Tuesday 30 December 2014

The Body Shop Nail Polish Relish The Moment

Today I have a new to me polish brand to share with you. The Body Shop recently released their own polish line named Colour Crush. 100% vegan and they currently have 24 shades. The bottles are 6.8mL and retail for $6.00 cdn.

I have swatches of Relish The Moment for you. This is a straight up blood red. You'll have to excuse my pics. I realized too late that I hadn't photographed these. My nails are a bit dinged up from work. The polish held up well though. This is two coats. It applied evenly and completely self leveled.

The Body Shop Nail Polish Relish The Moment

The Body Shop Nail Polish Relish The Moment

The Body Shop Nail Polish Relish The Moment

In the photos you can see some visible nail line, but in person it isn't noticeable. For more information, to purchase and to check out other shades you can visit the Body Shop website. I hope you enjoyed!

*polish purchased by me and all opinions are my own*

Monday 29 December 2014

Picture Polish Hercynia Swatches

Hello everyone. Today I have a few pics of Picture Polish Hercynia for you.

Hercynia is a 2014 collaboration shade by Nailderella. Sparkly evergreen mix of holo and coloured flecks. Surprisingly, this polish contains no glitter. It applied smoothly and evenly in two coats. Make sure to wrap your tips to avoid tip wear too soon. I wore this a lot over the holidays. It is a very Christmas appropriate green.

Picture Polish Hercynia Swatches

Picture Polish Hercynia Swatches

Picture Polish Hercynia Swatches

I truly loved this polish. Of course, greens are my thing! You can find this at Picture Polish and you can also find a link with suppliers worldwide. I hope you enjoyed!

*purchased by me and all opinions are my own*

Wednesday 17 December 2014

Infinity Snowflake Stamping

This is the first Infinity plate that I have tried. Really happy with it. I ordered a few more at the same time and can't wait to use them.
The base is Barry M Sugar Apple, stamped with Mentality blue opaque and Konad special silver. The plate is Infinity 79. This is one of those mani's that I liked some of nails and some not so much. I even managed to get a picture of my "other" hand to show you.





I know there are a lot of snowflake nails but there are so many options for them. Kind of like an actual snowflake, no two are the same.

*all products purchased by me*

Tuesday 9 December 2014

CrowsToes Huggin n Muninn

Long time no see, everyone. Sorry for my lack of posts recently. Tis the season to be crazy busy! Hope everything is well in your world.

Today I have a few pics of CrowsToes Huggin n Muninn for you. This shade is from the 9 Realms collection and can be purchased online through Harlow & Co and Llarowe.
This polish is a stunning Multichrome with some shimmer to boot! My pictures just don't do it justice. Definite shifts of purple, blue, and green. I had a hard time capturing the blue. It is more elusive then the other two.

CrowsToes Huggin n Muninn

CrowsToes Huggin n Muninn

CrowsToes Huggin n Muninn

 This was two coats of Huggin n Muninn with no top coat. Very shiny on its own. Applied nicely and has a bit of a jelly quality to it. If interested, as I typed this, it was available at Harlow & Co. Appears to be sold at Llarowe. Don't forget to follow CrowsToes for updates on new polishes!

Thanks for the visit and for sticking with me!

*polish purchased by me and all opinions are my own*

Saturday 15 November 2014

Weekly Undies and Fails

Welcome to my weekly random post. Miscellaneous pics for the week.

Barry M Gelly in Olive. Two coats.

barry m olive

barry m olive

Another failed water decal attempt. KBShimmer Shore Thing and Sky Jinks. Illamasqua Grab. China Glaze Friends Forever, Right.

kbshimmer water decal

Ninja Polish Howling Blue Moon. 2 coats.

ninja polish howling  blue moon

SquareHue Oxford Street. 3 coats. No top coat.

squarehue oxford street

squarehue oxford street

squarehue oxford street

OPI You're So Vainilla. I found I've used this polish quite a few times. Great base colour.

OPI You're So Vainilla

OPI You're So Vainilla

Was that random enough for you? Talk about clashing colours. Thanks for stopping by.

Wednesday 12 November 2014

China Glaze Strawberry Fields Swatches

Hello everyone. Hope all is well in your world!

Today I have Strawberry Fields from China Glaze for you. This polish is a re-release for this years Celebrate Courage set. It's a very nice bright pink with gold shimmer.

China Glaze Strawberry Fields Swatches


I used three thin coats plus top coat. The formula was thin and I still had some vnl in natural lighting. It did have a good shimmer payout though. This was more noticeable in person. It seemed to get washed out a bit in my photos.

