TT Anniversary!

It's been one year since TT started, so for this special edition, we're taking it back to the first polish we showed for TT:) In my case, it was Hits CanCan! Here's the original post: http://seesarahswatch.blogspot.com/2012/01/twinsie-tuesday.html?m=1



Amanda at Amandalandish
Anna at Going to the Showing
Anne at Grape Fizz Nails
Ashley at Art Evolve
Brandi at The Collegiate Nail
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi
Cordia at Seriously Swatched
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Jamie at Polish, Please
Katherine at Haul of Fame
Maribeth at Obsessive Cosmetic Hoarders Unite
Marisa at Polish Obsession
Meredith at Polish and Charms
Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails
Rachel at Top Coat It
Tara at Polishy of Truth

2 for 1 Sunday!

Hi all! I have 2 polishes to show you today not a lot of talking. Just taking a break from my paper to post these:] First up is HITS Rocker Chick, which is admittedly really cool looking, but I thought it would be full coverage like the other glitters in this line. I couldn't really find swatches of this online, but my bottle doesn't look like this at all. So maybe I got a weird bottle? Idk. It's definitely more of a layering polish for me. Anyway, this is 3 coats:

It was pretty gritty, so I have Glitter Tamer + TC on this. There was also a few random iridescent glitters in this. I doubt I'll wear it like this again, it looks cool close up, but just black from a distance.

Second polish!

This is Pretty and Polished's Swing. I have to say, I think Pretty & Polished is my all time favorite indie polish seller. She has SO MANY polishes to choose from, restocks often, seriously has something for everyone, and has great great customer service. I love it! I can't rave enough about her. I have more of her polishes than any other indie seller.
About Swing: this is a pink I can love [shown at 3 coats]. The white glitter is genius in this, and it has a lot of depth. That being said, I'd love more black glitter, but let's be honest: I'll be wearing this a lot this summer regardless haha.

Twinsie Tuesday!!

Welcome to the first ever Twinsie Tuesday!! :]

Special thanks to the amazinggggggggggggg Amanda from Amandalandish for setting this up. Seriously, the best. 

Twinsie Tuesday is a thing where a bunch of nail bloggers have a theme that is chosen for each Tuesday, then we all pick a polish to showcase for that theme, but don't tell each other:] So it'll be a surprise for everyone! Maybe I'll have a polish spirit sister out there that picks the same polish as me one week;] Who knows?? haha

Ahhhh, so I'm really excited to show you lovely ladies my polish today. This week's theme for Twinsie Tuesday is International Polish, so I chose HITS CanCan [from Brazil]!! It's a GORGEOUS flakie, a slightly dusty purple with flakies that flash blue and green. It's basically amazing in a bottle. Downside: I had to use 3 coats and it's a teeeeeeeeeeeny tiny bottle:/ I'll definitely have to look for suitable underwear for it next time haha.

Here's my first Twinsie Tuesday polish!

Base coat, 3 coats of CanCan, top coat, and Sarah's a happy camper for the rest of the day:] Thoughts? What are your feelings about flakies? It's my second favorite type of polish, and I'm SO happy with all the flakies coming out recently!

Thanks for tuning in to Twinsie Tuesday! & make sure you check out the other absolutely fantastic bloggers that are participating:

Amanda: http://amandalandish.blogspot.com/

Anne: http://grapefizz.blogspot.com/

Ashley: http://artevolve.blogspot.com/

Chelsea: http://www.nailedblog.com/

Jenn: http://allthatisgorgeous.blogspot.com/

Katherine: http://hauloffame.blogspot.com/

Marisa: http://marijonails.blogspot.com/

Meredith: http://polishandcharms.blogspot.com/

Nory: http://fiercemakeupandnails.blogspot.com/

Rachel: http://topcoatit.wordpress.com/

Holo = Love

Look at this polish!! I love it!! Ahhhhh:] This is probably gonna be my number one most worn polish this summer and I can't be happier haha. Okay, so I really didn't think I'd like this as much as I do, but it's such a uniquely colored holo and it's so.. happy! I wore this yesterday after a long string of dark colors [winter does that to me..]. & I knew I'd be spending a little time outside that day, so on this went! I have 2 coats of HITS Demeter here. I've seen it look a lot more orange in swatches, but it's actually a really soft shade of orange. I think I did a fairly good job of getting it to show up here:

Next time I wear this, I'll definitely put 3 coats on. You could still see the whites of my nails, especially on the ring finger. You can buy HITS polishes here at Llarowe. Leah Ann's awesome:] And her customer service is amazing!

Evolution of a Mani

Hi everyone! How's Thursday treating you? The weather is pretty blah here today, but I'm wearing a new dress, so I'm in a good mood;] Also, I have on Essie Ruby Slippers and it's making me happy everytime I look at it. I need to show you all this mani asap. But for today, I have a mani I wore last week. It started off as me wanting to franken a light taupey purple [which I named Puzzlement] and then I thought "Woah, this kinda reminds me of the base color for Sally Hansen Mystic Lilac. So I wanted an amped up version of ML so I put flakies! Then more flakies! Then a glitter! Then a shimmer! So it's an involved mani, but I loved it a lot. I wore it for quite a while actually! It was strange for me haha. Here it is:

2 coats of Puzzlement [so named bc of it's tendency to change color in different lighting]...

...plus 1 coat of HITS Jazz...

...plus 1 coat of Finger Paints Motley...

...plus 1 coat of Lynnderella Connect the Dots...

...plus 1 final coat of Pure Ice Heart Breaker!!

Whew! For those keeping count, that's 6 layers of polish, plus base coat and top coat. But it dried pretty fast, so no complaints:]

What do you think? Fugly or pretty? Or pretty-ugly? haha

Holo Red!

So of course I couldn't leave a mani well enough alone, haha. So I haaaaaad to put Hits Speciallita No Olimpo's Hefesto, a linear holographic topcoat. It really transforms your mani, though it's totally not impressive out of the sun haha. Here's 2 coats of Addict with 1 coat of Hefesto on top!

Here it is in indirect lighting.

So basically, LOVE it in the sun, but covers the base color too much in the shade. Thoughts? Is holo your favorite finish? I love it in the sun of course, but I'd rather have something more interesting [like glitter] if I'm not spending all day outside.