Barielle Carnival Fiesta Collection and Swatches

I hope you enjoyed your Wednesday! The day is nearly over, probably will be over for me by the time I hit publish. Today I have Barielle's new winter collection to share with you. Carnival Fiesta. It consists of five metallic polishes varying between shimmer, frost, and duochrome.

Wanna Samba? is a purple to steel blue duochrome. It even appears teal at certain angles. It has a frost finish and applies opaque in two coats.

Jillian's Jammin' is a bright teal glass fleck that reflects purple at certain angles. The blue/purple duochrome is very strong in the bottle, but not quite as noticeable on the nail. Though it is more visible in person than in photos. The application is great and opaque in two coats. This is my favorite of the collection.

Lindsay's Dancin' is a shimmering red. Every holiday collection needs a red. I love the shimmer in this. Adds something extra. The application is great and opaque in two coats.

Holiday Madness is a metallic light olive green frost. The application is great and opaque in two coats. I love that it is not the typical holiday green. But rather something different.

Rio's Rockin' Bands is a medium purple shimmer. As with the rest, the application is great and opaque in two coats.

All in all, I love this collection! I wish the duochromes was stronger and that Wanna Samba? was a tad less frosty. But its a fun grouping.

Barielle polishes retail for $8 each an sets (including Carnival Fiesta) retail for $25 on their website.

Disclosure: The product in this post were provided to me for consideration. All opinions are mine and honest.

Essence A Piece of Forever

I hope you are enjoying your Tuesday! These pictures have been sitting in my folder for nearly a month. Not sure why I have not posted them before, but here they are now. :)

Essence A Piece of Forever is a metallic gold frost. Ignore the bubbles, its just top coat plus fan. The application was okay. Basically what you would expect from a frost finish polish. I've used three of the four from this collection so far, and none of the applications are up to par with the rest of the Essence polishes I own. Its odd. But it does not stop them from being pretty.

The Essence Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 2 Collection is limited edition. There is a variety of makeup, including four polishes. I purchased all four at $1.99 each.

Essence Magic Wand!

I hope everyone enjoyed their Saturday and are currently enjoying their Saturday night! Today I have a little bit of a nail fail to show you. Magnetic polishes have a little bit of a learning curve. How close to hold the magnet without touching your nail. How long to hold it there, etc. I was successful when I swatched this polish, but not so successful doing it on my own nails.

Essence Magic Wand! is a pretty polish with a slight purple tint (that does not translate here) and a bit of a frost-like finish. In person the magnetic effect was more visible. I need to practice more. But I did want to post this because I know I'm not the only one who didn't get the hang of magnetic polish the first try. I'm going to try again soon and hopefully be successful.

Rock Star Mani

Polish-aholics Anonymous has Monday Nail Art every week. This week was rock star. I'm a little late getting mine done after being sick. I did it last night, but when I was done, I was ready for bed. So, the post is coming to you today. :)

I originally had a different idea in mind. Glitter, stars, silver, purple, black. But it fell through. Though while staring at my nails Monday an idea hit me. I decided to layer on top of my existing color so I wouldn't be so discouraged by being sick. The design came together very well and I love it much more than the design I originally had in mind.

For my base I used my existing layer of e.l.f. Sunset. I painted an extra coat to smooth out wear from the previous day, but if I were starting from scratch, I would only need two coats. I taped off diagonal tips and used two coats of Wet n Wild Silvivor. Then with my striping brush, I added a line with Sinful Colors Black on Black. On my accent finger I used my new rhinestones instead of the stripe. 

I love this design! Especially Silvivor. Its really metallic and so shiny. I know in the pictures my rhinestones look more like round half pearls. My top coat killed them. I'll know better than to use it next time with them. 

I am really excited about my rhinestones. I just got them in the mail Monday from an EBay seller in China. They only cost me 99 cents, free shipping. And they only took nine days to get to me (including weekends). I got 1500 of them in 12 different colors. I took pictures so you could see how pretty they were before my top coat came into play.

If anyone is interested in getting some like this, the selection is here. They come in 1000 x 4mm, 1200 x 2mm, and 1500 x 3mm. I got the 3mm. I will be buying more soon, considering the nice quality and great price.

e.l.f. Sunset

I've been sick for the past several days, so I've lacked polish posts. The fumes plus my already aching head do not mix. So Creepy Pumpkin stayed on my nails for days. I finally took it off last night to attempt a rock star mani design, Polish-aholics Anonymous's nail design theme for today. I gave up partway in. The design was not going as I expected, plus I did not feel well. So I stripped off everything and went naked. Naked nails, I mean. :P

Them being bare was getting to me, so I searched through my untrieds for something quick to paint on. I settled on e.l.f. Sunset. Its a very pretty color that I can only describe as berry wine. It has a frost finish, which looks prettier (in my opinion) with a top coat.

I love it! Perfect for Autumn. It has a slight shimmer to it, which you can see in the bottle.

I have nothing but love for e.l.f. polishes. I own a few and love every single one of them. Great application, look, and price. I got this particular one in a set of three called Purple Trio from Ross for only two dollars.

Sunset is absolutely worth owning! :)