Showing posts with label purple. Show all posts
Showing posts with label purple. Show all posts

Friday, 22 November 2013

Mod Lacquer Swatches and Review: Mothman, Loup Garou and Misfit Masquerade!

Hey y'all! Today I have some beautiful Mod Lacquer polishes to share with you!*

I was so excited to get this package you guys, and I have to say, my already high expectations were definitely exceeded!

One of the reasons I was so excited is because of the bottles, they have the cutest shape to them! The top of the handle/brush part is rounded so if you like to store your glitter polishes upside down a few minutes before using them, do what I did and just pop the bottle inside a roll of toilet paper upside down to hold it! The brushes are also lovely, similar to Essie ones but thicker and a bit longer. I had absolutely no problems with application for any of these polishes!

By the way, Jennifer (the shop owner) is running a fall sale until December first, so you can use the code FALL15 for 15% off any order over $10 until then! She also added a retired sale section to her shop so you can pick up polishes from her older collections for reduced prices! Lastly, she has two awesome limited edition polishes available for purchase right now, Breaking Mod, a light blue jelly with different sized pearly white hexagon glitters, and Vault 24/18, an 18 and 24 carat gold topper in a clear base! I'm very tempted to buy both of them though I'm supposed to be on a no-buy! :P

Anyways, onto the pictures and individual reviews!

Mod Lacquer Mothman

First up is Mothman, a black crelly polish with medium-sized red and holographic charcoal hexes, and small holographic silver microglitter! I honestly believe it's impossible to own too many black crellies with glitter like this beauty! I love the red hexes because they keep the polish interesting when viewed in the Sun or the shade. In the Sun there are constant red glitters while all of the other glitters are changing colours, and in the shade it looks like a gorgeous black, red and silver blend! Shown here is two coats plus two coats of top coat (it only needed one, but I've never double top coated a glitter polish before and I wanted to see this polish at maximum squishiness)! The formula was great, though it was a little tricky to get a smooth line while cleaning up (solely due to it being a glitter polish). I was studying for and worrying about a midterm the evening I painted these, so that could have also been a major factor for me painting sloppily and needing more cleanup!

Mod Lacquer Mothman

Mod Lacquer Mothman

Mod Lacquer Mothman

Since my lightbox is where holographic glitters/polishes go to die, here is an Instagram video I took of this beauty!


Mod Lacquer Loup Garou

Next we have Loup Garou, a clear base packed with red, orange, yellow and black bar glitters! This polish just screams Thanksgiving to me and I could definitely see it being perfect for turkey feathers in some Thanksgiving nail art! I had a hard time deciding what polish to layer this baby over, I really thought an olive green would be nice but I don't actually own an olive green creme (gasp!). I decided on a pale nude colour to create a Thanksgiving-ish mani! Shown here is one coat (with slight dabbing on two nails) and a coat of top coat under two coats of American Apparel California Trooper!

Mod Lacquer Loup Garou

Mod Lacquer Loup Garou

Mod Lacquer Loup Garou

Mod Lacquer Misfit Masquerade

Lastly we have Misfit Masquerade, a glitter topper containing tiny, small and medium-sized blue, yellow and purple matte hexes! This one is just so fun and cute, I put it on both hands and I'm wearing it right now! I think this would be really cute over a pale version of one of the three colours of glitter in this, I almost did it over a pale purple and I probably will one day! Shown here is one coat plus one coat of top coat over one (yes, one) coat of Revlon Espresso (from the fairly recent Revlon Parfumerie Collection). I found a one-coater black guys!!! Anyways, onto more pictures!

Mod Lacquer Misfit Masquerade

Mod Lacquer Misfit Masquerade

Mod Lacquer Misfit Masquerade

Thanks so much for having a look everyone, happy Friday! :)

*These polishes were sent to me for swatches and an honest review.

Wednesday, 6 November 2013

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!

Contrary Polish River Market

Contrary Polish River Market

Contrary Polish River Market

Contrary Polish River Market

Contrary Polish River Market

Contrary Polish River Market

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! =)

Sunday, 3 November 2013

Northern Star Polish Swatches: Venus de Meow and Bronzite!

Hi everyone! Today I have swatches and reviews of two more Northern Star Polish polishes to share!

I had a relaxing Saturday swatching these babies before a lovely dinner of Indian food and marathon of Super Nintendo games, despite the fact that I should have been studying for an upcoming cell biology midterm haha! Let me know how you guys spent your Saturdays in the comments!

