New Video-My First Drugstore Haul!

Hi guys, welcome back.  In addition to my swatch spam post today, I also have a video of my first drugstore haul.  You can check it out below!

Sunday Swatch Time: China Glaze, Essie, OPI, Ciate, and Zoya

Hi everyone, happy Sunday.  I hope you all are having a great weekend.  Yesterday was crazy busy for me but it also was really fun.  My husband and I went to the movies to see Non-Stop (which was really good), we walked around the mall, cleaned our house, and then got together with our friends for card games.  Whew!  It was fun though.  

Today I am bringing you some swatch spam :)  I have a bunch of swatches building up in my edited photos so it was time to clean that out!  Let's get started.

China Glaze Turned Up Turquoise 

Turned Up Turquoise is a neon turquoise cream that dries matte.  I used two coats for this one.  The second photo shows this polish with a topcoat, which is the version I prefer.

Essie Watermelon

Essie Watermelon is a vibrant pinky red color, very punchy on the nail.  The formula is very good on this one and I needed two easy coats.  This is one of my favorite Essies, it's just really pretty.

 

OPI I Have a Herring Problem

This polish is from the 2012 Holland Collection and it's a dusty blue with gold shimmer.  I used two coats for this one.

Ciate Pepperminty

I'm in love with this polish.  I wore it this week and it's on my toes right now.  This polish is a pretty light robin's egg blue, blue/green minty polish.  I used three coats for this polish.

OPI Manicurist of Seville

This polish is one that I borrowed from my sister and I'm in love with it.  This polish is a berry red cream and I just love the color of it.  The formula was really good and I needed two coats.

OPI Here Today...Aragon Tomorrow

Another borrowed polish, this one is a deep blackened green.  I like the color on this one, but the formula was really bad.  I believe I needed three coats for this one.

Zoya Kelly

Last up is Zoya Kelly, which I picked up recently because my mom's name is Kelly.  I thought this would be a good transition polish from Winter to Spring.  This polish is a blue slate grey cream and it's a really beautiful color.  Great formula, two coats below.

That's all for now.  Have you tried any of these polishes?

My Top 12 Spring Polish Picks!

Hi there everyone!  I hope your weekend is going well.  Today I am bringing you my favorite polishes for this Spring.  I tried to pick polishes from recent collections so they are still available if anyone is interested.  I picked twelve polishes because I had twelve spaces on the swatch wheel I was using :)  I am a big fan of typical pastels for Spring, which you will see below.  If you want to watch my picks in video form, you can find that at the end of the post.

Barielle My City Apartment-a really pretty cool grey cream, very interesting blue/purple undertone

OPI You're Such a Budapest-Light cool lavender crelly, requires three coats but the final result is milky and so pretty

OPI Mod About You-A pale opaque pink with lilac undertones, one of my top OPI favorites

OPI Kiss Me I'm Brazilian-A bright Barbie pink cream from the new Brazil Spring/Summer collection

OPI Don't Bossa Nova Me Around-A pink leaning nude, I really had to wear it to love it, but love it I do!  Gorgeous on the nail and pairs so well with glitter.

Zoya Lux-Sparkly pink holographic disco ball textured polish....that is all.

Barielle Banana Drop-Pastel yellow cream, the perfect baby chick color and the formula is good on this one.

Zoya Cole-Peachy crelly.  Takes three coats but it's very pretty on the nail

Julep Clara-A pale peachy polish, very pretty.  The formula is a little thick but I don't have anything similar to this color-wise.

Essie Fashion Playground-This one is from the new Essie Spring collection and is like milky minty glass on the nail.  A little fickle formula but it's so worth it.

Ciate Pepperminty-A robin's egg blue/green polish.  The formula is good.  I've already worn this one and I also have it on my toes.

China Glaze At Vase Value-A pastel neon aqua blue, fickle formula, but the color is so pretty.  Dries matte but pop on a topcoat and it's glossy.

There you have it, my top Spring polish picks.  What's your favorite polish this Spring?  Let me know in the comments.  Check out my video below :)

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Sweet Heart Polish: Show Me Your Beads, Blue Sky, and Joseph

*Press Sample

Hi everyone, happy Friday.  It's Friday and it's Spring, yes please!  Today it's supposed to get in the upper 60's and I am a little embarrassed with how happy that makes me.  I'm really excited for the weekend.  The hubby and I are going to the movies to see Non-Stop which we've been trying to see for three weeks now :)  Do you have any fun weekend plans?

Today I have three beautiful polishes from Sweet Heart Polish.  I have tried Sweet Heart Polish before, and I honestly continue to be really impressed.  The colors are stunning and the formulas continue to be fantastic.  Let's get right into it.

