Pastel Easter Gradient

Press Sample Purchased By Me

Hi guys! I'm really excited about today's post! Which is a big deal since lately I just haven't been as excited about blogging, polish or anything really. I just couldn't wait to share my Easter manicure with you guys!

I really hope you guys like it as much as me! I think it's perfect :D I'm so obsessed with gradients lately.

Also my Blogiversary is coming up on the 22nd! I really wanted this year's giveaway to be on time but I haven't received everything for it yet, but hopefully it'll be up before the end of the month! I will keep you guys updated!


For this gradient I used the sponge method (painting strips on polish onto the sponge and smushing it on the nails) I used the following colors over a white base.

Barielle - Banana Drop, Barielle -Pink Flip-Flops, Orly - Lollipop, Zoya - Blu, and Bondi - Lady Liberty.
Barely of  Lady Liberty even got on the nail though. I used too many colors lol!

After that I was trying to decide what to put on top, between China Glaze Fairy Dust,
Lynnderella Connect the Dots, Elevation Haba Xueshan or nail stamping. I chose Haba Xueshan!

My 13 Favorite Mani's of 2013!

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Hi guys! Happy New Years Eve! Sorry I'm so late to getting to my 2013 Favorites posts!
Today's post is my 13 Favorite Manicures from this year!

My Top 13 for Indies and Mainstream polishes will be up soon, so be on the look out!
Those will likely go up after New Years though! :)

There is a link below each photo to see each post and all the products I used!
Here they are in order of most recent to oldest!

Freak Show Polish Zodiac Collection - Swatches & Review!

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Hi guys, Happy Friday! I hope you have all had a wonderful week :) Any fun weekend plans?
Nothing too exciting going on here, we have to run to go get more things for the house. 
We bought a new mattress & still need to get new bedding, gutter extenders, more blinds and some curtains.  
Our TV stand broke during the move too so we have to get a new one : / Luckily that was the only casualty!

Today's post is featuring a new-to-me indie brand, Freak Show Polish!

 

Aquarius - One coat over Finger Paints Raspberry Taffeta

This is a textured polish using 15 different glitters and may be used as a glitter topper
or can be built up using 2-3 coats alone. 

MoYou Stamping Plate - Sailor Collection 05

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Hi again guys! Here is a quick post of some stamping I did with one of my new MoYou London stamping plates!
I stamped over the Femme Fatale Twilight Meteroite layering combo from the review I posted earlier today.

I used Konad Stamping Polish in White and the MoYou Sailor Collection 05 stamping plate.

Barielle September Sweepstakes!

 Hey guys! Did you know that Barielle is having another amazing sweepstakes?!

Check out the prizes below!

 The September Sweepstakes started on September 12^th and end on September 26^th.   

There will be 10 prizes given out and one Grand Prize of a Cole Haan Silver Satchel, RSP of $175.00.
The Barielle kit will consist of:

• 1.  Two of the Fall Collections 5 Packs (Sophisticated Lady and Nude & Naughty) - $50
• 2.   One Nail Rebuilding Protein Base Coat - $17.50
• 3.   One No Chip Speed Dry Top Coat - $12.50
• 4.   One Nail Strengthener Cream - $17.00

The value of the total Grand Prize is more than $200.00!

The Grand Prize will include the fashion accessory plus the Barielle Kit.

The ten prizes are the Barielle products only.

Go enter on the Barielle Facebook Page now!

Happy Hands Springfield, USA Collection - Swatches & Review!

Hey guys! Sorry it's been slower with posting, for good reason though!
We have been looking at even more houses lately! Tomorrow we are putting in a offer on one that we love! (I hope we get it!!!) We have looked at 8 houses.. in the past three days alone /whew!
Cross your fingers for us please!

Anywho! Today's post is the fun cartoon-y Springfield, USA! Collection from Happy Hands!
This collection was inspired by the Simpsons!

*Products in this post were sent to me for the purpose of a 100% honest unbiased review.*

Everything's Coming Up Milhouse - Three coats.

"If you don't already have a nerdy best friend to back up all of your mischievous pranks, maybe this polish will help! A bright medium-blue jelly filled with yellow, orange-red, plum, and blue glitters."


Everything's Coming Up Milhouse 2x coats over Zoya Breezi.


Krustofsky - Three coats.

"Hey hey hey! An ode to the disfunctional TV clown, this is a white jelly filled with yellow, blue, purple, orange, red, and green glitters."


Sector 7G - Three coats.

