Halloween Mani Spam!

Happy Halloween!

I hope you all have a great day having a little more fun than you normally would any other day of the week. ;) 

I promised myself I would post my Halloween manis in a timely manner so that I wouldn't have to post them all at once on Halloween. But guess what happened?! And I am such a perfectionist that it would really bother me to post a Halloween mani after Halloween. haha

So here is some spam of my recent Halloween manis for you to enjoy on Halloween! :P

First up is China Glaze Zombie Zest and Hit Polish Halloween with  China Glaze It's Alive (LOVE this glitter!) as accent nails.

This is an ombre look from black to white with CND Violet Shimmer on top to sort of tie in the ombre. I topped that off with Hocus Pocus from F4 Polish.

Next up is Zoya Sienna (a totally amazing glass flecked orange!) with Daring Digits Trick or Treat on top. This is definitely a top favorite of this bunch! I love this combo!

And here is Sincerest Pumpkin Patch from Sonoma Nail Art. This one is so fun! I layered this over a Sweet Polish from Born Pretty.

And finally, here is Spookly also from F4 Polish. I have a soft spot for these milky white based glitters. This is easy coats.

So there you have it! I may post one more today if I get the time, which is my current mani to celebrate Halloween. I have obviously been infatuated with indie glitters lately, so there wasn't much nail art to be had. If you haven't already checked out my 2011 Halloween Mani Roundup, there's more inspiration to be found *here* that includes more nail art!

Shimmer Polish Swatches and Review Part II + Bottle Shots and Swatch Roundup

Hey readers!

I hope you all had a great weekend. I have lots of fun things to show you guys this week but today I need to show you the second half of the Shimmer Polish I promised! You can see the first half of my swatches *here*.

The first of this half is Jennifer. This is one coat layered over China Glaze Pink Plumeria. I had a hard time capturing this beauty, so you get 2 pictures and hopefully you can get this gist!

Next is Alice. I layered one coat over Revlon Aloof on all but my ring finger which is 2 coats. Alice is so delicate and has sort of a milky-ish base. This polish is very pretty layered or full coverage.

Next up is Carmen, a lovely bronzy glitter. Here is one coat over Orly Oh Cabana Boy. 

This is Linna. I did one coat over Color Club Pretty in Platinum on all but my ring finger which is 2. Linna has sort of a Christmas vibe to it!

And the final Shimmer I have for you is called Strength. I did one coat over CND Ashphalt. Look at the awesome coverage Strength gives in just one coat! There are gunmetal hearts in this polish and they didn't really want to come out on their own so I fished one out but it got squished under some smaller glitter so it's kinda hard to tell what's going on there. But trust me it's a really pretty addition to Strength!

Here is a collage of bottle shots:

And a recap of my last post as well as this one:

So like I said in Friday's post the formula on these are all fantastic and one coat of glitter gives amazing coverage. I think these are top quality indies for sure!

Again, for more on my thoughts on Shimmer Polish, visit my last post *here*

You can shop Shimmer's Etsy shop *here* and on their blog *here* and like them on Facebook *here*!

Do you guys see anything that you like from Shimmer?

*These polishes were sent to me for review in exchange for my honest reviews and opinions.

CND Asphalt + Nail Art

Hey guys! This is a scheduled post today since I am traveling. I have shown you this polish before, only it was glossy. This time, Hard Candy Matte-ly in Love was put on top. Now it looks like a chalkboard!

For nail art we used spider webs from Bundle Monster. 

And because that wasn't good enough, Dustin decided to bling it all out! Pretty, huh?

I hope you enjoyed this design and as always, thanks for reading! :)

My First Water Marble!

Hi readers! I slept in so late today! haha I guess that's the beauty of the weekend. :)

I have been aware of the water marble technique for quite some time and have even attempted it with Dustin a few times and it was always a big, fat fail! Finally, Dustin figured out a way to make it work, and here is our first water marble! 

Colors used: Color Club Pretty in Platinum and one of Dustin's frankens, Black Raven.

