NOTD: Lynnderella She Lived In A Swamp Over Illamasqua Radium

NOTD:  Lynnderella She Lived In A Swamp Over Illamasqua Radium

I realized the other night that it has been a long time since I have done a Nail of the Day (or night?) and it’s about darn time I got back into it.  Usually I do my nails late at night after my son is in bed and am just too tired to take a picture, but I think I’m going to just do it and post it up more often!

I’m going through untried polishes and Illamasqua Radium has been staring me down for awhile, but I’m on a kick where I NEED to layer something over my polishes!  I got Lynnderella’s She Lived In A Swamp the other day and thought “BAM!” that’s the one to go with Radium!  So here it is!

I love these 2 together!  I’m not a green fan really, but ugh, I do love this combo!

I picked up Illamasqua Radium at Sephora and Lynnderella She Lived In A Swamp was purchased from Llarowe during a quickie flash sale (and by quickie I mean everything sold out in a matter of minutes!)

Have a wonderful night everyone!

***The products in this post were purchased by me***

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Tags: Green, Illamasqua, Lynnderella, Nails, NOTD

Sally Hansen Rock of Ages Salon Effect Real Nail Polish Strips Preview!

GET ROCKER CHIC NAILS

WITH “ROCK OF AGES”-INSPIRED SALON EFFECTS

REAL NAIL POLISH STRIPS

FROM SALLY HANSEN

THINK: Amp up your nail design with some serious rock star treatment.

WHAT THEY ARE: Edgy prints and patterns inspired by the head-banging film adaptation of the Broadway hit from New Line Cinema, “Rock of Ages,” distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and in theaters nationwide on June 15, 2012.  Get ready to rock with the Rock of Ages Salon Effects Real Nail Polish Strips collection from Sally Hansen. The manicure breakthrough from nail color authority Sally Hansen takes you back in time to the 1980’s, the decade of big hair and big dreams.

The revolutionary peel-and-apply nail polish strips are available in eight limited edition patterns inspired by “Rock of Ages,” a rock ‘n’ roll romance story told through the heart-pounding hits of the 80’s most legendary bands. From rock star fashion to the decade’s hottest runway trends, like lace and neon hues, these designs are bold, colorful and guaranteed to leave you ready to rock. Just peel, apply, file and go, for a flawless, rock-star approved, real-polish manicure without the fuss.

The ultimate fashion accessory, Salon Effects Real Nail Polish Strips are developed with an innovative DBP, Toluene and Formaldehyde-free formula that offers trendsetting, no dry-time nail looks which last up to ten days. Each Salon Effect Real Nail Polish Strips kit includes 16 nail polish strips, a cuticle stick, mini file/ buffer and instructions for easy at-home application. When you’re ready to change your nail strips, simply swipe nails with your favorite Sally Hansen polish remover for an instantly clean slate.

AVAILABLE PRINTS: Red-y to Rock, Rock N’ Roar, Zip It!, Star Quality, Amp it Up, Good Gene’s, Fingerlace Gloves, Sticks and Stones

Amp It Up

Zip It!

Sticks and Stones

Star Quality

Rock n Roar

Red-y to Rock

Good Genes

Fingerlace Gloves

WHAT IT COSTS: $9.99

 WHERE TO FIND THEM: Sally Hansen products are available at chain drug stores, food stores and mass merchandisers nationally.

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Tags: Nails, Sally Hansen

The New Black Haze Set Swatches and Reviews

The New Black Haze Set Swatches and Reviews

I keep seeing The New Black sets popping up all over.  I saw some ads for their items online and tried looking further into them and couldn’t find a whole lot.  Then I went to Sephora to pick up a gift and spotted The New Black Nail Lacquer Sets there as well.  In person the colors looked even better than online!

The New Black Haze set features 5 mini nail polishes for an easy Ombre set.  You can use each color as a full mani, or one color on each finger for an Ombre look.  This set (and a few others The New Black carries) will take the guess work out of gradients as well!

Here is the Haze set I received.  Oddly enough, with all of the purple nail lacquers I own, I do not have any purples that match these beauties!

Here is a swatch of each color.  This is actually my very first Ombre manicure!  Each polish spread on easily, dried within 5 minutes per coat (only 2 coats were needed). The polishes on my pinky, ring finger and pointer fingers were easily 1 coaters, but I did 2 to be safe.  The polish on my middle finger and thumb did require 2 though! My favorite of the 5 shades was the shade on my thumb nail!  A deep shimmery purple that was beautiful!

