Breedlove Hoops

As promised, here's part two of the Guardians of the Galaxy Collection.

The Gamorous Life

Draximum Security

Draximum Security is a medium blue jelly packed with various sizes of blue and red glitter. I found the formula to be easy to work with, but you definitely need to be aware of your glitter placement. This is so glitter packed that it's common to end up with a piece of glitter hanging over your nail. A simple nudge of the brush is all it took to put it back in place. I decided to go with two coats for these swatches, but if you desire even more of a layered look a third layer would be your best bet.

Polishes used: Pretty & Polished- Draximum Security, Revlon- Top Coat

In the Black Holes of Sirius Major

Hey guys! I have a fun collection to share with you over the next two days. Pretty & Polished just released a collection inspired by Guardians of the Galaxy. Whether you are a fan of the comic, the movie, or both, I think you will be really pleased with the collection.

Something Good, Something Bad... A Bit of Both

Plant We All Just Get Along?

Hey guys! Kendahl, Rachel and I decided it was beyond time that we created a triplet mani together. When you have as many colors as we do you would think that we would have a ton of colors in common. Unfortunately, that isn't normally the case. Thanks to Rachel's incredible memory she was able to figure out what colors we all had in common. We decided to go with Model City Polish- Elements of Spring and OPI- Do You Lilac It?



Pictured above is a glitter gradient of Model City Polish- Elements of Spring over OPI- Do You Lilac It? The formula of Elements of Spring is perfect. It's absolutely loaded with glitter, which made this gradient incredibly easy.

Please check out the other two matching manis on The Stepmom Chronicles and @rachelrad_cleveland.

If you would like to pick up a bottle of Elements of Spring please take a moment to visit Model City Polish.

Somehow I made it half way through July without posting my June favorites. Summer has been a bit hectic, so without further ado here are my top picks from last month:

I personally decided to live dangerously and swatched these without a base coat, but if you are going to wear them Emerald & Ash recommend wearing a base coat to prevent staining. Everyone's body chemistry is different, so despite passing the stain test, these could cause slight staining given the right chemical interaction.

Bees?

Tomato Tomato

Snozzberries

Part three is finally here. If you are searching for the rest of the collection, you can find part one and part two here. I split these up into smaller groups so that the photos load quickly, and so that you guys aren't overwhelmed with a ten polish collection all at once.

Dunkacrelly

Moody (1.0 Unreleased)

Moody 

If you missed part one of the Totally Rad collection you can find it here. I will post the third and final installment of the collection tomorrow.

Electric Daisy

Blue Jean Baby

The 90's was a totally awesome decade filled with only the best things. From jelly shoes to Dunkaroos, Finger Lickin' Lacquer has it covered with her Totally Rad collection. Totally Rad consists of ten shades inspired by everything 90's. I'm going to break this up into three parts so that you don't have to wait forever for the page to load. Part two will be posted the same time tomorrow.

Press Start

You've Got Mail

Mix Tape

I am a huge fan of holiday inspired nail polished. When I was browsing my bloglovin' list I came across a review of the American Woman Trio by Naked Without Polish. From that moment on I began lusting after the trio only to discover that the first batch had already sold out. A dear friend of mine stalked her restock and surprised me with the trio.


The American Woman Trio consists of three stunning colors. Lady Liberty is a bright blue shimmer; American Honey is a white cream with gold to champagne shimmer; and She's a Firecracker is a red crelly with red and purple flakes. Each formula was easy to work with and required no extra effort.

This was my second attempt at a tape mani and it was a bit of a doozy. I managed to shred the nail tape several times while trying to cut off the right sized pieces. The other big issue I had was that I didn't adhere the tape to my nail as securely as I should have. This mistake caused a bit of bleeding, but it wasn't too bad. Overall I like how these turned out.

While the American Woman Trio is no longer available, I recommend checking out the other lovely colors by SuperChic Lacquer.

The 4th of July always makes me think of red, white and blue, fireworks and apple pie. I found two out of those three in Finger Lickin' Lacquer's polish Old Glory. Not only is this a gorgeous crelly, it also smells like apple pie. My only regret with this polish? The fact that I had to take it off before I was tired of it.