Saturday, 20 July 2013

China Glaze Inner Beauty and Simple Cartoony Flowers!

Hello everyone! Today I have swatches of China Glaze Inner Beauty and some simple floral nail art to share!

I'm really not sure about what lighting looks the best for my pictures so lately the lighting of my pictures has been very varied, I apologize! I'm thinking of making or buying a light box for more consistent pictures, let me know what you think I should do or a good light box you've heard of in the comments!

Onto the pictures!

China Glaze Inner Beauty

This is three coats of Inner Beauty and a coat of top coat! It had a lovely formula and it seemed to dry pretty quick!

China Glaze Inner Beauty

China Glaze Inner Beauty

China Glaze Inner Beauty


The blue seen here is Black Sheep Lacquer Aquabat (without glitter), the orange is Black Sheep Lacquer Orange Blossom, the pink is Butter London Trout Pout, and the green is Julep Adriana!





Thanks for reading everybody! I think I'll be painting some nails today and tonight I get to babysit my boyfriend's little baby niece, I'm so excited! Hope you all have a lovely day planned as well! :)

Friday, 19 July 2013

My Collection!

Hey everybody! I'm absolutely exhausted after spending the day at the lake and having to swim really far (maybe half a kilometre) to rescue a tube that was floating away! I felt like an idiot because I was a few centimetres from reaching it when the wind blew and then I had to follow it to the end of the lake.

Anyways, today I have my collection of nail polish, nail supplies and nail art supplies to share! The pictures aren't the best because I'm so tired after being in the Sun and swimming so much today!


Here are my babies! The grand total is 246, which is probably a bit much, but I love each and every one of them! That's excluding base coats, clear top coats and stripers!


I have more Essies than any other brand, 24 to be exact! They take up more than a whole shelf! So do my Black Sheep Lacquers and OPIs though!


You can see how I open difficult to open bottles on the dark pink OPI here. For added grip you can wrap another elastic band around the bottle part of the polish!


All my supplies!


Clear base coats and top coats and cotton pads!


These two bins aren't super organized and a lot of things are stacked on top of each other so you kind of have to search for things!


I have a ridiculous amount of nail polish remover, I know. But the giant bottle of acetone is almost a litre and it was on sale for six dollars at Sally's!

Thanks for taking a look everyone, I hope you're having a lovely day! Feel free to ask me where I got anything or what anything is in the comments! :)

Thursday, 18 July 2013

Social Media Accounts/Pages Announcement!

I think I'm finally finished making my social media accounts/pages! Here they are all, if you followed me anywhere I'd be so grateful! :)

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PartialToPolish
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Thanks so much! I'll always take requests for nail art, swatches, or any other kind of nail polish related post any of you would like to see! I think I'll post a nail polish and nail art supplies collection post later today, because I got a couple of cool scrapbooking containers to store my glitters, nail art brushes, and other tools yesterday! :)


On a side note, this is my 100th post, I seriously can't believe I've posted that much since I made this blog!

Wednesday, 17 July 2013

Sinful Colors Mint Apple with Diamond Holographic Glitter!

Hey everybody! Today I have some swatches of Sinful Colors Mint Apple and some awesome glitter polka dots to share!

Mint Apple had a perfect formula and this was just two easy coats! I got the holographic diamond glitter off of eBay here in case you're curious!

Onto the photos!

Sinful Colors Mint Apple

Sinful Colors Mint Apple

Sinful Colors Mint Apple

Sinful Colors Mint Apple







Thanks for stopping by! :)

Tuesday, 16 July 2013

Black Sheep Lacquer Swatches: Hitman, First Polish on the Moon and Confused Canary :)

Hello everybody! Today I have three more Black Sheep Lacquer lovelies to show you all! These polishes were generously sent to me for swatches! I think I'll be putting together a black and white glitter topper comparison post soon, because in addition to BSL A Letter to the New York Post I have two other similar toppers.

These polishes had awesome formulas as expected, so onto the pictures!

Black Sheep Lacquer Hitman

First up is Hitman, a very dark grey linear holographic polish with small silver holographic glitters tossed in too! This polish is too beautiful for words, I'd seriously suggest you just buy it! This is one coat over two different dark Essie colours, but as you can see, the polish looks the same over both so any dark colour will work beautifully! I had to post five photos instead of four for this one because it's so gorgeous!

