Bridesmaids Nails by Impress

Hello!


It may be Tuesday to the rest of you, but for me today is Monday! I just got back from an excellent five day trip home to Ohio to be in one of my best friends Tammy's wedding. It was beautiful, I cried, I danced, I got to hang out with the lovely Rie from Nails and Noms. We had a sushi/shopping double date with the boys and got to dance our butts off together at the wedding. Now we just need to work on this living too far away from each other thing LOL! :D It was a great weekend and a wedding I will cherish forever in my heart. <3


ONTO THE NAILS! I had heard so many good things about the Impress fake nails. Since the other gals in the wedding were going to wear them, I thought I'd give them a shot. I couldn't find a simple french manicure, so I went with black with silver "crackle". I will be reaching for Impress over and over again for fancy events in the future! I wore them for FOUR DAYS. FOUR. Not ONE fell off. I had a wedding all day, and moved boxes a couple of times yesterday and today. Those puppies weren't going anywhere. Not even a break. In fact, they were a little stubborn to get off LOL! I highly recommend them. 

Coolest chick ever! :D Rie & I.

Have a great day!

Layering Fun - Cult Nails Toxic Seaweed & Artmatic Emerald City

Hey there, ladies!

I know you've all seen countless swatches and posts of my main polish in today's post, but who the heck cares?!?! It's that fantastic. Yes, that's right - I'm talking about Toxic Seaweed from Cult Nails! Maria's limited addition beauties are amazing (Unicorn Puke, anyone? SO glad I snagged a bottle back at the pre-sale!) and when they're gone - they're gone. So for any of you not yet convinced to snatch this green beauty up, hopefully my swatches will help convince you. Enjoy!

Toxic Seaweed is just magical to me. No better way to sum it up in my mind! A jelly sea-green base, (that's a color right? LOL!) filled with matching green glitter and orange flakies. I got a little burned out by flakies with the Finger Paints, but Toxic Seaweed has re-lit the fire in my heart for them all over again! The formula was smooth and easy to work with. This is two coats over Artmatic's Emerald City, which is up next...enjoy a few more glorious shots of Maria's genius before we move along.... :P

MAGICAL!

Underneath the magic lies this vintage polish - Artmatic's Emerald City. I own quite a few polishes by Artmatic, some of which I believe to be about 15 years old! I love each and every one for the unique colors for the time they came from. As much as I adore Emerald City for it's medium green color and amazing shimmer, this is seriously the most watery polish I've EVER worked with. WATERY. This is three coats, still worth it though. :)

Do you own Toxic Seaweed or any Artmatic polishes? -D

Cult Nails - Unicorn Puke

AAAGGGGHHHHH!!!!


Today, I am not just doing a happy dance. I am just completely flipping out with excitement while flailing about! I was one of the lucky gals to get their hands on the pre-order of the infamous and much anticipated Unicorn Puke! MAN was I lucky too, it sold out within minutes after I got mine! My bottle was marked 49 of 275. When it came in the mail, I literally just stared at it. Just stared. :p Let me show you why!

I really and honestly don't know where to even begin to start. I mean, JUST LOOK AT IT! My imagination just runs wild with the possibilities! They are seriously endless! I ended up layering this rainbow in a bottle over Essie's Luxedo - pairing it with a dark color was an amazing choice! I was so excited about Unicorn Puke that I forgot to snap some shots. It's a gorgeous polish - you'll see swatches in the future! Unicorn Puke is a vibrant purple jelly polish JAM (and I mean JAM!) packed with flakies that range from purple, orange, green, pink, and blue. As I said, rainbow in a bottle! Freaking Amazing. This is three coats over Luxedo. Simply not enough can be said of this beauty. I'm one lucky girl and I know it!

 I really just could have taken pictures all night, just kept on going! I can't wait to share what layering possibilities I come up with in the future!


Essie all in one base 

Welcome to Polished Claws Up! Cult Nails Living Water

Hello! This is my very first blog. Ever. So bear with me when i get the hang of it :D! I've been a fan of nail polish forever, but my love was brought to a whole other level when I ran into my friend Rie from NailsandNoms in May at a mutual friends wedding and, let's just say she inspired me, and the polish love took on a life of it's own. :)


My very polish to show you is Living Water By Cult Nails

It's okay, go ahead and chuckle to yourself. My first few swatches were a little sloppy. :P I'm getting better the more i do it. PROMISE!

Living Water just JUMPED out at me on the Cult Nails website. It was equally amazing when I got it on my digits. It's a black/deep blue jelly LOADED with fine green/turquoise glitter that REALLY does justice to it's name, it really looks like water with glitter swimming within. Living Water required two coats of Seche Vite since it dries very dull.

Ok, time for a sunlight shot so you can REALLY see the glitter!

Cult nails are $10/bottle at www.cultnails.com

I'll definately be purchasing more!

Seche Clear as base coat/ Seche Vite as topcoat