Elevation Polish Echinops

Hi everyone!  Tonight I have a gorgeous purple holo to show you.  This is Elevation Polish Echinops with an accent of Dzhangi-Tau.  Echinops has the most amazing, even formula.  This is two coats plus topcoat.  The accent polish is from a recent LE duo from Elevation.  

I'm pretty sure I've never met an Elevation that I don't like.  Her polishes are consistently great quality.  When I purchase an Elevation I know I'm getting a wonderful polish.  I hope you all enjoyed tonights mani.  Have a great tomorrow!

Sara

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.*

OPI You're Such a Budapest

Hey all!  Today's polish is one I wanted for so long but never picked up.  I took part in a secret swap and my lovely swap partner sent this gorgeous polish to me.  Budapest is the most perfect light purple color with a slight shimmer.  The second picture shows that shimmer a bit.  It's pretty hidden but it does help give a depth to this polish that makes it more than a plain cream.  I added Maybelline Clearly Spotted as an accent nail.

Both pictures were taken in early morning sunlight.  The shade pictures did not turn out at all so none of those today.  I hope you all have a wonderful Monday.  Talk with you soon!

Sara

Mohda HD Beijo

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Hello!  A few weeks ago I bought a mystery grab bag of nail polishes from someone in a sale group on facebook.  I normally stay away from grab bags but I decided to do this one.  The price was right and this person had great feedback so what the heck right?  I could not have been more thrilled with my box of polish.  The very first one I decided to try is Mohda Hd Beijo.  It's a sheer purple glass fleck polish.  I adore glass fleck polishes.  It's my very favorite finish.  Now this polish would require a gazillion coats to be opaque so in the interest of conserving this beauty, because I have no idea where to buy more, I layered it over Island Girl Aloha Luau.  This is two coats over the Island Girl, which by the way has a really weird runny but opaque formula.  The Mohda was super easy to use though.

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Holy macaroli as my boys like to say.  I'm so in love with this it's ridiculous.  I bet this would look amazing over black or even a blue polish too.  I need to get more of these right away.  I just don't know where to find them.  Do you have any idea where I can find them? 

Have a great Tuesday!

Sara

*I purchased this polish myself in a great grab bag.  Makes me wary to buy another grab bag b/c I know I will just be disappointed.*

China Glaze That's Shore Bright

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Hello!  I have a quickie post for you today.  I'm still camping and hopefully haven't strangled anyone yet haha.  This is China Glaze That's Shore Bright from the new summer 2013 collection.  This is a nice, bright purple.  Not sure that I'd call it a neon but it's still pretty loud.  When I first put it on I wasn't sure I'd like it but as the day wore on I fell in love with it.  This is two coats of a just ok formula.  It was kinda streaky and now looking at pictures I think I should have done three coats.

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So what do you think?  I picked this and a few others from this collection up that I'm sure you'll be seeing soon.

Until next time...

Sara

*I snuck away to Ulta to buy this polish during the Buy 2 Get 1 Free sale since apparently Sally's isn't getting this collection.*

Nicole by OPI Pick of the Glitter

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Hello!  How is everyone tonight (or early morning depending on where you are)?  A while back I was at Target and came across this cool glitter polish by NOPI.  So of course I whipped out my phone and proceeded to google NOPI Pick of the Glitter.  I got zero results.  Not a single picture.  So of course I bought it haha.  Pick of the Glitter is a super cool mix of large gold hexes, medium teal glitters and little copper glitters in a clear base.  It's pretty amazing.  I layered it over Essie She's Picture Perfect.  It was a match made in heaven.  The formula of the glitter was outstanding.

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This was a fun mani to wear.  I'll definitely be wearing this again.  I know that most people have a love/hate relationship with NOPI?  What do you think of them?

Have a great night!

