OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls & Bundle Monster BM 317

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! Here's the 3rd mani I did for Valentine's Day. I used OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls and stamped using BM 317 in Konad Red. The glitter is China Glaze Love Marilyn. I did all 3 of my vday nails a few weeks ago and my nails today are just nude. Blah! Oh well, I got an awesome gift from my hubby today--tons of nail polish! What is everyone wearing on their nails today?

Here's only part of my Valentine's Day gift from my hubby. Isn't he the best?! I got OPI's Euro Centrale Collection, OPI's Disney Oz the Great and Powerful Collection, Color Club's Halo Hues 2013 Collection, a couple of China Glaze's Biz n Pieces polishes, and Essie Sugar Daddy. I'm a happy nail polish addict today! =]

Pure Ice--Bite Me & Show Stopper Crackle

Hi loves! Today I have another one from the vault. This is Pure Ice Bite me with Show Stopper Crackle on top. I love this gold! It was sheer on the first coat, but was good in two and it looks awesome. The crackle worked well and I had no problems with it. I'm pretty cracked out already and this is not an exception. I make exceptions when it's a new color that I haven't seen before, but this one isn't anything new and I wasn't amazed by it.

Two coats of Bite Me, no topcoat.

Bite Me with Show Stopper Crackle.

***This product was sent for review***

Pure Ice--Pool Party & Catwalk Crackle

Happy Friday! As of today I'm officially on my summer vacation! I have so many nail ideas I can't wait to get started, but first I want to get some stuff out of the vault that I never got around to. Today I have Pure Ice Pool Party and Pure Ice Catwalk (crackle). I was pretty surprised at how well the yellow crackle worked--one because I've never seen it before, and two because I thought it would be pretty sheer over blue, but it turned out nicely! These can be purchased from Bari Cosmetics.

Two coats of Pool Party, no topcoat.

Pool Party with Catwalk.

***This product was sent for review***

Pure Ice Vinyl Remix Swatches

Hi readers! Today I have some new polish duos from Pure Ice called Vinyl Remix. It puts an interesting twist on crackle polish! Each duo comes with a white 'Platinum Magic Base Coat' and a 'Vinyl Remix' crackle that not only crackles, but makes the white base change into a certain color. The four Vinyl Remix colors I received are Rave (orange), Emcee Me (yellow), Vintage Remix (purple), and DJ Spinner (green). Let's take a look at the magic.

First, start off with a the white Platinum Magic Base Coat. 

Next, use the Vinyl Remix polishes and watch the white base change colors! You can see some squiggly designs on my middle finger because part of the whole idea is 'Art in Motion'

Here's another combination I tried using Rave and DJ Spinner. More squigglies!

These polishes were pretty fun to use. It's the first time I've ever watched nail polish change colors before my eyes so that was cool to see. There are really so many possibilities that can be created with different colors and patterns that make these polishes very versatile for different looks. The only thing that was a little annoying was that when I tried to create patterns with the Vinyl Remix polishes, it would get on the sides of my fingers and create extra clean up. Of course you don't have to create patterns, but I was trying the go with the 'Art in Motion' idea and try it out. This is a great alternative to painting your nails several different base colors before applying a crackle polish because the magic will do the work for you. It's fun, easy to use, and allows for creativity. These polishes will be available at Wal-Mart this month. You can see a video tutorial or other colors here on the Pure Ice website. 

***This product was sent for review***

Pure Ice Crackle & Ice Duo--Gold Glitter & Black Crackle

Today I have my very first nail polish that I received for review! I feel like a real blogger now! I got this duo and another duo that I'll post another day. It was the coolest thing ever! So anyways, Pure Ice released several "Crackle and Ice Duos" that are basically sets of polish and a crackle that goes with it. The base polish I have here is called 582CP (I wish it had an actual name) and it's a clear base with gold and copper glitter. I got good coverage with 3 coats, but personally I probably wouldn't wear it alone. I applied a topcoat over the glitter first and then added one thick coat of Strobe Light, the black crackle. You can purchase these polishes here at Bari Cosmetics.

***This product was sent for review***

November Haul

I haven't been to "nail polish heaven"  for couple months and that's a pretty long time in nail polish land because so many new polishes are always being released. Anyways, it basically means I bought a bunch of nail polish! I wanted more, but I'm not made of money so here's what I picked up:

China Glaze's 2011 Holiday "Let It Snow" Collection:

L to R: Velvet Bow, Winter Berry, Poinsetta, Ring in the Red

 L to R: Holly-Day, Glittering Garland, Blue Year's Eve,  Champagne Bubbles

L to R: Tinsel Town, Icicle, Snow Globe, Twinkle Lights

O.P.I.'s "The Muppets" Collection:

