Nailed to the T

ManGlaze INK. Santorum

2012-03-04T17:37:00.003-08:00

Santorum is a gorgeous dark brown matte finish nail polish. It also has hidden dark red sparkle in it!

Add a top coat and it totally transforms the color!

See the hidden sparkle?

You can purchase ManGlaze through Facebook or through Amazon. You can also "like" their page for updated information on their products!

Lynnderella Boy-Girl Party

2012-03-01T10:00:00.000-08:00

Yesterday, if you remember, I posted China Glaze Aqua Baby and said that I would be vamping it up a bit....

lo and behold...

Lynnderella Boy-Girl Party!

Boy-Girl Party is part of the new Lynnderella collection, Lovely Is As Lovely Does.

Boy-Girl Party is a gorgeous glitter with various shapes of blue, pink, red, and teal.

Isn't it gorgeous?! It's a really fun and playful combination to wear on your nails. I might have to try and get a backup!

China Glaze Aqua Baby

2012-02-29T09:30:00.000-08:00

On my recent beauty supply store haul I bought China Glaze Aqua Baby.

Aqua Baby is a gorgeous aqua creme color and it's such a palette cleanser!

I am so in love!! I love blues, and I love cremes! Gorgeous and perfect for summer approaching!

Don't worry though, I wouldn't just leave you with this! Stay tuned for tomorrow's vamped up Aqua Baby mani!

Franken Feature: The Hungry Asian

2012-02-28T10:00:00.000-08:00

The Hungry Asian: Sea Creature

The Hungry Asian is a blogger who makes some awesome frankens! I recently ordered a set of four custom nail polishes and Sea Creature was one of them!

Sea Creature is a gorgeous glitter nail polish! Sea Creature consists of mini black glitter, mini pink glitter, round holographic glitter, as well as larger green, teal, and blue glitter..pure gorgeousness!!! The more I stare at it, the more I see additional colors and surprises!

The formula on this was really great and quick drying. Is is a little bumpy, but nothing a top coat can't handle. This was only two to three coats to get full opacity.

Simply gorgeous AND stunning!

You can find these at The Hungry Asian etsy shop. The bottles are 12mL square bottles and cost $8.50 each. I really recommend Sneeze Breeze and Sea Creature!!

Franken Feature: Liquid Glitz

2012-02-27T11:14:00.002-08:00

Tara over at Tough As Nails, Twice As Pretty creates some pretty awesome frankens! Her brand is called Liquid Glitz. I had been eyeing one of her collections for quite a while and finally asked her if they were available for purchase! She is super nice and kind and ended up offering them for me to review!

Collection: The Glitters

This collection is pure GLITTER! If you can't tell by now, glitter is my favorite, next to holographic of course.

The Glitters collection consists of 6 gorgeous glitters.

Raspberry Rap, Nebulus Rock, Blueberry Pop, Apple Jazz, Slate Fusion, and Mermaid's Hymn.

Raspberry Rap is a gorgeous pink based glitter with a hint of blue. Nebulus Rock is a black based mini glitter polish with larger holographic glitters as well as a hint of magenta glitter. Blueberry Pop is an electrifying blue and black glitter.

Apple Jazz is a great apple green glitter with a slight green base to it. Slate Fusion is a silver glitter with larger holographic glitter. Mermaid's Hymn is a combination of blue, turquoise, purple, pink, green, and holographic glitter.

I decided to do a skittle mani with the glitters. I am going to do a full mani with Mermaid's Hymn soon.

First is one coat of the glitters. One thing I have always loved about glitters is that they tend to dry fast.

1 coat in the shade

1 coat

Next is two coats of the glitters.

2 coats shade

2 coats indoor light

Lastly, to reach semi-full opacity is three coats of the glitters.

3 coats indoor light

3 coats sunlight

3 coats natural light

Macro shot of Nebulus Rock

What I really loved about this collection is the fact that you can either use it as a top coat, layer it with other colors, or use it for full on glitter mani's! The formula was really great on these and the glitter dispersed wonderfully.

Tara will be opening up her very own etsy shop soon, but for now if you are interested in these you can email her at:
tarasnailblog@gmail.com

Disney Nail Art Mani

2012-02-15T14:51:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow I am going to be in the happiest place on earth, DISNEYLAND!!

I am so excited! I just had to do a mani for this trip!

left hand

right hand

thumbs

What do you think? Are you a Disney fan?

Show me your best Disney nail art mani's! I will be having a Disney nail art contest and the winner will receive something very special! Please email me your best Disney nail art mani's to nailedtothet@gmail.com

I will be posting these pictures on my Facebook page, and the winner will be the one with the most "likes" for their nail art.

The contest will end March 1st at midnight pst.

My Guest Post at Nails by Kayla Shevonne!!!

2012-02-15T09:54:00.000-08:00

Today is a very special day!! I did my very first guest post for Kayla at Nails by Kayla Shevonne!! You can go check out my post on her blog here!

Kayla is such a sweet girl and I feel really honored that I was able to do this for her while her poor nails rest a bit.

If you aren't following Kayla, you really should be! She does some awesome nail art and has even more awesome nails!

Today is also special because I will be leaving for Disneland! I will be gone until Sunday and back to blogging Monday! Stay tuned because a Disney Nail Art contest is sure to arise Monday as well.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Lynnderella Nosegay

2012-02-14T14:37:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentine's Day!

To kick off Valentine's Day for you, I have the perfect Valentine nail polish for you!

Nosegay

Lynnderella Nosegay is part of the new Lynnderella collection, Lovely is as Lovely Does.

Nosegay is described by Lynn as a translucent pale violet base with lavender and purple multi-sized hexagons and squares, with blue-violet shimmer.

The term Nosegay means a small bunch of flowers, bouquet or posy.

Now, while all that sounds lovely, the color is just gorgeous, simply, and dainty on your nails!

Look at that closeup!! You can really see the shimmer it gives off!! I layered 2 coats of Nosegay over 3 coats of Nicole by OPI One Big Happy Fame-ily.

Wanna Be Butter London Knackered

2012-02-11T10:30:00.000-08:00

So I was at ULTA and was looking at the new Butter London line. I was drawn to Knackered but something was telling me it looked similar to something else. So I picked up an Essence Colour and Go Where Is The Party and decided I would try to dupe Knackered.

