Weather Inspired Mani.....

Yep so this happened......

I took this yesterday morning after I got off work....we got 5 more inches after that.

So I busted out a little Manglaze and a smidge of Lacquistry Winter No. 2. for this mani below. 

I bought this sucker back in 2013....I feel like I should be shamed for not using it till now. 

This polish is made up of all kinds of glitter shapes: shreds, hexes, bars and squares. Blue/white/silver is the color theme.

I did one layer of Manglaze Mayo and one layer of Winter No. 2. I topped everything off with Girly Bits Glitter Glaze (review to come soon). Winter No. 2 is really easy to use and the glitter spread out nicely. All pictures were taken with artificial light since the sun doesn't exist in Iowa. 

Until next time,

Don't spill your polish

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Whoops!

Why whoops, well I thought I had this post set to be published a few days ago...uh no. But here it is for you now. I hope you guys are not getting sick of Pretty and Polished. Chels has been chugging out some awesome polishes! Today I have Mannequin Hands and Everybody Loves Penguin.

Your lovely bottle shots

Lets get the one that I wasn't crazy about out of the way first. Mannequin Hands is a flesh tone base with pastel pink glitter. Now all of the technical aspects were great: easy application (I only needed two coats), dried quickly, lasted three days without chipping. I just personally did not like the color against my skin tone. It gave me what I like to call lobster hands. I'm not a huge fan of pink polish so this was stepping outside the box. 

Up close and personal

Next up is Everybody Loves Penguin. It is a white base (but not bright white) with medium hex yellow glitter and black hex glitter in a variety of sizes. I really liked this one. The concept is so simple but I don't have one like this in my collection. Surprisingly I only need to use two coats. The yellow glitter came out easily but I had to work hard to get out some of the black glitter. And I went digging for treasure looking for that big black hex on my pinkie!! 

Up close and personal

It's just so cute!!

Until next time, 

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Lazy Day Manicure

Ok, I'm thinking of making this lazy day manicure into a weekly segment! Each week I'll take the manicure from the day before and try to 're-use' it. So yesterday I did a review for Lacquer Lust Snow Flurries. I spiced it up today with a little glitter from Lush Lacquer. I love my polishes from Lush Lacquer!!

First up is Winter Blues. This is a white and blue glitter with iridescent glitter scattered throughout. I think this is a classic Christmas combo. I used two coats because I wanted more coverage. 

Next is Ho-Ho-Holidays. Another classic combo featuring different sized red, white and green glitter. I think next time I might layer this over a silver so the white can pop out better. 

 Lush Lacquer polishes are like glitter bombs waiting to explode. The bottles pack the heat....I mean glitter:) They are not hard to work with but I always try and take my time so the glitter is perfectly placed. 

Hope you guys have wonderful Christmas!!

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First Experience: Lacquer Lust

 I have an awesome new polish brand (well new to me) to share with you guys today! Lacquer Lust...I came across this brand which searching on Etsy (which I can do for hours by the way). Specifically, I came across this little gem below...Snow Flurries. When I saw a swatch I seriously drooled a little. Seriously my husband saw it! Of course I hesitated and didn't order it right away. Then I noticed that the shop was now over on Big Cartel. Oh I hesitated again and it sold out. So I stalked the website and checked once a day....sad? Mmm no! Finally, some bottles were in stock! And the polish lived happily ever after....on my nails:)

This just isn't your normal white base with blue glitter. This is special. It has light blue holo glitter, blue flakies and iridescent glitter. I think this gives the base a very pretty blue tint. It was also a dream to apply. I only needed two coats to reach opacity. It dried in a decent time (I'm impatient so when a polish takes longer than 5 seconds to dry I feel like I'm losing my mind). I topped it with my trusty Sally Hansen Insta-Dry. 

If you want Snow Flurries you can check out the store here. I'm hoping after Christmas I can splurge and buy the #hashtag Holo set because it looks sweet!

Until next time, 

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Snowflake Manicure

Here's my sad attempt at nail art. I was trying to make off-centered snowflakes. A lot of my family thought it was people standing in a circle holding hands lol. For the base I used one coat of Ninja Polish Sapphire Dreams. For my middle and pinkie finger I used one coat of Lynnderella Ice the Snowcake. For the 'snowflakes' I used a small dotting tool to make the lines and Sinful Color Snow Me White (it's the only white I have). I think it turned out alright:) Not too shabby for a novice. 

