Getting back into nail art: My Fourth of July Manicure!

Hello loves!! Happy 4th of July! I hope you are having a great holiday weekend if you are celebrating and if your not celebrating I hope you are having a lovely weekend!

So this past week I was in the mood to finally do some nail art, and had even more ambition to do a 4th of July manicure!

I have done any type of nail art in a very looonnnnggg time. So long that I have even forgot how to do a proper dotticure. Hopefully this manicure will inspire me to get back into doing some nail art in the future.

For this design all I knew was I wanted to have my thumb,fore finger, and middle finger, have red and white stripes and my ring and pinkie fingers to be blue with silver stars.

I suck at free hand striping, (even when I was doing nail art more frequently) so I instantly went for some chevron guides I had from a kit I bought at CVS a while back when I wanted to buy some guides for a french manicure I was doing.

So I painted the first three fingers with Wet 'n' Wild's Wild Shine polish in white. I used two coats to make it nice and opaque and even,  I don't think these have names just numbers, but I'm sure you all know the one I am talking about. I then used Julie G's polish in Cabana Boy, which is one of the best blue polishes I own, on my ring and pinkie fingers. It is literally a one coater, but I always go in for a second coat just out of habit.

After letting these colors dry for a good long while, I carefully placed my chevron guides and took China Glaze's Cranberry Splash to make the red stripes. Now Cranberry Splash is not the first red I would of picked, but I realized I actually don't have a red creme polish. If anyone has any recommendation's I would appreciate it greatly!

After successfully creating my chevrons and cleaning up I wanted to place some silver stars I had on my nails but they didn't sit right and looked bad ( at least to me), so I took them off and replaced it with some dots in Celeb City by Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear.

I'm not a huge fan on how the silver dots came out, I like I said I completely for got how to do placement for them!


I am really happy with it overall though. It was a lot of fun getting back into some nail art, and seeing the idea I had in my head actually translate to my nails!

And here is a complementary 'claw' hand photo so you can see all of the manicure.

I hope you guys enjoyed this post and finally seeing some nail art up in here!!
Have a great day guys! I'll talk to you soon!
<3 Nicole

Throwback Thursday: My First blog post!!

Oh man is this post going to be cringe worthy on so many levels!

Good morning lovelies! I hope you are all doing well and are gearing up for the weekend! As you read this post I will be at work patiently waiting for the clock to strike 5:30pm so I can get out and have a nice day off on Friday. Unfortunately with my job I have to work at least one weekend day but on occasions I get a whole weekend off and when I do its is GLORIOUS!

Today I thought I would take you back in time four years and show you my very first blog post. The whole reason I started my blog was that I enjoyed reading nail polish blogs at the time and my collection was steadily growing. I wasn't as heavily into makeup as I am now so that's where my blog name came from. They were my nails and my polish and there you go.

I remember the name of the first post and it was an introduction post about myself, so really I guess I'm taking you back to the second post on the blog but its the first one I showed of a manicure!

I called it Springtime Crackle. Crackle was huge four years, I remember desperately wanting to get my hands on it, thank goodness we had just had a Sally's Beauty open up in the next town over!

So... brace yourselves... if its too bad... look away...

Spring, Butterflies, Gradients? Oh my!

Hi guys!! How are you all? On my end things are up and down as they have been the last few weeks. I've been feeling down and depressed and nothing really seems to be helping. Although there is one thing that has been helping, that  is my friends not just here at home but on the Internet too! If it hadn't been for their words of encouragement I don't know what I would do. I just have to remember I'm not alone in my struggles and eventually everything will work out.

So for today's post I wanted to share with you some nail art I did last week. Since the weather is finally getting warmer (its gonna be 60 today) I was inspired to do a bright manicure.

I started off with two of my favorite neon's from China Glaze, Pink Plumeria and Loves A Beach. The pair of polishes created a subtle gradient that I really liked. Then I decided to add some nail art. Originally I was going to do butterfly wings on all of my nails but since I like the gradient so much that I only did the accent nail.

I have to say I need to practice my butterfly wings more, my nails also need to grow out more too. Its hard to do a butterfly wing on short nails.

After finishing the nail art I waited a day and added Finger Paints Flakies in Flashy.  The iridescence of the flakies really made it look like a butterfly wing. I topped it all off with Julie G Jet Set Fast Drying Top Coat. It has quickly replaced my Seche Vite and Sally Hansen Insta Dry as my favorite top coat!

