Small Haul Post!

I keep telling myself I'm going to go on a no buy but I always end up breaking that promise. OTL. At least this time it wasn't too major of a haul....

Also! It's about time but I'll be having a giveaway starting tomorrow! That's right! Check back here around 9am CDT for your chance to win! :D

First up are a few Candy Lacquer polishes! I love her labels like whoa! They're so freakin' adorable!

L-R: Sea Nymph, Cracked Ice, Block Party

All that beautiful glitter. Mmm.

Next up is Enchanted Polish! Now I only bought one because they are a bit pricey at $12 a bottle, but for holographics and how unique these colours are, I'll definitely be buying another or few more soon! :D

Enchanted Polish Dragon Spit

 HSN was having a super clearance on some Deborah Lippmann sets so I had to buy some! You can't beat $9.95 for two DL polishes! That is a steal.

L-R: Footloose, Almost Paradise, Let's Hear It For The Boy, Dancing In The Sheets

And lastly, I had been wanting to get my  hands on some Kleancolor polishes for a LONG time now but the only site (their site) had them for almost $3.50 a bottle. Well when Laura from Polish All the Nails posted that she got 20 Kleancolors from a better site, I had to find out where! And so I made my order for all the Chunky Holos they had to offer plus a few others. Lol. You can pick them up from BeautyJoint.com for $1.75 ea! Their turnaround was super fast too!

L-R: Chunky Holo Candy, Poppy, Fuchsia, Scarlet

L-R: Chunky Holo Clover, Teal, Bluebell, Purple, Black

L-R: My Rightful Throne, Holo Green, Holo Blue, Holo Chrome

And that's all! I do have a couple of polishes coming my way from The Hungry Asian and All That Glitters, but that's all I've bought recently! I'm going to try to be good for a while. At least until another indie polish maker restocks shop...

Until next time, my lovelies~ :)

Nail-venturous — Flying Blue Jay

Happy Saturday!

So my plans fell through to go to California so I'm stuck here in the swamps still. But have no fear! I have an awesome polish for you guys today!

Nail-venturous Flying Blue Jay is a beautiful vibrant cobalt blue jelly base packed with light blue micro-glitter and two different sized white hex glitter.

Say hello to my super short nails!

 

This is 3 coats of Flying Blue Jay with a topcoat of Seche Vite.  I still had a few bald patches with 2 coats so really only a few nails have 3 coats. 2 thickish coats would have been perfect coverage. I didn't get as many larger hexes on the nails because I didn't shake my bottle enough before application. /durrrr  Drying time on this was awesome, especially with how thick I thought this would be.

Nail-venturous Lacquers can be purchased through Amy's Etsy store (or a few select on Ninja Polish), but she's taking a break for now. You can check out her Facebook page for more updates.

Until next time~ :D

Lacquistry — Autumn Flurries

Long time no post. I have been so so so busy. I'm trying to go to California this weekend and have been having a lot of issues with flights and all. It's been a hectic time and I don't really have anything prepared for the coming days so I hope this post can hold you all over for a while.


Today I have another great Lacquistry polish called Autumn Flurries. Now my bottle is really orange but the description and pictures on Jenna's Etsy page made this look a lot more red. (It's like a reddish orange but definitely pulls more orange than red.)


"Lacquistry's Autumn Flurries Nail Lacquer is some of fall in a bottle with red, golden orange glitters, and large red and gold hex glitters..."


You can see what I mean in my pictures.

I layered 2 thin coats of Autumn Flurries on top of China Glaze Make Some Noise, which is a coraly pink color. I wonder if I would have put this over a red if it would look more red but it may not have.

Formula was good on this. It's a thick glitter so getting the larger hexes on the nail is not difficult at all. I always love Jenna's polishes but I was a bit disappointed this came out to be  a lot more orange than what the Etsy listing shows.

You can purchase Jenna's polishes from her Etsy store. They're about $8 USD each and are all full size 15ml bottles. Her shop is currently sold out but you can check her out on Facebook for updates.

Until next time~ :)

Bettina — Sand Blast

Here's the base to the post I posted yesterday.

Bettina Sand Blast is a part of their Jeans collection. This is a light grey creme. 

Below under artificial light, no flash.

Application was good. I used two medium coats and at first I thought I'd need a third, but the second coat leveled itself out. This is a bit on the thick side but it's not hard to work with and nothing a little thinner can't fix.

This is such a great neutral color. It made my nails look SOOO much longer than they actually are. Lol. I wore this for close to 5 days and have just some tip wear. It wore really well. :)

Until next time~ :)

Nailventurous — Floam

Happy Friday!

Today I have another fantastic indie polish from Nailventurous Lacquers! I was actually really lucky about getting one of these from Ninja Polish when it was restocked. There was a cart / check-out snafu and the girls at Ninja Polish were awesome about helping me out.

I'm sure you've already seen this everywhere, but that's not going to stop me from sharing mine! Hehe.

Floam is a clear based polished packed with matte neon yellow-green and blue micro-glitters.  It is SO awesome and dead on for that lovely childhood concoction. Lol.

This is two coats of Floam over Bettina Sand Blast. I don't remember if I used top coat or not but you do need it otherwise this does dry a bit bumpy.

Application was great. I just used two thin-medium coats and was good to go. :)

You can try your hand at picking up Floam from Amy's Etsy when she restocks (not for a while) or Ninja Polish. It goes fast as lightning though.

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~ :)

Essie — Navigate Her

Today I have an oldie, but still a goodie. Well it's not that old.

Essie Navigate Her from the Navigate Her Spring 2012 collection.

Navigate Her is an avocado green creme. Formula on this was a bit thin and runny but it really wasn't hard to work with. Below is 1 thin coat and 1 thick-ish coat of Navigate Her, so 2 coats total with a top coat of NYC; all taken outdoors.

Ignore the mess on my ring finger, please. I didn't even realize that I had polish on my finger until after I took these. Lol.

I don't LOVE it like I thought I would, but I don't hate it either. These colors don't look very good on me but I still wear them anyway. Hehe.

Essie Navigate Her can be found at many retailers such as CVS, Walgreens, Target, etc. and they retail for $8 USD each.

Until next time~ :)