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! ♥

Hurray for Halloween! Pahlish, Candy Lacquer, and More

Hello friends! Today I have some super spooky manis to share with you ;) only a few days left til Halloween!

left to right, up to down: Candy Lacquer Pumpkin Fairy, b.i.t.c.h. by jaclyn
Pumpkin Tits, Pahlish Pop Rock Panic + Enchanted Polish Practice Safe Hex

First up is the delightful Candy Lacquer Pumpkin Fairy, a mix of various satin/matte/holo pastel glitters in a sheer orange creamsicle base. It came with an extra little bag of pumpkin/heart/star glitters for even more glittery goodness :) I layered it over Colors by Llarowe Read My Lips, More New Colors and China Glaze Son of a Peach here. Love this combo! I love how this polish is Halloween-y, but girly and pretty at the same time.

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Next is Pahlish Pop Rock Panic, a magical medium purple mega holo, with Enchanted Polish Practice Safe Hex, a mix of purple, black and silver glitters over it. Perfect combo! I am in LOVE with the Halloween Pahlish labels - cutest ghostie ever!

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 Finally we have b.i.t.c.h by Jaclyn (formally known as Pretty Bitch Polish) Pumpkin Tits (lol), a beautiful vibrant burnt orange holo with orange flakes. It looks super foil-y in the shade, but very holo in the sun. Pretty! Very autumn-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 Candy Lacquer at their site and Facebook~
You can find b.i.t.c.h. by Jaclyn at their site or Facebook~

Have a fantastic day! ♥

Enchanted Polish May, June, July 2014 - Swatches & Review

Hello friends! As I am sure most of you know, Enchanted Polish has been releasing monthly polishes for like a year and a half now, and since January they have been mystery polishes -- don't know what they look like til you get them! Today I will be reviewing May 2014, June 2014, and July 2014. Since they were mystery polishes and I know some people like to not see them til they receive them, I kept the first picture spoiler-free -- but if you don't want to see them, please leave now - I don't want to ruin the surprise for you!

... but if you love spoilers (like me) please read on ;)

and I just re-watched this episode tonight! what a koinky-dink.

 ...and to the pretties!

left to right, up to down: June 2014, May 2014, July 2014

First up is May 2014. May is a bright orange linear holo with pink shimmer. It leans a bit burnt orange on me, though due to the pink shimmer can be a bit peachier in the shade, which is when the shimmer is most visible. This will be a great fall color! Two coats shown here with no topcoat.

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 Next up is June 2014. June is a warm purple linear holo multichrome that shifts pink and sometimes gold. I adore this polish, it is so pretty! The pink flash makes it especially glow-y and girly. Two easy coats, no topcoat, are shown below.

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some gold-ish shift at the top of the nail and in the corner
of the bottle)

 Finally, we have July 2014. July is a cherry red linear holo with blue shimmer. This one is a touch creamier and less holo than the other two, but still very pretty! Feels a little more autumn-y than summer, like May, though. Two easy coats again, with no topcoat.

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And that is that! June is the clear winner in my book, but that shouldn't be a surprise since it is a purple, lol. They are all gorgeous though! Definitely looking forward to using the others in the fall.

These polishes were a one-time preorder, but if you love them and want them, you should definitely be able to find them in the Facebook polish sale groups or Storenvy pretty easily (and for not too much either)!
You can find Enchanted Polish at their website and Facebook~

Have a wonderful day! ♥ 

Colors by Llarowe Beachy Summertime Dotticure

Hello hello! I have a darling mani to share with you today that is super-perfect for the summertime weather that has finally arrived here, hurray! I started out with Colors by Llarowe Read My Lips, More New Colors, a tangy bright neon orange crelly, then dabbed on Frenzy, a hot neon pink crelly, in layers. My method for this is a bit different than usual gradient methods - I crinkle up some Saran wrap, paint directly onto the Saran wrap, and then just dab it on in layers. Then, I dotted with Zoya Purity, a white creme. Finally, I topped it all off with China Glaze Fairy Dust for a bit of sparkle!

