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Ooh La Lacquer – Giveaway

Posted on 30 March, 201629 March, 2016 by Cynthia

Hey all! I hope you’re having a good Wednesday! Since I decided to take Monday off, I feel like my week has been thrown off so my brain isn’t understanding that we are pretty much halfway through the week. Did you do anything fun for Easter? I basically just hung out with the fam so it was nice. I was also kinda busy because I decided to do some Spring cleaning and that snowballed into my typical “THROW EVERYTHING OUT” episodes. I am the anti-hoarder to the point that I want to throw everything out when I start cleaning and organizing. Anyway, I digress. Today I wanted to show you two awesome polishes from Ooh La Lacquer and I also wanted to giveaway a bottle of one of my favorite holos from her line! Let me show you the polishes I recently received and then I will tell you which one is up for grabs.

Ooh La Lacquer Je Ne Sais Quoi (Indoor Lighting)

Ooh La Lacquer Je Ne Sais Quoi (LED Lighting)

Ooh La Lacquer Specktrum (Indoor Lighting)

Ooh La Lacquer Specktrum (LED Lighting)

Aren’t these pretty? I am very partial to Je Ne Sais Quoi because it’s so freaking delicate and almost dainty. Specktrum is also pretty and very versatile because it will look very different depending on what base polish you use. Nastassia sent me a bottle of one of my favorite holos not realizing that I had already purchased it a few months ago, so that turns into a win for one of you because I’ll be giving it away to one lucky reader. This giveaway will only last a few days so make sure to enter right away! This giveaway is only open to US residents. Please enter the giveaway by using the widget below. The polish I will be giving away is: Indigo-go Dancer.

You can read my review for this polish here. Last week I bought a few holos from her shop so I hope to get them in soon so I can show you how awesome they are. See? I don’t just get stuff for review–I also buy!!! That’s when you know the stuff is gooooooood. I should also mention that there are some holos at unreal prices so make sure to check everything out–especially the newest spring collection! Check out the shop here.

Good luck if you decide to enter the giveaway! Thanks for stopping by and I will talk to you soon.

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The Lacquer Ring – Neon Pink

Posted on 10 March, 2016 by Cynthia

Ok guys. I really tried to do a super cute manicure for The Lacquer Ring today, but things just didn’t work out. You know how you get pulled into watching a bunch of nail videos and you think to yourself: “That looks so easy! I could do that!” And then you try it and it ends up looking like your spastic pet chihuahua did your nails? Yeah, that was me last night. Hey, at least I still posted my neon pink base–give me at least some points for that. Let me show you the neon pink that I chose for today’s prompt:

This beauty is Sation Shock Me Twice Pink. This color is so damn neon that it looks radioactive and is truly a bitch to photograph accurately. The actual color is darker in real life but because of the way it glows, it looks lighter in my pictures. This color also has shimmer in it which just makes it look even more awesome. It does dry to a matte finish, so use a shiny top coat if you prefer a glossy finish. By the way, I am still wondering what happened to the Sation brand. They were putting out so many awesome collection and then POOF: radio silence. I wish we had gotten some sort of announcement because I was a super fan. Oh well.

Sorry that’s all you get for my neon pink mani–I swear next time I’ll post my fail no matter how bad it is. Baby watch is still going strong over here so I’ll be sure to let you know when he arrives. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and I will talk to you soon!

Vapid Lacquer Birthday Bitch

Posted on 9 March, 2016 by Cynthia

How’s your Wednesday going so far? I’m having a good week so far–busy, but good. Last night my parents arrived for a visit so I’m pretty excited because I haven’t seen them in over 6 months. They’re coming to visit because they want to see their first-born, moi, but also because my brother and sister-in-law are having their baby this weekend. I’m soooo excited to be an auntie for the second time. This past weekend I picked up Peanut in the morning and we had a super fun Peanut/Auntie day. Yes, he’s spoiled but he’s my little love and now I’ll have two to spoil! Yay! Since I was kinda busy this weekend, I didn’t get too much swatching done, but I did swatch couple of polishes because I just could NOT wait. Today I have a beauty that I’ve been eyeing for a while: Vapid Lacquer Birthday Bitch.

Isn’t this a gorgeous polish? I’m completely obsessed with it because it’s unlike anything in my stash. The formula was pretty good and you only need two coats. In fact, I applied 3 coats and I think it looks much better at two coats.

So what do you think of this beauty? Do you own any Vapids? Which are your favorites if you do? Thanks so much for stopping by today, and I will talk to you soon!

