Ulta After Party over black

I hope you are enjoying your Tuesday! I have yet another Ulta brand polish to share with you today.

Ulta After Party is a clear base with micro red/orange, mauve, and silver glitter. On its own its very light; it really pops over black. The glitter disperses evenly and dense in just one coat. It can easily be layered on its own to be opaque.

Ulta nail polish retails for $6 at Ulta, in store and online. They always have a sale, so you never have to pay full price. I got this shade (along with several others) during their recent $2 sale.

SoFlaJo Champagne Cocktail

I hope you are enjoying your Thursday! Today I have a gorgeous indie polish to show you.

SoFlaJo Champagne Cocktail is a silver holo with scattered holo glitter. The holo effect is much stronger than it appears in my pictures. It was cloudy the entire time I wore it, and indoor pictures obviously did not do it justice. I love the addition of holo glitter! It adds a little something extra to make this polish unique. Champagne Cocktail can be alone as I did, or used as a layering top coat. It took three coats to be opaque and has a wonderful application.

Lex Tuileries

I hope you are enjoying your Wednesday! I need to get myself into the Christmas/Winter spirit with nail art. It does not feel very much like the holiday season. And our weather just recently started to feel like December. Louisiana weather... But I do have a very pretty pink polish to show you today!

Lex Tuileries is a sheer pale pink base filled with orange, red, silver, and purple medium hex plus orange, red, and silver small hex glitter. The sheer base easily builds to be opaque in three coats, while allowing you to see the underlying layers of glitter. The application is perfect. Absolutely gorgeous!

Lex Cosmetics lets you submit an idea for a nail polish. If chosen, it is voted on by you and other polish lovers. If it wins, they will create the polish. How amazing is that?! Each polish retails for $10, with 10% of that donated to a charity.

The story behind Tuileries is: "First, tulips are one of the first signs that spring is really, truly, finally here! Second, they always remind me of my mother..... I would love to have a color that can represent her in every way: in beauty, in color, in her favorite things, and in her uniqueness. My color would be light pinkish-red with glass-like flecks of silver, red, pink, and orange within it to showcase the depth of both tulips and my mother."

Essence Edward's Love

I hope you are enjoying your Wednesday! I have a pretty polish to show you that I picked up last week.

Essence Edward's Love is a black jelly filled with small silver glitter flakes and a sparse shattering of holo glitter. I'm still debating whether its holo or iridescent. Its hard to tell. The application was not up to par with the rest of my polishes. I blame the insane amount of flakes. Though it was not bad. It took two coats to be opaque and cleaned up very well for a black polish with glitter.

The Essence Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 2 Collection is limited edition. They finally hit the US recently. I purchased mine last Friday at Ulta. There is a variety of makeup, including four polishes. I purchased all four at $1.99 each.

Sally Hansen Spun for You with Spiders

I hope you are enjoying your Saturday! If you follow my Facebook page then you know I'm currently in Baton Rouge to see friends. Among the normal things we're doing, we are also going to Gate, a huge Halloween haunted house. So I wanted a themed manicure.

I spiced up Sally Hansen Polish Strips in Spun on You with a little stamping. Using Sinful Colors Black on Black and plate BM13, I stamped spiders on my ring finger and thumb. The strips are easy to apply. This set is left over from last year. So as long as they stay sealed in original packing, they will last. Very good to know because I have another set from last year as well.

"This Is Halloween" Challenge: Bats

I hope you are enjoying your Friday! Another post for the This Is Halloween Nail Art Challenge is here. Today is bats.

I took inspiration from a gorgeous design done by Macabre Manicures. For my gradient background, I started with Sally Hansen Diamond as a base. Then sponged Sinful Colors Midnight Blue heavily on the tips and lighter as I went almost all the way to the cuticle. I love how little bits of the holo show through the blue. Then with Sinful Colors Black on Black, plate BM13, and KKCenterHK plate m80, I stamped on two different bat images.

Butterfly Tattoo

I hope you are enjoying your Friday! I have attempted to use regular temporary tattoos as part of a manicure twice. The first time was a bit of mess. I tried cutting down a large tattoo to fit across all of my fingers. I had trouble lining it up well. It just did not work. I'm happy to say that the second attempt went much better. I used a smaller design and only did an accent finger.

I cut a blue butterfly temporary tattoo in half, one piece for each ring fingernail. I applied it exactly as you would to skin. Press the paper on, tattoo side down. Wet with water and hold for several seconds. It transferred very well. Top coat did not smudge or drag it at all. Removal was also very easy.

I love the look of it. Little bits of sparkle show through the blue. A temporary tattoo makes for a very easy design. Quick and simple.

