The Polish Bar Late Summer 2015 Collection

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It's Friiiiiiiiday!!!  W00T!  Every Friday I think of the same meme that I seem to see in my Facebook feed on a bi-weekly basis:

But is just sums up the feels of Friday so well!

This Friday I've got four of the seven polishes from The Polish Bar's new Late Summer 2015 Collection to show you!

And I finally had an excuse to use the pretty flower hair clips my mom got me last year on her vacation to Hawaii ^_^  On to the polish!

First up is Hanalei Bay:

Hanalei Bay is a white creme polish with various purple, pink, blue, and turquoise colored glitters throughout in different shapes and sizes.  I applied two thick coats in the photos above and the polish applied super smoothly and evenly, which I honestly didn't expect because of the fact the glitters are on the larger end of the spectrum.  It was a very pleasant surprise!  Dried to a shiny finish, but I added a layer of KBShimmer's Clearly On Top to help smooth out those glitters.

Next is Lanikai:

Sun shot!!  Ohhhhhh the holo goodness!!!

Lanikai is a pretty, bright neon pink with a scattered holographic shimmer throughout.  I am wearing two thick coats in the photos above, though I tells ya, you may be able to get away with it as a one-coater, especially if you have shorter nails that don't tend to have visible nail line.  Dried in good time, too, to a shiny finish.  Again, I added Clearly On Top to make that holo POP!

Here we have Waikiki:

Waikiki is a fun off white glitterbomb packed and packed and PACKED with lots of tiny neon glitters!  This one was more on the thin side - I applied three coats in the photos above (thinner than the previous two polishes) and you can still see nail line.  If you apply it thicker, most likely it will be opaque in three coats.  This one dried to a textured finish (due to the glitter) so I added Clearly On Top to smooth it out.

And last but not least we have Seychelles:

Sun Shot!!

Seychelles is a gorgeously bright neon green with a scattered holographic and gold shimmer.  This one was the biggest stunner of the four I received - I mean WOWZERS, what a looker!  Same application as Lanikai, though a tad thinner, so two thick coats should bring it to opacity.  And as the others, there is one coat of Clearly On Top, because I'm an adult, and I do what I want.

These four beauties and their three beautiful friends are all available today at 4pm PST in The Polish Bar shop!  You can also follow the Facebook page and Instagram for updates on new collections and release dates :)

What do you think of these polishes?  Do any of them strike your fancy?

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Polish was sent to me by the maker for swatches and a review.  All opinions and experiences with the polish are my own and my review remains 100% honest.

Ellagee's The Purple One and Daddy Pop + Nail Art

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Any Prince fans in the house?  If you are waving your arms frantically in the air (in your mind) to show Yes! you are a Prince fan! then this post is for you!  Laura of Ellagee is also a Prince fan and created a special collection called The Arist full of purple and gold polishes inspired by him.  I've got two of those to show you today!

Whenever I think of Prince I think of the movie Pretty Women and the scene when she's singing Kiss in the bathtub :D  So I've had that song stuck in my head since editing these photos :P

The first of the two polishes to show you is called "The Purple One:"

 (Ambient Sunlight)

The Purple One is a gorgeous royal purple holo with a golden shimmer throughout.  Opaque in two coats, it applies smoothly, evenly, and dries to a semi shiny finish.

I decided to add some nail art to these, since it's Prince and all, and he is The Arist ;)  So I used an image of his profile from google and inverted it in my photoshop program:

Image Source: Here

I then painted the inverted profile onto my nails:

If you take my nail art and invert it again, it looks very close to the original:

Eh, it was fun :P  I used the second polish, "Daddy Pop," as a glitter accent on the tips:

Daddy Pop dries to a semi-textured finished, so a nice layer or two of a glossy topcoat, like HK Girl, will finish the look nicely.

So what do you think of these polishes?  Do you feel they represent The Artist well?  You can find these two polishes with the rest of the collection Here.  You can also follow her on Instagram Here and Facebook Here, and join the Facebook fan group Here for group customs and sneak peaks!  

