SquareHue June 2014 Box Swatches/Review

Hey guys! I have perhaps the best SquareHue shades ever made to share this morning. The June box totally and completely knocked it out of the park with three full-coverage, perfectly "summer" shades! This box was themed around Maui and I'll tell you what, I would wear any single one of these shades on a tropical vacation!

Wailea is warm peachy color, one of those classy neutral type of shades. This is two easy coats.

Ka'ahumanu is an incredible shade of turquoise. Seriously, if one color could epitomize the perfect ocean water, it would be this one. Two coats here as well. (And do me a favor and ignore that icky fuzz on my pinkie, okay? Cool.)

And last, but certainly not least, is the shimmery sky blue goodness of Ala Moana. So, so perfect. You guessed it, two easy coats.

Unbelievable. Seriously, how incredible is this collection? If you need a little push to sign up for your own SquareHue subscription, I think this is it. Go ahead and click on any of the links in this post and sign yourself up because honestly, $14.99 for these three polishes is a STEAL.

The products in this post were provided for my honest review. All opinions are my own.

Cirque Heritage Collection Swatches/Review

Happy Monday everyone! I have some gorgeous holographic polishes from Cirque to share with you today to brighten up the beginning of your week! The Heritage collection is a seven piece collection of stunning holographic polishes.

Sky Woman is a periwinkle blue with a strong holographic effect. The pigmentation on this one is insane; I used two coats here but you could probably get away with one!

Panacea is a chartreuse green holographic polish. The formula on this one was a little thinner and definitely needs at least two coats for opacity.

Xochitl is a vivid shade of orchid with a super strong holographic effect. This is two coats. I love this one!

Cerrillos is my absolute favorite! I'm such a sucker for turquoise and this one is totally awesome. Two easy coats here.

Powwow is a vivid magenta holographic polish. Two coats here with a great formula.

Sani is a silver holographic. This isn't the strongest silver holo I've ever seen, but it is really pretty and has a great formula.

Luminous Owl is a fabulous warm coral holographic. I loveeeee coral! Coral and turquoise are my very favorite colors and this collection has both! I used two coats of polish here.

The Heritage collection is available now on Cirque's website and at these select retailers. Go grab yourself at least one of these; the colors are so unique and the formulas are awesome! Which is your favorite? Mine is a tie between Cerrillos and Luminous Owl... betcha didn't see that coming! ;)

The products in this post were provided for my honest review. All opinions are my own.

OPI Taylor Blue Review/Swatch

Good morning everyone! Today I have a very special polish to show you called OPI Taylor Blue. Taylor Blue is made for the Taylor's Gift Foundation, which works to increase the amount of people who are registered organ donors. The foundation is named after Taylor Paige Storch, who died at the age of thirteen, but saved or improved the lives of five different people because she was an organ donor.

The color is a fantastic shade of creamy turquoise and was perfect in two coats. The cost for each bottle of polish is a $10 donation to the Taylor's Gift Foundation. You can also choose to contribute more to the foundation or purchase a holiday gift pack, which includes a Taylor's Gift book and two Taylor's Gift bracelets.

This is a cause that I feel very strongly about and I think it's great that Taylor's Gift was able to team up with OPI to offer this polish! I know I'll be wearing this gorgeous shade often, especially in the summer months. To purchase Taylor Blue, please visit the Taylor's Gift store. I'm an organ donor, are you?

Products in this post were provided for my honest review.

Zoya Zenith Collection Review/Swatches

Goooood morning! Today I have the Zoya Zenith collection that I'm excited to share with you. This collection is amazing; Zoya really knows how to deliver!

Cassedy is a beautiful pewter metallic that leans slightly green. This is two easy coats.

Seraphina is the most delicate pale silver shimmer to ever grace my nails. This is three thin coats.

Belinda is a deep, juicy purple that radiates blue shimmer when the light hits just right. This is two coats.

Payton is a warm deep maroon shade with flecks of holographic glitter. Gorgeous color and great formula; this is two coats.

Dream has the same finish as Payton, but is a rich royal blue shade instead. Same great formula and coverage: two coats here.

Mosheen is a distractingly pretty top coat consisting of iridescent bar and round glitter in shades of turquoise. This is two coats over Sailor from Zoya's Cashmere collection.

The Zenith collection is available now on www.zoya.com and each polish retails for $8. You can also purchase the set packaged together for $48. I'm curious what you guys think of Zoya's take on holographic polishes. Do you love them or wish they were more holographic?

Products in this post were provided for my honest review.

KBShimmer The Grape Beyond & Would Jubilee It? Review/Swatches

For those of you who have never experienced this brand before, KBShimmer is an awesome company headed by Christy, a fantastic lady who makes equally fantastic polishes and other products! KBShimmer is celebrating it's 5th year in business this month and to celebrate, Christy designed this beautiful polish duo. These two shades will be sold separately, but were created to work well together.

The Grape Escape is a medium matte purple polish with turquoise shimmer. The first coat of this polish was a little bit streaky, but the second coat evened out perfectly.

This is two coats of The Grape Escape with topcoat. I love how the topcoat makes the turquoise shimmer really pop! This is definitely one of my favorite color combos!

Would Jubilee It? is a glitter topper created with all of Christy's favorite glitter (which happen to be a lot of mine, too!). This clear base is packed with fuchsia, aqua, and silver circle glitter, as well as a mix of other glitter. This is two coats over The Grape Escape.

