Butter London Fairy Lights

Sally Hansen Lively Lilac 420 Insta-Dri Nail Polish




Can't quit it

Pastel blue-ish nails, of all sorts that is. Today's is Butter London Poole. Another oldie for me, that hasn't gotten old.

Top 5 Spring : Beauty

•  BareMinerals Ready Eyeshadow 2.0 The Alter Ego : Wicked : This yellow toned lime green is fresh and bright for spring while also being more subtle and wearable than some brights!

• Buxom Full On Lip Polish : Julie : Such a beautiful bright and cheerful Pink! But because it is sheer it is also very easy to wear while still brightening up the face! Very even application, and buxom lip glosses are my favorite thing to put on my lips! They hydrate, plump, and feel amazing!

• L'Oreal Infallible Eyeshadow : Amber Rush : Rose Gold metallic beauty! Amazing pigmentation, very flattering color, brightening, neutral enough to wear daily but still something a little extra special about it! Can't get enough of it! 

• OPI Dim Sum Plum : This is the 2nd year of this being my favorite springtime nail polish. There is something so flattering about it when it's on, there's enough color to not look washed out, but it's still bright enough to be springy, while at the same time neutral enough to be completely ladylike! It's the perfect spring polish (especially for toes!)

• Milani Baked Blush : Delizioso Pink : This product has such a nice formula for a drugstore product, better than some high end blushes! Delizioso Pink is a slightly cool toned bright cheerful pop of color for a fresh spring face! As someone with olive toned skin, cool pinks are a must if I don't want it to turn coral/orange. This one does the job of staying pink and bright!

Revlon 565 'Wild' Nail Polish Swatches

One of my newest acquisitions is Revlon Wild (565) nail polish. I'm loving it! It is a bit sheer however in my opinion worth it because of how beautiful and unique it is! All Photos are shown with 2 coats, since that is most peoples preferred coat number to use.  Enjoy!

Indoors with flash

(outdoors - indirect sunlight)

 (Direct Sunlight)

Ciate - Hidden Gem !

This has to be one of my top 10 nail polishes! I don't think it's going to be a color everyone will understand the beauty of, however if you are a chartreuse/olive/pale green lover like myself it might be worth a go! I had a hard time photographing this color with my phone so I had to bust out the big boy camera and it did a much better job! Cameras can easily pick up this color as being a lime green, when it's truly more of a pastel egg yolk/yellow/olive combo. Very unusual indeed!The formula is beautiful Ciate goodness, super shiny and smooth almost gel like look! This is with 2 coats. It has become a new staple polish in my collection. The only set back might be the price, so if you know any drugstore/cheaper dupes please leave me comment!

Ciate - Fit For A Queen

Loving Ciate For For A Queen! It is a bright beautiful chrome silver nail polish. It seems to lean more white/glowy than gray which I really prefer! The color all seems to come from an abundance of mirror like micro shimmer specs, making the drying time extra fast. It is one of my new favorites.

 

Revlon Sun Candy - Sun Burst

I recently did a manicure with Revlon Sun Candy in Sun Burst, it is a bright marigold yellow cream, with a subtle glitter top coat. Pigmentation and formulation was good, very minor streaking with 2 very thin coats but only if you're really looking for it. The glitter half was more subtle than I was expecting, it has shades of gold, pink, and teal glitters in a variety of sizes. A fun Summer look but nothing too jam packed with glitter. If you're looking for a good bright marigold polish this one is nice.

Ciate Apple & Custard : My St. Patrick's Day Green

Wearing Ciate Apple & Custard as my St. Patrick's Day green nail this year! It is a beautiful pistachio green cream. This is with two coats. Very shiny finish and very happy with the polishes performance overall!

 

Happy St. Patrick's Day Everyone! 

Starry Night with Revlon Indigo Night and Sopi Just a Pinch O' Glitter

Wanted a darker romantic night time inspired nail last week, so I decided to try out a new combo. Turned out very starry night reminiscent to me. What do you think?

Ciate Iced Frappe & Snow Globe.. a fairytale

Was trying out some new polishes for me a few weeks ago, Ciate Iced Frappe and Snow Globe. Thought it made a beautiful fairytale like combination. Take a look!

theBalm Root Beer Gloat Nail Polish

The Balm Hot Ticket Root Beer Gloat is a beautiful, not streaky type, of warm brown shimmer with some amber accents that when mixed in give it a glow. I usually prefer this polish with 3 coats. Click on the images for a closer look of this beautiful root beer glow!

