tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839713320501296222024-03-14T03:35:00.163-04:00DizzyNailsAre you dizzy with excitement about nail polish?Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154278497401530064noreply@blogger.comBlogger562125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283971332050129622.post-50113321501794882492014-07-23T18:47:00.001-04:002014-07-23T18:47:56.554-04:00Rainbow Honey Summer Mixtape!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Many of you already know about Rainbow Honey's latest collection, Summer Mixtape, which launched just a few days ago. Here is a little review of the three polishes I have. I was sent Control, Shark Attack, and Elevate. Imagine how pleased I was to open up these beauties!!</div>
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This is two coats of Control, a glorious neon pink shimmer. I did use top coat here, as it dried matte due to being a neon. Application was easy and smooth.</div>
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This color is so summery and beautiful and I love the addition of iridescent shimmer bits (always and forever)!</div>
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Putting a coat of Elevate over top of Control seemed the natural and right thing to do! Elevate has really fun matte glitters including circles and triangles. So cool! I literally slapped a coat on not carefully at all and am happy with the results. (No top coat used here, but I certainly would if I was doing this for a mani.)</div>
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I really like Elevate and anticipate it being a great topper over many colors.</div>
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With Shark Attack, I opted for a blue base, using two coats of Urban Decay Chaos. As an aside, I love Chaos, but why does it smell like crazy toxic onions?! Shark Attack is blue, silver, and red glitters primarily, all swimming in a blue jelly base. See the little "shark fin" triangle on my middle finger?</div>
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I love the teeny red glitters in Shark Attack and I think the name and concept of this polish are really rad! If you are curious about wearing this one on its own, I'm sure you could, but I decided not to since the jelly base looks pretty sheer. This one I also applied very haphazardly! No problems, issues, or complaints here. I used a coat of top coat here - it was needed. I would have added a coat of Gelous under that for a mani, just to get everything extra smooth.<br />
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Now for the exciting part! There is a discount code for Rainbow Honey! Use MIXTAPE20 to get 20% off your next order. WOOHOO! This code expires 8/31/2014. I think an early birthday order may be in my future. :) You can see all that Rainbow Honey has to offer at their site <a href="http://www.rainbowhoney.com/">here</a>.<br />
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Thank you so very much to Rainbow Honey for sending me these polishes to review. I really appreciate it and keep up the great work on such super cool colors, glitters, and concepts! All the opinions in this review are honest and my own. While I am happy to receive these nail polishes free of charge, I am not paid to do this post or review. <br />
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It's been a busy summer so far. I'm still hoping very much to get back in the groove of more regular posting. I hope that everyone out there is doing well and enjoying all the pretty polish! XOXOLaurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154278497401530064noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283971332050129622.post-16077492272546359982014-07-01T23:14:00.002-04:002014-07-01T23:14:53.187-04:00Let's Be Festive!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A happy and early Fourth to everyone! I'm wearing two coats of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Wet Suit topped with a coat of Finger Paints Red, White, and Hue. I finished with a coat of Starlight & Sparkles Crystal top coat. Great application on all things mentioned! And now I'm ready for some time off and some fireworks! I hope you all have a great holiday. :)<br />
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I used to hate big brushes, and that most definitely included Dior's newer big brush.</div>
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This is two SUPER EASY, dare I say MAJESTIC coats of Psychedelic Orange. And yes, I kind of love that dang big brush now. It just went on so effortlessly.</div>
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The formula on this polish is absolutely superb. It's a creme but with the tiniest amount of basically imperceptible shimmer. The application, opacity, smoothness, finish, and wear of Psychedelic Orange is basically perfect.</div>
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I've been on a bit of a coral binge for the past year or so now, and this color definitely makes me happy.</div>
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The wear time was great, also, thanks to my favorite top coat, Starlight and Sparkles Crystal. I actually just ordered more of it today! I've been getting a full week's wear out of nearly all of my manis now.Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154278497401530064noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283971332050129622.post-89974747061603050082014-06-02T20:00:00.000-04:002014-06-02T20:00:06.154-04:00Get Your Glitter ON<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am currently sporting China Glaze Liquid Crystal as my mani. I used three coats of the polish, one coat of Gelous, and a coat of Starlight and Sparkles Crystal top coat. Application was super easy.</div>
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I've been on a creme binge for a while now, so I wanted to break with a really, really good glitter. Success!</div>
