Hit Polish Nail Lacquer Unicorn Tears

Hit Polish Nail Lacquer Unicorn Tears

Hey all!  Happy Monday to you.  Quickie post for you today.  When I decided to wear Hit Polish Nail Lacquer Unicorn Tears I couldn't decide if I wanted it over black or purple.  So I picked both.  I used my go to black cream, Finger Paints Black Expressionism and the purple is Sation Super Natural Powers.  I used one coat of Unicorn Tears on all nails and topped them with a quick dry top coat.  Easy peasy!

Hit Polish Nail Lacquer Unicorn Tears

By the way, I thought this would be a pain to remove and it wasn't.  I just came right off.  Thanks for stopping by today and reading!

Until next time...

Sara

Rica Bottled Unicorn Fart

*Purchased by me*

Hello!  I have a fun polish to show you today.  This super cool glitter is Rica Bottled Unicorn Fart, fun neon glitters in a clear base.  I started with a base mani of Sation Tardy Tart and Zoya Rocky on the accent nail.  Then I did a quick (and if you look at my middle finger, unsuccessful) gradient, using the brush of the polish.  The glitter laid flat and was smoothed out with a layer of Glossy Glam, Rica's quick dry top coat.  It was a bit overcast when I took these photos so no direct sun shot today.

One of my favorite things about the Rica brand is if it's for sale in the shop then it is ready to ship right then.  Every time I've ordered anything from Rica it's been shipped the next day.  You can click here to check out the shop.  Be sure to take a look at Glossy Glam while you're there.  It's an awesome topcoat.  You can find Rica on facebook as well.  I hope you all have a fantastic day!

Until next time...

Sara

Liquid Lacquer Review Part 2

*Press Sample

Hello!  Tonight I have part 2 of my Liquid Lacquer review.  You can find part 1 here as well as the saga of how long it took to get my polishes.  Just to update as of now I still don't have the two missing polishes but I was told they were mailed Wednesday so we shall see.  Now on to the polishes.  I have three polishes to show you today and again the quality of these was spot on.  Up first is Chocolate Ghost Chili, a brown polish with a subtle holo.  Pretty enough all on it's own then I took the bottle outside and the coolest pink/red color showed up in the polish.  Super neat for sure!  This is two coats with topcoat.  Both pictures were taken in the sun.

Next up is Kablam, an orange jelly with blue glitter.  Great glitter payoff with this one.  I used two coats and topcoat.  It was smooth to the touch with just one coat of topcoat.  This was a fun polish to wear.

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Last one for today is Beautiful Mistake, a sheer purple jelly with different shapes, sizes and color glitters.  I decided to layer this one over a few different colors so you could see how different it could look.  I layered two coats of Beautiful Mistake over Sation Miss Emo Shun All on my pointer finger, Sation Tardy Tart on my middle and ring fingers and a black cream on my pinky.  My favorite combo is over Tardy Tart, that made it closest to the pretty purple base in Beautiful Mistake.

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I hope you all enjoyed Part 2 of my review.  You can find Liquid Lacquer's shop here and on facebook here.  I hope you all have a great night.

Sara

*These polishes are part of a blogger only promotion I purchased.  All opinions are 100% mine.*

Color Club The Uptown

Hi all!  Today I have Color Club The Uptown for your viewing pleasure.  The Uptown is a purple jelly base with flakies in it.  I'm pretty sure you could get this polish opaque with a few coats but we all know that jellies with flakies can get kinda thick so I decided to layer it.  My base color is Sation Super Nail-tural Powers, a dark purple cream.  All the pictures show one coat of The Uptown over the purple cream with topcoat.

I liked the formula of The Uptown.  It's smooth, tons of flakies in just one coat and they all laid flat.  Now I do think that you could probably get a similar look if you own Nubar 2010 or Essie Shine of the Times and layered them over a purple but I like having it all in one polish.

All the photos were taken in the shade.  All the sun pictures have wicked glare and you can't see anything.  I hope you liked this one.  I'll talk to you again soon.