KBShimmer Spring Collection 2016

Posted on 1 March, 20161 March, 2016 by Cynthia

Oh hai. Is it Spring yet? You mean that 90 degree weather in California during February is not normal? I am dreading Spring AND Summer because these crazy temperatures do not bode well for us. The only thing that makes me happy about Spring is, of course, lovely Spring nail polish collections…but you knew that already. This is a pretty big collection and it is actually a two parter: 7 polishes are part of the traditional Spring collection and the other 7 polishes are part of the Mega Flame Collection. Mega Flame: they are hot like lava and will singe your eyeballs with their holo/glitter/sparkly goodness. Let’s start with the first part of the collection which includes glitters, crellies and holos.

KBShimmer Hello Dahlia

KBShimmer Upside Round

KBShimmer I Wet My Plants

KBShimmer Pools Paradise

KBShimmer Prints Charming

KBShimmer Peony Pincher

Note: These pictures were taken under bright LED light which intensifies the color and also shows off the holo the way you would see it in bright sunlight.

KBShimmer Purr-fectly Paw-some

Note: These pictures were taken under bright LED light which intensifies the color and also shows off the holo the way you would see it in bright sunlight.

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Now, let’s talk Mega Flame. These are some amazing polishes. They are scattered holo glitter suspended in a tinted base with some linear holo to boot. They are not super gritty, but you will feel minor texture if you don’t top coat them. Once you apply a top coat, such as Clearly On Top, you will get a completely smooth finish. I am in love with every single one of these.

KBShimmer Things That Make You Go Bloom

KBShimmer Stalk Market

KBShimmer So Flamous

KBShimmer Smells Like Green Spirit

KBShimmer Set In Ocean

KBShimmer Ripe For The Pink-ing

KBShimmer Night Bright

I don’t know about you, but these two collections pretty much killed me–in a good way. They are everything I love about KBShimmer and more. The formula on all the polishes from the Mega Flame collection is perfection. One thing to note is that when you remove them, you will have glitter. All over. But it’s totally worth it. The crellies from the Spring Collection are so pretty and delicate–my favorite being Pools Paradise. I also love the two holos that are joining my beautiful KBShimmer holo collection. I know that this is a big collection so you will have to pick your favorites–unless you regularly purchase 14 polishes at a time in which case GET THEM ALL. I certainly have been known to buy 14, 16, 20 polishes at a time so I know it’s not as outlandish as it sounds. My top picks from the Spring Collection are: Pools Paradise, Peony Pincher and I Wet My Plants. Boy that was hard! From the Mega Flame Collection, my top picks are: ALL OF THEM. The great news is that you don’t have to wait that long to get your hands on these pretties. The official release date for these babies is 3/15/2016 on kbshimmer.com I have a few more items to share with you that are new so keep an eye out for that later in the week. I hope that you’re as excited about this new collection as I am. I am anxious to hear what you think so let me know in the comments below. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and I will talk to you soon!

OPI New Orleans Collection

Posted on 29 February, 201628 February, 2016 by Cynthia

So how about them Oscars, eh? There were parts that felt super awkward but overall I enjoyed the show. I have always enjoyed watching them so I always look forward to the glitz and glamour. This weekend seemed to just fly by, and I had about a million things to get done: guess how many of those chores I actually got done. Regardless, I at least got some swatching done and have plenty of content for the coming week. Today I have my swatches of the OPI New Orleans Collection to share with you. I know a lot of people have complained that this color palette is not representative of such a vibrant and rich city. Let me show you my swatches and then I will let you know what I think of the collection.

OPI Take A Right On Bourbon

OPI Suzi Nails New Orleans

OPI Spare Me A French Quarter

OPI Show Us Your Tips!

OPI She’s A Bad Muffuletta!

OPI Rich Girls and Po-Boys

OPI Let Me Bayou A Drink

OPI I’m Sooo Swamped!

OPI I Manicure For Beads

OPI Humidi-tea

OPI Got Myself Into A Jam-balaya

OPI Crawfishin’ For A Compliment

Let me just get one thing out of the way: WHY? WHY??? Why do we continue to get shades like Take A Right On Bourbon in every single collection? I can’t stand shimmery silver metallics and there seems to be at least one of them in every single OPI collection for the last…5 million years. Yes, I feel strongly about this. Anyway, moving on… I have to say that I love, love, love the shades in this collection. While they may not be faithfully representative of such a rich city, they are gorgeous colors on their own. The formula on all of these was rather spot on, and I can’t think of any shades that I found particularly hard to work with. Overall, this is a beautiful collection that any creme lover will approve of. There are some stand-outs like Show Us Your Tips!, but they are all great. Now I want to hear what you think! Have you picked up any of these shades? Let me know in the comments below. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and I will talk to you soon.