I started with about half a bottle of Where Is The Party and slowly added China Glaze Fairy Dust. Once I got the right amount of holo glitter I added a clear top coat in it.

Here are my results. There are different swatches because I have that many different versions!

It definitely shows more of the purple and green duochrome in real life.

What do you think? Close enough to be a substitute for you?

Sinful Colors Cinderella

2012-02-10T13:07:00.000-08:00

Cinderella

When I first heard that Sinful Colors named a color Cinderella, I knew the Disney freak in me had to have it, no matter what color! Then when I saw what it looked like, I knew I had to have it even more!!

None of the drugstores around me had it in stock so luckily a few of my readers offered to swap one with me!! Thank you Wendy & Elizabeth!

Cinderella is a gorgeous sheer baby blue with flecks of pink and gold shimmer! Its truly gorgeous!

Here is one coat of SC Cinderella, see how sheer it is!

This is four coats of SC Cinderella with no top coat.

This color is amazing and I really know nothing like it! Even though after four coats there is still a bit of VNL I don't mind. I do recommend an underwear coat of nail polish, such as white or grey.

UPDATE: It has been 4 days since I have put this on and after all the wear and tear it is still holding up!! Can you believe it? I don't even have a top coat on, I only used Seche Vite Base Coat and the SC!!

My 600 Follower Giveaway Winner Is.....

2012-02-07T15:54:00.000-08:00

CONGRATULATIONS

Tracey Arredondo!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

I have emailed the winner and she has 48 hours to respond, otherwise I will choose another winner! Thank you to everyone who entered!!! I appreciate each and every one of you!! Make sure you stay tuned for my next giveaway!!!

Mini Haul

2012-02-07T14:23:00.000-08:00

So today I went on a little spree. I found some really neat and pretty colors!

Here is my Walgreens Haul. I found Essie Go Overboard and Play date from the newest Essie collection. I also found Sinful Colors Glass Pink.

This was from my ULTA. They had a huge clearance section but the only one I bought from it was the China Glaze Aqua Baby and the OPI White Shatter. I also picked up the cute little Essence Colour & Go in Glamourous Life, Where Is The Party, and Choose Me! The hand cream is hard as hoof and also doubles as a nail strengthening cream. This was recommended by the YouTube star PlasmaSpeedo!! Check her nails out!

I then went to a nearby Supply Store and found these. OPI Koala Bear-y and Essie Hot Commodity.

I also stopped by Sally's and picked up China Glaze Lorelei's Tiara and Some Like It Haute.

While at my ULTA I also found two Revlon Whimsical's!!!! These are up for sale/swap. If you are interested, please email me.

ICING Nameless Blue

2012-02-05T09:30:00.000-08:00

I recently picked up a mini 4 pack of nameless baby blues from ICING. They had some really pretty green shimmer in all of them and looked way pretty!

Here is the light blue one swatched.

I did use two coats of China Glaze For Audrey as a base, then two coats of the ICING.

The wear on this mani lasted pretty long for me! It is definitely gorgeous, but if you have China Glaze For Audrey and Pure Ice Oh Baby! you can get a similar look. The shimmer particles in Oh Baby! are a little larger and less dainty and subtle.

Oh and I forgot to add, GO GIANTS!!

Dollar Tree Haul

2012-02-04T17:35:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I had to go into the Dollar store to purchase some nail mail envelopes. I just so happened to be near the nail polish aisle!! How coincidental?! I saw that they put up some new Sally Hansen duo's so I wanted to look into them further.

I was able to find some pretty unique Sally Hansens that I have never seen before. I took a picture and sent it to my Sally Hansen guru Laurie and she told me to buy them for sure and that they were beauty in a bottle!

The three colors on the left came in a duo with the three on the right.

LtoR: Crystal Opal, Pale Pink Opal, Rose Gold Opal, Emerald City, Lime Lights, & Ocean View

I was googling swatches and found out that the best way to show the Opal's was to layer them over black.

Crystal Opal over black gives a green to dark purple duochrome effect, Pale Pink Opal over black gives a blue to purple duochrome effect, and Rose Gold Opal over black gives a green to dark purple duochrome effect as well.

On the swatch wheel the Crystal Opal and Rose Gold Opal really look similar over black. I am trying out other colors to see if I can get a different effect from each to really signify the two different colors.

Considering the package said that the duo's were normally a retail value of $7.99, I would say I scored by only paying $3 for all of them!

ManGlaze Nail Mail

2012-02-04T17:14:00.000-08:00

ManGlaze MailThis afternoon I welcomed my first ManGlaze nail lacquers into my home. It was love at first sight!!

How great is this package? They included two ManGlaze stickers, some business cards, and a ManGlaze guitar pick!

I purchased ManGlaze Santorum, Cabrón, and Lesbihonest. I can't wait to get these on my nails! More importantly, I can't wait for someone to ask what is ON my nails..oh, the look on their face when I tell them the name! PRICELESS!

I also want to add that ManGlaze has pretty great customer service. I had purchased these last Saturday and was worried because my shipping hadn't updated yet. All I had to do was comment on their Facebook page and ask! They immediately replied and got everything fixed! Also my packaged arrived a week later!

ManGlaze retails for $13.13 but are on sale right now for $11.82

You can purchase ManGlaze through their Facebook page or through their Amazon store.

Zoya Anja & Nail-Venturous Rustic Remains

2012-02-04T12:58:00.000-08:00

Zoya AnjaAnja is a gorgeous deep dark plum creme nail polish. It reminds me of a dark wine color. Here is Anja applied with two coats, no topcoat.

Anja is a really pretty vampy color. It almost resembles China Glaze Crimson. It really looks black in the photo's but in real life, its a pretty deep red/plum color.

Rustic Remains

I decided to layer Rustic Remains over Zoya Anja. Rustic Remains is another exclusive franken from Amy at I'm Feeling Nail-Venturous.

Rustic Remains is a golden orange based flakie with small particles of multicolored shimmer.Adding Rustic Remains truly was a miracle!! It looks so gorgeous over Anja and really brings out the best in this color.

Nail-Venturous Forever Taylor

2012-02-02T08:30:00.000-08:00

Forever Taylor

Today, I have another franken by Amy at I'm Feeling Nail-Venturous. We are in a nail polish group together and I had asked if any of the frankeners could create a black glitter nail polish for me since I had never seen one before.

