Twinsie Tuesday: International Choice

Hey all! So all of my posts now will be scheduled since I'm in Cali for camp for about a month. So for today, Roisin asked us to do a mani based on Ireland. I was super crunched for time, so I decided to show one of my favorite polishes ever: Pahlish Creeping Cabbage. The green jelly base with the orange accents definitely reminds me of Ireland's colors. Though I've never been there, I would LOVE to go some day.

Anyway, CC took just 2 coats and seriously, just look at that. This shade of green plus the round glitters is definitely up my alley.

Amanda at Amandalandish
Amber at Nails Like Lace
Anna at Going to the Showing
Anne at Grape Fizz Nails
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi
Cordia at Seriously Swatched
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Heather at Peace, Love, & Polish
Katherine at Haul of Fame
Kelly at Tuxarina
Lakeisha at Refined and Polished
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
Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les
Sarah at See Sarah Swatch
Traci at DrinkCitra

Plumberry

Hi again! I hope everyone's doing well:) I'm finally on the uphill side of a nasty flu (and considering I need to fly across the country on Tuesday, I'm very excited about this). I actually want to show you what's on my nails this very second: NYC Plaza Plumberry. This is probably my favorite color of the season, I love how dark and shiny it is and it just makes me feel a little more sophisticated when I wear it. It goes so well with every outfit too, so I think I might need to keep this on for a while! This was 2 super easy coats. It's not quite this black-leaning IRL, which I like. I think it's a pretty close dupe of Zoya Casey also! I got Casey for my mom for Christmas and just from looking at the bottles, I think you could go with either for the same look. But while PP is 99 cents, Zoyas are more expensive. So your call:)

Twinsie Tuesday: 3D [Glasses] Mani!

Happy Tuesday, ladies! I'm swamped with essays right now, so you'll have to deal with short posts for a few days. But I have plenty of pictures, so we're good on that end [for once haha]. Anyway, this week's TT challenge was to do a 3D mani. But I: A)suck at nail art-like stuff; B)don't like things sticking off of my nails [seriously, I topcoat the crap out of my glitter manis]; and C)had negative amounts of time this week, so therefore, short of sticking random crap all over my nails [pony beads crossed my mind.... no lie], I was forced to cheat. Sorry Twinsies! I know they all have some kick-ass manis to show you today, but mine is considerably less so. Though hopefully a little funny? I don't know, I'm in a weird place with this essay, so everything's funny to me right now.

[So much for a short post]. Here's my 3D glasses mani to help you see all the other wonderful manis from the Twinsies!

& for reference:

I used Revlon Aloof, Revlon Royal, Zoya Sooki, and Wet n Wild Black Creme for this mani. Not the neatest in the world, but hey. I'm hopped up on caffeine and attempting to pound out a paper, so I think I get some leeway haha.

So, grab your 3d glasses and go take a look at my Twinsie's 3D manis!

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
Jenn at All That is Gorgeous...
Jenna at I'm Still Thinking...
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

Viscous Vampire

Hey ladies! I hope everyone's weekend is going well:) the boy is over this weekend, & I made lava cakes!

Anyway, I have a quick post for you today: my first Pretty Serious polish! Forgive the iPhone pictures, I could NOT get this to show up correctly on my camera. But Viscous Vampire is beauuuutiful! This is 2 really easy coats, the formula was great on this. I was so so impressed with my first PS polish, I can't wait to get my hands on more!

Two Triple Layering Experiments

Happy Twinsie Tuesday! Today, we were supposed to use 3 different polishes and layer them to achieve our manis. So I did a couple that I was trying to be unexpected with, but I'm not a 100% happy with any of them. Ah well! Here's some of my attempts haha. Oh and you're only getting 3 fingers, my pinky nail is sad and broken :[

Attempt #1

Sally Hansen Ion [which is gorgeous and what I wore all weekend]

+ Lynnderella Night Shade

+Milani Rad Purple [not thrilled with my application here, but the concept was fun!]

