Happy November 1st~ Last Halloween Hurrah!

Hello friends! Hope you all had a wonderful Halloween yesterday :) I didn't get around to my last Halloween post last night, so I will share with you today!

First up is KB Shimmer Kiss & Spell, a fun mix of orange, black, neon yellow, and purple glitters in a clear base. I layered it over OPI Do You Have This Color in Stock-holm and Elevation Polish Mt. McKinley. Love this combo!
 

Next up is Lynnderella Do Not Drink, a magical fragical fuschia microglitter, with Lynnderella Vampink layered on top. So sparkly!

 Last up is Dollish Polish Zombies Eat Brains... You're Safe, a black base with gold/copper glitter and shimmer. I layered it over a black creme. Love the name of this one, lol.

You can find Lynnderella at their blog, Storenvy, and store~
You can find Dollish Polish at their site and Facebook~
You can find Elevation Polish at their Facebook or website~
You can find KB Shimmer at their store or Facebook~

Have a wonderful day! ♥ 

Hurray for Halloween! Part Two

Hello hello! So it should be pretty obvious by this point that I am totally obsessed with Halloween polish. So, today I will share even more with you :)

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First up is Pahlish Caramel Apple Orchard, a lovely candle apple red holo, with Lynnderella Very Pretty Vampire, a mix of red, black and burgundy glitters, layered on top. I love this mani! Always fun to get to reuse a polish in a totally different way :)

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 Next up is Dollish Polish The Witching Hour, a magical blackened green holo, with Enchanted Polish Pumpkin Gutz, a mix of orange, black and green glitters, layered on top. I am seriously in love with TWH - so deep and dark and sparkly, yum!

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 Last up is Dollish Polish The Curse Of Michael Myers, a mix of orange and yellow glitters, layered over Elevation Polish Aconcagua, an orange jelly holo, and Colors by Llarowe Black Gold, Texas Tea, the original jelly true black holo version. Very Halloween-y!

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You can find more out about Enchanted Polish at their Facebook or website~
You can find Pahlish at their website or Facebook~
You can find Colors by Llarowe at the site and Facebook~
You can find Lynnderella at their blog, Storenvy, and store~
You can find Dollish Polish at their site and Facebook~
You can find Elevation Polish at their Facebook or website~

Have a magical day! ♥

Dollish Polish Hylian Princess - Then & Now

Hello friends! It has yet again been an absurd amount of time since my last post Same old story, aka life happens: first it was finals, then I was on vacation, then BAM, my summer class and internship started. The internship has been wonderful so far and I already feel like I've learned a ton (as for my finance class, I may have learned something but it is far from wonderful, alas) but the moral of the story is that I have barely had time to breathe lately, much less play nails (booo).

However, recently I was hit heavy with the desire to start blogging again (probably was the meeting on social media I attended this week -- I miss sharing with you guys!) so I decided to look through my drafts and see if I had anything close to ready to go. And look at that, I do! This is actually a really cool post (fitting for my return after so long) -- it is a recreation of the very first mani I ever posted on PTR!

In this version, I used three coats of Colors by Llarowe The Sweetest Thing, a magically shimmery sparkly purple, followed by Dollish Polish Hylian Princess, a mix of purple, gold and white glitters inspired by Princess Zelda (this is a very popular polish among me and my fellow Zelda-obsessed friends). So pretty and sparkly! Take a look~

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So purdy! I was so enamored with this mani the first time I wore it that I was inspired to finally bite the bullet and start up this blog - and after wearing again, I would have to say it really is a fantastic combo! (of course, the purple base I used back then was different, but it's the same idea).

To see how far I've come, let's take a look at that first picture (be prepared...shield your eyes)

oh, what beautiful hand positioning...

Yikes! But on the flipside, hurray from improvement! Here's to hoping that if I just keep on keeping on and don't abandon my poor little blog completely, I will continue to improve even more :)

Have a lovely day! ♥

Holo Leopard Nails!

Hello all! Today I have some fun leopard print nail art to share with you. I have done leopard nails before, but never traditional real leopard-looking ones, so this was a fun look to try out. For the gold base I used Dollish Polish Squirrel!, a soft gold linear holo. Since I was trying to match my mani to some leopard print leggings I wanted to wear, I had to mix the perfect brown color since I didn't have the exact shade, so for the brown, I used a mix of Aly's Dream Polish Copper, a copper scatter holo, and Chirality Nail Polish I Got a Rock, a brown linear holo. I then just drew on the spot outlines in Aly's Dream Polish Super Black, a black scatter holo. I think it turned out really cool, take a look!

