Glitter Daze ColorPOP Collection Swatches

Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a good weekend. I pretty much just worked on catching up with swatching and reviewing things since I was pretty much just studying the past month and a half. Oh yeah, that reminds me. I got the results from my exam last week and guess what... I passed my NCLEX RN. That means I'm officially a registered nurse! I'm going back to school this week which is a drag, but at least it won't be anything compared to nursing school and I can finally stop studying for that test.

Today I have 6 out of the 10 polishes from Glitter Daze Color POP Collection. I would've chose to review all 10, but like I said, I was busy studying and didn't want to delay this post too much. Glitter Daze Nail Polish is a handmade indie brand of polish made by a lovely lady named Sana. Let's take a look at the pics of her beautiful, glittery creations. All swatches are shown with topcoat.

Jetsetter Lifestyle--3 coats

Icecream for Summer--3 coats

Lei It On Me--1 coat over  China Glaze White Out

Lei It On Me has a milky white jelly base so it can be worn alone or layered over white. 

Summer Sprinkles--1 coat over China Glaze Bottoms Up

A Boardwalk to Remember--1 coat over Color Club Wicker Park

My Private Paradise--1 coat over Essie Under Where

I really enjoyed the 6 polishes I tried from the Glitter Daze ColorPOP Collection. I don't own any polishes like these. The glitter is so unique and bright that it really adds some fun to my nails. The only thing I would say I didn't like is that Jetsetter Lifestyle had a strong smell that made it not as pleasant to use, but the linear holo effect is quite nice so you can say that it's worth it. All of the glitter toppers are literally PACKED with glitter so you don't have to do any fishing. I applied them like I do most glitters, brush some on and kind of dab the brush around to cover up any empty spots. My favorites are the last 4 because the neon glitters are so eye catching and fun to look at on my nails. You can purchase 4 ml bottles for $4.00 or full size 15 ml bottles for $11 here. Big thanks to Sana for letting me review her glittery beauties!

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Bundle Monster 48 Piece Nail Art Glitter Collection Review

Hey beauties! Today I have a 48 piece nail art glitter set from Bundle Monster to review. The set I have has 48 bottles of nail glitter, but they offer both 48 and 96 bottle sets on their site. The set comes with a variety of nail art glitter in a variety of colors and shapes including star, hex, diamond, heart, bar, loose, and "fish egg" beads. Let's take a look at what the set comes with and some manicures I created with it. Feel free to click any image to see an enlargement & pretty glitter ;]

China Glaze Are You Jelly with a gradient using loose glitter.

OPI Pink Friday with light pink, medium pink, silver, and green "fish egg" beads for an accent.

China Glaze Liquid Leather and gold holo star glitter.

I really enjoyed creating different manicures using this nail art glitter set. There's so many different kinds of glitter that I don't see myself running out of ideas or glitter anytime soon. For each manicure, all I used to apply the different nail glitter was clear polish--super easy! You can purchase the 48 piece set here for $13.99 or the 96 piece set here for $18.99. 

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Summer Gradient & Bundle Monster BM 301

Hi my polished pretties! I apologize for the 2 week hiatus! I just took my board exam to get my registered nursing license over the weekend so I was studying like a madwoman for the past couple of weeks. I really wanted to post, but I had to force myself to stop playing with my nails and focus lol. Hopefully I get the results soon, but my exam ended early and I felt very confident so I have a good feeling that I passed. I'll keep you posted ;] Here's a mani I did as soon as I got home! I did a gradient using China Glaze Happy Go Lucky, China Glaze Dance Baby, and Essie Play Date and stamped using BM 301 in Konad White. I really love how these turned out! Now that my exam is over, I am going to use this time to finally do some "summery" manis and catch up on reviewing products.

Check out my awesome phone case I got a couple weeks ago. I looove it!

