Butter London Wellies Swatch & Review!

Hey everyone! Today I have a swatch of Butter London Wellies to share!

As you may have noticed, I've been a very bad blogger lately and I'm really sorry for that! I almost wrote my entire term paper for genetics last weekend and then had two midterms last week, so I've been pretty busy! Things will slow down over the next two weeks but then BAM, it's finals time. I'll try to prepare some posts ahead of time for finals weeks like I did last semester so I don't go missing for a week or two!

I also just got a new Macbook last night and I'm so happy about it! It's a 13'' Macbook Pro and it has 500 gigs of storage which is the main reason I got it. My old 11'' Macbook Air was half the weight (which I might miss when I'm carrying this thing around at school) but it only had 60 gigs of storage. That is totally not enough for a nail blogger! I only ever had about a gig of free space left and I was constantly having to move nail pictures onto my external hard drive. I couldn't even get updates because it was so full! It's also really cool because my old computer is perfect for my non-nail-blogger sister, so now she has an awesome little laptop! Anyways, onto the nails!

About a week ago I posted a couple of pictures of this lovely polish on Instagram and I'm just now blogging about it! Wellies is a chartreuse crelly that is a tiny bit streaky even after three coats. I loved the colour and other than the streakiness the formula was awesome! I really really like this polish!

What you see here is three coats and a coat of top coat! I did each coat closer together than I usually do and that didn't cause any bubbling, so it seemed to dry really fast!

My lovely boyfriend bought me this polish and a few others recently, despite the fact that he didn't really like the colour of this one! He's too lovely :).

I did end up doing some nail art on top of this, but I went in without a plan and ended up really disliking it. You can see a picture of it on my Instagram if you're curious!

Thank you so much for reading everyone! I'd love to know what you think of this colour in the comments! Happy Saturday! =)

Revlon French Roast Swatch & Review!

Hey everyone! Today I have a gorgeous brown creme with shimmer to share!

I apologize for not posting so often lately, we have three weeks left of school so I have a bunch of stuff to due including a few more midterms. I am feeling better about school lately, and I now think I'll be able to survive the next few weeks haha! Onto the polish!

If you follow me on Instagram (@partialtopolish), then you know I scored big at a dollar store a few weeks ago. This was one of the polishes I picked up (along with 11 others :P) that day! Revlon French Roast is a dark and warm brown creme polish with orange, pink and blue shimmer. This polish strikes me as very unique release for a non-indie brand, and I find it quite pretty!

The formula was very easy to work with, nice and thick for easy control. It dried very fast and only needed two coats to reach opacity. What you see here is two coats and a coat of top coat!

I did find that I got tip-wear a lot quicker than I usually do while wearing this polish, but I change my polish pretty often and it didn't go so far as to chip!

Overall I think this is a really pretty polish, especially to a brown lover like me! And for two dollars, how could I have realistically said no? :P

Thank you so much for reading everyone! I'm going to a play and a dinner tonight before picking up my little sister from the airport and I can't wait to see her! I've been on plenty of trips on my own but this was her first trip without her family so I'm excited to hear how it was and have her home! What are your guys' plans for the evening? Happy Friday! =)

Deborah Lippmann Marnie & Snake Nail Art with the Deborah Lippmann Girls Collection!

Yo yo yo! Today I have some nail art to share featuring the Deborah Lippmann Girls Collection!

Tonight's post will be a quick one because I still have homework to do and it's just about bed time :P. I'm still feeling very overwhelmed with school so I need to do as much homework as possible to de-stress.

Here is a quick swatch of Deborah Lippmann Marnie, a light pink crelly which is pinker (i.e. a darker pink) than I was able to capture on any camera. It was a bit streaky and a three-coater but I'm so in love with the brush and I've wanted to try a Deborah Lippmann for so long that I have no complaints!

Now for the nail art! I used the other three polishes from the Girls collection for these snake nails; Jessa (the dark red crelly), Hannah (the dusty green creme) and Shoshanna (the light purple creme with shimmer). All dried fast and were super easy to work with!

For the snake-skin-looking nails I used a technique from a tutorial by the lovely Jaunty Juli! Check out her awesome and quick tutorial if you want to know how I did these!