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I tried to capture the really cool duochrome shift to purple and pink, but it's so tough and I was working with late day lighting in most of these. I'm sure you can see it well enough in the bottle, though.</div>
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I'm in love with this!</div>
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I still have some of the other Prismatic Chroma Glitters that I've not yet worn. What's your favorite?Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154278497401530064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283971332050129622.post-41976180909922805732014-05-24T20:10:00.002-04:002014-05-24T20:10:44.570-04:00Mutagen and Wack Slacks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hey, y'all! It's time for a posty post. I've been such a full-time, hardcore slacker-oo lately. Partly I'd like to blame the fact that I get longer wear-time with my manis (thanks to some awesome top coat action). Partly I blame grief. And mostly, I'm just being lazy, I think.</div>
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This is I Love Nail Polish Mutagen. I'm pretty sure it was three coats. I finished with my new favorite thang, the Starlight and Sparkles Crystal top coat. That stuff is the shiznit for me.</div>
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These pictures don't even begin to capture the gorgeousness of Mutagen! You know the drill. Holo + Duo = heaven in your eyeballs.</div>
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Below I did two coats of Cult Nails Wack Slacks. Again, topped with S&S Crystal top coat. I needed a mani that would wear well for a trip, and this did just that. I got just under a week with it.</div>
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The formula is great on Wack Slacks. Very opaque and also relatively easy to clean up! I think it could be a one-coater for sure, if you are careful with your application.</div>
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I wore this to my grandfather's funeral. No particular reason - I just wanted something moody yet comforting. It was good for that for me.</div>
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I hope everyone is doing well out there and I also hope to post more, more regularly, more sooner. Ha! You get what I'm saying. Thanks for reading this, if you did. :)Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154278497401530064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283971332050129622.post-36088868165835578052014-03-31T19:11:00.000-04:002014-04-30T11:53:21.915-04:00I am (a) Blogger, Hear Me Blog!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Nation! It's good to be back. I'm going to dive right in to this awesome and (I think) rather beautiful review of Starlight and Sparkles polishes. Brace yourselves!</div>
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What you've seen above is two coats of Shadow Sapphire. For all of these swatches I've used the Butter London Nail Foundation Flawless Basecoat and I've topped everything with one coat of Starlight and Sparkles Crystal top coat (unless otherwise specified). Shadow Sapphire applied quite easily and is really opaque. It looks like smoky dark gray with a hint of glowy sapphire blue.</div>
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Above, you've just seen two easy coats of Shadow Emerald. I would call it a smoky gray with a hint of glowy emerald. Application was also a breeze on this one.</div>
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This is two coats of Shadow Ruby. Again, absolutely great application and opacity. The brushes are very nice and easy to use as well, if anyone is wondering. I'd say they are a medium, standard sort of size and thickness. Shadow Ruby is a beautiful mix of smokiness and a touch of ruby. It would sometimes lean a bit brown, and other times seem to show a sort of mauve tone. I like this one quite a lot! That concludes the Shadow Gem trio portion. These all make lovely bases for layering, as you soon will see!</div>
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Here is two coats of Obsidian. This polish is a near-black. And you all probably know by now I sure love me some almost-blacks! This is no exception. It has some delicate, fine blue shimmers that aren't showing too well in my photos. This would be a great option if you want to wear a softer black or even if you love wearing plain black cremes but loathe the application process where you have to be so careful and tidy near the cuticles! Obsidian is a delight to apply and didn't require the nerve-wracking holding of the breath that sometimes pure blacks do. The little bit of clean up I had to do was a breeze, as well. Good stuff!</div>
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I had to include pictures of Obsidian without any top coat because, well, just look at it. It's got this amazing and lovely smooth texture all to its own. I was rather mesmerized by it. It definitely reminds me of...something...which I can't seem to verbalize. But I really dig it. Very smooth. Obsidian is not currently available for sale, but it could be soon! What do you think? Would you want to add it to your collection?</div>
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Onto a different grouping! These next ones are shimmer top coats called the Bespell set. Above, I have one coat of Spellbind over top of a coat of Cult Nails Nevermore (black creme). I've put Crystal top coat on all these as well for extra glossiness. Spellbind gives a beautiful cobalt blue to violet purple duochrome sparkle.</div>
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Here's where I started to have fun. Instead of continuing the trend of my usual and boring layering over the standard black creme, I've deviated! Above is a coat of Charm layered over top of two coats of Shadow Sapphire. Hello, Gorgeous! I absolutely love this. The smoky yet sufficiently dark base gives a really neat quality to the overall look. I feel like it's more forgiving, too, versus standard pure black. I love the mix of pinky-purple shimmer with the grayish blue base.</div>