I wanted to do a design using The New Black Haze 5 Piece Set and after a bit of back and forth, I settled on a water marble!  I used different combos of the 5 polishes between the 3 fingers.  I was fairly surprised at how nicely The New Black polishes spread in the water and how easy they were to work with!  I will use these for more marbling!

I am in purple heaven with The New Black Haze set!!  I really cannot wait to pick up a few more that they make!

The New Black Nail Polish is Vegan as well as 4 Free!

The New Black polish sets can be found at Sephora or on Sephora.com.  Each 5 piece set retails for $22.00 and each polish within the set is .125 fl oz.

Make sure you check out The New Black on the following social media outlets:

Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/thenewblackchannel?feature=guide
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thenewblack.tv
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/thenewblacktv/

I will have another post featuring The New Black Runway set within the next few days!  SO keep an eye out for it!

***The product in this post was sent for review.  I was not paid for this review and all opinions are my own***

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Tags: Nails, Ombre, The New Black

365 Days of Color Candy Shoppe Collection Swatches and Reviews

365 Days of Color Candy Shoppe Collection Swatches and Reviews

Happy Sunday!  Today I am showing off 3 lovely indie polishes from the amazing lady at 365 Days of Color!  I have all 5 polishes from her first release of polishes and was thrilled to have the opportunity to review 3 from her second release!  365 Days of Color’s second release is called Candy Shoppe Collection, and as I’m sure you can guess from the name, all of the polishes are named after sweets!  I did make a Walgreen’s run for polish remover while working on these swatches, and I will admit I picked up some candy bars because this collection revved up my sweet tooth.

Mint Chip:

Mint Chip is a pale mint green base with small matte black square glitter inside.  This one really got my mouth watering and it looks just like one of my favorite ice cream flavors!  3 coats were used for this photo, but I could have done 2 and been just fine.

Make Me Laugh-y Taffy:

Make Me Laugh-y Taffy was probably my favorite of the 3.  Sheer bubblegum pink jelly base with multi colored shredded glitter inside.  When I first saw the swatch of this done by 365 Days of Color, I knew that I absolutely HAD to have this color.  I used 3 coats for this mani.

Buttafinga:

This one is the reason I made a candy bar run.  Buttafinga is a mixture of coppery glitter and slightly larger square black glitter.  I layered this over black, so the black squares aren’t showing up much, but they are there.  This is 2 layers of Buttafinga over black.

There are 2 more polishes that are a part of the Candy Shoppe Collection and those 2 are Rock Candy and Sugar High.  I will be purchasing these next payday!  I already have her first release of polishes and they are just as pretty as these!  Definitely another indie polish maker to look out for!

Make sure you visit 365 Days of Color’s Blog as well as her Polish Store

Full sized polishes by 365 Days of Color are sold for $8.00 while her minis (which are shown in my photos) are $4.50.  She also has “Collection Sets” available to purchase which gives a bit of a discount!

***Products shown in this post were sent to me for review.  I was not paid for this review and all opinions are my own***

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Tags: 365 Days of Color, Indie, Nails

Layla Hologram Effect Nail Polish Swatches and Review

Layla Hologram Effect Nail Polish Swatches and Review

I am so excited to show all of you these breathtaking Layla Hologram Effect Nail Polishes.  Pictures do not even do these beauties justice!  All 8 colors are fabulous and absolutely GLOW!

Layla Hologram Effect Nail Polish is made with the highest quality raw material to capture light and transform it into amazing, every-changing visual effects of liquid swirls and rainbows constantly bending and changing.  I couldn’t pick a favorite out of these 8 even if I wanted to!  They are all equally gorgeous!

All 8 Hologram Effect polishes are quick drying, 3 FREE (Free of Formaldehyde, DBP and Toluene) and they absolutely do NOT test on animals

To start I used the included Layla Hologram Effect Base File.  It helps to smooth out the natural nail and give a super smooth base to apply polish to.  If you have acrylic nails or gels, there is no need to use the base file.

Now it’s time to see all 8 gorgeous Layla Cosmetics Hologram Effect’s!