That's it for today! See you next time! <3 Nicole

Valentines inspired polish options!

Good Morning guys!! Guess what? Its snowing...AGAIN!! I swear we loose the snow then it comes back ten fold.

Did you know that Valentines Day is only 9 days away? I don't particularly like Valentines day, I just never have, maybe its because I haven't had a proper valentine, but you know, I am my own darn valentine! Plus who can pass up 75% off candy the next day?

But what I don't mind is  sporting a Valentines day manicure on the day. So in case you needed to know of some polishes that were V-day inspired, or just looking for new color to wear, or even in need of some inspiration, I have complied some options.

Lets take a look!!

The first polish I have to show you is OPI Charged Up Cherry, its a bright pink/fuchsia polish that isn't that sickly sweet light pink everyone associates with Valentines Day, its kind of on the darker spectrum.

Next up we have my absolute favorite red polish of all time, China Glaze Cranberry Splash. I know this came out in a Christmas Collection but it does scream love and romance to me! 

How about a polish that's name is as sweet as the polish looks, here is Queen Cupcake from Funky Fingers. I don't believe that you can get this polish anymore, but I would say use it as inspiration to find a color just like maybe?

If you want a polish that is the big 3 free and from a company that is pretty awesome, check out Zoya's Flora!

In this photo from 2012 I have it paired with a glitter that is also great for Valentines Day! Its called You Glitter Be Good To Me, from OPI! If you don't have this glitter or can't get to then OPI's Excuse Moi from the Muppet's Collection is another pink glitter that is awesome.

Here is another winner from OPI; Love is a Racket from the Serena Williams Collection.

Here I used it in a french manicure design from two years ago. Its a amazingly beautiful glass fleck polish. You can't tell here which is also when you can tell that my camera sucked. Anyhow this makes me want to wear it for this Valentines Day... We'll see! I also love the little white hearts I stamped on! (That was one of my first attempts at stamping ever!)

Lastly we have one last red polish. This one you know from one of my recent post. Its Wet 'n' Wild's Heatwave.

Now that we have normal polish choices covered, I also chose two texture polishes that are very much appropriate for the big love holiday!

From the Julie G. Frosted Gumdrop Collection we have Hot Cinnamon and Crushed Candy!

These will add just a bit more sparkle to your holiday! Plus the names I think are just adorable for this time of the year!!


Wow! That was a mouthful! I hope you guys enjoyed this post and maybe it did give you some inspiration for colors or polishes to use if you own them! I will talk to you all soon!
<3 Nicole

Back in Business!!!

Hi guys!!!

Sooo.... the semester is officially OVER!!!! WOO HOO! You have no idea how relieved I am. Technically I do have to go into school on Monday for one last class and to return a rental book but I don't have anymore test or anything like until the spring semester in January!

Since Christmas is about 11 days away I thought I would share my current winter/Christmas/Holiday manicure with you!

I feel like this year is coming to an end so fast, but I'm kind of glad it is. I have had a roller coaster of a year, with loss and family health problems. I've also been suffering really bad lately from depression, and anxiety. Its not fun but one thing that has kept me going over the last three months or so has been staying in touch with the nail community and how many of you amazing people out there are so supportive and encouraging!  I can't say thank you enough for that!

Today's manicure started off with one of my absolute favorite Christmas reds, China Glaze Cranberry Splash. I talked about this red a lot last year from what I can remember . Its shiny and shimmery, and every time I use it or see it, it makes me think Christmas!

I also have to give a shout out to OPI Nail Envy Matte for being my base coat to protect my nails, I got a twin pack of the original formula and the matte formula back in February. I finished the bottle of original formula and now working my way with the matte. It definitely keeps my nail polish on longer and I haven't seen any yellowing in my nails, compared to other base coats I have used.

To make this manicure more holdiay-ish I broke out my stamping plates. Originally I saw Nicole from Polish Me Please, post a snowflake manicure on her Instagram. I got inspired that day and did something similar and posted a photo on my Instagram. I used the same stamps from Bundle Monster for this manicure, and I think it makes my nails look like wrapping paper.

I used my mini star tree topper to pose my hand on. I have a mini tree in my bedroom this year and it just makes it so much cozy-ier. I will say this once I was done taking photos with it my hand was full of glitter, but there is nothing wrong with that.