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This is a coat of Bewitch over two coats of Shadow Emerald. It's super mega glowy and sparkly. I don't think it would look too different over black, but again, I am sure that the smoky base here is providing a bit of a forgiving softness (and an additional hint of green).</div>
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Above is a coat of Enchant over two coats of Shadow Ruby. It's a softer blue-pink-purple shimmer. This is just too beautiful!</div>
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And because I love me some blue iridescent shimmer over a nude, above I have layered a coat of Ensorcell over top of my favorite nude, Sephora by OPI XOX, Betsey (two coats). It's really glowy and pearly looking.</div>
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Last up is Legend of Mermaid. This one is a glass fleck topper that is a genius blend of the pigments used in Splash Dream, Ever Blue, and Star Jewel. I've layered one coat of Legend of Mermaid over two coats of Obsidian. It's like sugar coated candy crystals of goodness! Yum!<br />
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Every single one of these Starlight polishes applied just perfectly. Crystal top coat provides excellent shine, dries really quickly, does not bubble (hello, I think I love you), and is generally a wonderful top coat. I know I liked it a lot before when I tried it out, so I am looking forward to testing it again for manicures to see how long it wears on me. I have the memory of a flea. But I'm excited to use it again and have a big ol' bottle of it now. :) <br />
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You can find Issa's stellar creations at her Etsy shop <b><i><u><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/StarlightAndSparkles">HERE</a></u></i></b>. These are without a doubt some of my most beloved indies because, well, they are just so dang awesome! I'm pretty picky, too, so I don't say that lightly. I hope you get a chance to fall in love with them like I have.<br />
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Thank you, Issa, for sending these to me for review. My opinions are honest and my own.<br />
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Also, I've changed the settings on my comments just slightly because I was getting absolutely pummeled with spam comments and it was becoming disheartening for me. I hope that it doesn't negatively affect any of you and I assure you that I would be ecstatic to get a comment from a real, live reader! (And I'm hoping and praying that I still have a few of those!)Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154278497401530064noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283971332050129622.post-27390001917344870772014-02-17T00:31:00.001-05:002014-02-17T00:31:03.870-05:00Very Cute Stuff<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The top pink bottle above is Rainbow Honey Be Mine and the purple and pink glitter mix below is Papillon.</div>
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I used two coats of Be Mine and dabbed on a coat of Papillon for my accent. Two coats of top coat were enough to smooth over the beautiful butterfly!</div>
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I have to say that I really love the color of Be Mine in these pictures. I'm going to sound like a total weirdo by saying that I really didn't care for it next to my skin tone in real life! The gold flakie shimmer bits, however, are so lovely.</div>
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With Papillion I did gently place the butterfly glitter just using the brush included. I can't imagine that it would be too tricky to place a few through a full mani if one was so inclined.</div>
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Speaking of placing cute glitters on a full mani - here we have just that with Rainbow Honey Summer Blossom over Illamasqua Monogamous.</div>
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I absolutely adore this combination and felt super chic wearing it for about five days.</div>
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By dabbing Summer Blossom over top of Monogamous, I was really easily able to achieve this look. It reminds me of the Marc Jacobs Eau So Fresh packaging!</div>
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Application and wear time were very good with all three of the Rainbow Honey polishes. They were generously provided to me for review purposes. I was also given The Kraken (which you can see again <i><a href="http://www.dizzynails.com/2013/06/the-summer-of-199x-small-review.html">here</a></i>) and XOXO (click <i><a href="http://www.dizzynails.com/2013/01/the-sweet-talk-collection.html">here</a></i>). <br />
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I do so enjoy Rainbow Honey polishes. If you haven't tried them yet, what are you waiting for?! There is also a nifty coupon code right now (expires 3/31/2014), which gives you $5 off your next order: ILOVENAILBLOGS<br />
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You can shop for Rainbow Honey on their site <i><a href="http://www.rainbowhoney.com/">here</a></i>.Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154278497401530064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283971332050129622.post-18619354387696454462013-11-11T23:09:00.002-05:002013-11-11T23:09:51.189-05:00LE Givenchy and MAC Fall Mani<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hey hey heeeeyyyy. This is MAC Fierce Entrance with Givenchy <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bronze Précieux. I used two coats of each polish. Application was great on both!</span></span></div>
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This was my first time doing a two-finger accent mani, as such. I liked it!</div>