This is still messy looking because we didn't use tape or Vaseline to protect my skin from the polish. Pretty sure we know better now! 

Then, to help smooth things out and make it all a little more uniform, we put CND Violet Shimmer on top. This is my favorite of the 2 looks...and I think Violet Shimmer has grown on me since I first got it and now want all the CND Effects! haha

So there you have it! Maybe our next attempt will be a little neater. :P Have you guys tried water marbling before? <3

CND Asphalt

Hey ya'll! Hope your Monday is going great...as great as a Monday can be anyway. hehe

I have another CND polish for ya today. My husband, who perfectly painted this mani, said he was very impressed with this polish and it's formula. That is saying a lot coming from the perfectionist he is! This polish is pretty much a one coater...always a huge plus! And as with CND Gold Chrome, this polish dried super fast. I would say within 10 minutes it was totally dry.

I think Asphalt is a gorgeous shade of grey. Although I don't normally gravitate toward dark colors as often, I really love this one.

Of course I couldn't just leave this alone...I recently bought a Sally Hansen Color Quick Pen in Fuchsia Chrome on clearance at Target. The Chrome pens are amaZing for stamping...I highly recommend them! Here is something else that I used a chrome pen with in a previous mani. So that's what the stamping color is and then the plates used are BM 19 and Born Pretty plate 59. I had a freak out when I saw how beautifully it all came together. I am a girly girl through and through so I looove these designs! :)

Anyways, that's it for now. Hope you enjoyed this mani! <3

* CND polish was sent to me for review in exchange for my honest opinions. 

CND Violet Shimmer

Happy Saturday! I looove me a lazy Saturday! Also, I changed my blog layout again! I think this one is here to stay for a while, but who really knows? I have too much fun redoing it. haha Hope you like it! :)

Just a quick post today...I am showing you CND Violet Shimmer over a few different polishes. In the bottle it doesn't look like much, but it really can transform polishes to give them a new look. Since I don't   

have my whole stash with me because I am on vacation, I wasn't able to explore the entire range of what Violet Shimmer looks good on top of, but I think you get the idea!

From left to right: Fingerpaints Artist's Sapphire, CND Asphalt. CND Gold Chrome, and Fingerpaints Coral Compliment.

And with Violet Shimmer layered on top. I think the combo with Artist's Sapphire is my favorite. Although the transformation is subtle, the Effects polishes are a great way to expand your collection without having to buy tons of new colors. I will definitely be experimenting to find more fun combos with this polish!

What do you think about CND Effects? CND polish retails for $9/bottle and the Effects $11/bottle. They available at CND.com. <3

* This polish was sent to me for review in exchange for my honest opinions.

CND Gold Chrome

Hey polish lovers! I am showing you a polish from CND today. I wasn't too familair with the brand before I received this to review, but here are a few basics: 

- CND has 50 creme colors ranging from sheer to dark.

-They also have a line of "Effects" that can be layered to transform creme polishes.

- 3 Free formula

-Fast dry formula

There was nothing I didn't like about this polish! This is Gold Chrome. I don't know of the chrome effect translates in these pictures or not, but it looks amazing in person. It has kind of a soft look to it if that makes any sense. My two favorite parts of this polish: 1) The fact that it was ONE coat!! 2) How fast it dried! This is by far the fastest drying polish I have tried. It makes a mani quick and easy. Love it!

 How many of you keep some form of nail art inspiration in one place from ideas you have gathered from blogs and such? This nail art design is comes from some of my inspiration! I saw a very similar design to the one below as an entry in the Bundle Monster Nail Art contest they hosted a while back. I don't know exactly who it belongs to, but if it's you or you happen to know, please tell me so I can give credit! :)

I had some bad streaking due to the horrible brush that my topcoat has. Beware of cheap topcoat! 

So what do you think of this polish? CND polish retails for $9/bottle and it is available at CND.com. I will be showing you some CND Effects soon so be on the lookout for that! <3

*This polish was sent to me for review in exchange for my honest opinions.