Mermaid Mani!

NAIL ART WHAAAAAT?!  I know.  Three posts in one day AND nail art?  Who am I??!

What's better than glitter and holo?  Adding a mermaid.  Duh.

Mermaid Mani

My nails aren't long enough to fit the whole stamp, so her head kinda got cut off :/  I still like the look though!

Mermaid Mani
sun

I used Essie Butler Please, Color Club Kismet on pinky (and for stamp), and Chaos and Crocodiles Underwater Treasure to create this mani.  I ordered the Winstonia stamping plates based solely on the mermaid stamp.  Good buy I think! ;P

Super Special Cameo Colours Lacquers Package!

Well if you follow me on IG, you know I got a thuper ah-mah-zing package from CCL!

I originally ordered Hex-Sea and I Know It and You're Sapphired.  BUT I was Cameo's 500th Etsy order so she threw in a slough of other godies and surprises!

She sent me the Devine collex (minus Pele that I already had). AND she made a polish named after me!!! One Nauit Mermaid is a glitter thermolinear holo polish.  You're dead, right?  I know, me too!!

I used Athena and topped it with some Different Dimension Social Suicide (because I was watching Mean Girls).

Cameo Colours Lacquers Athena

Cameo Colours Lacquers Athena topped with
Different Dimension Social Suicide

I just love this polish.  It's a pearly holo.  I never got a sun shot though :[ sadness.

Hold on to your butt.  You're Sapphired is amazing.  I stand by my statement that the holo on this baby is right up there with the Color Club holos.

Cameo Colours Lacquers You're Sapphired

Cameo Colours Lacquers You're Sapphired
sun

Application was good.  A tad thick, but manageable.

If you lost your butt with the last pics, go find it because you need to hold on to it again!  One Nauti Mermaid is everything great about indie polish.  There's holo hex blue/teal glitter, its holo, and its thermal!!!

Cameo Colours Lacquers One Nauti Mermaidwarm, cold, & transition

When warm, ONM is a slivery light blue; when cold it is teal.  I did an accent of You're Sapphired because: holo.

I am so flattered to have a polish made and named for me! (now I just need someone to notice me in public, see my nails and say "OMG! You're Nauti Mermaid form IG!")

Go check out Cameo Colours on Etsy.  A slightly modified "Nauti Mermaid" polish will be available when supplies arrive! woot woot!

Lots of Manis!

Oyyy why do I put these off?! lol Let's get in to it!

I ordered more Lime Crime polish!  This is two coats Peaches <3 Cream (Peaches & Cream??).  As with the other two LC's I've used, the first coat is a little streaky, but a good thick coat followed by a thin second coat gets the job done.

Lime Crime Peaches <3 Cream

I stumbled on my Cameo Colours Lacquers thermolinear holo polishes and gave Sun Kissed a go. This is two coats, no undies.  Wonderful application and a great thermal effect.  I never did get a good sun holo pic of this one :[  When warm the polish is a light yellow when warm and a nice tangerine orange when cold.

Cameo Colours Lacquers Sun Kissed
Left, warm; Right cold

Cameo Colours Lacquers Sun Kissed
transition

Check out Cameo Colours Lacquers by clicking here to visit her Etsy shop.  Stay tuned for my second post where I show some amazingness!!! (If you follow me on IG, you already know! ;]) 
IG: @CameoColoursLacquers

Next I painted a pretty go-to of mine.  Essie Turquoise and Caicos.  I WAS going to do a mint to orange gradient that I saw in some magazine.  I've seriously tried that combo (and a million other mint/turquoise/orange combos) at least seven times.  Never works ;[  But this is pretty anyways.

Essie Turquoise & Caicos

I was major lacking motivation after that gradient nail-fail.  I turned to my indies to cheer me up.  I chose to use Disturbed Polish Strawberry Short-CAKE.  I did three coats, no undies.  SSC is a crelly off white/baby pink based polish with pretty mint, emerald, magenta, and pink hex glitters with a few pink squares sprinkled in.  I love my Disturbed Polish!  I need more in my life!! lol

Disturbed Polish Strawberry Short-CAKE

Visit the Disturbing Behavior shop by clicking here.  Annette also makes amazing body butters, soaps, lip balms, jewelry and more!  You're missing out if you haven't tried any!
IG: @playwanet

I wanted to do a contrasting mani and also use my super holo Nebula from Lust Nail Lacquer.  This is what I came up with.  Sally Hansen Onyx and China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy.  I did two coats of each and topped the SH with Nebula.  (I couldn't bear to cover up FFF)

Sally Hansen Onyx and China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy

Nebula was a little thick, but it turned out okay.