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On my nails:
1 coat Innisfree Eco Peel-off base coat
3 coats Dollish Polish Squirrel!/ 3 coats Chirality I Got a Rock/Aly's Copper
(dotted on) Chirality I Got a Rock/Aly's Copper/Aly's Super Black
1 coat KB Shimmer Clearly On Top

Very fun mani! Looking back at all my old leopard print nails it's nice to see I've improved, haha. And of course it is always fun to match your mani to your outfit!

You can find Aly's Dream Polish at their site and Facebook~
You can find Dollish Polish at their site and Facebook~
You can find Chirality Nail Polish at their site and Facebook, too~

Have a wonderful day! ♥

Twelve Manis of Christmas

Hello all, and a very Merry Christmas to you! (or Happy... Boxing Day? Apologies, this post was planned for earlier but I got carried away with festivities and such). I hope you all had a lovely day! I have of course been a bit slack with posting all my Christmas manis... but I have still been wearing them! So once again I will have to resort to a mass post with multiple manis, just like I did on Halloween. But, but but! since it did actually end up being exactly 12, I figured it was meant to be, haha. Enjoy!

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First off, by far my favorite ultra-Christmas mani I wore this year - Candy Lacquer Mickeys & Mistletoe over Aly's Dream Polish Emerald and Dark Emerald. I just love how the lime green glitters here contrast against the dark green! And of course the Mickey glitter is just adorable.

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Next up is Lilypad Lacquer Sweet Baby Jesus, a sheer silvery scatter holo with flakes and a pinky blue shift. So pretty! Shown here over Enchanted Polish Dime Piece, a silver holo. I wore this one to church on Christmas Eve - thought it was perfect, given the name :)

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Next up, my picks from the KB Shimmer winter collection. Merry Pinkmas  is a baby pink crelly with assorted Christmassy glitters. It was a little sheer on me, so it took about four coats I think? But totally worth it! So adorable :) I actually wore this one for like an entire week - over Thanksgiving, was too busy to change my mani, but definitely a great one to get stuck in for awhile!

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Snow Flaking Way is a blurple jelly with various silver and blue glitters and of course snowflakes! I had a specific dress I wanted to match this one that was a touch bluer than its base, so I layered it over Picture Polish Freya's Cats, a blue jelly scatter holo to blue it up a bit. Love it, so squishy and wintry!

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And the last of the KB Shimmers, Christmas Now is a grassy green jelly base with assorted Christmassy rainbow glitters. It was a little sheer so I layered it over Essie Mojito Madness, a grassy green creme. I just loved this one, one of my favorite shades of green! I don't have any pictures I don't think but I matteified it after a bit, and I really loved it that way too.

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Onto another brand... I actually got a couple more Lynnderella Christmas polishes that I haven't worn yet (one of the new Christmas collection, and I was also lucky enough to snag one of the Advent LEs, w00t!) but have only worn Eleven Ladies Dancing, a mostly red-leaning rainbowy glitter, thus far (P.S. aww, the number 11 just reminds me of the Doctor Who Christmas special tonight :( anyone else watch it?!) But anyway, I layered it over Aly's Dream Polish Bayouberry, a cool sky blue soft scatter holo. Great combo, perfect together!

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And on to my Dollish Polish picks of the season. I couldn't help loving Dolly's Christmas Vacation-inspired holiday collection; totally my favorite Christmas movie! This one is Jolliest Bunch of A**holes This Side of the Nuthouse, a pink-leaning white crelly with Christmas dots and microglitter. Very cute, love white crellys!

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Also from Dolly is Merry Christmas... Sh*tters Full!, haha. It's a fantastically dense rainbow microglitter, shown here over Aly's Dream Polish Super Black, a blue scatter holo. Seriously in love with this glitter, might be my new favorite rainbow glitter! It looks like rainbow fish scales.

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Next up are some lovely Enchanted Polish skittles, both topped off with lovely Candy Lacquer glitters. First is EP Ho Ho Holidays (Chelsea's Christmas collection from last year): Bruised Nutcracker, Dance of the Sugarplum, Green Peace on Earth, and Olive the Other Reindeer with CL Holiday Dreams, a mix of various holo pastel shapes. Super pretty; all the colors went together perfectly!