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Lazy Lazy Manicure!

I love, love, love this polish!!! This is Boy Bleu by Pretty and Polished. It is the 'boy version' of Punk'd Up Betty (review here) but has blue, black and white glitter. So why is this a lazy manicure? Well yesterday I did a review on P&P The Young Hero (here). All I did was add one coat of Boy Bleu over that manicure. I think it looks pretty sweet! Application was perfect and the glitter went on smooth. 

Go check this polish out!

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The Young Hero

Another wonderful polish from Pretty and Polished Mathematical collection. It is based on the character Finn The Human. 

I am such a sucker for a white creme base polished. I knew I had to have this on! Along with the white base it has blue, yellow and green glitter. It applies similar to Jawbreaker. This is two coats topped with Sally Hansen Inst-Dri. 

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Happy 4th!!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful 4th of July! Here is my patriotic mani. Two coats of Essie's Aruba Blue with one coat of Lush Lacquer Snap, Crackle, Pop. 

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Amy's Nail Boutique Woodsie's Wish

Today I have Amy's Nail Boutique (which I will abbreviate as ANB) Woodsie's Wish. I have no idea where the name came from but I like it. This is a white base with matte turquoise, yellow, blue, pink, hot pink, and purple glitter. It was a little thick but it was manageable. I used three coats to make sure there wasn't any 'bald' spots. I had to take my time with the glitter. I wanted to make sure it was spread evenly over the nail. 

Another great polish from ANB! Definitely go check her store out!

Until next time,

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Crow's Toes Bunny Slope

Another first experience! Crow's Toes Bunny Slope is a mix of white, silver and opalescent glitter in a clear base. I could have used this by itself, the glitter is so concentrated. Below is 1 coat over 1 coat of China Glaze Flying Dragon. I had a great experience ordering my first polishes from Crow's. I'm excited to try some more. I just heard she will be selling at Llarowe! Yay!

Flash

Sorry the pictures kind of suck. It was stormy out today and I had to take them inside.

No Flash

I feel like I've been buying so many Indie polishes lately! If I look at any CG's or OPI's I'm thinking 'this will look good under....'.

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First Experience: Rainbow Honey

Today has been one of the longest days of my life. I took my RN boards. I was one of the lucky ones that got to answer 240 questions! Yay! It was tremendous (sarcasm). Afterwards I went and bought a good amount of nail polish:) Made me feel a little better. 

So I received my first Rainbow Honey polish a few days ago. I only ordered A Little Kindness from her Equestria Collection. This is my first polish from Rainbow Honey so I felt like I was dipping my toe in the water, checkin' things out, it's my feeler polish, etc. 

I believe these polishes were inspired by different My Little Ponies. A Little Kindness is a light soft yellow base with iridescent pink shimmer. Rose, white, gold, and small green glitter are spread throughout. 

Ok, so it cracks me up the combination I decided to use. Here we have this innocent, fun, light glitter inspired by a freakin' little pony and I go and layer it over ManGlaze Fuggen Ugly. It just seems....a little wrong lol! But I think it turned out pretty awesome. 

I did one layer of A Little Kindness over one layer of Fuggen Ugly. Kindness was so easy to apply and it dried quickly. I love the bottle and I really like the design of her label. It's so unique. 

I definitely would like to order some more Rainbow Honey at some point. The color combinations I've been seeing online are amazing! 

Until next time, 

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F4 Polish Bubble-Yum

 You may remember from yesterday I did a post about Piper from F4 Polish. Well today  I have its pink sister: Bubble-Yum. It to has the white glitter but also different colors and sizes of pink glitter. I'm not a huge pink fan but I liked how bright this polish was and as we know, white glitter is my crack:)

Up close and personal!

I did two layers over China Glaze QT. I'm not a huge fan of this combination (too much pink) so I think next time I'll layer it over black. 

After trying 2 of F4 glitter polishes I can say the formula is great. The glitter is very easy to work with. This may be super weird but when I shake it I can hear the mixing ball...which is something I like!!! I love the sound and when I don't hear one it makes me nervous lol! 