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So pretty! I got a ton of compliments out of this one :) This was my first nail art in a long time (over a month when I did it) and it reminded me how much I love playing nails... will definitely have to build more time to do so into my schedule, no matter how busy I get!

Have a lovely day! ♥

Yay Rainbow Nails!

Hello hello! Today I have a wonderfully rainbowtastic mani for you! It's no secret I love rainbows (hello, blog name) so I tend to do rainbow manis a lot, especially when I need a cheer-up. One such day happened recently (boo, life) so out the glitters came!

I started with a base of Cult Nails Nevermore, my favorite black creme, and then used a bunch of Lynnderella glitters: Ruby Red Ruby, Cauldron Drippings, Change, Funny Money, When the Moon Was A Star, Love Potion No.99, and Liquid Valentine. I originally tried to place each glitter on one by one with my dotting tool but this didn't work too well for some of them, so I ended up just painting thin stripes. It didn't turn out exactly like I planned but I still love it! Take a look!

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On my nails:
1 coat Innisfree Eco Peel-off base coat
2 coats Cult Nails Nevermore
1 stripe Lynnderella (see above)
2 coats KB Shimmer Clearly On Top

I super love how colorful and sparkly and rainbowtastic this many is! The tiled look I was originally going for would have been fun too (I looked through my entire stash and couldn't find a single polish with shiny metallic LARGE purple glitters, can you believe it?) but I really like this one also -- and now that means I can go for the tiled version another day, which means yay! more rainbowz!

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You can find Cult Nails at their site and Facebook~
You can find Lynnderella at their site~

Have a wonderful day! ♥

Several More Colors by Llarowe Pretties

Hi guys! Today I will wrap up what has been somewhat of a Colors by Llarowe streak here on the blog - that is, until the sun decides to come out and play, and I can photograph more of the pretties, of course :)

Again, to save us both from writing and reading the same thing over and over again, unless specified each pic is of three coats + Seche Vite.

left to right, up to down: Vamp, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Dora the Explora,
It's Spring Somewhere, & Piece of Me

Dora the Explora (aka Cherry Bomb) is a deep red jelly base full of various sparkly hexes and large holo dots. This one is actually deeper in color than the photos show - I remember thinking it was more vampy than bright, on my skin at least. I love the sparkle to this one, and how the glitters peek through the jelly base.

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Piece of Me is a dusty teal holo. This is a creme-based holo so the rainbow is a little more subtle but super lovely. I don't believe I have any other holos quite this shade of teal, so definitely unique in my collection!

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It's Spring Somewhere is an orangey-coral jelly packed with golden shimmer. This one is a little sheer so I used four coats here. As I am sure most of my US readers know weather has been absurd all over the country this winter, so I took the opportunity to wear this baby on one of the 50 degree days in a sea of -10 ones. And cheerful and springy it definitely is! I don't typically wear oranges that much but I love how bright and shimmery this one is.

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 Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is a deep navy blue jelly packed with silver microglitter. This one is meant to be a dupe of the much-coveted and equally difficult to find Essie Starry Starry Night. I actually do have SSN, but have yet to compare them on my own - check out Pointless Cafe's review to see how they match up. It definitely does look like a twinkling night sky - super pretty! I recall SSN being much more difficult to work with as well (sheer and runny), so it honestly might be better than the original, since it has a great formula.

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And lastly for now, Vamp is a deep red holo. Vampy it is for sure! Nothing much to say here; it has a crazy holo effect and a great formula, like pretty much all CbL holos I have tried.

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And that's that! I am totally enamored with CbL these days - plan on taking a bit of a break in the next two weeks to do all Valentine's, all the time, but can't wait to play with more of these pretties soon!

To check out Colors by Llarowe check out the Llarowe site and Facebook - and the brand new Colors by Llarowe page on Facebook as well!

Have a magical 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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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!

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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~