Five Roundups From Five Months: Multicoloured

Yo yo yo my lovely people! Today I'm here with the last of my roundup posts to share!

I am finished with my exams now and so flipping happy about it! Like I said before, I have some cool nail art ideas that I'll be trying out soon and I'll be posting about them here!

Onto the nails!

piCture pOlish Darcy, O'Hara, Enchanting, Forget Me Not, Doctor Lacquer Carotene Holo & Cirque Colors Carpe Diem

American Apparel Downtown LA & L'Esprit

Lots of polishes, mostly by American Apparel & OPI (a recreation of @nailallie's look)

OPI Pepe's Purple Passion & I Have A Herring Problem 

KB Shimmer Too Pop To Handle & Zoya Destiny (two coats each)

American Apparel T-Shirt, Hassid, piCture pOlish O'Hara, Enchanting & Doctor Lacquer Carotene Holo

Thanks so much for having a look everyone! I may be back with some yellow nails because that's what I'm feeling at the moment! Happy Friday!

Five Roundups From Five Months: Red to Green

Hello hello everyone! Today I'm bringing you the first of five roundup posts from my five month absence!

Being a fourth year biochem student makes it hard to do everything else you'd like to do. I've missed blogging so much; taking proper nail pictures, filming and editing tutorials, writing a bit about my life and interacting with you guys! I struggle with motivation in basically every aspect of my life but I have a little more than usual lately and I want to translate that into blogging!

So without further ado, let's get to the nails!

American Apparel Hassid & OPI Lost On Lombard (a recreation of @aliciatnails' design)

Doctor Lacquer Adrenaline (two coats)

Essie Chillato (three coats)

ILNP Timeless Vow (two coats)

piCture pOlish Enchanting (two coats)

I hope you guys are doing well and I'll see you soon for more looks I wore during my absence! Happy Monday!

Negative Space (Naked) Holographic Diamond Glitter Nails!

Hey everyone, today I have some negative space glitter nails to share!

A big change in my life happened recently so the motivation to blog was definitely not there. I want it to come back and I've really missed posting on here, so I'm going to try and get back to posting! Blogging and nails are a huge part of my life and I definitely don't want that to change!

To start, I did something I always do but don't usually mention on here; applied a coat of base coat (Orly Bonder). 

Next, I went in with Wet N Wild Wild Shine Clear Nail Protector (as a slower-drying option to my normal top coat), a brush dipped in it and the holographic diamond glitters (from eBay, see another post featuring them here). I painted a stripe or a blob depending on the nail, and then picked up and placed the glitters one by one. I think this clear polish still dries pretty fast so I wouldn't actually recommend it for something like this.

After a bit of dry time, I applied a coat of top coat (Essie Good To Go) and I was done!

What do you guys think of these nails? They felt quite salon-y to me and I really like them!

Thanks so much for having a look everyone! I'll be back with some negative space dry brush nails as well as a pastel water marble! Happy Saturday guys! =)

Holographic Strawberries Featuring Doctor Lacquer Carotene Holo!

Hey everyone! Today I have some holographic strawberry nails to share!

I can't believe it will be July 1st tomorrow (Canada Day woot woot)! I had hoped to get more caught up on le blog by now, but what can you do? I think I only have four looks to get up after this one so it's not too bad! Hopefully I'll get back into posting once a day so I can finally catch up!

Onto tons of pictures!

For this look, I started with a base of two coats of Doctor Lacquer Carotene Holo. The formula and brush and all that was lovely! It's a bit of a mustardy yellow and I love that about it!

My two favourite things about Doctor Lacquer are the science-related names and the medium sized (10.5mL) bottles! Minis are too small and full sizes are too big am I right? I feel an obsession coming on and I already picked up twelve other polishes when I ordered this :P.

Next, I went in with piCture pOlish O'Hara on a medium sized paintbrush for the fruit part of the strawberries. I'm madly in love with this polish and you'll be seeing a full nail swatch tomorrow in my Canada Day mani!

Finally, I went in with B Squared Lacquer Change The Game on a small paintbrush for the leaf part. Some dry time and a coat of top coat (Essie Good To Go as per usual) and I was done!

I loved wearing these nails and I wish I had have taken a picture of my other hand! It had exactly the same design but it can't pose well and I forgot to take pictures of it.

What do you guys think of these nails or this Doctor Lacquer polish? I'd love to know!

Thanks so much for taking a look everyone! I'll be back with my Canada Day Nails followed by a thermal polish from Doctor Lacquer! Happy Tuesday! =)

ILNP Phoenix (H) Over Essie Carry On!

Hey everyone! Today I have another of the ILNP holographic ultra chrome flakie polishes to share!

Today's post will be a quick one because it's ten o' clock and I need my sleep! I'm really going to try and post once a day like I said in my last post. If I don't, I'll never get caught up on here!

Onto the nails!

I tried out a new nail shape here as you may have noticed. I immediately took this off and cut my nails back to round nubs after taking these pictures :P. The claws suit many people but not me!

I started off with two coats of Essie Carry On. After that had dried, I went in with ILNP Phoenix (H) followed by a coat of top coat!

What do you guys think of these gorgeous toppers? I'm loving them!

Thanks so much for having a look everyone! I'll be back with a post a day for the foreseeable future! Happy Thursday! :)

ILNP Paradox (H) Over Essie Go Overboard!

Hey everyone! Today I have a gorgeous ILNP (I Love Nail Polish) holographic ultra chrome flakie polish to share!

This post is going to be a pretty quick one because I have so many posts to get up in the next little while! Anna (my best friend who's from Switzerland) got here yesterday!!! So I'll be volunteering a lot less and shopping, eating, hanging out, etc. with Anna instead! That also means I'll have time to be more active on here which I'm excited about!