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I think Fierce Entrance is a really stupid name, honestly, but I adore this color. Love love love! <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bronze Précieux is not as golden olivey awesome as it looks in the bottle, but it's still very nice. I'm always drawn to dark olive/khaki/army green kind of colors, despite them not looking too great against my pale pink skin.</span></span></div>
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Please pardon my dry skin here and my absence as of late! I really need to step it up!Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154278497401530064noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283971332050129622.post-29877563834176089702013-10-22T00:09:00.002-04:002013-10-22T00:09:49.545-04:00Petra<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here are a few pictures of my one and only Marc Jacobs nail polish, Petra. I used two coats here.</div>
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It applied easily but didn't wear so well (I blame that on one of my infamous top coat experiments).</div>
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The shimmer in it is really pretty and flakie like! Tiny golden flakie shimmers. Petra is kind of ambiguous purply gray super metallic and shimmery. Sorry the lighting is weird in these pictures.<br />
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Do you have any Marc Jacobs nail polishes? What do you think of them?Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154278497401530064noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283971332050129622.post-29942403532271236102013-10-12T17:10:00.000-04:002013-10-12T17:11:30.390-04:00Rainbow Honey The Final Battle - Mini Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Rainbow Honey just released a brand new collection of 15 polishes called "The Final Battle." They were generous enough to send me three mini polishes to review here.</div>
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This first one is called Phoenix Down. I have layered one coat over a coat of black polish. I used top coat and base coat in all of these pictures.</div>
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Phoenix Down is super cool! It's got loads of good stuff in it and applied very easily. I love the combination of white shards, red squares, and the iridescent bars that look blue over the black!</div>
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Check out the teeny tiny little bar glitters, too! So cool!</div>
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I'm sure this one would look really great over lots of colors.</div>
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This is the second polish I got and it's called Hellfire.</div>
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Here I've layered it over one coat of Illamasqua Scarab. I was going to use black again, but then noticed that Hellfire has tiny little black glitters in it. They get lost in the mix, I'm afraid, but I still like how this looks over blackened red.</div>
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Do you see the star on my ring finger? This one applied very easily, as well.</div>
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I love the red squares and the gold bars...and pretty much everything going on here!</div>
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Last up is Emerald Weapon. I did two coats of it here.</div>
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It's super pretty and shimmery! Ignore the one random blue glitter on my ring finger (if you see it) - that was lurking in my top coat and has nothing to do with Emerald Weapon. Oops!</div>
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This one applied very easily as well. I'm happy that it only needed two coats. It's a very lovely shade of blueish green.</div>
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Overall, I am impressed, as usual. I'm probably going to be ordering the entire collection because it looks fantastic! You can check it out at Rainbow Honey's site <a href="http://www.rainbowhoney.com/collections/the-final-battle">here</a>.<br />
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This review is my own honest opinion. I am thankful and appreciative to Rainbow Honey for allowing me to be a part of their blogger review team. :) Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154278497401530064noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283971332050129622.post-66914168442831612312013-10-06T23:36:00.002-04:002013-10-06T23:36:40.224-04:00Mint Crelly<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is three coats of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Perfect Pear-ing. I got it on sale at Target a few weeks ago along with a few others.</div>
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Dare I say that this is a crelly!? I don't think I've ever used that term before, but it totally came to mind as I was applying this polish. It's not as opaque as most cremes and definitely has a slight squishiness to it! What say you? Crelly or no?</div>
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I love this color. I find it to be rather unique to my large collection of minty colors. It's more spring green and lime green than most mints but still has a distinctly mint feel to it.</div>
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The application was easy, though I was kind of annoyed to need three coats.</div>
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My wear time sucked with this one, but to be fair I have been playing with my base and top coat combos lately, so more than likely that is to blame versus the actual polish! I believe I was wearing the Dior Gel top coat here, which absolutely did not dry quick enough. I'm still testing it out in various ways, though, so I haven't made up my mind completely on it.Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154278497401530064noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283971332050129622.post-78018711255795759362013-10-03T18:12:00.000-04:002013-10-03T18:12:38.970-04:00Deviant Blue<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This here is China Glaze Deviantly Daring. I used two coats here and had no problems with application.</div>