Lust Nail Lacquer Nebula over Sally Hansen Onyx

Go see what other awesome polish Lust Nail Lacquer has by clicking here.
IG: @LustNailLacquer

OKAY I got really excited about finding this brand.  I alllllllways saw LTHP do manis with Sation, butI could NEVER find it ANYWHERE.  I was in the check out line at Marshall's/Homegoods and there was a bin of them!  For $2.99!  I don't know if I'm a huge fan.  The formula was really watery and thin.  This is two coats of Just Lilac That.  It is very pretty though!

Sation Just Lilac That

Alrighty loves, thats my "chunk" post.  Two or three more baby posts are coming up soon!

Redonk Long Post!

I finally figured out why I never get around to posting.  I hate editing my pictures lol.  Its' not like I even have a lot to do, I just crop them.  But I hate it. lol sorry!  SO here's another looooong post!

It was a GREAT month for my lemming squashing.  Y'all saw in my last two week post I was lucky enough to acquire EDM The Fifth Element.  Anyone remember what my other MAJOR lemming was...?  Anyone?  Anyone?.... Bueller?  YES!  Lime Crime Pastelchio.  Holy balls I almost died when I saw they were restocked.  I bought two bottles and Parfait Day.  It took FOREVERRRRR to get here (literally almost a month).  I don't know what the problem was.

When my package finally arrived, I was a little shocked.  The bottles are small as hell!  Not like I'll ever use two bottles, but these are not as big as I expected.  Anyways, application was a tad tricky.  The finish is in between matte and gloss so it kind of dries fast and a bit streaky.  A second coat fixed that right up.

Two coats Lime Crime Pastelchio and Parfait Day

Back when Ulta was having their 2/$15 OPI sale, I went and snagged the next couple polishes.

I was on a red-orange kick for a while, and OPI My Paprika id Hotter than Yours was perfect for me!  Its a creamy polish with a hint of gold pearl shimmer.  This is really a gorgeous color!  It's gonna be great when fall rolls around again.

Two coats OPI My Paprika is Hotter than Yours

Another lemming of mine that I never really discussed was OPI Russian Navy.  I was almost afraid it was discontinued because I NEVER saw it anywhere.  My mom was with me and she saw it first.  It went a little something like this:
Mom: Oh this is a cute one!
Me: looks over, thinks its RN, eyes go wide...frantic tone in voice What is it??!
Mom: turns bottle over Rus --
Me: football tackles Mom, snatches bottle OHMYGAWD I'VE BEEN WANTING THIS FOREVER!!!
Okay, I didn't really tackle her, but I about ripped her hand off snatching it from her lol This color is kind of hard to explain.  In the bottle it looks like a deep blurple, but when you get it on its a gorgeous indigo shimmer.

Two coats OPI Russian Navy

I even did some nail art!  I had been wanting to do abstract roses for a while (seen on The Lacquerologist and @newlypolished on IG).  I think these look more like fried eggs than roses.  But not too shabby.  I'll just need a different color scheme next time lol

Abstract roses/eggs nail art

Next is China Glaze Purple Panic.  I LOVE the waxy matte look.  I have no clue why they call it "purple", its most def neon pink.  But whatever. 

Two coats China Glaze Purple Panic

I found some ChG Fairy Dust at Ulta too.  I had to get it based on what everyone always says about it. Y'all are blinded by the glitter nazis.  This was NOT as awesome as all the hype.  I was just meh about it.

GhG Fairy Dust over Purple Panic

Hold on to your panties!  I actually used a texture polish!  I know, its nuts.  I am so OCD about things on my nails.  If a glitter it to gritty I'm constantly touching them and picking at it.  Surprisingly, that did not happen.  This was my 4th of July mani.  Pretty boring, sadly.  I was in the process of cleaning and packing for my vacation so I didn't get to do what I wanted.  This was a quick substitution.  I used OPI Liquid Sand polish in The Impossible and SH Pacific Blue stamped with Color Club Harp On It.

OPI The Impossible and Sally Hansen Pacific Blue

Last but not least, I used Orly Androgyne.  I've had this for a while, I can't remember if I got it at Ulta or Sally's.  But its gorgeous.  There is so much to look at in it.  It's a dark greenish brown jelly base that builds to look black in two coats (shown).  There are gold flakies and clear iridescent hex glitters that change from gold to orange to teal to deep blue at different angles.  There's also some holo glitter thrown in.