Sorry about how brief this post was, I need to get my butt in gear with my term paper and homework before it's the last week of school! :P What do you guys think of these nails? I'd love to know! Happy Monday!

B Squared Lacquer All Aboard Swatch & Review plus a Mrcandiipants Fern Design!

Hey everyone! Today I have a lovely teal scattered holographic polish and some fern/leaf nail art to share!

The end of the semester is really sneaking up on me so I think on the nights I don't have homework (like tonight) I really have to get my butt in gear and work on all of my genetics write-ups! I'm feeling very excited for the semester to end because school has been really overwhelming lately. Anyways, let's get on to the lovely polish to take my mind off things!

B Squared Lacquer All Aboard is a turquoise blue/light tealish blue crelly polish with a scattered holographic effect. This is polish is one of my favourite colours so I absolutely love the look of it! There is also a perfect amount of holo pigment that it doesn't look super silver indoors, meaning it looks awesome inside or outside!

The formula on this polish was an absolute breeze to work with, slightly thick allowing for lots of control and no cuticle-flooding! It appeared to not self level right after I applied it, but rest assured it does while it dries! This polish really impressed me and I'm really excited to try the other polishes I received in the same giveaway!

You can see how this polish self-leveled perfectly here because I didn't use any top coat for these photos! What you see here is three easy coats and no top coat. This polish also dried really fast and it's 3-free! Love it!

I also included some pictures in natural light with the flash on to show off the holographic sparkle! You can also see how freaking shiny this polish dries on its own here! This baby is just too pretty guys.

And now we have the nail art! I used an Orly Instant Artist striper polish in the colour Sky Blue for the ferns! This nail art is a MrCandiipants original design and you can watch her Youtube tutorial for these here! The striper uses water-based paint (which I assume means acrylic paint) so it doesn't dry up on the brush or anything lame like that. It was super easy to work with and I love the colour of it next to All Aboard!

After the nail art dried I applied one quick coat of the only top coat I ever use, Essie Good to Go! This mani looks super awesome (to me at least) and it hardly took any time at all! It reminds me of tacky tourist shirts so naturally I love it!

What do you guys think of All Aboard or this nail art? I'd love to hear in the comments!

Thank you so much for reading everyone! I've finally caught up in posting so I can't tell you what I'll be posting next because I have no idea! Anyways, happy Thursday and I'll talk to you soon! =)

Nude Nails with Black Sheep Lacquer Lateralus & Hex Nail Jewelry!

Hey everyone! Today I have a cute neutral mani to share!

I've been busy with assignments and midterms lately and I'm still busy with them so I'll keep this post pretty short! I do know that I have some cool fern nail art to share with you guys next! Onto the nails!

For these nails I started off with one to two coats of American Apparel California Trooper (one to two because a few nails were a little patchy from a sloppily-applied first coat and needed a second)!

I then applied one easy coat of Black Sheep Lacquer Lateralus, a gorgeous holographic top coat that is much more holo-y than I could capture! Check my Instagram for more accurate pictures of the holo effect!

Next, I applied a dab of top coat on the centre of two nails and stuck a Hex Nail Jewelry charm on each!

Finally, I applied a coat of top coat to all of my nails to seal it all in!

What do you guys think of this simple mani? I'd love to know!

Here is my right hand! I love love LOVE this owl charm so much!

Thanks so much for reading everyone, hopefully I'll have time to be more thorough and talkative in my next post! Happy Tuesday! :)

Rainbow Honey Apple Kid & Watercolour Nail Art!

Hey everyone! Today I have a swatch and review of Rainbow Honey Apple Kid and some watercolour nail art on top to share!

I am super happy today because it's Friday! I do have a bunch of homework and studying to do over the weekend but I'm trying to be less lazy and more motivated so it might not be so bad! I'll be proud of myself for doing the work and putting in the effort! I even decided to dress like I used to today (i.e. less lazily and comfily) to try and get myself back on track. Remember when I was following the Blogilates calendar? I haven't worked out since I stopped and I remember being more motivated for school when I was working out, so I'd like to start up again! Life changes excitement aside, let's get onto the nails!

I decided to wear a pink polish for once the other day, so I reached for one of my many untried Rainbow Honey's, Apple Kid. My camera hates reds and pinks so I think this is showing up a little too pink and not quite red enough here!

