Stash Swatch Initiative: China Glaze Sun-Kissed

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I have yet another neon polish from last year's China Glaze Summer Neons Collection. This one is Sun-kissed.

China Glaze Sun-kissed. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

Sun-kissed is a super neon yellow with a matching shimmer. This yellow leans a little green, and it is eye-searingly bright! Unfortunately, I chose to wear this one when the sun was hiding, so no direct sunlight shots to show. On second thought, that might have been a blessing in disguise because I'm not sure my camera would've handled it anyway!

China Glaze Sun-kissed. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

Swatches today are a base of Seche Clear, three coats of Sun-kissed, and one coat of NYC In a New York Minute. Formula on this is pretty good. It dries fast, and it does dry matte. No issues to report.

China Glaze Sun-kissed. Indoors, artificial light, with flash.

I can't recall where I purchased this bottle from, however, it was likely Sally's. Sally's won't have this one in stock anymore, but head on over to Head2Toe Beauty because they still have it available along with the rest of this collection!

China Glaze Sun-kissed. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

More soon! ^_^

Stash Swatch Initiative: Hare Polish The Teen Queen

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I have a gorgeous Hare Polish on today! This is The Teen Queen.

Hare Polish The Teen Queen. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

The Teen Queen is a glitter topper in a clear base. The base is loaded up with some very sparkly, blue shimmer. In addition to that, I see: Matte, pink hexes in three sizes, plus big squares; and two sizes of satiny, blue hexes.

Hare Polish The Teen Queen. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

Today's swatches are one coat of the Teen Queen over yesterday's OPI Bubble Bath swatch, plus one coat of Gelous and one of NYC In A New York Minute. Great formula on this polish! I just swiped this on, taking care to place a few of the larger glitters purposefully.

The shimmer in this is fabulous! It's my favorite part!

Hare Polish The Teen Queen. Outdoors, natural light (overcast), no flash.

I purchased this bottle from Llarowe, during a flash sale for $5! Woohoo!

Hare Polish The Teen Queen. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

More soon! ^_^

Stash Swatch Initiative: OPI Bubble Bath

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This polish was one of the first things I went out and bought when I first got into nail polish. It's a versatile polish, and the perfect base for a lot of nail art I've done. It is OPI's Bubble Bath.

OPI Bubble Bath. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

Bubble Bath is a sheer, baby pink jelly polish. It is simple... and timeless... and quite lovely. I love the clean, delicate look this gives my nails and hands when worn alone.

OPI Bubble Bath. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

Swatches today are a base coat of Seche Clear, three coats of Bubble Bath, and one coat of NYC In a New York Minute. I have no issues with this polish at all. It self-levels and is, therefore, easy to apply.

OPI Bubble Bath. Outdoors, natural light (overcast), no flash.

If I remember correctly, I picked this up at a Regis Hair Salon while out doing some mall-crawlin'. 

OPI Bubble Bath. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

More soon! ^_^

Stash Swatch Initiative: Digital Nails Multipass

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Digital Nails Multipass. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

Today's swatch is Digital Nails Multipass.

Digital Nails Multipass. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

Multipass is a unique mix of glitters in an iridescent shimmer laden base. I see orange and white bar glitter; satiny, silver hexes, three sizes of white hexes; matte, light-orange hexes; and large, teal hexes. Named for one of my all-time favorite movies, The Fifth Element, this polish is awesome!

Digital Nails Multipass. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

Swatches today are one dabbed coat over last week's Barielle Lemondrops swatch, plus a coat of Gelous and one of NYC In a New York Minute. This polish has a nice formula. I mostly swiped it on but did take care to place the hexes nicely. I absolutely love the iridescent particles in this polish.

Digital Nails Multipass. Outdoors, natural light (overcast), no flash.

I purchased this polish directly from Digital Nails right on over here. Facebook should have the details on restocks, new polishes, etc!

Digital Nails Multipass. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

More soon! ^_^

NOTW: Gold and Pink and Striped

Hello! Happy Friday!

Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

For this look, I was inspired by the Nailasaurus' Valentine's Day mani from way back in February! I started with a base of Duri Rejuvacote, two coats of Essie Sand Tropez on all but my ring finger, which got one coat of Orly Luxe, and one coat of Seche Vite.

Once that was dry, I used some striping tape I picked up at Wal-mart to make the pattern on my middle and ring fingers. I used China Glaze Snap My Dragon over the tape on my middle finger, while OPI Party in My Cabana went over the tape on my ring finger. I removed the tape right away, and once all was dry, I layered on another coat of Seche Vite.

