Black Sheep Lacquer Under The Bridge: Reswatched and Reviewed!

Hey guys! Today I have a better swatch of a polish I've swatched before, Black Sheep Lacquer Under The Bridge* (old post here)!

I've decided to break up the huge wall of text and the huge wall of pictures by alternating between text and pictures, I'd love to know whether you prefer this configuration or the old one in the comments!

This week and next are final exam weeks at my college, and I'm actually lucky enough to finish my finals this Saturday! So for me, this week is final week and I really want to crack down and study hard! Because of this, I decided to paint my nails with a pretty indie polish and leave it on for six whole days :O. I do have a Pretty & Polished cuticle balm review post to write up, so hopefully I'll still be posting every three days this week! All of my finals are back to back, so I've decided to do a subject a day so as to not overwhelm myself haha. Today's topic is cell biology in case your curious, and it's actually going really well. Quite surprising for a procrastinator like me!

Anyways, onto the polish! Under The Bridge is a gorgeous red jelly polish packed with large and medium-sized dark blue hexes, small matte white hexes, small dark blue squares, tiny silver and dark blue hexes, and who could forget, huge red circles! All of the dark blue glitters that are covered in the red jelly base appear purple and it makes them look so glowy and pretty! The base is darker and pinker in person, it's really difficult to capture reds accurately on camera! Other than having to fish for two of the four circle glitters I have on my nails right now, this polish had a perfect formula (no glitter clumping or anything) and I find fishing for glitters kind of fun anyways! I might have not even had to fish for any if I had let the bottle sit upside down for longer before polishing! What you see here is two coats of Under The Bridge and two coats of top coat for maximum squishiness!

I actually described one of my dream polishes to Erin and this is what she came up with, it's a beautiful take on my description and I absolutely love it!

What do you guys think of this polish? Super pretty right? I hope you're all having a lovely Monday, let me know what you'll be up to this week in the comments! Anyone else about to do some final exams?

*This polish was sent for swatches, though I have already swatched it.

Plaid Nails Inspired by MrCandiipants!

Hey guys! Today I have some plaid nails inspired by MrCandiipants' flannel tutorial (here)!

After doing this mani I was feeling flannel and plaid so hard that I actually ran to my favourite thrift store and picked a few shirts up! One of them had a rip in the armpit, but my grandma came over and fixed it after I painted her nails! She definitely did a better job than I could have done haha! I'm going to go ahead and insert a picture because we took a cute one of my hand, my mom's and my grandma's last night (she's wearing Emily de Molly Turbulence by the way)!

It was just a lovely evening to top off a lovely day! I even found an American Apparel skirt for only four dollars! Score!

Anyways, let me tell you about the nails! I watched Mrcandiipants' tutorial on Youtube (linked above) a week or more ago and I've wanted to do plaid nails ever since! I know mine aren't that similar to hers, but I like them nonetheless! I do wish that I had done the yellow (Color Club Almost Famous) stripes before (under) the black (Orly Liquid Vinyl… duh!) and blue (Essie Mesmerized) ones, but it had already taken a while so I decided to keep them like this! Also, the red base isn't just one colour like it looks in the picture, the middle square is NYX Girls Bloody Mary, the four corners outside of the black lines are Sally Hansen Nail Growth Miracle Stunning Scarlet, and the colour that makes a huge plus sign under the middle square is American Apparel Poppy! I'm so sad that the plus sign and the square on top look like the same colour in these pictures, I made the overlapping part darker like most plaid looks and you can tell in real life! :P

Anyways, onto the pictures!

Here's my right hand! I think it looks pretty similar to my left hand and for that I'm pretty proud!

Thank you so much for reading everyone! What do you guys think of plaid or flannel nails? Or more specifically, what do you think of these? Talk to you soon! :)

More Northern Star Polish Swatches: Smuldering, Ki-Ki Ma-Ma, Storybook Love, Inconceivable and Drop Your Sword!

Hey everybody! Today I have five more Northern Star Polish polishes to show you all!

