OPI GelColor The I's Have It & MoYou London Fashionista 10

Hi everyone! Hope you all are having a great weekend. My nails finally grew out from my break and I'm back to square--my true love. Yay! For this mani I used OPI GelColor The I's Have It and stamped using MoYou London Fashionista 10 in Color Club Over the Moon. How gorgeous are these. Holo stamping over a creme is perfection!

OPI GelColor I'm Gown for Anything & MoYou London Fashionista 17

Hi friends! Here's OPI GelColor I'm Gown for Anything stamped using MoYou London Fashionista 17 in Color Club Eternal Beauty. I think I'll be doing a lot more holo stamping over cremes like this. I got so many compliments on it and I love how it turned out!

Polished by KPT Audrey and PUEEN 76

Hi beauties! Quick post today. This polish was given to me by the lovely Katherine of Polished by KPT when we had a nail meet up this year and I've finally got around to using it! Here's Polished by KPT Audrey stamped using PUEEN 76 in Mundo de Unas Silver. Thanks for sharing another one of your lovely creations with me Katherine!

Color Club Diggin' the Dancing Queen Striping Tape Mani

Hi friends! Here's a mani I did back in May. I'm slowly posting all my stuff that's backlogged. I made this striping tape mani using Color Club Diggin' the Dancing Queen and A-England Crown of Thistles. Crown of Thistles is such a beauty, I drool over her every time I see it!

Glam Polish Bling It On! Trio Swatches

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Happy Saturday! Today I have some swatches of Glam Polish's new Bling It On! trio. The trio consists of three blinged out, ultra holo shades packed full of microglitter. Let's take a peek at these sparkly beauties. Swatches are 3 thin coats with topcoat.

I Know You Want Me--nude holo micro glitter with ultra holo glitter in a holographic base.

Yeh 3X--lemon holo micro glitter with ultra holo glitter in a holographic base.

Hey Ya!--rose holo micro glitter with ultra holo glitter in a holographic base.

Formula and application was great and they built up to opacity in 3 thin coats. I love how holo these are. I hate when a polish is described as holo and it's super subtle. These did not disappoint! The Bling It On! trio will be released on May 6th at 6pm EST (USA) and can be purchased here with shipping to Australia & USA. Shipping rates to USA are $3.50 USD for the first polish and an extra $1.00 for each additional polish.

Glam Polish Masters of Illusion Collection Swatches--Part 2

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Happy Sunday! So last month I swatched 5 polishes from Glam Polish's limited edition Masters of Illusion collection. Since then, Rachel asked me to swatch the last 4 polishes from the collection, so here they are!

Catch Me If You Can--tinted holographic base with ultra holo glitter, sterling silver flakies and sparkly microflakies, glass flecks and shimmer.

Deceptive Practice--holographic base with ultra holo glitter, copper/green flakies, iridescent color shifting glass flecks and shimmer.

Now You See Me--holographic base with ultra holo glitter, holo microglitter, sterling silver flakies and sparkly microflakies.

PREST-O CHANGE-O (swatched over black)--holographic base with ultra holo glitter, green/purple flakies, iridescent color shifting glass flecks and shimmer.

Just like the previous 5 polishes from the collection that I reviewed, the formula of these polishes was easy to work with and built up nicely. You can purchase these polishes here with shipping to Australia & USA. Shipping rates to USA are $3.50 USD for the first polish and an extra $1.00 for each additional polish.

Born Pretty Store--2mm Round Black Studs Review

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Good morning friends! Happy New Year! I know I'm a few days late, but it's my first post of the new year so it counts. Today I have 2mm round black studs from Born Pretty Store to show you. I've been dying to get some black studs so I was really excited to try them. I really enjoy using small nail studs as a way to create accent nails and the change from the typical silver and gold studs to black really gives an edgy look. I decided to pair the studs with stamping.

Here's  I Love Nail Polish (ILNP) PT78 stamped using MoYou London Back to the 80's 04 XL in Konad Yellow. 

Here's the little zip lock bag the studs come in.