Stamping Saturdays – Metallic Flowers

Posted on 27 February, 2016 by Cynthia

Hey, happy Saturday and welcome to another installment of Stamping Saturdays! This morning I woke up a little early, but I spent my time catching up on TV shows on Hulu. I am really obsessed with the new show 11.22.1963 which is an original show on Hulu with James Franco. If you haven’t checked it out yet, you have to…NAOW! Last night when I got home, I decided that I’d come up with something for Stamping Saturdays, and I was inspired by Frosso’s rose mani. I started off with this gorgeous base color.

I cannot get enough of shades like OPI Infinite Shine You Sustain Me (press sample). Not only do I love this type of color on my nails, but it’s my favorite lip color too. I live for chocolately pink mauve shades which is why I was dying to get my hands on Jeffree Star Adrogyny. Unfortunately, I missed out on it and I’m over it now. Ain’t nobody got time for restock drama.

I then used a flowery design from a Cheeky Plate with Essie Nothing Else Metals. I think this turned out really cute!

Well, I hope you are all doing well. Don’t forget to join the link up below to share your stamped manis. You can also join our facebook group here. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and I will talk to you soon!

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Love, Angeline Haughty Taughty

Posted on 15 February, 2016 by Cynthia

Hey there! If you’re lucky enough to have the day off for President’s Day, I hope you’re enjoying your long weekend. I’ve had a pretty nice weekend because I’ve been super lazy at home and haven’t done much. However, this means that today I have tons of errands to run and now I’m mad at myself for not getting everything done yesterday so I could just relax today. Before I forget…OMG…did you watch The Walking Dead last night? I am dying! I won’t reveal any spoilers because I don’t want anyone hating me for it, but you will not be disappointed! For today’s mani, I am sharing with you a beautiful polish that was given to me by Amanda for Christmas. All of my girls know what an indie newb I am, so they always send me the most gorgeous indies to suck into the dark side. I really, really want to feature more indies on my blog because I’ve always been so loyal to mainstream brands only because cremes are my #1 favorite finishes and mainstream brands do those so well. Anywho, today I’m going to show you Love, Angeline Haughty Taughty.

In the bottle, Love, Angeline Haughty Taughty does not look that interesting but boy did I change my mind one I slapped on this baby. I wish that my pictures could show the depth of this polish and that you could actually see all the different colors in the base. It’s just so complex and I love that it dried to a satiny finish. The formula was also A+.

Just for shiggles, I added a glossy top coat to see what it would look like. Although I like both, I think that I much prefer the original matte finish. Which one do you like best?

Well, I hope you are all doing great and that you’re enjoying your long weekend (if you got one!). It’s ridiculously warm here in Southern California, in the 80’s, so I’m trying not to be upset about it. I know some people would kill for this weather, but for someone who hates the heat, this is pure evil. Anywho, thanks so much for stopping by today, and I will talk to you soon.

Stamping Saturdays – Marc Jacobs Cora

Posted on 6 February, 20166 February, 2016 by Cynthia

You know how every Friday you tell yourself how you’re going to wake up early on Saturday and get done all the stuff on your to do list? But then you end up doing nothing? Well, I accomplished the waking up early part, but I stayed in bed all morning watching youtube videos (damn you Jeffree Star!) and old Mexican soap operas from the 90’s–hello Marimar and Maria la del Barrio. I wish I had been more productive, but at least I managed to get a mani done for today’s Stamping Saturdays. You will have to excuse my sad nub nails–I cut them way down after the unfortunate breaks last week.

I started with two coats of Marc Jacobs Cora. I bought this polish like a billion years ago and was planning to return it because the brush was super wonky. When you pay Marc Jacobs prices, you don’t want to deal with a crappy brush. Well, I ended up forgetting and now I just told myself it was too late to return it. Despite the brush, I think this is a nice polish. It looked much more interesting in the bottle, but I don’t think it’s like OMGILOVEIT pretty.

Because of the shimmer in it, I decided to apply a matte top coat. I used my favorite OPI matte top coat, but I think it has seen better days. It’s starting to get super goopy and it started to leave white flecks on my polish. Fortunately I managed to remove the white fleck before they completely dried.

