TT: Textured Nails

I'm the absolute worst, I've been apartment hunting and forget to publish this post, but here's Sally Hansen Sweetie for our textured nails of the day! I had 2 coats on here, and the polish went on really well, no problems with thickness or anything (though I've seen reviews that say otherwise, so I'm thinking maybe batch inconsistencies?).

I like this shade of yellow a lot, and I'm still on board the whole textured train, so I was a pretty big fan of this polish:] I hear there's some new Sugar Coat  polishes coming out, and I definitely have my eye on a few of them!

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

Rainbow Honey Fab Summer Set

*Polishes in this post were provided for review in exchange for my honest review*

Hey all! I have some wonderful polishes for you today from Rainbow Honey. These three are from the Fab Summer Set, which are sold at fab.com! The set would be three full sized polishes, though the ones I have today to show are minis. Sidenote, how cute are these new RH mini bottles? Love them.

Okay, the formula on all three of these is great. I used 2 coats of the shimmers and then topped them with Costa Del Sol. Both Tenda and Schrammi covered beautifully in 2 coats, and all the polishes were super easy to apply! CDS covered and spread really well, also. All in all, super happy with all of these:] I really love the copper shimmer in Tenda and Schrammi.. so beautiful.

2 coats Schrammi

Schrammi + Costa Del Sol

Tenda

Tenda + Costa Del Sol

Belated TT- Neon Gradient

Sorry this is late, guys, but my computer totally pooped out on me and it only works in spurts. So here we are! Anyway, this week's challenge was to get marching orders from another Twinsie! So my orders were from Marisa at Polish Obsession and I was instructed to do a neon gradient! I used Orly Pretty-Ugly, China Glaze Too Yacht to Handle, and Wet n Wild Glowstick.

This was my first successful gradient! And I was totally obsessed, I wore it for 4 whole days. Only when it started chipping did I have the heart to take it off. I just love these 3 polishes together so much. Thank you for this challenge Marisa! I honestly never would have done this mani otherwise:]







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

Twinsie Tuesday: Blogger Inspired

Hey all! For today's post, we had to do a mani inspired by another blogger, and I went for the wonderful Sarah from Chalkboard Nails: http://www.chalkboardnails.com/2012/10/blue-and-pink-gradient-dots-tutorial.html?m=1. I based my mani on this tutorial! I used Orly Boho Bonnet as the base, and Zoya Yana and OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls for the dots:) Enjoy!

Amanda at Amandalandish

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

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

Sarah at See Sarah Swatch

Traci at DrinkCitra

TT: Spring-to-Summer Transition

Happy Twinsie Tuesday! Today, we're showing you a polish that goes from spring to summer, and I have one of my favorite polishes of the year to show you:] I got on board with the whole Pixie-dust, textured glitter thing a while ago, but I didn't think I'd like non-glitter, texture polishes. Well, I'm gonna have to eat my words, because I'm totally obsessed with SH Sugar Coat Razzleberry. I could not stop looking at my nails. I love the shade and I actually like the texture (surprise!), and I love it for both spring and summer! It's so bright and happy. The downside- I got majorrrrrrr staining on the skin around the nails and some staining of the nail itself with this polish (even with basecoat). So I need to find a way around that ASAP. Here's two coats:

Amanda at Amandalandish
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
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
Sarah at See Sarah Swatch
Traci at DrinkCitra

Liquid Lacquer Review Post!

*Some of the polishes in this post were provided to me for my honest review, others were purchased with my own money*

Hey all! I have some seriously great polishes to show you today. They're from the wonderful Liquid Lacquer,  and I am so excited to show them to you all!

A Calm Does Not Suit Me

Uhm, hi, how great is this one? It reminds me of snow, which is great when I'm dying of the humidity in Jersey. ACDNSM is a gorgeous polish, and it was opaque in 2 coats on me! I love the way the glitters look like they're floating in the whtie crelly base. And such a good choice on the glitter colors, it's not a crazy rainbow jumble, and it goes so well all together.

Formula: great! Lots of glitter on the nail, covered VNL easily.

Collide into You

CiY took me 3 thin coats, but so worth it! This is on its own, and I am obsessed with the magenta circles with this shade of turquoise! I also really love how this shade looks on me, so it was a definite winner.

Formula: good! Glitter was easy to get onto nail, not too thick base.

Damn It's Cold over Essie Boxer Shorts

This glitter is in a clear base, so I put it over Boxer Shorts. This polish, to me, reminds me of  ACDNSM, just not in a crelly base. Like it's the same color family, but you can put it over anything:] I saw a swatch of it over dark blue, over at A Little Polish... loooove!

Formula: good amount of glitter with one coat!

Hydra over Sally Hansen Ion

Yes yes yes. This is all sorts of perfect! And probably my favorite glitter topper I have in my collection. I'm obsessed with the color combinations on this one! The different shaped mint and grey glitters are so subtly beautiful together! I wore this mani twice in two weeks, I loved how it looked on the nail. Also the stars? Perfect.

Formula: good! easy to get  smaller glitters on nail, a tiny bit of fishing to get stars.

Kissing on the Rooftop over OPI Funny Bunny

Okay, all the yellowy or orangey parts you see there? Ignore them and imagine them as iridescent glitter. Makes the whole mani a zillion times better, trust me. 

Formula: also great, not hard to get stars, iridescent glitters are abundant in one coat.

Quarter Life Crisis over China Glaze Keep Calm, Paint On

Love the circles so much in this, and the color combination is really fun for spring and summer!

Formula: eh, not as good as hoped, just wish there was more glitter in the base, had to do some digging and placing here.

Rain Song

Stunninggggggggggg. You need this. Right now. I LOVE unexpected holo colors and this is in my top 5 holos. The effect is definitely more linear IRL, trust me. And the shade is gorrrrrrrrrrrrrgeous. Get it. Now.

Formula: great! Two coats, and good to go.

In conclusion- just trust me and get Rain Song and Hydra, because I love them too much. It's not even funny. Totally great polishes, great customer service, and fast shipping. Definitely go check out Liquid Lacquer! I can't wait to place another order. I'm definitely in need of more holos from her!

Playing TT Catchup

Hey all! News in Sarahworld- I just graduated from college, I have to pack up everything and move back home, and I've been on too many interviews in the past few weeks so I can be a real person. BUT I've kept my  nails polished and have been taking pictures, so I'll be posting a lot of stuff in the next few days! And some reviews that I'm really really excited about! But this post is about some Twinsie Tuesday catchup, so here's the manis I'd missed:

Fishtail Mani:

Polishes used: Orly Pretty-Ugly, Cult Nails Morning Glory, Essie Mesmerize, CG Keep Calm Paint On

Oldest Untrieds:

Cult Nails Awakening

Pahlish Sunlight Shooting through Pine Trees over Awakening

TT Revisited:

Polishes used: Essie Naughty Nautical, Essie Mesmerize, OPI Eurso Euro

And my wonderful twinsies:
Amanda at Amandalandish
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
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
Sarah at See Sarah Swatch
Traci at DrinkCitra