Question: do you guys every add your own mixing balls to a polish?

Until next time,

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I Love Piper!!!!

So, I love this polish!! It's Piper from the ladies of F4 Polish. It has white and  different colors of purple glitter (also a variety of sizes). I love purple glitter and I love white glitter. It's like crack, I can't help it! I don't know how I didn't have something like this in my collection. I did 2 coats over A-England Lady of the Lake. I topped it with SV (can you see the stupid shrinkage at the tips? I seriously need to buy another fast dry top coat). 

I wish I had more photos but I went outside yesterday, took one picture and then it started to downpour!! 

I ordered from F4 Polish on June 10 and received my package on June 14th!! Pretty impressive. I can't wait to swatch the other polishes I ordered. 

Until next time, 

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Excuse Me While I Wipe The Drool Off My Face!!

I've been waiting to use Lush Lacquer's Salt N' Peppa until I got my hands on some of the China Glaze Summer Neons. I just had this combination stuck in my brain. Well I finally came across a display while I was in Ulta. I actually only got 1 on this trip...I'm With The Lifeguard. It is a bright yellow toned neon green. No problem with the application and was opaque with 2 coats. 

There are a couple more I want from this China Glaze collection but I'm going to go back and use a coupon I have. Honestly I can't stand paying full price for CG...as bad as that sounds. They are up to 7$ now. 

Up close and personal (I love how the glitter looks like it's floating on the base color)

Lush Lacquer's Salt N' Peppa is that black and white glitter combo that we've been seeing all over the place...but...It has iridescent glitter mixed. I absolutely love it! It went on so smooth and the glitter spread easily. I normally never think of getting backs up of colors but I want to order more of this.  Lush Lacquer has been a winner! Such a great indie brand by two lovely ladies! Thank you designing these polishes. So more to swatch!

Until next time,

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Nautical Nonsense by AmyNailBoutique

Another indie polish for everyone today. This was my first purchase from AmyNailBoutique. Okay, seriously, I had shipping confirmation within 20 minutes of placing my order! Nautical Nonsense is a matte white and blue glitter in a clear base. I was super creative and put it over white (haha). I used two coats of Nautical Nonsense. It spread easily and dried quickly. I was drawn to this one because of the matte glitter. I'm really liking that right now. 

In the picture below you can see the white glitter. The combinations for this will be endless. 

Up close and personal

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LushLacquer Birthday Cake

Another indie brand for you today! They are popping up all over the web.  Here I have LushLacquer Birthday Cake. It is a white base with multi colored glitter. You can even see tiny areas where there is some bar glitter. It was a little thick but workable. The 2 coats I used dried relatively quick. I used 2 coats of Cult Wicked Fast to really smooth out that glitter. The best part...I took this picture after wearing it for three days. I think it still looks like a day 1 mani. 

Flash

No flash, natural light

Up close and personal

Go check their shop out!

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Pretty and Polished Jawbreaker

While I was at work today I had 5 people grab my hand...all because of this baby below!
Pretty and Polished Jawbreak is a white base with multi-colored glitter. I'm speechless...It's hard to describe how perfect this polish is. This is 3 coats topped with Sally Hansen Inta-Dry (check out the review HERE). Even without the top coat this polished dried pretty fast.

Pretty and Polished has an Etsy store which you can check out HERE. It is currently open with some stock. It does close from time to time so she can get caught up or make some more polish. So patience is key:)

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China Glaze Lighting Bolt Crackle

This is not what I was going to post today. On my nails today is OPI: Brake For Manicures. I feel like I got a bad bottle or something. It does not look anything like the swatches I've seen on other blogs. Hmmm...Maybe I just can't capture it in picture. This is a photo that I found in my files. China Glaze Lighting Bolt. Simple enough. I enjoy these crackles. I have no idea what I used for a base coat. 
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Happy Halloween

This is my mani that I decided to do for Halloween weekend. I was thinking Dexter-ish, blood splatter. I used Sinful colors Snow Me White and Sugar Sugar. Super easy, especially since I didn't have a lot of time to do it. Just a couple drops of the red and a toothpick and ta da!

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