Zoya: Matte Velvet Winter/Holiday 2015 Swatches

Press Sample

Hi guys! I know these swatches are craaaaazy late. I have had a lot of things going on in my life and I honestly had to just put all things nail polish related on the back burner until I could get myself together.

I know you have probably seen may others post swatches of this beautiful collection and may have already grabbed a set for yourselves, but for those who haven't these are still very much available on Zoya's website! This collection consists of 6 Matte Velvet shades that have a lovely sort of glass fleck sparkle. They all have lovely formulas; applying like liquid silk, self leveling and fast drying. I have all 6 shown here as 2 perfect coats with no top coat. Let's just jump right into the swatches. 

Zoya Matte Velvet Collection

Press Sample

Hello my loves, I have another catch up post for you! Today I have the Zoya Matte Velvet collection. It is a set that has been released in the past and has apparently been quite popular in the past. After trying them for myself I can totally see why! 

All 6 have smooth velvety formulas that apply beautifully. I do recommend not over working the polish though or you will end up a bit patchy and require an extra coat. My favorite thing about these? They all dry down matte very quickly and evenly and they aren't brush strokey like a lot of matte polishes tend to be. Since they are matte shades they do not require top coat, though adding top coat will only enhance the beauty of these. The lack of top coat can/most likely will result in a shorter wear period than normal, however they do have a decent wear time without. I have all 6 shades shown here as 2 coats. 

SinfulColors: "Matte About Blue", "Real Teal" & "Solar Flux" from the Summer 2014 Silk + Satin Collection

Press Sample

Hello loves! How is everyone this beautiful summer Thursday? Well I hope. Today I have half of the Silk + Satin collection that SinfulColors has released for this summer! SinfulColors is easily one of my most adored drugstore brands. There are so many shades, finishes and textures to chose from and they are all so affordable! 

This collection consists of 6 shades that dry to a demi-matte silk textured finish. I have 3 shades for your viewing pleasure, all shown as 3 thin coats without top coat. These all have a lovely formula, applying a bit sheer on the first coat but they build up nicely with the second and third coats. No dragging, pulling, pooling, or flooding the cuticles. Dry time is good also, I say about 15 minutes and you're good to go...just don't go doing anything crazy with your freshly polished digits since you won't be using top coat! 

Trust Fund Beauty Swatches and Review

Press Sample

Today I have some polishes from Trust Fund Beauty  to show you. TFB is a Canadian based Indie brand that launched in March. The names are all sassy and they have a great variety of colors and finishes. All of their polishes are 5 Free and Cruelty Free. 

Celestial Cosmetics: "Santa's Blue Balls", "Harley Dyna" & "Anti-Matter"

Press Sample

I’m starting to think that this winter is never going to end. All weekend I was hoping the sun was going to make an appearance, it didn’t. Boo! I really needed the sun for one of these polishes, but the show must go on so I swatched it without it. Anyway. Today I have more Celestial Cosmetics for your viewing pleasure. Celestial is one of my favorite Aussie brands, the colors never disappoint and the formulas are always flawless. I am so happy that these are available for worldwide shipping through Color4Nails, this brand is to awesome to keep in Australia only! 

Up first...

Mudflap Nails with KKCenterHK Sexy Girl Glitters

Press Sample

When KKCenterHK asked me to pick a couple of items to review I saw these little glitters and I had a very specific mani in mind. The problem with my very specific ideas is that they never really translate very well when I try to execute them. :/ Originally I intended on using black as the base color for this but there is no way the brown would have shown up over the black. So I started off with 2 coats of Sinful Colors Snow Me White

Jindie Nails: "sTEALth" & "Hot Pink Floyd"

Press Sample

Happy Friday! I have some more Jindie's to show you tonight! Are you ready for The Matte Velvet Duo? 

These 2 polishes are meant to be worn alone, however they can be worn with shiny top coat, they would  look beautiful either way. I used 3 coats for each color since I tend to have more VNL with the length of my nails but if you have shorter nails you can definitely get away with 2. Application of these were nice and smooth, no flooding or pooling. The glitters are suspended well so there is no need to fish. Dry time was excellent! I didn't have much of a chance to test the wear of them but I did wear Hot Pink Floyd for about 24 hours, I showered, washed dishes did some house work and I had no chipping or wear. Jen tested them longer and this is what she had to say about it  "This matte polish holds up much better than most and is the same great quality brand base as my other polishes. Tested this matte base for a week and held fine in normal wear and tear. Showed no signs of wear for a couple of days." 

