ILNP Nostalgia: Swatch and Review

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Happy Friday! Anyone have any awesome weekend plans?? I don't have anything yet, but hopefully I will before the weekend is out! Today, I am going to be showing off another ILNP polish, this one is Nostalgia.  It is an amazing ulta-chrome polish, that glides onto the nail beautifully, with almost no effort on my part. I have only worn two polishes from this brand, but I can already say I am a huge fan of the ILNP brand.

Alright guys and gals, let's take a look..

Nostalgia's shifts are insane, seriously, as you can see from the photos above it can almost look like an entirely different polish, depending on the light and how you angle your hand. It mostly sits in the burgundy/green/gold colour, but I wanted to include the last photo to really show off how it looks at extreme angels! 

As an added bonus it is wearing  really well. I am on day 3 of wearing this polish,  and I still don't have any chips or any tip wear, although  I did recently switch to HK girl top coat, and I have to say the life of my mani's seemed to have doubled since I started using it. It has become my HG top coat. If you haven't tried HK Girl yet, I highly highly recommend checking it out!

Overall I think this polish is a serious must have for any polish fan, and especially any duochrome/ulta-chrome fan, there is nothing to not love about this polish and so much to love! So, if you don't own this yet, you should! 

Alright, guys and gals, I think that covers it for today, and I really hope everyone has an amazing weekend. Till next time Kittens!

ILNP Cygnus Loop - Swatches and Review

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Recently I made my first I Love Nail Polish purchase! if you follow me on instagram, where I don't fail and have been making regular updates, then you know about this already. If you don't, well you should be, since I am much more frequent there! :P Either way, I recently bought a few colours, and today I will be showing off Cygnus Loop Holo.

As you can see, there are many, many faces to this polish, Depending on the light, it almost looks like a totally different polish! My light box had a bit of trouble picking up the holo, and since it is February, there wasn't any sun to be had while I wore this, but trust me, the holo is there and much stronger in person. 

I wore this for 3 days and there was no chips, and only slight tip wear when I took it off, so it wore really well, since I am pretty hard on my hands, this is also worn alone, not over a black polish, and only 2 thin coats, so it is a fairly opaque polish. I think it is safe to say, that I finally get all the hype surrounding the ILNP brand, and will almost certainly be picking more up in the future.

Anyway, Happy Tuesday Guys!! Again, I know I have been absent here, I really have no good excuse, just life got in the way, but I am hoping to start posting here frequently again, but if all else fails, you can find me on instagram as I am very frequent there! till next time Kittens! :D

Cirque Colors: Chrysopoeia Swatch with a bit of MoYou London Stamping

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Today I have for you a Cirque Colors polish to show you, from the new Alchemy collection. The entire collection is outta this world, stunning, and Cirque  is very quickly becoming one of my favorite indie polish brands. 

This is Chrysopoeia. It is a gold, yellow holographic polish. There is so much depth to this colour, that I am not even sure saying gold/yellow is accurate.

Just look at this shift there! It is so eye catching, not to mention such a flattering colour. I don't normally wear golds, since they tend to make me look washed out, but this doesn't do that at all! 

As you can see, even when the holo is hiding it is still a gorgeous flattering colour. 

As you can see, the holo effect is quite strong in this polish. These were all taken in my lightbox, and I actually had more trouble getting an image without holo then with. To complete this look I stamped with my new MoYou London plates, that I recently got as a birthday gift. I used Pro Plate 06 for this mani. I stamped using Cult Nails Tempest, which was also another birthday gift. 

I just adore Chrysopoeia. I think it is the perfect balance of yellow/gold, and the holo just makes it that much more stunning. This polish, like all Cirque polishes I have tried went on amazingly well.  I highly recommend everyone grab this up. I know this polish will grace my nails many more times.

Alright guys and gals, I know it has been a bit of a delay since my last post, and I am terribly sorry about that, with the holiday season, and looking at schools, and my birthday this past week, time just got away from me. If you are missing me, I will throw out  another shameless plug for myself here, I do keep up a bit better on instagram! I hope everyone had an amazing week, and let's cross our fingers that things don't get to busy for me over the holidays.

Nail Stamping: OPI Jade is the New Black, With a Bit of Cult Nails Tempest and OPI This Gown Needs a Crown.

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Happy Friday! Today I have for you another nail stamping mani. It was a really simple manicure done with only 3 polishes;  OPI Jade is the New Black, Cult Nails Tempest and OPI This Gown Needs a Crown. Let me just say, OPI Jade is the New Black, might be my new favorite green ever! It is such a stunning dark, but bright green colour, that I just fell in love with the second I put it on.

As you can see, it is very simple, but I think, that is what I like best about it . The soft elegant simplicity of this mani, is what makes it work.  I also love the accent glitter nail, it adds just the right amount of bling so that it isn't too boring!  

As a side thought, I am still having a bit of trouble combating the harsh cold weather, and keeping my skin in good condition. I feel like I moisturize and oil my hands and cuticles up a thousand times a day, and am still not getting anywhere with it, Any tips anyone wants to send my way would be awesome!!

Alright guys and gals, I think that's it for today. I hope everyone is enjoying their Friday, and I hope everyone has a great weekend. 

