ABC Blog Challenge: "A"

I have decided to jump on this blog challenge some of my fellow bloggers are doing.  We will be doing 4 letters a week and I am already behind!  I guess you may be seeing me post more than usual but I'm hoping this keeps me motivated in addition to picking polishes I may otherwise not normally pick.  You can find out more info about the challenge over at Gosia's blog Life in Color.

For the letter "A" I chose Absolutely Shore by Essie.  I love this color but it is a PITA to apply.  It is an extremely pale sea foam green. In this picture is three coats.  I probably should have done one more.  I wish I would have had a little more time to work with this one to make it look nicer but I wanted to get started so I guess here's to not always having the nicest mani!

See you soon with my letter "B" pick!

Amy

Be sure to check the others doing this challenge! 

Giveaway Alert!!! i Heart Pretty Polish

Check out this giveaway from i Heart Pretty Polish.  If you don't follow her blog, you should.  I adore her swatches!  She always has such a perfect manicure.  She recently reached 100 subscribers is giving away a bottle of your choice from Whimsical Polishes.  I just love the little bows on those polishes!  Such a nice touch!

Try It On Tuesday: Morning Star

Hello there!  For this edition of Try It On Tuesday I have a Sinful Colors nail polish called Morning Star.  I think this was from a collection in spring but I'm really not sure.  I know sometimes SC (Sinful Colors) re-promotes their colors so this could have even been called something else at one point.  Sorry I just don't have the details.  That's what I get for leaving this as an untried I guess!!!  This color sort of reminds me of SC Cinderella but it is more of a periwinkle.  It was a little difficult to photograph to get color accurate.  It does lean more purple than the pictures show.

This is with Spoiled Pet My Peacock on top.  This glitter is hard to apply in my opinion.  It goes on very sparse.  It might work better if it was more "dabbed" on.

Overall I like this color.  I challenge you to put on a polish that you own but have yet to use.  If you do, feel free to share by posting to my Facebook page.  

I hope everyone is staying cool in this heat.  It's supposed to be extremely hot and humid today in Wisconsin!  Thank goodness for central air!

Amy 

Jawbreaker!!

I've been neglecting the blog a little bit due to being busy with kiddos and two jobs.  I really would love to have 3 posts a week but sometimes life gets in the way!  

Today's polish probably doesn't need much of an introduction.  I was able to snag this and Sand Art from Pretty and Polished recently and I am finally having a chance to put it on.  It's a milky white polish with tons of glitter and it really does resemble one of those giant jawbreakers!  This was 3 coats.  It wasn't really hard to work with the glitter in this polish which was nice.  

Thanks for stopping by! 

Amy

O*M*G Black Spotted!!!!

I hope you are ready for this awesome post!  If you don't know what OPI Black Spotted is, it is part of the Amazing Spiderman Collection by OPI.  But.....it is exclusive to France.  I don't really know any details as to why it is exclusive to France as I would think OPI would make a killing if this was more available.  Hopefully in time it will be more available.  I was lucky enough to find someone that was willing to swap through MUA (Makeup Alley).  I was just ecstatic when I opened my mailbox today to see it had arrived!

If you are able to get your hands on this, there are a couple of things I will tell you from working with it once so far.  First off, whatever you are going to layer it over needs to be completely dry.  If it is not, you will have little cracks.  I was not patient enough and I experienced this.  Also, if you want lots of little spots, apply a thin layer.  If you want more sparse spots, a thicker layer will help you achieve this.  I didn't know how thin I should make it but it worked best if I wiped off both sides of the brush and had barely any excess polish on the brush.  The good thing about this is the bottle should last forever this way!  

I decided to layer this over one of my favorite purples which is Color Club Fashion Addict.  This is a light purple holographic polish.  I was out of sun when I took my pictures but in the sun it is even nicer.  

This picture is my right hand.  I got the hang of it more when I got to this hand and it turned out better.  

Here is Fashion Addict by itself.  Lovely!

This is my left hand which I started with.  Not as many spots and had some of that cracking from not letting the base dry completely.

This is a VERY thin layer but I love the way it looks!

Have a great weekend polish friends!

Amy

Try It On Tuesdays! Week 3

I skipped out on this last week during the Rainbow Challenge but I wanted to try for this week.  I was trying to be efficient when choosing my untried today and I know I want to do a Independence Day mani so I decided to go with a Blue.  This one is China Glaze Splish Splash from the Neon 2012 collection.  By the way, my middle finger (bird as I like to call it) is super nubbin.  It's the same nail that recently caused me to file my nails down, and it broke AGAIN!  Curse you bird!  (no pun intended!)

I know this first picture is blurry but this one is true to color.

These next two pictures are with flash and not true to color.

I will have the Try It On Tuesdays tab updated with all the fellow bloggers participating in week 3 when I can.  :)

Rainbow Favorites Challenge: Purple!!

I'm just going to say it, not only is this my favorite purple but this is my favorite polish that I own!  I don't use it often and I think it's because I don't ever want it to run out.  I really wish I would have gotten a backup!  It is unknown if Cult Nails will be able to have more of this.  See HERE for details.  This was originally released as Unicorn Puke as a limited edition polish and had gold lettering.  It was re-released around Thanksgiving 2011.  I sat on my computer ready to get it and I was so happy I did.  I hope they are able to make it again.  If they do, I will definitely be getting a backup!  Clairvoyant is a purple jelly with TONS of flakies of every color that seems to be possible.

I layered this over Zoya Pinta which is a vampy dark purple creme.

Again, check out what the other ladies picked as their favorite purples.

Outdoors in natural light

Indoors with flash 

Bottle shot!  How gorgeous is that?!!

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