M•A•S•H Nails "Fruit Punch" Scented Polish & Nail Art Pens Review

Yet another late post! I had a bust day today so I am just now getting a chance to post this for you all. I was contacted a week or so ago by M•A•S•H Nails to see if I would be interested in reviewing something, of course I said yes! When I received my package I was surprised at all the cool goodies that were in it! I will be honest, when I think of M•A•S•H I think of stamp plates. I actually own quite a few of their plates, but I kinda suck at stamping, so when they sent me scented polish, matte top coat, fimo slices, and nail art pens I was relieved and even more excited to review for them! 

All of the goodies I will have reviewed for you in future posts.

Zoya PixieDust: Full Collection Swatches and Review

Hi girls and boys! As you know, unless you've been living under a rock, Textured  polishes are the big thing this year. I know that a lot of you have been going crazy over Zoya's version of this hot trend, so I am happy to bring the whole PixieDust collection here to my blog today for your viewing pleasure!

"PixieDust Application Information -  Do not use a base coat or top coat. Apply 1-3 (for full coverage) thin coats of polish. Allow product to dry down completely matte in between layers for full textured effect. The PixieDust textured formula may take up to 10 minutes to dry completely matte. Once dry, the textured finish is long lasting, matte and ultra-glittery!" -Zoya

Laquerlicious "Pebble Stone" Swatches & Review

So who's getting snowed on today? I am! It's been falling hard for the last 4 or 5 hours or so. Of course the one time I have plans during the week mother nature wants to try and ruin them. Stupid snow! LOL Anyway, today I am showing you another beauty from Laquerlicious! 

Pebble Stone...

...This polish is in a clear base with black glitter and a rainbow of tiny hex and square glitter.

White Owl Lacquers: After All This Time Collection Review & Swatches

Hi everyone, happy Monday  I hope everyone had a great weekend! Sorry I was MIA for the past few days, I had a lot going on. My hubby and I are currently in the process of doing some renovations to the house, and we had a lot of price comparisons to do on Friday. Then we had my nieces birthday party on Saturday and I had some work to do on Sunday so there was just no time for posting.

Today I am going to show you 3 colors from White Owl Lacquers After All This Time collection. This collection was inspired by Harry Potter! I am a huge Potter Head so anything HP makes me giddy! 

TIOT: OPI Liquid Sand "The Impossible"

Hi again! 2nd post of the day, I almost skipped doing this weeks Try It On Tuesday but I felt like a bad blogger even considering it. LOL I'm going to make it a very quick one though, I have so much to get done for the rest of the weeks posts since I fell behind over the weekend. Since I will be super  busy next weekend I'm trying to get some posts scheduled. 

I picked up a min set of OPI Liquid Sand's a few weeks ago and haven't had the chance to swatch them so when I needed a quick out the door mani I decided to give it a shot. No base coat, no top coat, it worked out well for a fast mani. When I got back home I added a matte and glossy top coat to one nail each just for comparison.   

Nail Pattern Boldness: Hello? Collection Review & Swatches

Happy Monday!!! Today I have an amazing Valentine’s Day collection from my most favorite Indie maker! I know that there are a TON of Vday collections out there and you may be feeling smacked in the face with them, but these are more than just Vday polishes! These kind of make me think of  that scene in Bambi, when everything starts to thaw and all the animals get Twitterpated! LOL These polishes aren’t just a bunch of hearts in a bottle, they are flowers and butterflies too! Very Spring like and not just your ordinary Vday polishes, so these beauties can be worn long after the obligatory flowers have died and the conversation hearts have disappeared!

Polish Addict: Love Story Collection Review & Swatches Plus Miss Sassy Paints Cuticle Oil!

Happy Friday! I hope you all are well! Today Polish Addict has released her Valentine's Day polishes the Love Story Collection.

I have all of them to show you today except for 1, Crazy in Love, which was damaged in shipping! Awwww! *Sad Face*

TIOT: Ulta Bam-Blue-Zled & Indigo Go Girl

Welcome to another Ty It On Tuesday! I'm really enjoying these posts, simply because I am getting to try out the polishes I would have never gotten to otherwise. I have come across some real treasures in my collection and I'm so early into the year! Today's TIOT is no exception, I have found an amazing combo to show you all today, it kind of broke my heart to have to take it off!

