Stamped!

Hello my lovely readers,
I hope everyone is doing well. I'm still unpacking at my new apartment and it's been extremely time consuming. I've still been doing my nails. These are not the best pictures as they were taken with my iPhone.

I hope you all enjoyed these manis as I have enjoyed creating them!

xoxo



Nail Files: Nails Inc

I feel like nails inc hasn't  gotten much attention or love. It is one of my top 3 nail brands. They have such a wide variety of colors and finishes. I love the bottles as well as the polish names. They are available through www.sephora.com. I have a friend in England that ships me polishes that are only available over seas. Enough of this plain text. Onward to the colors and photos!

Seven Dials is a soft yet vibrant jade green color. It only took 2 coats to achieve total opaqueness.

Seven Dials has a creme finish.

Foubert's Place has elements of grey, brown and dirty green. 

On the nails inc site, it's described as a cool grey khaki creme shade.

I used 2 coats.

Paddington verges on the almost black scale. 

It's a deep khaki grey creme.  I used 2 coats but perhaps needed i3 because there was some pulling near the cuticles.

My friend sent me this color and I haven't been able to find it on any site.

Porchester Place is a bright tangerine polish with hints of peach. 

The formula is on the thin side but not hard to work with at all.

I used 3 coats because of my ridge filled nails.

Westminster is a gorgeous purple shade with red tones. 

It applied so beautifully (like all nails inc polishes).

I used 2 coats.

Chelsea Emabankment.

2 coats. Small yellow gold glitter.

It didn't dry gritty.

I actually like the way it felt dry. 

I can;t really describe it. 

Hampstead Gardens. 2 coats. Honey Mustard creme. This is a color most consider ugly.

I love it! I don't really care if it doesn't go with my skin tone either. So pretty!

Cambridge Terrance is a silver liquid metal. 2 coats. Not a unique polish but an gorgeous formula!

Last but certainly not least.

Jubilee was released for the celebrations of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. 

It comes with a crystal cap and is limited edition. 

The colors represent Union Jack.

Blue, white and red densely packed glitter with silver micro glitter. 

This unfortunately is not available on www.sephora.com

It can be purchased on www.nailsinc.com

Which do you like?

Stay lacquered!

xox

Alex

That Boy Ain't Right

Feliz dia de los reyes!!!

Hola amores!!
My friend Nory from Fierce Makeup and Nails broke my swapping cherry! How lucky am I?!

She send me Bettina polishes from.

Bettina is a nail polish brand from Puerto Rico!

(Left to Right)

Jeans Over Dyed

Gems Amethyst

Candy Marshmellow

Disco Hustle

Truffle (my first brown ever!!!!)

Disco Hippie

How gorgeous are these polishes???

I am addicted to them and definitely need more.

I used Bettina Jeans Over Dyed as the base color

Jeans Over Dyed is so gorgeous and was completely opaque in one coat!!!!!

And topped it off with Lynnderella Bibbitty Bobbitty Boo Blue (LOVE)

I present to thee Bobby Hill and the head he learned to kiss on!

Look at his double chin!!!

AHHHHH so cute!

Sorry King of the Hill is absolutely my favorite show!

I have been on a creative block recently. 

Does anyone have any suggestions for nail art I should do?

I hope everyone has a great weekend!!

Until tomorrow!

xoxox

Double, double toil and trouble

Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting
Lizard's leg and owlet's wing.
For a charm of powerful trouble, like a hell-broth boil and bubble.


Can you guess what I have for you today? Scroll down for the magic (oooh, ahhh)!

Life Preserver came out with the Anchors Away collection.

It's a brightened, rusted orange cream.

I used Life Preserver as the base for...

DUN DUN DUN

Lynnderella Cauldron Drippings.

LOOK AT HOW GORGEOUS THIS POLISH IS!

It's such so cheery! Each time I look at it, I have to smile!

Cauldron Drippings has different size and shape glitters.

Orange, yellow, green, red, blue.. You name it, it's in there!

This is so perfect!

Lynnderella, I love you!!!! 

Until next time!!

xoxox

Tiara vs. Showgirl! Ding Ding Ding

Sorry for being MIA but I have reached a rough patch in regards to my health which left with very little motivation to do anything in my life. I still did my paint each day but did not blog about it. Since my health had me down, I didn't keep up with the 30 days of untireds. I dislike not finishing things!