For the snowflake stamp I used Fresh Paint's Coconut. I got it from Five Below, but I don't think they have it anymore. Five below goes through series of different polishes every so often and Coconut was released over the summer.

And to make my manicure shiny and protected I used Seche Vite. I was using Sally Hansen Insta Dry Top Coat but my nails chipped quickly after using it, which is a problem I have never really had with it so I decided to go back to Seche Vite one day after seeing they sold it in Wal-Mart. Seche Vite was the first quick drying top coat I ever used and I loved it, but then it started shrinking my manicures so I stopped. It seems though that this bottle isn't doing that so I guess I must be doing something right.

For the photos I did take them inside since it is snowing outside right now and the hours of daylight are limited. A couple of the photos did come out dark so I had to adjust the light on a couple of them.

So this is my launch back into blogging!!1 I am so excited to be back you guys!! I hope you like this manicure!

I will talk to you all very soon!
<3 Nicole

Hi guys!!

So it's been over a month since I last posted on here. How are you all??? 

I am doing ok, everything is going well but I sure am busy as heck with school work and life in general! After I posted about taking a break I was kind of regretting it. I kept thinking that I could find a way to blog and do everything else. I realize now though that if I had tried to do everything I would be down to a frazzle and sometimes I think I am. 

If you follow me on Instagram I try to post manicure photos when I actually have time to do my nails! I have found out that I have been wearing polishes for 5-6 days and letting it chip which in turn makes my nails break and chip themselves. And basically my nails have been looking disastrous!  Yesterday I had to paint my nails right after eating lunch while catching up on reading, and Netflix haha. I know watching Netflix probably isn't a necessity but I have become addicted to the tv show Supernatural.... 

If you have seen the show then you know why. 

Obligations outside of school and work have been crazy too! I feel I don't get to see my family so much. But to be honest even when I wasn't at school I didn't see them much. 

We celebrated my nieces first birthday this month! It was so cute and a sad yet exciting time. She's now standing up and saying a few words and clapping. I wish she was still a new born. I miss holding her like that, now she just likes to squirm around and be cranky because she's teething. But personally I can't wait to see her walk and actually form words for sentences! 

Ok so enough babbling for me, here are a couple of photos to show you what I have been up too! 

This is my nieces first birthday party! Look at the cuteness! 

This is my first 'A' of the semester! 

Here is Gigi is standing up, now if she could only figure out how to move. As soon as she stand and realizes she can't move she cries. 

And here is my most current manicure, it's fall inspired. It is China Glaze Foie Gras and Finger Paint Flakies. It reminds me of the changing leaves on the trees. 

  

Ok so that is it for this update post! Maybe I can do more like this in the future! If not be sure to follow me on Instagram @mynailsmypolish to see what's been going on! 

Love you guys and talk to you all soon! 

<3 Nicole 

45 Days Of Untrieds Day 15: China Glaze: Itty Bitty And Gritty

Good Morning!

Happy weekend to you all! Today I am sort of celebrating. I recently found out that I got a job I applied for, which means I get to leave my current job! Granted yes I have been there 8 years and some would say 'why leave?' you've already been there 8 years. I am choosing to leave because  my current job is stressful beyond belief and even though I have been their for 8 years it hasn't been the best. Its a long story so lets get on to the polish.

I am also waiting to hear from school to see if I have been readmitted, if I get my letter today you may see one or two happy tweets later today!

So for day 15 of our untrieds, (only 30 more to go!) I have the last of the China Glaze textures to show you!

This one is called Itty Bitty And Gritty. Its a coral color that you guessed it, has that popcorn texture to it.

This polish was the runniest of the three that I had purchased. My camera makes it more pink but its leans more of an orange-y coral color.

This polish takes about two coats to be opaque. I don't really have too much to say about this polish because it is almost like the other two just a different color. I don't want to sound like a broken record.

Now that I have had the full experience of all different textures such as the glittery ones to the creme ones I have to say that I like the glittery ones much more than the creme. I mean the idea is nice and all but to be honest ( and thats what I am about here ) I'm just not that impressed.

So that wraps up day 15 of the untried challenge. Stay tuned for Sunday's untried which is one of my favorite colors !

Don't forget to check out Morie's Nail Art and Shaylads untrieds to see where they are at!