01 Mercury Twilight:

Mercury Twilight has tones of white shimmering pearls and flowing rainbows.  Seriously the brightest of the 8 polishes!  Look at that hologram effect!  Mesmerizing!

02 Coral Glam:

Coral Glam is a mixture of coral shades.  It has a slight “rust” look to it as well.

03 Retro Pink:

The girly pink of the group!  Retro Pink is full of iridescent pink rainbows!

04 Ultra Violet:

Ok if I absolutely HAD to pick a favorite, this would be it.  I have a complete love for all things purple, so this one had a huge advantage.  Ultra Violet has liquid swirls of purples and lilac.

05 Jade Groove:

Jade Groove is a gorgeous delicate flow of jades and rainbows.  This is a very subtle shade of green and apart of me wishes the “jade” was more prominent but at the same time I love the way this one looks.

06 Mermaid Spell:

Mermaid Spell is a delicate flow of hues of greens and blues.  The hues are very light and almost appears as a medium silver shade in normal lighting, but in the sunlight the greens and blues come out.

07 Ocean Rush:

Ocean Rush is unbelievably gorgeous!  Very vibrant ocean blue flashes with swirls of rainbows.

08 Flash Black:

Flash Black is so dark and beautiful.  Black with a gorgeous rainbow holo swirling throughout.

I own a handful of holographic polishes and I haven’t come across one I don’t like, but all 8 of these Layla Hologram Effects really blow the others in my collection out of the water.  The holographic effect contained within these are so amazing.  When you first apply Layla Hologram Effects it appears like a scattered holo, but as it dries you slowly see the linear effect brought out and become more pronounced.

I did not use a top coat for any of these swatches, and only 2 coats of polish was needed.  The finish on all 8 of these are completely smooth and silk like!  The formula is top notch and glided on easily and effortlessly!

Layla Hologram Effect Nail Polish retails for $15.50 and are available at your local Ulta store.  Each bottle contains 10 ml of polish.

Make sure you check out Layla Cosmetics on Facebook 

***Products in this post were provided for review.  I was not paid for this review and all opinions are my own***

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Tags: Holo, Layla Cosmetics, Nails

NCLA Nail Lacquer Swatches and Review

NCLA Nail Lacquer Swatches and Review

Good evening ladies!  I know its been almost a week since I have posted a review, but I took the entire week off of work and decided to relax and enjoy a couple of days in my jammies with no obligations!  I couldn’t stay away too long though!  I just got 3 lovely polishes in the mail yesterday and had to get to swatching!

NCLA (which stands for Nail Couture Los Angeles) is a company that loves fashion and adores nails!  For NCLA, the perfect outfit starts with your personal style and it ends right at the tip of your fingers! NCLA is born, bred and brewed to perfection in sunny California and fast becoming an LA icon.  NCLA is a 5 free company that says NO to Formaldehyde, DBP, Toulene, Camphor and Animal Testing!

Ready for some swatches?  Here we go!

Eight Days a Week:

Eight Days a Week is a gorgeous periwinkle blue creme with just a smidgeon of purple undertones to it.  I used two coats and a glossy top coat.  Eight Days A Week is part of NCLA’s Summer of 69 collection and a song by The Beatles!

 Hold me, love me, hold me, love me.
I ain’t got nothin’ but love babe,
Eight days a week.

Santa Monica Shore Thing:

Santa Monica Shore Thing is a mint green creme polish.  I love that it is a slight pastel like color, but without all the streaks and heartbreak I experience with pastels.  I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat.  Santa Monica Shore Thing is part of NCLA’s The LA Collection

Pool Side Party, All Eyes on ME!:

Pool Side Party, All Eyes on Me! is the PERFECT Summer Peach color!  I couldn’t wait to put this gorgeous peach creme on.  Another pastel without the streaks!  I’m in LOVE!  This one is also apart of The LA Collection!

The pigmentation and formula on all 3 of these colors were fabulous and the dry time was FAST!  Almost matte formula fast!  Eight Days a Week started drying by the second brush stroke on each nail, the other 2 allowed for me to finish the nail before they started drying.

NCLA polishes are available on the NCLA website and retail for $16.00 per 15 ml bottle.  You can search for a retailer near you HERE

NCLA also carries a line of Nail Wraps with some pretty amazing designs on them that you can check out HERE

Make sure you check NCLA out on Facebook as well!

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Tags: Nails, NCLA