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Any time I use this type of polish, kind of metallic duochrome, I am always a little more cautious and careful than normal, just to avoid unnecessary brush strokes.</div>
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Funny thing about this color - I loved swatches online (and still do), and I even think my pictures are really pretty. Somehow, in person, it fell flat for me. I don't know why! It just felt kind of BLAH.</div>
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Am I crazy?! Has anyone else felt this way about Deviantly Daring?</div>
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I think I probably also expected it to be more duochrome than it really is. In person, it only has a very minimal flash to it. Nonetheless, I think it's a great teal polish. If you like teal, I'm pretty sure you'll like this!Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154278497401530064noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283971332050129622.post-58491356506558729662013-09-30T22:34:00.000-04:002013-09-30T22:34:04.740-04:00Break for Holo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Oo. Hey. Sorry for the quick 'n nasty pictures here. This is Color Club Halo Hues Beyond.</div>
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I only used two coats here. No base or top coat! And it wore very nicely for about five days!!</div>
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While it's not super holo or gorgeous in indirect light, it's still quite nice. I love how quick and easy these are. I wore Cherubic on a visit to see family, which made for a very easy mani change while away from home. They apply great, dry quick, and last well. Yay for Halo Hues!!!!</div>
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Now this is my first time wearing a Jin Soon nail polish. This is two coats of Azurite (with base and top coat). It's a lovely deep blue with a relatively subtle holo effect.</div>
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It's gorgeous! I love it!</div>
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This one didn't wear too great on me - I forget why. I've been doing too much experimenting lately with various new-to-me top coats and even bases. I think I just got some tip wear (bordering on a chip) that annoyed me, so I changed after a couple of days (that's not uncommon for me with very dark, saturated colors).</div>
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I also got Obsidian from the same collection. It's a multi-colored sparkly black polish. I'll be excited to try that one soon! </div>
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Sorry I've been so slow with my posts. I am really going to try to pick up the pace a bit.</div>
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Here is my first mani using an Emily de Molly glitter polish! It's called Super Vixen.</div>
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I used OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls for underwear here, then added a coat of Super Vixen. The glitters were surprisingly easy to work with. I used mostly painting motions with some dabbing. I suppose I could have got more large circle glitters if I had gone fishing for them.</div>
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I'm still really happy with how it turned out! Also, I used two coats of Gelous topped with Butter London top coat after all the polish.</div>
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For whatever reason, this mani chipped for me at the end of about 24 hours, in a chip-prone spot for me. I would have enjoyed wearing it for longer than that, I'm quite sure!!Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154278497401530064noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283971332050129622.post-25740363246407699352013-09-10T23:22:00.002-04:002013-09-10T23:24:15.644-04:00Totally Gay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I wore this fabulous and most sparkly manicure for about a week!</div>
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I started with two coats of Orly Luxe, then added just a coat of Lippmann Glitter And Be Gay.</div>
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I needed two coats of Gelous and then used my Sephora X top coat over everything.</div>
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I am very pleased with this and I think Glitter And Be Gay is going to be really rad over lots of polishes! The base is slightly tinted yellow, though, so you'll want to take that into consideration for layering.</div>
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And if you are wondering, like I was, about the small glitters that look really dark, almost black, then I am here to tell you that they are in fact blue. They just look black at certain angles.</div>
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I think it might be a darker blue than the blue used for the larger hexes.</div>
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Also, if you haven't taken the time to fully drool over the holographic rainbow-y awesomeness of the bottle (see bottle just above), then please feel free to look over the entire post yet again! I'm most fond of the third picture and then this one right above. :)<br />
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For a chunky glitter, Glitter And Be Gay applied very easily. I was careful and cautious, but the glitters dispersed themselves really evenly. I did use occasional dabbing motions, but by and large it was painting.Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154278497401530064noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283971332050129622.post-35489763560189685752013-09-07T18:57:00.000-04:002013-09-07T18:57:31.437-04:00Very Pretty Fails<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've been having weird luck with my manis lately - some lasting a good, long time and others chipping within a day. Here are two of the unlucky ones! This is Deborah Lippmann Let's Go Crazy. I only needed two coats of polish, and it applied very nicely. I did, however, use two coats of Gelous over top, plus top coat!</div>