KBShimmer Rollin' With the Chromies Swatch and Review.

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Happy Friday guys! Today I have for you, a shade from the recently released KBShimmer winter collection. This is Rollin' With the Chromies, let me just start by saying, holy hard to photograph!  I think I sprained my wrist trying to get all the colours, and depth in this amazing polish, and if the shade shifting multi-chrome awesome isn't enough. It has a linear holo too!  I only picked up one of the multi-chrome shades from this collection, but after seeing this in person, I decided I need the rest in my stash.

Isn't it just incredible!? I mean, look at all that multi-chrome awesome, and the linear holo! There is so much going on with this polish, that I am not even sure where to begin. It also, applies wonderfully, without any streaking, or bald spots. This is a shade, that I will totally be wearing over and over again!  As an added bonus, as you can see from the images, it makes a pretty decent stamping polish too! It isn't incredibly dark, or super opaque, but I was looking for a simple, soft look, that wasn't over the top, for an accent nail. I simply painted my ring finger with Cult Nails Tempest (which btw is my new go-to white) then once that was dry, stamped with Bundle Monster's image plate BM-423, using KBShimmer's Rollin' With the Chromies. I like the soft look it gave, and am really pleased with how it turned out.

Alright guys and gals, I think that pretty much covers it for today.  I hope you are all enjoying your week, and looking forward to the weekend. I know I am! Till next time!

A-England Saint George and OPI Skull and Glossbones Stamping Manicure

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As you are aware, recently I have been venturing into the wide world of stamping. Today I have for you another nail stamping post. This  mani was done with A-England  Saint George. I was a bit nervous starting out, since the darker colours really show off all imperfections, and I am still far from perfect with stamping, but I am really pleased to say, it turned out really well, and I am proud of how far I have come with stamping in such a short time, anyway enough chit chat, time to show it off a bit!

As you can see, not perfect, but since I have only done this a handful of times, I think it turned out pretty good! I am glad I took the plunge with a darker colour, and I am glad it was Saint George. Isn't it just a gorgeous colour? I mean the depth in the shade is just wow..I don't even have words for it!

The get this look, I started out with a base of A-England Saint George on my pointer, thumb, and pinky fingers, and OPI Skull and Glossbones on my middle and ring fingers.  I let that dry, then applied Cirque XX as a glitter gradient on my pinky. I then took out Pueen47 stamp, and stamped the image with A-England Saint George over my middle and ring fingers. I then added a bit of KBShimmer Clearly on Top and I was done! This look was incredibly easy to achieve, the hardest part was being patient waiting for everything to dry!  

Alright guys and gals, I think that covers it, and I really hope you liked this mani as much as I did, when I wore it. I don't love the cold weather, but I do love the colours that come with fall/winter! What is your favourite fall/winter colour!? I would still have to stick with brown for myself, but I do love a good green as well! Till next time kittens!

OPI This Gown Needs a Crown, OPI Visions of Love and OPI I Snow You Love Me.

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 Happy November!! I know, I know! I am 5 days late on that one,  but things have been a bit hectic, so I am a  bit behind. Better late then never though right!?

 Today I have for you, a gorgeous, fall/holiday mani. I wore this a few days back, and I loved it. It was holiday-esque, without being too Christmas-ie (gotta love made up words!!)  Basically, it would work for the holidays, or on a nice cold fall/winter day too. Anyway, enough chit chat..onto some images!!

See what I mean about festive, but not overly festive!? I love that this is not only incredibly simple, but it has a bit of wow to it with the accent nail.  When I first started with this, I thought it would be a tad on the boring side, but by the time I finished, I was totally enamored with it. To get this look, I started with a dark, vampy red. I used Visions of Love by OPI. It is a truly understated gorgeous, delicious,  vampy red colour, from the OPI holiday collection.  The sparkle accent nail is This Gown Needs a Crown by OPI from the new Miss Universe 2013 Collection. Let me just say that sparkly awesome polish is A-MAZ-ING!! It is one of the neatest colours I have seen. It really does remind you of a flowing silver gown. It is not only sparkly and stunning. It is smooth to the touch too. This polish is meant to be worn without topcoat, however I wore this with topcoat, to really make it blinding, in it's sparkle, but it was incredibly sparkly before I added top coat, so it certainly isn't needed. I just like sparkles so much, I couldn't resist! Also, as an added bonus, removing it was a breeze. I honestly thought it would be a typical glitter nightmare to remove, but the glitter foil was no effort at all to get off. I would say if you like glitter and bling, you NEED to own this.  Then, to tie in the whole manicure I added I Snow You Love Me by OPI (shocking right!?)  onto all the red nails. I simply took a toothpick, and picked each glitter up off the polish brush, and placed one on each nail tip. 

I really love how this look turned out, and to make it more impressive, it took no time at all to do. It is perfect if you are in a hurry, and don't have a lot of nail time, which was the case for me, when I did this mani.

Alright, guys and gals..I think that pretty much covers it for today. I still have a few things to get done, and a headache that refuses to leave.../sigh :l  I really hope that you guys liked this look and I have some more nail stamping coming up in the next few days, so watch out for that post.

Till next time Kittens!