Nfu Oh #61 back in stock!

So I have been reading rave reviews about Nfu Oh's holo collection, especially #61. I decided head over to the website fabuloustreet.com, and of course it was sold out! Well I just so happened to be up past midnight and I checked the site before going to bed and there it is back in stock. I'm sure that its going to run out fast so hurry up and place your orders asap. I snagged two of the #61, #63, and the aqua base coat. The blue holo #65 is still sold out :(  but I'm sure I will catch that one day just like I did #61 today.

Kisses
Marketta

OPI Splatter Mani

Before I started blogging I saw a mani that I thought was awesome on Cristina's of Let Them Have Polish blog. Loved the colors she chose because they are my favorites but I wanted to do something different. I was so excited to try a splatter mani, but when I went to chose colors there weren't any that screamed at me. I was able to put together a few colors that I have that I thought would go well together.

I think that it came out pretty good for my first splatter mani. I'm happy with the results and can't wait to try it again.

I started out with two coats of OPI's Black Onyx. This is with no top coat and its so glossy, and it dries at lightning speed.

The first color I splattered was I'm Indi-a Mood For Love (pink), followed by Funky Dunky (purple), and last Suzi Skis in the Pyrenees (grey). I did Suzi last because its a charcoal color and I wanted it to be noticeable and stand out.

What do you think about my first splatter, do you like?


Kisses
Marketta

Fierce Friday: Deborah Lippmann Ruby Red Slippers

Fierce Fridays is something fun I want to do for my blog. What I'm going to do is post a fierce polish, stamp-icure or whatever I might come across that I believe is to die for. Now this polish is nowhere near new and has been on a lot of blogs, but I had to have it. I have been dragging my feet on purchasing Deborah Lippmann (because its pretty expensive $16-$20 per bottle), so I chose 4 amazing ones when I was finally ready to and this was one! Today I have Ruby Red Slippers which is fabulous! It has a black jelly base with red regular and hexagonal glitter! The sun was out so I swatched it and ran outside to take pictures so that you can see how amazing it looks on my skin tone in natural light!

It took 3 thin coats to reach opacity. I've seen others say that it was a difficult paint, but I thought it was amazing for it to be a jelly polish that has so much hexi glitter. The formula wasn't thick at all, it doesn't dry to a rough or bumpy finish like some jam packed glitters (its smooth so I used a regular top coat), but you should definitely be careful around the cuticles. Dry time was pretty good which surprised me because jellies usually take a bit more time in my opinion (OPI Guy Meets Gal-veston), but I don't have many jellies so I will find out along the way. Here are a few more pictures from different angles for you:

I hope you enjoyed my Fierce Friday babes!


Kisses
Marketta

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Well not quite like Christmas, obviously its not snowing but the weather is rapidly changing. It's been getting pretty cool out and the sun has been in hiding on most days, so I thought I would try a color that I normally would never try. Kleancolor's Winter Wonderland (which can be purchased from Beauty Joint), an icy white silvery (if that's even a word) polish with a rainbow assortment of glitter:



I'm not crazy about this polish, this is part of my being open-minded when it comes to polish because I love it so much. I thought it would be somewhat similar to Deborah Lippmann's Glitter In The Air (not a dupe, just something in that general direction, SIKE) because the polish color looks like a silvery blue in the bottle (but definitely isn't). The brush holds a lot of polish which isn't bad in this case, and its extremely sheer. In the pictures above I painted 3 coats to reach opacity. The formula was fine and easy to paint with. Drying time wasn't bad but it wasn't the fastest either. I would suggest layering this polish instead of wearing it on its own because its rather blah. Clean up kind of sucks because the base color has a lot of shimmer. Hope you enjoyed and have a great Thursday :)

Kisses

Marketta

Zoya's Ivanka

I know that Ivanka by Zoya has popped up many times on other lovely blogs, but I just HAD to have this polish! Ivanka is my first metallic and first green polish. It has an emerald green hue with green and gold micro glitter. In the pictures below I used 2 coats and it was completely opaque. The formula is easy to work with and an easy paint with minimal clean up:

Please excuse the cuticles, I had an accident with the cuticle cutter and pure acetone is making the skin around very dry. They will look better soon I promise, I'm ordering Nfu Oh cuticle remover and stocked back up on my hand lotions and oils :)

Here's a picture with flash so that you can see the gold glitter! I LOVE this polish its so amazing and it will definitely make my fall favorites list.

Kisses
Marketta

Pink Wednesday

Today's Pink Wednesday polish is Kleancolor's Holo Pink. I was really excited when I bought this polish because it would have been my first holo nail polish, but I don't consider this a true holo polish. This polish is amazing, I love this color so much. Pink Holo is a dusty colored pink with a rainbow assortment of micro glitter and it looks amazing on the nails.

I was disappointed that it isn't easily captured by a camera. I took tons of different pictures with and without flash, but nothing worked so you can't see the true color of the polish. It's a bit darker than this and you can REALLY see the different colors of the glitter! I have a few different shots for you so that you can see more:

I tried to get as close as possible so that you can see all the different color glitter but it still wasn't captured.

Polish actually comes out the true color that the bottle shows, this picture is pretty close.

I used Bundle Monster plate 221 and Konad special polish in white for this stamp-icure. Hope you enjoyed!

Kisses

Marketta

You win some, you lose some...

I knew this day would come but I was hoping that it wouldn't happen with one of my favorite colors BLUE! Truth be told blue can be a little touch and go on the nails. In my opinion the shade can either be fab or meant for a kid to wear. That's what happened here with OPI's Teal The Cows Come Home. I bought it at ULTA and it caught my eyes because it has silver micro glitter that you can see in the bottle, and I thought it would have a slight metallic look to it. Fail Mission, that is not the case:

This picture is taken with no flash. If you look at my ring finger you will see a very noticeable brush stroke, there are brush strokes on all my nails but very bad on this one. The application was terrible, the formula was runny, the brush holds a lot of  polish (which isn't always bad, but in this case is), and after 3 coats it still has brush lines and not an even finish. I don't like to put 3 coats on of any polish unless it is to die for and totally worth it, this one wasn't. Here's a few more pictures:

The two pictures above were taken with a flash. I'm just not sold, what do you think?




Kisses
Marketta