And lastly for my stamping, I used Essie Good As Gold and an image from Born Pretty Plate BP-L004. Overall, I am happy with the way this mani turned out.

Well, what have you been up to this lovely Saturday? Since I’ve been so lazy today, I am going to have a shit ton of stuff to do tomorrow. Hopefully the stores and stuff will be empty because of the superbowl so I can get my errands done. Well, I hope you are having a wonderful weekend. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and I will talk to you soon.

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Bear Pawlish Mulbearry Lane

Posted on 2 February, 20161 February, 2016 by Cynthia

I don’t think I will ever get tired of holographic polish. There are times when I think I might be sick of it because how many holo polishes does a girl really need? (The answers is ALL OF THEM, by the way.) Then I see one more shiny rainbowy pretty thing and I forget my momentary insanity. Today I have a gorgeous holo polish that was given to me by Frosso because she just loves me that much. I have to admit that this is my very first Bear Pawlish and now I know that it won’t be my last. Let me show you the gorgeous shade which is Bear Pawlish Mulbearry Lane.

This is what the polish looks like under regular indoor lighting. It’s a saturated berry polish with a fantastic formula, but just wait for the holo…

And this is what you can expect under LED/sunlight. I want it on my nails every day. I want to stare at it all day…even while I’m driving which is not a good idea. Have you ever distracted yourself with holo nails while you’re driving? There should be a PSA about that. For reals.

So, thank you Frosso for the awesome gift. In a way I hate it because my wallet will eventually suffer, but…it’s only money. Haha! What do you think of this pretty and what other shades from this brand do you recommend? I’m all ears! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and I will talk to you soon.

OPI Hello Kitty Collection

Posted on 1 February, 201631 January, 2016 by Cynthia

Hey there! Can you believe it’s February already? What the heck is going on because it feels like time is flying. Well, the one thing I like about February in California is that it actually sorta feels like Winter. I said sorta. Yesterday it was raining and it was windy as hell. While I was out running errands, I accidentally grabbed my car door all weird while I was trying to close it and I broke a nail…the same son of a dick nail that breaks all the time. I had some decent length in my new oval shape as you can see in the pictures below, but since I can’t stand having nails all different shapes and lengths, I just cut them all off down to nubs. I did quite a bit of swatching this weekend so you’ll be seeing this shape for the next couple of weeks until I am able to do some more swatching. One of the collections that I swatched this past weekend is the OPI Hello Kitty Collection. Now, I must admit that I don’t really care about Hello Kitty. I mean, it’s cute and all but it’s not like I am all into it. Because of the cuteness factor and because it’s nail polish, I was pretty excited to get my hands on this collection. Let me show you some swatches first, and then I’ll let you know what I think about this collection.

OPI Let’s Be Friends!

OPI Kitty White

OPI Small+Cute = <3

OPI Charmy & Sugar

OPI Look At My Bow!

OPI Super Cute In Pink

OPI Starry-eyed For Dear Daniel

OPI Spoken From The Heart

OPI 5 Apples Tall

OPI My Pal Joey

OPI My Twin Mimmy

OPI Never Have Too Mani Friends!

Was that pink enough for ya? Well, I can’t say that I was surprised at the amount of pink in this collection and I am definitely not complaining because I LOVE pink nail polish. If you like pink, then you will probably like this collection. If you like Hello Kitty, you will love this collection. If you don’t like either, then don’t even bother…unless you want a super gorgeous blue like My Pal Joey. I do want to tell you that My Pal Joey suffers from the blue pigment curse: it smells like skunk mixed with pot. The yellow and black polishes seem kind of out of place in this collection, don’t you think? My 3 absolute favorites in this collection are: My Pal Joey, Spoken From The Heart and Super Cute In Pink. Spoken From The Heart is like the most gorgeous coral pink ever and Super Cute In Pink was so incredibly flattering on me that I just loved it immediately. Since I’ve seen a few people complain about this, I did want to mention that the handles with the cute Hello Kitty images are just shrink wrap plastic so they tend to come off if you are too rough with the bottles…or if you accidentally get acetone on the plastic…yeah. So overall, I like this cute collection. It’s a must for Hello Kitty lovers, of course, but I can see a lot of these colors being favorites whether you’re into HK or not. This collection is out now and hopefully still on shelves near you. Have you picked up any of these polishes or will you be getting any? Let me know what you think. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and I will talk to you soon!