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One polish provided with discount code for review purposes.  My opinions are in no way swayed and remain 100% honest.

Erin Go Bragh!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!! I'm being lame this year and not doing anything fun - comes with being a stay at home mom of little ones :P  But we *did* all dress in green today - even though St. Patrick's actual color is blue... O_o

I have four St. Patrick's Day designs I did that I'd like to share with you today ^_^  I used various polishes purchased the last month that were created for this holiday!  Let's start with the design I did using the Philly Loves Lacquer St. Patrick's Day Trio:

This trio consisted of a gorgeous emerald green holo called "Gilded Shamrock," a gold dust glitterbomb called "Claddaugh Dust," and a gorgeous green dust glitterbomb called "Fearbhirigh."  The decals used were a freebie included when you purchased the full trio.

For the next design, I used a few polishes from the "7 Tales of Luck & Whiskey" box I purchased from Fairytale Finish:

I used "Irish Creme" by Lacquered Polish for the base - it's a beautiful Irish creme color with a light creme/gold shimmer, and for the glitter accent nails I used "Glitter Luck" by Model City Polish.  I freehanded the Celtic heart knots so that when put together (in the second photo) they resembled a Celtic clover ^_^

Next, I used the Smokey Mountain Lacquers St. Patrick's Day Duo:

I loooooooove the sparkly goodness of this duo!!  The orange is "Gentlemen Prefer Gingers" and it had a beautiful sparkle and subtle holo to it.  The green is "Shamrock Dreams" and it also has a holographic effect as well as a generous dusting of gold sparkly goodness ^_^  The Celtic knotted clover is a water decal I received from Green Goddess Creations.

The last design to show you is another I created using some more polishes from the "7 Tales" box:

This one was SUPER sparkly in the sun!!  I loved it!!  I used "Radioactive Leprechaun" by Fairytale Finish for the bright, neon green, and "Blarney Stone" by Simply Beautiful for the gorgeous gold and green holo glitter bomb topper.  I placed shamrock vinyls over Radioactive Leprechaun before layering Blarney Stone so that, when removed, there would be cute radioactive clovers :D  The dots were added for funsies - I felt leaving them with just one color was too boring.

So what do you think?  Which is your favorite design of these?  Are you totally over green manis now, and looking forward to Easter/Spring ones?  I know I'm stoked for that - bring on the pastels!!!  They are my weakness <3

Hope you all have a safe and blessed St. Patrick's Day!  As you slide down the banisters of life, may the splinters never point in the wrong direction ;)

Polish Post/Press Sample: "Chimera" by Octopus Party Nail Lacquer

*Giveaway prize, upgraded to full size for swatches*

Hiya!  Long time no post I know - I've been such a slacker >.<  This weekend my family and I went to our property in Flagstaff to relax and celebrate my dad's upcoming birthday ^_^  It was lovely!  Gorgeous view of the Painted Desert:

Today I wanted to share with you the beautiful "Chimera" by Octopus Party Nail Lacquer!  I recently won the mini size in a giveaway in the fan group on Facebook, and Dave (owner and alchemist) was so awesome that he sent me a full size instead and asked if I'd like to swatch it for him.

I am no fool, I (over-zealously) said YES!  And here they are!

BEHOLD - Chimera:

Direct Sunlight

Indoors

Chimera was created as Dave's birthday polish :)  It is a beautiful shaded olive-colored holographic polish with some amazing multichrome flakies that pack a real sparkly punch!!  Application was amazing - very smooth, and this polish was nearly opaque with just one coat!  I am wearing two in the photos above.  It dried in under 5 minutes to a shine, though an added topcoat really made that linear holographic effect pop!  It's an all-around gorgeous polish :D  I added a 15 second video to my Instagram account of the amazing holographic and sparkly goodness of Chimera in the sunlight, if you wanna check it out!

Currently the OPNL shop is out of stock, but I know Dave's working on lots of upcoming goodies, and will be re-stocking soon, so make sure you check back frequently- better yet, "like" the Facebook page so you won't miss ANY re-stock and new polish announcements!

Hope you all enjoy/survive your Monday!  See you soon <3