Try it Tuesday Bee's Knees House on Haunted Chill

If you haven't tried Bee's Knees Lacquer yet, you should! They're a newer indie brand, and this polish, House on Haunted Chill, is a MUST!!!

It is super super sheer, which I did not expect- but it really didn't matter, it was easy to work with. This is 4 coats with no undies - but I actually did 7 coats because I did 3 coats, got called for a kid issue and messed it up and had to take it all off and re-do. So, as you can see in the picture, I definitely have a fill line now!! Such is the life of a mom!

Of course you can put this over something and get different effects. I love the macro above, it shows the shimmery nature of the polish.

This is such a gorgeous polish. It's one of my favorites. You can see that at different angles you see different shifts. So cool!





This picture below shows the silvery shimmery effect this polish has.

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





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Mainstream Mani Monday Orly Sparkling Garbage

I think this polish is so cool- I did 4 thin coats to build it up, and it's a really neat look!

I like the color a lot, it's a softer green, and I really like the scattered holo effect.  I didn't use any "undies," this is just the polish itself.

You can really see the holo in the macro.


I really like the soft green color, and I can see that it would also make a good topper with one coat on top of a green (or whatever color) polish.

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





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Nail Mail- my last Black Friday order! Supermoon Lacquer

My very last Black Friday order came! It was from Supermoon Lacquer. She had several issues with getting polishes out- weather, an injury- but she is SO GOOD at keeping people up to date, so I had no problem with it (I'm looking at you, Illyrian! Just let us know what's going on!!!)  

These are all polishes from older collections, with a special one (to me) on the right, I'll explain below. 

From l-r And You'll be a Goner, Boys for Breakfast (and for Lunch), The Lone Heir, and Green Goddess.

You'll Be a Goner and Boys for Breakfast are from the I am Cannibal collection, and The Lone Heir and Green Goddess are from The Chosen collection. Green Goddess is special to me because I named it! Mardi (the maker), let her Facebook Group suggest names, then we voted, and my name won! I finally purchased it. It's not usually a color I gravitate to, but it really is gorgeous, especially in real life.

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

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Try it Tuesday- ILNP Zoe

Oooh, ILNP Zoe is GORGEOUS! If you love purple, you'll love this polish!

This is a red-leaning purple holographic polish,  and it is so so pretty. It looks deeper in some lights, and brighter in others.

As I have said a zillion times, ILNP was one of my "gateway" indies- and their formulas are so great. They are smooth and easy to work with, and the price point is great- $10-12!




This was from their 2017 Holiday Collection- I got this one, Rogue and Salem (both from the Winter Collection) during their Black Friday sale.

I love their polishes, and highly recommend- you really can't go wrong.

You can really see the holo flakies in this macro picture. 

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

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Mainstream Mani Monday- China Glaze Sin-derella

I really love this polish. It's so different than what I usually wear- I am not into neutrals really, but I HAD to have this one- and I could NOT find it anywhere! No brick and mortar stores, and no where online had it either!

This picture is under my bright lights.

I though I found it, but they emailed me that it really was out of stock. I was so sad. But then, a Makeup Alley friend came to my rescue, and sent it to me!! It was so so nice of her.

And it's gorgeous. It's a beigy neutral polish- with really cool red shimmer running through it! All of these pictures are just in different lights, some in artificial light, and some in sunlight- and you can see how different it can look!

                                                 This is in direct sunlight.













One more!

It's so cool- it looks so different in different lights, but still a beautiful neutral. Depending on what I wore, it looked more beige or more pink.


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Try it Tuesday- Night Owl Lacquer She Believed She Could, so She Did- December Polish Pickup

I LOVE THIS POLISH!! Sorry for yelling. I really love this polish.

This is the first thing I've gotten from Night Owl Lacquer. I got this in the December Polish Pickup. Here is the link to the Polish Pickup Pack FB group.


It's a thermal, and it goes from a bright purple (cold) to pink (warm).

It's super cold here in North Carolina- I'm writing this on Monday, 1/15/18, and it's forecast to snow

on Wednesday. So cold, especially for the South! So I had to dip my hands in warm water to get it to shift, but it was very quick to shift (yes, my hands and bottle are wet in the picture above, I had to move fast!!!).

