Optic Lusion - Pink Pixie

HAPPY FRIDAY!

I'm super excited to share today's polish! I got this from one of my Secret Santa's, I still don't want to say who they're from yet since I'm not sure if all the ladies have gotten theirs since it's international. BUT I can't help but keep showing off the beauties this girl sent me! THANK YOU SO MUCH, SECRET SANTA! <3

Optic Lusion polishes are rare, rare, rare. And they're freaking AMAZING. Here's swatches of Crimson King HERE and Swing Time HERE. (and I now NEED these polishes or I might die LOL.) Pink Pixie - that SIMMER. I MEAN THAT SHIMMMMMMER! I almost have no words! The richness of this polish and that in-your-face shimmer. I mean, GAH! No words. Just so freaking awesome. This is two coats.

Anyone else have an Optic Lusions?

Butter London - Black Knight

Happy Saturday!

I hope you all have a fun weekend planned - I'm working only a few hours this morning then I have season four of True Blood the fiance bought me to watch while I catch up on some much needed swatching! Today I have a polish from the lovely Amanda of Fashion Footing who was my Secret Santa on our Jingle Nail Rock swap this Christmas! Thanks you SO MUCH for knocking off so many items on my wishlist and spoiling me rotten!  I appreciate it from the bottom of my heart! <3

One of my long time lemmings she squashed was today's beauty - Butter London's Black Knight. I have been DYING to own this bad boy ever since I first laid eyes on swatches when it came out last Fall 2011. Black Knight is every bit of awesome I knew it would be in person! A sheer, build-able black base with multi-sized gold, pink, and blue glitter. It's that perfect combination of vampy and fun all rolled into one. This is three thin coats. A tad on the thirsty side, two coats of top coats were needed. This may be my all-time favorite Butter London next to Wallis.  

Have a great Saturday!

Toma Snow Caps - Candy Cane

Happy Christmas Eve Day, dolls!

I can't believe the holidays are already here! It's sad that Jeffrey and I are going to be here away from our families, but it's nice to start our own traditions. Plus I volunteered to work Christmas for double time. :D MORE MONIES! I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas Eve!

Today I have a polish from a Secret Santa (Can't say who yet though, the exchange isn't over yet! :p) to share! I've never heard of the Snow Caps line from Toma, but I was so excited when I unwrapped this bad boy! Toma has so many hidden lines I've come to learn, and a Christmas themed one makes it all the more exciting! Candy Cane is a pearlized pale pink polish with pink micro-glitter and white flakies. It's delicate and winter feeling! It was pretty sheer, this is four coats.

Have a fantastic Christmas Eve!

Nails Inc. Special Effects - Bloomsbury Square

Hi there!

Monday, Monday, Monday. You seriously got here way to quick for my liking. Humph. 

Now I know Nails Inc has so many amazing, AMAZING new polishes out right now (My mind = officially blown.) but after going through my Helmer drawers I knew I had to bust out an oldie. Bloomsbury Square is just seriously awesome. Yes, I know that there have been dupes, but there's something about this one that just tugs at my heartstrings. I love the brightness of both the small purple glitter and the large pink. This is two coats over Rimmel Night Before.

Hope your Monday flies by!

Revlon Top Speed - Shazam

Happy Saturday!

I hope you all have some fun stuff planned for today! I'm working for only three hours, then it's PARTY TIME!!! :D Can't wait! I love my friends here so much - never a dull moment! 

Today I have a long time lemming I got to cross of my wish list thanks to a LOVELY reader, Jessie! THANKS AGAIN, GIRL! Shazam is one of these vintage Revlon Top Speed glitter polishes that had been ITCHING the back of my polish lemming mind since I got into polish. I've never came across it in a blog sale or eBay so when Jessie emailed me that she wanted to gift it to me I did this crazy happy dance! Shazam is a clear-based polish with pink, rose gold, and purple glitter. The pay-off is a feminine yet fun pink glitter! Perfect party polish! :) This is three coats.

HAVE A GREAT SATURDAY!

LA Colors: Color Craze - Candy Sprinkles

Hey there!

