Pastel Easter Gradient

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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!

Kbshimmer 2013 Winter Collection - Swatches & Review

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Hi all! I hope your week is going wonderfully! Anyone else way too excited to gorge themselves tomorrow? 
I'm also very excited to put up the Christmas tree after Thanksgiving. I'm trying to hunt down some clear ornaments to make nail polish ornaments because Chelsea inspired me to try!

Today's post is filled with eleven absolutely stunning KBShimmer 2013 Winter Collection polishes!

Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Swatches & Review

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Hi guys! Man it feels so weird that I haven't blogged in like two weeks, I definitely overestimated my ability to keep up blogging during a move and I apologize! But things are pretty settled now so I should get back in my groove soon :)

We've been settling into the new house and running in and out of Home Depot spending money on a bunch
of random house things! Blinds, door stops, a drill etc lol Little things sure add up! Still a lot more to get also D:
I painted my daughters room and did a pink to purple ombre/gradient wall! I'll post a picture of it at the end of this post!

Today's post is featuring four stunning polishes from Femme Fatale Cosmetics.
This is my first experience with their nail polishes but I have tried their eye shadows and love them!


Ruby Hare - Two coats.

"A medium berry pink with subtle copper shine and liner holo."

KBShimmer Fall 2013 Collection - Swatches & Review!

Hey guys! I hope your Thursday has been really great so far! Not much going on here, we caught a  bunny in the back yard! Just for a minute and we petted it, it was so sweet! Then we let it go, I tweeted a picture of it :)

Anywho! Today's post is the amazing KBShimmer 2013 Fall Collection!
I really love the variety in this collection, It is easily one of my favorite KBShimmer collections to date!

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Every Nook & Cranberry - Three thin coats.
Application was a absolute breeze! Easy, smooth and even!
The shimmer is so visible and gorgeous!

"A cranberry satin matte polish with a subtle pink and gold shimmer. 

This polish with its blue undertones is one that will work on many skin tones.  Best in two coats."

Every Nook & Cranberry + Topcoat.


Excuse Me, I Blurped - Three coats.
This polish is so freaking gorgeous! It applied great and has so much dimension!

"A shade not quite blue, not quite purple shade with glitters in many shades of blue, purple, with a hint of

 copper. Best in two coats."

Teal Another Tail - Three thin coats.
TAT applied really well, two coats had some VNL for me so I used a third but it wasn't necessary.
This is such a unique and freaking stunning polish, just buy it! Seriously #drool

"A dusty teal green polish with a strong pink almost duo-chrome shimmer.

A color I imagine would be on a mermaid’s tail.  Best in two coats."

Turbulence - Three thin coats.
Applies smoothly and evenly. A little sheer but builds up nicely.
I am a huge sucker for grey polish and the shimmer in this is to die for! One of my favorites!!

"A satin matte finish slate gray polish inspired by storm clouds. 

Silver flakes are surrounded by micro blue and fuchsia sparks inspired by lightning and rain. Best in two coats. "

Turbulence + Topcoat..


Vicious Circles - Three coats.
Jam packed full of glitter, requires a little patience and skill to apply but it's so worth it!
I love all the circle glitters!! It looks chunky but was completely smooth two two coats of topcoat.

"A blood red jelly loaded with silver holographic circles in two sizes, sliver holographic hex glitters

and holographic sliver micro slices.  Best in two or three coats."

You Autumn Know - Three coats.
Really glitter packed, apply slowly and make sure to let it dry in between coats!
This polish just screams fall doesn't it?? <3

"A white crelly polish loaded with fuchsia, gold, and orange glitters.  Micro bars accent the fall pallet of this polish.

Best in three coats, or two coats over white."

You Go Ghoul! - Three coats.
Just like You Autumn Know and Vicious Circles You Go Ghoul is packed full of glitter and requires a little more attention while applying, nothing too difficult, you just have to keep the glitters from bunching together.
So make sure to give these chunkier polishes proper time to dry in between coats to avoid dragging!

"This Halloween polish is one that you will wear year round.  

A black jelly sparkles with glitters in grape, berry and orange for a polish even a witch would love  

Best in two coats over black or three coats alone."

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This Collection is amazing! The End.

Okay, just kidding! Not about it being amazing just about this being the end. :)

Where should I start? Hmm I'll start with the Mattes!
The matte/satin polishes in this collection are two of my favorites! At first I thought the formula on Turbulence wasn't great but it turned out it was just applying weird over
my Nail Tek II - Weird! But I tried it again and it went on smooth and easy, So that is good to know!

