Re-swatched Black Sheep Lacquer's Lateralus (holographic top coat)!

Hey all! Today I have better swatches of Black Sheep Lacquer Lateralus to share! It's been so sunny here so I thought holographic nails would be awesome! I was out shopping all day (which totally exhausted me) so I decided to do a quick mani before I went out. I was staring at my nails in the Sun all day!

I'm going on my first ever no-buy month starting today because I bought a lot of clothes (and some polish) today. I would love to have another blog where I posted clothing hauls and OOTDs because I want to share my weird style with the world! I scored some black Jeffrey Campbell Litas for fifty bucks the other day off of eBay (plus fifty dollar shipping) and I'm thinking of doing a mani and photo shoot with the shoes and nails once they get here! I like to think I can post outfits or clothing bits on here as long as I do my nails to match, what do you guys think? Would any of you be interested in another blog from me featuring hauls and outfit of the days? Let me know in the comments! :)

Onto the pictures!

The blue I used here is one coat of OPI OPI... Eurso Euro and the white is two coats of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls! This is just one coat of Lateralus over both!

Thanks for reading everybody! I love getting comments so feel free to talk to me! :)

My Picks from the Sally Hansen Sugar Coat Collection: Swatches and Review!

Hello everybody! Today I have swatches of the five Sally Hansen Sugar Coat polishes I picked up from the States last month to share!

I'm going to go ahead and talk about the formula here because almost all of them had the same formula, I'll mention the differences under the pictures if there are any! These polishes were quite easy to work with as long as you applied thick coats (to get the polish where you want it and to not build a grit barrier and an uneven line). Most of these polishes are white-based and most of them took two thick coats (as thin coats aren't really an option with these polishes). Dry time was really quick and to my surprise, I like these polishes as much as glitter-containing textured matte polishes!

Onto the swatches!

Sweetie- two coats

Lick-O-Rich- one coat

You can see here what the finish of these polishes look like at one coat, there are shiny and smooth bits as well as gritty matte ones!

Sour Apple- two coats

Cherry Drop- two coats

This polish was a jelly polish, not a white-based creme like the other four Sugar Coats in this post. It was super opaque but at two coats it still had VNL because it's a jelly. This polish had a longer drying time than the rest, and it had a more subtle textured matte effect.

Sugar Fix- two coats

Thanks for reading and taking a look! :)

Hard Candy Black Tie Optional over a Pink to Orange Gradient!

Hey everybody! Check out the light box I made all by myself!

I can take pictures at night and have consistent and even light!!!!!!!!!

I took these pictures last night! I'm so happy and excited if you can't tell! Today I have swatches of China Glaze Dance Baby and a pink to orange gradient topped with black and white glitter for you! The lighting doesn't look amazing in the swatch pictures, but I think that's because Dance Baby is a bad colour on me and it makes my skin look weird and kind of tan. However, I am so happy with the gradient with glitter pictures because I think the lighting looks awesome!

Onto the photos!

This is two coats of China Glaze Dance Baby and no top coat! The formula of this polish was awesome and it was almost a one-coater! This polish was super easy to work with.

The orange used in this gradient was Essie Tart Deco and the black and white glitter is the famous Hard Candy Black Tie Optional!

Thanks for having a look! Please let me know in the comments if you think the new lighting looks good and if you prefer it and the background over what I used to use! :)

Black and White Glitter Topper Comparison and Julep Adriana!

Hey all! Today I have a swatch of Julep Adriana and a black and white glitter polish comparison to show you featuring two indie polishes!

I bought a bunch of black and white glitter polishes recently and I've hardly/never used them! I kind of fell in love with all the glitter toppers featured in this post and I'm thinking of doing a gradient topped with one of them and posting that tomorrow!

I've made myself a light box but I still need some white light lightbulbs and a few lamps, so bear with the inconsistent lighting! Maybe I'll post my gradient topped with black and white glitter tonight if I get my light box in working order by then!

Anyways, onto the pictures!

I took a few pictures in the Sun of Adriana after I took these shade pictures, and I noticed it had bubbled pretty badly. What you see here is two coats and no top coat! I didn't wait very long between coats, but I waited as long as I do swatching Black Sheep Lacquer polishes and they have never bubbled on me!

Thumb and ring finger: Hard Candy Black Tie Optional

Index finger: Dollish Polish Putting on the Ritzzz!

Middle finger: Black Sheep Lacquer A Letter to the New York Post

Pinkie finger: Sally Hansen Tweedy

They were all super easy to work with and had lovely formulas!

Let me know if you have a favourite or any questions in the comments! Thanks for reading my lovely people! :)

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!

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!

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! :)

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! :)