Essie....I Love Nail Polish!

Hey everyone!! Im back!! Sorry for the hiatus!

I promise this post will make up for it!

Essie Barefoot in Blue

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I Love Nail Polish Once Upon a Starry Night

I recently came across a facebook page that posted a ton of cute nail pictures. Then I started to see that she was creating her own nail polish! At first, I was unsure if she was going to sell them, so I sat back and watched the beautiful creations. Then one day I was browsing on etsy and came across her store!!!!! I snatched some babies up so quickly, I think my keyboard was smelling like burnt rubber!

Here I have Once Upon A Starry Night from her latest winter collection. It is a combination of blue, silver, white, prism, and star glitters. GORGEOUS COMBINATION!!!

I have layered one coat, plus dabbing, of Once Upon A Starry Night, over three coats of Barefoot in Blue.

I Love Nail Polish is currently having a sale of 40% off! Head on over and tell Barbra I said HI!!!

31 Day Challenge 2012: Day 4

GREEN NAILS

31 Day Challenge 2012: Day 1

RED NAILS

Today is Day 1 of the 31 Day Challenge!!

I am also doing 30 Days of Untrieds

PCOS Awareness Month

September is PCOS Awareness month. PCOS stands for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Nory over at Fierce Makeup and Nails asked if anyone would like to participate in doing a teal mani to show our support for PCOS Awareness month. 

Most of you don't know that I was actually tested to see if I had PCOS about a year ago, thankfully I do not but it was very scary to think that it could be a possibility. So, of course this mani was right up my alley and I had to show my support.

This mani ended up turning out better than I had imagined! For each nail there is actually a meaning behind the design.

For the thumb I chose to do the teal ribbon by using some loose glitter I had. The thumb represents the ribbon and the support that this cause has.

For my index finger I have two coats of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls and I stamped using BM-201 with Butter London Slapper (the perfect teal might I add). My middle finger is the same colors but opposite. I chose this stamp because I know that PCOS can be a struggle for women and they may encounter quite a few bumpy roads that are forever changing.

My ring finger is a base of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls and a loose glitter gradient of teal glitter. This represents how hopefully, the women with POCS, their symptoms can slowly fade.

My pinkie finger is a base of Butter London Slapper with a coat of Nicole by OPI Somebody Teal Love. This finger represents the light, or shimmer in this case, at the end of the battle against PCOS.

You can also check out Nory's post along with her personal story here!

For more information about PCOS, please visit any of these links:

http://www.pcoschallenge.com/ - Support System to help women with PCOS

http://www.facebook.com/PCOSFoundation - PCOS Foundation

http://www.facebook.com/pcosfight - PCOS Awareness

http://www.facebook.com/pcosdiva - PCOS Diva

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) - Symptoms 

(source: http://women.webmd.com/tc/polycystic-ovary-syndrome-pcos-symptoms)

China Glaze I'm Not a Lion

China Glaze I'm Not a Lion is a gorgeous golden holographic glitter! I'm Not a Lion is from the On Safari collection.

UGH! Such a GORGEOUS golden glitter it is!!! The glitter applied wonderfully and had no troubles at all! This is 3 coats applied topped with one coat of Seche Vite.

Indie Feature: Dollish Polish

Dollish Polish The Hero of Time

The Hero of Time is a polish created by Dolly in a Zelda Duo consisting of this one, The Hero of Time, and Hylian Princess.

  

The Hero of Time is a representation of Link, a hero in the game The Legend of Zelda: The Hero of Time.

The colors in this polish represent Link perfectly! Here is Link:

Source

Now I'll show you the polish and let you decide if it's a great representation or not!

What do you think?

Now onto my swatch!

I decided to layer this polish over Icing Shimmer which is a gorgeous nude gold with gold shimmer. I thought it would compliment the gold/yellow glitter in the polish.

 w/flash

 in the shade

 natural light

close up

As you can see, the glitter consists of multiple shades of green glitter, brown, and yellow/gold.

