SinfulColors: Spring Fever 2015 Swatches and Review

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Well hello everyone! I am extremely late with this post, I have actually been really behind on a few. So I should have more coming up here soon. Enough of the small talk, let's get to what we're really here for...the swatches! 

I have been sent some lovely SinfulColors polishes, 2 cremes and 3 "opalescent toppers".

I absolutely adore this brand, my ridiculously large Sinful collection is proof! The formulas are always spot on and these are no exception. 

Superchic Lacquer: Into the Woods- partial collection swatches andMarvel Top Coat review *Updated*

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Hello loves, happy hump day! Today I have a new to me Indie brand to show you, Superchic Lacquer.  I have been following Superchic since I started blogging and I am very honored to have the opportunity to review these for you all! 

I have 3 new shades from the Into the Woods collection, that was just released on Monday. I also have the new fast dry top coat to show you as well.

Create the Perfect Barielle Manicure

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Hello lovelies! Today I have a special post for you. Barielle was nice enough to let me pick out some things to create the perfect Barielle manicure! So I picked all the things I would use from start to finish.

 First I started off with Barielle's Extra Gentle Cuticle Minimizer. 

This is easy to apply and, as described, very gentile. You simply apply some to the cuticle area and let it sit for a few minutes then, using the included orange stick, gently push the cuticles back. Any dead skin will instantly come off as well. Once that is all done you just wash your hands with warm water. 

Taped gradient nail art

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No review today! Are you surprised? I haven't done any nail art just for fun in a while so I decided to start playing around with different heart themed ideas since Valentines Day is just around the corner. This is a mani that could easily be worn for any occasion, not just VDay since I went low key on the hearts.

Born Pretty Store 3D Snowflake Nail Charm

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Hello my loves! How is everyone this fine Thursday afternoon? The weather has warmed up here just a little and it's so nice. Isn't it funny how 40 degree temps seem warm after a week off near negative temps? LOL 

Today I have a very simple, but winter appropriate, mani to show you. I had every intention if making some really awesome nail art to go along with this 3D charm from the Born Pretty Store but I figured I would leave it simple since the charm itself is supposed to make this mani what it is.

Born Pretty Crystal Rhinestones Review

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Hi loves! Sorry I have been missing for a little while. There is a long drawn out story with way too much personal info so I won't even bother getting into it. I will say that my posting may be a bit sporadic until I can get my heath issues under control. 

Anyway, I have a quick post tonight featuring these crystal  rhinestones I received from the Born Pretty Store. I really love Born Pretty, there is so much to choose from, they have great prices and free world wide shipping! 

Born Pretty Studs and Straight Nail Vinyl Nail Art

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Hello again! Today I have a little bit of nail art for you all. I’m really quite happy with how this whole thing turned out. Vary rarely do I think of a particular design then have it actually translate the way I pictured it in my mind onto the nail. 

Kerry, Va Va Voom, Solange

Single Chevron Nail Art Using Nail Vinyls!

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Hello my polished friends! I know it’s unusual for me to post on Saturday but I am still working on catching up and I really wanted to show you all this one! A few weeks ago I did a review post on a nifty thing I had recently been lucky enough to try out; Nail Vinyls. If you didn’t see my original post on this awesome nail art necessity you can see it here. I decided to do a little mani recycling and use the awesome single chevron Nail Vinyls so I could wear a sexy polish even longer! 

Chevron Nail Art: "Nail Vinyls" Review

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Hello my polished pretties! Today I have a mani that I hope you all will enjoy! I recently have been given the opportunity to try out and review Nail Vinyls! I was super excited to try these bad boys out. I love tape manicures but I don’t always have the right kind of scissor or the patience to try and cut the tape perfectly. This is the reason I have never tried the chevron pattern, I just convinced my self that I didn’t particularly like that design. I was lying to myself! 

I received 3 sets of vinyls: single chevron, regular chevron and straight.

I decided to try out the regular chevron first! I told you I was lying to myself about not liking that design. 

Mish Mash Challenge: "Gray"

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Hello Loves, happy hump day! I have a Mish Mash Challenge post for you today! It's been a while since I have done one, I'll admit if I don't find the inspiration I just skip that week in the challenge. I almost skipped this week but I decided I wanted to try the Numbus technique that The Nailasaurus recently came up with. The reason I was wanting to try it was to see how it compares to the watercolor technique. 