Onto more important business....NAILS!!

China Glaze Lorelei's Tiara is a Sterling silver with blue and teal glitter.

The index finger is one coat of Lorelei's Tiara.

The middle finger is two coats of Lorelei's Tiara.

The ring is three coats of Lorelei's Tiara.

As you can see, the blue/teal glitter spreads nicely!

It's a great color combination! I love this glitter!

This is a comparison photo.

Index and Ring fingers are Sally Hansen Showgirl Chic.

Middle and Pinky fingers are China Glaze Lorelei's Tiara...

Can you tell the difference? 

Nope either can I.

This season has produced A LOT of glitter dupes.

If you have one, you do not need the other.

The only teeny tiny difference is that the Lorelei's Tiara produces more blue/teal glitter than Showgirl Chic.

Until tomorrow my lovelies!

xoxox

It's a love hate relationship

Hello my lacquered lovers!
Sorry I've been MIA but I have been really sick recently and have been undergoing quite a few tests. By the time I get home, I'm exhausted and still feeling the effects from the sedation.
I dislike not posting regularly but I am going to try my hardest to post each day.

Today is day 19 of the 30 days of untrieds. For day 19, I bring to you My Sleigh's In The Shop by Nicole by OPI.

My Sleigh's In The Shop is a fuchsia, purple and gold microglitter.

The gold microglitter adds depth to the polish and manages to bring it to life.

I love NOPI and OPI glitters!

They do them so well.

Left hand!

I was influenced by friend's tattoos. He has love and hate inked on his knuckles.

I'm obsessed with font like this!

Right hand!

The right hand was hard to do. The letters are not the same height.

But I must say that I did a great job using my non-dominant hand!

Check out the other bloggers joining me on the challenge:

Alyssa at Always Polished

Amber at The Polished Momma

Andrea at Addicted to the Allure of Beauty

Ashley at Follow the Yellow Polish Road

Caitlin at Something Creative

 Carly at Lacquered Lover

     Caroline at Good Lack, Nail!

Caroline at Shadow's Nail Art

Chelsea at Pretty and Polished

Ingie at Limited Addiction Nails

Jacki at Adventures in Acetone

Jamie at Nails Adored

Lindsey at Nailtopia

Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails

Rachel at Cherry Glam Girl

Sarah at Lucky Lacquers

Shaina at Haute Lacquer

Taylor at nailedtothet

Thalie at Glazed Talons

It's not that easy being green

Welcome to day 5 of the 30 days of untrieds (and another of my late posts). I had this mani done by 11 am but today has been a very very weird day. I've just wanted to stay in bed sleeping. I've had absolutely no energy at all. I've finally pushed myself out of bed to post this.

For day 5, I bring to three, OPI Fresh Frog of Bel-Air!!!!

 This one is small, bright grass green glitter and medium silver hexagon glitter in a clear base.

I am pretty sure this would be better for layering. You can see the bald spots. 

I forgot to put a top coat on and look at the chipping! :(

It's such an amazing color!! I love it

And the name kills me!

And of course, I had to do Kermit nail art.

I followed a tutorial by Leslie on Nail Polish Art Addiction. 

How cute. 

I have Kermits on each finger but I did them in the dark sooo they came out rather special looking.

So let's pretend they all look as amazing as the thumb!

I'm going to practice doing Kermit again. I need to perfect him!!!

Check out the other bloggers joining me on the challenge:

Alyssa at Always Polished

Amber at The Polished Momma

Andrea at Addicted to the Allure of Beauty

Ashley at Follow the Yellow Polish Road

Caitlin at Something Creative

Carly at Lacquered Lover

Caroline at Good Lack, Nail!

Caroline at Shadow's Nail Art

Chelsea at Pretty and Polished

Ingie at Limited Addiction Nails

Jacki at Adventures in Acetone

Jamie at Nails Adored

Lindsey at Nailtopia

Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails

Rachel at Cherry Glam Girl

Sarah at Lucky Lacquers

Shaina at Haute Lacquer

Taylor at nailedtothet

Thalie at Glazed Talons

Until tomorrow my lovelies.