This lovely polish was just about a one-coater but I did two just to be sure! I also added a coat of top coat and it dried super shiny (unlike it looks here). Ugh, taking accurate pictures of my nails is an endless struggle, but at least they keep getting better!

Another thing that's a little bit off in these pictures is my skin tone, because dang did this polish make me look pale. I kind of like when a polish does that because it means it's really freaking bright and bold!

The formula and consistency of this polish was awesome, definitely no complaints there! I've just been loving all of my Rainbow Honey's so far!

And now we have the nail art! I thinned out blobs of Essie DJ Play that Song (purple), Sally Hansen Fiery Island (orange) and Nyx Girls Bloody Mary (red) with acetone on a piece of paper and painted random blobs of them on my nail! I then messily covered my entire nail with a thinned out coat of American Apparel Angeline (pink) with my nail art brush to tone down and blend some of the colours in better.

Next I applied one coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust followed by a coat of top coat! It would have been so fun to add some stars and turn these into sunset galaxy nails!

Another thing about these pictures is it's hard to see the different colours that were painted on. If you check out my Instagram there is a picture where you can see the different colours better! I think the dulled shine, improper white balance and the fact that it's hard to distinguish between the colours is because like other cameras, my camera hates reds and has difficulty photographing them!

Thanks so much for reading everyone! How do you feel about this nail art or Rainbow Honey Apple Kid? I'd love to know! Happy Friday! =)

Giveaway Winners Announced!

Hey everyone! This is just another quick post announcing the winners of my giveaway!

Shaylene won prize one and Amy won prize two! As long as they respond to my emails in 48 hours they will be the winners! Thank you so much for entering everyone!

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I'll have a swatch and review with nail art post up later today! Happy Friday! =)

Giveaway Reminder!

Hey guys! This is just a quick little post reminding you guys that my giveaway ends in a little over one day! You can enter here if you haven't already!

And just for fun (and so this isn't just a text post) here is a picture of my new hair because I'm obsessed with it!

Good luck! Happy Wednesday!

Illamasqua Viridian Swatch and Review & Half Moon Heart Nail Art!

Hey everyone! Today I have a swatch and review of Illamasqua Viridian and some nail art on top to share!

Hey guys, how are you doing? I'm a little nervous and very curious to get my organic chem midterm back today! They are only worth 10% so I'll try not to beat myself up if I don't do super well! Every time I finish a midterm in that class I tell myself I have to start studying sooner than the night before for the next one but it never happens! :P

If you follow me on Instagram you'll know I actually painted and wore these nails about two weeks ago, but I got a bit ahead of myself and kept not posting them. So here they are today! Because these are older pictures they were just automatically white balanced after being taken (not custom white balanced in my light box prior to being taken) so they might be a little off. I'll take a little off any day when I look back at how off my white balance has been!

I remember wearing just one coat of Viridian the first time I wore it, but this time I wore two coats and a coat of top coat! It had a perfect formula and consistency and it seemed to dry quickly! I really love this polish and I've since bought another Illamasqua polish because of it (Facet if you're wondering)! Props to my friend Sarah for buying me this lovely and making me want a ton more! ;)

I think this polish is prettier and glowier than it looks in these pictures, too bad my light box is where pretty shimmer and glitter go to die!

Another thing I love about Illamasqua polishes are their bottles! They look so classy and ritzy. I also quite like the brush that they come with, it made application very easy!

Now for the nail art! Using the bottle from the brush, I painted heart-like shapes in Zoya Kristen over my base. I was going to go in with another heart shape with another polish, but I decided I really liked these as is!

Kristen is a grey blue hybrid and it can lean one way more than the other depending on what you pair it with. It looks colour-accurate here, but I did feel like it looked more grey next to the green in real life!

What do you guys think of these nails? They're super quick to do but really interesting to look at. I think they look quite chic! Also, does anyone know the proper term for these? I've called them half moon hearts in my title because I have no idea haha!

Thanks so much for reading everyone, I hope you're all having a lovely start to the week! I'll be back soon with a super bright pink polish (Rainbow Honey Apple Kid) and some nail art on top! Happy Tuesday! =)