L to R: Warm & Fozzie, Designer... De Better, Pepe's Purple Passion

L to R: Wocka Wocka, Meep-Meep-Meep, Animal-istic

L to R: Divine Swine, Gettin' Miss Piggy With It, Excuse Moi

L to R: Rainbow Connection x2, Fresh Frog of Bel Air, Gone Gonzo

L to R: Zoya Kissy (from Zoya's Holiday 2011 Gems and Jewels Collection) and Color Club  Wild and Willing

I'm lucky the nail polish store I go to sells these for half of what you would pay anywhere else. The OPI were $4.25 each, China Glaze were $2.75 each, Zoya was $4, and Color Club was I think $2.50. I think I'm going to get more Zoya's from the Gems and Jewels Collection, but at the time I told myself no because I thought it would be overdoing it lol. As you can see, there are TWO of Rainbow Connection. Since it seems to be so popular (and GORGEOUS), I decided to grab an extra and since my birthday is coming up, I will have a giveaway for Rainbow Connection and announce it on my birthday! I can't wait until my winter break from nursing school next month so I can finally play with everything.

August Haul #2

I was going to make a haul post last week, but good thing I saved it until this week because I stopped by U.S. Nails Supply (my all time fave nail polish super store!) and grabbed some more stuff. Here's what I picked up these past few weeks.

China Glaze Metal Crackle Glaze L to R: Haute Metal, Oxidized Aqua, Latticed Lilac

China Glaze Metal Crackle Glaze L to R: Tarnished Gold, Cracked Medallion, Platinum Pieces

Zom-body to Love (it glows in the dark!)

L to R: Classic Camel, Rose Among Thorns (neon), Flip Flop Fantasy, Cleopatra

Pros & Bronze and Love is a Racket

Konad Demo plates 1 AND 2!! I got demo plate 1 used at the California State Fair and then demo plate  2 new from OCnailart.com

Now for my holo haul (all these items were purchased online):

2 grams of Spectraflair Flex to make holo polishes

L to R: O.P.I. DS Signature, O.P.I. DS Original, China Glaze  GR8

Aqua Base for holographic polishes and #49 (not holo, but had to keep it with the Nfu-Oh pics)

Aren't the back of these bottles soo adorable?!

L to R: #61, #63, #64, #65, #66

August Haul

I'm sure by now most of you who follow my blog remember me posting pics of a super cheap nail polish store that's fairly close to where I live called U.S. Nails Supply. Anyways, my husband came with me to the store for the first time and lucky for me, he bought me everything I wanted =] I tried not to get the whole store. Here are my new babies:

Cuticle Oil and O.P.I. And This Little Piggy

Purple Panic (neon), Pink Voltage (neon), Sugar High, High Hopes

Grape... Set... Match, Servin' Up Sparkle, Your Royal Shine-ness (from the Serena Williams Collection)

Rally Pink, Red Shatter, Navy Shatter

It's My Year, Swimsuit... Nailed it!, Congeniality is My Middle Name, Crown Me Already (Miss Universe Collection)

Come to Poppy, Be a Dahlia Won't You, I Lily Love You (Nice Stems Collection. I didn't buy Play the Peonies bc I don't like nude colors)

And the new China Glaze Metro Collection!

Urban-Night, Loft-y Ambitions, Traffic Jam, City Siren

Trendsetter, Westside Warrior, Street Chic, Brownstone

CG In the City, Skyscraper, Midtown Magic, Concrete Catwalk

Some of the stuff I got looks kinda random. It's probably because I got some polishes to try to complete collections I haven't finished getting yet like CG Up in the Air Collection, all of the O.P.I. Serena Williams polishes, and every O.P.I. shatter color and so forth. Boo on having OCD. Anyways, I know what I'll be doing on my days off for the next couple weeks! Stay tuned for swatches ;]

Another haul, already?!

I went to US Nails Supply just one week ago, and lucky me, I was able to stop by again today and get whatever I wanted, thanks to my wonderful fiance. Here's what I got:

L to R: Worth the Risque, Fashion Addict, Wild at Heart (I wanted Revvvolution too, but didn't see it)

L to R: Mrs. Robinson, Warhol, Koo-Koo CaChoo, Feelin' Groovy (from Poptastic Collection)

L to R: Pucci-licious, Chelsea Girl, Age of Aquarius (also from Poptastic; I wanted the whole collection O_O )

L to R: White Out, 108 Degrees, Electric Pineapple, Blue Iguana, Grape Pop



L to R: Black Onyx, Suzi Loves Cowboys, Ogre the Top Blue, Jade is the New Black, Bling Dynasty, Blue Shatter

 So I'm finally part of the Color Club 'club'! Yay! I really wanted some Essie since I don't own any, but the colors were kinda limited so I still have no Essie. Thanks for everyone's suggestions yesterday, very helpful! Also, last week I was lucky enough to win my first giveaway! I received it in the mail today. This one was from Kelly at Polish, Puttering, and Ponderings. If you haven't already, check out her blog ;] Thanks Kelly!

L to R: Sally Hansen Hard as Nails, CG Pom Pom, Revlon Perplex