Double Half Moon Nails - Guest Post by Nicole gets Nailed!

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I'm still on vacation but today I have a guest post from my polish sister Nicole from Nicole gets Nailed! Nicole and I started out bogging adventures just 4 days apart, we've been kind of inseparable once we discovered one another! I absolutely love Nicole's designs, she is one of the best freehand nail artists I know.   She was my inspiration for starting to venture into freehand nail art and to start joining challenges as well! You really should check out her blog! I think you will enjoy Nicole's post! ♥

TIOT: GG Couture Nail Lacquer "I Am Yours" & "Genevieve"

Purchased By Me/Gifted To Me

Hello all, welcome to week 19 of Try It On Tuesday! This week I have some beauties from an Indie polish name that I was introduced to a few months ago on Instagram. I really love using IG because I have discovered so many new Indies that look really promising, now I just need the money to try them all out! LOL If you aren't following me on IG you can find me here @sassypaints2012! 

All GG Couture polishes are Vegan, 5 Free and Cruelty Free. You also have the option to have your polishes scented with an all natural essential oil: Plumeria, Crisp Apple Rose and Otmeal Milk & Honey.

Nail art with Stamping & Pearls from the Born Pretty Store

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Second post of the night!! Whoop whoop! This post ties in with my previous post so I wanted to do them back to back. Anyway, I was doing a little bit of playing around with some stamping this weekend! I will confess, I'm not that great at it. When I first started playing around with nail art I went a little crazy and got a TON of stamping plates thinking it would be easy, man was I wrong! I probably have about 6 different white and black polishes all because I was trying to find the perfect one for stamping and I never did so I gave up. The polish has to be the right consistency for it to really transfer an image if you are a beginner. (I know some girls that are stamping pros and can use any polish and I'm just not one of those girls!) When The Born Pretty Store contacted me and asked if I would like to pick a couple of items to review I was super excited to try out their stamping polishes! I have been told that these special polishes make stamping less of a chore. I have had several girls tell me that stamping is hard for them too, so I was hoping this would be a solution to our stamping blues and I would start using some of these plates!

Nail Pattern Boldness "Elle La Vend Aire" & "Un Peu Delicate"

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Hi everyone! Tonight I have a couple of new polishes from Nail Pattern Boldness to show you. These beauties are Allison's first solid colors, no glitter here! Both of them would be excellent worn on their own (as I am going to show you in this review) or as undies for glitters or a base color for nail art! I really hope to see more solid colors from NPB  because I love these! 

Wingin' It Lacquer: "Dark Energy" & " When Stars Collide"

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Hi all! I'm sorry I've been kind of M.I.A the past few days. Life happens and I have to deal with that first. I have a couple of glitter toppers from a brand new name in the Indie world to show you tonight! Crystal, owner and creator of Wingin' It Lacquers, had this to say about her polish:

" I started making polish because I was spending way too much money on polish, and I always had fun frankening. I decided to start from scratch and make what I like! I use a 3 free base for all of my polishes and are all hand mixed/poured by me."

The formula for both of these was really nice, not too thick, not too thin. Dry time was excellent, the glitters spread across the nail easily and lay pretty flat against the nail. Since there is so much glitter I would use a smoothing top coat like Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter Food, like I did, before your regular top coat.

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

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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." 

TIOT: U-Neek Polish "Bradenton Beach" & "Carpe Diem"

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Hi all! Today's post is a triple whammy, Try It On Tuesday, Blue for Autism Awareness and a review post all in on! Whew, that was a lot! LOL! I have 2 blue beauties from U-Neek Polish to show you all today! I want to first take a minute to share a few things about Autism...

"Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and autism are both general terms for a group of complex disorders of brain development. These disorders are characterized, in varying degrees, by difficulties in social interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication and repetitive behaviors. They include autistic disorder, Rett syndrome, childhood disintegrative disorder, pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS) and Asperger syndrome. 

ASD can be associated with intellectual disability, difficulties in motor coordination and attention and physical health issues such as sleep and gastrointestinal disturbances. Some persons with ASD excel in visual skills, music, math and art.