"A medium gray jelly with (not-quite glowing) neon green hexes, squares, and iridescent lime glitters. Even for the simplest safety inspector from Sector 7-G, this polish is nucular!"


Stupid Flanders - Two coats.

"An evergreen polish with brown, bright yellow, gray, and plum glitters inspired by everyone's favorite neighborino! (Feels like you're wearing nothing at all.. nothing at all.. nothing at all...)"


Worst. Polish. Ever. - One coat over Barielle Dinner at 8.

"Worst. Polish. Ever.: Why you little...! This is whirlwind of yellow, blue, brown, red, orange, and green in a glitter topcoat to bring your favorite cartoon family to your nails!"

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I absolutely love the colors and glitter combinations in this collection!
My favorite is Everything's Coming Up Milhouse, The blue, so perfect! <3
Sector 7G is another favorite! I love the base color mixed with the lime green glitters.

In Augusta where I grew up me,  my husband (then boyfriend) and friends would go see local bands play shows at a place called Sector 7G downtown, so I might be biased!
We had a lot of good times there, I had no idea the name was from the Simpsons!

Krustofsky was a little thick for three coats for me personally so I'm going to try it layered
over a white base next time,but other than that they all went on with ease.
 Especially Everything's Coming Up Milhouse, Sector 7G & and Stupid Flanders.
Kristi is amazing at making glitter toppers so Worst Polish Ever is far from what the name depicts!
It's amazing over so many different colors! I had tons of fun with it and a nail wheel :)
I have no idea how she makes them all so awesome without being repetitive!


You can purchase Happy Hands Nail Polish for $10.00 at Bigcartel.
You can also purchase HH polishes from the following sites & etailers

Etsy
Edgy Polish*
Femme Fatale*
Harlow & Co.
Mei Mei's Signatures*

*The starred sites are the ones that have this collection (along with the HH's website!)


Be sure to follow Happy Hands Nail Polish on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!



What do you guys think of this Simpsons themed collection?
Also keep an eye out for Kristi's new Halloween collection! Are You Afraid of the Dark? 

*Products in this post were sent to me for the purpose of a 100% honest unbiased review.*

Shimmer Polish Spam - Part Two! Review & Swatches!

Here are six more amazing Shimmer Polishes to show you guys today!
See Part One HERE if you missed it!


*Products in this post were sent to me for the purpose of a 100% honest unbiased review.*

Marilyn
Three coats.

"Vampy Burgundy Red Polish!

Fine microglitter. 

Darker than Karina and Eva."

Natalie
Sponged onto Contrary Polish Sky.

"Dusty Blue, Copper and Turquoise Melange Glitter Polish!

Similar to Wendy and Lorene."

Tammy
Layered over Barielle High Marks Purple.

"Gold Silver Purple Glitter Polish!"

Tracy
Sponged on over Starlight & Sparkles Unicorn & Nicole by Opi Khloe Had A Little Lam Lam combo.

"Tarnished Gold Holo Glitter Polish!"

Trisha
Layered over Barielle Straight A Coral. 

"Orange Cayenne Copper Glitter Polish!" 

Vivian
Layered over Elevation Polish Tette.

"Dusty Rose Pink Mixture with Grays and Black Glitter Polish!"

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I seriously have nothing bad to say about any Shimmer Polish I have tried, these aren't an exception!
Everybody should just go buy Tammy right away, it's pretty in the photos but so amazing and SO sparkly in person.
I wore it alone, built up in three coats and holy wow!
 Unfortunately I was busy and didn't get a photo before it chipped but it was amazing.
I really love these all though, I'm really loving the glitter combo in Natalie!

Shimmer Polish can be purchased from the Etsy and the Shimmer website!

Shimmer polishes are full size and retail for $12.00 each.

Be sure to follow Shimmer Polish on Facebook and Twitter!

Which of these polishes/combos are your favorites?
 I love Tammy, Vivian, Natalie 
and Marilyn! (Which happens to be my beautiful sister's name!)

*Products in this post were sent to me for the purpose of a 100% honest unbiased review.*

Shimmer Polish Spam - Part One! Review & Swatches!

Hey guys! I have some gorgeous Shimmer Polish to show you today (tonight!)
Sorry the post is so late, been really slacking today! 

*Products in this post were sent to me for the purpose of a 100% honest unbiased review.*

Alice

Sponged on over A England St. George, the accent nail has three coats.

"Discoball Silver Holographic (w Stars) Glitter Polish!"

Cristina

One coat over Barielle Head of the Class Green.

"Deep Forest Green w/ a hint of red and fuchsia glitter Polish!"

