The Polished Perfectionist Giveaway (CLOSED)

Hello everyone! I came across a really amazing blog giveaway held by The Polished Perfectionist. To celebrate the beginning of the new year, she is giving away the Hits No Olimpo Collection from the Brazillian brand Speciallità, which consists of a rainbow of holographic polishes.

Click on the image to enter the giveaway :)

Image credit: http://the-polished-perfectionist.blogspot.com/

Holo-y Flaky Goodness!

Hello everyone! I hope you're all enjoying your holiday weekend! Today, I'm going to show you a look I did with three polishes from my recent haul: Pandora by Zoya, Twisted by Fingerpaints, and Hefesto by HITS. I'll start off with a preview of the look I created, photos of each polish and a brief description of each, and then some more photos of the look! I also have a video posted at the bottom so you get an idea of how it looks in person.

Check out all that flaky goodness! This is a picture in the shade. In the sun, you get a beautiful holo rainbow effect.

This is Pandora. It's a really pretty mauved light pink and the formula works like a dream. Two coats gives you full opacity.

This is Twisted.... very nice flaky polish! It has flashes of orange, yellow green, blue, and pink! I used 2 coats in this look.

This beauty is Hefesto.... amazing holo topcoat. You can apply a thin coat and end up with a strong holo effect over any color. I only used one coat. You can only get this at Llarowe to my knowledge.

Now... onto the look! It is unbelievably stunning in person and these photos DO NOT do it justice at all! I also added a video at the bottom for you to get an idea of how it looks. In the sun, you get a very strong rainbow effect from Hefesto and get random flaky flashes. In the shade, you don't see the holo effect but you see a lot of flakiness. Now, for the photos!

In the sun

In the sun

In the sun

Not the greatest photo but this is a decent representation of how the flakiness shows in the shade. In person, the color is a pearly, mauved, light pink.

And here's the video! Enjoy!

Black w/ Silver Glitter Tips & Stars

Hello readers! Here's another quick post showing you my current mani :) At first, I was going to sponge on the glitter to make it a gradient but i was in a rush so I just painted it on. Just ignore my cuticles, please... they look terrible lol. These photos were taken after a weeks wear.

Black- Liquid Leather by China Glaze
Silver glitter- Tinsel Town by China Glaze
Star Glitter- Silver Star by Kleancolor
Holo glitter topcoat- Northern Lights
Clear topcoat- Seche Vite

Color Club- Love Em Or Leave Em

Hey all! Here's a quick post just to show you guys my favorite nude polish. I really don't like nude polish but this one is something special... It's a browned peachy color with a beautiful holoraphic finish. The holo effect is pretty strong and shines like crazy in the sun. I've had this on for a couple weeks now (mostly due to laziness lol) and it has lasted for the most part except for tip wear and growth. This is 3 coats with topcoat but you could probably get away with two. This is definitely a must have :)

Indirect sunlight

Direct Sunlight

Direct sunlight

Direct sunlight

Glow-in-the-dark Blood Spatter Nails for Halloween

Hello readers... long time no see! I finally have a chance to update this and just in time for Halloween this weekend! I went to a corn maze a couple of weeks ago and wanted to do some spooky nails so I did glow-in-the-dark bloodspatter :)

I used this tutorial to do the bloodspatter effect, which consisted of dipping a straw into a small puddle of nail polish and blowing directly onto my nails from the other end. It's probably a good idea to play around with the different angles and distances from where you blow the polish from so you get some interesting effects.This was soooo much fun to do! It was probably one of the messiest projects I've done but it was well worth it.

I used:
White- Alpine Snow by OPI
then two coats of Ghoulish Glow by China Glaze
Red- Drastic by China Glaze (near perfect jelly blood red)

And now for the nails... I still have this on almost 2 weeks later =P

And here's the glow effect! You have to "charge" it under the light for a bit but it looks amazing when it glows.

Happy Halloween :)

Busy =/

Hello readers.... it's been forever since I've posted and I apologize. Being a full-time student and having a job are taking a toll on me and I barely have time or energy to do anything. I promise I will update soon... maybe a week or two. I did a recent haul so I will post that up soon, as well as a look or two for Halloween. I will update this whenever I can but it will definitely not be as often as before so I apologize.

Plaid Nails :)

Hey everyone! This will be a short post showing the manis I did on my friends hands and my own hands! We went to the Scottish Highland Games in Pleasanton so we wore plaid and did our nails plaid!

I'm not going to post all the colors but if you want to know what something is, just let me know :) Also, if anyone is interested in a tutorial for this look, I will gladly post one!

Click on the pic for a full-size image!

My hand is on the left and my friends hand is on the right :)