Confetti Nails

Happy Friday! Hope you guys have nice plans for the weekend (: Today I have a confetti-inspired mani to share with you. It turned to be quite bold and intriguing or at least that is how it it seems to me (: I chose MAC Nocturnelle as my black base and Cirque Le Invader as my glitter topper. 

I did three coats of MAC (could get away with just two though, but I'm used to doing three with this particular black shade) and one coat of Le Invader and finished with a top coat.

Now about the formula here.. Le Invader's formula is definitely not a dream one and is quite hard to work with. It is not too thick, but pulling and so glitter loaded that it hardly allows for an even quick coverage. Glitter tends to build up near the tip of the nail so quite a lot of dabbing and attempts to even it all out are required. Drying time is long, long, long.. I wanted for more than an hour and the polish was still easy to smudge... I'm disappointed with this polish..

I like this look overall; it is very celebratory and positively spirited. So it is not at all that bad. 

Here they are.

Stay tuned and thanks for looking!

Pretty Pastels

Hello there (: Today I have a super sweet pastel mani to share with you! I really love how it turned out so I'm quite eager to share (: I've picked three pastel shades from Lime Crime, a new brand to me, but I already love it so much! I mean not only the polishes are great, but bottles look so awesome too. The three shades I'm wearing today are Parfair Day, Peaches Love Cream and Crema de Limon. 

I did two coats of each, waiting for them to dry fully, then stuck some tape to my nails and did a bit of color blocking fun (: I felt like I could not live without a bling so I added a thin coat of Models Own Jack Frost on top and sealed everything with a top coat. This mani took more time that my regular ones, but I think the result is totally worth it (: 

And the formulas were wonderful; I have no reasons to complain. And I love, love, love this look!

Here are the polishes.

Stay tuned and thanks for looking!

Milky Skittles

Happy Wednesday to all! I hope you guys are doing well (: Today I have a milky skittles look to share with you. I love neutral colored sheer polishes with loads of glitter, and I cannot stop wearing them :D I chose four polishes for this mani and they are KBShimmer What's Your Damage and Pump My Pride, Darling Diva Honey Do and Lush Lacquer Sugar Daddy.

I did three coats of each and finished with a top coat. Honey Do turned out to be very sheer, but I left it at three coats as I think it is an ok opacity. The formulas were all very good and absolute pleasure to work with. 

My favorite of these four are Honey Do and What's Your Damage. The glitter colors in both are just very appealing to me. I love neons especially over or in light colored bases, so What's Your Damage is a perfect neutral polish with a twist for me. And the glitter combo of Honey Do looks so sweet, tender and innocent. I will most certainly wear these two as full manis. 

Here are my polishes!

Stay tuned and thanks for looking!

Sparkling Greens ^_^

Hi beauties! Hope you are doing fine this Tuesday! Today I have a sparkling green mani to share with you. Green is one of my favorite color together with yellow, orange and pink as I adore brights (: So today I chose four green shades with very different finishes and attempted to create a nice skittles look. All polishes that I use today are new to me as I've never tried these brands before: Pretty Serious, Cirque and Darling Diva. 

I have two shades from Pretty Serious, VT100 and Liquid Leprechaun, Cirque Erda and Darling Diva Leprechaun's Gold. I did two coats of each and finished with a top coat. I have Erda on my pinkie (and my thumb), Leprechaun's Gold on my ring finger, VT100 on my middle finger and Liquid Leprechaun on my index finger. 

Formula-wise all four are amazing. I was a bit hesitant about applying Liquid Leprechaun and Leprechaun's Gold on their own as I wasn't sure if they will build up to the opacity. But both are so glitter-loaded that it is not an issue at all. Overall I'm very happy with the formulas.

And the greens, ah! I love it! I'm not sure though that this look is the best to show all four of them as they are just so different, but on the other hand, here is what skittles are for (: 

Here are the polishes!

Stay tuned and thanks for looking!

