Sonoma Nail Art — Sincerest Pumpkin Patch

So I guess I hand't realized how long it had been since the last time I posted. >.> My intention was to post a few weeks ago but life and time just flies by and gets in the way!

Today we have an oldie but a goodie in spirit of Halloween coming up. It's Sonoma Nail Art's Sincerest Pumpkin Patch (from 2012, I think). This polish is a glitter packed shimmery green transparent jelly base. There are multiple sizes and colors of glitter - green, silver, orange, red.

I layered this on top of a nice green creme Butter London polish I found at Marshall's because it's basically a one-coater. I wanted to be able to make a couple of layers of Sincerest Pumpkin Patch because it was the real star of this manicure.

Photos were actually taken a couple of days after I did this mani. I loved it and wore it until it cracked off of my nails (I'm a horrible nail care person). 

Anyway, I think I have at least one more Halloween inspired manicure to post before next weekend so I will definitely try to get to that!

Until next time.

♥ nailbrite

Scherer Chameleon — Calypso

Today I have an oldie for you guys. You'll probably be seeing a lot of these for a little while since I have SO many polishes that I swatched a month or so ago and never got around to editing or posting. OTL.

This is another of the Scherer Chameleon polishes I picked up a while back.

Calypso is a dusty, rosy purple multichrome that flashes to a silvery/green champagne color.

My middle finger has the most range.

It's sooo much more multichrome in the bottle.

This is 2 coats of Calypso without topcoat. Dry time is fantastic on this. It dries almost immediately and is a bit brushstroke-y but topcoat hides the imperfections.

I picked this up at Rite Aid a while back for $1.99 and might possibly still be available. I haven't been in a while so I'm not sure if they're still around.

Until next time~ :)

The Spooky Bones Company — Dr. Vink

Today I have another awesome indie polish for you guys. I thought I had posted something from them before but it seems I never did!

Strange Polish by The Spooky Bones Company is an indie polish shop that has a lot of "scary/horror" themed polishes. They're pretty damn cool. :) I purchased a handful of polishes from them a while back and they even threw in 2 free minis! I thought that was so awesome!

Today I have Dr. Vink, which is a dark purple jelly base packed with silver holographic glitter. The description from the listing is so much cooler than what I could come up with though.

"Dr. Vink is perhaps the maddest scientist on Are You Afraid of the Dark. An insane doctor, Vink (with a Vuh Vuh Vuh) steals and bottles people's fear. A crazed old man with a mane of silver hair flecked with dark purple grays and black, the evil Doctor always manages to escape to terrorize another day. We pay homage to this character with a deep purple polish is littered with holographic silver glitter."

Direct sunlight.

This is 2-3 coats of Dr. Vink with a topcoat of Seche Vite. This polish works like a dream and there is no staining from this, which I was SOOO excited about! The colour is beautiful as well.

You can purchase Strange Polish from their Etsy store. Prices range from $3.50 for minis to $10 for what seems like their newest collections. 

Until next time~ :)

Nostalgic Nail Lacquer — Rayanne

Late post is late today! I hope you guys are having a great Memorial Day weekend! I have no plans really so I'm just bumming around the house and if something comes up then I'll be down with going somewhere. Hehe.

Today I have an indie polish that I haven't posted from in a while.

Nostalgic Nail Lacquer Rayanne is "a purple based jelly with bright purple, lavender, burgundy, gunmetal, and pink glitters in various shapes and sizes." It's really a beautiful polish!

 

 

This is 2 coats of Rayanne over 2 thin coats of OPI Funky Dunkey (which is my default purple underwear!).

I had no issues with formula on with this polish and it went on very well and the wear time on this was great. I've been wearing it since Tuesday/Wednesday with only a bit of tip wear. I plan on taking it off today though. Hehe.

You cab buy Nostalgic Nail Lacquer polishes from Erin's bigcartel site. Currently everything is sold out but you can check her blog for updates.

Until next time~ :)

Nerd Lacquer — I Think You Call Me... Sexy

Happy Friday! Don't forget about my current giveaway!

Today I have another Nerd Lacquer polish for you guys. I really am sad that she seems to have disappeared but alas, there are things that go on in people's lives outside of the internet that affect them in more ways than we can imagine.

Anyway! I Think You Call Me... Sexy is a beautiful Tardis blue shimmer base packed with multi sized glitters in silver and blue and fuchsia micro-glitter/shimmer.