I used one coat of Rainbow Honey A Little Kindness on my pointer finger. And sponged on a gradient with Essie Sand Tropez and China Glaze Snap My Dragon on my pinkie and thumb. All that was topped with a coat of Seche Vite as well.

Have a fabulous weekend! More Monday! ^_^

Stash Swatch Initiative: Barielle Lemondrops

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Today's post is a quick one! This is Barielle Lemondrops.

Barielle Lemondrops. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

Lemondrops is a lemony-yellow creme polish. It is a cheery, standard shade.

Barielle Lemondrops. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

Swatches today are a base coat of Seche Clear, two coats of Lemondrops, and one coat of NYC In a New York Minute. The formula on this is pretty good for a yellow polish, which are notorious for normally being pretty terrible to work with. This one is thick, nicely pigmented, and self-levels really well. I did use two thick coats and found that I needed to be patient for the first coat dry before adding the second.

Barielle Lemondrops. Outdoors, natural light (shade), no flash.

I purchased this bottle directly from Barielle. They run promotions for their Facebook fans on occasion, so if you are interested in trying this brand out, I'd suggest heading on over to their page.

Barielle Lemondrops. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

More soon! ^_^

Stash Swatch Initiative: Trelly's MISC Barbie Dream House

Hello! Half way to the weekend -- hang in there!

Today's polish is from Trelly's MISC's latest collection. This is Barbie Dream House.

Trelly's MISC Barbie Dream House. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

Barbie Dream House is a cheery mix of glitters suspended in a clear base. I see two sizes of neon pink hexes; small, neon pink squares; large neon yellow hexes; some white micro-glitter; white stars; and white rectangles. So fun!

Trelly's MISC Barbie Dream House. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

Swatches today are one very manipulated coat of Barbie Dream House over Zoya Zuza followed by one coat of Gelous and one of NYC In a New York Minute. Application of this one required a little bit of patience. The big pink hexes tend to grab the rest of the glitters in clump, so it took a lot of fiddling to get them apart -- not that I mind! Look at it -- gorgeous! Totally worth a little extra brush wiggle or two! But this is one of many indie polishes that may benefit from a bit of polish thinner. As with most polishes of this type, they are made with a thicker base formula to keep all that glitter in suspension.

Trelly's MISC Barbie Dream House. Outdoors, sunlight, no flash.

I purchased my bottle from Trelly's Etsy shop. Cassie is super great about customer service and responding to questions. Follow her on Facebook for information about new collections and restocks! She's put out some pretty spectacular polishes (including one of my all time favorites). She is starting to preview fall/Halloween polishes, and they look awesome!

Trelly's MISC Barbie Dream House. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

More soon! ^_^

Stash Swatch Initative: Digital Nails Dark Labyrinth

Hello!

I have my first Digital Nails polish to show you! This is Dark Labyrinth!

Digital Nails Dark Labyrinth. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

Dark Labyrinth is a black jelly polish which suspends tons of teal satin hex glitters in two sizes. Also in the mix, we've got the large neon yellow and neon pink variety of satin hexes; neon yellow star glitter; some super large neon pink satin hexes; and large, black round glitter.

Digital Nails Dark Labyrinth. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

Swatches today are one manipulated coat over yesterday's Color Club Revvvolution swatch plus one coat of Gelous and one coat of NYC In a New York Minute. I'm not sure I needed (or picked the best) undies for this polish -- I think it could reach opacity easily on it's own as it is nicely pigmented. I found the formula to be a tad on the thick side, but that didn't cause any application issues. I was not able to get any of the extra large pink hexes out of the bottle, and I'm not sure if this polish is supposed to have those big black circles in it... I only found one of them so far, so perhaps that was an accidental inclusion. All things considered, this is a great polish -- I love the color combination!

Digital Nails Dark Labyrinth. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

After seeing Dark Labyrinth over at Accio Lacquer, I knew I had to have it! This is definitely a unique addition to my stash. I purchased this bottle from Digital Nails' Etsy page. As usual, restocks announced via Facebook.

Digital Nails Dark Labyrinth. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

More soon! ^_^

Stash Swatch Initiative: Color Club Revvvolution

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Quick post to show you and oldie but goodie. This is Color Club Revvvolution.

Color Club Revvvolution. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

Revvvolution is a near-black, charcoal polish loaded up with fine holographic shimmer. It does produce a slight linear effect out in direct sunlight.

Color Club Revvvolution. Outdoors, sunlight, no flash.