<3 Nicole

45 Days Of Untrieds Day 12: China Glaze Of Coarse!

Hello!

So for today's untried I am continuing with the texture trend by showing you the next China Glaze creme texture polish I have. Its called Of Coarse, its a bright blue, a color that if it wasn't a texture I would definitely still wear! I kind of wish China Glaze Had this color as a creme. If they do let me know in the comments.

If you wanted to you could get away with one coat. I used two for all my photos.

I love this color its bright and its fun, in a weird way it reminds me the concrete around a public pool, you know how most of them have that popcorn texture and how most of the lettering is a blue color.

I think its important to let each coat dry before you add the next. I noticed on my middle finger part of my finger didn't 'texture' right because I may have brushed on the two coats too quickly.

One thing I was worried about with this polish was wether it would stain my nails and cuticles. I did notice during my clean up around my cuticles there was a little bit of staining that I couldn't get off. As for actual nail plate staining, I didn't really leave it on long enough to tell, and I did have a pretty decent base coat of Nail Envy on too. When I took this off I did notice if it got under my nail it stained the underside a little while trying to remove it.

Remeber to check out Adri's and Shaylads untireds too!

What are your favorite bright colors to wear around the pool?

<3 Nicole

45 Days Of Untrieds: Day 8 China Glaze Unrefined.

Hey guys! I apologize for this post being a day late. Life has been crazy busy and adding on this amazing challenge has made me realize that there are just not enough hours in the day to everything!

Between work and the blog and family life I have been exhausted the past few days, so once again I apologize for not having a post yesterday.

Day 8's Untried is from China Glaze, I think China Glaze is one of my favorite brands that I own, I know I own quite a few of them and there will definitely be a few more making their way into this challenge.

Unrefined comes from the China Glaze Texture collection. I remember seeing this collection back in the beginning of the year maybe around March? I remember going to the Beauty Plus Salon and was happy they had them.

This is one of the first creme texture polishes I own. I don't know how much I like it in comparison to the Frosted Gumdrops or the Liquid Sand Polishes but they are pretty nifty.

Unrefined is a pretty pastel pink color. Its fairly bright and I like it with my skin tone. The texture finish is that more of I think I have heard bloggers describe it as a popcorn ceiling effect. I have to agree with it 100%.

I had to use three coats to make it opaque and to get the texture to even out. The texture bits seem to already in the polish when you apply it because I could see them on the brush and on the nail. I didn't add a top coat, obviously to ruin the effect.

I have two other colors I plan on showcasing during the challenge so keep on a look out for those. The only thing I didn't like about this polish was that it chipped really easily, where as with the glittery ones from OPI and Julie G, they stayed on my nails well, and the base coat I always use is Nail Envy by OPI.

Don't forget to check out Adrianna's nails and Shaylads untireds!

<3 Nicole

Do you prefer creme or glittery texture polishes??

Spring has Sprung!

Well hello again!

As promised in my last post here is my next post that is Spring nail oriented!

A while back before my two weeks of hell started I did some freehand nail art which I don't always get to do because I suck at it! I'm practicing when I can but nothing turns out the way I would like it to. I think that's why I stick to stamping so much.

Anyway enough pity party for one up there in that last paragraph lets get to it. Since Spring is FINALLY here, I cannot wait to start wearing bright clothes and spring dresses and not heavy sweaters and boots! Even though the temperatures are not Spring worthy yet, were still in the upper 30s to 40 degrees here in NY. A funny fact is that the weather guy the other day said that one year ago at this time we were actually having a heat wave, it was almost 80 degrees here last year! I wish we could have it back! We still have 3 inches of snow to get rid of!

Anyway one part of spring that I love is when all the pretty little butterflies come out, so that's what I decided to recreate was butterfly wings. I have seen so many nail artist recreate these I wanted to give it a shot. My favorite butterfly is the Monarch Butterfly as seen over on the left.



So to create my version I started off with three coats of China Glaze Orange You hot from the Summer Neon (2012) collection.

Here is a swatch photo of it on its own.

My photo makes it look more golden but its not it is very much orange! I couldn't get my editing program to color correct it :(.

Then I did a gradient of Love's a Beach on my tips, and then with a fine nail art brush from my Cheeky kit I got for Christmas I did the black out lines and then the white dots with a fine dotting tool also from the same kit.