Pink and purple are my favorite colors- my room as a kid was pink, and my dad let me paint a bookshelf purple, lol.



This also has flakies and glitter in it- in fact, it was almost chunky. I did 2 coats of top coat, and it smoothed right out. You can really see in the macro the flakies and glitter shreds.

This went on my top Indies of 2018 right away. I can't stop looking at my hands, and showing off this polish to all my coworkers!



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

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Mainstream Mani Monday- Morgan Taylor I'm the Good Witch

I wanted a glitter bomb this weekend because I thought we had a soccer tournament all weekend and I wanted something that would wear like iron. The tournament was cancelled, because we can't deal with cold weather here in the south, but the polish did wear really well!

It's a full coverage glitter, it was opaque in 3 coats, and it was a pretty color. It did give me a little bit of "lobster hands" where my hands look more red than they really are, but only in certain light, like this one on the right.

I liked it well enough- I did get a chip or two, but since the tournament was cancelled, I got to stay home and clean and was pretty rough on my hands, so I don't hold that against the polish.

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

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2017 SPAMALAMA!! Ever After Sin City 2017

I have to say, I was so so disappointed in this polish. I really wanted it, and finally got my hands on it.

It was 3 coats to get opaque, and it wasn't as blingy in-your-face as I wished it were.

I do love Ever After Polishes, I have a bunch of them, and the formulas are always good.


This polish is okay, but it's not as special as I'd hoped. I have things that are similar, and these are the color of polishes that I feel like aren't as flattering on my skin tone (obviously not an Ever After problem, lol).






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

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2017 SPAMALAMA!!! KB Shimmer Holly Back Girl

KB Shimmer Holly Back Girl is a great Christmas polish!! Crellies are not always my jam, but this was great in 3 coats.

KB Shimmer and ILNP were my "gateway" indies, and I love most of my KB Shimmers. As I said, crellies are not always for me, but this was 3 thin coats and it was so fun for Christmas!  Super cool, no nail art needed!!

I do find that I need to do super thin coats, and to trust that the polish will build up to what I want it to be for the end result, lol. 


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

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2017 SPAMALAMA! Nail Mail! Skyline Beauty OPI $3 sale!

If you haven't checked out Skyline Beauty Supply, it's a cool site!

They have brands like OPI, China Glaze, Essie, Color Club, Morgan Taylor, Orly and more. Shipping is free over $30, and only $3.50 under $30.  They also have acrylic nail supplies, nail art supplies, equipment, gel stuff, lots of fun things!

They had a $3 sale on some old OPIs, so I got 11! Because of course I did!!!  I got 6 of their DS (Designer Series) polishes, then 4 new to me OPIs, and 1 backup bottle of Pirouette My Whistle, because it was $3 and I love that polish!

Here's the haul

L-r DS Mystery, DS Glow, DS Reflection, DS Indulgence, DS Pewter, DS not sure what this one is, lol

L-r Congenality, Sprung, Sleigh Ride for 2, The Color of Minnie, Pirouette My Whistle (this is a backup bottle!)

2017 SPAMALAMA!! Vapid Rite of Exorcism

Vapid put out a trio for Halloween, and I saw this polish and had to have it. It's a gorgeous shade of purple with flakies. It's gorgeous, did I say that??

Vapid has some amazing polishes, and the formulas are always great.

Check out the flakies in this polish!

One more, because it's gorgeous.

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2017 SPAMALAMA Different Dimension Black Friday 2017 Haul

This is another kind of cheatsy Black Friday haul from Different Dimension- someone on Makeup Alley gifted me a free shipping code, so I placed an order. I fell in love with a couple of their Winter 2017 collection, and had to have them.

L-r Alexandria, Grace, Ghost of Jupiter, Lake Shore Drive, Indiana Polish

I'm not always into green polishes, but when I saw Alexandria on Instagram, I instantly wanted it.

I really like Different Dimension, though I find their shipping is a little high. I do like that with each order they send a scratch off card with discounts or free shipping on your next order. Their polishes have always been great, and they do some really unique things.

