Nicole by OPI Tink Collection Swatches/Review

Happy Friday everyone! These polishes are part of the limited edition Tink collection by Nicole by OPI. They became available at the beginning of the month and are sold exclusively at Walgreens.

Sweet on Pete is a vibrant yellowy lime green. I used two coats.

Fairy Fairy Quite Contrary is a bright tangerine shade. Lovely for summer, but not terribly original. Two coats.

Tink's in the Pink is a very bold shade of fuchsia. I used two coats of polish.

Half Charming/Half Alarming is a coral-leaning red. Again, not terribly original, but really pretty and great for summer. This is two coats.

There are two other shades in this collection as well, a soft light pink and a glitter topcoat. Have you spotted these at your local Walgreens? Will you be hunting any of them down?

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

SoFlaJo My Sign's Aquarium Swatch/Review

Hello! Today I have a new beauty from SoFlaJo's Wet Dreams collection to share with you. My Sign's Aquarium is a cool shade of aqua that dries with a satin finish. It's not quite as green as it looks in my photos, but it was a little difficult to capture correctly. This first photo shows two coats alone so you can see the satin finish.

This second photo has two coats of My Sign's Aquarium with topcoat. The topcoat really brings out the glitter!

This polish, as well as the others in the collection, are available for purchase now from SoFlaJo's website. Do you like satin/matte finishes or do you prefer your manis with topcoat?

This products was sent to me by SoFlaJo in exchange for an honest review.

Rescue Beauty Lounge Kellie Gonzo & Liberty Swatches/Review

Good morning everyone! I have great news: I have posts scheduled for this whole week and the beginning of next week! I'm starting a new job tomorrow, but I still have some extra time to blog now that I'm finished working on the book. And speaking of the book, I was told that it will hopefully be released late next spring! I can't wait to see it completed!

Today I have swatches of two shades from Rescue Beauty Lounge's Blogger 2.0 collection, Kellie Gonzo and Liberty. Kellie Gonzo is a gorgeous juicy coral with gold flecks. I was hesitant to buy this one even though it's gorgeous because I was worried that I would need three or four coats for opacity. What you see here is two coats and I'm perfectly happy with the coverage. The formula was a little on the thick side, but it dried quickly.

Here is a bottle comparison of Kellie Gonzo on the left and RBL Coral on the right. Coral is a bit brighter and pinker and obviously doesn't have the gold flecks that Kellie Gonzo does.

Liberty is a pale mint green with silver shimmer. I used two coats here as well and the formula was pretty normal.

RBL polishes retail for $20 and can be purchased here. I'm not sure when the public release of this collection will be, so keep updated with their Facebook page for more info. I'm very happy that I got both of these and can tell you already that I'll probably have Kellie Gonzo on my toes for the remainder of the summer! Did you pick up any shades from the preorder of this collection?

Zoya Stunning Collection Swatches/Review

Better late than never, right? Today I have my review of the Zoya Stunning collection for you all. Before I get to the photos, I want to point out that I did have some formula issues with these polishes. They weren't horribly awful, but they weren't the typical, awesome formula that I expect from Zoya.

Josie is a medium grass green shade. This was two careful coats.

Darcy is a bright sunshine yellow that was very temperamental, but I expected it from a bright yellow like this. I used three coats.

Yana was the only one out of the bunch that didn't give me any issues. This is two coats of the beautiful, bright, warm pink.

Thandie is a cross between a melon and tangerine shade. This is two coats. 

Rocky is a beautiful bright summer sky blue. I used two coats and had a bit of formula issue here as well.

Micky is a cooler pink than Yana. This is two coats.

The Stunning collection is available for purchase now on Zoya's website. Although I did have a bit of an issue with the formulas on these, I would still recommend them because they are great bright shades for summer! Yana and Rocky are my favs!

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

Happy 4th of July Nail Art

After finishing up the 500 nail art designs for the book, I can't believe that I still had the desire to do my nails for the 4th of July, but I did! Things should be getting back to normal around here very soon and I hope you're as happy as I am about that!

So anyway, I was originally planning on doing a totally different design on each nail, but decided that I wanted them to be a bit more unified. I decided on stars and stripes for the ring and middle nails and a glitter gradient for the pinky and index nails. The white is Milani White on the Spot, red is Zoya Sooki (which photographed more orange than it looks in real life), and blue is China Glaze First Mate. The glitter for the gradient is Shimmer Nichole.

For my thumbs, I decided to do a red, white, and blue gradient with Shimmer Alice on top. The white got overwhelmed by the red and blue, but I still think it turned out pretty good.

I'll be spending my 4th of July with my family on my grandparents' property, enjoying delicious food, sun bathing, and watching our own personal fireworks show! Do you have any exciting plans for the day? 

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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