All photos were taken with top coat and in natural light with the exception of the swatch of Orange You Hot that has no top coat.

 

 

For a first time take on butterfly wings I have to say I like them a lot and actually wore them for almost a whole week before changing the polish due to chips and pealing.

Since spring is here I hope I get inspired to do more spring nail art post and to work on my free hand more!

So until then I will talk to you all soon! <3 Nicole.


*Any and all nail polish mention in the above post was purchased by myself with my own money*

Countdown to spring!

Hey fellow polish lovers!

Today I bring you a Spring inspired splatter manicure. I feel like I always talk about the weather when I do a blog post, mostly its complaining about how horrible the weather is but today its about how spring is making its way in to New York!

Even with the crazy ass weather we have had where it snows for a day then is gone the next becaue it gets warm out I am super excited that spring is 10 days away! I've already got some spring/summer dresses out and ready to be worn when the snow melts and the weather starts to stay steady in the temperatures.

So for this manicure I started off with a base of China Glaze light as air. Wanting to add some bright colors to it grabbed some straws and some spring colors and went to work,.

The colors I used are Orly: Its not me. It's you. Pure Ice: Twinkle. Wet 'n' Wild: I Need A Refreshmint.

I'm still kind of new to the whole splatter manicure, I have only done one other which was back at Halloween time last year.

To add just a bit more of sparkle, I used this unlabled L.A, Girl Rockstar polish that Adri, from Morie's Nail Art sent me! It is a dupe for China Glaze Fairy Dust but its done with gold holo glitter.

Thats it for this post! I hope you enjoyed and I'll talk to you all soon!
<3 Nicole

China Glaze Light As Air.

Hello and happy Friday!!! Hope all is well!

Today I bring you a polish that has been on my wishlist for a while. A couple weeks ago I went to a beauty supply store with my BFF  Stephanie that is for professionals only. Lucky for me she s a licensed cosmetologist and can get me into the really good stores. This store was called Cosmo Prof. I think it is the same company that puts on the Cosmo Prof trade show that's for professionals, if I have my facts straight about it.

Anyway there is one little Cosmo Prof. store about 40 minutes from where we live and we decided to take a road trip to find it. Once we found it we were undoubtly excited to get in there and see what we could find. She blames every nail polish she purchases on me, I love being an enabler!

The store isn't huge but big enough that is has pretty much all the OPI's you can dream of and some China Glaze. I was hoping they would have more choices in brands of polish, especially Color Club but no. They had a few other brands I had never heard of as well but they weren't so appealing. So I stuck to picking out one or two OPI's. Usually OPI's are $8.99 when I purchase them at other beauty supplies that are open to the public like The Beauty Plus Salon, but here at Cosmo Prof they were $4.25 a piece! What a steal! So I immediately went looking for the Euro Centrale Collection which they had displayed on an end cap. They had all of the DS polishes too, but there weren't any prices on them so I didn't buy any. After grabbing a couple of OPI's  the employee's showed us the clearance section. Now there wasn't much to choose from sadly, most of the polishes were ones I already had or ones I knew I didn't want. Plus a lot of them were older and separated which means they had been sitting there some time. There was one polish though that caught my eye which was China Glaze Light As Air. Light as air is from the Up & Away collection, when I first started collecting polishes I made an ultimate list of what I wanted to buy off of one of the E retailers and this was on that list.

With the clearance price it was on sale for $1.99! I couldn't pass that up so that was the last one I grabbed. So that's what I have to show you, Introducing Light As Air.

These photos are two coats, no top coat and in natural light.

Light As Air is a crème finish polish that I would say is a lavender grey color. Two coats brings it to perfect opacity, and for once on the first coat there wasn't much streaking at all! You'll see in a later post I used this as a base for some nail art!

I'm definitely glad I grabbed this polish, I can't wait to wear it when the warmer spring weather arrives. I think spring is trying to break through early, its now march so its only 19 days away officially. Every time we get snow its gone by the next day since the temps are finally above freezing!


I only have one complaint about Cosmo Prof. The employees as much as they were trying to be helpful, they were extremely rude and annoying. They literally followed me and Steph around like we were criminals waiting to see if we were going to steal anything. Every turn it was "can I help you" I explained to them that I am a nail blogger and I know what I was looking for but mainly browsing too. The clerk looked at me like I have three heads, when Steph asked the lady at the front counter what product she used to get her hair blue, I mean it was this nice vibrant blue that faded out towards the bottom, the lady replied " uh bleach." and Steph went " I know that but what did you use to get the blue color?" I understand people have the right to be aware when people come into their store and there just browsing, I work in retail I know, but at least there could of been a little more hospitality and not so much hovering like we were little kids.