Forever Taylor is a gorgeous black glitter nail polish with holo glitter. It has many different sized glitter in it to create depth and a more glittery look. I really love what she did with my idea, she made it come to life!!

indoor natural light

indoor flash

outdoor shade

sunlight

I really love this and I am so glad that Amy offered to create this for me, she really is a sweetheart!!

What really is interesting about this nail polish is the unexpected larger hex glitters, it really adds to the polish making it unique and pretty! I wanted something that could be chic, yet girly and pretty, not just a plain black nail polish. She really hit it out of the park with this one!

What do you think? Would it be something that you would purchase?

My First YouTube Haul Video

2012-02-01T11:03:00.000-08:00

So I wanted to try and SPICE things up a bit and do a video for you guys. Yesterday I had a mini haul and thought it would be a great way to interact and show you guys nail polish at the same time!! I think its great to put a voice to the nails sometimes :)

Please let me know what you think and if this is something you want to see more of!

Nail-Venturous Laquers: VooDoo Doll

2012-02-01T10:05:00.000-08:00

VooDoo Doll

VooDoo Doll is another great franken that was created by the awesome Amy at I'm Feeling Nail-Venturous. I think she needs to stop before she dominates the nail polish world too much ;)

VooDoo Doll is an awesome black and white glitter nail polish. It has a very jelly-sheer black base with multiple sized and shaped black and white glitters. What probably catches your eye the most is the large white hex ones!

I really love how layered this polish looks! Its so neat and unique that I just can't stop staring at my nails today! I can totally see the direction Amy was going when naming this VooDoo Doll, you get stuck in a trance just looking at it! To me it reminds me of a flip flopped version of cookies and cream ice cream, yum!

Nail-Venturous Pinkerbell & Floam Zebra

2012-01-30T13:49:00.000-08:00

Today I added a stamp to my mani from yesterday. I decided to do a zebra stamp using BM 223 with Sally Hansen White On just to add a little something extra. I love how simple and cute it turned out!

The wear on these Nail-Venturous lacquers are really good! I have been cleaning, folding laundry, giving my daughter a bath, taking a shower, etc...and its held up SUPER good!

Nail-Venturous Pinkerbell & Floam

2012-01-29T09:30:00.000-08:00

Remember that totally awesome and amazing nail mail I received the other day? You know, the one with those Ah-Ma-ZING frankens from I'm Feeling Nail-Venturous? Well today I'm going to show you Pinkerbell and Floam.

Some of you might recognize the name Floam. Well it was a 90's toy craze that kids, like myself, begged their parents to buy. Amy had a little trouble trying to come up with a name for it, and luckily we have a ninja like Rhonni who thought of it!

Source

How perfect is that name?

Pinkerbell is actually Floam's long lost sister polish. Pinkerbell has the same glitters as Floam, but with pink added.

I decided to do a mani using both!

All pictures are two coats.

This picture is my favorite because it brings out the blue!

indoor with flash

outdoor sunlight

close up: Pinkerbell on left, Floam on the right.

Please, feel free to click pictures and enlarge the beauty.

These were super easy to apply and dried relatively fast, a little slower than normal glitters but faster than normal cremes. After drying, I added a coat of Gelous and Seche Vite.

Are you in love yet?

Don't forget to check out Amy's blog over at I'm Feeling Nail-Venturous for your chance to win Floam, Pinkerbell, & Orange You Unique?

BEST NAIL MAIL EVER!!! Nail-Venturous Lacquers

2012-01-28T15:47:00.000-08:00

Today I had the best nail mail ever! I received my frankens from Amy at I'm Feeling Nail-Venturous.

Here's a closer look!

LtoR: Rustic Remains, Pinkerbell, & Floam

LtoR: VooDoo Doll, Mosaic Wonder, & Forever Taylor's

Please feel free to click on the pictures to enlarge them and really get a feel of all the little details!

Rustic Remains

Rustic Remains is a gorgeous rusty flakie nail polish with a multicolor shimmer. It's BEAUTIFUL!

LtoR: over OPI That's Hot! Pink, ChG Crimson, nothing, half white & black, & OPI HTAT

blurred to see the goods!

Here is a closeup of Rustic Remains over OPI Here Today Aragon Tomorrow! Its so pretty!

Pinkerbell

Pinkerbell is a gorgeous neon glitter! It's a light pink base with neon pink, green, and blue glitter. I have never seen anything like it before!

LtoR: Pinkerbell 2 coats, Pinkerbell over white and black

LtoR: Pinkerbell over OPI Pink Friday, OPI Fly, & OPI Did It On 'Em. The one on the right is Floam.

Floam

Floam is also a neon glitter. Floam is a neon blue/teal and green glitter. The name comes from the 90's toy Floam that looked exactly like this!

LtoR: 2 coats of Floam, Floam over:white&black, OPI Fly, OPI Did It On 'Em, OPI Pink Friday, and OPI That's Hot! Pink

closeup

VooDoo Doll

VooDoo Doll is a gorgeous black and white glitter polish. The base is a lovely black jelly polish and it has various size black and white glitter. The layering effect is really neat with this one.

LtoR: 2 coats VooDoo Doll, VooDoo Doll over white & black

Mosaic Wonder

Mosaic Wonder is a really unique and awesome nail polish! This is definitely a top coat that you can add to any color. The base is a holographic glitter and it has larger mosaic like glitter throughout. The effect is really neat and it looks like stained glass!

LtoR: 2 coats alone, 2 coats over white & black

LtoR: OPI Road House Blues, Orly Frisky, OPI That's Hot! Pink

Forever Taylor's

This one is my personal favorite! Why you ask? Well she named this one after me! I had been looking for a black glitter polish for a while and brought up the idea. Amy said that she would be willing to make one for me! Isn't she just the BEST! This is basically like the WnW Ice Ice Baby glitter, but BLACK! Totally me and GORGEOUS! Thank you again, Amy!

LtoR: 2 coats, 2 coats over white & black

How wonderful and unique are these!! I seriously am still in awe and can't decide what to wear first! These are all so unique and different from any nail polish I have ever seen! What do you think? Which ones are your favorite from my bunch?

Please feel free to check out Amy's most recent post regarding these as well as a GIVEAWAY for a chance to win some!

Valentines Day Mani #2

2012-01-26T10:46:00.000-08:00

The other day I posted my very first Valentines Day mani. Well today, I have another one to show you!

