China Glaze Hologlam Collection Swatches/Review

Good morning! I have my review and swatches of the China Glaze Hologlam collection for you all today. I'm going to show you the swatches first and then I'll voice my thoughts at the end of the post. Enjoy!

Don't Be a Luna-tic is a soft sea foam green holo. It needed three coats for opacity.

Infra-Red is a warm, bright magenta that needed two coats for opacity.

Astro-Hot is a light, baby pink holo that needed three coats for opacity.

Get Outta My Space is a pastel lavender. Three coats shown here.

OMG A UFO is a warm shade of mossy green. Two coats were sufficient here.

Galactic Gray is a dark gunmetal gray and one of my favorites of the bunch. Two coats here.

Cosmic Dust is a silvery holo. I used three coats here.

When Stars Collide is an awesome deep warm purple. I've never seen a purple holo like this and I really love it! Needed two coats.

Strap On Your Moonboots is a navy, midnight blue shade. Two coats.

Take a Trek is a cool blue shade, seems to border on turquoise/teal. This is two coats.

Not in This Galaxy is a lovely, warm coral. Needed three coats.

Sci-Fly By is a light, silvery shade of blue. It needed three coats to be opaque.

This was a collection that a LOT of people were excited about. Unfortunately, there's been many mixed reviews and feelings since it was released. I think people were expecting these to be much more holographic, so when you receive them and put them on it, it's honestly kind of a disappointment. It's really a shame since there are other brands who have released insanely holographic polishes lately.

However, even though the holo effect is not very strong here, I still think these are very pretty shades. They border on chrome-like at some times and holographic in very strong light. Galactic Gray and When Stars Collide are my top picks! This collection is available right now in stores like Sally Beauty and Ulta and online.

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

Fandom Series: 'Bad Wolf' Doctor Who Nail Art

Good morning! I hope everyone had a lovely weekend! I have a second design in my Fandom Series to share with you today and it is Doctor Who themed! Very fitting since I believe a new episode aired over the weekend. It sucks not having BBC America!

Also, happy birthday to the greatest fiancé in the world! Love you! :*

In honor of one of my favorite companion, Rose, I chose to do Bad Wolf nails instead of the typical TARDIS-inspired art. I started out with two coats of ManGlaze Matte is Murder and then hand painted the words using a plain white polish.

Do you watch Doctor Who? Who was your favorite companion?

Hey guys! Could I ask a favor?

One of my manis (photo below) was nominated for the best Disney-themed nails/make up on the Magical Day Blog and it would mean a lot to me if you could vote for me! You can vote via Facebook or Twitter (or both if you were so inclined!) and I would be very grateful! Link to vote is below, thanks!!

http://magicaldayblog.com/2013/03/vote-for-the-2012-magical-day-awards/

étoile Greenwich St. Soirée Collection Swatches/Review

Happy Friday all! I'm home enjoying the break and hopefully getting caught up on all my swatching this weekend! Today I have some beauties from étoile polish to show you. In case you are unfamiliar with the brand, all étoile polishes are infused with diamond dust! How fancy! These two shades make up their newest collection, called Greenwich St. Soirée.

Pink Panache is a bold bright pink! It has my very favorite type of shimmer too it and perhaps this is why I'm so in love with étoile's polishes. This was two easy breezy coats. No formula issues at all.

Fizzy Cucumber is the perfect mint green shimmer. It's so fresh and springy! This was has the signature étoile shimmer and was also perfect in two coats.

This set retails for $26; the polishes alone are $18. They are certainly on the higher end of the price scale, but I wouldn't hesitate to purchase them! étoile is definitely one of my new favorite brands! You can check out these and other shades on their website: www.etoilepolish.com. What are your thoughts?

These products were provided by étoile for my honest review.

Black Cat Lacquer Spring 2013 Collection Swatches/Review

Hey everyone! Sorry for the late post... I've got a lot of stuff on my plate at the moment and I'm starting to feel very overwhelmed, so posts might be sporadic for a little while. I hate to do that but it seems very necessary at this point! I have some awesome Black Cat Lacquer polishes to show you guys today though, get ready!