So until next time!
<3 Nicole

Valentines Day Balloons!

Good Morning! How is everyone today? If your in the northeast then you know we are being slammed by a winter storm called Nemo! To think I was just getting used to the whole brown grass thing and now this!

Today I bring you the first of my Valentines Day inspired manicures. I'm usually not a proponent of Valentines Day, the whole holiday just always seems so hyped up more than it is. I guess that's what working in retail does to you, it makes you bitter. My store had Valentines candy and stuff out in January, like literally the week after New Years. Its sort of sickening, I apologize to those of you whole love the holiday, its just my take on it.

But alas I still like doing holiday themed manicures and Valentines day doesn't get an exception. Today I have some balloons to show you. I initially wanted to do something along the line of the conversation hearts that we see all the time, sadly my nails are too small to do them on and be able to write all the little sayings on them. Taking the colorful heart part of the idea I made some balloons. There kind of cartoonish but that's the whole point of it really.

I started off with three coats of OPI I Think In Pink from the 2012 BCA duo. Its kind of a perfect pale pastel pink. The only thing I have a problem with is how any coats you need to make it opaque, the polish is a crème/jelly so its a little tricky.

Once my three coats were dry I grabbed China Glaze Wicked Style, Hard Candy Sky, and Hard Candy Splendid. Basically a darker pink, a sky blue and a yellow. I drew hearts free hand with my nail art brush; alternating colors on each fingers. Once they were dry I went around with a smaller nail art brush and my black nail polish (Wet 'n' Wild Black Crème) and outlined the hearts and drew on their strings.

I let it all dry and finished it off with my top coat.

The lighting is a bit different with these photos. My dad had purchased a mini fluorescent lamp to help replace the one that stopped working in the kitchen above our sink, but it didn't work so I took it and now it helps me do manicures in the living room when I want to sit and used the coffee table.

So these photos have the fluorescent light shining at them and I have to say it helped make the photos come out nicely on my iPhone camera. I only have one other complaint about this manicure, hearts are super hard to do on the opposite hand! I didn't have this manicure on for long since my left hand looked so bad.

If you are more adventurous in nail art and are more skilled at recreating it on your opposite hand then by all means rock this manicure!

I hope you enjoyed this and I'll talk to you guys on Sunday with another Valentines manicure!
<3 Nicole.

China Glaze Loves A Beach.

Hello all! Happy Friday afternoon!

It has been bitterly cold here in New York for the past almost week, I can't tell you how much I want the spring time to get here!

To help combat the bitter cold today I have a polish that will make you want to go to the beach!

Loves A Beach is from the China Glaze Summer Neon's collection it is a medium bright florescent pink. You could compare it to Hang Ten Toes its just a shade or two darker.

When Loves A Beach dries the shimmer that you can see in the other colors isn't too prevalent, at least to me it isn't. The finish is much more of a matte satin. With the addition of top coat though the shimmer comes alive and creates a great back drop for nail art or glitter.

The formula on this polish is pretty good, three coats take care of any visible nail line. It is definitely a good idea to wait a few minutes in between coats so you don't get any brush drag or bald spots.

I still believe that The Summer Neon's is still available to purchase through the online E-tailers. So if your stuck in the bitter cold like I am or just in need of a spring-ish color then you might want to pick up a couple of these colors!

Do you already own any of the Summer Neon's?

<3Nicole

Sephora X Nail Polish: Chaotic

Hello lovelies!

Happy almost weekend!

Today I have a polish to show you that I was very excited to get my hands on. I first saw this polish when Jen from The Polishaholic featured it on her blog about a month ago I want to say. Sephora created a new line of nail polishes called Sephora X, they have a ton of different colors and finishes, this polish is a part of collection called 'The Toppers'.  It is a black and white glitter polish! How cool is that? I know that some of the best B&W glitters come from all the amazing indie nail polish brands out there, and I do hope to get my hands on some of them one day, I just have to set up a PayPal account, which I always forget to do!