Sally Hansen Diamond

I hope you are enjoying your Thursday! Today I have a very pretty holographic polish to show you. I have a few silver holos, but this one is different than the rest I own.

Sally Hansen Diamond is part of the Nail Prisms line. It is a gorgeous light silver scattered holo. The application was great. No pulling or bald spots like some experience with holos. It took three thin coats to be completely opaque. The sparkle from this is unbelievable. What appears as slight blurriness on my nails is really just the all the colors and sparkle trying to be captured on camera.

OPI Shatter the Scales

I hope you are enjoying your Sunday! I know most are over the crackle fad. I still like them. Shatter the Scales has been sitting in my wishlist since swatches of the OPI Spiderman Collection first started popping up. I received it in a birthday gift recently and immediately wanted to wear it.

OPI Shatter the Scales is a dark blue toned green with silver flecks. Even if crackle is not your cup of tea, you have to attempt the polish itself is gorgeous. It shattered very well on all of my fingers with minimal effort. It really pops over white. While debating what polish to wear underneath, I tried gold which is gorgeous as well.

Shatter the Scales is part of the OPI Spiderman Collection and retails for $8.50 at Dillard’s, JCPenney, Trade Secret, and Ulta along with various websites.

Brash Sergeant Khaki

I hope you are enjoying your Monday! I have a pretty green polish to show you today.

Brash Sergeant Khaki is a mossy green with silver flecks that almost appear gold at some angles. I do not own another polish like this one. Quite unique. The application was great and opaque in one coat. 

Brash retails for $3 at Payless.

OPI Mad as a Hatter

I hope you are enjoying your Saturday! Today I have a gorgeous HTF polish to show you. I've had it for months and only worn it once before. The camera did not like it back then, so it never made it to my blog.

OPI Mad as a Hatter is a clear base with small round micro glitter. It has a variety of colors. Silver, purple, green, blue, gold, red, and probably a few others as well. It is very opaque on its own, but I still used Wet n Wild Silvivor as a base to fill in any empty spaces. I absolutely love this polish. And the wear is amazing. It did not chip at all during three days I wore it. Barely any tip wear as well. I did one coat of Silvivor, two coats of Mad as a Hatter then two coats of top coat to even things out.

MAAH has become quite the hard to find polish. If you do stumble across it, the price tag is usually high.

Kleancolor Shooting Star

I hope you are enjoying your Sunday! Today I have a glitter packed manicure to show you.

I layered Kleancolor Shooting Star over two coats of OPI Lincoln Park After Dark. Its a slightly orange tinted base packed with small silver hex glitter along with gold, turquoise, and red medium hex glitter. Its gorgeous over a dark base. I would love to layer it over a bright color next time.

Kleancolor retails for $3.50 on their website. 

Zoya Skylar

I hope everyone is enjoying their Tuesday! Sorry that I have been a little scattered in my posting as of late. I have been so busy with things and a little stressed as well. My polishes have been neglected. But I promise to get back to my regular posting schedule soon. :)

Zoya Skylar is a slightly dusty medium steel blue with silver and gold shimmer. The gold is only visible at certain angles. But adds a gorgeous something to this already gorgeous polish. The application is great and opaque in two coats.

Skylar is part of the Zoya True Collection and retails for $8 on their website.

Sapphire

Its Stamping Sunday! I'm late on getting my post up, but its still Sunday here. This week's theme is precious stones.

Say hello to rightie! This is the only non blurry picture I could take of my right hand. My left hand would make an odd swatch photo. I hurt my middle finger, so there would be a giant bandage in the middle of the picture.

I chose sapphire as my precious stone and did a similar polish color plus stamping. For my ring finger, I did two coats of Wet n Wild Silvivor then stamped on sapphires using Sinful Colors Midnight Blue and plate BM09. For the rest of my fingers, I used two coats of Midnight Blue.

Wet n Wild retail for $1-2 at CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, Ulta, and many other stores, all of which are listed on their website. BM stamping plates are part of a 21 piece set that retails for $18 on Bundle Monster or their Amazon store. Sinful Colors retail for $2 at Walgreens (online/in store) and Target (in store). They're also available for $2.50 at Cherry Culture.

Halloween in July

Its Stamping Sunday! This week's theme is "Something I Love." I debated for a little while over what to do. If I had a penguin plate, you would be seeing penguins this week. And my owl plates are in the mail. I looked through my plates and the moment I saw the Halloween themed one, I knew I wanted to do that. It is one of my favorite holidays.