Sara

*I bought this polish myself with my very own money.  I made money at work and then immediately gave it all to a very lovely woman on the internet in exchange for this polish.*

Shimmer Polish Jennifer and Karen

PR Sample (sort of)

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Good morning!  A few weeks ago I won part of a massive giveaway from Shimmer Polish.  Along with the polish I won she sent some for review as well.  So that's why I said PR Sample sort of.  Anyway today I have two Shimmer Polishes to show you.  First up is Jennifer.  I believe Jennifer could be built up and worn on it's own but since it's in a clear base I decided to layer it over Candeo Laman Brisa.  This is one coat of Jennifer.  I can't even believe how much glitter I got in one coat!  Seriously you guys the application is amazing.

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My favorite photo is the shade picture.  It really shows off the gorgeous glitters.  Next up is Shimmer Karen.  Again the formula and application are outstanding.  Honestly, I wouldn't lie to you.  This is two coats of Karen over Sation Lollipop Goes the Princess.

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This was my first experience with Shimmer Polish.  I have a few more to show you soon.  If they are all this good I will be buying so many.  I've never owned a glitter polish that behaved this well.    Take a look at Shimmer's etsy shop here.  There are so many cool color combos.  If you click here it will take you over to Shimmer's facebook page where you can keep up to date on all the latest happenings.  What are your favorite Shimmer polishes?  I'd love to know what you recommend so I can check them out.

Until next time lovelies...

Sara

* The Shimmer polishes were sent to me in exchange for my honest review.  All opinions are mine.  My opinion is these rock and you should own at least one or seven.*

Paris Sparkles Pink Cellophane

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Hello!  I hope everyone is having a fabulous day.  Today I have a polish from a new to me indie called Paris Sparkles.  Last week Paris Sparkles was having a sale for bloggers and I jumped at the chance to try out a new indie.  Today's polish is Pink Cellophane and I have to say in the bottle it looks just like pink cellophane.  It's a shimmery, sheer pink with a slight green shimmer, iridescent small glitters and larger hex glitters.  To show off this cool polish I have two coats layered over Essie Mojito Madness and Sation Tardy Tart.  The formula of Pink Cellophane was really great.  Even coverage with each coat.  My only complaint is the larger hex glitters did not want to come out of the bottle.  I had to fish around for the few I got.  Other than that I love this combo so much, which is weird because it's so not me.  

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I tried to capture the green shimmer on the purple nail but it just didn't want to be shown.  I'm not in love with my photos of this but I took a ton and this was as good as it got.  You can check out Paris Sparkles on facebook here and on etsy here.  I hope you enjoyed this color combo.  Have a great day!

Sara

*I purchased this polish during a sale for bloggers.  The savings in no way influenced my opinions of this polish.  It just allowed me to buy more to show you.*

Sation Seriously Slate & Tall Dark and Has Some

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Hi everyone!  This post was supposed to be up earlier but between sick kids, a sick husband and trying to take care of them all, I can't seem to get back into a regular blogging schedule.  Today I have two Sation polishes that I picked up at TJ Maxx.  This is two coats of Seriously Slate, a very pretty shimmery dark gray, and two coats of Tall Dark and Has Some on my accent nail.  Seriously Slate was pretty easy to apply.  I'm still learning how to use the jelly like finish of the lastest Sations I've picked up.  The brush on these is wide so I have a little trouble getting clean lines around my cuticle.  Tall Dark and Has Some is so cool you guys.  It's a lightly tinted blue base with black and blue shreds and some little glitters thrown in for good measure.

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I'm still loving all these new Sations.  The glitters they've released have an indie feel to them without the indie price tag.  Do you have a favorite Sation?  Mine would definitely be Oh My Oceania.

Have a great Friday!

Sara

*I bought these polishes while creeping out some lady because I had to stand kinda close to her at the checkout to look at the polishes*

Sation Feliz Navi-Doll

Hi everyone!  Today I have a mani for you that I'm currently wearing.  Two things about this mani, first it looks better in person and two it needs some underpants.  This is Sation Feliz Navi-Doll, a super pale, almost white, sparkly gray.  It's gorgeous in the bottle and on the nail but it needs something under it.  This is three coats and as you can see I have serious VNL.  My accent nail is Pretty & Polished Sand Art.  I just used the polish brush to lightly put some one near the bottom of my nail and brushed it up towards the top.