Dollish Polish can be purchased through multiple online stores as well as through the Dollish Polish store. You can follow Dolly on Facebook as well to get shop updates!

I happened to purchase this polish through Overall Beauty's pre-sale a few weeks back. Overall Beauty shipped these super fast and they were packaged so well!! I will definitely be shopping from there again!

Indie Feature: Dollish Polish

raNdOm DaNcInG

Dollish Polish Random Dancing is a wonderful and fun multicolored glitter polish in a clear base. I layered mine over a white base.

I then chose to matte it with Hard Candy Matte-ly In Love.

Happy 4th of July!!

Happy 4th of July!!! 

I decided to do a mani to celebrate.

Right hand: 

Thumb-white base with red gradient & Dollish Polish It's A Me Mario!

Index-OPI DS Coronation with silver holo pressed on top

Middle: blue base with blue holographic glitter pressed and glitter stars

Ring-white base with red and blue gradient

Pinkie-white base and China Glaze Ring in the Red

Left hand:

Thumb-white base, Lush Lacquer Snap Crackle Pop, Dollish Polish Its A Me Mario, and blue holographic glitter pressed on top

Index-OPI DS Coronation

Middle-China Glaze blue base with glitter stars

Index-white base with blue and red gradient and a silver holographic rim

Pinkie-white base with China Glaze Ring in the Red

I really just decided to do a random mani and only had red, white, blue, stars, and GLITTER in mind :)

I hope everyone celebrating has a wonderful and safe fourth of July!

Swatch Spam: Pahlish

Today I have swatches from Pahlish, one of my favorite indie polish lines, EVER!! Her glitter combinations are to die for!!

Your Silver Lining

You may have seen a post with this polish before, but looking a bit different. Shannon changed the formula to be more of a layering polish. Layering over dark colors looks A-MA-ZING!!!

Fire in the Taco Bell

Man oh man have I been lusting after this polish for a while! It is a gorgeous orange-red jelly packed polish with iridescent glitter as well as various shades of red and orange glitter.

Glittoris

Another amazing polish I have been wanting for a while!! You can see how layering this color over black really brought out the iridescent glitter!! GORGEOUS!

Train Underwater 

A beautiful blue jelly with blue and purple glitter! LOVELY!!!!

Toxic and Timeless

A teal-ish blue layering jelly polish with bar and hex green and blue glitter.

Future Release:

Easy/Lucky/Free

A gorgeous green glitter jelly polish!!! This polish will definitely bring you luck!!

Shannon is usually really good and reliable on restocking every Friday. She has already restocked today, but there are still some up!! Hurry and grab 'em while you can!

Swatch Spam: Rainbow Honey

On this fine sunny day I have some swatch spam for you all :)

Rainbow Honey: 

The Equestria Collection

I have swatched all of these over black and white, in the sun and in the shade. The left side of the nail is over black and the right side is over white.

Celestia
A gorgeous multi-colored flakie polish that can change the look of any base color!

Mare of the Moon

A deepened purple blue with holographic hex glitter and moon shaped glitter.

The Worst Possible Thing
Holographic deliciousness! Lilacs and blues with silver holographic glitter. A great layering polish!

Pinkie Promise
That gorgeous yellow flakie base with pink bar and hex glitter mixed with blue and yellow glitter. Do you see how the base color changes over black?! CRAZY!

The Element of Magic
Purple shimmery flakiness packed base with various purple glitters and small holographic glitter.

20% Cooler
A blue shimmery base with multiple different colored hexagon glitters.

Hoof Wrassle
An orange, jelly, sheer base that builds up gorgeously! Also packed with yellow and gold glitters.

A Little Kindness
A color shifting lilac and pink flakie base with gold, purple, and opaque glitter.

If you haven't heard of The Equestria Collection by Rainbow Honey, you should catch up!! These polishes are so gorgeous and I could not wait to get my hands on them! Oh and the packaging and bottles are to die for and are super cute!

Currently she is working on pre-orders, but should be finishing soon and opening up for shop! "Like" Rainbow Honey on Facebook for updates on her next shop opening and new colors and collections!