WingDust Collections "Blue Like Jazz"

Purchased By Me

Hello loves! Did anyone get a significant amount of snow last week or through the weekend? We only got a little, probably more ice than snow, but the schools sure took full advantage and took a couple of days off. LOL  

Well since its Tuesday you know what that means. Yes, it’s Try It On Tuesday! There are only 3 more Tuesdays left in 2013, can you believe that? I have been doing TIOT all year, missing a few here and there, and I really thought that by the end of the year I would have made a larger dent in my untrieds.  Unfortunately as a polish addict I tend to accumulate more than I actually get to try. I have done a lot better, I’ve cut back on my purchases drastically and have destashed a lot, which by the way I sill have some of those available for purchase on my storenvy shop! 

Today’s untried is a gorgeous shade from one of my all time favorite indies. I purchased this almost a year ago and have bought even more from Stephanie since then, but I just kept overlooking this one. I’m regretting that now because this is probably one of my new favorites from WingDust Collections! Though I tend to say that a lot when I try out a new polish that Steph makes! She seriously makes nail crack, she is my dealer and I‘m super addicted! LOL 

Pretty Serious Cosmetics "Viscous Vampire"

Purchased By Me

Last week Pretty Serious Cosmetics was asking their fans if they had any PS in their untrieds and if so which ones. I raised my hand in guilt and then listed which ones I hadn't used yet. I have several but when I named Viscous Vampire as one Kaz said that it was probably one of her favorites. Since I have been meaning to try out my beautiful babies anyway I figured why not put that red vixen to use for the next weeks  Try It On Tuesday! 

 

Illamasqua " Lament" & Nars "Orgasm"

Purchased By Me

Hello loves, welcome to another Try It On Tuesday! It's been a couple of weeks since I posted a TIOT here so I figured I needed to do one even though it's been a busy day and I am taking care of my poor sick hubby.

Lucky 13 Lacquer "Golden Snitch" & Born Pretty Skull and Crossbones Nail Charm

Press Sample/Purchased By Me

Good mornin' all! I have a post up before dark *Woohoo* aren't you all proud of me? :)  As I said in yesterdays post I had come across a stash of items recently that I had apparently tucked away for safe keeping. Well they were kept very safe since I had forgotten I had them and the items were nail art decorations for review! So I want to apologize to the Born Pretty Store for the delay in my posts! I am never late with my posts and I feel just awful! 

Since today is Tuesday I decided that I would combine my Try It On Tuesday mani with a Born Pretty Store review! Up first is my very first Lucky 13 Lacquer! 

Dollish Polish "What's This? What's This?

Gifted To Me

Hi loves! For today's Try It On Tuesday I have a Halloween glitter topper that was gifted to me by my polish sista a while back. Since I am trying to get through all of my untried Halloween polishes from last year I decided to use this with another polish I had untried until recently as well. 

Ninja Polish "Shillelagh"

Gifted To Me

Heeeeeeey! How is everyone? Good I hope. I missed last weeks TIOT but today I have a most epic polish to try and make up for it! Before we get into the sparkly goodness of this lovely lacquer I want to give an update on the state of our TIOT Facebook photo album. Last week I tried to rearrange a photo that was out of place, once I did that it scrambled a lot of the photos. I have been unable to place them in the right order ever since. I have contacted Facebook 5 times and haven't gotten so much as an "F YOU we won't help" from them, therefore I will be creating a brand new Album for TIOT. I was thinking maybe starting a new album every month; just in case something like this happens again so I won't have to redo them all again. Any thoughts? Ok that's enough talk, now on to the polish! 

Nubar "Brilliant"

Gifted To Me

For today's try it on Tuesday post I have a little pretty that I had on my amazon wish list for what seems like an eternity. My mother in law gave me my very first Nubar for my birthday! Yaaaay!
Brilliant...
...a mauve/pink holographic polish.
All photos of Brilliant are shown as 3 coats topped with SH Insta-Dry.

Wing Dust Collections "Space Junk In Her Trunk"

Gifted To Me

I'm running behind because I have a terrible case of the lazies, so here is a really quick Try It On Tuesday post!

Space Junk In Her Trunk...
...pink, blue, purple, green, holo and iridescent glitters in various shapes and sizes in a deep navy blue jelly base with purple shimmer.
All photos of SJIHT are shown as 2 coats topped with SH Mega Shine. 

RBL Aqua Lily

Purchased By Me

Real quick Try it On Tuesday post... since I'm running super behind! Recently I was saying how my biggest lemming is Rescue Beauty's Aqua Lily! Since it has been discontinued I was really sad I would probably never find it! I had actually seen one on a blog sale for $35 a few weeks ago, I whined and whined so my hubby said he's get it for me for my birthday. I emailed the gal right away only to find out I just missed it! I was HEARTBROKEN! Well it had still been on my mind a few weeks later and when I said I would love to get it for my birthday one of my lovely readers offered to sell me her extra bottle at normal retail price! Yay! I got to squash a lemming and hubby didn't have to hear me whine about it anymore! LOL Birthday wish fulfilled! 