These photos were taken in mostly sunny skies.  Not my best mani but oh well.  You take the good with the bad right?  Happy New Year kids!

Sara

*Mr. MLiP actually bought this polish for me.  I snuck it on the counter last minute at TJ Maxx when he was paying for something else :) *

My First Attempt at Fimo

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 Hi everyone!  Tonight I have my first attempt with fimo.  I was sent the flower fimo slices from kkcenterhk.com to review.  I wasn't quite sure how to do it, so I decided to wing it.  The fimo came already sliced up because I really didn't want to risk cutting off my fingers.  Click here to see the ones I got.  They are pretty consistantly cut.  Some were a hair thinner than others.  The white one wanted to curl a but because it was so thin.  So I put on a layer of topcoat then placed the slice.  What I didn't know was if I should put a layer of topcoat over it to stick it down more.  If you know how to do this properly please leave me a comment and tell me how.

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 The polish I'm wearing is Sation Under the Miss-tletoe.  It's from their new holiday collection.  This is three coats.  It's a little hard to work with because it has a jelly like finish but the formula was a tad thick.  The color is so cool though.  I think next time I may try just two coats over black.

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The jury is still out as to wether or not I actually like fimo.  Feels a little weird with something sticking off my nails.  This is not a reflection on the product itself, just my weirdness.  Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great night!

Sara

*Fimo was sent for review.  Polish was purchased by me*

Illamasqua Viridian & Sation Band Beauty

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Good morning!  Quickie post for you today of a combo that looks way better in person than it does in these photos.  This is Illamasqua Viridian and Sation Band Beauty.  This is my one and only Illamasqua polish.  The formula was amazing.  This is two effortless coats.  Sadly it didn't wear very well on me.  My accent nail is one coat of Sation Band Beauty.  Sation has made some kick butt glitters lately.  I'm hoping to get to the supply store this week to check out some more.  Maybe a glitter giveaway is in the future :)

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Do you have a favorite Illamasqua polish?  I'd love to know what others to check out.  Have a great Tuesday!

Sara

Sation Oh My Oceania

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Boy oh boy do I have a cool polish for you today.  I saw a swatch of this somewhere and immediately knew I had to have it.  Luckily there is a supply shop in town that sells Sation and got the new bottles in.  Unfortunately I hardly ever get out there because I can't take the kids with me.  Through the lovely nail polish community I've made a friend that lives pretty close.  She was kind enough to pick this up for me.  She just started a brand new blog.  Click here to go check out Heartfully, Janelle and show her some love.

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This is two coats of Sation Oh My Oceania.  It's a gorgeous teal with a blue shimmer.  I'm just in love.  Unfortunately the brush in my bottle is a disaster.  I have pretty wide nails but this wonky super flat, wide brush made the biggest mess on the skin around my nails.  I have since picked up a few more Sations and the brushes are fine so I think it was just this bottle.

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Do you see that gorgeous shimmer?  I'm in love!  I hope you all have a great day.

Sara

Julep Charlotte & Sation Shyest Shade

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Hello!  So tomorrow is my birthday and I wanted to show you my birthday nails but I didn't get to take pictures today.  Instead I'm going to show you some equally sparkly nails I wore the other day.  Julep Charlotte is a one coat medium purple.  If I hadn't been putting glitter over it I may have needed two coats on a few nails.  Sation Shyest Shade is a glitter topcoat.  I'm not sure you could ever get it opaque on it's own.  That said, it's a really cool polish.  Hex glitters and smaller iridescent glitters.  It did very slightly mute the purple color.  I think this would look really cool over a shimmery white or really pale blue.

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I know the sun picture isn't all that great but I really wanted to show you how sparkly Shyest Shade is.  I hope you guys like this and I will be back in a day or two to show you my birthday nails.  I used a few colors from my Julep Maven golden box.

Sara