Nordstrom Winter Crystal Nail Color

Trying out a new polish for me today, Nordstrom Winter Crysyal. I am very impressed! It is a pale shimmering blue (which I got since chanel skyline is no longer available) and although it is not the shame shade I am very happy with my purchase! It has great pigmentation, minor streaking for a shimmer, good short drying time and is just beautiful! Take a look! (click on images to see larger)

Direct Sunlight

 Shade

 Indoor Lighting

Nordstrom Shimmering Shamrock & SOPI Sparktacular!

OPI - Black Satin

 

Nail love of the day, OPI Black Satin. This color originally surprised me how much I liked it, it is a beautiful black pearl charcoal metallic. It looks like wearing pearls on your nails, and has a lot more light and glow to it than I originally expected it to. Great formula, shown here with 2 coats in indirect sunlight against a charcoal heather background so you can see a comparison of shades.

Nail Polish Storage via Cake Platter

       Thought this would be a cute solution to holding my nail polish with out looking too much like I live in a nail salon. This is one of those cake platters that also turns into a punch bowl, but I think it looks nice as something to have on display. Fits roughly 40-50 polishes. How do you store your nail polish? I may be needing a new system since my collection is outgrowing this!

Revlon - After Party ,OPI - Pros and Bronze

Two nails polishes I can completely recommend are Revlon - After Party and OPI - Pros & Bronze. Pros & Bronze is a very nearly opaque glitter that is easily opaque with 2 coats, a combination of copper, gold, and rose gold micro glitters. Revlon - After Party is a very opaque fast drying (as the name advertises) dark dusty blue. A great fall color or anytime if you want a less in your face more muted blue option. Great Formulations.

Butter London - Lady Muck, SOPI - Sparktacular

Butter London Lady Muck has become one of my all time favorite polishes. It has a very thin consistency and I sometimes do three coats, but the consistency and drying time makes it not a problem. It is a blue toned gray, with very subtle white shimmer that fancies it up just a but but it's not obvious to other people. Shown here with Sephora by OPI (SOPI) Sparktacular top coat, but I love it on it's own the most. Would definitely recommend if you are in the market for a blue gray beauty.

Ciate - Hopscotch

Wearing Ciate hopscotch today, a bright slightly reddish orange cream. Beautiful shiny almost gel like formulation, however as you can see a bit sheer even with two coats. Applied evenly and easily however and is a gorgeous color.

 two coats

  

 

 

No top coat, they have a great gel like shine on their own.

Can't wait to wear this with a gold glitter.

Victoria's Secret Nail Laquer - I'm No Angel. Peep Show. Envied. Coral Crush.

Victoria's Secret has come out with a couple of different nail polish lines in the the past year or two. They have finally done it right! Their Latest Line which is now offered on their website (in most colors) is fantastic! The last Victoria's Secret line of nail polish was definetly hit and miss with some colors being good and others not worth your time at all. That line has disapeared and been replaced by a new line that is above and beyond, and even rivals some of my favorite opi and butter london polishes. I have tried 4 colors, 2 of which are glitters and every one has been a stunner. With Coral Crush being my favorite pink I own now. Take a look: (and click on the photos to see larger)

 'I'm No Angel' in bottle, one of my favorite reds, a slight pink lean with beautiful cool pink shimmer mixed in, very easy to apply and dries quickly.

 'I'm No Angel'
(You can also see this on my nails in my top 13 beauty products video in the post below.)

'Coral Crush' ia a beautiful bright slightly warm/coral toned pink. Like I said this has become my favorite pink I own, however I do have a thing for coral! The formula makes me more likely to reach for it over my other coral pinks however. Great Formula, Great Drying time.

Shown on nails, Coral Crush topped with Peep Show. Peep Show is Sheer so the base color you are seing is Coral Crush. Peep Show Below is my favorite pink glitter top coat, and I am a glitter hoarder of sorts. It is fine pink glitter with a lot of sparkle and both cool and warm tones of pink, it occasionaly seems to have a slight duohrome sheen of a soft chamagne gold but it is very subtle.

Envied is a complex glitter with a sheer black base, it can layered to create an opaque glitter look or worn ontop of a dark polish. It has a beautiful combination of Emerald Green glitter, a bit of almost turquoise blue glitter, and super fine gold micro glitter which give it a lot of complexity.

above right - artificial light

below - sunlight

It looks more green, and the green really pops more than wanted to show up in the photos.

From left to right : Envied, Coral Crush, Peep Show, I'm No Angel