This collection is so creative and just plain out awesome, I really love it.
I haven't been this excited for a collection in a while! 

This collection will be available for purchase on September 1st!
You can purchase these from http://www.kbshimmer.com/ and Harlow and Co.

Stay up to date with KBShimmer on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter!



 Are you guys in love with this collection as much as me??
Which ones are you lemming or planning to purchase?

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Jindie Nails - Swatches & Review!

Hey guys! Today's post has six Jindie Nails polishes!!

I have four polishes from the Summer Chic Collection,  the LE She Blinded me with Science,
and A History of Violets from Glitter Topper Mod Quad. Scroll down to see them! 

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Don't Get it Citrus Twisted - Four thin coats.

"a bright neon green crelly with matte opaque kelly green, pastel yellow and canary yellow dots and extra large hex, 
neon pink hex and opaque baby pink dots and extra large hex with gorgeous silver shimmer." 

A History of Violets - Two thin coats over Zoya  Kieko and Pinta.

 "a mix of white, periwinkle, lilac, lavender, wine, opaque matte burgundy, opaque matte light purple, opaque matte dark purple hex, dots, stars, short bars (just a few). squares and lots and lots of purple and silver shimmer throughout." 

Betty's Fetti Milkshake - Three thin coats.

"a white crelly base with all fine and ultra-fine micro-matte hex in opaque pastels and opaque & transparent neon hex." 

Hex on the Beach - Four thin coats.

"a white crelly base with matte, opaque baby pink, peach, red, orange, pastel yellow and canary yellow dots,
diamonds & hex." 

Quit Staring at my Melons - One coat over Bettina Tulipani.

"a glitter topper with matte kelly green, barbie pink, matte gray dots, watermelon pink & black dots plus smaller metallic light green and light pink dots.  Also has small and extra large matte black dots and small micro hex in matte kelly green, matte gray, barbie pink, black, watermelon pink.  The base is a clear base with bits of real silver flakes and intense green shimmer."

She Blinded me with Science - Three thin coats.

 "a pale pink crelly base with multiple sizes of neon, holographic and metallic dots, squares, diamonds, rectangles and hex glitters.  This polish features small, medium and large silver holographic dots, small & medium & extra large matte black dots, large metallic turquoise dots plus lime green large metallic dots, matte pale purple dots, white dots and moons plus matte gray moons."

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I felt that some of these needed a fourth coat, but I think that was primarily due to the mini bottles,
it's harder to get the polish out. But Jen is replacing them with medium 9mL bottles that are easier to use!
(See new bottles here)

I can't get over how much I LOVE Quit Staring at my Melons over Betinna Tulipani!
Such a epic combo! And Betty's Fetti Milkshake is perfect! I loved all of these polishes,
but those were my favorites! Followed by She Blinded me with Science :D


Follow Jindie Nails on Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Instagram to stay up to date on new releases!




Do you guys have any of these? What are your current Jindie lemmings?

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Fun Layering with Elevation Haba Xueshan and Huangshan!

Hey guys, I have a fun layering combo for you today!

I'm loving my new Elevation's and I've been playing with them up a storm! And I came up with this!

 A Haba Xueshan & Huangsham glitter sammy!

First I started off with Rimmel French Manicure Pro shade 140, French Rose. 

I think I used two coats. Possibly one.

Then I added a coat of Huangshan, once dry I added a coat of Haba Xueshan.

Then I decided to add another coat of French Rose to jelly sammy it :) 

Of course I decided to mattify it! I can't decide if I like it better shiny or matte!
I used Butter London's Matte Finish! 

What do you guys think? I love nude colors with neon accents!

Glitterdaze American Royalty - Swatches & Review!

Hi all! Today's post is featuring GlitterDaze American Royalty!
And holy crap, I can't believe it is almost the Fourth of July! Where has the time gone?

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American Royalty - Three thin coats.

"Its that time of year again; backyard BBQs, pool parties, and get togethers.  Now you have the perfect patriotic polish to wear to all of these events! American Royalty is our little twist on the classic USA themed polishes; it has multiple shapes and sizes of red white and blue glitter in a light sky blue base as well as some gold accents to give it a little dash of class.
Apply three thin and even coats, top with a thick and glossy topcoat!"

Mattified with Butter London's Matte Finish.

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I used three thin coats for American Royalty, there is SO much glitter in this polish!
Seriously my camera had a hard time focusing on it! I even had to re-swatch it!