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I also did the same idea with EP Holiday 2013, a plummy burgundy holo, Dime Piece, and All Love Garden, an olive holo, topped off with CL Candy Cane Lane, a mix of red and white glitters in various shapes. Looking at this one now I miss it, haha - so festive!

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 The last of my Christmas Candy Lacquers! Rocking A-Round the Christmas Tree is a clear base with rainbowy circle glitters and green shimmer in the base. I layered it here over Aly's Dream Polish Emerald. So pretty! Love the abundance of circles.

And finally, my actual Christmas mani - the one I am tipwearing into oblivion as I write this post. On my nails for the big day was Colors by Llarowe Man in the Red Suit, a red holo (super holo too, but totally covered up by) Different Dimension Don't Be the Santa of Everything, which is red and green glitters and just about as Christmassy as you get. Apologies for the garbage picture; we were gone about all day today, bouncing around several family members' houses and visiting and I just didn't get a chance to get a good picture. This was crazy sparkly though, just like an ornament!

And there you have it! My posting schedule the past few months has been atrocious, so it kind of sucks that I had to shove all these feature-length manis into one big long post, but at least it was a good one full of lots of pretty :) Here's to hoping 2014's posting will be better! -clink-

Have a wonderful day! ♥

Halloween Manis Galore - Zombies & Pumpkins & Skulls, Oh My!

Happy (somewhat belated) Halloween, lovelies! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday. I have been a bit lax in posting this month, but rest assured I have worn plenty of fun and festive manis. Rather than clogging everyone's feed with multiple last-minute posts (or even worse, waiting until next year to post) I thought I would show them all off in one post - enjoy!

First up, the mani I actually wore today - Lumina Lacquer Mick or Treat, a mix of orange, red, yellow, silver, and gray glitters (including silver Micky Mouse-shaped glitters and moons, and orange and black pumpkins!) over Glittering Elements Countess, a burgundy-leaning dark warm purple holo. Love those pumpkins! This was the absolute perfect Halloween mani.

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Lilypad Lacquer Queen of Halloween is a fantastic burgundy holo. Love love love Lilypads, and this was no exception! Perfect holo effect.

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LynBDesigns Fluffy Pumpkin is a pumpkin orange holo. So sparkly! This is the perfect Halloween holo.

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Shleee Polish The Great Pumpkin is a mix of orange green, and black glitters and orange pumpkin glitters. I layered it over LynBDesigns Fluffy Pumpkin and Lilypad Lacquer Global Greenie, an emerald green holo. Super cute mani, love how all the colors go together!

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Glam Polish Corpse Bride is a white crelly base full of white purple, and black glitters and pink skull-shaped glitters. I mattefied it with OPI Matte Topcoat. Also such a cute mani - wore this one with my favorite Jack Skellington shirt; thought it was a perfect match :)

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Enchanted Polish To Die For is a mix of gray-ish purple glitters in a holo-shimmery base. I layered it over Lilypad Lacquer Black Pearl, a gray-ish lavender holo with a pink sparkle. These two go flawlessly together! If you happen to have both of these babies, you MUST pair them together - I tried a ton of combos, and this was my fave by far.

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LynBDesigns This is Halloween is a coppery glitter with orange and pink/purple glitters. Over it I layered Liquid Lacquer Witchy Resting Face Syndrome, a clear base with orange, purple, yellow, and pink glitters. Must admit, I got this polish for the name alone (I may be accused of having a similar syndrome myself from time to time, lol) but I ended up loving it like crazy - and these two were perfect together!

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Peita's Polish Monster Mash is a mix of red, black, and purple glitters in a clear silver shimmery base. I started out layering it over China Glaze That's Shore Bright, a neon purple creme, then layered on top China Glaze Are You Jelly?, a neon purple jelly, and finally took Saran wrap to it for a marbled look. The marbling here is super subtle, but I love the effect!

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KB Shimmer You Go Ghoul! is a black jelly with purple, orange, and pink glitters. I love how dark this one reads - but the glitters pop against it so perfectly, just the perfect touch of color! Very pretty.

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Shleee Polish Marion Crane is a mix of white and pink hexes, purple hearts, and hot reddish-pink skulls. I layered it over Essie For the Twill of It, a grayish purple and green duochrome. I also mattefied the whole thing, mainly because I have always wondered what a matte duochrome would look like - and the verdict is: it looks great! Loved this mani a ton; had a hard time taking it off.

