Sparkly Leopard Nails!

Hello~ Today I have a super sparkly leopard print mani to share with you!I started with a base of Cupcake Polish America The Beautiful, a reddish magenta holo. I did the spots with Lilypad Lacquer Rainbows in Space, a black holo, and China Glaze Glistening Snow a silver holo microglitter. I did the accent in Glistening Snow as well. Finally, because I am addicted to teh sparklez, I topped it all off with Orly Shine On, Crazy Diamond, a holo silver microglitter topper.

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I loved this mani so much! It didn't last very long (TONS of coats + peel-off base coat + typing at work all day = nails started popping completely off before 5, lol) but it sure was ah-mazing while I had it :)

You can Cupcake Polish at their website and Facebook~
You can find Lilypad Lacquer at their website and Facebook~ 

Have a magical day! ♥

Cupcake Polish Dotticure

Hi friends! Today I have a colorful dotticure I wore recently to share with you. I started out with two coats of Enchanted Polish Dime Piece, a silver holo, and then did two accents on each hand in three coats each of Cupcake Polish Los Angeles, a bright pink holo, Denver, a lime green holo, and New York, a sky blue holo. Finally, I dotted on all the colors over the silver. Take a look~

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I really adored this mani! I wore this probably close to a month back at this point. At the time I was still fairly new to the whole office environment for my internship and was kind of experimenting with what kind of nails I thought I could get away with at work -- but after no one batted an eye at this crazy colorful nail art, I totally gave up on the concept of "work-appropriate nails" and have since done all sorts of glitter and skittles and nail art and such, lol.

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You can find Cupcake Polish at their  Bigcartel site and Facebook~
You can find Enchanted Polish at their website and Facebook~

Have a fantastic day! ♥ 

Cupcake Polish American Beauty Collection Swatches and Review

Hello! I have a few gorgeous holos from Cupcake Polish to share with you today! They are part of her new American Beauty collection - each polish is a fantastic linear holo named after one of America's greatest cities! These are gorgeous and were a lot of fun to play with - take a look!

left to right, up to down: Los Angeles, Denver, Miami

Los Angeles is a hot pink holo. I think it is a little more warm-leaning than the pictures show. I always love a good pink holo! The holo effect is super strong also, love it!

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On my nails:
2 coats Cupcake Polish Los Angeles
1 coat KB Shimmer Clearly On Top


Miami is a burnt orange holo. Reminds me of pumpkins, perfect for fall!

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indoors, daylight lamp+flash

On my nails:
2 coats Cupcake Polish Miami
1 coat KB Shimmer Clearly On Top

Denver is a lime green holo. Love this! It reminds me of one of my favorite polishes of all time, Milani Hi-Tech, except for linear and way more holo - aka, amazing!

outdoors, shade

outdoors, shade

indoors, daylight lamp+flash

On my nails:
1 coat Nfu Oh Aqua Base coat
2 coats Cupcake Polish Denver
1 coat KB Shimmer Clearly On Top

Application was pretty good on these! I don't think a special base coat is necessary, and they were pretty crazy holo even with topcoat on. I do recommend waiting a couple minutes between coats to prevent possible dragging/bald spots. Sara, the creator cautioned that the intensity of the pigments may cause some staining. To test this I sacrificed my nails and went base coat-less for several hours with Los Angeles, but I didn't notice and lasting staining (of course my nails are permanently stained, so maybe I just couldn't tell?) I wore Denver for several hours with a base coat and didn't notice an issue there either. Still, can't hurt to throw a base coat on underneath these for the extra peace of mind!

Obviously, these are insanely holo and really pretty, and I loved all of three of them! They will be available for purchase very soon; be sure to check out Sara's Bigcartel site and Facebook for more info~

Have a fantabulous day! ♥

~This polish was provided by Cupcake Polish  for an honest review~