A lot of the studs were stuck together. It was a bit annoying at first because I didn't realize it until I was applying them, but just be sure to unstick them before application so whatever you use as glue doesn't dry up.

You can see that quite a bit of the studs in the bag are stuck together.

Aside from the studs sticking together in the bag, I really loved these. The size is perfect to arrange them in little clusters or use them alone on the nail. The change from the usual silver and gold studs was really nice too. I'll be using these a lot this year! You can purchase these studs here for $4.67 and use my code NV7X31 for 10% off your entire purchase. 

New Year's Eve 2014 with MoYou London Festive 05 XL

Happy (almost) New Year! Quick post because I'm going to Bass Lake this evening and I still have so much to do! At least I got my New Year's mani done though right? Lol. Here's China Glaze Liquid Leather stamped using MoYou London Festive 05 XL in Color Club Eternal Beauty, Color Club Miss Bliss, Color Club Over the Moon, Konad Sky Pearl, Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Lively Lilac, and Sally Hansen Insta Dri Presto Pink. I really love how these turned out, but I wish the purple "New" was just a tad more opaque over black. On the bright side, I just got an email notification that I won Manicurator's China Glaze Happy HoliGlaze Giveaway! Super happy because I liked them, but I didn't buy them and was hoping to win them in one of the giveaways going on. Lucky me! Hope everyone had a wonderful year and here's to the New Year--cheers!

Polished by KPT Being in the Pink & MoYou London Pro 14 XL

Hey friends! Sorry for the lack of posts since Christmas. I guess I just was in a funk last week and didn't really feel like doing anything including my nails. I even had one more holiday mani that I didn't post so I suppose I'll save it for next year. Don't worry, I'm feeling back to normal and I already have a few posts ready! I'm going out of town for New Year's Eve tomorrow night so I have to do my nails tomorrow morning and post them before I leave! Anyways, today I have something I haven't tried before--stamping over a thermal! I like this base because white shows up over both warm/cold colors. Other thermals I have I get paranoid if I stamp over it if the stamping color will show up over both. Now I actually want to try stamping over more thermals. This is Polished by KPT Being in the Pink stamped using MoYou London Pro 14 XL in Konad White. Check out the details of this stamp! I'm impressed.

ILNP Molly & MoYou London Festive 04 XL

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Good morning sunshines! I have another holiday manicure to show you! This time I used a MoYou London plate to do some sweater nails. The awesome thing is that I even have this plate. When I had placed an order back in October it was out of stock. It was the start of a domino effect of hiccups that happened with my order, but when I finally got my package in early December, I ended up getting this plate for free which I was not expecting and overjoyed about! Here's I Love Nail Polish Molly stamped using MoYou London Festive 04 XL in Konad White. This was the manicure I was wearing when my nail broke so my nails are much shorter now. At least I got to use an XL design before the break.

I got I Love Nail Polish Molly in a blogger package. ILNP brand is an indie brand that launched in 2012 and makes boutique nail lacquer. I remember when Barbra first opened shop she specialized in glitter bombs and her brand has really grown and now she specializes in miltichromes and holographic polishes as well. I'll do a full review of the polishes later because I got 8, but this polish is sooo gorgeous. It's a magenta linear holographic polish and I only used 2 coats. It had an amazing buttery formula and great pigmentation and coverage. I can't wait to use the rest. You can purchase ILNP here from Barbra's online shop.

Lastly, I'm going to my very first "San Jose Nail Girls Meet Up" tomorrow. I went to the "Eyes on Indies" nail party before, but not to a meet up to go shopping. A handful of nail girls from Instagram will meet up and have lunch and go nail polish shopping at a few awesome beauty supply stores. How fun is that? It's cool seeing how the nail polish community is no longer just an online thing and tons of girls are meeting up across the world. I have seen pics of girls having meet up in Los Angeles, Texas, Sacramento, Hawaii, many other places in the US, but even in the UK! Anyways, I'm sure it'll be lots of fun. Hope everyone has a good weekend!

Here's Molly by herself <3 Almost too beautiful to stamp over!