Sara

*I bought this polish myself.  Glad I took a chance on a polish that I couldn't find a pic of in advance.*

Barry M Prickly Pear

Good morning!  How was everyone's weekend?  We had a nice relaxing time.  I had to shorten my nails yesterday after a very intense game of basketball with my 9 yr old.  I broke one and stabbed him with another, so later this week you'll see some shorter nails for a while.  Today I have a polish that I have been wanting since the very first time I saw it.  My only access to Barry M is through Ninja Polish so I had to wait a while.  I finally got my hands on Barry M Prickly Pear from the Gelly line last week. It is a gorgeous light purple with a super shiny formula.  Application was a bit tricky until I figured out how to use it.  This one's got a bit of a learning curve for sure.  I started out with two coats but had to add a third to some nails that had some patchiness.  I decided to add an accent nail using Zoya Mira and my handy striping tape.  Obviously I didn't wait long enough to topcoat and had some smearing but it wasn't as noticeable in real life.

I can't wait to get my hands on some more of these polishes.  I seem to be quite obsessed with light purples right now.  Good thing all the spring lines are coming out now.

Thanks for stopping by!

Sara

*I bought this polish myself from Ninja Polish.  Stay away from that site unless you want to spend all your money.*

China Glaze Tart-y for the Party

Hello!  A few weeks ago I was in my favorite little hole in the wall nail supply store perusing the China Glaze racks and I picked up this purple that looked interesting.  I seem to be quite taken with all the pretty light purple/lavender polishes lately.  I had never heard of the name (not that I know all the polish names) so I decided to take a risk and get it.  When I got home and googled it I found it was from CG's spring collection, Avant Garden, that hasn't been released yet.  I went back to the supply store but he doesn't have any others from this collection.  This is Tart-y for the Party, a lovely lavender cream.  The formula was great.  Two coats and it was perfectly opaque and even.  There may be dupes out there but I don't own many purple creams so I am dupe free on this one.  I added a black accent on the side of each nail using tape and a black polish.  I really liked this mani a lot.  I will definitely be doing more side accents like this in the future.  

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You can see on my pinky that I didn't wait long enough before topcoating the black polish and it smeared a bit.  Not particularly noticeable in real life but photos bring out all the imperfections.  I hope you enjoyed today's nails.  What is your favorite way to do an accent nail?

Sara

*I bought this polish while out shopping with my sisters.  They also like to see how many bottles we can hold at one time before they start dropping.*

Lacquerhead Slumber Party

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Good morning!  Today for your viewing pleasure I have Lacquerhead Polish Slumber Party layered over Zoya Malia.  Slumber Party is a glitter topper made up of white and purple holo glitters and fine purple glitter.  This is one coat of Slumber Party over two coats of Malia.  The application was flawless.  Lots of glitter and it applied very evenly.  No clumping up of the glitter on my nails.

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So far every Lacquerhead polish I've tried has been great quality.  You can buy them on etsy.  I hope you all have a wonderful day.

Sara

*I bought this polish in a fit of late night internet shopping.  It's as easy as click, click, click.*

Zoya Aurora

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Good morning and happy Monday!  Other than this mani I'm showing you today I didn't do much this weekend.  My youngest has two ear infections and our weather was freakishly cold, for us anyway, so we stayed in.  Today I have Zoya Aurora with an accent nail of Zoya Storm.  Aurora is just gorgeous.  It was perfect in just two coats.  In the sun this mani was amazingly sparkly.  You can see some of that sparkly in the sun picture.

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So even though Zoya Logan is still my favorite from the Ornate collection, Aurora is next in line.  Do you have a favorite from the Ornate collection?  Have a great day!

Sara

*I bought this polish for myself using a coupon.  The coupon savings payed for my first Layla.*

NOPI Sweet Dreams

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Good morning!  Shortly before Christmas I was out doing some last minute shopping with a friend.  We stumbled upon a new display of the NOPI Selena Gomez line.  Since I was Christmas shopping I limited myself to one.  Of course I haven't been able to find them since and the store we were at is too far from my house for casual polish shopping.  Sweet Dreams is a clear base with small purple glitters and bigger teal and silver hexes.  It's so pretty.  Even my non polish obsessed friend (Hi Erin!) bought one.