Onto the reviews and pictures!

Venus de Meow is a very pale purple crelly with tiny blue circles, many large silver and a few purple hexes, and medium-sized silver holographic hexes (you can see one that appears green in the bottle shot)! Formula-wise this polish was pretty thick, but it is from an older collection I believe. Nail polish thinner didn't seem to help very much at all, but the polish was still manageable! Shown here is two thick coats and no top coat!

Northern Star Polish Venus de Meow

Northern Star Polish Venus de Meow

Northern Star Polish Venus de Meow

Northern Star Polish Venus de Meow

Bronzite is a dark brown creme with tiny gold and orange circles and small silver flakies! I am seriously in love with this beauty. Guys, I think this is my new favourite polish. I know I never use caps lock here, but LOOK AT IT!!! Formula-wise this polish was a little thick, but totally useable and manageable! I find slightly thick polishes like this have the easiest consistencies to work with so there are no formula issues to report here! Shown here is two easy coats and a coat of top coat!

I can't say enough good things about this polish guys. I was going to swatch the five other polishes I picked up from Northern Star Polish and maybe even the three Contrary Polish polishes I that arrived the other day, but after one coat I base coated my other hand because I had to wear it!

Northern Star Polish Bronzite

Northern Star Polish Bronzite

Northern Star Polish Bronzite

Northern Star Polish Bronzite

Are you guys as in love with Bronzite as I am? Even though it's a whole 15mL polish and I only ever finish black or white cremes, I seriously might need to pick up a backup of this lovely! I hope you're all having a lovely and relaxing Sunday, thank you so much for reading everyone! :)

Thursday, 31 October 2013

Cartoony Halloween Nails!

Hi everyone! Today I have a Halloween skittle mani to share!

Yesterday we went to my boyfriend's house for the night, so I brought a bunch of nail polish stuff to school so I could do my nails at his house. This means I've been carrying around the ten polishes I used for these nails plus my base and top coat and other supplies for two days now haha! There is one colour I can't tell you the name of in this mani, because I ended up mixing my green, orange and purple to make it! Except for forgetting to pack a brown (though I guess I could have done the stem bit green if I had used a different base colour for the pumpkin nails) I actually feel like I prepared really well for this mani. I ended up using every polish I brought with me on at least one nail!

After dinner I painted my boyfriend's stepmom's toes with the purple seen here (Color Club Pucci-licious) and I added cute little square gold studs to her big toes! In other words, I had a super polished-packed night, the best kind of night!

Sorry I didn't post these any sooner, I didn't have access to my sister's camera and my light box and lamps until now! I posted these nails when I was almost done with them yesterday on Instagram, so definitely follow me there because between here and Instagram, I usually post every three days or less! I also post ridiculous pictures of myself which I also did yesterday! I'm going to go ahead and embed the picture here because I want to show off my adorable new cat ear hat! Isn't it the best? :)

Anyway, asides aside, for these nails I only used two (well three if you count my cleanup brush) brushes! I picked up four new brushes from Michaels on the weekend and I love them all! Well, I haven't actually tried one of them yet, but I'm very excited to! For everything except the gradient I used a 12/0 liner brush, and for the gradient I used a big fluffy brush to mix the different proportions of blue and black and to apply the mixtures to my nails! I almost forgot, I also used an eyeshadow sponge because I bought a pack of them at the dollar store for gradient purposes! I used the sponge to lightly apply my black holographic polish on the tips of my thumbs!

Anyways, onto the polishes used and then the pictures!

Red creme- American Apparel Poppy
Holographic red- Northern Star Polish Ki-Ki-Ma-Ma
Orange- China Glaze Oh How Street It Is
Yellow- Color Club Almost Famous
Green- Essie Mojito Madness
Blue- Essie Mesmerized
Purple- Color Club Pucci-licious
White- OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls
Black creme- Orly Liquid Vinyl
Holographic black- Color Club Beyond






Here's my right hand! I'll only ever do a design I can do on both hands, so I kind of have to stick to simple cartoony designs haha!

Thanks so much for reading everyone, let me know what you think of these in the comments! Happy Halloween! :)

Sunday, 27 October 2013

Dollish Polish Putting On The Ritz! over a Blue to Purple Essie Gradient!