KBShimmer Blinded By The Bright

Happy Monday! I'm hoping this Monday is kind to you all (: Today I have swatches of a gorgeous polish from KBShimmer Summer 2013 collection. It is called Blinded By The Bright and it is a mix of glitter hexes of different sizes and colors in a bright neon yellow base. I adore bright shades, so this was a must try.

I was thinking to do a white base first, but then I've changed my mind and simply layered three thin coats on its own. Stunning show stopper (: 

Formula was very good! I enjoyed working with this sweetheart. 

Here is the goodness in the bottle.

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My Stash Drawer Fifteen

Hi pretties! Hope you are having a great weekend! Today is time for Sunday stash post and my drawer fifteen is up. 

Here is the layout. I write all polishes' names from left to right. Off we go!

Here I have I Love NP Old Gregg, Nubar Sour Apple, All That Glitters Kokomo, Different Dimension Gnarly and Totally.

These are Plum Sour Candy, December Rain, Sea Stuff and Showtime.

And these are Femme Fatale (unsure of the name as the label on my bottle is peeled off), Pretty Serious VT100 and Liquid Leprechaun, Bondi The Limelight.

Here are KBShimmer Radioactive and The Dancing Green, Crows Toes Season of the Witch and Darling Diva Leprechaun's Gold.

And finally these are Lynnderella Chartreuse Grit, Hungry Asian Mint Condition and Kiwi Smoothie, Cirque Erda and Hellebore.

I hope you've enjoying this Sunday post!

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There Is No Such Thing As Too Much Glitter ^_^

Hi all! Hope you are doing fine this Friday (TGIF :D) So today I'm wearing a glitter loaded mani (as usual) which I'd love to share with you. I was going through my orange glitters and could not pick one to wear, so I've decided to do another skittles look (: Pretty typical of me :D

My base color today is OPI Chop-Sticking To My Story and the four glitter toppers are Lynnderella Glass House, Cauldron Drippings and Witch Caldron Was It? and Femme Fatale Incendius. Two coats of OPI (which is an awesome one coater, but two coats because I'm a two coats girl :D) and two coats of each of the toppers. 

I have Glass House on my pinkie (and my thumb), Cauldron Drippings on my ring finger, Incendius on my middle finger and Witch Cauldron Was It? on my index finger. Now about the formulas. Incendius was an absolute perfection. Lynnderella ones not so much. 

I'm not sure what is happening with new Lynnderella polishes as they all are so freaking runny! I own a lot of her polishes, and the older ones which I've purchased about a year and a half ago or so have great formulas: not too thick, not too runny and packed with glitter. New formulas are flooding my cuticles and I have to fish for anything bigger that micro glitter... WTF?? Maybe they use different suspension base now, but no matter how I look at it, I still feel disappointed.

Here are my polishes!

Stay tuned and thanks for looking!

Hot Sparkling Neons

Hello there! Hope you are all fine this Thursday! Today I have a hot sparkling neon mani to share with you. I've recently purchased KBShimmer Summer 2013 collection and I will be swatching these new polishes for you over the next few days. Today I've picked two awesome polishes, 24 Carrot Bold and Don't Pink Twice, to combine in a single mani.

So 24 Carrot Bold is a hot neon orange with silver sparkle and Don't Pink Twice is a hot neon pink with purple shimmer. Both of these polishes have a matte finish (which can be easily converted to glossy with a top coat if matte is not your thing).

I did two coats of Don't Pink Twice as my base color, waited for it to dry completely, stuck a few pieces of tape onto my dry nails and did one coat of 24 Carrot Bold for a color block look. I removed the tape quickly and added a coat of Models Own Jack Frost sparkles. I'm not really into matte neons, so I've decided to keep it glossy and applied a regular top coat.

I think this man turned out quite interesting. I love brights, and sparkling brights just steal my heart away (: Formulas were wonderful. I was quite amazed with super fast drying time.

Here they are (:

Stay tuned and thanks for looking!