Anyways, onto the nails!

To start I applied one easy coat of Essie Go Overboard, a dark teal polish.

After that had dried I went in with a coat of the star of the show; ILNP Paradox (H). A coat of top coat and I was finished!

This polish was super easy to apply and remove! The shift in this one is really amazing. I found myself staring at my nails constantly while wearing this!

What do you guys think of ILNP or their ultra chrome flakies? I picked up four of these ones with the holographic microglitter thrown in (and none of the holo-less ones). The holographic effect is so strong that these look completely different in the Sun, which I think is really cool! I have videos of these in the Sun and the shade on my Instagram if you scroll back to about three weeks ago!

Thanks so much for taking a look everyone! I have about six more posts to get up before I'm caught up so hopefully I'll be posting on here a lot from now on! Happy Thursday guys! =)

Girly Bits Cosmetics Hoop! There It Is Collection Swatch & Review!

Hey everyone! Today I have swatches of the Girly Bits Hoop! There It Is collection to share!

All of the swatches are without top coat except for the glitter topper; You Spin Me Round. Excuse my peely nail beds in some of the pictures (I really should have just used top coat)! I would describe the polishes as crellies for the most part, though a few are definitely cremes. I'll try to describe their true colours because as we all know, photographing neons accurately is a major challenge!

I had no issues with the formula so all of the polishes were lovely to use! The cremes/crellies all dried down to a satin finish which is always cool!

Here is a picture of the collection taken with my phone. Sadly, my phone does a way better job at capturing the colours accurately than my sister's Canon Rebel that I use for pictures. I would say these colours are all very accurate except for the middle pink, You're My Hooper Hero, as it is more orange-toned in real life.

Onto the swatches!

First up we have the collection's namesake; Hoop! There It Is! It is a neon coral polish that is a tad more orange and even more bright in person! Shown here is two coats!

Next up we have These Hips Don't Lie! THDL is a highlighter yellow polish that is brighter and a little bit more green in person. I used three coats for the opacity you see here!

Here we have Hooperchondriac, a neon yellow-toned green polish. This one is showing up way too pale and not yellow-toned enough in these pictures. Shown here is three coats!

Next we have Hip Hoop Hurray!, a warm-toned purple! This picture is bang-on colour-wise except for the fact that it is a little darker in person. This was two coats!

Here we have You're My Hooper Hero, a bright warm-toned pink shade! Again, this one is a little more orange than either cameras would like to capture. Shown is three coats!

Here we have Don't Paddle Break A Nail, a cool-toned pink. This one is a little darker in person and this was two coats!

Next up we have I've Got High Hoops, a medium blue! This one looks pretty good except it's a bit darker and a smidge less purple in person. Shown is two coats!

Here we have three coats of It's Hoop To Be Square, a pale yellow-toned green ! This one is looking a little too pale and maybe the tiniest bit more yellow than in real life.

Next we have Get Indie Flow, a blue-toned purple polish! This one also looks bang on except it is a little too pale! Shown is two coats!

Here we have two coats of Thump Your Melons, a medium-toned orange! In real life this polish is a bit lighter and less yellow-toned.

Lastly, we have You Spin Me Round, a clear-based glitter topper with white, black and holographic microglitters! This is one coat of YSMR and a coat of top coat over Hip Hoop Hurray!!

Overall I really love this collection. I'm happy to add some neons to collection because I really don't have many! What do you guys think of these polishes? I have about five more posts to get up so I better get on them before I get more behind! Happy Tuesday guys! :)

Papaya Nail Art Featuring KBShimmer Periwinkle In Time!

Hello everybody! Today I have some papaya nails as well as a gorgeous KBShimmer polish to share!

It is the morning of my second-to-last day of school and I am so freaking excited to be finished as you may know! Now to get studying! :P I think I really need the four-month break we have from school, I've been sleeping as much as I usually do but I've still been so tired lately. The semester just needs to be over! My finals are quite spread out which is nice, but it also means I don't finish until late this month. Are you guys almost done school for the semester and are finals approaching? I'd love to know!

Onto the nails!

I did these nails before I nubbinized my nails as you may notice! I kind of think I cut them too short when I do this every few weeks because I can't wrap my tips without making a mess. They'll be back to this length in a few weeks anyway though! They grow so fast and I'm so lazy about cutting and/or filing them so I let them grow out and then chop them short, as you've probably noticed :P. I try to think of it as a good thing, like, whether you like short nails or long nails I'll always cycle through both!

For my blue/periwinkle nails, I just applied three easy coats of KBShimmer Periwinkle In Time and a coat of top coat (Essie Good to Go). The polish was really easy to work with and I got tons of the larger glitters on basically every nail except my ring finger that you see here! Some of the glitters were even holographic! This is another gorgeous KBShimmer polish with a lovely formula in my books!

As for the papaya nails, I started off with two coats of OPI Don't Bossa Nova Me Around. Weirdly enough, it ended up looking a lot like My Vampire is Buff when paired with the other colours, despite being a pinky putty off-white nude colour (rather than a yellow-toned off-white nude colour). Next, I went in with OPI Where Did Suzi's Man-go? and an average-sized paint brush for the meat of the papaya, followed by American Apparel Hassid and Crescent Heights on a small paintbrush for the seeds and skin, respectively. I allowed it all to dry and added a thick coat of top coat (again, Essie Good to Go) to avoid smudging my design!

What do you guys think of this polish or these papayas? I'd love to know in the comments!

Thanks so much for reading! Make sure you enter my giveaway if you haven't already, just click on the picture at the top of the sidebar to find the post about it! I'll be back with some purple gradient nails, probably with some nail art on top, I haven't decided yet! Happy Wednesday guys! :)