Pure Ice Vintage Glam

Today I have a quickie post of a mani I wore a couple weeks ago. It's called Vintage Glam by Pure Ice.

I don't remember when I bought this polish but I think it's part of last years fall release. Vintage Glam is a mustard yellow. IRL it leans a bit more green than the picture shows. The formula was ok for a yellow polish. Slightly streaky but very opaque. I think I used 3 coats with top coat. 

Well I gotta go get ready for work soon. Ciao lacqueristas :)

Red Mani for Boston

I can't believe what happened today. Its saddens me to live during a time riddled with so much violence and hatred. These bombings in Boston, MA are yet another affirmation that we need to rally together and rid the anger and selfishness from our hearts and work towards a better world, a safer future for our children. My prayers go out to all those families affected by todays events here in the USA and all over the world. Today we wear red in honor of Boston.

MmmmNails No.5 is a bright cherry red creme.

 

**The polish in this post was gifted to me by the maker of  MmmmNails. MmmmNails is no longer available for sale on etsy.com

Pomegranate Nail Lacquer: Beach House

Hello. How is everyone's lovely Saturday morning? I'm just enjoying my cup of coffee while I watch the Disney Channel with my little one. I have a few mani's I did before I had to cut/file my nails down because of two disatrous breaks on my swatching hand. Today I have for you Pomegranate Nail Lacquer's Beach House. Its a lovely bluish seafoamy green creme. I had no application issues whatsoever...smooth like buttah! This was 2-3 coats with topcoat. I love love love this polish <3

 

**I purchased this product with my own money for my own personal use.

OPI: Mariah Carey Collection

So I have finally had time to sit and swatch so I reached for the Mariah Carey Collection by OPI that came out for Spring 2013. It's an 8 polish collection that consists of 4 Studio Shades and 4 Stage Shades. The Studio Shade are you typical OPI polishes while the Stage Shades are the liquid sand polishes that had everyone going crazy to get. The first ones I am going to show are the Studio Shades. They all had the typical OPI formula. All of them were pretty opaque except for Sprung which took 3 coats to reach opacity.

A Butterfly Moment-
a peachy nude with a chunky golden shimmer
2 coats, no topcoat

 

 

Antibleak-



An plum creme
2 coats, no topcoat

 

 

Sprung-

a copper shimmer

3 coats, no topcoat

 

 

Pink Yet Lavender-

metallic baby pink glitter topcoat with holo micro glitter

2 coats over A Butterfly Moment, no topcoat

 

 

The next set are the Stage Shades or the liquid sand texture polishes. I found it best to apply a thin first coat then a thicker second coat. All of the swatches shown have had hours worth of dry time.

 

Stay The Night-

a black textured base with hot pink glitter

2 coats, no topcoat

 

 

Can't Let Go-

a purple textured base with purple hex glitter

2 coats, no top coat

 

 

The Impossible-

a pink toned red textured base with red hex glitter and star glitter

2 coats, no topcoat











Get Your Number-
a blue textured base with scattered holo goodness
2 coats, no topcoat

 

Get Your Number was my personal favorite of the collection with Sprung a close second. I want to mention that I did not have any issues with getting stars on my nails with The Impossible. They were however almost impossible to see and did not lay flat. I ended up picking off the stars because they annoyed me that much. Removal of these liquid sand polishes was pretty easy as well, no where near as hard as regular glitter polish.

 

**I purchased this collection myself

OPI: Fly

Last year OPI did a collaboration with Nicki Minaj. I was able to pick up of 5 of the 6 polishes in the collection. Sadly, I was unable to get my hands on Pink Friday. Well, I still have not acquired Pink Friday but I will be showing you Fly. Fly is bright sky blue/teal creme. My camera could not pick up its true color but it is beautiful. It also had a nice buttery formula with no application issues. I only needed 2 coats for opacity and it dried with a nice shine.

OPI Fly
2 coats, no topcoat

 

I hope everyone has a wonderful day!

OPI: San Tan-Tonio

Hey guys! I am so dragging today...so freakin tired but I'm here at work trekking along. Someone should seriously invent a caffeine IV drip. LOL. With that said, here is a very short post.

OPI San-Tan-Tonio is a warm sable creme. I had no issues with application. This dried very shiny. I used 2 coats without topcoat.

Have a beautiful Monday everyone.

Julep January "It Girl" Box

Hi! Is everyone having a good weekend? I've been working on a project so my post is super late. I apologize. I have been geiing my Julep boxes for a few months now and I have never posted about them so I decided to show you the polishes I got in my January box. Here we have Julep Amelia, Nikki & Nina.

Amelia
3 coats with topcoat

 

Amelia is a sheer champagne color with a pearly finish. With 3 coats I was still able to see VNL. The formula was good. I had no issues with running, pooling or bubbles. It's a nice neutral/nude for work.

 

 

Nikki

3 coats with topcoat

 

Nikki is a sunny yellow color. In the bottle it looks more like a highlighter yellow but it's much more toned down and warm on the nail. I wore 3 coats without undies and 1 coat of topcoat. This dried to a rubbery looking finish without the topcoat. The formula on this one was a little thicker than Amelia but not really hard to work with.

 

 

Nina

3 coats with topcoat

 

 

Nina is a beautiful spring time orange creme. I used 3 coats with topcoat and no undies. The formula and finish was the same as Nikki.

 

I really did enjoy these colors but was a little surprised to find them in January's box. I needed some warmth after dealing with December and I got that with my "It Girl" box.

 

 



Orly Dark Shadows Collection

Early this year Orly came out with a collection inspired by a movie released called Dark Shadows. The movie was a remake from the Dark Shadows TV show. Dark Shadows was an American gothic soap opera that originally aired weekdays on the ABC  from June 27, 1966, to April 2, 1971. Even though This polish collection was released in the spring, I thought it was more color appropriate for the fall.

 

 

Decades of Dysfunction

 



 

Decades of Dysfunction is very pale flesh toned creme with a slight hint of pink. It's the color of the undead. Formula was great. I used 3 coats.

 

Grave Mistake

 

 

Grave Mistake is a blood red creme. Again, it had an awesome formula. I used 3 coats.

 

 

Buried Alive

 

 

 





 

Buried Alive is a warm chocolate brown with a gold fleck finish. I absolutley love this one. Wonderful formula. I used 3 coats.

 

 

Mysterious Curse

 

 

 

Mysterious Curse is beautiful duochrome that shifts from a navy blue to royal purple. It's shift was amazing. I wish I could have captured it in its true form. I used 2 coats on this one.

 

 

Overall, I think this collection was a win for me considering I got it for almost nothing at Sally's. 

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