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It was super smooth and shiny. I had a little bit of tip shrink (which annoys me to no end), but it was hardly noticeable in person. I would definitely like to wear this again, and hopefully for more than a day.</div>
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This is one coat of Rescue Beauty Lounge Dead Calm with one coat of Rainbow Honey Mt. Moon over top.</div>
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Dead Calm applied very nicely, but was a bugger to clean up since it stains and clings to the skin so much.</div>
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Mt. Moon has a really lovely duochrome shift from blue to purple. I don't think my pictures here captured it all that well.</div>
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With the random flakey white bits, it was almost a galaxy nail type of look!</div>
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I was also sad that this one didn't last well on me. Beautiful, but short-lived.Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154278497401530064noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283971332050129622.post-52875944555132545052013-08-31T20:51:00.001-04:002013-08-31T20:51:20.847-04:00Minty Nom Nom<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Rainbow Honey Mint Flavor, three coats. It's so unexpectedly amazing!!</div>
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The color just demands attention. It's so fresh and lovely.</div>
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Application was easy. I did not get good wear at all, much to my dismay (it chipped in a day). It's so gorgeous, though, that I will be sure to try it again soon.</div>
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Did you get this one? Are you planning to? I'm not sure I've seen another blue-ish, green-ish, mint color quite like it!Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154278497401530064noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283971332050129622.post-44766477293605347462013-08-23T17:39:00.000-04:002013-08-23T17:39:02.851-04:00Celaeno + Soul Gem<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This was a pretty groovy combo. I used three coats of Crowstoes Celaeno and a coat of Rainbow Honey Soul Gem.</div>
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I have a mini Soul Gem, and I'm tempted to buy a full-sized one! It's so pretty and the shimmers are perfectly smooth.</div>
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Celaeno is a really fab shifter, going from bronze to gold to green. And of course, it's all shimmery and whatnot!!</div>
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Being that my nails were very short here, I was actually patient and let the layers dry pretty well in between. I was shocked to not have any tip shrink by doing this. Hooray for patience!!</div>
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This mani wore very well for me. I want to say five days, give or take.</div>
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Check out all the yummy green above!</div>
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Celaeno was a little thick for me, during application. I think if you go slow, like I did, you shouldn't have any trouble. Now, if only I knew how to say the name!Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154278497401530064noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283971332050129622.post-66424891621021100432013-08-19T12:27:00.000-04:002013-08-19T12:27:36.675-04:00YSL I LOVE YOU<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I recently purchased my first YSL nail polish. This is <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">34 Jade Impérial.</span></span></div>
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It is arguably not the sexiest color ever, against my skintone. However, the formula is absolute perfection!!</div>
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What's more? I'm obsessed and in love with the brush!! It practically did my manicure for me.</div>
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I love this so much and definitely need more YSL polishes in my life.</div>
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Do you have YSL polishes? What's your feeling on them?Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154278497401530064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283971332050129622.post-39532813675832722752013-08-11T10:00:00.000-04:002013-08-11T10:00:02.761-04:00Pink Bliss<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This mani was rockstar-tacular, if I do say so! I LOVED it.</div>
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I started with two easy coats of Rainbow Honey Apple Kid, a super bright almost neon sort of fuchsia with delicate shimmer. Then I added a coat of Lynnderella Elf Love, which I surely do love.</div>
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Is this not like so cute you can hardly stand it?! Okay, well, maybe it's just me.</div>
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I wore this for close to a week, as I recall.</div>
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I'm really not so much of a pink fan or pink girl in general, but this is just delicious for me!</div>
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Elf Love is turning out to be one of my favorite Lynnderella polishes! I'm so glad I have it. Might just start putting it over everything. :)Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154278497401530064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283971332050129622.post-52954315355192863532013-08-10T18:07:00.000-04:002013-08-10T18:07:14.049-04:00Hatton Garden<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is about 2 and a half coats of Nails Inc. Hatton Garden.</div>