This duo will be launching on August 8th on KBShimmer's website. As always, keep updated with them on Facebook for all the first looks at new shades! Will you be picking up one or both of these shades? You know that I totally recommend that you do!

The products in this post were provided for my honest review.

Disney Princess Nail Art Series: Jasmine

A lot of you guys were really excited about my Disney Princess nail art series so I finally have another princess for you! This design is based off of Jasmine's head band (from Aladdin, for those of you poor unfortunate souls who have never seen it).

I used Zoya Wednesday for the base color. On the ring finger, I sponged China Glaze First Mate and I think OPI Can't Find My Czechbook to create the jewel. I painted a bit of white on the top to make it look like it was reflecting light and then surrounded the whole jewel with a dark gold.

So what do you think of it? I know it's a little simpler than some of my other nail art, but I really like how it turned out! Did you get what it was meant to be right away?

The Nail Network's 2nd Blog Birthday Giveaway!!

Good morning everyone! I finally have the blog birthday giveaway post ready for you!! I was lucky enough to partner up with Christy from KBShimmer to create my very own polish! I chose to do a glitter topcoat, using all of my favorite colors: coral, purple, turquoise, and big round black glitter.

The polish is called The Nail Network It, Girl! and I have it layered over white (above) and OPI Can't Find My Czechbook (below). I used one coat for each and dabbed in some spots to get more glitter.

So now for the giveaway part! I have two bottles of The Nail Network It, Girl! to giveaway to two lucky readers! Enter your info in the Rafflecopter widget below for a chance to win! All terms and conditions are stated in the widget.

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Sephora Disney Jasmine 'One is Never Enough' Mini Nail Polish Set Review/Swatches

I'm back again with yet more Jasmine goodness! I have swatches of the nail polish set that was included in the Jasmine collection today. The set consists of six miniature Sephora by OPI polishes in a beautifully designed box.

Berry Tale Romance is a berry creme that was opaque in two coats.

Your Wish is My Command is a creamy lilac shimmer that needed three coats for opacity.

Fit For Royalty is a royal purple shimmer. This is two coats.

Dream Princess is an iridescent glitter top coat. I used two coats over Fit For Royalty.

All That Jasmine is a lovely shade of turquoise that was opaque in two coats and has a great name!

Aladdin's Girl is a stunning red/copper polish that borders on a foil finish. It was a little bit sheer and needed three coats.

This set is available for purchase at Sephora and retails for $24.50. Are you planning on snatching this set up? Which color is your favorite?


The products in this post were provided for my honest review. 

Sephora Disney Jasmine 'Magic Carpet Ride' Eyeshadow Palette Review/Photos

Are you guys ready for another gorgeous products from the Sephora Jasmine collection? This morning I have the Magic Carpet Ride eyeshadow quad to share with you. While the shadows are pretty, the packaging is the true winner here. I don't honestly think that they could have done a better job on the design!

The palette opens up and houses the four eyeshadows as well as a mirror and two small applicators.

Here's a macro of the four eyeshadows. Wonder by Wonder is the shimmery purple on the top left. Carpet is the glittery purple on the top right. Splendid is the shimmery peach/champagne on the bottom left, and Diamond Sky is the bold blue on the bottom right.

The swatches below of the shadows are in the same order as the shadows are in the palette above. I swatched them using the included sponge applicators over primer. Carpet was the only one that was a little problematic since it has glitter, but the others all applied beautifully.

This palette retails for $30 and can be purchased from Sephora. I love how it includes two easily wearable and two bolder shades! Diamond Sky is to die for!


The products in this post were provided for my honest review.

KBShimmer Summer 2013 Collection Swatches/Review

Hello! I have swatches of the amazing summer collection from KBShimmer to share with you guys today. More info will be at the bottom of this post, but I'm going to get right to the pictures!

Don't Pink Twice is a matte neon pink with some subtle blue shimmer. This is three coats.

Grayscale is easily the best black and white glitter topper ever created. It has black and white glitter, as well as gray in a bunch of different shapes and sizes. AND THERE IS LARGE BLACK ROUND GLITTER. This is two coats over Don't Pink Twice.

24 Carrot Bold is the orange counterpart to Don't Pink Twice: red-orange with gold shimmer. This is three coats.

What's Your Damage? is a white-based polish with neon pink, neon green, and black glitter. This is two coats over a white base.

Pimp My Pride is another white-based polish, but with red and blue glitter mixed in.  This is three coats with no white base.

Totally Tubular is far and away my favorite of this collection (and my current pedi color). This turquoise stunner is packed full of aqua, blue, and magenta glitter, including round glitter! I used three coats for maximum glitter and color payoff.

The Dancing Green is a shamrock-green crelly (cream/jelly) finish with purple, green, and blue glitter. This is three coats.

Blinded by the Bright is a neon yellow filled with a rainbow of glitter. This is three coats by itself. Being a neon, it didn't photograph quite right and is actually more highlighter yellow than it appears in my photo.

It's Razz-ical has silver, magenta, and pink glitter in a raspberry colored jelly base. This is three coats.

All of these swatches are topped off with one coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top (my new fav topcoat!). These polishes are available for purchase right now HERE and retail for $8.75. My top picks are Totally Tubular and Grayscale. Which ones are you picking up?

The products in this post were provided for my honest review.