After doing my mani I was really unsure as to what I should do to my other hand! I tried to something a little easier because I am not that good yet at doing nail art with my left hand.

The kisses were a huge hit on my last mani, so I decided to do a "kissed nail" to get the effect of an overwhelming amount of kisses is being given.

The colors and plate I used are all relatively the same, except for the index finger. For the index finger I used a base of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear White On, then one coat of Icing After Party, and one coat of OPI I Lily Love You.

The plate I used is BM02 from the 17 piece Bundle Monster stamping plate set.

Valentines Day Mani

2012-01-24T19:14:00.000-08:00

I know Valentines Day is a little ways away, but it's one of my favorite occasions so I couldn't resist starting a mani.

Here are the colors and tools I used for this mani.

Sally Hansen White On, OPI DS Temptation, Lynnderella Love Potion No 99, Orly Bubbly Bombshell, Lynnderella The Telltale Heart, Shany Nail Art Stripers, OPI Planks A Lot, OPI That's Hot! Pink, Bundle Monster nail art tools, and Bundle Monster plate BM02.

I also used a heart rhinestone from an ebay set which is not pictured.

Here is a picture without flash to show the dimensions of the glitter.

What do you think? Im hoping to do a few more Valentines Day inspired manis, so I would love some feedback!

Brown and Black Holo Comparison

2012-01-24T12:15:00.000-08:00

I'mmmm baaaack! My nails are finally starting to look better and grow nicer! I will have my post of the experience using Nailtique.

Today I have a comparison post to show you.

I will be comparing:

OPI My Private Jet (brown holo)

OPI My Private Jet (charcoal-brown holo)

HITS Zeus

Glitter Gal 10 to Midnight

Glitter Gal Black

Direct Sunlight

LtoR: OPI MPJ(brn holo), OPI MPJ(charcoal holo), HITS Zeus,

GG 10 to Midnight, & GG Black holo

Indoor Natural Light

As you can see, the closest ones are HITS Zeus and GG 10 to Midnight. The only difference is that the GG has more of a metallic finish in the sun. After swatching this, I'm not too sure I'm in love with my brown holo MPJ! Don't call me crazy now!

If you would like I can also compare two of the newer versions of MPJ and my black holo franken. Just let me know :)

My New Additions!

2012-01-19T17:35:00.000-08:00

Have you missed me yet? Sorry for my latest absence, I recently went back to school, visited my family, and have been trying to make my nails healthier! Ugh, life, it always seems to get in the way! :)

Anyways, onto the goodies! Over the past few months I have acquired some beauties and thought you might like to see!

Urban Outfitters DUST is a gorgeous light blue base with different sizes of silver glitter. Looks like a DL dupe to me. Here is 2 coats.

Urban Outfitters DUST

First, Pure ICE Oh Baby! is a gorgeous blue and purple effect. The middle is Pure ICE Heart Breaker which is a green shift pigment. Last, Urban Outfitters SNOW, its a red to orange shimmer shift. Here are 2 coats.

L to R: Pure ICE Oh Baby!, Pure ICE Heart Breaker,

Urban Outfitters SNOW

Next are Walmart exclusive Nicole by OPI. On the left you have NOPI Best Pink Ever, its a gorgeous sheer pink and orange fleck glitter. Its really hard to explain, but GORGEOUS on the nail! On the right is NOPI Fabulous Is My Middle Name, a multicolored bar glitter with small round silver glitter.

L to R: NOPI Best Pink Ever & NOPI Fabulous is My Middle Name

These are two nail polishes I won in a nail polish Fantasy Football group! They are really pretty and glittery in the sun! The left, Smoking Diva, is a gorgeous brown base with gold flecks. The right, Bold N Bronze, is a golden base with gold flecks. These are really pretty and 2 coats each.

L to R: Dare to Wear Smoking Diva & Dare to Wear Bold N Bronze

Lastly, a very unique beauty. Icing After Party! Its a multi-colored mylar fleck nail polish. I can't wait to layer with this! Here is 2 coats swatched, and on the left over black.

Icing After Party

(over black on the left)

What do you think? Will you be taking a trip to pick some of these up? All of these are relatively inexpensive and are under $8 USD each.

I know I am missing a swatch of Milani Blue Lightening, the color did not look good in my lighting so I am going to take a better picture in the sun, whenever that decides to come out!

Nailed to the T 600 Follower Giveaway!!!

2012-01-10T18:28:00.000-08:00

600 Followers!!!

Amazing!!

Thank you so much for following me!!! Its been a pleasure!

To show my appreciation, I am hosting a giveaway!

You can enter for the chance to win a nail polish of your choice from Llarowe!!!

All you need to do is enter the form below.
Ends 2.6.12

There are a few restrictions:

1. Only US Residents...sorry

2. Excludes Lynnderella nail polish

3. You can only choose from the nail polish in stock.

4. The winner has up to 2 weeks after to pick your prize.
All prizes were provided by me.
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Amped Up Mermaid Tail Mani

2012-01-10T09:30:00.000-08:00

A few days ago I posted my Mermaid Tail Mani, well I couldn't leave it alone, no matter how pretty! So I added a coat of OPI DS Shimmer!

How pretty is that?!!!

Here is an additional photo, without DS Shimmer, just to show the flakies more

Nail Mail!

2012-01-09T13:18:00.000-08:00

About a week ago there was a deal going on at Plum District. The deal consisted of purchasing a $50 gift card voucher to Bloom.com for only $25. Bloom.com carries many different beauty products, but my interest was the nail polish.

They carry brands such as CND, Essie, Zoya, OPI, and Sally Hansen just to name a few.

I ordered some of the OPI Nicki Minaj colors and a Zoya.

The packaging was done cute and safe for nail polish!

They wrapped two nail polishes per burrito.

Here are the colors I ordered from L to R:

OPI Fly, Did It On 'Em, Metallic 4 Life, Save Me, Super Bass Shatter, and Zoya Neeka

OPI Fly, Did It On Em, M4L, Save Me, Super Bass Shatter

Zoya Neeka

close up of OPI Save Me

Did you take advantage of this offer? I think overall this offer was really worth it! I only paid $17.50 out of pocket!