Bio Seaweed Gel--Review

Hey lacqueristas! Today I have Bio Seaweed Gel polish to review. This was my very first time using gel polish so I was very excited to receive this product to test out. Bio Seaweed Gel is a Canadian Gel Polish company. Here's a some info about the company & the product: 

"UNITY All-In-One Colour Gel Polish by Bio Seaweed Gel is the first ever professional gel polish with top, base, colour & strengthener all-in-one bottle. (4 PRODUCTS in ONE Bottle)

Bio Seaweed Gel is the most versatile and innovative Gel System available today. But most importantly, it is the healthier gel polish choice.

Here is a brief list in how BSG stands out from the numerous other professional gel brands:

1. No dehydrators to thin or stain the natural nails - regardless of wear time. FORMALDEHYDE, TOLUNE, DPB, SOLVENTS & BHA FREE

2. Safe and gentle both during application and removal: no sanding, buffing, primers or bonders needed for application. The industry's quickest soak-off removal in 5 minutes.

3. Versatility: we do offer a separate Diamond Shine Top and No-Sanding Base Gel Polish, as well as a Strengthener Builder Gel to complete tip and sculpture extensions.

4. User-friendly: simple steps and self-leveling make Bio Seaweed Gel quick to learn and a pleasure to work with, our products never shrink or wrinkle - ideal for nail art

5. Innovation: UNITY All-In-One Gel Polish is the EXCLUSIVE PEDICURE PRODUCT: no top, base or cleansers needed. (the colours dry to the touch with no sticky layer unlike any other)

6. Over 150 Colours

7. UV, LED and SUNLIGHT cured!!! (Yes, sunlight!)"

So that may have been quite a bit of info, but if you're brand spanking new to gel polish like me, the info is quite helpful. In my blogger sample I received 2 Unity All In One Color Gel System polishes, Diamond Shine Top Coat, one file, one buffer, and a pair of toe separators. I did a manicure and followed the directions it came with (lightly buff, clean with 70% alcohol, apply thin coat, cure, apply thin coat, cure, top coat, cure, wipe with 70% alcohol. It is very important if you use the topcoat to do the last step otherwise it will be sticky! Let's take a look at some of my manicure pics and then my thoughts.

Here it is with 2 coats. The directions say to use 2 coats and not to wrap the tips, but for some reason the polish wanted to avoid the tips. 

Here it is with 3 coats. I decided to go for a 3rd coat to get better coverage on the tips and it looks much better.

Again, 3 coats.

Here it is with some nail art and Diamond Shine Top Coat. 

For the art I used Nailz Craze NC 02 in Konad White.

Day 8--design intact and bareeely any tip wear.

Day 8

Here's my thoughts on the product:

Application: Super easy! Great formula which made it easy to apply thin coats. The brush was amazing. I was worried about how I'm supposed to clean up gel polish, but I applied carefully and no clean up was needed. The topcoat was also great AND it did not smear my stamping! I was really excited about that. I used a UV lamp to cure and dry time was fast, 2 minutes for each coat. 

Wear: Great. No chipping and as you can see on day 8, there's minimal signs of tip wear. I wore this camping and was very hard on them (played with rocks, swam, tried to cut wood with an ax, etc.).

Removal: On the fence. I followed the instructions which is the foil method using pure acetone for 5 mins, push off with orange stick, and buff any remaining. I did this and I saw the top of the polish soften and crack, but an orange stick didn't really help in removal so I had to use my metal cuticle pusher. Even then, a fair amount of polish remained and I had to buff a lot, which left a couple nails super thin. I was bummed so I left my other hand in the foil for 10 mins and I didn't have to buff as much. 

Overall, I did have a good experience, but removal was not as great as I had hoped. I will definitely try it again, but just do the foil method for a few more minutes. I will say that I was impressed with the wear and I will for sure be using this for a vacation mani! Lastly, for my stampaholics, this is a nail stampers dream. If you stamp and mess up, you can wipe off and stamp again without ruining the base! You can purchase Bio Seaweed Gel polish here. Each color retails for $18.