Swatches today are a base of Seche Clear, two coats of Revvvolution, and one coat of NYC In a New York Minute fast dry top coat. Formula is quite nice. It is well pigmented and applies easily.

Color Club Revvvolution. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

I'm pretty sure I snagged this from Head2Toe Beauty, where it is still available.

Color Club Revvvolution. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

More soon! ^_^

NOTW: London Stamped

Hello! Yay Friday!!!

I used Monday's Zoya London swatch for the base of my Nail-of-the-Week for this week.

Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

Once the base color was completely dry, I used Pure Ice Gossip and Zoya Robyn to stamp the retro squares image from Bundle Monster plate, BM-204. This was a fun, fairly quick mani -- no topcoat needed!

More soon! ^_^

Stash Swatch Initiative: NerdLacquer Entirely Unlike Tea

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I am so excited about this NerdLacquer polish today!!! This is Entirely Unlike Tea!

Nerdlacquer Entirely Unlike Tea. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

Entirely Unlike Tea is a neutral-based polish that looks quite like tea with milk. It becomes entirely unlike tea once you notice the awesome purple shimmer! This polish also has two sizes of silver hex glitters AND iridescent hexes hiding inside. The iridescent bits are nearly invisible unless you view them from exactly the right angle. I love it!

Nerdlacquer Entirely Unlike Tea. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

Swatches today are base of Duri Rejuvacote and a layer of Elmer's glue. Once that was dry, I only needed two coats of Entirely Unlike Tea, and I finished this with one coat of Gelous plus one coat of Seche Vite. Formula on this polish is superb. I had zero issues with application, and, although this is a glitter polish, I only needed to swipe on the two coats. No dabbing necessary!

Nerdlacquer Entirely Unlike Tea. Outdoors, sunlight, no flash.

I have been a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy fan for a long time. I even have a gilt-edged, hardcover edition of the entire collection. This polish is perfectly representative of it's name! Genius!

Nerdlacquer Entirely Unlike Tea. Indoors, artificial and natural light (near a window!), no flash.

I was lucky to buy this bottle during NerdLacquer's last restock. She is on Google+, which I admittedly do not use, but thanks to the supremely awesome Accio Lacquer, who announced the restock via her Facebook page, I was clued in to the when and where! Hoping the next restock is soon! I've got three more on my wishlist!

Nerdlacquer Entirely Unlike Tea. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

More soon! ^_^

Stash Swatch Initiative: OPI Servin' Up Sparkle

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This is OPI's Servin' Up Sparkle.

OPI Servin' Up Sparkle. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

Servin' Up Sparkle is a glitter topcoat in a clear base. Silver, holographic hexes and silver, holographic micro glitter make a simple but pretty addition to any mani.

OPI Servin' Up Sparkle. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

Swatches today are one coat coat of Servin' Up Sparkle over yesterday's OPI On Her Majesty's Secret Service swatch. I also added one coat of NYC In a New York Minute to smooth the glitter. This is easy to work with and one swiped on coat was enough to add a little sparkle and shine to my nails -- especially in the sun!

OPI Servin' Up Sparkle. Outdoors, sunlight, no flash.

I'm not sure the availability of this one. Mine was Christmas gift a few years back!

OPI Servin' Up Sparkle. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

More soon! ^_^

Stash Swatch Initiative: OPI On Her Majesty's Secret Service

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This is OPI's On Her Majesty's Secret Service from last fall's Skyfall Collection.

OPI On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

On Her Majesty's Secret Service is a heavy shimmer polish with a greyish-blue jelly base. Like The World is Not Enough, this polish is crazy-complicated. I see shimmer flecks of lime green, periwinkle, pink, and purple. It is very sparkly and hard to focus on. It's a very beautiful, interesting polish.

OPI On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

Swatches today are a base coat of Seche Clear, three coats of On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and one coat of NYC In a New York Minute. Formula was good, if a bit thin, but no issues here.

OPI On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Outdoors, sunlight, no flash.

I found this bottle at a local salon -- on sale!

OPI On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

More soon! ^_^

Stash Swatch Initiative: Zoya London

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Today I have a Zoya PixieDust to show you! This is London!

Zoya London. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

London is a cement-grey, matte textured polish with silver shimmer.

Zoya London. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

Swatches today are a base of Duri Rejuvacote and two coats of Zoya London. This polish has a great formula, which applied with zero issues. As with all textured polishes I've used thus far, dry time is a little long, and you'll want to wait a bit between coats.

Zoya London. Outdoors, sunlight, no flash.

I purchased this bottle from Ulta, but usually buy directly from Zoya.

Zoya London. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.

More soon! ^_^