UPDATE!!!!
KGB Deals has the same deal going on right now! $50 gift card to Bloom for $25!!! Only 940 deals left out of 2000!!! This deal ends in 3 days!

New Year, New Things!

2012-01-09T12:32:00.001-08:00

This year at Nailed to the T, you can expect bigger and better things coming from my blog! I have added many things to my nail polish addiction lately.

I recently purchased a lightbox, Bundle Monster stamping plates, Bundle Monster nail art set, Red Angel plates, and many other things, all christmas gifts of course. I am hoping to do more nail art and stamping! I also hope to get a new camera or learn to take better photos.

Here are a few test photos I took

Shany Nail Art stripers

Zoya Twila

My lightbox set up!

Rafflecopter Launch Party Giveaway!!

2012-01-09T09:57:00.000-08:00

Win an iPad & a Kindle Fire

Normally I don't do blog posts about Giveaway's, but, who wouldnt want to win an iPad or Kindle Fire?!

Also, I normally don't trust giveaways with a large prize, such as this, but I know Rafflecopter is a trusted site and source.

All you have to do is enter using the Rafflecopter widget below. You can also enter the name Taylor, if you'd like, for the person who referred you. If I win, one person who referred me will win the Kindle Fire!! How exciting!!

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Mermaid Tail Mani

2012-01-08T17:57:00.000-08:00

Mermaid Tail Inspired!

Hello everyone! Have you missed me much? Well lately I have added quite a few new things to my nail polish addiction, one being my Bundle Monster plates.

I have always wanted to try a mani that looked like a Mermaid's tail, so I decided to do one today. I had wanted my nails to be a little longer, but I just couldn't wait to try this out.

with flash

without flash

You can see the colors better in the no flash picture, but you can see the flakies better in the flash one. I hope you enjoy my first ever stamping mani!

The colors I used are:

Essie Jamaica Me Crazy (base)

Essie Sexy Divide (sponged)

Essie Trophy Wife (sponged)

Essie Dive Bar (sponged)

Finger Paints Twisted

Color Club Antiquated (stamp color)

Red Angel Plate RA-111

UPDATE on me :)

2012-01-06T18:41:00.000-08:00

Hello all!

I just wanted to let you know that I am working on posts! I am going to start with a Nail Envy week. My nails are nubbins right now and I want to grow them out a bit. I have also bought lightbox which I need to find lights for still. Thank you so much for still following me after my absence! I am also starting school next week, so I should have more posts coming and I should be on a better schedule.

Love you all!

Taylor

Edit: I did nail envy, but forgot to take pictures, and then my nails broke again! FAIL

Happy New Year!!! Thank Blue!

2012-01-01T12:11:00.000-08:00

First off, I would love to thank each and every one of my followers! When I started this, I had no idea what would come to follow! I hope you all had a wonderful 2011! I am looking forward to 2012! Anyways onto the nail polish!

Lynnderella Thank Blue!

This is my very first Lynnderella! I had been eyeing this beauty for quite sometime, but was never fast enough to get it on her blog. Thankfully, Llarowe now sells them, even though they also sell out quick!

Thank Blue! is a gorgeous glitter nail polish full of blue and teal! There are large and small hex and square glitters in a milky, sheer blue/teal base.

I started off with one coat of Color Club Chelsea Girl just to give it a bit of a base to build off of. Then I added Color Club Sexy Siren for some more bling! Finally, a coat of Thank Blue!

You can also see on my ring finger an addition. I was in Sephora and wanted to try their new blue glitter shatter, well as you can see, no shatter! I was a bit disappointed, but I think I needed to shake the bottle first. It might also be the fact that I had Seche Vite on, and it might not react that well with Seche.

My Very First Deborah Lippmann!!!

2011-12-18T09:00:00.000-08:00

Deborah Lippmann

Across the Universe

First of all I would like to thank Carly, at Lacquered Lover, for swapping me for this! I also blame her for making me want more DL's!

Across the Universe is a gorgeous green and blue glitter in a sheer dark blue base.

I chose to layer this over OPI DS Fantasy because I wanted to conserve this beauty and use less coats!

Yes I know i have shrinkage :( The huge chunk missing is also because I didn't let Gelous dry enough.

Top 10 Nail Polishes of 2011

2011-12-17T09:00:00.000-08:00

I am going to be compiling a list of my top 10's in 2011.
My first list I am showing you is my top 10 nail polishes of 2011.

Top 10 of 2011

1. China Glaze Some Like It Haute

2. China Glaze Blonde Bombshell
3. Color Club Holiday Splendor

4. Cult Nails Clairvoyant/U.P.

5. Glitter Gal Lizard Belly
6. Ludurana Emocionante
7. Orly Bubbly Bombshell

8. Orly Fowl Play

9. Revlon Princess

10. Wet n Wild It's All In The Cut

What's in your top ten list?

OPI DS Fantasy

2011-12-17T08:30:00.000-08:00

OPI DS Fantasy

Fantasy is a gorgeous deep blue scattered holo.

You can also see some green in it as well, it reminds me of a mermaid or a deep blue ocean!

This one is just simply gorgeous!! I can't get enough of it, unfortunately I used Seche Vite and it shrunk almost instantly.

Ludurana Aurora Boreal Fascinante

2011-12-15T10:04:00.000-08:00

Ludurana Fascinante

Fascinante is from the Aurora Boreal collection by Ludurana. Fascinante is a gorgeous multi-chrome nail polish that has great coverage in 2 coats! It also dries super glossy, so no top coat is needed!

The multi-chrome effect is from pink to an orange-brown to gold.

Pink

Pink to Orange-Brown

Gold

I am really loving these multi-chromes!! I think more are going to be added to my wish list immediately!!

The only issue is that they are a bit streaky and can leave bald spots so careful precise application is needed.

Luduranas are available on Llarowe. Llarowe is a website dedicated to selling gorgeous nail polish! You can also "Like" them on Facebook to get updates on stock and sales!!

Luduranas retail for $14 USD and are 8mL a bottle.

Surprise Giveaway!!

2011-12-11T10:15:00.001-08:00

So if you read my post yesterday, it said that I would be having a surprise giveaway for those who donated to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

The prize is a surprise but once the winner receives it, I will post it!

There were a total of 17 donators who raised a total of $219!! That is fantastic and I wanted to show my appreciation!!

On to the winner!
Echoe69
CONGRATULATIONS!!

