HALLOWEEN MONTH! Sally Hansen Hard As Nails - Ghost

Happy Saturday!

Today I have yet another awesome vintage Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Halloween polish to share - Ghost. These polishes came out in 1999-2000, and I love and cherish each and every one I own. This and Skeleton are the two white ones from the collections, and since they're so dang sheer, they need to be layered over white. This is two layers of Ghost over Sinful Colors Snow Me White. The iridescent glitter of this polish was a PITA to catch on camera, so make sure to check out the bottle shots at the end to see the glitter in full swing! So pretty!

I hope your weekend in wonderful!

piCture pOlish - White Wedding by Llarowe

Hello there!

Today's Wednesday! Excuse my enthusiasm, but I worked all weekend and after today I have glorious days off to spend time with my mom and brother! They're coming to visit me for the first time to Virginia Beach from my hometown in Cleveland. AAGGHH I can't WAIT!

Today I have a generous and amazing gift from the equally generous and amazing Lauren. She is the best swappin' buddy out there and I love her to death! THANKS AGAIN MY LOVE! <3 <3 <3 She sent me White Wedding from piCture pOlish, the one from their new collection that I was DYING for! White Wedding is a milky white based polish loaded with delicate iridescent shimmer. So whimsical and just plain pretty! I'm in love! This is three coats.

Have a great hump day! :)

Revlon StreetWear - Jewels

Hello there!

*Sigh* These pics are the last I have with nails at what I think is a great length on me. Right after I shot these, I had a nasty break stacking boxes to move and now I have nubbies. Ah well, they grow quick. *Woes of a nail blogger - LOL!*

Moving right along to the polish, I have a FANTASTIC Revlon StreetWear glitter to share, Jewels. Sometimes I get lucky and find cheap gems on eBay, and this is an example of that! Five bucks WITH shipping. What a deal I tell ya! Jewels is a clear-based polish LOOOOOADED with pearly, iridescent glitter - micro and hex. In that bottle it looks whimsical, on the nail?! WHAM! It takes on colors of orange and green to make the ultimate fall glitter! This is two coats over OPI Every Month Is Oktoberfest. LOVE this combo. I'm so ready for fall! 

Awesome.

Have a great Saturday!

Layering Fun - L'Oreal Crushed Amethyst & BYS Amethyst Metallic

TGIF!

For those of you who follow me on Intagram, I debuted today's manicure last week and it was a HIT! Here it is!!! I present to you, L'Oreal's Crushed Amethyst!

Now, before all of the crazy flaky maddness of late, years ago (mid 2000's? Right? Wrong?) L'Oreal rocked it with their flaky goodness! I have three to share (the others I will keep under wraps until it's time to share :P) but today we will start with this purple beauty. Crushed Amethyst starts off with a sheer lavender base LOADED with iridescent purple flakies that flash to a bright blue. OMG I LOVE LOVE LOVE this combo! This is two coats over BYS Amethyst Metallic up next.

BYS Metallic is yet another great polish sent to me by the ever-so-amazing Lauren. I LOVE metallic line! The formula was a little thin, but not unmanageable. Three coats. <3

Have a great day! :)

Hard Candy: A tale of two Frigids

HAPPY SATURDAY!

Today I have a post that has been only an idea until now! Hard Candy re-released their old polish names in 2008, all but completely changing everything but the polish name. The only double that I have in Frigid, and the only thing they have in common is that they're both blue LOL! :) 

Let's check out the original version first! Oh, this bad boy is dated indeed! Anyone else remember when metallic frosts dominated the polish scene in the 90's and early 00's? This would be a prefect example of that. I love the actual color of this polish, but MAN the brushstrokes are kinda killin' me! I love the way this polish glows, though. I'm torn with this one, ladies. Two coats.

Now for the later released 2008 version, which I LOVE! A pale, sheer blue polish LOADED with iridescent micro glitter. WOW. ZA! This is three layers although I can't wait to bust out the layering possibilities. Endless! I really love polishes that glow this way. Just beautiful.  

Have a wonderful weekend!