Show Me Your Beads

Every time I read the name of this one, I want to laugh...maybe I'm immature haha!  Show Me Your Beads is a lavender crelly base with royal purple, gold, and green glitter.  For this polish I used one coat of Show Me Your Beads over Barielle Designer's Shoe, which is a dusty purple polish that matched the base color.  I loved this polish.  The formula was fantastic and the glitter mix is absolutely perfect.

Blue Sky

I saw this polish in the bottle and immediately knew I wanted to put it over a dark base.  Blue Sky is a mixture of blue and silver glitter in a pale clear blue base.  I used one coat of Blue Sky over OPI Vant to Bite My Neck?  Oh my gosh, just look at it....it's stunning.  This polish just glows and comes alive on the nail.  It also has a fantastic formula.

Joseph

Last up is Joseph, which is a periwinkle and silver holographic microglitter in a clear base.  This polish could be built up on it's own in two or three coats, but I chose to layer one coat over Barielle My City Apartment, which is a cool-toned grey.  This one is so pretty and I love how dense the glitter is.  Another fantastic polish.

I am just so impressed with all three of these polishes.  I would never say a polish is great if it wasn't so when I say all three are fantastic, that means they really did blow me away.  You can find Sweet Heart Polish on Etsy here.

My latest video: 

*Polishes were sent for review in exchange for my honest opinion.

Feathered Nail Art plus a Video Tutorial

Hi everyone, happy Hump Day.  Halfway through the week, well sort of.  Today I have some nail art....finally, it's been awhile.  I had been wearing Essie Watermelon for a day and wanted to add something fun to it.  So this design just happened on a whim while I was watching Netflix.  I liked it so much that I also filmed a tutorial for how to do it.  You can find the video at the end of this post.

For this look, I started with a base of Essie Watermelon.  To create this look, I took a bead of polish on a striping brush and dragged it across the nail, flicking it at the end to create a wispy look.  The colors used were Essie Fear or Desire (orange), OPI Don't Bossa Nova Me Around (nude), and China Glaze Bottoms Up (pink).  I can't emphasize how easy this look was to create.

So there you have it.  If you want to see how I created this look, click the video below :)

Twinsie Tuesday: Tip Nail Art

Hi guys, welcome to Tuesday.  Hopefully the week is treating you well.  Same old same old here.  I was super sick yesterday, and then magically today I feel better.  Maybe it's allergies, the swings in weather, not sure?  I also do plan on filming tonight so I'm excited for that.  I have had fun with my first two videos so far :)  

Today's twinsie Tuesday theme is tip nail art.  Originally I was set on doing flowers, but I spotted my striping brush and decided on some stripes.  For my base I started with Essie Romper Room, which is the new pale pink from the Spring collection.  For the stripes I used OPI Toucan Do It If You Try, OPI Where Did Suzi's Man-go?, and OPI Kiss Me I'm Brazilian, all from the new Spring/Summer OPI Brazil collection.  I thought the final result looked like flower petals :)

Let me know what you think in comments!  You can check out the other Twinsie's below.

Alaina at The Little Canvas

Amanda at Amandalandish

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Anna at Going to the Showing

Anne at Grape Fizz Nails

Casey at CaseyLane Loves Polish

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Elizabeth at Did My Nails

Heather at Peace, Love, & Polish

Kelly at Tuxarina

Lakeisha at Refined and Polished

Maribeth at Obsessive Cosmetic Hoarders Unite

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Rachel at Top Coat It

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Stephanie at A Little Polish

Tiffany at Polished To Precision

Traci at DrinkCitra

Carpe Noctem Cosmetics: The 90's

Hi everyone, welcome to Monday.  Hopefully you had a good weekend.  OMG, for all The Walking Dead fans out there, last night's episode was pretty epic.  I was one step below sobbing, seriously though, my eyes are puffy this morning from crying so much haha!  

I wasn't really feeling the whole St. Patrick's Day vibe for my nails, which is odd because my name is Erin and I am Irish :)  I did however need to post a green themed polish today.  This polish was won in a giveaway and I think it's such a fun glitter topper.

The 90's is a really fun glitter topper with large lime green, large neon blue, and large neon pink hexes, white hexes, and lime green and neon blue micro glitter.  I used one coat over OPI Kiss Me I'm Brazilian.  The formula was really good and I had no issues with having to dig out the glitters.

I really enjoyed this color.  I think it's a really fun and funky glitter mix and I think it will look really good over a bunch of different colors.  What do you think of this polish?