Review: "Cabaret" From Colors By Llarowe

Hello Readers:

Anyone else have a busy day of wrapping presents and filling out Christmas cards? Or was that just me? haha Oddly enough I enjoy doing that, except I forget to take a break and eat so I was crabby by the end of the day. I now have a full belly and am happy-go-lucky again. It's funny whenever I'm crabby my husbands first words are always "Have you eaten yet?" and it annoys me that he's usually right >P

And that is my personal tidbit for the day LoL Now onto the polish. Today, I have a polish from Colors by Llarowe's fall 2014 collection "Cabaret".

"Cabaret" is a clear based jelly with gold and silver flaked microglitter, and red, copper and rose shimmer.

I used two coats of "Cabaret" over a clear base coat, and a clear top coat. At the time I thought I had full coverage, but after looking at the photos I would recommend either a third coat of polish or some kind of undies. This is still a lovely polish, and I had no application issues. I love a good textured polish and this is definitely a great one for the fall months. It kind of reminds me of a campfire. Does this polish evoke nostalgic campfire memories in anyone else?

If you'd like to add this polish to your stash act now, it is on its last restock over at Llarowe.

Until next time.
-Andi

Quick Nail Art

Hello Readers:

I wanted to do some quick nail art and had wanted to try this design for awhile so I thought this would be a great time to do so. In this mani I've used: Colors By Llarowe's "Oorah!" and "Penny For Your Thoughts" plus BMC Stamping Polish in Gold for the nail art.

 

Sadly, not enough sun to really capture the holo of the CbL's, but you get a sneak peek at least. I love how my ring finger turned out, but for the life of me I couldn't get my middle finger to come out how I wanted. I redid it a few times, and just gave up and settled on what is shown here (which isn't awful but just not what I wanted). Oh, and on a side note, while I was redoing my middle finger I noticed that Color's by Llarowe "Penny For Your Thoughts" had stained my nails *sad face*. No bare nails for me for awhile.

 

Nonetheless, I love this mani, and adore the colors! It may not be Christmas yet but I have so many holiday art swimming around in my head I wanted to get a jump start on it. So I did two coats of base colors, and then used my nail art brush to paint on the gold design.

 

Out of curiosity, do any of you have tips for getting stains off nails? I can get most of the stains off with lemon juice but some of it still remains. Any and all suggestions welcome.

 

Until next time.

-Andi



Review: "Surf My Wave" from Colors by Llarowe

Hello Readers:

My sincerest apologies for the lack of posts lately. I thought I could keep a normal schedule before my husbands surgery this past Monday, but alas it was not meant to be. Everything has gone well and he is home taking it easy after his post op appointments. So today things are starting to get back on track. I was able to do a load a of laundry, mow the lawn, put dinner in the crockpot, walk my dog and now editing photos and typing this post before going out to run some errands.

Today I have a beautiful polish for you from Colors by Llarowe's Summer 2014 collection. "Surf My Wave" is a medium blue holo.

 

Boy does this beauty sparkle! And you know I love me some sparkle haha "Surf My Wave" went on very smooth, no application issues or staining. I used two coats over a clear base and a clear top coat. This blue is definitely great for a bright summer's day whether at the beach or just out and about around town.

 

"Surf My Wave" is currently out of stock but there are still plenty of beautiful Colors by Llarowe polishes in stock over at Llarowe.com if you'd like to own some for yourself.

 

Until next time.

-Andi

 



Review: "Refresh...ing" from Colors by Llarowe

Hello Readers:

My apologies for not getting this post up yesterday, I was quite under the weather yesterday. Hopefully the medication from the doctor will help and I can finally get back to a normal routine. Yesterday was the day people were coming together to do green manis to help spread awareness about depression with the hashtags #fightforlifeandlive and/or  #fightforlightandlive. Unforunately, I wasn't able to participate.

Today's polish "Refresh...ing" is from Colors by Llarowe's Summer 2014 collection, and is an aqua green linear holo with a blue flash.

 

Isn't it just a beautiful aqua green?!? At first I thought it would be more a teal, but once it's on it is a bright beautiful aqua green. It went on smooth and easy. I used two coats of polish over a clear base and a clear top coat. Such a lovely polish, I couldn't stop staring at my nails and smiling.

 

Not that you would ever know but I am now typing with one hand as my dog got all sneaky and made me think she was slipping off of the top of the couch. So I put my laptop to the side and reached out to help her, and she slid into my lap and curled up to sleep with my one arm pinned under her. LOL And just cuz my camera is nearby here is a couple photos of her.

 



My sneaky little cuddle bug

 

Okay, now back on topic. If you'd like to own "Refresh...ing" you can find it at Llarowe.com

 

Until next time.

-Andi

  

Review and Nail Art: "Soccer Mom" from Colors by Llarowe

Hello Readers:

I have a beautiful polish to show you today, plus a little nail art I did to give it a little extra somethin' somethin'. Today's polish is from Colors by Llarowe's Summer 2014 collection.

"Soccer Mom" is a greyed baby blue crelly polish with holo micro glitter.

 

Isn't this a GORGEOUS polish?!?! I love this shade of blue, and the sparkle is beautiful! I had no application issues at all. I used two coats of polish over a clear base coat, and no top coat in the above photos as I was going to add some nail bling (shown in photos below).

 

 

 

Once again I used my little nail gemstones to give a little bling to my mani, and I love it! I don't usually like yellow but I think this golden (citrine colored) gemstones went great with "Soccer Mom". Also this mani had great wear time. I don't usually wear a polish long enough to comment on wear time, but due to time restraints and me feeling a little under the weather I wore this mani for four (or maybe it was five) days, and I only had minor chipping on a couple of tips.



If you would like to purchase this polish you can find it at Llarowe.com, also if you are interested in nail gemstones I bought mine from Bundle Monster.

Until next time.
-Andi