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.

Love, Angeline Summer Rainbows Collection

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Good morning my polished pretties!! Did everyone have a good weekend?  Do anything fun for the holiday? I had tons of fun and wish it didn't end but all good things must end and now we are back to the everyday hustle and bustle! Today I am going to show you the Summer Rainbows collection by Love, Angeline! All of these are shown as 2 coats no top coat. The formula for each one was quite thick, so I wound up adding about 3 drops of thinner to each mini bottle to make application easier. I did have some bubbling when I tried to apply them without adding the thinner. These are all described as having a subtle shimmer but the finish, to me, is less shimmery and more foil like: they can appear a bit brush strokie. (um, is that a word? LOL) 

Live Life Polished "Purple Skies" & "Fun In the Sun"

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Hello my polished pretties!! Today I have a couple more polishes to show you from Live Life Polished . These two are true jellies. Application was great, they are thick enough that there is a lot of control and they don't flood or pool but thin enough that they don't thicken or pull when applying. I really love both of these and I can't wait to try out more from this Indie. I am a sucker for jellies and Live Life Polished has a lot of them!! Let's take a look, shall we? 

Shades of Phoenix "Astraios" & "Apollo"

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Hello my polished pretties! Sorry for the late post but I have been feeling a little weird lately, very tired and kinda loopy, so I spent most of the day laying in bed. I really wanted to show you these lovely Aussie polishes that the super sweet Sisi from Color4Nails sent to me to review. These 2 polishes are from Shades of Phoenix's Olympus Collection.

Zoya Summer 2013 Stunning Collection (Picture Heavy)

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Hey hey hey! How is everyone this glorious Monday morning? Today I have the Stunning Collection to show you all. I have really been looking forward to swatching this collection. There isn't a single color that I dislike, they are all amazing and would look great on anyone! Formula and application for them were excellent. All but 1 of the shades are shown as 2 coats topped with SH Diamond Flash. I did have a little trouble from Darcy, so I used 3 coats topped with SH Diamond Flash.

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! ♥

Wingin' It Lacquer "Butterfly Fields" "Pearl Dreams" & "Spring Fling"

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Happy Hump Day! I hope everyone is having a great week so far! First I want to appologize that I am super behind on the ABC Challenge, I just have  had so much  going on and I really wanted to get caught up on my review posts. I still have a few to do but hopefully I will be mostly finished before my trip to Louisiana next week. We were planning on leaving on Tuesday but hubby has to work Tuesday night AND my little man (my nephew) is "graduating" from preschool , I can't miss that! So if I don't have them all caught up sometime this weekend I'm going to hope for a big post to catch up, Q through T, on the next challenge day. So to move on to the review, I have 3 more Wingin' It Lacquers to show you all today! All photos are shown as 3 coats over NPB Glitter-A-Peel topped with NPB GlitterFood and SH Diamond Flash.

Jindie Nails: "Fun Intended" & "Princess Consuela Banana Hammock"

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Hi loves! Today I have a couple of brand new/soon to be released beauties from Jindie Nails to show you! 

The two I have today are from the Spring Chic Collection, and they are awesome!

ABC Challenge: N is for Neon

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It's Wednesday and that means it's week 14 of the ABC Challenge hosted by Kimber's Lacquer Korner! Today's letter almost left me recreating one of my first manis, neon spun sugar, which incidentally is by far my most STOLEN mani on Instagram. I decided to do this one instead, so I can give the Instagram thief accounts a new neon mani to steal! 

Left to right: Dayglow, Glowstick, Melt Your Popcicle, Oh, Cabana Boy!,  Skinny Dip.

M is for Minion!

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Welcome back to another day of the ABC Challenge hosted by the ever so sweet and one of my polish BFF’s Kimber from Kimber’s Lacquer Korner! (Who is also having and AWESOME giveaway right now so go forth and enter away!!! I did and I am keeping my fingers crossed!) I know I’m a day late with my post but my internet went kaput yesterday, I think it’s the modem, so I am now waiting for someone to check the connections/modem. Oh well, gives me an excuse to get out and go to Starbucks and get a Cinnamon Dolce Chiai Tea Latte! YUM! Anyway, I was feeling very uninspired for the letter M. I had thought maybe I’ll just slop some polish on and say here ya go, a Messy Mani, until I started to watch Despicable Me. I have watched that movie about a hundred million times, and every time I tell my husband that I want a Minion! LOL Since he hasn’t delivered on that request I decided to create my own Minions!

Happy Easter!

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No reviews or long worded posts tonight! I just wanted to show you what I wore on my nails today! 

U-Neek Polish: Endometriosis Awareness

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Hi all! We are nearing the end of the month already, can you believe it?! While everyone is readying for their weekend I'd like to show you all an awareness polish from U-Neek Polish. March is Endometriosis Awareness Month so I really wanted to get this reviewed and to share this information with you all before the month was officially over!

What is endometriosis?

"During monthly menstruation, the female body sheds the endometrium (uterine lining) in the process commonly known as a "period". In women and girls who have endometriosis, some of these menstrual fluids are retained in the body and abnormally implant in areas outside of the uterus. These implants, or nodules, eventually accumulate on the bladder, bowel, ovaries, cul de sac, and other nearby organs, leading to the development of adhesions, scarring and invasive nodules. This can cause symptoms that vary from painful periods, chronic pelvic pain, infertility, pain associated with intercourse and sexual activity to painful bowel movements, rectal pain and urinary pain or difficulty."

To read more visit www.endofound.org

BG Cosmetics: LSD & Methematician

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Second post today!! Aren't you all proud of me? LOL I decided to recycle my manis from my previous post of the day, I just wanted to put those gorgeous Hard Candy's to good use! These next 2 polishes are from BG Cosmetics' Party Like a Rockstar collection.

XOXO Nails: Don't Play Me

Happy Monday everyone! Are you all recovering well from your weekend? I have my niece and nephew all week because they are on spring break and I am the only one who doesn't have to work. I don't know how often I will get to polish with them here but I will try to have a post up daily. 

I am doing a solo post today since this polish is the only one that doesn't belong in the Naked Truth collection, which I will have reviewed soon.

Cameo Colours Lacquers: Athena & Brighid

Tonight I have 2 of 6 colors from Cameo Colours Lacquers new Divine Collection that just released today. I was planning on swatching all 6 for you all but the sun has not been very cooperative lately. This morning I had a butt ton of sunshine and just as soon as I get outside to photograph the first polish I realize it was overcast sunshine. Then after the second one the sun ran away completely. I waited to see if it would come back out but I had no such luck. So the rest will follow as soon as I can get some sun! 

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! 

Flash Your Tips: All My Sisters Collection Review

Happy Thursday everyone, today I have the All My Sisters Collection from Flash Your Tips to show you, 4 glitter top coats! Flash Your Tips is a pretty new Indie, opening back in November. So lets take a look at what goodies Rachel, the creative mind behind FYT, has for us in this collection! 

Whooz Polish: Review & Swatches

Hello my lacquered lovelies! I know I'm posting a little late tonight, I'm so sorry!  I have had a weird kind of day, and I 'm just behind on everything. So I'm juts going to jump right on into the review I have for you tonight.

ABC Challenge: B is for Buttercup by Sally Hansen

So I tried and tried to come up with nail art that started with the letter B, and as you can see I failed. I am having a bit of Nail Art block right now. I can't seem to think of any designs that I wan to try. This makes me a sad girl. :(  I love, love , LOVE nail art, so to draw a blank 2 weeks in a row is really depressing.  Anyway, I decided to use one of my untrieds.