Hey everyone! Today I have a quick post featuring another glitter-topped gradient mani to share!

I've recently fallen in love with gradients (probably because I've finally mastered a technique that works) so I decided to do another one yesterday! The blue is Essie Bikini So Teeny and the purple is Essie Play Date (two of my favourite polishes)! The glitter on top is Dollish Polish Putting On The Ritzzz!, a lovely black and white glitter topper without any bar glitter (unlike Hard Candy Black Tie Optional)!

Onto the pictures!





What do you guys think of gradients topped with glitter? Thank you so much for reading! :)

Saturday, 19 October 2013

Four New Black Sheep Lacquer Duochromes: Blue-Yea, Blink, Forbidden Fruit and Zaftig Zombie!

Hello everyone! Today I have four lovely new duochromes (or multichromes, a few of them shine four or more different colours in my eyes) from Black Sheep Lacquer to share!*

I swatched each polish at one coat over black, at one coat on their own and at two or three coats for full opacity (and no top coat)! No formula issues, these were a pleasure to work with as usual!

Based on how these polishes look over black, I think these polishes would be absolutely perfect for a galaxy mani! I think I'll do one with these polishes pretty soon!

Also, I apologize for my short nails in the Forbidden Fruit and Zaftig Zombie over black swatches! These swatches took me quite a while to do and I filed my nails down before Erin and I decided I should swatch those two over black as well! I'm so glad I did, these would all be so awesome as topcoats and look so freaking cool and pretty over black specifically!

Get ready to be bombarded with (36) pictures! I apologize in advance!

Orly Liquid Vinyl

My black undies for the swatches over black! Two coats of Orly Liquid Vinyl!

Black Sheep Lacquer Blue-Yea

Blue-Yea- one coat over black

Black Sheep Lacquer Blue-Yea

Blue-Yea- one coat over black

Black Sheep Lacquer Blue-Yea

Blue-Yea- one coat over black

Black Sheep Lacquer Blue-Yea

Blue-Yea- one coat over black

Black Sheep Lacquer Blue-Yea

Blue-Yea- one coat

Black Sheep Lacquer Blue-Yea

Blue-Yea- three coats

Black Sheep Lacquer Blue-Yea

Blue-Yea- three coats

Black Sheep Lacquer Blue-Yea

Blue-Yea- three coats

Black Sheep Lacquer Blink

Blink- one coat over black

Black Sheep Lacquer Blink

Blink- one coat over black

Black Sheep Lacquer Blink

Blink- one coat over black

Black Sheep Lacquer Blink

Blink- one coat over black

Black Sheep Lacquer Blink
Blink- one coat over black


Blink- one coat

Black Sheep Lacquer Blink

Blink- three coats

Black Sheep Lacquer Blink

Blink- three coats

Black Sheep Lacquer Blink

Blink- three coats

Black Sheep Lacquer Forbidden Fruit


Forbidden Fruit- one coat over black

Black Sheep Lacquer Forbidden Fruit


Forbidden Fruit- one coat over black

Black Sheep Lacquer Forbidden Fruit


Forbidden Fruit- one coat over black

Black Sheep Lacquer Forbidden Fruit

Forbidden Fruit- one coat over black

Black Sheep Lacquer Forbidden Fruit

Forbidden Fruit- one coat

Black Sheep Lacquer Forbidden Fruit

Forbidden Fruit- three coats

Black Sheep Lacquer Forbidden Fruit

Forbidden Fruit- three coats

Black Sheep Lacquer Forbidden Fruit

Forbidden Fruit- three coats

Black Sheep Lacquer Forbidden Fruit

Forbidden Fruit- three coats

Black Sheep Lacquer Zaftig Zombie

Zaftig Zombie- one coat over black

Black Sheep Lacquer Zaftig Zombie

Zaftig Zombie- one coat over black

Black Sheep Lacquer Zaftig Zombie

Zaftig Zombie- one coat over black

Black Sheep Lacquer Zaftig Zombie

Zaftig Zombie- one coat over black

Black Sheep Lacquer Zaftig Zombie

Zaftig Zombie- one coat

Black Sheep Lacquer Zaftig Zombie

Zaftig Zombie- two coats


Zaftig Zombie- two coats


Zaftig Zombie- two coats


Zaftig Zombie- two coats


Thank you so much for reading! Let me know which one is your favourite in the comments! Have a lovely weekend!

*These products were sent to me for swatches