Below is 2 flawless coats of ITYCMS (whoo) with a topcoat of Seche Vite.

Hope you guys have a lovely weekend! :)

Until next time~ :D

Nerd Lacquer — All of Time and Space

Hey guys! Don't forget about my giveaway!


I have another pretty awesome Nerd Lacquer polish to share with you guys today. My pictures are absolute crap so please forgive me!


All of Time and Space is a sheer shimmery minty green base with different sizes of silver and fuchsia glitter. This is a really gorgeous colour, but I don't really think it works well with my weird skin tone. Lol.

I used 2-3 thin coats of All of Time and Space and there was still some VNL. Next time I think I will try to layer this on something.


This is a fantastic polish though. Formula was perfect just like with all NL polishes.


The Nerd shop is apparently gone now though and there has been no word from the maker Amanda. It seems she has gone MIA. :/ Which is a shame since I was really looking forward to getting my hands on some more of her polishes.


Until next time~ :)

Icing — Epic Winning

Here is a suuuper old post I'm reposting here from my original nail tumblr.

"Icing Epic Winning revisited!

I layered it over Haunting, Goth, & Starry Night (since I did this after I did my comparison swatches). The black bases definitely make the glitter pop much more than over grey. I did this to go out in New Orleans and my sparkly holo nails were fab! I wanted something super blingy and this definitely lived up to that.

This was two layers of Epic Winning over my black/silver bases. Pictures don’t really do holos justice. This was more rainbowy and sparkly in person."

My nails were so much shorter than they are now! Lol. This was a gorgeous manicure though. I wore this for my friend's bachelorette party and the entire night I just kept staring at my nails. Lol.


Epic Winning is a sheer navy based polish with silver holographic particles. It's gorgeous in person.

Until next time my lovelies~ :)

Whimsical Ideas by Pam — Seuss

Hello hello! Today I have another fantastic indie polish from Whimsical Ideas by Pam!

Seuss is a semi-sheer blue base with blue small and micro-glitter, small red hex glitter, and larger silver hex glitter. It is an awesome interpretation of Dr. Seuss and really reminds me of Thing 1 and Thing 2!

This is 2 coats of Seuss on top of Bettina Vintage. It can probably be layered on it's own but I wanted to layer it in case it was super sheer. I could have probably worn this with 3 coats on its own though!

I wore this for 3 days with just a little tip wear and one chip where a glitter was sticking out o my top coat and chipped a bit off my nail, but other than that, wear was really good!

You can purchase Whimsical Ideas polishes from Pam's Facebook page. Her polishes are $10 USD each and you just shoot her an email with the polishes you want and she'll invoice you and ship them out!

Until next time~ :)

KBShimmer — Lilac Dreams

Today I have another KBShimmer polish for you guys.

This one is called Lilac Dreams. It is a light purple to pink microglitter / metallic with aqua and silver holographic particles as well as a scattering of black and silver micro glitter.  This is really gorgeous.

This is 2 coats of Lilac Dreams with 1 coat of Seche Vite top coat. This polish compared to the previous one I reviewed from them is 100xs better. This did dry fast but not SO fast that I couldn't get it on the nail and it wasn't thick or hard to work with formula wise. 

And here's a more detailed shot via my cell phone. You can see the micro glitter and particles better.

KBS polishes can be purchased from their Etsy store. They're currently waiting on a shipment of base but will be restocking and have 2 new collections in the works. :)

Until next time~ :)

KBShimmer — Robin

 Hello lovelies!

Today I have a polish from the indie brand KBShimmer. KBShimmer also makes artisan soaps, bath bombs, sugar scrubs, lip scrubs, butters and lotions, etc. I haven't tried any of their body stuff before but one day I do plan on ordering some to try!

I am sharing one of the three polishes I purchased from them.  

Robin is a light blue (almost periwinkle) shimmer / metallic based polish with fuchsia, purple, green, silver, and teal holographic glitters. Speckled to resemble a Robin's egg.

This was not a fun polish to photograph! I could not for anything get this to be color accurate. :/

To be completely honest, I wasn't that happy with this polish. The finish wasn't what I was expecting and the formula was not good. It was really thick / gloopy and dried SO SO fast I couldn't even spread it out completely before it started drying. Now I love a quick-dry polish but that was TOO fast. Maybe if I tried using a thinner, it would have been better but meh. I don't think I care for the frosty/shimmer finish covering the pieces of glitter either. If it were a jelly or more sheer base I probably would have liked it more.

