Nicole by OPI Purple Yourself Together

Good evening! I'm up late doing laundry, so thought I'd show you a new Nicole by OPI I recently picked up, from the Spring 2012 collection. It is a Target exclusive. I know some of you don't like Nicole, because of the bottle shape, but this is a gorgeous color! I honestly can't think of one single color, that I own that's even close to being a dupe. I'm not the biggest fan of the bottles, but they do make some pretty colors. ;-) Purple Yourself Together is a med. purple with lots of gold shimmer. The formula is a little on the thin side, so I used three coats for it to be opaque. Close up of the shimmer. Thanks so much for reading, and I hope you are having a great night! :-)

Essie Poppy-Razzi.....Swatches and Review Part Two

Good afternoon! Happy Saturday!!! :-) Do you have any plans for the weekend? I'm not sure what I'm going to do, but I absolutely can NOT get moving today. I don't know why, but I'm really dragging. I think a nap is in order. For sure. ;-)

I have the rest of the Essie Poppy-Razzi collection to show you today. I used two coats of each one, and topcoat. Like the other two, they dried a bit matte/rubbery. I am really loving this collection. They are so bright and fun! I can def. see myself reaching for them throughout the summer. They are all great summer colors, and great pedi. colors as well.

First up is, Action. Action is a bright, neon orange. Now, I have to say, I didn't use to really care for this kind of color. All I could ever think of, was that it looked like I had stuck my nails of a bag of Cheetos, and left the crumbs on. LOL! I have changed my mind with this polish though. I really do like it. It will look awesome with a tan. :-)





Here is a pic. before I put the topcoat on.



Last in this collection, is Bazooka. Bazooka, is bright orange/red color. I can't quite figure out the name of this one, as it doesn't seem to fit in with the other names. Oh well, the color is pretty great. :-)





Before topcoat.



If you are looking for summer neons, I def. recommend checking this collection out. It's a bit different from the regular neon collections. Especially with the neon red. ;-)

Thanks so much for looking, and I hope you have a fabulous weekend! :-)

All That Glitters-Hole Hearted.

Good evening! How has your day been? I have another Indie polish to show you tonight. It's called Hole Hearted, and I got it from All That Glitters on Etsy. You can find her shop here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/allthatglittersnails?ref=seller_info She has quite a few great glitters. I think she's out of Hole Hearted at the moment, but I'm sure it will be back soon. ;-)

Hole Hearted is made up of med. and large black hex glitter and white heart glitter. I'm a sucker for shaped glitter, so I had to grab this one. I love it! Application was good, and I used two coats. I loved my Essie Camera mani. so much, that I decided to leave it on for another day. I put Hole Hearted on top of Camera. By the way, I will have part two of the Essie collection tomorrow. ;-)







Here are a few bottle pics.







Thanks so much for looking, and I hope you are having a great night! :-)

Essie Poppy-Razzi.....Swatches and Review Part One

Good evening! I have part of the new Essie neon summer collection to show you! I was really surprised to find them, at Walgreens the other day. I didn't think they would be out for at least a couple of more weeks. The collection is called Poppy-Razzi, and has four colors. Lights,Camera,Action and Bazooka. The first two I'm going to show you, are Lights and Action.

Both of them applied pretty sheer, so I used three coats. They dry to a matte like finish. Do you remember the Orly Plastix collection? They dry the same way as those do. Kind of a matte/rubbery finish. I actually quite like that, but I did use a topcoat. I am loving these colors, and think they will be my new go to summer colors. They are great colors for pedis. too :-)

First up, is Lights. It is a really bright pink. I LOVE this color, and think it just might be my new fav. pink. :-)







This is a pic. before I added the topcoat, and you can see the matte finish.



Next up, is Camera. It's a neon red!!! I've been wanting a neon red forever, and this one does not disappoint. It does have the slightest orange tint to it in certain light, but it's mostly bright,hot,red goodness! ;-) Love it!







Before I added topcoat.



I will have the other two colors for you soon. I actually don't have them yet. I wasn't sure if I wanted to get the whole collection or not. However, after wearing and loving these two, I've decided I must go back and get the others.

Have you seen this collection yet? Do you think you will get any of them?

Thanks so much for reading, and I hope you are having a great night! :-)

Lynnderella Sweets to the Sweet over CG Lemon Fizz

Good evening! I know I'm a few days late, but I'm going to show you my Easter mani. I started out using China Glaze Lemon Fizz, which is one of my fav. pastel yellow's. I'm not the biggest fan of pastel's. Well, I guess that's not entirely true. I do like them color wise. I just don't like working with pastel polish. I don't like the chalkiness it leaves behind, if it gets on your skin. I do have my favs. of each color though, and for yellow it's CG Lemon Fizz. It's not terribly hard to work with. I used two coats of LF and two coats of Lynnderella Sweets to the Sweet. I LOVE Sweets to the Sweet! For some reason it just reminds me of jelly beans, or jelly candy. It has a milky white base, that's pretty thin. The glitter is made of multi colored squares and hex, with some white square glitter thrown in.







Here is a pic. of China Glaze Lemon Fizz on it's own.



Thanks so much for looking, and I hope you have a great night! :-)

I'm back.......and Candeo Divebomb mani! :-)

Hey, guys!!! I've missed you all so much! Wow...it's been over a month since my last post. I don't think I've ever gone that long without posting before. I THOUGHT in my last blog, that my troubles were over. However, I was wrong. My horse got really sick again. :-( We almost lost her, but she pulled through....again. I was an absolute mess. I couldn't focus on anything but her. I'm sure you all know by now, how I feel about my pets, so that most likely doesn't surprise you. Shortcake (that's my horse) was at the vet for a week again, and when she was able to go back to her stable, I was there about five times a day, for a few weeks or so. Then my poor Grandma wasn't feeling well again, and my stepson was in a car accident....in my car. Luckily, my Grandma is doing well again, and my stepson wasn't hurt. Sometimes, life just seems to go crazy, if you know what I mean. I almost hate to say it(lol) but I think things are back on track now. Knock on wood!!! LOL! ;-)

Anyway, enough of that...I am SO behind, and have so many manis. to show you all. I still did my nails as much as possible, and have lots of pics. etc...to catch up on. I've recently really started to love the Indie polishes that are coming out. There are so many new ones, that my wishlist is miles long! ;-) The polish I'm going to show you today, is made by Candeo. You can find it on Etsy, here....http://www.etsy.com/shop/CandeoColors She's not open at the moment, but she has some great colors, and will be open again soon.

The polish I'm going to show you is called Divebomb, and it's pure awesomesauce! It's a glitter topcoat made up of tiny blue glitter,tiny copper glitter,med. hex turquoise glitter, and large copper hex glitter. It's so super shinny! Even without a topcoat it shines like crazy. I layered two coats of Divebomb over two coats of Orly Royal Navy. I did use a topcoat, since I left it on as my mani. Application was absolutely perfect!







Thank you all so much for sticking with me through all my time away. I promise to be a better blogger from now on. ;-) Hopefully life has really calmed down this time, and I can get back to my daily,or every other day posts.

Thanks for looking, and I hope you have a wonderful day!