Guest Post on Kellie Gonzo!

Hey guys! Today yours truly has a guest post on http://www.kelliegonzo.com/!

So head on over to her amazing blog to see what I used HERE!



Let me know what you think of it!!

Check out my Ugly Mani Guest Post!

My friend from http://definitely-addicted.blogspot.com Does this thing called Ugly Mani Monday,
And this week's is mine! (But we both kind of forgot about it, so yes it is a day late :P)
While the colors I used are both gorgeous, the mani just did NOT turn out as I envisioned, definitely a miss here! I used Nubar- Toasted Marshmallow, and A England- Princess Sabra.

Please go to her blog to see the post HERE! Because she is awesome! :)

And if any of you have any ugly mani's email them to her at  definitelyaddicted@gmail.com with the polish you used and what you intended your manicure to look like!

Guest Post with Jen from Jens Painted tips!

**waves** Hello, I’m Jen from  Jenspaintedtips.blogspot.com!  The lovely Sarah is away and asked for some guest posters. So HERE I AM! I have a relatively new blog, please check it out if you want!

Today my post will be a franken I made, I haven’t named it. It’s interesting on the nails. This is a macro shot of it. Neat, huh?

So this concoction consists of Mummy May I, Milani HD, and a few drops of It’s Alive.

It went so nicely on the nail. This was 2 coats.

You can see the holo-y goodness just a little on the pinky.  Then because I can’t leave well enough alone, I stamped a web on it with IDK

I’m really digging this color. It’s odd, it’s neat…it’s just cool!  Hopefully Sarah is having a blast  on vacation!!! Thanks for reading!!!




*Thanks Jen! Your franken is so gorg!!*

Guest Post with Kristin from Manicured Monkey!

*Note from Sarah!* Hope you all had a awesome Halloween!!

Hi everyone! I have Pepe's Purple Passion from the OPI Muppets collection to show you today. The color is gorgeous, a purple with red undertones, almost a deep merlot color. The glitter in it is raspberry in color and look like little reflective pieces of colored glass. It was opaque in two coats but I have to take a moment to talk about the formula. I thought it was just my bottle but no, seems like a trend... it's gritty. Literally. I did a thick top coat of SV and you could still feel bumps in the polish. May be a top coat like Posche would work better but I would say have your thickest top coat ready. You can see in the light reflection that they were gritty. Another thing I didn't think about was removal... when I went to remove it, I was reminded it was a glitter polish and removal was rough as such. It's not bad enough for me to recommend the foil method though so that's good! Overall, a great polish if you have a thick top coat, it's quite pretty!

Thanks to Sarah for letting me guest post on your awesome blog :)

Kristin is awesome! Visit her blog HERE!!

Guest Post with Marketta from Pink Polish Addict!

Good Morning Babes to the lovely readers of Samarium's Swatches. My name is Marketta from Pink Polish Addict and I will be doing a guest post for Sarah today.  Being a military brat and prior military myself I completely understand that when you finally have the chance to get away you take it. What I have for you today is 2 lovelies by the amazing Lynnderella. I'm sure you've been seeing them pop up this week because the last of everyone that placed an order last month is getting their packages :) The sun came out and played nice so I was able to capture how they really look :)  Onto the yummy goodness...

Connect the Dots which I layered over 2 coats of China Glaze Breakin'. CTD has a clear base with a slight sparkle jammed packed with white and black hexagonal, square, and bar glitter. The application is actually not bad at all for it to be so loaded with glitter, and the formula is good also. I suggest waiting between coats if your using more than one so that your not just pushing glitter around. I used 1 coat of Seche Vite on top which seemed ok, but by the time I finished taking pictures it completely sucked it up so I added another and it was perfection.

 

Shape Shifter is a clear base with multiple sizes of silver holographic hexagons and squares, micro glitter, hearts, stars, diamonds, crescent moons, flowers, butterflies, and bars! I layered SS over 2 coats of OPI's Black Onyx. THIS POLISH IS INSANE! I was really trying to shake it up good after each nail so that I could get some of every shape on each nail but that didn't happen lol, there are just to many in there. In the swatches below I used 2 coats and 1 coat of Seche Vite and I was good to go. Application was a piece of cake, and the formula is good.

Thank you for letting me share with you today and I hope you enjoyed this post. Thanks for stopping by and reading :)

Kisses
Marketta
Pink Polish Addict



<3 Thank you so much for the guest post Marketta & making these two beauties move to the top of my lemmings!!  And for a fun picture I took of my daughter today :D
We all (Me my hubby, Sky, my sister & nephews)went as Starwars Chars :D


Hope you all have a lovely day!! Don't forget to visit Marketta's awesome blog HERE!!

Guest Post from Jamie at Nails Adored!

Hi guys! Another guest post for you! This one is from Jamie! Check out her blog! http://www.nailsadored.com/


Hi everyone! My name is Jamie, and I’m coming to visit from Nails Adored! This is my first time writing a guest post, so please humor me if I mess up!  ;)
This actually started out as just a “practice” session with taping, but I loved the results so much and was just so sad when I had to take them off.
Polka dots. Red glitter. Glossy black. Is there anything better than that?? I think not! They are so sexy, and really remind me of the old vintage pin-up girls.
If you were going to try this you could make your red/top coat more opaque, but I loved the little hints of polka dots peeking through!

For this manicure, I used: Sally Hansen Black Out, China Glaze White on White, Orly Star Spangled

Guest Post with The Kracked Kat!

Hey guys! Today's guest post is from Shannon at http://thekrackedkat.blogspot.com/! I am in Kansas now! And I will be back On Nov 6th!




* ALL images belong to The Kracked Kat and Aren't mine*
Maggie was kind enough to ask me to create a Halloween manicure for her Halloween Event she is hosting all month long. My inspiration came from a pin I found on Pinterest of a set of false nails being sold on etsy.

  (Zeedarling on etsy)

I used Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in Grass Slipper a bright lime green as a base coat.

Then I applied a thin coat of Color Club Smash Hit fracture polish.  Smash Hit is a black crackle finish polish.  I have found that the thinner the coat the more fractures you get on the nail.  

A heavy coat of Sally Hansen Double Duty Base & Top Coat allowed me to set a craft google eye onto the nail.  Once the top coat dried I applied another coat to "set" the eye in place.
 

My daughter sported these at a a Halloween party and got many compliments on them.
  

This is not the kind of manicure to wear if you are planning on wearing it a long time.  Eventually you will the google eyes will fall off due to over use and wear, but they are perfect for a special occassion, like a Halloween Party.

My Guest Post at The Manicured Monkey!

Hey guys! I completely forgot to post this yesterday!! I have a guest post on Kristin-The Manicured Monkey's blog! It posted yesterday! Go check it out please!


http://manicuredmonkey.blogspot.com/2011/10/guest-post-sarah-from-samariums.html#comment-form



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