The winner has 48 hours to contact me. If the winner does not contact me, or declines the prize, then another winner will be chosen.

400 Follower GLAMOURous Giveaway WINNER!!

2011-12-10T23:34:00.001-08:00

The winner of my 400 Follower GLAMOURous Giveaway is...

Sarah

Chalkboard Nails!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!

It was really weird that she won because she was also the first person to guess what the prize was!!!

Sarah you have 48 hours to contact me and claim your prize, otherwise, another winner will be chosen.

I will also be having a surprise giveaway for those who donated!! So stay tuned for tomorrow!!

ISO OPI DS Exclusive

2011-12-10T17:45:00.001-08:00

If anyone has OPI DS Exclusive for sale or swap, please let me know. This has been my number one lemming forever!!! I am dying to get my hands on one!! Please let me know :)

600 Followers!!

2011-12-10T14:24:00.001-08:00

600 Followers!! OMG!! Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you...I can't thank you all enough!! I really appreciate each and every single one of my followers!!

I will be having another giveaway but it won't be until after the new year because of all the holidays, so expect it to come in 2012!!

In other news, I found my Hard Candy Matte-ly In Love that I was frantically looking for the other day. I miraculously found it in my daughters room, of all places! She is my little polish collector in training after all, so I can't be too mad at her :)

Ludurana Emocionante Flakie-fied Matte

2011-12-09T09:00:00.000-08:00

Ludurana Emocionante, Nubar 2010, and Hard Candy Matte-ly In Love

Yesterday I mentioned me adding yet another combination to that spectacular and breathtaking combo. Hard Candy Matte-ly In Love.

This just can't get any better!!! I really love the matte flakie look!! Too bad right after this, I lost my Hard Candy Matte :( Im hoping to buy another soon.

Ludurana Emocionante Flakie-fied!!!!

2011-12-08T09:00:00.000-08:00

Ludurana Emocionante with

Nubar 2010

I couldn't just leave Emocionante without sprucing it up a bit. Although it is gorgeous on its own! I decided to add Nubar 2010.

Sorry for all the pictures, I just couldn't resist! Isn't this just dreamy?!!! I love it!

Tomorrow I have yet another addition to this mani!!

Don't forget to enter my 400 Follower GLAMOURous Giveaway!! It ends 12.10.11!!

Ludurana Aurora Boreal Emocionante

2011-12-07T09:00:00.000-08:00

Emocionante

Emocionante is a gorgeous purple multi chrome. The multi chrome effect goes from a dark blue, to purple, then a lighter pink purple, orange, then gold. Its truly amazing and gorgeous!

Blue to Purple

Purple to Pink

Pink to Orange

Orange to Gold

w/Flash in shade

Bonus picture to show the sparkle

This was so gorgeous and a beauty to apply. The application was great, only needing two coats, and all the pictures are with no topcoat. There is a slight smell, which isn't that bad, with the Luduranas but they are 3-Free.

You can purchase Luduranas from Leah Ann the US Stockist. She has a shop called Llarowe that has a wide variety of gorgeous nail polish brands! Check out Llarowe's Facebook page and "Like" it to get exclusive information on stock and sales!

The Luduranas retail for $14 at 8mL a bottle.

This product was sent to me for review. All opinions expressed are my own.

China Glaze Peri-wink-le with Ozotic 532

2011-12-06T09:00:00.000-08:00

Peri-wink-le with Ozotic 532

Yesterday I had said in my post that I was going to spice my mani up...well here it is!!

532 is part of the mish mash collection. Since I layered it over the light blurple, you aren't really able to see the duochrome, but the holo is gorgeous! It did add a slight darker purple effect to it which is super duper hard to capture!

Here is what it looked like in the shade.

I really loved this mani so much that I wore it for a few days. I was actually able to wear it for about 5 days and the wear and tear was phenomenal!!! The chips that you do see are from me biting the corners, still overcoming my nail biting habit.

China Glaze Secret Peri-Wink-Le

2011-12-05T09:00:00.000-08:00

Secret Peri-wink-le

China Glaze Secret Peri-wink-le has been on my wish list for quite sometime. I recently received it in a swap with Rebecca over at Rebecca Likes Nails. Im not going to lie, when I saw this I was like, why was this on my wish list in the first place, then I put it on...

Secret Peri-wink-le is a gorgeous dusty light gray blurple cream, periwinkle duh! Its gorgeous yet simple. It is a bit balding, but who cares!!!

Wait until you see what I have in store for tomorrow's post..Peri-wink-le will be all glammed up!

300 Follower Appreciation/Holiday Giveaway WINNERS!!!

2011-12-04T17:19:00.001-08:00

Thank you so much to everyone who entered!! I am now currently over 500 Follower!! If I do have another giveaway it probably won't be until next year due to the holidays!!

Without further adieu...
First Prize:

Color Club Beyond the Mistletoe Set

Aly-NoJunkNail
unclaimed, new winner chosen

Second Prize:

Make Up Store Glitters

AllThatIsGorgeous

(Jennifer Rodrick)
claimed

Third Prize:

Jen M

claimed

Fourth Prize:

Cosmetic Arts Glitters

Bryan and Michellene
claimed

Fifth Prize:

CasandraEileen
claimed

I have emailed the winners. They have 48 hours to respond, otherwise, I will choose another winner.

As far as the winners and their prizes go, I know some of them picked duplicate prizes, so the person with the highest prize gets to choose and then the next will get a different choice.

If they choose to give up their prize because they already have it or what not, I will also choose another person.

HITS Demeter

2011-12-04T09:00:00.000-08:00

HITS Demeter

Demeter is part of the HITS No Olimpio collection. Demeter is a gorgeous orange holographic.

The one thing I didn't really care for about Demeter is the opacity of this color, it is quite hard to reach it fully. I recommend putting a base coat color first, such as white, black, orange, or whatever color suites your needs. Other than that, this color is great and unique!

Another thing that was quite difficult was the brush. I am not sure if I just got a defective brush or what but they are really oddly shaped.

As you can see, the brush is slanted but uneven as well.

HITS are $10 for 6mL each.

You can purchase HITS from Leah Ann, the US Stockist, over at her online shop Llarowe.

You can "Like" Llarowe's Facebook page to get updates on sale's as well as when more stock comes in!

