Try it Tuesday- Pahlish Bespoke Batch White Hot

I was enticed by Pahlish's Bespoke Batch polish, White Hot. I knew it wouldn't look good on me, white polishes don't, but I love them :).

This is 3 coats. There also was some kind of purple pigment in it that showed up as kind of a splotches- but I didn't notice it until I wore the polish for a day or so.

Here is a close up of the polish, you can see the kind of iridescent quality it has.

And one more - and I did like that this polish didn't make my hands look toooo lobster-y.

Pahlish is a great brand, I totally recommend them!

Live your life with love in your hearts and glitter on your nails!

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Mainstream Mani Monday- Orly Charged Up

I like Orly as a brand, they have generally great polishes, but though I liked the end result of this, the formula was soooooo watery!

This was 3 hard to control coats.

It's a pretty blurple color, and I thought it would end up a streaky mess because of the formula, but it didn't, so I was glad, lol. I don't mind doing 3 coats if it ends up looking good.

In the closeup up can see it looks kind of like a crelly polish, with that kind of juicy look that jelly polishes have, with the opacity of a cream.

I got this on clearance at Sally's, and if you're not a beginner and can really control a polish I'd get it (if it's on clearance!). If you're a newbie, skip it! It's tough to work with.

Live your life with love in your hearts and glitter on your nails!

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Nail Mail - Vapid

Vapid had a release of new polishes in April (2018), and so I picked up a few, plus one of the Vapicorn polishes I didn't get the first time around!

L-r Hostile, Tantrum, Flamingle and Easy as Pie (this is the one from the My Little Vapicorn collection)

I love the looks of these polishes, and Vapid always has good formulas!

I'm not sure what is going on with the shipping, I was charged $8, and I thought I might get some back in a refund, but I'm pretty sure I didn't. I know they say you will never pay more than $8 (in the US), but $8 is a lot for 4 polishes, I think. Now, if I had added some body stuff in, that weighs a lot, and then the $8 is a good deal. But I didn't need any body stuff this time.

Oh well!

Live your life with love in your hearts and glitter on your nails!

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Nail Mail - Pretty Serious part 2

Sooooo, this happened! I got woken up by our dog at 3:30 am on a Saturday morning (yay!!), and I went down to let him out.

While I was waiting for him to come back in, I hopped on Facebook, and saw a posting in the Pretty Serious Facebook Fan Group Pretty Serious Party People that they had discounted their clearance/last chance polishes even more, so I went to look!!

And so I bought the whole Pretty Serious Consider Outer Space collection, plus the classic shade Bloody Bride, and the beautiful Messenger of the Titans. All this for just over $40!! Free shipping over $40, too.

L-r  Hydra, Dorado, Pixys, Serpens, Ara, Lyra, Carina, front is Bloody Bride, and Messenger of the Titans.

I had wanted the Consider Outer Space collection for awhile, and I just love a great deal!

And I even had a code for $10 off, but I didn't use that because it was at work, and I needed these polishes NOW (plus, some were super low on stock, and I didn't want to wait til Tuesday to place my order!)

Live your life with love in your hearts and glitter on your nails!!

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Try it Tuesday- Colors by Llarowe Marilyn the Legend

This was a Polish Pickup polish from August 2017, the theme was Old Hollywood, and of course the inspiration was Marilyn Monroe.

This was a fine polish, but really nothing super special, if I'm honest. It's a pretty pink holographic polish. It was good in 2 coats.

I do love Marilyn Monroe, and I do love a good pink polish, and this was a good pink polish. Not too crazy, but good holo and a pretty color.








This is in the sun where it shows more pink. I didn't catch the holo, though.

Live your life with love in your hearts and glitter on your nails!

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Try Another Thursday- KB Shimmer Orbits and Pieces

Magnetic polishes are a big thing now, and KB Shimmer put out a whole collection! I bought 3 of them. I really like KB Shimmer polishes, they were one of my first indie polish brands.

This is Orbits and Pieces. The magnetic effect was easy to get. I did buy their magnet with a handle, and that was easy to use.

This is 3 coats, I did 1 thin base coat, then a thicker coat and magnetized it while wet, then another thicker coat that I magnetized while wet. Then a coat of Seche Vite, and the magnet again, as the top coat can diffuse the magnetized effect.  Make sure you do one nail at a time, if the polish dries you won't get the magnetic effect.

You can see the pretty diffused effect, I'm pretty sure that's because I did 2 coats of polish, and then the top coat.







I love the dark background with the purple effect.



This was my second time trying a magnetic polish, the first was Tonic Happenstance. I'm not getting super crisp magnetic lines, mine are diffused, but I love the effect! I did buy an arc magnet on eBay, so we'll see what look that magnet gets me!

Here's a close up, and in this shot you can kind of see the greenish shift this polish has at extreme angles.


A hint I found with the magnets, if you don't have one with a handle, I bought one of those kneadable art erasers, and stuck the magnet in that to use. Then I stuck it to my light, so that all I had to do was hold my finger under the magnet (eliminating one set of hands that might shake holding the magnet, lol!).

Live your life with love in your hearts and glitter on your nails!!

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Nail Mail- Ethereal Lacquer Prototypes and Mystery Grab Bag

I've gotten into Ethereal Lacquer lately, here's what I've gotten! These are the prototypes I got

L-r Twilight Garrison, Sea of Fire, Voidfang

L-r Boulevard, Winding Cove, Mako, Khepri's Sting

And here's the mystery bag I got at the beginning of June! Some colors that aren't up my alley particularly, but who knows! Expand your horizons!  

L-r Henna (a good fall color!), Ocean Potion, Mountain Air (this has a gorgeous shimmer in it that doesn't show up in the picture), and Morning Glory, which is beautiful!

Live your life with love in your hearts and glitter on your nails!

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