It's still a pretty polish, but like I said, I was just disappointed with it. Someone else may love it to bits! Who knows.

KBShimmer's polishes sell for $7.50 in their Etsy store, which the currently don't have any up. Not sure when they're restocking. They have some great colors and I'm still excited to try the other two polishes I bought from them.

Until next time, lovelies~

Nailventurous — Voodoo Doll

Hello lovelies!

I have my first Nailventurous polish to show you guys today! :D

I lucked out when Ninja Polish re-stocked a few weekends ago. I managed to snag Voodoo Doll and Floam by Nailventurous.

Being the lazy bum I am, I just layered this over my previous posts's polish. I actually think this makes a really pretty combination! This is 2 coats of Nailventuous Voodoo Doll over Pretty & Polished Galactus.

I had a hell of a time trying to take pictures of this one so I apologize for my crappy pics.

Voodoo Doll is a semi-sheer black jelly base packed with medium, small, and fine white, medium and fine black, and ultrafine silver glitter. You can probably wear this on its own in 2-3 coats but I always prefer to layer polishes like this.

You can purchase Nailventurous polishes from Amy's Etsy shop when she restocks or from Ninja Polish when they restock. They retail for about $9 USD each for a full sized bottle.

Until next time~ :)

Nerd Lacquer — Don't Blink

"Don't Blink. Blink and you're dead. Don't turn your back. Don't look away. And don't Blink. Good Luck." 

Ooooh Doctor Who! And the perfect polish to go with this episode! Blink is one of my favorite episodes and I'm sure it is for several other people! Watch out, the Weeping Angels are out to get you. :P

Nerd Lacquer is an indie polish brand who brings all the wonders of time and space into some amazing nail polish.

Don't Blink is a "stone grey creme with silver and charcoal glitter, silver microglitter, and big silver hex glitter." It's a part of the OI, SPACEMAN Series.

I had to show you guys this polish today before all my queued posts because I was just too excited about it! Lol.

This is 2 coats of Don't Blink layered over 1 thin coat of China Glaze Pelican Grey. The formula on Don't Blink was great. I didn't have to dig around for glitter and it went on and dried smooth. I topped it off with a thin coat of Seche Vite and was good to go!

I had been dying to get my hands on this polish for a while now and I lucked out when Amanda opened her shop up several weeks ago. I got this one and a set of three from the Mad Man With A Box Series. Those others will be posted soon-ish! :)

You can purchase Nerd Lacquer polishes from Amanda's Etsy store, Harlow & Co, Ninja Polish, ThinkGeek and they retail for about $10 USD each for a full sized bottle. At least you can buy them when her store is open and when things are actually in stock. Lol.

Until next time~ :D

Color Club Backstage Pass over Zoya Megan

Another oldie from January. I never got around to taking a good shot of the base colour Zoya Megan, but I did get it after I layered on Color Club Backstage Pass.

Megan is a light/medium greyed out lavender. Even though Zoya calls it "a taupe gray cream". There is nothing "taupe" about this colour. This went on like a dream. It was a bit uneven with the first coat but the second coat covered everything and it leveled out wonderfully.

Backstage Pass is a large silver and purple hex glitter with smaller silver glitter in a clear base. This was so difficult to apply and if you look close enough you can see all the billions of bubbles I got with layering this glitter. You just seem to get tons of clear base before you get any glitter. Next time I'll just pour some out on a paper and stick the glitter on by hand. Lol.

Overall a fun and funky combination. Removal of that huge glitter was a complete pain in the rear and it doesn't sit well on the nail. Though for something a bit different and full of flair for a night out, this is a pretty good choice in my opinion.

Until next time~ :)

China Glaze — Love Marilyn

Here's something that I have been meaning to post for a while. This was a quick manicure I did a while back.

China Glaze Love Marilyn (from the 2011 Eye Candy Collection) is a clear base with small red glitter and medium sized silver glitter. This is a gorgeous colour. I did layer this over another colour, but honestly I don't remember what is was. :/ It was some pinkish colour I have. It may have even been China Glaze 108 Degreez.