Left to right: Finger Paints Black Expressionism, Sally Hansen Gun Metal, Sinful Colors Slate, Essence Gray-t To Be Here.

Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter Gradient with KKCenterHK Purple Laser Studs

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Hello loves, happy Monday! I hope everyone had a good weekend. Mine was pretty busy so I did my nails on Friday night and didn't change them until this morning. Yep I kept my mani on for more than 24 hours! LOL 

Born Pretty Store Spike Studs

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Hey hey hey, it's Friday!! Who's excited? I have some pretty funky nail art for you today! These aren't something I'd wear for a normal day but it's pretty darn fun, really edgy and could be great for a night out!  

Born Pretty Store Round Neon Studs

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 Hello loves! I hope everyone is having a lovely evening! I would have had a post up earlier today but I had a lunch date with my dad, which was really nice since we don't get too see each other very often. We talked like gabby school girls! LOL Once I got back home I went into full swing cleaning mode for some reason! On the up side my living room is spotless and I got 5 loads of laundry done! 

So tonight, as promised, I have another Born Pretty Store post for you all. I really love using studs with my nail art so when Born Pretty Store started carrying neon studs I was giddy! Yes the silver and gold ones are nice but sometimes you want to add a little color to your manicure! These will definitely do the trick!   

Sassy Saturday Guest Post: Beautylicious

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Happy Saturday my sassy friends! It's time for another installment of Sassy Saturday! I'm loving these guest posts, there are a ton of talented ladies out there and I love being able to show my readers some of them I hope yo are enjoying them as well! With that said, if you are interested in being one of the featured posts please don not hesitate to contact me and we can get you scheduled! You don not have to run a nail blog, I will welcome posts of any kind...I'd love a baking post!! Yum! LOL I actually have a couple of dates I am looking to fill to finish off the year! Now I will turn this post over to Roxy! ♥

Mish Mash Challenge: Book

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Hi loves! Today's Mish Mash Challenge post is going to be short, sweet and to the point. I'm super swamped and going off of only an hour and a half of sleep. Yes I'm still having troubles sleeping, boo to insomnia! For this day of the challenge I knew exactly want I wanted to do as soon as I received an awesome birthday gift from my polish sista! 

Mish Mash Challenge: Triangle

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Hey, hey, hey!! I know I haven't done a Mish Mash Challenge post in several weeks but I'm hoping to keep up with it on a more regular basis from here on out. 

This week we are supposed to do a "Triangle" mani and I actually had a couple things in mind, one of them I just couldn't shake. I have wanted to do a Harry Potter inspired mani since I started blogging but I never find the time or I feel discouraged at my lack of skill in the free hand art department so I give up before I even get started. Once this idea came to me I knew it was perfect and would be simple enough for me to pull off. I took my inspiration from the last book in the HP series; The Deathly Hallows. 

Mish Mash Challenge: Untried Technique "Fan Brush Nails"

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It's Wednesday and you know what that means, it's Mish Mash Challenge day!! Today's challenge is to use a technique I've never tried before. I have a few techniques that I really wanted to try, one stroke being one of them but ain't nobody got time for that! I needed sufficient time to actually practice before I decide to do a full mani like that. So one of the next techniques I have been meaning to get to is fan brush nails. 

Mish Mash Challenge: Tape Mani

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Hey everyone! I know this post is several days late but I had to get my reviews caught up and I really had a hard time getting any inspiration for a tape mani I haven't done before. When I finally got around to doing my nails for this post I had a couple things in mind but I was having one of those days then nothing worked the way I planned it. So when all else failed I opted for something I'm familiar with! So I did a Studded Striped Gradient.

Born Pretty Store Hex Nail Art Glitters

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Hello loves, happy Friday! Today I have a review of some of the Born Pretty Nail Art Glitters. On their website they are described as Color Nail Art Shiny Hexagonal Glitter Powder Sheets and they come in a pack of 12 different colors and 2 different finishes: 6 metallic (not shown) and 6 iridescent, which I will be showing you today. 

Mish Mash Challenge: Purple

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Welcome to the first day of the Mish Mash Challenge! Some of you joining us for this challenge are familiar faces that were involved in the ABC Challenge, sorry I missed the last part of that btw, and I'm glad that we have some new faces as well! Welcome to our group ladies, if I don't follow your blog already please bare with me and I will follow as soon as possible!