Aly's Dream Polish Macaroon Dotticure

Hello! Today I have a pretty dotticure to share with you. For the base I used several polishes from Aly's Dream Polish's Macaroon collection (which are all creamy subtle scatter holos) - Rumpleberry, a blue-toned lilac, Bayouberry, a cool-toned pale blue, and Bohemian Raspberry, a warm purple-leaning pink. I then dotted on butter LONDON Cotton Buds, a white creme. Finally, for a little extra sparkle (but mostly because I recently got a new bottle and it was sitting on the counter staring at me in all its twinkling glory, begging to be used),  I topped it all off with China Glaze Fairy Dust. Take a look!

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On my nails:
1 coat Innisfree Eco Peel-off base coat
3 coats each Aly's Dream Polish Rumpleberry/Bayouberry/Bohemian Raspberry
-dots- butter LONDON Cotton Buds
1 coat China Glaze Fairy Dust
1 coat HK Girl Topcoat

I love love love these colors together! But of course it makes sense they go well together, being in the same collection and all. These are the cool-toned Macaroons - I plan to do a repeat with the other half someday, since they are so pretty and work so well together. I got a bunch of compliments on these pretties today as well, which always makes me a happy camper :)

To check out Aly's Dream Polish be sure to visit their Facebook for info on future restocks on their website~

Have a lovely day! ♥

Colors by Llarowe Holotastic Swatches

Hello! Looking at my post it occurs to me that a "Happy New Year!" is in order... can't believe this is my first post of 2014, and it's already halfway through January! Of course, it didn't help that I was ridiculously ill for the past few weeks - tummy bug + cough + sinus infection = no fun at all over winter break, boooo... at least it didn't wait until school started and make me miss a ton of class I guess. But I'm better now and definitely looking forward to a great new year for ye olde blog!

Today I have several Colors by Llarowe pretties to share with you. I have loved this line ever since Leah Ann started making them last summer, but I think this is my first post highlighting them -crazy, since they are so amazing!

To avoid repetition all swatches are three coats plus 1 coat KB Shimmer Clearly On Top :)

left to right, up to down: Dirty Diana, It's Shocking, Man in the
Red Suit, Monkey See, Monkey Do

Dirty Diana is a berry/magenta linear holo. The holo effect is super strong! This is definitely one of my favorite CbLs, the color is really rich and pigmented and so beautiful. Great application too!

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Monkey See, Monkey Do is a sky blue holo packed with holo microglitter as well. This one-two punch of holo means it is both linear and scattered - and amazingly sparkly in all lighting! I adore the holo effect here, and of course sky blue is one of my faves also :) This one is a little gritty because of the microglitter but a coat of topcoat solves that easily!

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The Man in the Red Suit is a bright red linear holo. As many of you know it is hard to find the perfect true red holo - they tend to lean either too pink or too orange sometimes. Not the case here! This is definitely my new favorite red holo! It's crazy rainbowtastic in sun also - super holo! Do note that since it is so pigmented, I had a little problem with staining my nails with this one, so just remember to use your base coat and you should be fine!

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Lastly, It's Shocking is a bright warm-leaning pink linear holo. I adore this color! It's so bright and cheerful, and one of my favorite shades of pink for sure. Great application too (like all of them)!

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So obviously I was very pleased with all of these, haha. I have a ton more CbLs and have been wearing pretty much nothing but them lately, so expect to see more here soon! I promise I won't wait another month to post again :)

To check out Colors by Llarowe check out the Llarowe site and Facebook~

Have a fantastic 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! ♥

Ellagee Christmas Polishes Swatches & Review

 Hello all! It's absurd how long it's been since I posted regularly, and for that I apologize. The past few months have been very busy and stressful and draining for various reasons, and posting has therefore not exactly been at the top of my list of things to do. However, Christmas is upon us and if you know me at all, you know I cannot resist holiday nails! So I will hopefully get up several posts showing off my festive fingers in the next week :)

left to right, up to down: Gramma's Candy Dish, I Wish You Peace,
It's a Festivus Miracle!

And I will start by showing off a few lovely holiday polishes from Ellagee! Ellagee is a brand I have been following for awhile, so I was thrilled when Laura, the creator behind these pretty polishes, contacted me about reviewing a few for you guys. And bonus, they are all Christmassy, AND two are holos - score!

 It's A Festivus Miracle! is a very pale grayish blue with a subtle scatter holo. I love this color! So delicate and super wintry. I had no trouble with the formula, it was excellent. To jazz it up a bit I did a tiny accent of Saran-wrap marbling with China Glaze Glistening Snow. Loved these two together!

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On my nails:
3 coats Ellagee It's a Festivus Miracle!
1 coat KB Shimmer Clearly On Top

I Wish You Peace is a super dark foresty green holo. The holo is much stronger in this one than Festivus Miracle and leans more linear in its holo effect. I adore this color so much, it's the perfect dark green holo! Reminds me of pine trees. No issues with application again :)

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On my nails:
2 coats Ellagee I Wish You Peace
1 coat KB Shimmer Clearly On Top

Finally, perhaps the most Christmassy of all! Gramma's Candy Dish is a clear base glitter mix full of small matte pink, green, red, and white hexes and squares. To make it extra festive I layered it over Christmas skittles - Lilypad Lacquer Too Much Excite-mint and In the Milkyway, and Enchanted Polish Stay Classy, San Diego. Loved this so much! Wore it right on December 1st, when I could stand a lack of Christmas nails no longer :)

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On my nails:
1 coat Innisfree Eco Peel-off base coat
3 coats Lilypad Lacquer Too Much Excite-mint/In the Milkyway/Enchanted Polish Stay Classy, San Diego
1 coat Ellagee Gramma's Candy Dish
1 coat KB Shimmer Clearly On Top

Overall I was totally thrilled with these polishes from Ellagee. Not only were the colors beautiful and the application great, I just really loved how they all were so different and unique, but each able to get me in that special Christmassy mood :) Love love love Christmas nails - look forward to more soon!

couldn't bear to crop out my Christmas wreath in this one -
isn't is so pretty and festive? I love this picture!

To check out Ellagee be sure to visit their Facebook and website~

Have a fabulous day! ♥

~These products were provided for an honest review by me from Ellagee~