Orly Mirrorball

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Today I have a very short post on Mirrorball from Orly, a stunning silver/gray holographic polish with little bits of holographic glitter! In my swatch below I applied three coats to get it to an opacity that I was happy with, this polish has a great formula and dried quickly so three coats was not a huge deal.

I do however wish that the sun would have been more cooperative with me so I could have captured all the holographic goodness, but it just did not want to show it's self during the times it was convenient for me to take photos, so all the photos were took inside in front of a window.

Wear time on this was okay, I applied it on Wednesday and had a few chips by Friday, not huge chips but still chips LOL I still really like it though, it's just too pretty not to like!

I hope you all had a great weekend and I'll see you again on Wednesday, not sure what I'll have up yet.

Sweet Irish Creme

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Today I want to show y'all Sweet Irish Creme from The Little LacquerBean. The pictures are not the best in the world and there is a funny story that goes along with that. So I see seen this polish on Instagram and decided to snag it when TLLB had her Black Friday sale, it was 50% off!! It is honestly the most beautiful nude polish I own, it has a scattered holographic effect to it and just looks amazeballs in the sunlight. I could not wait to try it on but I knew I had to wait for a sunny today to show off the full effect, well I get my sunny day and as soon as I get my nails painted and get ready to head outside for photos it just clouds up on me. I have worn this a couple of times and each time it gets cloudy when I go to take my photos!! I did manage to get one slightly sunny shot one day, but it's so funny that it always gets cloudy!

The first shot is the one that I got when it was slightly sunny, the second and third shots were inside with my phones flashlight on. It still looks pretty, but man in person in the sunlight @-@ WOW!

The Little LacquerBean also has nail vinyls and several other gorgeous polishes so stop by and check out her store! When I get the money I really want to get Frosty Balls, Goldfish in a Bag and Tractor Pulling.

Tomorrow I'll be back with Back in My Gloria Days!

Cosmic Water Marble

Super short post today, I wanted to share with you my favorite mani I've done this month, a water marble! I used 2 of Avon's Cosmic polishes, Eclipse and Super Nova. These are classified as holographic polishes, more on the scattered side than linear. 

These polishes worked so much better than I expected for marbling, I didn't even put down a base color and it still came out opaque and vibrant!

The only issue I did run into was that I should have got fresh water before I started on my second hand. It came out with the colors mixed up a little bit. These seem to spread out really well and do not dry quickly in the water. 

This is going to be my Holographic mani for the #SBBNailChallenge

See, super short post ;) Hope you all have a great day!

Avon Starlight

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Happy November!

Today I am checking off another number on the SBB Nail Challenge, number 4 Green. I am using a polish that I had bought a while ago and it just got pushed to the back of my unworn drawer, Avon Starlight from their Cosmic Collection.

This is a gorgeous greenish-yellow holographic polish. Unfortunately I did not have any sun to photograph this in, so I just used my flashlight on my phone as my light source. In the light it does tend to look more green than yellow.

Even as pretty as this was on it's own, I just couldn't leave it be, as you see in the photo. So I added some chevron stamps to it using a plate that I received for review from Born Pretty Store. I love the stamping plates from there, they are always great quality, work well and come in a wide variety of designs. The plate that I used was the Zebra Stripes Love Pattern QA91. It is a great plate and lots of potential manicures in it and at a price of only $2.99, you can't beat that! Plus you can save an extra 10% with coupon code SMBW10
This plate would also be great to use for Valentine's day!

I hope you all enjoy your weekend! We are getting a first snow of season today, it does not seem to be as big a deal as the weather man made it out to be, but it sure is cold LOL

Essence Break Through & China Glaze Fairy Dust

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Today I am showing Break Through from Essence that I received from Lizzy! Stop by and check out her blog, she has a different nail post everyday, I look forward to her posts each day!

I'm just going to start off by saying I love this Essence polish! Such a gorgeous mid-toned shade of purple. The application was wonderful, I think due partly to the brush. It's one of the wider ones that has a nice subtle curve to it that really fits nicely around the cuticle/nail bed. I also love that this polish dries super fast. I really like it because it has a jelly like texture/finish to it. Once I put it on I could not stop looking at it.

Here is a quick shot of the brush:

I thought I would add some glitter to it by applying China Glaze Fairy Dust. Indoors and in the shade Fairy Dust just looks like silver glitter, but once you get it under some light, especially out in the sun, you can see all the holographic glittery goodness. My pictures do not do the sparkle of Fairy Dust any justice.

The following photos I took with my iPhone, they are out of focus, but that really shows the sparkle better and makes the color look more accurate :)

I could just stare at it all day LOL, but I have a ton of other things that must get done.
Next week I'll have a couple reviews on some beauty products, a nail look, and possible my March favorites/empties. Hope you all have a fabulous weekend!

TIOT: Zoya Payton

I am so excited to share with y'all today my new favorite polish, Payton from Zoya! Normally I would not even consider purchasing Zoya polish because for me it's a little expensive at $8-9 a bottle, but back at Halloween they were offering a deal that I could not pass up, buy one get one free, plus free shipping. Two bottles of Zoya for $8 versus $24.95 (that's for 2 bottles plus shipping), don't mind if I do LOL

Payton is a gorgeous plum color jelly with holographic specs in it. When I looked at this online I just thought it was glitter then when I got it and swatched it, I fell in love! Payton looks super stunning in the sunlight, but is also very beautiful in indoor lighting as well. I took several pictures of this polish, but I don't feel that they really do it justice. Here are the best ones. Each one is 2 coats with a top coat, I feel 3 coats looks much better.