Two coats Orly Androgyne

Yay! OK all caught up! Have a great weekend y'all! and enjoy this little nugget I found on vacation in Georgia! ;D

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Stardust Polish * The Grape Gatsby, Sun Drops, Cloud 9, & Royalty Reviews

Hellllllo Love Bugs!  I’m back with more swatches of Stardust Polish!  Yayayayay!  First off, let me just say, again, that Drema is THE Holo Queen!  I will be reviewing three holos and one glitter jelly.  Let’s get into it!

First is The Grape Gatsby.  It’s a dark purple jelly base with different sized white hex glitters.  There is also a smattering (9th grade vocab word!) of bluish iridescent glitter.  I used three coats, no undies, sealed with OTD topcoat.  No issues with application.  I had plenty of glitter on the brush without fishing.  Dry time was good.

Three coats Stardust Polish The Grape Gatsby

On to the holo!  This is Sun Drops from the “A Day at the Beach” collection.  I’m very persnickety (hell yeah, more vocab!) with my yellow polish selection; I own less than 10.  This one is now in my top three favorites!  Sun Drops is a crelly yellow polish with a weak linear holo effect (more scattered; but then again, the sun was not my friend the days I swatched).    The color looks slightly orange in some lights, which I really enjoyed.  Application was ok; I had issues with my brushes* which I will address below.  I used three coats, no undies.  Dry time was quick.  I topped off with SV, but the polish was almost dry by the time I put it on. 

Three coats Stardust Polish Sun Drops;
indoor light

Three coats Stardust Polish Sun Drops;
sun

Three coats Stardust Polish Sun Drops;
TL - outside, cloudy;
all others - sun

Next we have Cloud 9 also from “A Day at the Beach”.  This is another crelly based weak linear/scattered holo polish.  I can’t remember now if I did two or three coats; I want to say three, no undies.   I sealed with Seche again.  Same brush  issue.

Three coats Stardust Polish Cloud 9;
indoor light

Three coats Stardust Polish Cloud 9;
sun

I did a little comparison with Stardust Polish I’m So Blue from the Feelings Collex that I previously swatched. 

Cloud 9 vs. I’m So Blue:

To read my review on I’m So Blue, click here.

Cloud 9 is more of a jelly based polish.  The color is a shade or two darker than I’m So Blue.  I’m So Blue has a stronger linear holo effect and is more opaque than Cloud 9.  Pictured is three (or two) coats Cloud 9 and only one coat of I’m So Blue.

And here we have the best (in my opinion) for last!  Revel in the glory of Stardust Polish Royalty!!  OMG I literally squealed with excitement when I saw this little baby in may package from Drema.  I’ve had my eye on it since she first posted her swatch pics, and I still plan to purchase a full size bottle.  

Three coats Stardust Polish Royalty;
indoor light

Three coats Stardust Polish Royalty;
indoor light

Royalty is a deep purple jelly with a great linear holo effect (AND the sun cooperated for my pictures!!).  Again, three coats, no undies, sealed with SV.  It wears great (I painted them Wednesday, it’s now Friday night and have no chippage (minus a broken nail – *sob*)/tip wear.  Doesn’t seem like an overly long time, but I was digging through files at work, so I’m happy with them lasting!)  Good application.

Three coats Stardust Polish Royalty;
sun

Three coats Stardust Polish Royalty;
sun

On to the brush issue:  in all my holo minis, the brush was curved, sort of like a spoon.  I know these mini bottles are a different style from prior polishes I've received, so that may have something to do with it.  I brought it up to Drema and she assured me she checks all brushes before sending and all in my package were A-OK.  She also told me a lot of the brushes in her shipment this time were badly bent/damaged and that she would be contacting her supplier. 

As you see, I can obviously still apply the polish, it’s just a matter of finding the sweet spot (does everyone know what I mean by that, or am I the only one??  When you hold the brush a certain way, the bristles line up perfectly and hold just enough polish to give amazing application??  Idk maybe I’m weird.)  Anyways, once I got over that little hump, application was just fine. 

Overall, love the polish as usual.  Amazing quality holos.

Wanna get your paws on some Stardust Polish?  The shop will be fully restocked TODAY, Saturday July 13, at 2pm EST.