Black Sheep Lacquer Hitman

Black Sheep Lacquer Hitman

Black Sheep Lacquer Hitman

Black Sheep Lacquer Hitman


Black Sheep Lacquer First Polish on the Moon

Next is First Polish on the Moon, a neon pink jelly polish with small silver holographic glitter! I took pictures in sunlight to show the holographic glitter and in indirect light to show a more colour-accurate swatch of the polish. This is two coats over two coats of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls!

Black Sheep Lacquer First Polish on the Moon

Black Sheep Lacquer First Polish on the Moon

Black Sheep Lacquer First Polish on the Moon


Black Sheep Lacquer Confused Canary

Lastly, we have Confused Canary, a matte black, white, yellow and pink glitter topper with tiny silver holographic glitter throughout! I think I got every kind of glitter on my nails except the matte white bar glitter, in case you're wondering what glitters this polish contains! This is one coat over my undies, China Glaze For Audrey (turquoise), Color Club Poptastic (pink) and OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls (white)!

Black Sheep Lacquer Confused Canary

Black Sheep Lacquer Confused Canary

Black Sheep Lacquer Confused Canary

Thanks for reading everyone! I've added a bunch of buttons to the right sidebar so you can find me on other social media sites! If you followed me on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr or Instagram I'd be so happy! :)

Monday, 15 July 2013

OPI's Honey Ryder and Flower Stamping!

Hey all! Today I have swatches of OPI Honey Ryder and some stamping nail art on top to show you! What you see here is two easy coats of Honey Ryder! The only complaint I have about this polish is that it seems to wear off the tips much quicker than other polishes (but I think all other textured polishes I've tried do too).

Onto the pictures!

OPI Honey Ryder

OPI Honey Ryder


The stamping plate I used for this was Bundle Monster's BM-224 and the polish I used to stamp with was Essie Bobbing for Baubles!





Thanks for stopping by everyone! I love to see your comments, so feel totally free to comment about anything you like! I'll be posting another Black Sheep Lacquer swatch post including the swatches I Instagrammed and tweeted yesterday, just as soon as they've been named!

Saturday, 13 July 2013

Black Sheep Lacquer Swatches: Badass, Major Tom and A Letter to the New York Post!

Hello my lovelies! Today I got bored and decided to start swatching my new Black Sheep Lacquer polishes! I keep buying and getting sent them for swatching and they're all so awesome!

They all had lovely formulas as I've come to expect, so onto the swatches!

Black Sheep Lacquer Badass

This amazing polish is called Badass and it's definitely that! I actually think this one is my favourite of the twenty-one Black Sheep Lacquer polishes I own. Badass is a green to purple duo-chrome polish with a pinch of scattered holographic glitter thrown in. It also looks like a charcoal colour at certain angles... basically it's just incredibly stunning. This polish was so generously sent to me for swatches! This is two coats!

Black Sheep Lacquer Badass

Black Sheep Lacquer Badass

Black Sheep Lacquer Badass

American Apparel Coney Island

Undies for the next polish! Two coats of American Apparel Coney Island.

Black Sheep Lacquer Major Tom

This is Major Tom (a reference to David Bowie's Space Oddity, love him!), a pink jelly base with tiny silver glitter, small silver holographic bar glitter, small matte light pink hexes, medium-sized matte light pink circles and large hot pink matte hearts! As if all that wasn't cool enough, this polish also glows greenish yellow in the dark! This is just one coat over my undies!

Black Sheep Lacquer Major Tom

Black Sheep Lacquer Major Tom

Black Sheep Lacquer Major Tom

Black Sheep Lacquer Major Tom

As you can see, the glow effect isn't super strong, but that makes it easier to sleep while wearing!

Essie Play Date and Mojito Madness

Undies for the last polish of this post! Two coats of Essie Play Date (purple) and one coat of Essie Mojito Madness (green).

Black Sheep Lacquer A Letter to the New York Post

Finally, we have A Letter to the New York Post, a whole bunch of matte black and white glitters of all shapes and sizes in a clear base! This is just one coat over my undies!

Black Sheep Lacquer A Letter to the New York Post

Black Sheep Lacquer A Letter to the New York Post

Black Sheep Lacquer A Letter to the New York Post

Thanks for reading everybody! Stay tuned for swatches of three more Black Sheep Lacquer polishes tomorrow!