Nail Pattern Boldness: Gruß vom Krampus Swatches

Hi girls and boys! I know another really late post, I was feeling a little under the weather today so I got little done. When I finally got around to editing my pix for this review I realized that the stilettos, while they looked  HOT covered in this particular polish, it was just impossible to show you how truly beautiful it is. So I had to re-swatch! Ugh! 

This was a very Limited Edition that Allison released right before the holidays. Here is a little history lesson on what The Krampus is!

A greating card featuring Krampus  (Pic credit to Wikipedia)

Ooh La Lacquer Review: Hypnotize & Matte-terial Girl

Happy Friday! Today I have the final 2 of my Ooh La Lacquers to review for you! If you missed the first review I did you can find that here.

Ooh La Lacquer Review: Beware of the Plastics & Pink Wednesday

Happy Sunday all! Before I get to the review I want to remind you all of the exciting things to start Monday with my new schedule. Here is a refresher: Mon, Wed, Fri are review days. Tuesdays are Try It On Tuesdays (TIOT). Thursday is Nail Art, and every other weekend is set aside for stamping. I will soon be participating in a very relaxed challenge with some of my buddies that were in the 31 day challenge! We will be doing the ABC challenge, pretty easy since it's just using a polish that the name or brand starts with whichever letter we are on and we are doing it weekly instead of daily! So if any of you are down with the challenge please head over to Kimber's Lacquer Korner and leave her a comment on that post letting her know your URL so she can add you to the list! You can do it! Once a week is super relaxed! 

Ok, I'm finished rambling now! So on to the polish...

Jindie Nails Review: Battle Royale & Dream In Color

I have several beauties that I have really been looking forward to swatching for you all from the Winter Chic Collection by Jindie Nails. Since there are several I have to review for you, I decided to break them up into a few posts. Today I have Battle Royale and Dream In Color.

Delicate Flowers...Days 14 & 15

Ok here it goes!  I am rushing through this post to try and beat midnight! O_O  I've been slacking off a bit lately and I need to get ahead of the game here! I apologize.

Today is day15 of the 31 day challenge but, since I missed day 14, I decided to combine the 2!

 

I started off with 2 coats of L'Oreal VIP Status...

 

VIP Status is a lovely charcoal color with a kind of blue undertone.

 

The formula is awesome, 2 coats gave full opacity and it is very forgiving if spots are missed, which I tend to do, you can go back over those spots and it blends well.

 

Then using Bundle Monster stamp plate BM-318 I stamped hibiscus flowers with Essie No Place Like Chrome.

 

I'm still working on perfecting my stamping skills but I LOVE stamping with the Essie Mirror Metallics. They are thick enough to make stamping so much easier for someone who gets the process but hasn't got it down pat yet.

 

I felt it was lacking something, and it was still a bit to severe in contrast to be "delicate" so I wanted to add something and decided on Finger Paints Flecked.

 

This is my first time using a flakie. I have to say I am in Love! I love the texture it brings to the mani without being overpowering like normal glitter can be. This particular bottle was a prize in a giveaway that I recently won.

 

I decided I wanted to make this a matte mani to make it even more subtle so I used my new butterLondon Matte Finish. 

 

Unfortunately in my excitement over using 2 new polishes I forgot to take pictures before I mattified it! Sorry! It was just as lovely all shinny as it is matte, at least I thought so.

 

Sorry about all the pictures I just couldn't get enough! LOL

 

As always don't forget to check out what the other lovely ladies have done!

Aaaaaand...if you haven't entered my giveaway click on the picture on the left of the page right above my profile!

 

 

-Kimber at Kimber's Lacquer Korner
-Kat at Hooked On Polish
-Diana at Nails By Diana
-Aly at Wonderland Beauty
-Meredith at Perfectly Polished
-Nicole at The Color Republic
-Kate at The Painted Pony Nails
-Cee at Absolutely Cee
-Sam at Polished Art
-Nail Narcotics
-Nicole at Nicole Gets Nailed
-Shelby at Shelby's Swatches
-Stephanie Louise at All Things Beautiful
-Mixed Mama
-Joanna @ Sweet Polish of Mine
-Patty Greenberg
-Liz and Lisa @ Lozlosa
-Mari at Nailista
-Miss L at Beauty by Miss L
-Chameleon Stampede
-Pam at Nail-E-Glance
-Me, Myself, and Polish
- Robin Sparkles