Polished Lifting

I hope you are all having a great start to your week! I know Monday can be kind of rough. Today I have a couple lovely colors from Yume Lacquer's Moonlight Defender collection to share with you. The collection was inspired by Sailor Moon. I typically do straight swatches, but I decided to have a little fun with the colors Amanda sent over.

I decided to go with a "skittle" style mani featuring Silent Ruin on the index and pinkie finger, Pink Lady on the middle finger, and Time Distortion on the ring finger.

Silent Ruin is made up of different shades of purple pigment and micro glitter. It has a really subtle purple shift at the right angle. The formula was a nice consistency, and only required two coats for full coverage. It dries with a really nice satin finish, so a top coat is not required unless you want to extend the wear time.


Pink Lady is a pink simmer jam packed with various sizes of iridescent glitter. The formula was a bit thick, but not unmanageable. I used two coats in the swatches. It does have a bit of a texture, so if that bothers you, a thicker topcoat like Poshe or Seche Vite would do the trick.

Time Distortion is a light purple metallic that has a light iridescence. The formula was a great consistency and required three coats for full coverage.

Overall, I loved the three colors I was sent to review. I am going to play with these over the next few weeks to create a few different looks. I have a feeling that Silent Ruin and Time Distortion will work well for stamping.

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Hey guys! Today I have OPNL's Fall 2014 collection to share with you.

No Wane

Phantom

Rake It or Leave It

Spirit Mint

I always thought succulents were neat little plants, but I only knew about the typical "chicks & hens" variety. When I mentioned that I wanted to pick up some succulents for the house, my aunt invited me over to shop her yard. I thought I was going to head home with a few "chicks & hens" (sempervivums), but I left with this insane haul:

Good morning and sorry for the late post! I had a jam packed weekend, and didn't get the opportunity to work on posts at all. I went to a lovely wedding, and spent some much needed quality time with my fiance.

Today's post is a simple one, featuring a OOAK Octopus Party Nail Lacquer color and Rainbow Honey's Deep Heart Sea.

This is one of many colors that has been hiding in my "vault" for a while. When I started going through this photo set all I could think about was how insanely long my nails were. While we are on that topic, let's discuss nail length and shape a bit. What do you guys prefer?

I personally like keeping my nails shorter than what I have them in the photos. Right now they are about a quarter to a half inch beyond the edge of my finger. While I love my square (occasionally squoval) nail shape I've always wondered how I would feel about almond nails. When done correctly, almond nails look really elegant. Leave me your thoughts below!

On to the swatches and review:

Do you ever have those moments when you are trying to remove glitter when you think "why do I own so many glitter polishes?"I've had a few of those recently, so I tried to shift my polish purchases to holos. Despite how much I love holo polishes, I don't have very many of them. My most recent purchase was I Love Nail Polish's Homecoming, Iconic, and Mega (L).

I hope the delay between part one and two wasn't too unbearable. If you missed part one of What Are You Afraid Of you can find it here.

Reanimate

Submerged

Unexpected Chill

I freaking love Halloween and everything to do with Autumn. The typical (and expected) green, orange, black and purple polishes are great, but I like something out of the box. When Kendahl told me about her Halloween line inspired by fears I got really excited and kind of creeped out at the same time. It's certainly a tough concept to attempt because it needs to represent the fear without making the wearer squeamish.

She's Got Legs

The Void

Type O Negative

They All Float Down Here

I absolutely love Mod Lacquer. She has so many gorgeous colors that I could spend hours trying to narrow down which ones were my favorites. When she started to release her new linear holos my jaw dropped. There are so many different holo shades that I've never seen before! Today I have the pleasure of sharing two of those colors with you.

High Strangeness

Interstellar Artifact

August has been a crazy month! I can't wait for things to calm down and transition into Autumn. While we are on the subject of Autumn, how do you guys feel about seeing mani's inspired by crunchy leaves and Halloween? Is it too soon? I ran to Costco the other day and saw a nativity set on display, and almost had a heart attack. Anyway...

Here are my top picks for August:

Into the vault we go! Remember how I said I have a lot of photo sets that are months old? I prioritize my postings based on what I was sent to swatch first, and everything else comes second. This beauty has been hanging out for a while now. I'm happy I finally get to share it with you!

I first discovered Reverie Nail Lacquer back when they were still Two Gypsies. I had seen swatches, but never took the plunge for some odd reason. When I was given the opportunity to swatch for Reverie, I was over the moon. I loved her colors so much that I purchased full sized bottles of most of the colors she sent for review, and the LE custom "Daydream".