Polished Lifting

Black Chrome Powder Nails & Distressed Foils feat. Born Pretty Store - Press sample  Hi guys! Today's post features two different looks using new (to me) items from the Born Pretty Store. The first look is black chrome powder, and the second features distressed nail foils. Black Chrome Powder For this look I started with Morgan Taylor Little Black Dress. Once that dried...

I'm finally posting my Empire Alchemy Wax Chunk Bag haul from... Black Friday. I know, I know. This is crazy late, but I have a habit of bouncing around through my wax stash instead of using a little of everything from each order. Most of what I ordered are blends that are appropriate year round, so I figured it wouldn't hurt to share....

Baroness X Unwritten Tale & Pineapple Punch Soda Acetone Antidote | Polish Pickup June - Press sample Anyone like pineapple? I sure hope so because Baroness X is launching two fun items with the Polish Pickup for the month of June. The first item is a Pineapple Punch Soda Acetone Antidote & Pineapple Sticker, and the second is a gorgeous thermal polish. Pineapple...

Scofflaw Nail Varnish You Have Died of Dysentery | Polish Pickup June 2018 - Press sample Hey guys! It's almost time for the June Polish Pickup, which means I'm back with a preview! Today's post features Scofflaw Nail Varnish You Have Died of Dysentery. If you are a child of the 90's you probably had some rough experiences exploring the Oregon Trail. If...

Summer Cactus Smoosh feat. Born Pretty Store & Morgan Taylor - Press sample Hi there! I hope you are having a great week so far! I've been experiencing a bit of burnout, so instead of taking a formal blog break I'm going to dial back the number of posts per week for a little bit. Summer always seems to pull my attention outside,...

My very last look for Digit-al Dozen Inspired By Each Other week are these cute gestural Tropical Rainforest Nails inspired by Polish Those Nails. I've always really admired her freehand work, so I thought I would give them a try. I wasn't able to get spot on dupes for the colors she used, but I did my best to give it the same...

Remember how I said I was going to face freehand? I am fully committed to conquering this fear. I absolutely love Nightmare Before Christmas, so recreating Begin Nails' Sally look seemed like a good move. This is probably the first mani from this week where I felt I was actually able to get good color dupes, so that was a nice little boost....

One of my least favorite things in the whole world is probably nail tape. I can never quite get it right, and it really drives me nuts trying to get it perfect. Attempting to recreate More Nail Polish's Color Brick Nails seemed like a good challenge with all of the tape work involved. Products used Model City Polish - Hanging On A Vine,...

To continue to push myself out of that comfort zone I decided to attempt one of 25 Sweetpeas stunning floral manis. She has quite a few of them, but the one I recreated can be found here. Products used Bliss Polish - Down in Key Lime Go, Unknown green neon B Polished - Make It Satin Morgan Taylor - All The Queen's Bling,...

It's Digit-al Dozen Inspired By Each Other week. For this week we picked looks from fellow Digit-al Dozen members to recreate. I wanted to push myself out of my comfort zone a bit this week, so I picked looks that required freehand work. Today's post is a recreation of the glitter triangles by Manis and Makeovers. Products used Bohemian Polish - Let Me...

Morgan Taylor Make A Splash Collection | Summer 2018 - Press sample I am so ready for summer right now! While our weather isn't quite there yet, I'm going to pretend summer is in full swing. This means neon polish, flip flops and tropical drinks are officially a go! Part of my summer will include the Morgan Taylor Make A Splash collection. It's...