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I layered one coat of Sweet Dreams over Rimmel I Lilac You and Sally Hansen Extreme Wear Breezy Blue.  I found the Rimmel in a new display at Walgreens.  It has a pretty good formula and was opaque in two coats.  Breezy Blue took three coats and I'm not convinced that I like it.  Can't really say why I don't like it but I don't.  There are a few more from this line I'd like to pick up if I can ever find them again.  Do you have a favorite from the Selena Gomez line?

Have a great day!

Sara

*I got this polish in my Christmas stocking.  So technically Santa gave it to me.*

Barielle Rio's Rockin' Bands

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Good morning and happy Monday!  Got a pretty Barielle polish from the new Carnival Fiesta collection for you today.  This is Rio's Rockin' Bands.  Rio's is a purple magenta color with a metallic/frost finish.  The formula is great and was opaque in two coats.  It can be a bit brush strokey so use a soft hand and few passes over the nail to minimize them.  My accent nail is two coats of Barielle Ebony's Rainbow, a very pretty but sparse multi colored glitter.

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So what do you think?  Do you like finishes like this or do they make you run for the remover?  I'm kinda on the fence about them.  I hope you all have a lovely day.

Sara

*Polishes were sent for review in exchange for my honest opinion*

Cult Nails Flushed

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Hello and good morning!  Did you have a good weekend?  Ours was completely jam packed with craziness.  We had the last soccer games for both boys, end of season parties, my youngest son's birthday party was Saturday.  On Sunday it was his actual birthday and we did family photos.  I'm so tired but happy too.  My husband is a photographer on the side so he always does the boys pictures but it's hard for him to do the whole family.  We managed to do whole family pictures today and I am thrilled with the results.  Anyway on to the real reason you're here.  This amazing polish is Cult Nails Flushed.  Flushed is a blue leaning purple with the most amazing pink shimmer in it.  It seriously is a glowing polish.  The shimmer is outstanding in the sun and still very visible indoors.  The polish starts off sheer but is totally buildable.  This is three coats with topcoat.

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Are you a Cult Nails fan?  I love most everything I've purchased from them.  I also picked up Disciplined when I got Flushed and can't wait to wear it.  What is your favorite Cult Nails polish?

Have a great day!

Sara

Different Dimension That Is So Fetch

Good morning!  Quick post for you today because my little guy's 5th birthday is this weekend and I've got to get moving to get all the party stuff done.  Plus add in the end of the soccer season for both boys and doing their pictures on Sunday, we have one busy weekend.  Today I have Different Dimension That is so Fetch for your viewing pleasure.  I recently acquired the purple version of Essie Lilacism and just knew it would be the perfect base for That is so Fetch.  This is two coats over Lilacism.  I'm so in love with this combo.  I got a ton of compliments on it.  The glitter was super easy to use and the formula was great.

Sadly there was no sun the day I took these photos but I just had to show you the pretty, pretty polish.  If you're interested in seeing this or anything else Different Dimension has to offer click here to head over to her etsy shop.  I plan on wearing Doppelgänger this weekend.

Have a great day!
Sara

*I purchased this polish with my very own money*

Sassy Lacquer Wizard's Fire

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Hey all!  I have a super cool polish for you tonight but first I wanted to let you know that I won't have another post for about a week.  Taking my boys on a little trip to visit some family and I forgot to schedule some posts.  Sorry about that.

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Okay so on to tonights awesome polish.  This is Sassy Lacquer Wizard's Fire.  I've reviewed some other Sassy Lacquers here before.  This one though I bought myself after seeing another bloggers review.  Wizard's Fire is a dusty purple jelly with teal shreds and copper shimmer.  Are you freakin kidding me?!?  It's so cool.  This is two layers of WF over one coat of Julep Charlotte.

