OPI Crown Me Already!

I just couldn't resist trying this polish as soon as I got home and I am not disappointed! This polish has a clear base with just about every size glitter you can think of:




With flash




With flash




No Flash,  just natural light


Bling Blowwwwwwww! LOVE IT! I used 3 coats of Crown Me Already and 2 coats of Seche Vite so that I could get a smooth finish. It was just to good to be true right? Right! I painted my nails yesterday around 4pm and today by 3pm it chipped :( . A plus is that this nail polish dries very fast, and I do mean completely dry in less than 5 minutes after 3 coats. I used Seche for the sole purpose of getting a smooth finish because this polish has a ruff finish to it. I wash my hands A LOT so that might have had something to do with it but I doubt it. The good thing about this polish is that it doesn't need nail polish remover! When it chipped I just put another fingernail under the chip area and went around the edges and it comes off like an acrylic nail but without the damage. Would I use this polish again, absolutely! I would definitely wear this on a night out, but I would paint my nails no more than 3 hours before leaving the house and not the day before or earlier that day.

What I stubled upon in ULTA

Yesterday I made a long overdue trip to ULTA and they didn't have a few things that I wanted but they had a few things that I really did! Right now I am trying to get a few Halloween collections together so that I can compare who did the best this year. China Glaze, Orly, and Fantasy Makers all had parts of their collections that were sold out :(  (I already have the OPI collection), but I made up for it :)  :

Left to Right: Fantasy Makers by Wet n Wild - Creepy Pumpkin, Purple Potion, and Night Glow (missing Black Magic). OPI Miss Universe Collection - Swimsuit...Nailed It!, Crown Me Already!. China Glaze - Its Alive (I actually didn't want the rest of this Halloween collection).

What made up for Orly being out of their Halloween collection and one of the Fantasy Makers was the OPI polishes! They are the only two that I bought from the Miss Universe collection, but they are the only ones I actually wanted, so that made me VERY happy!

Kisses
Marketta

CLOSED. Aly Loves Lacquer 200th Follower Giveaway!

Yes, I have another giveaway posting today. As you may notice I am new to blogging, so I am just finding out about a lot of things. This giveaway is in celebration of Aly of Aly Loves Lacquer 200th follower and it is great because she is giving away DEBORAH LIPPMANN! Deborah Lippmann is an amazing brand and because of that it comes with a pretty hefty price tag. I for one was very excited about this giveaway because I recently drooled over these colors (which were named after and or designed with celebrities) on the Deborah Lippmann website. Click here to enter this giveaway. Below is a picture of what you have the chance of winning:

The colors (L to R): Sarah Smile, Just Walk Away Renée, Hit Me with Your Best Shot, and Believe

Spellbinding Nails 1000th Follower Giveaway!

A blog that I am following - Spellbinding Nails - is celebrating their 1000th follower by hosting a giveaway. This is by far the BEST giveaway I have see thus far. There are so many things that the winner will get by winning this amazing giveaway. Click here to enter the giveaway. Below is a picture and names of the items that can be won:

 

- Beauty UK Nail Sets - Midnight Minx , Urban Girl & Wild Child ( that's 18 polishes!)

- A set of the New Fab Ur Nail plates.

- 4 metallic Stamping polishes.

- HB Plates 21-40.

- Image plates SdP C02, SdP C07, SdP D07 & SdP D18.

- A pack of Rhinestones.

- Packs of Nail Stickers

- A essence stampy plate, 4 essence liners and a essence stamper and scrapper

OPI Blue My Mind

So I was going through some of my old OPI polishes that I bought a while ago, and I stumbled across a beautiful blue that I couldn't beleive I haven't worn yet. I didn't think that it could get any better than OPI's Russian Navy, and Essie's Smooth Sailing but this is added to my top favorite blues. Blue My Mind is a royal blue that is just to die for. It is a very easy paint with, only needing 2 coats and it dries FAST!

Isnt it GORG?! I love how it looks on my skintone! Let me show you a few different angles.

And this is with NO top coat, it just shines so beautifully on its own. I wanted to stretch this beauty for as long as possible, so I decided to try another blue that I recently purchased to layer over it!

This is Kleancolor's Vegas Night. LOVE THIS GLITTER! I tried it on its own but it dries very slow and still doesn't reach opacy after 3-4 coats.

Isn't the glitter amazing?! LOVE IT! It was a very inexpensive buy at Beauty Joint.
Kisses
Marketta

CLOSED. Polish Vixen is having a giveaway!

Polish Vixen is one of the first blogs that I started following, and I love her blog. She always has different designs to show and she is a consistent blogger. This giveaway is in celebration of her 200th follower! You can enter the giveaway here:

The giveaway is from 9/10 and goes until midnight 9/30. Please complete entry form once, you have up to eight entries in the form. Please only U.S. residents. I will email the winner once chosen :)



Prize 1 The Pinks: Sinful Cream Pink & Sally Hansen Rockstar Pink



Prize 2 The Purples:

Sinful Frenzy & Sally Hansen Purple Potion

Each prize also comes with a nail file, OPI Avojuice Coconut Melon hand & body lotion, & OPI Top Coat as shown below.

My first Pink Wednesday! China Glaze Purple Panic

A day dedicated to my favorite... PINK. For my first Pink Wednesday I wanted to do something very bright. I know what your thinking, "Purple" Panic is NOT pink but it so is! I didn't look at the name when I grabbed the bottle off the display at ULTA, I just thought it was a pretty hot pink. When I finally got around to trying it I looked at the name and thought maybe it was mislabeled. The color is also a neon, which I have never bought. I also had no idea that neon's dry matte! Here goes:

I can't begin to explain to you how hard it is to capture the true color of this polish. I tried indoor and outdoor. This is the best out of 20 pictures I took. The brush holds A LOT of polish, so you will have to be careful about that. This could have been a 1 coater if the first coat didn't have such bad streaks. This is 2 coats (I messed up on the middle finger) which turned out good, but it needs a patient hand to paint with. I didn't have that, so I will try this again at a later date.

I didn't care for the matte this time around, maybe next time when I really take my time. I applied 1 coat of Seche Vite and OMG this color is cray cray! I LOVED IT! I really wish that the true color would have shown because you would be blown away.




Kisses
Marketta