OPI Pink Friday!

Hey everyone! Happy Friday!

This weekend I am going back to my undergrad university for homecoming! My school has the strongest alumni network in Canada, and I love it with my whole darn heart. *School themed Mani coming soon!*

Today I am wearing OPI Pink Friday! After Mod About You, this is probably most frequently worn pink! Pretty bang on for bubblegum pink creme. Not terribly unique, but quite pretty! I did three coats, but two would have probably done just fine.

New Essence Color and Go! Date in the Moonlight & Gorgeous Bling Bling!

Hey everyone!

In case you didn't know, Essence has revamped their Color & Go line! The bottles have a new rounded shape and are bigger! They old bottles were 5ml, and the new ones are 8ml (for comparison, an OPI bottle is 15ml & a HITS bottle is 7ml). They have kept some of their old staple colours, but also added some new ones! Today I am showing you two of their new colours, Date in the Moonlight & Gorgeous Bling Bling!

Here is a photo of the new bottles :)

 First up is Date in the Moonlight. Its a dark grey-ed blue base with bright blue shimmer. The shimmer is obvious on the nail, not at all hidden. I like it quite a bit. Applied wonderfully, this is two coats and no topcoat. Look how shiny it dries!

The second colour is Gorgeous Bling Bling! Its a pretty unique colour, at first I thought it was a little dated.. but when I got it on it looked perfect for the fall season. It looks like a burnt orange or a lighter version of terracotta. Reminds me of bricks almost. There is a golden chunky flake-like glass fleck shimmer that is super pretty too. Here I am wearing 2 coats and no topcoat. It dried super shiny too. 

These formulas are top notch, like I expect for essence. I always like their polishes and I am impressed with the new colours they've added and of course, the bigger bottles :) What do you think of the revamped Color & Go line?!

Dollish Polish It's A Me, Mario Manicure!

I've swatched this a few times, but today I am wearing It's A Me, Mario! as a full manicure and I love it :) I layered two coats over a red base (I forget which one now, sorry!). I love how this looks, especially the little silver holographic star on the ring finger :)

I hope you like it too!

Candeo Colors Orchid Swatch!

Hi!

Today I am sporting Candeo Colors Orchid. This is a bright pink jelly polish full of different sizes of holo glitter! It is pretty much its own jelly sandwich in a bottle! My glitter was sinking a bit when I got it in the mail.. but it shook up to suspend just fine :) This is three coats! So squishy, I love it. Plus orchids are my favourite flowers, they remind me of my late aunt who I miss dearly <3

I hope you like it!

OPI Absolutely Alice.. A lemming fulfilled!

Hi :)

I have been majorly slacking on the posting lately because I have been a busy bee packing up stuff from the ol' blog sale! Thinning out the stash is a good thing, and even better because the polishes are going to new homes :D

Speaking of blog sales, this is where I found this baby! Isn't she gorgeous? Absolutely Alice is pretty HTF and I was so happy to snag it along with its brother.. Mad As A Hatter which i have yet to try on. Excited though!

AA is VERY sparkly blue micro glitter with a splattering of gold. Here is three coats and top coat. It is seriously some of the most sparkly glitter I have ever seen! If you ever see it, snatch this bad boy up!! Its worth it :) (I heard there are fakes around though, so make sure you see a picture of the label before you buy!)

It gives me red hands like most blues do on my skin.. but I don't care! I like it anyway :)

Dollish Polish The Many Shades of Mr.Grey. A Mani inspired by 50 shades.

Hello!

Today I am sporting a manicure inspired by the book series, 50 Shades of Grey. I'm sure you've heard of it. Hahaha While entertaining, I must admit it is not a writing style I like. I much prefer... you know.. stories with a plot. Well actually I prefer to read more classic books, or even more so fantasy novels. I love me a good fantasy novel (currently into Game of Thrones). It took me practically forever to creep through these three books. But I did eventually (with help from a few long plane rides) and I suppose I did get into it a bit. Haha! Dollish Polish created a very nice polish inspired by Christian, and it is a beautiful polish. A clear base stuffed with.. you guessed it, many shades of grey glitter.

I decided to layer it over grey obviously, Zoya Dove to be exact. I decided to do a glitter gradient in the spirit of the "many shades"of Christian and his development as a character in the book. It applied very well and it is a happy new edition to my stash. I quite liked the way this turned out :)

I think it looks quite chic, even with all the glammy glitter! I hope you like it :)

NOTD & Swatchey SPAM

WOOOO HOOO It is a spam day! Swatch and NOTD spam for your Saturday morning viewing pleasure.

Joe Fresh Cobalt & OPI Big Apple Red

China Glaze Electrify over China Glaze Kahlari Kiss!

Color Club Poptastic and Color Club Almost Famous

Zoya Ciara

Joe Fresh Iris

Color Club Almost Famous & Color Club Chelsea Girl

Zoya Marley

OPI I Don't Give a Rotterdam

Julep Pippa & Essie Theres No Place Like Chrome

Hope you enjoyed the spam!