Cellairis & Pomegranate Black Stripe Case Review & Giveaway!

Hey guyssssss! Today I have an exciting post for you! I worked with Cellairis and Pomegranate nail lacquer to create nail art based on a case for my iPhone 5. Keep reading for my review and more photos!

The case I chose is the DeBari Black Stripe case for iPhone 5. I've wanted a blingy case for a long time and I'm so excited to have this beauty! I haven't taken it off of my phone since I received it. The case snaps onto the back of the phone and doesn't cover all the way on the front, which I didn't think I would like, but it actually is really nice. It makes it a lot easier to wipe the front of the phone off and I like that it makes the whole thing look more streamlined. It even came with extra rhinestones just in case!

The polish I chose to match the case is Pomegranate Cyberspace. This is a great medium gray holographic jelly polish. I used three coats here with topcoat, but you could absolutely get away with no topcoat on this one, it is so shiny! I added one row of black rhinestones and one row of clear rhinestones to mimic the stripes on the case. I love how this turned out!

You can connect with Cellairis on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and their website. Pomegranate Nail Lacquer can be found on Facebook, Twitter, and their website. So how would you like to win your very own DeBari iPhone 5 case and bottle of Pomegranate Cyberspace? Lucky for one of you, I have an extra set to giveaway! The giveaway will be open internationally and run for one week.

 

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Party Hearty Glitter Gradient Nail Art

Good morning! I have some more festive nail art for you all today, this time featuring one of my very favorite Christmas polishes: China Glaze Party Hearty. This super easy mani started out with two coats of RBL Bella and ended with Party Hearty sponged from the cuticles to make a gradient. I love that this combination is festive, but kind of fancy too! Do you like it?

Sexy, Edgy Nails feat. Milani!

I did these nails for a weekend trip to Philly to see my best friend and I LOVED them. They were so glittery and fabulous and the studs added just the right amount of edge. I started with two coats of Milani Black Swift and just used the brush from Milani Silver Dazzle to do the stripe. The studs came in a little wheel that I ordered for super cheap from eBay. I would definitely wear these again! Maybe even for New Year's? ;)

Christmas Sweater Nail Art

These are probably my favorite Christmas/holiday nails that I've ever done. They turned out so much better than I could have hoped and I'm so glad I tried them out. I might even do these as my actual Christmas Day nails!

I started out with two coats of China Glaze Merry Berry from their Holiday Joy 2012 collection. Then I went through all of my stamping plates and found a lace-y looking design and several holiday-themed images and started stamping! The holly and large snowflake are on Bundle Monster plate BM14 from the old collection. The moose is on BM-214 from the new Bundle Monster collection. The tiny snowflake is from MASH plate m50 and the lace pattern is on MASH plate m57. This is a really easy, but complicated-looking design as long as you can stamp decently. Would you try it?

Snowy Winter Tree Nail Art

Well, it's December! How about some winter nail art? I knew I wanted to do a winter version of the autumn tree mani that I did and this turned out just like a imagined.

I started out with two coats of RBL Bella, followed by sponging with Konad white on the tips of my nails to create a snowy ground and very lightly on the rest of my nail to simulate falling snow. I also sponged Zoya Sparkle Gloss all over, but it's subtle and hard to see in the photos.

I drew the trees with a thin striping brush and Milani Dark Coffee. They didn't turn out as good as the past ones I've done, but oh well. They look great at a regular viewing distance ;) I used a small dotting tool to add some snow to the branches and then stamped some small snowflakes using MASH plate m50. What do you think?

China Glaze Cirque du Soliel: Worlds Away Swatches/Review

I am so excited to have these swatches for you guys! China Glaze really outdid themselves here and these polishes are amazing! Before we start, I want to state that a couple of these polishes seem to have neon pigment in them, so they were frustrating to capture correctly. I will mention which shades are not totally accurate. Let's go! :)

Escaping Reality is a neon raspberry pink shade and one that did not photograph quite right. It's a bit more washed out here than it is in person. Very bright and happy color!

Whirled Away is a black and white glitter topcoat. I like what China Glaze is doing here! This is two coats over Escaping Reality, but I do wish that I got more glitter with each coat; it was especially hard to get the white hexes out of the bottle.

Hanging in the Balance is a GORGEOUS shade of blue which unfortunately looks nothing like my swatch, but this was the best I could get. This is an obscure reference, but it's very close to Denny Hamlin blue!

Creative Fantasy is a jelly-like neon purple that is pretty accurate to this photo. Love, love, love.

Igniting Love... whew! This is a sexy red! It reminds me of the color of a fresh red pepper.

Get Carried Away is a glitter polish with a slightly tinted base. I layered it over Igniting Love so that you could see all the variations of glitter in it.

Bend Over Backwards is a reddish orange shimmer, like Cranberry Splash from the Holiday Joy collection, but more orange-toned.

Running in Circles is a grass green shimmer. I can't stop thinking of St. Patrick's Day when I look at this one! 

Surreal Appeal is another neon-ish shade, this time in a pinkish-coral. My favorite of the two pinks.

It's a Trap-eze! is going to be the most popular polish from this collection, hands down. This is a light blue base packed with multi-colored glitter, reminiscent of recent indie polish trends.

Def Defying is one of the so-ugly-it's-pretty kind of shades. This yellowy-lime green is definitely unique in my collection.

Water You Waiting For is an amazing blue glitter polish with so much depth! I'm a sucker for blue and the blues in this collection definitely delivered!

The formula on this collection as a whole was really good. I used two coats for all of these swatches. The Cirque du Soliel collection will be released at the beginning of December and will be available at retailers such as Sally Beauty and Ulta. My top picks are Hanging in the Balance and It's a Trap-eze! Which ones caught your eye?

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Black Cat Lacquer Winter Collection Swatches/Review & Giveaway!

Hello! I have a the Black Cat Lacquer winter collection swatches (and a giveaway!) for you guys today. Please enjoy! Up first is Holiday On the Moon, a mix of different shades of blue glitter and holographic half moons. I layered it over China Glaze Hanging in the Balance.

Frozen is really cool; I love glitter shards and this one is so perfect as a winter polish. I layered it over China Glaze Creative Fantasy.

Hazy Shade of Winter is an icy blue shade made up of large and small glitter. This one should probably be layered, but I did three coats by itself here.

 Fire Woman is a fiery mix of red, yellow, and black glitter in a clear base. This is layered over China Glaze Bend Over Backwards.

Like a Virgin is one of my very favorites that I reviewed. It appears to have almost translucent white glitter in it that makes it the most gorgeous layering polish. I layered it over China Glaze Running in Circles.

Just Like Heaven contains a whole mess of glitter; there are hexes, squares, holographic hearts, micro bars, and diamonds too. I love this one. It's layered over China Glaze Surreal Appeal.

Vogue is a really awesome multi-colored mixture. I'm so in love with this layering combination too; it's over China Glaze Def Defying.

Strangelove is a magenta glitter with some lighter pink glitter too. Layered here over China Glaze Water You Waiting For.

This Charming Man is a copper glitter polish packed with micro glitter that ends up being opaque in three coats.

I Want Candy is a beautiful shimmery lavender shade with purple, blue, and magenta glitter. I love this one. This is three coats by itself.

All of the formulas here were awesome. I did two coats of all the layering polishes over the base color and had no problem getting the glitter out of the bottle. You can view and purchase Black Cat Lacquer on Etsy. Which was your favorite from this post?

How would you like to win your very own mini set of the winter shades from Black Cat Lacquer? All you have to do is fill out the form below! This giveaway is open internationally.

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