Marc Jacobs "Jezebel"

Purchased By Me

Hey all, it's time for Try It On Tuesday once again! Last week the new Marc Jacobs Beauty line launched at Sephora, so of course I played with all of the nail polishes! I just wish I had remembered to actually take photos of the store display while I was there. DUH! There were several from the 24 that I wanted but since I'm not rich I settled on just one for now. 

Wing Dust Collections "Feel The Burn"

Gifted To Me

For today's Try It On Tuesday I am using an amazing polish from the Summer Collection by Stephanie of Wing Dust Collections that has not yet been released. As soon as I received the package of goodies and I saw this bad ass polish I had to wear it ASAP!!! This color is so intensely pink it looks like my fingertips have pink flames on them!! 

Alanna Renee Cosmetics "Tranquil"

Purchased By Me

Hello my loves, welcome to another Try It On Tuesday post! Today I have an Aussie Indie I have been dying to try out for a few weeks now. I have been on a low buy for a while, since my stash has gotten a little out of hand according to my husband, but I had to have this polish! It was screaming my name and begging me to buy it! 

OPI "The Show Must Go On"

Gifted to Me

Hello loves, welcome to another Try It On Tuesday! I was stumped for this week since I have some Alanna Renee's that I purchased from Color4Nails recently. I also just got my first KBShimmer polishes too, so needless to say I was torn! That is until I received a package from my girl Allison of Nail Pattern Boldness! She sent me one of my biggest lemmings so I knew I just had to use it for this weeks TIOT post! 

Pretty Serious Cosmetics "The Pink One"

Purchased By Me

Hello loves! Today's TIOT is a cheat for me, I didn't have time to do a mani so I am posting pictures from a polish I tried out a couple of weeks ago and never got around to doing  a blog post for it. This is my very first Pretty Serious. I had tried to get Naughty Night Shift Nurse but that sold out in about 30 seconds, seriously it was like 30 seconds! So even though I was on the website before the release time I guess my fingers just weren't fast enough. Since I missed out on that beauty I had to console myself with this stunner. So here's my really fast TIOT post!

Try It On Tuesday is BACK!

Purchased By Me

 Yes, you read that right, TIOT is officially back! I had been doing TIOT since the new year almost every week up until I went on vacation back in May. I had hoped to jump right back in to it, along with my the challenge I was participation in and all of my review posts, but I had such a hard time getting back into a groove. So TIOT and the ABC Challenge got pushed to the side and I focused on reviewing. While I love reviewing I really love being able to use the polishes I have purchased too. I have three 3 drawer "Melmers" full of polishes and I'm going to guestimate that about 2/3 of it is untried! This needs to be remedied! So I have gathered some fellow Facebook nail junkies to join me in my adventure and hopefully they will help keep me on track so I can tell my husband "see I have tried each and every polish I own!" LOL 

If you would like to join us in our TIOT Challenge, it's simple! Just click on the photo above and it will take you to my Facebook status with all of the details! 

TIOT: A England "Avalon"

Purchased By Me/Gifted To Me

Hey everyone! I have a lot going on right now getting ready for our trip! I have a ton of laundry to do, I have to pack and I have to get the dog to my moms. I also made a crazy decision to leave all of my polish at home and to sport naked nails during my vacation. My poor fingers have really taken a beating in the last year and I think that while my mind needs a break from the blog my fingers do too. While I'm gone I have a group of amazing bloggers that will be filling the void for me so make sure to come by for those posts!

I may be busy and I haven't painted my nails in a couple of days but I wanted to post my Try It On Tuesday! This is actually an older mani that I never had the chance to post because of my hectic swatching schedule.

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.

TIOT: Coco Allure "Succulent Lustre"

Purchased By Me

I missed last weeks Try It On Tuesday, so sorry everyone! It's been a little wacky here! I'm still trying to catch up on my reviews, but I think I finally have them under control! Anyway, I hope today's TIOT makes up for missing last week. This is the second polish from Coco Allure I have tried and I am really loving this Indie! If you missed my post on Like, Totally Pink just click this link! Its amazing! 

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

Press Sample 

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

TIOT: NerdLacquer "Cyance Friction"

Purchased By Me

Welcome to another week of Try It On Tuesday! As I said last week I would be doing blue each Tuesday of April for Autism Awareness! I am not claiming to be super educated on this subject nor am I personally effected by it, however I feel the need to show my support for those who deal with Autism every day, like my friend and fellow blogger Kimber. If you haven't read the story that Kimber shared with the world I recommend you do, Kalli's story (Kimber's daughter) is a heartbreaking and inspiring one.