Nail Shields & 3D Charms

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Happy Friday! I apologize for the lack of posts this week. It's finals week and time just slipped away from me. Today I have some nail shields and 3D charms to show you that Polished by KPT now offers on her online shop. I haven't used nail shields before, but I have always wanted to try them because I love eye-catching nails and these definitely do that. You can use whatever adhesive you decide to apply these. When I use studs, I typically use base coat as my glue and topcoat to go over them, but since these are larger I would use nail glue for adhesive and not topcoat these.

3D oval bezel with colored rhinestones over Polished by KPT Plumeria

Rose Nail Shield (Silver) over Polished by KPT Plumeria

Rose Nail Shield (gold) over Polished by KPT Plumeria

 

Elegant nail shield with purple, topaz, and red stones over Polished by KPT Permanganate

And last but not least, crown and cross 3D charm over Polished by KPT Permanganate. The gold nail has Polished by KPT Liquid Gold.

How'd you like that nail shield spam? I know these are not for everyone and not for everyday use, but if you ever wanted to do a manicure that gets people's attention, these are perfect. You can also reuse these. I really like all of them except the last one. It has the concept of the pierced nail thing which I'm not crazy about. I added links for each item underneath the pics if you're interested in purchasing. What are your thoughts on nail shields and 3D charms?

Polished by KPT New Releases & Re-stock

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Happy December! I have so much to announce that I have a second post for you today. Today Katherine of Polished by KPT is having a re-stock at 12pm PST. She's releasing 2 new shades and re-stocking popular shades as well. First I'll show you the 2 new shades and then some swatches of other shades that will also be available today in the re-stock. All swatches are shown with topcoat.

Liquid Gold--3 coats. Light gold with darker gold flakes that create a foil effect. I used topcoat here, but no topcoat is needed as it dries smooth. This is one of my favorite Polished by KPT polishes if not my favorite. I felt so fancy wearing this one!

Dark Angels--4 coats. Black jelly base with a linear holographic effect and red shimmer. 

Let's take a look at the already released thermals!

Blue is Beautiful--UL is when warm, BR is when cold. 

Dichromate--UL is when warm, BR is when cold. 

Nostalgia--UL is when warm, BR is when cold.

Molybdenum--UL is when warm, BR is when cold. 

Country Road--UL is when warm, BR is when cold. 

La Katrina--UL is when warm, BR is when cold.

Blood as Thick as Gold--UL is when warm, BR is when cold.

...and last, but not least, here's Corrupted Soul. A multi-color, multi-size glitter topper. 

Wow, that was pic heavy. I even went back and deleted some because usually I show each thermal with several photos. Which shades are your favorite? Again, these will be available today here in Polished by KPT's re-stock today at 12pm PST. Happy shopping!

Limited Edition Holiday Trio by Lacquer Lust, Polished by KPT, & Serum No. 5

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Good morning beauties! Today I have swatches of a special indie polish holiday trio to show you. Lacquer Lust who is known for holos, Polished by KPT who is known for thermals, and Serum No. 5 who is known for glow in the dark polish have all teamed up to create a beautiful limited edition holiday trio. All swatches are shown with topcoat.

Lacquer Lust Ho Ho Holidays--3 coats. Green linear holo with red micro shimmer. 

Polished by KPT Naughty & Nice--3 coats. Rose pink (warm) to red wine (warm) thermal with red, gold, and blue micro shimmer.

Here's Naughty & Nice in full transition. Upper left is when warm, bottom right is when cold. 

Serum No. 5 Yule Light Up My Life--1 light coat over a white base. Yes, I said light coat, this baby is packed with glitter!

Here's a glow in the dark shot of Yule Light Up My Life. This one glows white.

This holiday trio will be available today at 12pm PST from Lacquer Lust's online shop, Polished by KPT's online shop, and Serum No. 5's online shop. This is an awesome "indie sampler" because you get to try one polish from what Jo, Katherine, and Victoria are all known for. Set your alarms, you've got just over 3 hours before their shops go live!