Autism appears to have its roots in very early brain development. However, the most obvious signs of autism and symptoms of autism tend to emerge between 2 and 3 years of age. "

Here are some signs to look for in the children in your life:

Lack of or delay in spoken language
Repetitive use of language and/or motor mannerisms (e.g., hand-flapping, twirling objects)
Little or no eye contact
Lack of interest in peer relationships
Lack of spontaneous or make-believe play
Persistent fixation on parts of objects

Being aware and helping spread awareness can help make everyday life easier for someone with autism, it may even save a life! If you would like to learn more about Autism you can find more info at www.autismspeaks.org

Wing Dust Collections: Lilacs In June & Sleepless Summer Nights

*Free product for review*

It's Friday!! Whoop Whoop! Since it's Friday that means I will be taking the kiddies back to my brother and SIL. I will miss these little boogers but I will be so happy to get back to a normal (for me) schedule! 

Anyway, today I have a couple of brand new beauties from Wing Dust Collections. I had originally tried to get some swatches done of a couple of Stephanie's new holos but as soon as I got finished polishing the sun went away! Then once I removed it, the sun reappeared! Stupid sun! So I picked these 2 beauties! 

TIOT: Hard Candy Crush On Caribbean

Just a fast Try It On Tuesday post for you all today, while I have the little ones being occupied by playing with the doll house. (Actually my nephew is more destroying it while my niece tries to get him to "play right"! LOL) Last week on my TIOT I used one of the Itzy Glitzy Hard Candy polishes, so I figured I would try out the one Crushed Chrome I picked up. 

Jindie Nails: Bells & Whistles, Princess Breath and Taste Like Snozberries Swatches and Review

Hi girls and boys. Today I have 3 lovely polishes from Jindie Nails. I'm just going to jump right on into the review now, I hope you enjoy! 

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! 

Love, Angeline *New Indie* Love Always Collection Review

Hi Everyone! Hope you all are having a great day so far! I have a review post for you today! Love, Angeline is a brand new Indie in the nail world, the shop has just opened today! 

C is for Color Club

I am actually posting on time for this ABC Challenge! Wooho!  I'll try and have a review post up tonight at some point too! Anyway, I picked 2 untried Color Club polishes for today's challenge and the end result...SPARKLE!

Miss March Couture: Belly Dance Collection & Cuticle Balm Review

Tonight I have a newer Indie to show you. Jen from Miss March has some real beauties in this collection, all you glitter haters (Nicole) will appreciate this collection a lot! There are 2 shimmers, 2 multichromes and 1 glitter (not a glitter bomb, I promise).

Try It On Tuesday: The Muse's Attitude & The Temptress' Power

Good evening everyone! Post #2 for today, if you missed the first one you can check that one out right here.

Tonight I have my first TIOT! Yay! I have so many untrieds that I haven't even counted them...I'm going to go out on a limb and say that at least 50% of my stash is untried...and if you have seen my stash list lately, which needs to be updated, you know that's a lot of untrieds! So hopefully TIOT's will help thin that list down a bit!

For today's TIOT I got a little help form one of my lovely Facebook fans! She wanted to see something mint or teal...

Jindie Nails Review: Strawberry Cupcake & Burrrberry

Happy Friday everyone! I hope you all had a great week! Any good plans for the weekend? I have to get up at the butt crack of dawn tomorrow to go to my little one's gymnastics meet, so I will be TIRED!! (I don't do early, at all! LOL) So today I have the last 2 in the Winter Chic Collection by Jindie Nails.

Whooz Polish Review: Jewel Beetle & Cotton Candy Pants

Today I bring you the final 2 of the Whooz Polish pretties I have! I really think that if you are a polish lover you really need to try out some of creations that Whooz Polish has available! 

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.

Different Dimension: 3 Christmas/Holiday Polishes

I apologize for the late post, again! What I have for you tonight are some polishes I won from an Instagram giveaway a few weeks back from @nic_tchelly and @missibarry. (If you're on IG you can find me @sassypaints2012)I have been trying to work them in a post between review posts, it's been difficult but I had to show them off to you before Christmas!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone in the states is having a wonderful Thanksgiving and going to enjoy lots of Turkey, and all of my international polish pals happy Thursday! I just wanted to share my Thanksgiving mani with you all. I didn't have time to do the turkey mani I wanted to do since my family and I were running around trying to get some shopping done for our trip to Indiana to visit my older brother and his family. So I decided to just use some fall colors instead. I recently won a new beauty from Hit Polish (I've posted about some of Rachel's polishes before when her shop went by D&R Apothecary) by giving her the name for one of her soon to be released polishes. I received it yesterday and quickly decided it would be perfect for my Turkey day mani!  Here is butterLondon All Hail the Queen under Hit Polish Painted Desert.