Attempt #2

Zoya Wednesday

+ Literary Lacquers A Midsummer Night's Dream

+ Darling Diva Polish Regulus [it made this weird murky purple...]

I hope my Twinsies had better luck with this than I did! :]
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
Jenn at All That is Gorgeous...
Jenna at I'm Still Thinking...
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

BLOOD-UH!

heehee. More Halloween manis! I love October and Halloween and fall so much. All the themed nail polishes make me so happy! And all these colors that are fall-appropriate are so up my alley, it's amazing:] I love all the cozy reds and deep greens and dark browns and murky olives and burnt oranges everywhere you look. Perfection<3 nbsp="nbsp" p="p">
Today, I have a pretty gory polish to show you from Pretty and Polished. It reminds me of this video [which is still one of my favorites.. so cute!], so it makes me happy. Here's 3 coats of Blood Clot:

So I'm not entirely sure how I feel about this polish yet. It's definitely extremely interesting and unique, but in some lights, the glitter doesn't entirely show up.. So it looks like a bumpy red creme. I'm pretty sure this is because the glitter is matte and not reflective. BUT when the light catches the polish right, it looks really amazing and really bloody and perfectly gory. Maybe I should layer it? I'm not sure. Does anyone else have this polish? How do you all wear it?

Twinsie Tuesday Goes Indie!

Happy Twinsie Tuesday once again! Today's challenge could not be more up my alley hahaha. This week's challenge was to show an indie mani. So I have one of my more recent acquisitions, and one of my all time favorite polishes, Smitten Polish's I Want It Now.

HOW INSANE IS THIS?! This is definitely in the running for my favorite polish ever. It's emerald green, glittery, holo-y, opaque in 2 coats, jelly, and just absolutely stunning. I have no words for how in love with this I am. It's perfect. Just.. perfect. This definitely beat China Glaze Emerald Sparkled in the Favorite Green EVER category. It's the holo and black glitters that do it. Excuse me while I cradle my bottle of IWIN [also, great acronym!] and drool some more.






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
Jenn at All That is Gorgeous...
Jenna at I'm Still Thinking...
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

Picture Polish Peacock

Hi ladies! It's Monday, which is my busiest day of the week, so I'm running around all day like a madwoman. Also, I'm hungry. And I'm severely disappointed in my current mani and I'm really itching to take it off, but again... Busy Monday. Blah! 

Okay. I'll stop complaining. Do you wanna see Peacock instead?? Probably haha. Here's 2 coats, more talking after:] 

There's some itty bitty bar glitters in here that really intrigue me! I love this polish so much. So so so much. I want to wear it again right now!! The formula was great, and the the purple base is PACKED with emerald glitter, so I'm a happy camper. Also, you should know how I feel about glitter and shimmer together. It makes my sparkle-loving heart just so happy! Also, this makes me want other Picture Polishes so badly. Monroe, anyone?! Drool.

Anyway, I've been crazy busy this semester already, and I want to sleep about 80% of the time, so I'm sorry my blog posts haven't been too long recently! I just started reading a new book though, and it's making me happier [I think] and more relaxed. I always forget to take a few minutes to just do nothing and I'm definitely one of those people that needs that, you know? I used to meditate a little bit, and I'm definitely thinking that I'll need to bring that back. So hopefully I'll be back to normal-ish soon:] But till then, sorry if I seem a little terse! I still love you all so much <3 nbsp="nbsp" p="p">

Aphrodite Lacquers Review!

Happy Sunday, everyone. I just moved back to school yesterday, and I hate hate hate unpacking, so this is my break:] I have 2 lovely glitters from Aphrodite Lacquers today. They're both from the Friday Night Glitter Bombs collection just out, and when Rebecca and I were talking, she mentioned that they'd be great for jelly sandwiches. So that's exactly what I did!

Over 2 coats of Wet N Wild Fuchsia-Rama

Sandwiched between Fuchsia-Rama!