China Glaze Strawberry Fields Swatches

China Glaze Strawberry Fields Swatches

China Glaze Strawberry Fields Swatches

I purchased this polish from Nail Polish Canada. China Glaze is available from too many places to list them all ; ) Thank you for visiting today. Hope you enjoyed the swatches.

Tuesday 11 November 2014

Remembrance Day Poppy Nail Art

Lest We Forgot
For all in the military, past and present.


poppy nail art

poppy nail art

poppy nail art

Polishes used:  OPI My Vampire is Buff,  Barielle Pin Up,  Sally Hansen Insta-dri Fright Night and I-rush Luck.

Thank you for the visit!

Monday 10 November 2014

Cupcake Polish Versailles Swatch and Review

Well hello there! Today I have Cupcake Polish Versailles. This is from the Sweet Addictions September box.

Versailles is a lavender linear holo polish with some added shimmer. I had complete coverage in two coats. Formula is good with no issues to report. 

Cupcake Polish Versailles

Cupcake Polish Versailles

Cupcake Polish and Sweet Addictions boxes can be found HERE. The boxes retail for $30.00US and feature different polish and products each month.
Thanks for the visit. Hope you enjoyed.

*polish purchased by me and all opinions are my own*

Tuesday 28 October 2014

Rica Leopard Spot Glitter Polishes Swatches

Today I have three new glitter toppers from Rica Polish. All three feature the new leopard spot glitters that are popping up in polishes. Post is pic heavy! 

L - R: LF Neon Leopard, The Cat's Meow, Purrfectly Kissed
Rica leopard glitter polishes

Quick rundown for you. All of these required the leopard spots to be fished out. These have what I call a "slippery" base. Meaning the glitter slides off the brush as you take it out of the bottle. All are finished with a coat of Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter Food and a top coat.

Purrfectly Kissed features a pastel pink leopard glitter with various pastel glitters and micro blue glitter. Layered over Barielly Money Talks. This is two coats of the smaller glitters and placing of the leopard spots. The fishing was fairly easy with this one.

Rica Purrfectly Kissed

Rica Purrfectly Kissed

Rica Purrfectly Kissed

Rica Purrfectly Kissed

LF Neon Leopard ( Lisa Frank inspired ) Features white leopard with various bright and black glitter in micro and small sizes. One coat layered over Illamasqua Grab. This had the best coverage of the bunch. One leopard came out of the bottle on its own. The rest were placed but the easiest to fish.
Rica LF Neon Leopard

Rica LF Neon Leopard

Rica LF Neon Leopard

Rica LF Neon Leopard

The Cat's Meow is a silver holographic leopard with silver, blue, and purple holo glitters. This was the sparsest coverage of the three.  At times I would only have one glitter on the brush. This also required a lot of effort to get the leopard spots out of the bottle. This is layered over Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Pagan. I really loved the combo of these two together.

Rica The Cat's Meow

Rica The Cat's Meow

Rica The Cat's Meow

Although these don't have the greatest application, I do like the way they look. Tons of layering options with these too. What do you think? Worth the effort? These polishes are available from Rica's Etsy Shop.
Thanks for sticking through the whole post.

*polish purchased by me and all opinions are my own*

Saturday 25 October 2014

HPB Halloween Mani Link Up

I belong to a Facebook group, Hobby Polish Bloggers. This is for our monthly link up, Halloween being this months theme. Make sure to check out the InLinkz at the end of the post for more great mani's from this group!!

I went with glitter skulls.  My base is Girly Bits A Stripper Has Been Sleeping In My Bed. Stamping done with Mundo de Unas black and Messy Mansion 22. The sparkle was really throwing off my camera.





Thanks for the visit. You can also look for us on Instagram  #HPBHalloween or  #hpbloggers. Have a great day. Hope this is helping everyone get into the Halloween spirit.


Friday 24 October 2014

MckFresh Nail Attire Witchy Tutu

Today I have Witchy Tutu from MckFresh Nail Attire.

Witchy Tutu is a clear based glitter topper filled with too many different glitters to mention. Let's just leave it at multi-shaped, multi-coloured! No issues with application or formula. I used two coats over Barry M Olive. You could pretty much layer this over whatever colour undie you wanted. I had pretty good coverage with one coat, but it was so much fun that I threw on another.

mckfresh nail attire witchy tutu swatches

mckfresh nail attire witchy tutu swatches

mckfresh nail attire witchy tutu swatches

mckfresh nail attire witchy tutu swatches

mckfresh nail attire witchy tutu swatches

For more information please visit the MckFresh store or follow on Facebook. Thank you for the visit.

*polish purchased by me and all opinions are my own*