I was a total swatching machine on the weekend, can you believe I swatched seven polishes (these five and my two Emily de Mollys) in two days? I'm actually not very surprised because I should have been studying for my upcoming biochemistry midterm and doing my organic chemistry assignment :P. I am a horribly efficient procrastinator!

All of these polishes had really nice formulas that were a bit thick, but I should note that Storybook Love was a little too thick for my liking, though still totally manageable! All of the pictures seen here are of three coats and no top coat except for the first polish, Smuldering, which is of two coats and no top coat!

The last three polishes featured in this post are from Kristen's As You Wish Collection which makes me super happy! Does anyone else love the movie The Princess Bride? I've seen it so many times and just talking about it makes me want to watch it again!

Anyways, onto the swatches!

Smuldering- two coats, no top coat

Ki-Ki Ma-Ma- three coats, no top coat

Storybook Love- three coats, no top coat

Inconceivable- three coats, no top coat

Drop Your Sword- three coats, no top coat

Thanks so much for taking a look everyone, let me know if any of these polishes are calling your names in the comments! Happy Tuesday! =)

Emily de Molly Swatches and Review: Turbulence and Oceanic Forces!

Hey everybody! Today I have swatches of the two Emily de Molly polishes I picked up in Nail Polish Canada's most recent restock!

Both of these polishes had perfect formulas, slightly thick due to the glitter which again, is just the way I like my polishes! Opacity also wasn't an issue here, all of these pictures show two coats of colour and one coat of top coat (Essie Good to Go).

Please excuse my cuticles in these pictures, I tend to neglect them when I have a midterm to study for! I'm taking a break from swatching right now to write this post and let some cuticle oil sink in :).

Onto the swatches and descriptions of the polishes!

Turbulence (love the name) is a deep and dark blue jelly packed with many colours, sizes and shapes of glitter! Some of these glitters are even holographic, including my favourites, the diamond-shaped ones. They really make the polish and set it apart from other glitter-containing jelly polishes!

Oceanic Forces is a deep and dark teal jelly polish filled with different shapes and sizes of turquoise glitters! Many of the glitters in this beauty are also holographic, and you can never go wrong with holographic glitters! I had a hard time getting the circle glitters onto the brush (despite the fact that I reversed the bottle for at least ten minutes before both coats), so I placed most of the circle glitters you see here by fishing and searching through the bottle. Honestly, having to fish for glitters doesn't bother me at all, it can be challenging at times but that makes what makes it fun! And as you can see it's well worth the effort!

Thank you so much for reading everyone, let me know which one is your favourite in the comments! I hope you're all having a good start to your weekend! :)

Contrary Polish River Market Swatch and Review!

Hi everyone! Today I have my first ever Contrary Polish blend to share!

My lovely boyfriend is an enabler; he bought me my favourite three polishes from the latest Contrary Polish collection (the No Place Like Home Collection) a few weeks ago! I will definitely be sharing swatches of the other two polishes he picked up for me (The Boulevard and Westport) in the near future! But today I'll be sharing River Market with all you lovely people (if you haven't guessed from the title haha) so let's get to the swatches and review!

River Market is a dark purple jelly polish with orange, pink and purple shimmer! Shown here is two coats and a coat of top coat (as always, Essie Good To Go). Can you believe how deep this polish looks at only two coats? I always show my nails to everyone who's home after I do them, and when I showed these to my dad he immediately commented on the amazing depth. Formula-wise this polish was perfect; a tad bit thick which is just the way I like my polishes!

I tried using my (sister's) camera on the program setting and fiddling with the white balance, and funnily enough I actually took these pictures above my light box! I think if I use these settings, work within the light box, and possibly add another lamp above my light box, my pictures might look like they do here but with less glare. Maybe I've finally figured out my lighting guys!!! What do you think? Let me know in the comments!

Onto the photos!

I'll definitely be purchasing some more Contrary Polish polishes in the future, as I am absolutely wowed and in love with this brand already! Check out their shop here or their blog here to see more of their gorgeous polishes!

Thanks so much for reading everyone, I hope you're all having a lovely Wednesday! =)