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2017 SPAMALAMA Pretty Serious Anti-Valentine's Day 2017 Trio (well- I have 2 of them, lol)

For Valentine's Day 2017, Pretty Serious did an Anti-Valentine trio, and I bought two of them. I'll insert a photo of the one I didn't get.

First is Cherry Bomb. It's a pink-red with a gold shimmer that I love!

Then there's Heartbreaker. I like this, it's a little cooler of a purple than I usually go for, but it was really easy to work with.

This is the one I didn't get, Stupid Cupid- I am not a huge fan of mint green polishes, so I passed on this- and the reviews said it was a little patchy.

This is from Olivia Jade Nails, she has pretty swatches!



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2017 SPAMALAMA!!! Native War Paints I'm Dating a Daredevil

This is Native War Paints I'm Dating a Daredevil. This polish.....oh, this polish! This is the second time I tried it. The first time it was goopy and stringy and weird- almost lumpy? I added a TON of thinner to it, and then I saw the brush was defective, too. I emailed customer service at Native War Paints, and they immediately sent me another brush, so that was good.

I waited a couple months, then added some more thinner and started again using the new brush- and it was ok. Not great, but OK.  I did have to manipulate the polish, but the thinner helped, it wasn't weird and stringy.  This was 3 coats (I think- at least 2).

I am not a purging girl, but if I were (and someday I might be), this would go right into the purge pile. I shouldn't have to work this hard for a nail polish! The color is beautiful, but I'm sure there are other things similar with better formulas.

I do give props to their customer service for sending me the brush quickly, and I have tried a bunch of others (specifically from their Labyrinth collection) that I LOVE, and I did get a few for Black Friday, so it's not like I hate the brand. 

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

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Illyrian Polish Black Friday 2017 Haul

My Illusive Illyrian Black Friday 2017 haul!!  These finally showed up!  (btw, I do have an Illyrian called Illusive, lol). 

There was drama!!  I ordered Black Friday like at midnight, lol, and a shipping label wasn't even created until 12/19. Nothing was scanned - no movement shown- forever, until it showed up 
January 4. 

l-r Strange, Jinx, Eleven, Prototype 99, Prototype 35


Now, that sometimes happens. It's January 8th right now, and I am still waiting for one more Black Friday order, but that maker has been super transparent and I know what is going on. The maker at Illyrian was radio silent- even the admins were not really responsive, so there was a lot of speculation and no one knew what was going on with things.  She did mention that her post office didn't scan things in, but honestly, they would have been scanned at some point along the way if they had actually been mailed when she said. Oh well.  

Her polishes are gorgeous, there's no questions. I may still order from her- but more likely, I'll order from color4nails or from destashes on Facebook. 


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SPAMALAMA 2017! Girly Bits Festival of Lights 2017

This is from Dec Polish Pickup- Holidays Around the World. It's a gold base with tons of multicolor flakies. It's the first polish I have tried from Girly Bits (though not the first I've owned, lol), and if this polish is any indication, it won't be my last!

It was super easy to work with, 2 easy coats for opacity. The flakies laid down nicely.

Again, this is the color of polish that I know doesn't look the best against my skin tone, but I love them and buy them anyways!! LOL.

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

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Blush Lacquer Black Friday 2017 Haul

More Black Friday orders coming in! I got my Blush Lacquer order- which technically isn't a Black Friday, she did her sale in early December- and I ordered 7 polishes and she sent a freebie!!!!

So here is my haul- L-R- Sleigh Bells (this was the freebie, and it's soooo pretty!!), Spiced Cocoa, Hear Me Roar and Morning glow.

This is Wonder Wall, Fall Foliage, Teeny Weeny Pink Bikini, and Floral Engagement.

Blush has great formulas, and they are so so pretty!

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

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2017 SPAMALAMA!! Supernatural Lacquer Como se Llamacorn?

Ooooh, I love this polish! It's one of my top 10 for 2017, for sure.  This was from Polish Pickup in October.

This is a super wonderful polish, I mean, it's a blurple (more blue than purple), with those flakies that

I love love love. It was easy to apply, opaque in 2 coats.

I really really like Supernatural Lacquer, I am always impressed with every polish of hers I tried.

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

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