Indoor Lighting

Direct Sunlight

Direct Sunlight

Direct Sunlight

Isn't that a gorgeous polish? Do you have Payton in your collection? If not would you like to add it to your collection? They other polish I got from this deal was Tiffany, I will be showing that next Tuesday.

Mish Mash Challenge Week 15: Holographic

Woo Hoo is Mish Mash Challenge day! This weeks theme was Holographic, I don't have too many holographic nail polishes. I have one Linear and 4 scattered. I went with one of the scattered, it's from Avon's Cosmic Collection and is called Celestial. It is a very pretty light blue with a very scattered holographic effect.

This is 3 coats with no top coat.

Trying to capture a holographic nail polish with a camera is tricky business LOL

Let's take a look at what the Ladies did for Holographic week!

Mish Mash Challenge Week 2: Taping

Guess what day it is! Mish Mash Challenge day, of course! Bet you thought I was going to say something else, didn't you?

I was very excited for today's challenge, as I have only done a few taping manicures and I like doing them, although they are very tedious, in my opinion. For today's manicure I used Starburst from Avon's Cosmic collection as my base color, laid down my tape for my design and then painted over that with Black Out from Pure Ice.

I like how this came out, however I do wish that the tape strips were a little bit wider so more of Starburst was visible. I guess I could just put two pieces side by side to make it a tad wider. The striping tape that I used was from Fing'rs Heart 2 Art. Very easy to use I just had to be careful when I was trying to pull some tape out, so that I did not break it off. I figured out the hard way that you have to be very gentle when messing with it.

On to the photos!

Be sure to check out the manicures that the other Mish Masher ladies did for this week!

Review: Born Pretty Holographic Holo Glitter Nail Polish

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Today I have a review on holographic nail polish from the Born Pretty Store, which I am sure you have heard of. I was contacted by them and asked if I would review a product from their store and I chose the above mentioned holographic nail polish.

I love holographic nail polish I think it is one of the prettiest forms of polish there is out there. I chose a blue color, because I don't have a lot of blue polish in my collection. I was slightly disappointed in the size of the polish, you get 0.2oz. This polish retails for $12.88 and is currently on sale for $5.59 I know all holographic nail polish is a more expensive than regular polish, but to me it's just not enough product for the money you spend.

On to the good part of this review. The polish is good quality nail polish, it went on like a dream, very smooth application. I applied two coats in the pictures below, next time I think I will go with 3 to make it more opaque. Dry time was average, around 5-10 minutes, as with most polishes I have used. It also lasted on my nails for about 3 days before I started noticing chips, but I think that is due to the condition of my nails. On my pinkie nail, which is in great shape, I never noticed any chipping and I had this polish on for 7 days. So I think if all my nails were in that good of shape, it would not have started chipping.

I have to say this is one of the prettiest polishes I have in my collection and my pictures do it no justice. I tried several different lighting sources and just could not capture the true beauty of this polish. As with most holographic polishes it looks best when you are out in the sunlight.

I want to say thanks again to the Born Pretty Store for letting me try out this polish! You can also save 10% site wide using the coupon code: SMBW10

Quality: 5/5

Price: 2/5

Value: 2/5

Packaging: 4/5

Formula: 5/5

Pigmentaion: 5/5

Longevity: 4/5

Overall: 27/35

Have you tried any of the holographic polishes from the Born Pretty Store? What did you think about them?

NOTD: Starburst

Today I wanted to share with you a beautiful polish that I purchased from Avon's new Cosmic Collection line. The Cosmic Collection is a line of holographic nail polishes. These polishes are a scattered holographic, not a linear holographic like most of the holographic polishes. With that being said it is still a beautiful polish. I have two other colors from this line that I will get put up on my blog at some point :) The regular price for these polishes is $6.00, but if you shop Avon often, you know their products are almost always on some kind of sale.

My camera does not like reds or pinks so it tends to mess with the actual color of this polish, but I think I captured it good enough to get it's beauty across.

The polish is called Starburst and went on very smooth and easily and was opaque in one coat. I only used one coat in the photos below. Dry time was average and it has wore really well on my nails. As with most holographic polishes, it looks pretty much like a regular nail polish in indoor lighting, but when you get out in the sun it looks amazing!

Quality: 5/5

Price: 3/5 unless it's on sale

Packaging: 5/5

Formula: 5/5

Pigmentation: 5/5

Longevity: 4/5

Overall: 28/30

Have you tried Avon's Cosmic Collection yet? If not are you planning on it?

ABC Nail Challenge: Letter H

It's Wednesday and that means it's time again for the ABC Nail Challenge! Today we are on letter H and I am so happy with the way my Letter H manicure came out! Today H is for Holographic Hearts! I used Pure Ice Black out as my base color and used my Color Club Holographic polish in Cherubic for my stamping. My pictures do not do this mani justice! I could not for the life of me get a picture that represented it as well as it looked in person. The black really made the holographic polish stand out!

Be sure to stop by and check out what all the other ladies did for the letter H!