Eeeee! Catfight is described as "sheer red polish, with a pinkish purple shimmer, and multiple different red, black, and white glitters, including small red round holo glitters". The shimmer just would not show up on camera, but it's really nice IRL. I'm a sucker for pink and red combos, so this had me sold. I'll definitely be wearing this over 3 coats of Fuchsia-Rama next time. Also, I keep thinking of this polish as Catfish, not Catfight...

Disco Ball over Essie Berry Naughty

Over Berry Naughty, under Sinful Colors Daddy's Girl

Disco Ball is described as "sheer polish, with a silver shimmer, and multiple different silver, black, and white glitter". Shimmer city here! I love the black glitter over the dark base, and I like how the purple shimmer of Daddy's Girl looks over the white square glitters:]

With both of these, the formula was good and the glitter was pretty easy to get on the nail and spread. I love the addition of the shimmer, it makes the polish just a little more special to me. And again, Aphrodite Lacquers can be found here!

**Some polishes were provided in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own and are not influenced by this.**

Feenix Swatches and Review

Hello lovelies! I have some great polishes to show you today from Feenix Polish :]

First up is Country Roads. My feelings on this one have been like a roller coaster. Loved it in the listing pictures, wasn't impressed with it in the bottle IRL, then really liked it again when it was on the nail. I was a little disappointed the the multi-chrome shown in the picture wasn't apparent in person, but I really love the polish for what it is. I'll stop blabbering for a second.

Country Roads

3 coats

With flash.

LtoR: 3 coats Country Roads, 1 coat CR over Finger Paints Sketchy Character, 1 coat CR over Zoya Penny

My favorite way to wear this is definitely on its own, it looks so cozy and plush to me. I'm definitely wearing this around Thanksgiving time, I can't wait. There's definitely a duochrome aspect to this polish, and it's really unique. The shimmer is really stunning in this.

Devil with the Blue Dress On

2 coats

This one is right up my alley. Vibrant blue jelly, with tons of glitter. Swoon! I really adore shades like this, I can't get enough. It's like a mini galaxy:] Or a pumped up version of Essie SSN. This was at 2 coats, and the more sheer spots in these pictures don't exist at all in person.

Formula on both of these was good, flowed well. I got a ton of glitter payoff in DwtBDO, and CR was good in terms of opacity. I think you might be able to get away with 2 thicker coats there.

So there you have 2 stunners from Feenix Polish! be sure to check out that Etsy store, she really has some stunners in there. I'm lusting after Cammie, Falling for You, Halloween Party, Clots of Love, Shake Your Tailfeathers, Feenix Rising, and Embers !

I'm the worst ever..

Ahhh! So so so sorry about not having a TT post up yesterday, all! I was moving my sister into school and was supposed to come back on Monday night and ended up staying until today. I just got back and I know I suck, but here's a double post of flower-inspired manis [because nail art still alludes me, sigh]. So forgive me? *puppy dog eyes*

Okay, so first up I have Shrinking Violet from Serum No. 5, a new-to-me indie brand. The rest of the Serums I have will be up for review tomorrow, so this is a little preview:] Shrinking Violet is honestly just such a pretty polish. It has this light violet creamy base with purple and blue glitters and this great shimmer [which is showing up as yellow specks in some pictures... weird]. Ugh. And it's opaque in 2 coats. So honestly, just perfect.

Going on my toes IMMEDIATELY. Really.

Next up is another new-to-me indie that I went a little overboard on. Got a TON of minis from D&R Apothecary aka Hits Polish. This one is called Marigold, and I have it over Revlon Velvet Rope.

2 coats of Velvet Rope on its own. Squishy crelly, red heaven. Honestly. And great formula.

 Pretty right? My favorite part is that gorgeous fiery orange glitter. I swoon. I just wish it were easier to get the flower shaped glitters out:/


Now that you've seen my cheats again [heehee], go take a look at my better halves' amazing floral manis.

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

Jenn at All That is Gorgeous...

Jenna at I'm Still Thinking...

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



**some products in this post were provided for review. all opinions expressed are my own**