Today is everyone else's Tuesday, but today is my Monday! I had a nice long five day weekend! I spend all day yesterday relaxing, catching up with my DVR, and swatching. 

Although I try not to buy too much polish these days, I feel no guilt when it's a Dollar store find! One of the local stores back in Ohio carry LA Colors, and when I saw the new display and this polish on there - I jumped for joy! Candy Sprinkles is a polish you NEVER see in the dollar polish variety - so I was so shocked! There were only two bottles left - if you're my Secret Santa coming up here - you'll be getting the second. :P Candy Sprinkles is in the Claire's Deborah Lippman Candy Shop class - bubble gum pink jelly polish with with rainbow various-sized glitter. AKA GLITTER SAMMICH! I was impressed with the formula - nice n smooth! To give it the right layered feel, this is three thin coats. So awesome. And a buck. YESSS.

HAVE A GREAT DAY! 

Cutex from Kaz!

Well hello there!

Today I have four Cutex polishes sent to me from Australia from my ever-so-awesome pal, Kaz. I first began drooling over Camouflage when I saw her post HERE, and she offered to gift them to me. THANKS AGAIN, GIRL! :) Let's get to the best first, the drool-worthy Camouflage. Holy crapola. Serious. This golden green is so glowing and amazing I wish I had a whole vat of it to swim in. Seriously, a TUB. I'm in all sorts of love. Two coats.

Next up I have Slime. Very confused by this name for a pale yellow polish. Perhaps the pigment changed over time and it used to be a polish green not yellow? Hmmmmm..... this polish was patchy and wouldn't even out no matter how many coats I applied. I *think* this is three.

Next up I have Mauve Lightening. Mauve. Isn't that more of a purple shade and less of a frosty light pink? Just curious. Two coats. I think Kaz pretty much explained this one best on her post. :p

Last but not least I have Brown Berry, which to me is a mauve color! I actually REALLY love this color with my skin tone! Formula was pretty great on this one too, this is two coats. I'm thinking pedi color!

Gave a fun weekend!

Pretty Serious - Mummy Mush

Hey girls!

I hope you're all having a good week! It's been up and down for me, one of our cars broke down so that sucked. BUT I have a long weekend so I can relax, catch up on TV, and swatch my little butt off! Onto the polish!

Today I have yet another Pretty Serious Monster Mash polish to share, Mummy Mush. This polish is just so delicate and complex that I caught myself staring at my nails in all different lightings! Mummy Mush is a crazy glass-flecked polish that shifts from gold to pink and EVEN a slight blue color shift as well! Alas, it was IMPOSSIBLE to capture but its there! Check out Kaz's post HERE - she shows it off spot-on! This really is my new go-to neutral. It was so EASY to build up the color, this is three coats. So delicate and pretty. 

Check out the bottle shots - really shows off that color shift!

Have a great Hump Day!

**Polish was provided for my honest review*

Aussie Fun! Australias Nail Colour - Flips Flops & Vampy

Hello there!

I hope you're all having a great start to the week! Mondays and Tuesdays are my long days at work, so I'm definitely ready for the rest of the week! Today I have two Aussie polishes from the lovely Lauren to share, they're from a brand that's new to me - Australias! OMG these polishes are awesome, instead of hidden shimmer they have hidden glitter flaky goodness! Formula was great on both, I really enjoyed the brush as well. 

First up we have Flip Flops. HELL-O, YOU BLUE BEAUTY, YOU! Omg, this blue knocks my socks off! SERIOUSLY. Sorry for yelling, but OMG!!! Flip Flops is a few shades darker than what I call "Smurf Blue",  that fun blue that I just always seem to gravitate towards! What could possibly make it better?! Matching blue flakies! DUH! :P Two smooth coats.

Next up we have Vampy. I LOVE this color too! It's more mature than what I normally reach for, but that's the fun thing with swapping! You get your hands on polishes you wouldn't necessarily pick for yourself but you end up loving! Vampy is a pink toned wine polish with great orange flakies. It teeters on the fine line between a nice fall color and summer sophistication. Two coats.

Have a great Tuesday!