Ludurana Aurora Boreal Esplendido

2011-12-03T09:00:00.000-08:00

Esplendido

Esplendido is from the Aurora Boreal collection through Ludurana. Esplendido is a gorgeous silver holographic nail polish. The holographic effect is a mix between linear and scattered.

The application was great on this and drying time was normal. If you want full coverage for this you will need about 3 coats. You can also use this as a holographic top coat by applying one coat to the top of any nail polish color.

You can purchase this nail polish for $14 USD through Leah Ann the US Stockist at Llarowe.

You can also "Like" Llarowe on Facebook for updates of products and sales!!

Ludurana Aurora Boreal Maravilhosa

2011-12-02T19:00:00.000-08:00

Introducing.....

Ludurana Aurora Boreal

Maravilhosa

Maravilhosa is part of the Aurora Boreal collection through Ludurana. Maravilhosa is a gorgeous light pink holographic nail polish.

The application for this was fairly well, it is a little sheer so more than two coats are needed. The bottle shape is very unique and unlike any other I have seen before. If you purchase from the Llarowe website they are $14 USD for 8mL.

You can purchase this, among other colors from Leah Ann the US Stockist at Llarowe.

You can also "Like" Llarowe on Facebook for updates and deals.

These were sent to me for review.

Silver Holographic Comparison

2011-12-02T17:11:00.001-08:00

Silver holo's are gorgeous! There aren't many out there, but the ones that are can be comparable. I do not own every single silver holo out there, but I do have a few that I can compare.

L to R: GOSH Holographic,

Make Up Store Greta,

China Glaze OMG,

Ludurana Aurora Boreal Esplendido,

Nfu Oh 61,

Sally Hansen Nail Prisms Diamond,

China Glaze Sexagon,

OPI DS Shimmer,

OPI DS Coronation

L to R: GOSH Holographic, MUS Greta, ChG OMG, Ludurana Esplendido,

Nfu Oh 61

L to R: Sally Hansen Nail Prisms Diamond, ChG Sexagon, OPI DS Shimmer, OPI DS Coronation

L to R: GOSH Holographic,

Make Up Store Greta,

China Glaze OMG,

Ludurana Aurora Boreal Esplendido,

Nfu Oh 61,

Sally Hansen Nail Prisms Diamond,

China Glaze Sexagon,

OPI DS Shimmer,

OPI DS Coronation

L to R: GOSH Holographic, MUS Greta, China Glaze OMG, Ludurana Esplendido, Nfu Oh 61

L to R: Sally Hansen Diamond, China Glaze Sexagon, OPI DS Shimmer, OPI DS Coronation

L to R: GOSH Holographic, MUS Greta, China Glaze OMG, Ludurana Esplendido, Nfu Oh 61

L to R: Sally Hansen Diamond, China Glaze Sexagon, OPI DS Shimmer, OPI DS Coronation

As you can see from the comparison, the first 5 are more linear, while the last 4 are more of a scattered linear.

The smoothest and best linear is

China Glaze OMG.

The next best holo's are

GOSH Holographic, MUS Greta, and Nfu Oh 61.

The dupes are

GOSH Holographic, MUS Greta, and Nfu Oh 61.

The best layering holo's are

Ludurana Esplendido, Sally Hansen Diamond, and OPI DS Shimmer

I should also add that I used Make Up Store Aqua Fix as a base for GOSH, MUS, and Nfu Oh.

Day 28 of Untrieds: OPI DS Shimmer

2011-11-29T14:59:00.003-08:00

Day 28 of 30 Days of Untrieds

OPI DS Shimmer

OPI DS Shimmer is a gorgeous holo. I used Shimmer over the OPI Here Today..Aragon Tomorrow. I wanted to try and create something that was similar to Glitter Gal Lizard Belly. This ended up being much more holo, and I was super mad that the sun didn't show today!!

Here is Laurie's Untried

OPI Designer De Better and OPI Warm and Fozzie

Check out the other bloggers participating!

Alexandria at Je T'aime Lacquer

Alyssa at Always Polished

Amber at The Polished Momma

Andrea at Addicted to the Allure of Beauty

Ashley at Follow the Yellow Polish Road

Caitlin at Something Creative

Carly at Lacquered Lover

Caroline at Good Lack, Nail!

Caroline at Shadow's Nail Art

Chelsea at Pretty and Polished

Gwen at Pudgy Nails

Ingie at Limited Addiction Nails

Jacki at Adventures in Acetone

Jamie at Nails Adored

Lindsey at Nailtopia

Natalie at Gems in a Bottle

Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails

Rachel at Top Coat It

Sarah at Lucky Lacquers

Shaina at Haute Lacquer

Thalie at Glazed Talons

Taylor at Nailed to the T

Day 27 of Untrieds: OPI Here Today..Aragon Tomorrow

2011-11-29T14:59:00.001-08:00

Day 27 of 30 Days of Untrieds

OPI Here Today...Aragon Tomorrow
HT..AT is a gorgeous dark green that I received in a swap recently. I really love deep dark colors and have been looking for a great green, well this is it! The only thing I did not care for was how streaky it applied. Unfortunately the sun was not present so I wasn't able to take very good pictures showing the gorgeousness of this nail polish!

Here is Lauries Untried

Zoya Dove with feathers

I must say that is breathtaking!! I really love this and want to try it!!

Check out the other bloggers participating!

Alexandria at Je T'aime Lacquer

Alyssa at Always Polished

Amber at The Polished Momma

Andrea at Addicted to the Allure of Beauty

Ashley at Follow the Yellow Polish Road

Caitlin at Something Creative

Carly at Lacquered Lover

Caroline at Good Lack, Nail!

Caroline at Shadow's Nail Art

Chelsea at Pretty and Polished

Gwen at Pudgy Nails

Ingie at Limited Addiction Nails

Jacki at Adventures in Acetone

Jamie at Nails Adored

Lindsey at Nailtopia

Natalie at Gems in a Bottle

Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails

Rachel at Top Coat It

Sarah at Lucky Lacquers

Shaina at Haute Lacquer

Thalie at Glazed Talons

Taylor at Nailed to the T

Day 26 of Untrieds: HITS Afrodite

2011-11-26T10:04:00.001-08:00

Day 26 of 30 Days of Untrieds

HITS Afrodite

HITS Afrodite is a gorgeous pink salmon coral from the HITS No Olimpo collection. You can purchase HITS from the US stockist Leah Ann on her Llarowe shop, which I highly recommend taking a peek.

indoor flash

indoor no flash

HITS Afrodite was very easy to apply. Here I did three coats, but you really only need two.