Lucky Star is a gorgeous and girly mix of lavender, pink, yellow, and pale blue glitter with some shimmer and stars! This is two coats over Essie Under Where.

Dark Side of the Moon is a really awesome shade and my favorite of the collection. It's made up of a milky off-white base with gold and black glitter of different sizes and shapes, as well as large round glitter (be still my heart!!!), stars, and diamonds. This is three coats by itself.

Cacao is the only one of the bunch that I had issues with. This is three coats of it alone and I had a really hard time keeping it from getting globby. This one would probably do best as one coat layered over a base shade of brown.

She's In Parties actually might be tied as my favorite. This is one cheerful polish! It has a milky white base with a rainbow of glitter mixed in. This is three coats alone.

Sweet Dreams is a pastel sage green jelly with shards of pink, green, and purple glitter mixed throughout. This is three coats by itself.

These shades are available to purchase from Black Cat Lacquer's store. Make sure you also follow BCL on Facebook to keep up with new shades and info! What's your favorite shade out of the five? I'm so in love with Dark Side of the Moon and She's In Parties!

These products were provided by Black Cat Lacquer for my honest review.

Sephora Disney Jasmine 'A Whole New World' Perfume, Rollerball & Body Shimmer Review/Photos

Good morning everyone! Today I have the perfumes from the Sephora Disney Jasmine collection that Sephora sent me to review for you. I'm really, REALLY excited about these Disney Princess collections and I can't wait to share the rest of this one with all of you!

The scent for the Jasmine collection is called A Whole New World and according to Sephora, it has notes of carnation, orange blossom, mandarin, gardenia, mimosa, musky accord, cedarwood, sandalwood, vanilla, amber, and benzoin. This perfume is not for the timid! It is bold, but girly at the same time and definitely smells exotic. I found that it smells slightly differently on me than it does when I sprayed it on a paper strip to test it and I like it much better when I'm wearing it.

A Whole New World comes in the form of the eau de parfum spray ($58) (above) and a perfumed oil rollerball ($19) (below). The packaging on these products is absolutely gorgeous and fits perfectly with the theme of Aladdin.

Isn't the little genie lamp on top of the rollerball the perfect touch? I love the attention to detail in all of these products.

The body shimmer spray ($45) is also perfumed with A Whole New World and is just the coolest product ever! I may just be easily amused, but I feel like such a princess poofing this on myself.

The shimmer is subtle and really pretty. It's perfect for when you want a little extra sparkle for a night out!

This is just the beginning of the Jasmine products that I have to review for you guys! But I want to know, are you a fragrance fanatic? Do you like to switch it up or do you have one tried and true scent? Are any of you planning on picking up any of these A Whole New World scented products?

These products were provided by the company for my honest review.

MASH Stamping Plate & Matte Polish Review

Happy Friday everyone! I have a review of some products that were sent to me by MASH for you guys today. I got a set of their stamping plates and some matte polish. You can find the stamping plates at this link and the matte polish here.

The first stamping mani I did was with China Glaze Harvest Moon over Zoya Jacqueline. I'm not the best at centering the full nail stamps, but the designs did stamp pretty well regardless. I also like shimmer of Harvest Moon for the stamp instead of a solid, plain color.

This second mani turned out okay, but not great. I had a bit of a problem with this image bleeding out at the edges, even though I tried not to press too hard when I stamped it. This is China Glaze 2NITE stamped over Milani Rapid Orchid.

Last but not least, this is one coat of the MASH Matte Polish over Black Cat Lacquer She's In Parties. This isn't the most mattifying top coat out there, but it does work very well! I love it over glitter like this!

Do any of you guys own these plates or the matte top coat? I am such a big fan of stamping; it's such a great way to create really complex looking nail art in a short amount of time. Are you going to pick either of these products up?

These products were provided by the company for my honest review.