Happy Mother's Day, Review and Nail Art.

Hello Readers:

Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful mother's out there! I hope you all have a great day! Today I'm going to show you a Dollish Polish exclusive polish for Llarowe, and some nail art I did with it.

First, the review is for Dollish Polish's "Frozen". Frozen is an light blue crelly based polish with an icy shimmer and some iridescent micro glitter. It goes on a little sheer so I used 3 coats of polish over a clear base and no top coat.

 

This is a lovely polish! I love the shade of blue, and the iridescent glitter gives it a great shimmer. This would be a great polish for any fans of the movie Frozen, and for anyone who loves a great light blue polish. I had no application issues though as it is rather sheer you may choose to layer this over a light blue base coat.

 

If you would like to add this lovely polish to your collection or to buy as a present you can only buy this shade over at Llarowe.

 

 

As this was such a lovely polish I decided to use this as my base for my Mother's Day nail art, using childhood past-times with my mom as inspiration. My mother loves plants/flowers so I have many memories being out in the garden and in the greenhouse which led to the nail art I created below.

 

 

I really like how this mani turned out! It took me a bit to find the right polish to use for stamping the vines, but it was definitely fun once I had the right one. I used Dollish Polish's "Frozen" as my base color, Picture Polish's "Mallard" for stamping the vines with stamping plate MASH-50, and I used Above the Curve's "Happy Holidays" to freehand the hearts.

 

Did any of you do some Mother's Day inspired nail art for today? If so, what was your inspiration?

 

Also, don't forget that I have a Spring Giveaway going on right now, click the link below to get in  your entries.

 

Spring Giveaway

 

Until next time.

-Andi

 





Spring Giveaway

Hello Readers:

I have a wonderful giveaway to start for you all today. This giveaway will include 3 prizes (OPEN INTERNATIONALLY). Each prize will include a nail polish and a nail polish necklace, I may even throw in an extra goodie. All prizes are brand new, bought by me for you.



The Polishes

 

The Necklaces

 

Prize 1 will include: BKD Signature Necklace "Multipass" and My Ten Friends' "Astronauts See Snow". Astronauts See Snow is a glitterbomb polish with silver, light blue and dark blue hexes in different sizes.

 

Prize 1

 

Prize 2 will include: BKD Signature Necklace "Starry Night" and Sea Lore Polish's "Springing Seahorse". Springing Seahorse has a purple iridescent base with various shades of purple glitter.

 

Prize 2

 

Prize 3 will include: BKD Signature Necklace "Alien Blood", and Darling Diva Polish "Hippa-potamus". Hippa-potamus is a grey based polish with white and iridescent glitter.

 

 

Prize 3

 

The entry will be at the bottom of this post after the disclaimer. PLEASE READ THE DISCLAIMER! IT IS IMPORTANT TO DO SO! Good luck all!

Disclaimer:

This giveaway is open internationally. However, once the prize is in the post office's hands it is no longer my responsibility. It is up to you to pay any import/duty fees/taxes, and is not my fault if your country rejects the package. If the package is rejected and sent back to me another winner will be chosen. Each winner will have 48hrs to respond to my email, and if I do not hear back from them another winner will be chosen. Otherwise good luck everyone, and I hope the winners enjoy their prizes.



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Stamping Nail Art

Hello Readers:

In my last POST I featured "Crimson Time At Home" from Above the Curve. Today I'm going to show you the nail art I did using that as the base. I also used Above the Curve's "This One's For My Peeps", and MASH-50 stamping plate.

 

I really like how this turned out, still not perfect but I think my skills are definitely improving. It's getting easier do apply them, and its getting more fun using them. I think I'll be investing in more stamping plates.

 

What are some of your favorite stamping plates? I'm open to all suggestions.

 

Until next time.

-Andi

 

PS. Tune in tomorrow for something super awesome!

 

Review: "Crimson Time At Home" from Above the Curve

Hello Readers:

Today I have a polish from the wonderful Above the Curve, who always so graciously gives a portion of their proceeds to charity. Beautiful polishes + giving back = fabulousness! Today's polish is called "Crimson Time At Home" and it is a rich berry holo polish.

Sadly due to the continued overcast weather I wasn't able to get any full sunlight photos to show off the holo, but the polish is still beautiful. I used two coats over a clear base coat, and no top coat.

 

Isn't is just beautiful?!? I love this berry shade! It went on easy and smooth. Even though the holo isn't super charged in this overcast weather at least you get a little glimpse of what it could be. This could even be a one coat polish, but I'm always so used to doing two just in case there are spots I missed during the first coat.

