Dollish Polish Sweet Dreams Are Made of Glitter

Hey lovlies!  Today I have a quick post for you featuring Dollish Polish Sweet Dreams are Made of Glitter.  I snagged this for a really good deal on a blog sale.  Sweet Dreams is a shimmery pale mint green with multi colored glitter.  I do believe that Sweet Dreams would be buildable on it's own but I decided to layer two coats over Zoya Neely, basically the perfect cream base color for this polish.  The big glitters in the polish are a huge pain in the butt.  I had to fish them out and place them on the nail.  I did really enjoy wearing this polish though.

So what do you think?  Worth all the fishing for glitter?   I hope you all have a great day.

Sara

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.*

Barielle Blue Cotton

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Hi guys!  Happy Friday!  Today I have a mani for you that I am actually still wearing.  It doesn't always work out that way.  These are my nails for the weekend or at least until Sunday night.  This is Barielle Blue Cotton from the upcoming Sweet Treats collection for Spring 2013.  This is hands down my favorite from this collection.  I'll have the others up for you next week but I just couldn't wait to share this one.  Blue Cotton is a dusty teal with silver shimmer.  My favorite kind of color!  My pictures show two coats (because I'm a little obsessive that way) but I bet you could get away with one thicker coat.  The formula was a tad thick but I think that's because it's so pigmented.  I haven't used my dotting tools in a bit so I pulled them out and added different sized dots using Banana Drop and Green Apple Chew also from the Sweet Treats collection.

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I hope you guys liked this and I'll be sure to get the rest of the collection up soon.  Barielle polishes can be found here and be sure to like them on facebook to stay up to date on sales and news.  I hope you all have a great weekend.  I'm aiming for laid back and relaxing but we'll see how the weekend plays out.

Sara

*Polishes in this post were sent by the pr company in exchange for my honest review.*

China Glaze Hanging in the Balance

Good morning!  Yesterday it snowed here in the Phoenix area so I decided I needed a bright happy mani.  I mean, snow?  Really?  People around here freak out if it drops a few rain sprinkles so you can imagine how crazy snow makes it.  My facebook feed looked like the weather channel.  So today I have the gorgeous blue that is China Glaze Hanging in the Balance from the Cirque collection with It's a Trap-eze as an accent.  Hanging in the Balance is amazing, although I think it may be just a touch greener than my pictures show.  This is two coats.  The formula was a tad runny but super opaque.  I can't wait to wear it this summer on my toes.  It's a Trap-eze took four coats to get rid of the vnl I had going on.  I will definitely be layering it over something else next time.  I saw it on another blog this morning layered over a mint and it was really pretty.

It was sprinkling when I took these pictures so please excuse the water drops.  I ended up with quite a few more polishes from this collection than I thought I would.  Do you have a favorite from the Cirque collection?

Until next time,

Sara

*Santa brought me Hanging in the Balance in my stocking.  It's a Trap-eze took me three trips to Sally's to find.  That's what I call dedication.*