Nail Art with DRK

I'm feeling like Super Poop today, so I'm gonna make this short and sweet :)  I decided to create a mani using several products from recent purchases that were too awesome to leave sitting on my shelf of nail art paraphernalia.  Here is the result!

Base Coat: "Joyful" by Parrot Polish (desk clear, not available in the shop)
Stamping Polish: "Sangria" by DRK

Stamper: Jelly Jumbo Stamper by DRK
Stamping Plate: Moyra 03 - "Ornaments"

Holographic Accent Polish: "Rainbow Spill" by Polish Your Dreams

Glitter Accent Polish: "Wish" by Cupcake Polish

I'm pretty pleased with how this turned out :)  Honestly had no idea what I was going to do, just kind of went along with it as it happened.  What do you think of this mani?

Gothic Gala Lacquers "Conquer" and "Darkest Kiss"

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This has most definitely 100% been the definition of my 2016 thus far.  Especially recently.  Lots of lots of road blocks.  I will go into more detail at a later time when shit gets sorted, but until then, please know I love and appreciate each and every one of my readers and followers, and thank you for sticking with me through my long absences!!

Let's get to some polish :)

Gothic Gala Lacquers sent me two polishes for swatching, and they are both pretty fantastic :D  Let's start with "Conquer:"

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Conquer is a beautiful gunmetal grey glitterbomb with blurple flakies throughout.  Opaque in 2-3 coats, depending on how thick you apply.  I am wearing two coats in the photos above with a topcoat of Smooth Me Over (also by Gothic Gala Lacquers).  It is inspired by Robin Roberts' Oscars gown, shown here:

The second polish is "Darkest Kiss:"

Darkest Kiss is a deep one-coater black matte polish with scattered holo throughout.  The ring finger in the photos above shows the polish without a topcoat.  

Because Darkest Kiss was a one-coater, I was pretty sure that meant it would stamp well, and I was right!  A fellow GGL swatcher, Sparklepuss Polish, and I did a "twin" mani using Darkest Kiss over an older GGL color from 2014 "Remember, Remember."  We used heart images from Born Pretty Store Plate 50 (you can use my code MUMQ10 for 10% off your Born Pretty store order).

Here's the result:

And I couldn't just stop there, I really wanted to use Conquer in some way...So I came up with thism using Darkest Kiss as the base, Conquer as the accents, and a Rose vinyl from What's Up Nails;

You can pick up Conquer and Darkest Kiss at the Gothic Gala Lacquers store, linked below - don't forget to use my discount code MOMMRSANDME25 for 25% off your order :D  

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What do you think of these polishes?  Do you think she nailed Conquer?  Let me know in the comments below! <3

*For all swatches and nail art, I used OPI Nail Envy as my basecoat.  Here is the affiliate link where you can purchase it for a much cheaper price than drug and beauty stores:

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Polishes were sent to me by the maker for photography purposes.  All experience with the polishes are my own and my disclosure remains 100% honest.

Faeries & Folklore's "For Your Wooing Pleasure" Collection + April's MOTM

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Well that title was a mouthful!

Seriously though, I have some downright gorgeous beauties to show you from Faeries & Folklore, so let's get right to it!

Meet the "For Your Wooing Pleasure" collection!

Very appropriately named, yes?  Let's start with some swatches!  Note: all polishes have a scattered holographic effect, and all are shown in the photos at 3 coats with no topcoat.

First up: "Charmingly Charismatic"

Charmingly Charismatic is a nice yellow/citrine color with brilliant green chrome flakies.  

Next: "Enchanting Entrancement"

Enchanting Entrancement is a lovely light purple-y silver with violet chrome flakies.  

Next: "Selectively Seductive"

Selectively Seductive is a brilliant frosty mint green with an emerald green shimmer and green/violet chrome flakies.

And lastly we have "Valiantly Visionary"

Valiantly Visionary is a lovely light pink with beautiful peacock blue chrome flakies and a blue shimmer.

Along with the Wooing Pleasure collection, Faeries & Folklore is also releasing April's Myth of the Month polish - so you can snag it when you get these ;)  April's MOTM is "Dragon Scales:"

Well of COURSE I nestled it with all my dragon eggs - duh!!  It's called DRAGON SCALES - and I like showing off my pretty dragon egg creations.  So there.

Here, have some swatches:

No, that's not a stamp or vinyl stencil on my ring finger - I hand painted those.  GET A STAMP OR VINYL STENCIL - holy crap, those scales took FOREVER.

Dragon Scales is a seriously awesome polish - a nice olive-green with an emerald green shimmer, subtle scattered holo shimmer, AND iridescent glitters.  Oh my stars, this one catches the light really well - it was extremely distracting during push-ups at my taekwondo lesson yesterday.

So where can you purchase all of these beauties?  Here:

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What do you think of this collection?  How about April's Myth of the Month?  Let me know in the comments below ;)

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

Octopus Party Nail Lacquer Spring Colors!

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Quick blog post for you today!  It's been a crazy busy week and today is no different >.<

Octopus Party Nail Lacquer has released 4 beautiful Spring colors as well as a few new colors exclusive to Ella Ann Cosmetics.  I have four of all of those polishes to show you here :D  Let's start with the two from the OPNL Spring Collection.

First up: "Easy-Bake Coven"

Easy-Bake Coven is a really nice pastel lilac purple with a scattered holographic effect.  I am wearing 3 thin coats in the photos above, no topcoat.

Next up is "Going Coastal:"

Going Coastal is the perfect creamy blue with a very, VERY subtle blue shimmer.  Shown above is 3 thin coats, no topcoat.

Next is one of the Ella Ann exclusives - "A Tanner Darkly:"

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A Tanner Darkly is a tan/gold (in some lighting) holo, opaque in two coats as shown above.

And lastly we have "Pasta Azul:"

Sun shooooooooooot!!!

Pasta Azul is a jaw-dropping blue holographic polish, opaque in 2 coats as shown above.

Holy canoli, people, these polishes are terrific, especially the Ella Ann exclusives!  I highly suggest you jump on the Purchase Wagon, as these all of these are only available for 2 more days :-O  Here are links where you can purchase these and see the rest of the polishes available, as well as follow the brand:

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What do you think of these polishes?  Any of them in particular strike your fancy?  Let me know in the comments! <3

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Polish provided at a discount from the maker in exchange for swatches and a review.  All opinions and experiences with the polish are unique to me and my review remains 100% honest.