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Dollish Polish Walker Bait is an olive green holo. So pretty! This one was super mega holo.

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And finally, Candy Lacquer Miss Halloween 2013 is a mix of pink, red, black, and white glitters - mainly hexes, some stars and hearts, and diamonds - in a clear base. I layered it over a Saran wrap marble of two unnameds - baby pink and hot pink. The pumpkins were not a part of Miss Halloween; I stole them from another polish. Such a fun look; loved it! Super loud and bright.

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And there you have it! Here I was thinking I hadn't been wearing enough Halloween polish this year - had no idea I had so many manis saved up, unposted! Christmas is coming up soon... here's to hoping I have a slightly more regular posting schedule then ;)

Happy Halloween! And now... Happy November! Which, as far as I am concerned, means Merry Christmas - is it too early to put my tree up? I think not.

Have a fantastic day! ♥

Enchanted Polish Gummy Worm + Dollish Polish The Koopa King

Hello! Today I have a fun glitter and holo combo to share with you. It feels like forever since I posted a glitter mani! I started out with Enchanted Polish Gummy Worm, a shimmery lime green with a subtle holo. I wasn't planning on using a glitter over it afterwards, but I happened to find one that went with Gummy Worm perfectly, and couldn't resist! Dollish Polish The Koopa King is a clear base full of red, yellow, and green hexes, white microglitter, silver holo diamonds, and black bars. Put together, these look really fun -- take a look!

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On my nails:
1 coat Innisfree Eco Peel-off Base coat
2 coats Enchanted Polish Gummy Worm
1 coat Dollish Polish The Koopa King
1 coat HK Girl Topcoat

Here are some pictures of Gummy Worm by itself, because it's so lovely~

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Such a fun combo! Together they look just like Bowser, I love it :) I have actually had Koopa King lying around since it was first released last year, just waiting for the perfect undies to present themselves -- glad I finally thought of Gummy Worm! Turns out this is not the first time I combined one of the Mario polishes with a green Enchanted  -- who knew! They just look great together, haha. Overall this was a really fun mani, I liked it a lot :)

You can find Enchanted Polish at their website, Llarowe, Harlow and Co, Mei Mei's Signatures and Pshiiit Boutique and be sure to check out their Facebook~

You can find Dollish Polish at their BigCartel store and Llarowe and be sure to check out their Facebook~

Have a great day! ♥

Yoshi the Red-shelled Reindino! Enchanted Polish Olive The Other Reindeer + Dollish Polish Dino-mite Yoshi

Hello hello! Today I have a fun, very unplanned and unexpected mani for you that I really love a lot! I did a little swatching today, and the last planned swatch was to throw on Enchanted Polish Olive The Other Reindeer and see if I could finally catch a ray of sunlight while wearing this stunning olive green holo (honestly, I've worn it twice, and twice it was overcast. Ridiculous.). Of course, once I got it out in the sun it was so insanely gorgeous and amazing that I knew I wouldn't be taking it off today... but I thought it would be fun to add a little glitter, if I could find the right glitter. I toyed with some fun rainbow mixes but didn't really want to overpower Olive's holo magic... and I finally settled on Dollish Polish Dino-mite Yoshi, which was totally perfect! Yoshi has small bright green and pink squares, medium yellowy cream hexes, white microglitter and red microshimmer. A very thin, careful coat was the perfect touch to add some fun without overpowering -- check it out!

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On my nails:
(no base-- like I said, this started out as just a swatch!)
3 coats Enchanted Polish Olive the Other Reindeer
1 coat Deborah Lippmann Addicted to Speed
1 coat Dollish Polish Dino-mite Yoshi
1 coat Deborah Lippmann Addicted to Speed

And of course, here are some pictures of Olive by itself:

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 It's a bummer that the sun was getting lower by the time I got outside to take pics for the full manicure, because the holo of Olive is not diminished at all with all those extra coats on top of it. Super gorgeous! I adore both of these polishes, so it's fun that I was able to make them go together so well :)

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You can find Enchanted Polish at Llarowe, Harlow and Co, Mei Mei's Signatures and Pshiiit Boutique and be sure to check out their Facebook~

You can find Dollish Polish at their BigCartel store and Llarowe and be sure to check out their Facebook~

Have a great day! ♥