What I really love about these, is that you don't even need a top coat, they dry with a super shine!

The only difference with these holos than any other, is that they do take longer to dry than most are used to. Other than that, this is gorgeous!

To get your very own HITS, go check out Llarowe! You won't regret it!

These were provided to me by Leah Ann from Llarowe for review.

Laurie's Untried

China Glaze Side Saddle

Check out the other bloggers participating!

Alexandria at Je T'aime Lacquer

Alyssa at Always Polished

Amber at The Polished Momma

Andrea at Addicted to the Allure of Beauty

Ashley at Follow the Yellow Polish Road

Caitlin at Something Creative

Carly at Lacquered Lover

Caroline at Good Lack, Nail!

Caroline at Shadow's Nail Art

Chelsea at Pretty and Polished

Gwen at Pudgy Nails

Ingie at Limited Addiction Nails

Jacki at Adventures in Acetone

Jamie at Nails Adored

Lindsey at Nailtopia

Natalie at Gems in a Bottle

Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails

Rachel at Top Coat It

Sarah at Lucky Lacquers

Shaina at Haute Lacquer

Thalie at Glazed Talons

Taylor at Nailed to the T

Day 25 of Untrieds: China Glaze Tinsel Town

2011-11-25T16:54:00.001-08:00

Day 25 of 30 Days of Untrieds

China Glaze Tinsel Town

China Glaze Tinsel Town is a gorgeous silver gray glitter. It is perfect for the holidays!

I can't believe the challenge is almost over!! Thank you to everyone who has been following me through this and to all of the participants!!

Check out the other bloggers participating!

Alexandria at Je T'aime Lacquer

Alyssa at Always Polished

Amber at The Polished Momma

Andrea at Addicted to the Allure of Beauty

Ashley at Follow the Yellow Polish Road

Caitlin at Something Creative

Carly at Lacquered Lover

Caroline at Good Lack, Nail!

Caroline at Shadow's Nail Art

Chelsea at Pretty and Polished

Gwen at Pudgy Nails

Ingie at Limited Addiction Nails

Jacki at Adventures in Acetone

Jamie at Nails Adored

Lindsey at Nailtopia

Natalie at Gems in a Bottle

Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails

Rachel at Top Coat It

Sarah at Lucky Lacquers

Shaina at Haute Lacquer

Thalie at Glazed Talons

Taylor at Nailed to the T

Day 24 of Untrieds: Butter London Diamond Geezer

2011-11-25T16:48:00.001-08:00

Day 24 of 30 Days of Untrieds

Butter London Diamond Geezer

I recently received BL Diamond Geezer in a swap with Nory. I don't own a silver foil like this so it is my first.

Please excuse the chip, this was taken after Thanksgiving Day.

Check out the other bloggers participating!

Alexandria at Je T'aime Lacquer

Alyssa at Always Polished

Amber at The Polished Momma

Andrea at Addicted to the Allure of Beauty

Ashley at Follow the Yellow Polish Road

Caitlin at Something Creative

Carly at Lacquered Lover

Caroline at Good Lack, Nail!

Caroline at Shadow's Nail Art

Chelsea at Pretty and Polished

Gwen at Pudgy Nails

Ingie at Limited Addiction Nails

Jacki at Adventures in Acetone

Jamie at Nails Adored

Lindsey at Nailtopia

Natalie at Gems in a Bottle

Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails

Rachel at Top Coat It

Sarah at Lucky Lacquers

Shaina at Haute Lacquer

Thalie at Glazed Talons

Taylor at Nailed to the T

Happy Thanksgiving!!

2011-11-24T09:54:00.001-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving!! I will not be posting my untried today until tomorrow most likely. Whenever I do post them I will make sure I post the days I miss. Thank you for understanding and I hope you all have a wonderful day today!

Day 23 of Untrieds: Revlon Girly

2011-11-23T09:30:00.000-08:00

Day 23 of 30 Days of Untrieds

Revlon Girly

Revlon Girly is a gorgeous baby pink foil. Sometimes it also leans a little light lavender. I really love this collection and I am sad that I didn't get more from it.

Laurie's Untried

Wet n Wild Correction Tape

Super cute!! And I am loving the cupcake!

Check out the other bloggers participating!

Alexandria at Je T'aime Lacquer

Alyssa at Always Polished

Amber at The Polished Momma

Andrea at Addicted to the Allure of Beauty

Ashley at Follow the Yellow Polish Road

Caitlin at Something Creative

Carly at Lacquered Lover

Caroline at Good Lack, Nail!

Caroline at Shadow's Nail Art

Chelsea at Pretty and Polished

Gwen at Pudgy Nails

Ingie at Limited Addiction Nails

Jacki at Adventures in Acetone

Jamie at Nails Adored

Lindsey at Nailtopia

Natalie at Gems in a Bottle

Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails

Rachel at Top Coat It

Sarah at Lucky Lacquers

Shaina at Haute Lacquer

Thalie at Glazed Talons

Taylor at Nailed to the T

Day 22 of Untrieds: Revlon Princess

2011-11-22T09:30:00.000-08:00

Day 22 of 30 Days of Untrieds

Revlon Princess

Revlon Princess is part of the Edgy Elegance collection. It is a gorgeous blue foil, with a hint of lavender.

Laurie's Untried

Wet n Wild 24 Karats

Check out the other bloggers participating!

Alexandria at Je T'aime Lacquer

Alyssa at Always Polished

Amber at The Polished Momma

Andrea at Addicted to the Allure of Beauty

Ashley at Follow the Yellow Polish Road

Caitlin at Something Creative

Carly at Lacquered Lover

Caroline at Good Lack, Nail!

Caroline at Shadow's Nail Art

Chelsea at Pretty and Polished

Gwen at Pudgy Nails

Ingie at Limited Addiction Nails

Jacki at Adventures in Acetone

Jamie at Nails Adored

Lindsey at Nailtopia

Natalie at Gems in a Bottle

Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails

Rachel at Top Coat It

Sarah at Lucky Lacquers

Shaina at Haute Lacquer

Thalie at Glazed Talons

Taylor at Nailed to the T