So this Sephora Polish is called Chaotic, which I feel its name does suit it. It does look like it creates chaos on the nail when applied over certain colors. Over other colors it just looks freaking awesome.

The glitter make up of Chaotic consist of small round black and white glitter, black bar glitter, medium hex black and white glitter, and large black and white hex glitter in a clear base. I think I would been a little bit more happier if they had put a bit more white glitter into the mix, especially white bar glitter.

Application is fairly good, the small standard brush can get stuck with some of the big pieces of glitter in between the bristles which can make glitter placement a little clumped together. Dry time is good and the finish is glossy but a little rough to the touch, not so rough that its annoying to touch it though. A good coat of your top coat makes it all better.

In the two pictures above I used chaotic over China Glaze Loves A Beach from the Summer Neons Collection,( I will have a full review of Loves A Beach soon) I also used it over Essie Mint Candy Apple, (full review to come of that soon as well). I think Chaotic over MCA makes it look like mint chocolate chip ice cream, anyone else think so?

Anyway the availability of Chaotic is pretty good, if you cannot get your hands on one of the many awesomely amazing  B&W  Indie glitters then this can help you get by until you do. Most Sephora Anchor stores have the Sephora X line, if you only have access to the Sephora's that are located in some JC Penny stores then you won't find it there and you will have to order it online through the Sephora Website. This polish retail for $11.50 each, which is pretty steep price tag for only a 10ml bottle but hey it is Sephora after all.

Until next time!
<3 Nicole

My Top 10 Polishes of 2012! Part 2!

Good Morning and welcome to part 2 of My Top 10 Polishes of 2012!

Today I am going to show case my last five favorite polishes of 2012.

Lets get started!

First on the list in the second half is from Cover Girl! This fall Cover Girl released a nail polish collection with all different colors. I'm sure Cover Girl has had polishes in the past but this is the first I have seen them since I started blogging. Out of the collection that Cover Girl has to offer I chose a polish that I definitely don't own already or have anything close to. It is called Wine Stain. It is an dark blood red jelly finish polish that is super saturated with color and is right up there with my favorite reds.  I used this polish also in a Halloween manicure this year, it looked pretty really for fake blood drippings.

Next is a polish I never thought I would get my hands on. OPI is not commonly sold where I live but the grocery store that I work at sells it and sometimes we get in one or two of the new collections. Like right now there is a polish from the James Bond Collection hiding in the back waiting for me to purchase it this weekend!

Anyway my favorite OPI from this year is I Have A Herring Problem. Its from the Holland Collection that was released in the spring. It is a blue-grey polish that is just beautiful. It has this most amazing silver shimmer running through it as well.  Its the one polish out of the collection that if I was going to buy one it would be this one.

 Back in September my sister from another mister had a beautiful baby girl and when we had her baby shower one month before her due date I wore this next favorite. I got it when I ordered half the Summer Neon Collection from Head2Toe Beauty. It is Pink Plumeria. It is a lovely light corally pink neon. This collection of neon's is special, because they are not just BAM in your face neon's, they have a shimmer to them that even if you left them without a top coat they would still look amazing.

When I wore this polish for the baby shower I stamped butterflies over it and I think it was very appropriate for her shower. Take a look.

Second to last on my list was a glitter polish. What nail polish addict doesn't love a good glitter polish. I know I do. As much as they can be a pain in the you know where, I can't resist. China Glaze released a collection during the summer called On Safari. I was attracted to only the glitters. I'm Not Lion is a gold micro fine holographic glitter polish. In the sunlight it is super sparkly and would be appropriate I think in the work place. Its not loud its just right.

Last but certainly not least is a polish that I think a lot of nail polish lovers liked. I know I had a few conversations with people about it. China Glaze's Wicked Halloween Collection had a couple amazing polishes in it this year, as you saw by my choice for Immortal. This last one is just amazing. Its called Bizarre Blurple. You know how here in the nail polish world we sometimes combine words to make a new that describes a polish? Well China Glaze caught on and gave us this beauty. When I took these pictures my camera didn't want to pick up the purple, as it never does it just got the blue of the polish. Doesn't matter though it still amazeballs!


   
                               

 

 

So that's it! My Top 10 for 2012! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did and if you wore any of these polishes this year leave a comment below!!

 

 

I believe my final post for the year will be a new years eve manicure so keep a look out for that!

 

Nicole