Xoxoxo

Haul P.1

Today was an amazing nail day. I went around doing errands with my mother before she got her B12 shot. So we went into the Rite Aid near me (I forgot it existed) and wow. I made out like a fat rat!

PUMPKIN POLISHES!!!!!!

Look at how pretty they are!

They are so pretty!!!!

I didn't find any flakies :( 

They are so bright and so cute. I can't resist them!!

So I turned the corner, to see if I found any flakies 

and to my surprise, look at what I found!!!!!

SNOWMAN POLISHES!!!

There were other colors but I bought these for now since I am in denial about winter being around the corner.

Aren't they so cute!!!

I think it may be about time I buy a Helmers!!

I hope everyone is doing well!!

xoxox

Day 21: Inspired by a color

Ok ok ok. I am sorry for posting so late. Today was one of those days. You know, I did my nails, walked around the city, got completely side tracked. Anywho this is the third and last section of the 30 Day Nail Polish Challenge.

The color that inspired me today was It's Alive by China Glaze. Obviously Frankenstein came to mind because I am a huge huge huge horror fanatic. It was hard to photography this manicure but I tried my hardest.

Base color: China Glaze It's Alive (2)

Image Plate: Chez Delaney A37

Stamp color: Konad black

It's kind of hard to see the stitching. 

I love this manicure. Next time I do it, I will try placing the stitches in different places.

A better shot of it! Mickey looks evil!

Til tomorrow my pretties!

xoxox

Day 18: Half Moons

Hi all! I hope everyone is doing well! I have an early post for everyone since I am off to a Renaissance faire in a few. This was done quickly, poorly and freehand. Urgh you can tell! Haha

Wet n Wild: Black Creme

nails inc: Chelsea Embankment

No flash!

That middle finder. Womp Womp. It's so sad looking!

I didn't use reinforcements. I might retry this tonight using reinforcements.

Who knows!

Flash! I made that little duckie too!

I am on the fence about this. I wish I had more brushes available to me.

I spend the weekends at my boyfriend's apartment and my nail supply there is very limited.

Ok I am off to see King Richard and his court!

I hope all of you have a great day!!

Until then my pretties.

xoxox

Day 17: Glitter

My sinus cold has turned into a chest cold and I am seriously lacking energy. I wish I could have done something more than just a swatch.
Day 17 of the 30 day nail polish challenge is glitter.

nails inc: Chelsea Embankment

This glitter is gorgeous. Opaque in 2 coats but you could totally get away with 1 thick coat.

It's absolutely gorgeous and I cannot stop staring at it in the light.

I feel like it's Las Vegas on my nails!

Hope you enjoy your weekend!

Til later my pretties!

xoxox

(Sorry for the short post)

Day 13: Animal Print

I woke up feeling very very sick. I want to do a more colorful mani but wasn't feeling up to it at all. This is probably the worst mani I'll ever put up. Some parts smudged. Eh. You will see!

I used:

Nails Inc: Bloomsbury Square

Stamp Color: Konad Black

Image Plate: Konad M57

Im posting this from the iPhone blogger app. Let's see how it works!

Sorry such a short horrible post!

xoxox

China Glaze- Skyscraper

Skyscraper was released with the fall 2011 China Glaze Metro Collection

This polish was a pain in my ass to photograph!! I took around 115 photographs! I wanted to seriously throw my camera out the window.

Skyscraper is a translucent blue-violet color jelly base with lots of silver glitter. It was opaque in two coats. I topped it off with China Glaze Fast Forward top coat.

This was the only color that caught my eye from the collection.

But now that I think back on it.. I really need Trendsetter!

I can't stop staring at Skycraper. I love seeing the bits of violet micro glitter shimmer in the light!

I suggest everyone get this color from the collection.

Nicole by OPI: Brilliant Idea

Brilliant Idea is by Nicole by OPI and was part of a Target exclusive collection; Something About Spring (still in stores). Brilliant Idea is a lime glitter shade with lime regular and larger round glitters in a clear base. I applied three coats to achieve all over coverage.


I absolutely love when Nicole by OPI does glitters. They do an amazing job and I recommend them to every one I know. The great thing is that they are not difficult glitters to remove. I used acetone and one cotton ball for each hand. I has no problems what so ever.