I started with two coats of Love My Nails Raspberry Sorbet, a maroon creme. I created a Halloween accent on each of my ring fingers. A spiderweb with Color Club Worth the Risque and plate BM13; then a spider with Sinful Colors Black on Black and plate BM13. Using a holo for the web causes it to catch the light in a way similar to actual spiderweb.

I love this design and will absolutely be recreating this in October when Halloween is closer to occurring.

Worth the Risque is from the Color Club Femme Fatale Collection. It retails for $4-8. I purchased mine on ebay from this seller. I've also heard of it being seen at Bed Bath & Beyond. Love My Nails retail for $1 at Bari Cosmetics. BM stamping plates are part of a 21 piece set that retails for $18 on Bundle Monster or their Amazon store. Sinful Colors retail for $2 at Walgreens (online/in store) and Target (in store). They're also available for $2.50 at Cherry Culture. 

Catrice Iron Mermaiden

I hope you are enjoying your Friday! 

Catrice Iron Mermaiden is a duochrome polish, mainly shifting between silver, purple, and green. In person, it is mostly a silvery purple. Visible brushstrokes are unavoidable, but they are more subtle than some. Please ignore the bubbles. I did a layer of gelous to help make this last through working truck. Gelous bubbles on me occasionally. This is three thin coats to make it opaque.

I wish this had not bubbled. I think I would have enjoyed it more.

Catrice is not sold here in the United States, so I'm unsure what the retail price is. You can find stores that sell them from their website.

Color Club Boho Mojo

I hope you are enjoying your Saturday! Today I have an interesting polish from the Color Club Back to Boho Collection to show you.

Boho Mojo is dusty silver pearl with a hint of beige. Little more silver in person. As with all pearls, it does have visible brush strokes, but nothing too bad. The application is good and opaque in three thin coats. Not exactly my favorite color, but a unique polish in my collection.

The Color Club Back to Boho Collection polishes retail for $4-8 individually. Sets of seven (topcoat included) retail for $8 in store at Ross and Burlington.

Pink with a Metallic Accent

I hope you are enjoying your Tuesday! I have another manicure to show you for Monkey See, Monkey Do. Its a nail challenge where we take inspiration from or recreate a mani done by someone else. Anything you see on blogs, Facebook, Pinterest, or anywhere else online. 

This was inspired by an image on Pinterest. I could not find who did this pairing to give them proper credit. I just love the pink and silver. For my pink, I did three thin coats of No6 Bright Young Thing, a medium pink creme. For my silver accent, I used two coats of Wet n Wild Silvivor, a bright silver metallic. It almost has a foil finish to it, but leans a little more toward metallic. Both of these polishes have great application.

No6 retail for $3 at Payless (though I'm not sure how many still carry the brand). Wet n Wild retail for $1-2 at CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, Ulta, and many other stores, all of which are listed on their website.

If you are interested in other blogs doing the MSMD challenge, there are several talented ladies participating. :)

Debbie http://thecrumpet.blogspot.co.uk
Missy http://gnarlygnails.blogspot.com
Melissa http://www.misadventuresofawannabemartha.com/
Laurie http://dressedupdigits.blogspot.com/
Layka http://www.kawaiinize.es
Elizabeth http://nailpolishismycrack.blogspot.com/
Kristin http://www.manicuredmonkey.com
Erin http://erinsbeautybumbles.blogspot.com
Nayade at Toxic Vanity - http://www.toxicvanity.com
Jenn at Polish Crazed http://www.polishcrazed.blogspot.ca/
Jen http://jenspaintedtips.blogspot.com/
Amber www.amberdidit.com
Cristina http://theclockwisenailpolish.blogspot.pt/
Kirsten - http://geekyowl.blogspot.com/
Alyssa at Fancy Phalanges - http://fancyphalanges.blogspot.com/
Amber http://nevernakednails.blogspot.com
Emily Esqueleta: http://macabremanicures.blogspot.com/
Misha www.enigmatic-rambles.blogspot.com
Carrie http://lesamowen.blogspot.com/
Basia (or Bazzia) http://polishmymind.blogspot.com/
Helena www.nailwish.blogspot.com
Ana Cris http://www.estacerradaladrogueria.blogspot.com.es/
Kim www.apolishedaddiction.blogspot.com
Emma http://manicurity.blogspot.com/
arlene http://euzefelus27-nailart.blogspot.com
Gwenn http://www.sugar-nails.com
Ney "Neivys" http://maquiclubgirl.blogspot.com/
Ana http://cherriessweets.blogspot.com.es
Isabel http://isaspinods.blogspot.com/
Stella http://mywetnails.blogspot.com