 

This polish is currently sold out but be sure to check out Above The Curve's website for some of their other great polishes. They recently came out with their Doctor Who collection which I highly recommend (and will feature some of them on the blog in some future posts). Also, be sure to check out my next post to see the nail art I plan on using with this polish. Hopefully the sun will cooperate for those photos.

 

Until next time.

-Andi

 



Review: "Shenangians" from The Lady Varnishes

Hello Readers:

May the Fourth Be With You! haha I'm sure you're all probably sick of hearing that today as I'm sure any and all star wars fan are taking full advantage of saying it for Star Wars Day. Sadly, I had forgotten today was going to be Star Wars Day so my post is not Star Wars related (although this particular shade of blue does remind me of R2D2's blue accents). Today's polish is from the new textured polish collection "The Big Three" from The Lady Varnishes inspired by the tv show Psych.

"Shenanigans" is a textured cobalt blue polish with blue/green iridescent glitter, gold shimmer flakes and even glows in the dark. SO much awesomeness in a bottle!! However, just an fyi upon receiving this collection I found them all to be VERY thick (especially Tomfoolery which was the one I tried to use first but was too difficult to work with so I had to scrap it and try a different one). Shenanigans and Malarkey, though thick were fairly usable still though they all will great benefit from a drop or two of polish thinner.

I used two coats of "Shenanigans" over two coats of Nail Pattern Boldness' "Glitter A Peel" and one coat of top coat.

Shade

Direct Sunlight

 

I debated whether or not to even do this post because I'm not happy with the way the mani turned out. I had a hard time getting the polish close to the cuticle line due to it's thickness, but I wanted to let you know what to expect when getting this polish.

 

Yes, I do still recommend this polish, as a drop or two of polish thinner will make this polish much more easy to work with. If I had owned any I would've used it right away in the polish, but I had no reason to buy any before now so here is the polish without having used any polish thinner.

 

Despite this (what I consider to be) small setback I think this polish is GORGEOUS! The texture look is pretty awesome and definitely different from most polishes, the color is bright and stunning and OMGosh!!! The glow in the dark of this polish is freaking AWESOME!! I greatly apologize and regret that I do not have any glow in the dark shots of this polish as I had forgotten that it even did glow in the dark, and by the time I got a second chance at taking some GitD photos of it I had broken my nail and my chance went out the window.

 

Please believe me when I say the glow in the dark is intense and awesome! It actually shocked the hell out of me when I realized my fingers were glowing in the dark because I had forgotten this polish was a GitD. My husband thought there was something seriously wrong when I cried out, then proceeded to laugh at me when I told him what had startled me.

 

My next step is to buy some polish thinner so that I can go and use these polishes more easily as I think they are so much fun from their bright colors, all the way down to their whimsical names.

 

If you would like to add these textured polishes to your collection or to see what other fabulous polishes The Lady Varnishes has to offer (she recently released her Hobbit/LotR collection which is fabulous, and some are on their way to me now!), please check out her Etsy shop.

 

Until next time

-Andi

 

PS. My husband is recovering well from his recent surgery and I think I'll be able to start up with some nail art again within the next couple of posts.

 



Review: "Hope For Langston Rose" from Lucky 13 Lacquer

Hello Readers:

Today I have a special charity polish for you from Lucky 13 Lacquer. Today's polish was created for and inspired by a young lady suffering from Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy, Cerebral Palsy, and Epilepsy. For more information about the lovely Langston Rose and her charity please check out their Facebook page.

"Hope for Langston Rose" is a lilac based polish with small and medium hex glitter in emerald green and dark purple, and a splash of small white squares. Four dollars of every bottle purchased is donated to Langston's charity.

Sadly I have been having some very cloudy weather with only some peeks of sunshine so most of the photos are in the shade, with a couple that made it during the rare show of sun. I used two coats of "Hope For Langston Rose" with a clear base coat, and a clear top coat.

Shade

The sun is peeking out a bit

 

 

I wish I wasn't having such crappy weather to better show just how beautiful this polish is! I'm a sucker for purple polishes but this one is extra special since you get to help out a special young lady as well. The photos where the sun is actually peeking out show the color of this polish the best as the lilac base is a delicate shade of purple. It goes on easy and smooth, no digging for glitter needed, and the opacity builds up well on its own.

Even if this wasn't a charity polish I would have still jumped to add this polish to my collection it is so lovely! Definitely a must have and great for spring/summer. I may have to put this back on the first chance I get when the sun finally shows itself again.

If you would like to have your own bottle of this beautiful polish head on over to Lucky 13 Lacquer. Kyoti has some other lovely charity polishes as well, along with her other awesome collections.

Until next time.
-Andi