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You can see my turquoise t-shirt reflecting in the bottle cap!</div>
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I did not end up wearing this mani for long <i>at all</i> - something about it just bugged me. Mostly it was that little sliver of white nail end showing on the right side of my ring finger nail (see below). Grrr.</div>
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I believe I used two coats of Shimmer Glass under my Sephora X top coat.</div>
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I will have to give this one another try because it's really fun and pretty to look at!Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154278497401530064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283971332050129622.post-68603019737832476032013-08-02T08:00:00.000-04:002013-08-02T08:00:03.566-04:00MAGIC (cake)!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Two words: Magic. Cake.</div>
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I started here with an easy coat of Cult Nails Nevermore.</div>
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Then I added a coat to a coat and a half of Rainbow Honey Magic Cake. I used painting motions with just a little bit of dabbing.</div>
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A coat of Gelous and then top coat made it smooth enough for me.</div>
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This combo made me so very happy! I love, love, love!!!</div>
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I'm really glad I sprung for the full size bottle of Magic Cake. I don't ever want to be without it!Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154278497401530064noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283971332050129622.post-62203790188791422372013-07-30T11:14:00.003-04:002013-07-30T11:14:59.344-04:00Viscous Vampire<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is my first Pretty Serious polish!! I'm so excited! It's two coats of Viscous Vampire. Great application and wear. These pictures absolutely do not do this wonder justice (as is the case with many a red). It's definitely red but it also has this super beautiful pink chunky shimmer!</div>
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Holy hotness. Such juicy goodness! I DO LOVE THIS. Sorry I didn't get very many good pictures at all. If you love reds, though, you will need this, in my opinion. I ordered it with a few others from <a href="http://shop.llarowe.com/collections/pretty-serious">Llarowe</a>.Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154278497401530064noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283971332050129622.post-44682692987563738472013-07-22T22:31:00.001-04:002013-07-22T22:31:54.774-04:00Pink, Silver, and Tessie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For this mani I used Color Club Raspberry Rush and Essie Beyond Cozy.</div>
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I did three coats of Raspberry Rush. It's candy scented - slightly obnoxious but it did fade within about a day. It's a super bright and cheery neon pink.</div>
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For Beyond Cozy I only needed two coats, but I did top with Gelous before my top coat.</div>
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I liked that this was kind of fun, summery, and a little unexpected for me.</div>
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And here is another one for you! Rainbow Honey Tessie.</div>
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This is two coats of periwinkle <i>perfection</i>. I cannot tell you how much I adore this color and it's pretty soft shimmer. It's more purple in real life. Think right between purple and blue. These pictures make it look far too blue.</div>
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Tessie just makes me happy. It's such a soothing, comforting color for me.</div>
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The formula was thick but easy to work with. Check out the shimmer in the bottle below!</div>
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I'm debating if I should get a full sized bottle of this one, assuming it's still available! I probably won't, just knowing how much polish I have and how much is untried! But dang, this color kills me.Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154278497401530064noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283971332050129622.post-58463562207331776022013-07-15T00:21:00.003-04:002013-07-15T00:21:53.861-04:00Bad News Nails<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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These are only bad news nails because I quite literally received some very bad news while I had them painted this way!</div>
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Bad news aside, because we like to keep ze blog fluffy and pretty and full of glitter, sunshine, shimmer, and win. :) This is three coats of Nicole by OPI Yellow, It's Me topped with Candeo Sprouse.</div>
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I used mainly painting motions with Sprouse, but did dab a little, as needed.</div>
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A coat of Gelous under my top coat smoothed things nicely.</div>
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I love this combo. It's fun and a little funky. I wish more blue bits had come out to play, and I almost don't like the silver glitters, but all in all I love the look.</div>
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The coppery pink shimmer in Yellow, It's Me is totally fab. You can see it extra in the picture above because I must have snapped it just as the sun was going behind a cloud. Hmm... I guess the sun wouldn't really <i>go behind</i> a cloud. The cloud would <i>go</i> in front of it. Yeah.<br />
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This wore for a solid week on me!Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16154278497401530064noreply@blogger.com0