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I did have a few shreds that wanted to stick up some but I just used the slanty side of my orange stick to push them down as I was going along.  No big deal.  I used a coat of Gelous then topcoat and it was pretty smooth.  You can purchase Wizard's Fire here.  This polish is so worth picking up.  I hope you all have a great week and I'll be back soon.

Sara

Zoya Julie

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Happy Saturday!  Today I have Zoya Julie from the LE Zang Toi trio.  I have been searching high and low for the perfect shimmery purple.  I had pretty much given up when Zoya released this trio for fashion week.  I normally shy away from showing you things that aren't easy to find but even though this is currently sold out, it may be out there for swaps.  Plus there is a good chance Zoya may bring it back for the spring collection.  This is two coats of Julie and it was amazingly perfect.  It is exactly the purple I was looking for.  Zoya describes it as an icy cool lilac and I think that's dead on.  Trixie came with the trio so I added a half moon accent to my ring finger.

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This mani prompted a five minute discussion with Mr. MLiP where I tried to explain accent nails.  He just doesn't get it.  Every time I do an accent nail he ask's "Why do you want one nail that's different?". Boys I tell ya!  I hope you are all having a great Saturday.  I unfortunately, have to go to work later today.

Sara

Deborah Lippmann Let's Go Crazy

Hey all!  Happy Tuesday night!  I love Prince.  I remember my mom listening to Prince when I was a kid and I love listening to it now as an adult.  So I had to have Deborah Lippmann Let's Go Crazy.  I'm not usually a huge purple fan but this is such a cool color.  Let's Go Crazy is a deep, dark purple jelly with multi colored glitter in it.  This is two coats over one coat of Zoya Mira.  I know this can be worn alone but I like the look of it over a purple cream a bit better.  The formula was exactly what you'd expect from a Lippmann glitter, easy peasy.  I found this to be pretty smooth for a glitter but I did put a layer of Gelous over it before my quick dry topcoat because I knew it would help my mani last through two nights at work.

Removal was hard but definitely not the worst I've ever had to take off (cough, Floam, cough).  My favorite DL is Mermaid's Dream but this is a really close second.  What is your favorite Lippmann polish?  Have a great evening!  I'll talk with you soon.

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

Rainbow Favorites: Purple

Hello and happy Friday!  I'm so happy the weekend is almost here.  Lots of fun things going on this weekend.  We are going to a banquet that my husbands work puts on for kids moving on to the next grade.  The kids get trophies and prizes.  It's cool to see people celebrating academics.  On Sunday we have a 4th of July party.  Big fun!  Anyway today in the Rainbow Favorites challenge is purple.  I have a love/hate relationship with purples.  I like them I just don't usually love them.  This is two coats of Zoya Dannii.  Zoya does these sparkly colors so well.  This is one purple that I really do love.  My runner ups were Zoya Zara and OPI Grape, Set, Match.

I completely forgot to announce the Icing Tiger's Blood giveaway winner.  The winner was Jen Sky Walker!  Yay Jen!

See you tomorrow with the last color of our Rainbow Challenge, pink.

Sara


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Zoya Areetha & China Glaze Liquid Crystal

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Good morning!  Is everyone enjoying their Monday so far?  I am but I'm still in my pjs so that might be why.  Today's mani is a bit of a fail.  I had to leave for work in an hour so I did this pretty quick.  This is two coats of Zoya Areetha, a pretty purple metallic.  The problem is Areetha is frosty, brush strokes galore.  The formula was a tad weird as well but I think that's because I recieved Areetha in a swap and the mailman put it in the wrong box.  It spent the month of April in the neighbors box.  It was really hot here in Phoenix in April.  I think she cooked some.  So to cover up the streaks I sponged on some China Glaze Liquid Crystal using an eyeshadow applicator.  I've done this before and it looked good.  Not so much this time.  So off to work I went with my less than stellar nails that would not dry.  I always use a quick dry topcoat but hours later this mani was still denting.  What a mess!

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I don't think I'll be wearing Areetha again but I am going to keep her because I think she'll work well for stamping.  I hope you all have a great day!

Sara