Polished Lifting

I'm changing things up a little bit for this post. I wanted to start you guys off with close ups of ILNP Mountain View and Ten Fold. There's so much going on with these colors that I wanted to show them off before I added some stamping. Those flakies in Mountain View are so, so good. How about the flecks and holo in...

Painted Polish is on the menu today. I can't seem to get enough of Lexi's sparkly creations, so here's Delilah 2.0. Formula: Nice consistency Finish: Blue and purple multichrome with holographic glitter Coverage: 3 coats Notes: Sparkle sparkle! There's absolutely no human way to do this shade justice. All of the Femme Fatale colors look far more magnificent in person than they do...

Press sample Proper hand care is the first step to a fantastic manicure. One of the more overlooked steps in hand care is exfoliation. We do it to our face and feet, but rarely do we consider exfoliating our hands. As someone with sensitive skin, I need to approach exfoliation carefully and with the right products. When Janah of LeeLoo Soap contacted me...

Christmas may be over, but that doesn't mean that I've used all of those shades in my untrieds. Darling Diva Polish Wrapping Paper Coma is versatile enough that it could be used for Valentine's Day, so let's just pretend that's what this shade is for. I mean, if you exchange gifts on Valentine's Day there may be wrapping paper. We're going to just...

Press sample There are some fantastic shades out for Valentine's Day, but none quite like Firecracker Lacquer's Kissy Face Trio. There are flakies, shimmer, holo, and glitter. As far as I can tell, I think she covered all the bases. Let's start off with some macros so that you can get the full effect. I Pink I Love You Formula: Nice consistency Finish:...

I guess these aren't necessarily bloopers, but my cats frequently try to "help" me swatch. More times than not, I come back to my light box only to find a cat inside of it. With four fingers painted I do my best to shoo them out of the box and then lint roll it all over again. Before shooing them out and cleaning...

Press sample It's completely by accident that I have two Baroness X posts for you in a row. I usually try to space things out a bit more, but it didn't work out this time. Today I have the Valentine's Trio to share with you. The trio consists of a blue, a pink, and a glitter topper. Hold Up the Sky Formula: Nice...

You know when you see a polish and just know you have to have it? Baroness X Fluorofizz was that way for me. It's a bright pink neon with a lot of fantastic things going on. Formula: Nice consistency Finish: Neon pink jelly with black holographic glitter and gold shimmer Coverage: 3 coats Notes: Fluorofizz is simply unique. I adore everything about this...

Press sample Bliss Polish and Firecracker Lacquer are doing a duo!! It's called the Enchanted Winter Duo, and will be available later this week. I rarely use two exclamation points but it seems rather appropriate right now. There are very few things I get this excited about. Ice Castles Formula: Nice consistency Finish: White crelly with various sized glitters in periwinkle, white and...

I wanted to change things up a bit with some nail art. One of my goals for this year was to include more nail art overall. So far I'm off to a sad start considering that we are over half way through January, and this is my second nail art post. To get this look I started with a base of Alchemy Lacquers...

Yes, I am swatching or rather posting polish from October of last year. I don't always get to wear polish right when it arrives because of prior swatching engagements. In this case I actually wore Painted Polish It's a Ghoul Thing on Halloween, but I didn't get around to posting it until now. Formula: Nice consistency Finish: Lime green holographic micro glitter Coverage:...

It's been a long, and relatively sad week for Bowie and Rickman fans alike. I needed to end the week on a good note, so I picked the most sparkly thing I had in my untrieds. It was a close call between Girly Bits Witch, I'm Fabulous! and their classic shade called A Stripper Has Been Sleeping In My Bed. Witch, I'm Fabulous...

This is kind of a press sample and kind of not. The cuticle oil pen was originally a lemongrass scented pen from KBShimmer, and was a press sample from one of the Cosmoprof 2015 events. The oil I refilled it with was purchased by me. I managed to blow through my lemongrass cuticle oil in two weeks because it smelled wonderful. Considering that...