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.*

Zoya Tinsley

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Happy Friday folks!  This post and the next few have been scheduled in advance.  As you read this I will be off camping with Mr. MLiP, my boys, my parents and my sisters.  Should be a blast.  Although I'm sure it'll be hell on my nails.  Oh well!  Zoya Tinsley is from Zoya's summer 2013 collection.  I love summer polishes.  They are so much more me than fall stuff.  Tinsley took three coats to be absolutely perfect.  I don't really know how to explain the color of Tinsley so I'll just show you the photos.

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Tinsley is like Zoya Rica's pink sister.  I just love it.  So did an old lady that came into my work.  She just raved about my nails.  It was super cute.  I hope you all have a great weekend.  Let's hope I'm not getting rained on everyday while camping.

Sara

*Mr. MLiP bought me this polish.  He doesn't know that though so shhh don't tell him.*

Patriotic Manicure

Hey lovlies!  Today I have a patriotic mani to show you.  Tomorrow is Independence Day here in the US so I thought a red, white and blue mani was in order.  I started with a base of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, probably the best white ever.  It only takes two coats to be even and streak free.  Amazing!  Then I did Shimmer Nichole (I was sent this for review) to do a reverse glitter gradient.  Shimmer's are the absolute best for doing glitter gradients.  The formula is just so smooth and easy to use.  My accent nail is stamped with Zoya Elisa and Song.  My stamping isn't perfect but I was dead set on having stars in this mani.  The first two photos were taken in a mostly sunny condition.  It's monsoon season here so the clouds roll in super fast and that's what happened while I was taking pictures.

I love that this mani turned out just like I was picturing it in my head.  My head's a weird place so it doesn't always work out this way haha.  If you'd like to see this Shimmer and so many other pretties click here to visit the etsy shop and here for the facebook page.  I hope you guys all have a fun and safe 4th of July celebration.  I'm still trying to decide if I should brave the heat and take my boys to see fireworks since I don't have to work the 4th this year.

Until next time...

Sara

*The Shimmer was sent to me for review purposes.  I bought the OPI and Zoyas myself.  As always all opinions good or bad are mine.*

Hit Polish Nail Lacquer Review

Press Sample

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 Good morning!  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  Here in the Phoenix area we had a hot weekend.  On Sunday my ac couldn't even keep up.  All day long it was a few degrees warmer in the house than I had the thermostat set at.  Anyway today I have pictures of two new polishes from Hit Polish Nail Lacquer that will be coming out July 15th.  First up is Jammin Good Time.  This polish has a clear base with pink and blue glitters in a variety of shapes and sizes with small silver glitter.  This is only one coat layered over Zoya Carey.  I'm amazed at how much glitter is on my nails with just one coat.  This is exactly the kind of polish quality I've come to expect from Hit Polish.  All photos show one coat of Gelous and topcoat over each polish.

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The second polish I have for you today is Steampunk Revival.  This polish is a clear base with gold, copper and blue glitters in many different shapes and sizes.  It also has crescent moons and stars in it.  I layered one coat over China Glaze That's Shore Bright.  With one layer I got one moon out.  I did have to fish around a bit for the other moon and the star.  I love this color combo and can picture it layered over so many other colors.

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I've told you guys before that Hit Polish Nail Lacquer is formerly D&R Apothecary, so this is not a new brand but more of a rebranding.  I was sent these polishes for review but have spent plenty of my own money on polishes from Hit Polish before.  The quality of these polishes is really good.  The glitters lay flat and you get plenty of glitter with each coat.  Be sure to check out Hit Polish Nail Lacquer's etsy shop, click here, on July 15th for these and so many other pretty new polishes.  You can stay up to date on sales and new polishes by giving her a like on facebook, here.  Hit Polish's rebranding means that she had to start over on her facebook page.  Can you all do me a favor and help get her likes up?  Pretty please with a sparkly polish on top?

I hope you all have a fabulous day!

Sara

*These polishes were sent to me to review.  All opinions are 100% mine.*