The Spooky Bones Company- Strange Polish - 7 of 9

ALLO!

Today is day two of The Spooky Bones Company's Star Trek polishes that I purchased. Star Trek: Voyager is hands down, bar-none my favorite Star Trek EVER! Seven of Nine is a charactor on the show that was born human, assimilated by and raised by the Borg until she was freed and joined the crew of Voyager. She's sexy and hilarious in my opinion. Do the damn thing, Jeri Ryan.  

Image credit : Sheryl's Star Trek Site

Onto the polish! 7 of 9 is an amazingly beautiful pain-in-my-butt polish. I think I need one more go with the polish to get it 100% right. Anyhoo, the bottle brush is really long and glops of polish keep creeping onto the nail. The base of the polish is a really gorgeous iridescent pearl shimmer. Added is micro-fine and small holo glitter, blue and white moons, and black, blue, and green stars. The moons and stars were hard to lay down so they just kind of stuck up. I say who cares when it looks so nice? It does glow it the dark but alas, I couldn't capture it in pictures. Two coats over two coats Revlon Dreamer.

Fun, right?

Anyone else a Trekie? :)

fanservice nails - Castiel

TGIF, polish lovers!

Today I have the Impala's counterpart from yesterday's post - Castiel from fanservice nails! I love the idea behind this polish. The Tan color of Castiel's trench coat with the "shimmer" of angels wings. I think the concept is so well thought out! Castiel is a favorite character of mine in Supernatural, but let's face it - they're all my favorites since it's one of my favorite shows! :P The formula was tricky. The iridescent flakies made it hard for smooth application, but this is two coats with one coat of Gelous to even it out. I'm normally not a fan of neutral polish, but I REALLY enjoyed this tan with my skin-tone.

Soft and pretty!

What do ya think?

Layering Fun - Joe Fresh Orchid & Cover Girl Ice Slicks Pink Ice

Hey there! 

Today I have another fun layering combo and guess what? Yes, it includes of my beloved Cover Girl Ice Slicks - this time it's Pink Ice! I love the endless layering possibilities you get with Ice Slicks and the sparkle they lend to any polish. I cherish them all and am always excited to slap a layer on! Pink Ice is a peach(ish) clear based polish with iridescent glitter that has a definite pink tone to it. This is two coats over Joe Fresh's Orchid.

Orchid is a wonderful medium purple creme polish that really screams Spring to me! Nice formula to work with, this is two coats.

Have a great day! <3Dana

Retro Sunday Squared with Scholarly Nail - Maybelline Glitters

                       Happy Sunday!


Today I have something really special to share with you - the first addition of Retro Sunday Squared with Jacqui over at The Scholarly Nail! Since she and I share the undying obsession with vintage polish, we wanted to put something special together every Sunday to share our love with all of you. Today is vintage Maybelline Glitters Day! Enjoy!


First up I have Express Finish glitter in Twinkle Pink, a lucky blog sale find! I have a lemming for the whole collection of Express Finish glitters and this is my lone one so far! :P Twinkle Pink is a very dense clear-based polish with medium and light pink fine glitter. I loved the application! This is two smooth, lovely, quick drying coats. Man I need more. LOVE!

Puuuurdy!

Next up I have Express Finish Icy Pink layered over Wet N Wild's Think Pink! As both glitters in my post are Express Finish, they are from seperate times/collections and have a different bottle shape/size and labeling. Agh I wish I knew more! The bottle for Icy Pink is smaller, at 12ml when Twinkle Pink is 14.7ml. Curious. Anyhoo, Icy Pink was an aggravating color to pair a base polish with. I swatched several possibilities on a nail wheel. Black looked nice, but far too predictable. I ended up choosing a vibrant pink creme to compliment Icy Pink's pale iridescent glitter and soft pink clear base. I really love the result! This is one coat over Wet N Wild's Think Pink! 

I truly love the softness of the glitter!

Here is a quick peek at Think Pink! As old and this Wet N Wild is, the formula was still fabulous!

See ya next week! ;) D