Crystal

One coat over Contrary Polish Sand

"Copper Brown Glitter Polish."

Jasmine

One coat over Barielle Magna Cum Laude Turquoise.

"Aquamarine, light blue and green Glitter Polish"

Josephine

One coat over Barielle Smarty Pants Pink.

"Pink-Orange and a Hint of Blue Glitter Polish."

Jovie

One coat over Sation Rock A Guy Blue and Starlight & Sparkles Nayru.

"Pink Opal Holographic Glitter Polish! Similar to Cassandra"

I can't remember what pink this is/was but here's another combo with Jovie!

Karina 

Two coats.

"Dark Red Burgundy, Wine Glitter Polish!"

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Just like all the other Shimmer Polishes I've tried these all had terrific formula's!

The only thing I could think of to improve is maybe more stars in Alice, 

but seriously impressive formulas and dispersion! They really glide on evenly, so easily.

Shimmer Polish can be purchased from the Etsy and the Shimmer website!

Shimmer polishes are full size and retail for $12.00 each.

Be sure to follow Shimmer Polish on Facebook and Twitter!

My favorites are Crystal, Jovie & Karina!  How about you?

Also, who is about to go watch True Blood!?

*Products in this post were sent to me for the purpose of a 100% honest unbiased review.*

Barielle Brilliant Colors - Swatches & Review + Tribal Nail Art!

Hello lovely readers! I hope you are having a terrific Monday!
Here I am writing up a blog post and waiting for the mail to come :D

Today's post is the new Barielle Brilliant Colors Collection! With some added nail art, go go!

*Products in this post were sent to me for the purpose of a 100% honest unbiased review.*

Smarty Pants Pink - Two coats.

Magna Cum Laude Turquoise - Two coats.

Straight A Coral - Two coats.

High Marks Purple - Two coats. One is enough coverage.

Head of the Class Green - Two coats.

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As you can see I decided not to add the descriptions today. I felt they were just misleading.

 They describe the shades as neon which they aren't, they are bright and gorgeous but just not neon.
Barielle has been releasing some really fantastic collections this year! Really gorgeous cremes.
The collections this year are already some of my favorite Barielle's!

This collection follows suit with a small exception, Magna Cum Laude Turquoise. 
Mine was streaky which you can kind of see in the picture. I do believe a third coat would have taken care of the streaks and it wasn't horrible to apply. Just not the standard I hold for Barielle based on their other polishes.

Although I could have gotten a off bottle, other reviews seem fine.

I recommend doubling on base coat with it also, I had no staining but just to be safe.

 And also while you're at it I would with Head of the Class Green as well. 

It didn't stain my nails but it was a pain to get off my skin, so apply carefully and double up to be safe!

All of the other shades in this collection had impeccable formulas and applied super easy!
I'm loving Straight A Coral so much, I don't understand I used to hate corals but this year I love them!

Follow Barielle on Facebook and Twitter!

You can purchase Barielle Shades from their website.

They retail for $8.00 or  you can purchase this whole collection in a kit for $25.00.

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I received my new nail art brushes and wanted to put them in use!
I tried my hand at a Tribal Manicure! I'm out of practice and despite the topcoat smearing I think it came out okay! 

And really I need to find a better topcoat, I waited THREE hours before top coating in hopes to prevent smearing :( 

Nope didn't help. Damn you SV. -_-

The base color is Illamasqua Load, and the black is Milani Black Swift. All the other colors are from this Barielle collection!

& Mattified!

And of course I added Butter London Matte Finish.

What are your thoughts on this collection? I love the colors they chose!
Also who watched True Blood? :)

*Products in this post were sent to me for the purpose of a 100% honest unbiased review.*

Barielle Nail It Sweepstakes!

Since the Barielle Tips to Toes Sweepstakes was so successful Barielle has decided to have another Sweepstakes for the month of June! Read below for the info on the Nail It Sweepstakes!

  The June Sweepstakes will start on June 10^th and end on June 30^th.  

There will be 10 prizes given out and one Grand Prize of a DKNY Blue Leather Handbag, RSP of $175.00. 

The Barielle kit will consist of:

1              Two of the Summer Collections 5 Packs (Brilliant Colors and Summer Brights) - $50

2              One Nail Rebuilding Protein Base Coat - $17.50

3              One No Chip Speed Dry Top Coat - $12.50

4              One Nail Strengthener Cream - $17.00

Total value of $97.00

The Grand Prize will include the fashion accessory plus the Barielle Kit.

Go here enter the sweepstakes on a computer, or here if you are on your cell phone!