – POTM May 2018
With May just around the corner, next month’s releases are starting to pop up. I have a lot of things in the works as far as posts go, so I hope that I don’t enable you too much. But really, isn’t that the whole purpose of nail blogs–to enable the masses? Actually, I look at it as an opportunity to save people money because if something sucks, I will definitely let you know. Unfortunately (or fortunately), today I have a gorgeous polish that you will not want to miss. Colors by Llarowe Irish Eyes Are Smiling is the May 2018 POTM or Polish Of The Month. The monthly polishes have a limited run so you will not want to sleep on them if you want them. Let me show you some swatches below. Continue reading “Colors by Llarowe Irish Eyes Are Smiling – POTM May 2018”
China Glaze Shades Of Paradise Collection
So last week I was meeting up with my coworkers for dinner after work and by some coincidence, we ended up going to a restaurant that is near some of my favorite nail supply places. Yes, it was a coincidence if a coincidence is that I recommended the restaurant and made everyone go there so I could shop before we ate. Yeah, my coworkers think I’m lovely. Anyway, I was planning to pick up a few shades from the China Glaze Chic Physique collection and when I was searching for them, I noticed a bunch of new polishes that I hadn’t seen before. Luckily, I had semi-charged my phone earlier in the day so I did a quick google search (what did we ever do without google and smartphones??), and it came back that they were from an upcoming collection. That’s all I needed to read and a grabby hands episode ensued. My good friend Lesley, who is also a polish collector, has witnessed this in person and I bet she’d be impressed because it happened in a flash. Let me show you some swatches of the China Glaze Shades Of Paradise Collection for Summer 2018. Are you ready? Continue reading “China Glaze Shades Of Paradise Collection”
Illyrian Narrow Sea
I think that I have mentioned before that my favorite thing about Polish Pick Up is that I am exposed to tons of brands that I don’t normally purchase from. Now that I have imposed a budget on myself to help me curb out of control make up and polish spending, I have to be very picky when it comes to my purchases. Last month I bought a few items and one of them was this gorgeous polish: Illyrian Narrow Sea. Let me show you some swatches and stamping below! Continue reading “Illyrian Narrow Sea”
KBShimmer un-Staple – PPU May 2018
I fell off the wagon in the last month or so and have been overspending which completely messed up my budget. I feel pretty bad about it–enough that I skipped PPU in April. I had so many polishes on my want list that I knew if I bought one, I would buy them all so I had to lay low for those few days until I made it past the debilitating temptation. Well, I know I will not be that lucky in May because I already have a few polishes on my list that I refuse to pass on. I even have a list going for some of my co-workers! For May, the theme is the 90’s so you know it’s going to be good! KBShimmer has a ridiculously fun and gorgeous polish planned inspired by the movie Office Space. Let me show you some swatches of KBShimmer un-Staple before I let you know what I think. Continue reading “KBShimmer un-Staple – PPU May 2018”
Zoya Sunshine Summer 2018 Collection
Hi friends! I hope that you’re all doing well. Things have been a little slow on the blogging side because I’ve had a bunch of stuff going on. I haven’t been as active in doing nail stuff because of it, but I definitely won’t fall off the face of the earth again. On Friday I received a huge package that contained the Zoya Sunshine Summer 2018 Collection, and I was excited to try them out. I feel like I always mention this, but I am always excited to get my hands on lovely cremes, so I was happy to see that this is a heavy creme collection. Let me show you some swatches below before I tell you my thoughts. Continue reading “Zoya Sunshine Summer 2018 Collection”
China Glaze Channelesque – #vintagepolishfriday
When I first started collecting nail polish, China Glaze was one of the first brands that I focused on. I knew that it would be hard to get some of the more sought after shades like those from the OMG Collection, so I searched out other colors that I came across on makeupalley. Do you guys remember when Sephora by OPI put out Metro Chic? It was pretty much impossible to get for a while, and then I saw people talking about how similar it was to China Glaze Channelesque. Well, that is when it went on my list, and I started looking for it at my beauty supply stores. Imagine my surprise when one day I found multiple bottles in some forgotten corner at one of my favorite beauty supply stores. Let me show you some swatches because I talk more about this polish. Continue reading “China Glaze Channelesque – #vintagepolishfriday”
Lantern & Wren Clear Jelly Stamper
As you may have noticed, I have been stamping a lot lately. Stamping really is my first nail art love, so I’m happy to be trying new things. Last month I purchased the Lantern & Wren Clear Jelly Stamper from Polish Pick Up so I have very excited to finally get it. I am such a creature of habit that I still use my old Konad stampers, but a couple of months ago I decided to try a clear stamper. The Pueen stamper that I bought was a little hit and miss, so I wanted to try a different clear stamper to see if I could get better results. Let’s continue below so I can tell you what I thought of the Lantern & Wren Clear Jelly Stamper. Continue reading “Lantern & Wren Clear Jelly Stamper”
Cre8tion Stamping Nail Art Lacquer
When I first started stamping back in 2011, I don’t remember there being much to choose from when it came to stamping polishes. In fact, I only remember Konad and I wondered if we would ever get more option. The Konad White and Black stamping polishes were the first stamping polishes that I ever purchased, and they became staples in my collection. I think that if you have a dependable white/black in your collection, you can basically do anything. I have started to brand out when it comes to my stampers as well as you can see in my Pueen Clear Stamper review, but I wasn’t entire successful with it. No matter how hard I tried, my usual stamping polishes did not work as well with my clear stamper. When I was checking out new stuff at my beauty supply stores, I saw a display full of stamping polishes, and I flipped out because they had tons of colors. With trepidation, I picked the white and black shades to try out. Will these Cre8tion Stamping Nail Art Lacquer shades be duds? Let me show you below. Continue reading “Cre8tion Stamping Nail Art Lacquer”