Despite being so glitter packed it goes on pretty smoothly and easily. And no fishing needed.
There were some shardy bits that wanted to stick up a bit but nothing crazy.
Just use 2-3 coats of topcoat or buff the bits sticking out lightly and use a thick topcoat.
I really like how different AR is than all of the other "America inspired" polishes I own.

You can purchase GlitterDaze products from www.GlitterDazeNP.com, 

You can purchase this beauty for $11.00 for a 15mL full size polish, or $4.00 for a 4mL mini.

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What do you all have planned on the fourth?
We are going to see my sister and just hang out, and probably play some board games! 

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Digital Nails Galactica, Stars at Night & Timey Wimey - Swatches & Review

Hey guys! I hope your weekend is going great!
 I did my daughters nails to match mine today and it was adorable! No worries it will be in a upcoming post!
For today's post I have three gorgeous shades from Digital Nails to show you!

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Galactica - one coat over A England Camelot.

"This gold and green beauty is made with color shifting glitter and goes from amber, to bright gold, to sea foam 
depending on the angle at which it is viewed. The color shift effect works in any lighting, not just sunshine."


One coat over China Glaze Budding Romance.

Stars at Night - Three coats.

"Stars at Night is a navy jelly polish with more spectraflair linear holographic pigment than you can shake a stick at. 
It doesn't even need sunshine to scream OMG RAINBOWS, and those bad boys will pop out even in dim indoor lighting."


Timey Wimey - One coat over Nubar Grape.

"Timey Wimey is an insane blend of purple, teal, aqua, chartreuse, hot orange-pink, & tangerine glitters, in a 
multitude of shapes and sizes suspended in clear base specially designed to hold up lots of glitter. 
This polish has shreds, HUGE dots, tiny holos - it's an explosion of sparkle."

Timey Wimey sandwiched between another coat of Nubar Grape.

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All three of these polishes are wonderful, all of Raphaelle's polishes I've tried have had terrific formulas!
Her glitter polishes disperse super easily and evenly without having to try which is nice!
Stars at night was a dream! I love it, I wore it for three whole days! Which for me is a long time :)
I love the Galactica and Budding Romance combination!

You can purchase Digital Nails polishes from Etsy, ranging from $10.00-$13.00 ea. 

Stay upto date with Digital Nails via Facebook and Twitter.

Have you tried this brand yet? Which polish/combination do you like the most?

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GlitterDaze Easter Explosion Collection - Swatches & Review

Hi all! Today's post is the GlitterDaze Easter Explosion Collection! 

Although Easter has come and passed, you can wear these beauties year round!

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Bombtastic Bunny - One coat over GlitterDaze Strawberry Slumber.

"Bombtastic Bunny is a super loaded glitter topcoat containing multiple shades and sizes of light pink and light blue glitters as well as multiple shapes and sizes of silver holographic glitters such as hearts, stars, diamonds, shreds, and bars! This polish will look great over a multitude of different colors!"

Chicky Chicky Boom Boom - One coat over GlitterDaze Peaches & Dreams.

"Chicky Chicky Boom Boom is a super loaded glitter topcoat full of yellow, matte pink, and lavender glitters. There are so many different shapes and sizes of glitter, including hearts, stars, diamonds, shreds, hexes, and bars. This polish is accented with multi sizes shapes of metallic holographic glitter to give it an eye catching sparkle!"

Dynamite Duckling - One coat over GlitterDaze Mint Summer Night.

"Dynamite Duckling is a super loaded glitter topcoat containing green, pink, gold, and white glitters in a multitude of shapes and sizes. These glitters include dots, diamonds, stars, bars, hexes, shreds. There is also a little sprinkling of micro holographic gold glitter to add to sparkle factor!"

Eggsplosive - One coat over GlitterDaze Cotton Candy Coma.

"Eggsplosive is a super loaded glitter topcoat that is sure to please the pastel lovers out there. It is jam packed with a wide array of pastel glitters and shapes including hearts, stars, flowers, shreds, hexes; you name it, its in there! What really makes Eggsplosive stand out is the addition of iridescent glitters in multiple sizes; they really give this polish that sparkle that plain matte glitter polishes sometimes lack."

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These four glitter polishes are so pretty, and packed full of glitters, no fishing required at all!
They, like many glitter toppers with larger glitter do need 2 coats of topcoat.
Chicky Chicky Boom Boom is my favorite!

You can purchase GlitterDaze products from www.GlitterDazeNP.com, 

www.meimeisignatures.com and www.ledouxnuage.com.

This collection is available for $11.00 each or $40.00 for the collection in it's entirety. 

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