I think I did 3 coats of Love Marilyn over my base to create a more opaque look. Since this is a clear base glitter you do have to use a few more coats to create full opaque coverage. Well worth it though. This is a beautiful colour. I know a lot of people say this is comparable to the OPI Muppets Gettin Miss Piggy with it, but while I don't own that one, I can say that these are different. GMPWI has medium/large pink glitters mixed in with the red and silver glitter. And GMPWI doesn't seem as dense as Love Marilyn.

Anyway! I have the China Glaze Electropop and Capital Colors collections coming to me soon! (I had to wait to get my tax return to splurge!) So hopefully I can have some swatches of those to come. For now I'll try to dig around on my computer and see what I have to share. The weather has been so crappy for photos and I hate to waste overcast and rainy days on lovely holographic polishes that won't show their full potential.

Until next time~ :)

WonderBeautyProducts — Rhinestones and Pearls

Hello you guys!  Today I have a lovely polish from WonderBeautyProducts called Rhinestones and Pearls. I came across her work just searching Etsy for nail polish. This polish was one of many that came up on my search and I was just captivated at how glamorous this polish was.

The below photo is 2 coats of Rhinestones and Pearls over 3 coats of OPI What's With the Cattitude?

Artificial light, no flash.

The concept behind these polishes is that the fully concentrated colour is in a jar all on it's own that you are able to stir up before you apply the polish, so you don't have to go "fishing" for glitter in what is usually a regular polish bottle. The idea is very unique and it is a lot easier to pick up the heavier glitters, but I do see a downside to this. You have to stir the polish after a bit while applying because the glitter does start to settle. And you also have two bottles in front of you to deal with instead of just the one.

Despite all this, this particular polish is beautiful. It's very bridal and glam and personally the two jars/bottles doesn't bother me at all. Application was very good with this. I really only needed one coat layered but I did two just because I wanted a bit more glitter on the nail.

The two bottles: fusion on top, concentrate on bottom.

The WonderBeautyProducts polishes retail for $10USD and she has several to choose from. You can purchase them directly from their Etsy store. Shipping was very quick for my order.

Until next time~ :)

Icing Magnetix — Blue & Grey

I finally managed to get my hands on some of these awesome magnetic polishes. I got these from Icing as soon as I heard they were putting some out for relatively affordable prices. Icing doesn't have names for these polishes so I'm just calling them Blue and Grey. Lol.

First off is the Blue magnetic polish. The formula on these is good. One coat and you pretty much have full coverage. Unfortunately I got a really crappy brush on this colour, so if you pick these up make sure you check out the brushes before you buy them! It was like painting with a mop. :/ I did do one coat for a base with these and then did one wet coat and used the magnet. It actually goes pretty fast considering you have to do one finger at a time. The instructions say to hold the magnet over the wet polish for 10-15 seconds but I actually held it over for about twice that and found the design came out stronger. This polish came with the wavy magnet top and when the design pulls the polishes purple pigment get pulled into the design, so you're left with a blurple wave.

Second we have the Grey magnetic polish. This had the same formula as the Blue polish. The brush on this one was actually good so I didn't have any issues actually applying the polish. The grey polish is actually a black/grey colour. the magnet pulls the black pigment together creating the design. this one is pretty awesome especially since it has those bits of silver glitter in it.

As you can see from the designs you can invert the magnet so that the design goes the opposite way. You can probably play around with it more to create the design in several different directions if you wanted to as well.

Overall these are really cool polishes, a bit time consuming, but if you are willing to set aside the extra time, I beleive these are definitely worth it! These Icing Magnetix polishes retail for $9 USD and can be found at your local Icing.

Until next time~ :)

OPI - Fresh Frog of Bel Air

OPI Fresh Frog of Bel Air from the 2011 Holiday Muppets Collection!

This is a beautiful green glitter with large hexagon shaped silver glitter in a clear base. I didn’t try to do this on its own because I don’t like doing 4 coats of glitter and there still be bald spots so I layered this over ORLY Meet Me Under the Mistletoe. :)

Two coats of Meet Me Under the Mistletoe and two coats of Fresh Frog of Bel Air come together to create this sparkley goodness. Formula on this is good. It’s not very gloopy like a lot of glitter polishes are.

I was complimented by a handful of people while shopping with the boyfriend when I wore this mani. So glad to say this was a hit. :)