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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Try it Tuesday- Tonic Happenstance and Bauble

I bought 2 of the OG Unicorn Pee polishes with flakies from Tonic when they came out in February, 2018.

First up is Tonic Happenstance. This is a "sister" polish to Tonic's Serendipity- Happenstance is Serendipity with flakies in it. It's purple with Unicorn Pee and iridescent flakies. I do have Serendipity, but haven't used it yet!!

This is 3 coats. With polishes that have flakies in them, I generally do 3 coats just to build up the jelly base and the depth of the flakies.

This one on the left was taken in the sunshine. I did get a little bit of tip wear, but I find I do get that sometimes with jelly polishes.











Here is a little bit of a close up, you can see the flakies.

One more of Happenstance in the sun.

Next is Bauble, the UP flakie version of their UP polish Curio. I did not pick up Curio when it was offered, and am totally bummed. If it's ever offered again, or I see it in a destash for a reasonable price, I will definitely pick it up!  This is a blurple, where Happenstance is more of a red-based purple.

Again with 3 coats. I love this color, and the formulas on both of these were amazing, no issues at all, and great jelly base build up in the 3 coats.

These UP polishes really do have such a pretty glow about them.

I didn't do a super close up of this one, but you can see the flakies in these pictures.



Tonic always has great polishes, and great formulas.  I appreciate that for the most part, they have their polishes available so you don't need ninja fingers to buy their polishes.


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




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Mainstream Mani Monday- Finger Paints Palette of Perfection

When I was first getting into nail polish, I spent a lot of time at Sally's Beauty Supply. I found this Finger Paints polish in a clearance rack, but had never tried it.  It's a burgundy glass fleck polish.

Isn't this beautiful?!?!  This was 2 super easy coats.  This would be an amazing fall polish.

Here's the close up of the polish.

This is such a rich polish, the color is absolutely stunning.










Another picture, just to show it off.

I haven't tried any other Finger Paints polishes, but this is a great polish and I would definitely try more!

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


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Try Another Thursday- Ethereal Lacquer Twilight Garrison

I saw some pictures of Ethereal Polishes, and joined her Facebook group, Ethereal Lacquer Lovers. There was a prototype sale, and I picked up 7 of them, and this was one of them.

This is my very first Ethereal Lacquer!  Twilight Garrison. It's a grayed out purple with a subtle holo.

It was good in 2 coats, maybe a smidge on the thick side formula wise, but nothing I even felt like I needed to thin.

This polish is a nice subtle polish. I like it a lot, and it was a great introduction to a new brand!

Here is a close up. It is subtle, but so pretty and delicate.

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


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Nail Mail- Pretty Serious

Pretty Serious had a sale, and I placed an order. Of course I did, lol.  They had an issue with their lab and getting things sent to them, so it took like 2 months to get to me. They did post updates, and were very responsive customer service wise!

I love Pretty Serious polishes (except Free Sample. I hate that polish, lol. Maybe I'll try thinner....but I digress...), so I didn't mind waiting, and when it got to me they had a code for $10 off a future order.

They have free shipping over $40, which I love, and they do have some great sales!

So I got

L-r Plush, Ragequit, Granny Panties, Joy to the Overlords, Lacy Underthings, and Steve

I highly recommend Pretty Serious polishes. I got these in the mail, and my coworker immediately polished her nails with Granny Panties, and it was a one coat wonder! PS makes my one of my top 5 polishes, An Uzi from Daddy. I think that's the polish that started my love affair with flakies!

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

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Try it Tuesday- Dam Polish Sul-tree Smile

I belong to the Holo-maniacs Facebook group, and this polish, Dam Polish Sul-tree Smile, was the group custom for February 2018.

I had never tried this brand of polish, but it was sooooo beautiful I couldn't pass it up! And their shipping time was super fast!

I did 3 coats (I am a habitual 3 coater with most polishes, unless it reallllly is opaque, and with glittery polishes I usually do 3 coats because of vnl).







The deeper pink color really showed up in the sunlight, it really was gorgeous!

Here's a close up of the polish, you can see  the bigger glitters with the holo hex glitters, it made it a really interesting polish.

I was impressed! The formula was great, and it was a really pretty polish.


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

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Mainstream Mani Monday- Morgan Taylor Little Misfit

This is a polish from 2014 that I picked up on sale at a JC Penney's salon!  And it looks terrible on me, lol.

It was a watery formula, but managable. I didn't think to put this over black undies, so this is 3 coats, but it got opaque in 3.  It's a green/gray/lavender shift, and it was so hard to photograph!

It was a little streaky, but the majority of them went away when it dried.  In this close up you can kind of see them. It wasn't at all bad irl, though.

You can also see a little more of the purple in this.

Here's one more picture, to try to show more of the shift.  It is a cool polish, but I just don't think this looks good on me.

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

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Try Another Thursday- Jior Couture D'oh Nut

So I'm starting Try Another Thursday, so I can post 2 + untrieds in a week (I know I can post whatever I want, whenever I want, it's my blog, but this will keep it neat!).

This is Jior Couture D'oh Nut- from the May Polish Pickup. The theme was The 90s, and this polish was inspired by The Simpsons Lard Lad pink sprinkle donut. Confession- I have never ever watched an episode of The Simpsons, nor do I like donuts all that much, but I do love this polish!!

It's a clear (warm) to pink (cold) thermal with holo and flakies in it. 3 of my favorite things (pink, holo, flakies in case you're keeping track).

Here is another picture- I wasn't forcing this transition at all.

This is up close and look at those flakies! Even though the warm state is clear, it's not really clear because it's packed with flakies. This was kind of when it was transitioning and it was in a  kind of pinky nude color.

Here's another picture. Also, one thing I've found with thermals for me personally, is that they don't transition well for me (even forcing it with cold/hot water) until the next day, and then they transition really well. This was just like that- and even though it was super hot here when I wore it (like 90 + degrees!) it still transitioned well with air conditioning, lol.

So a win from Jior Couture! I will definitely try more from this brand. Polish Pickup happens every month (though they're taking July 2018 off), and you can buy cool polishes from lots of indie makers that are centered around a particular theme (like this one is from the 90s theme).  This is just another reason why I really like Polish Pickup- it gives me a chance to try new brands without a big shipping investment.

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

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Try it Tuesday- Pahlish 1001 Flowers

This is such a pretty polish! Shannon from Pahlish made this when her Facebook group. Pahlish Lovers, reached 1000 members.

Look at this polish! The sparkle is gorgeous, and the blurple color is beautiful!

This was opaque in 2 coats, though I did do a little dabbing on my tips, just for opacity.

It's so sparkly!

This is a really neat polish. Here's a macro.

And one more!!!  This was a limited edition polish, but you may be able to score it in a destash at some point (though I'm sure not giving mine up! LOL).

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

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Mainstream Mani Monday- Seche Intrepid

I must have ALL.THE.HOT.PINK.POLISH. Alllll of it. I saw this at Sally's during one of their half off sales- so I actually got this for $1.85!   I couldn't get the sticker off easily and didn't want to break a nail, LOL

This is GORGEOUS! 2 coats! And it went on like a dream.

I am bringing this to the salon next time I get a pedi, I think it will be gorgeous on my toes!

In this close up you can kind of see the shimmer a little better- it kind of has a bluish look to it in some lights, which I love.

I don't know if Sally's carries this brand anymore, I have one more I got during the clearance that I have to try, but I really really love this polish, it's going to be in my Top Mainstream Polish for 2018 for sure!


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

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