The Lacquer Legion: Garden

Good afternoon!  It's a hot one out today and I am pretty much dead from an intense workout this morning, but I found the energy to do a mani for The Lacquer Legion theme Garden.  I actually had a much harder time with this than last months theme Glam.  I mean yes garden; flowers, bugs, trees, gnomes, fairies.  The possibilities are endless.  But I couldn't figure out what to do.  Then I shared a mani I have coming up in one of my nail groups and everyone really supported my attempt at stamping so I decided what better time to go all out and try an entire stamped mani?!  So here's what I came up with.  I went with a tropical flower stamp, Pueen 72 plate.  It reminded me of the gorgeous flowers in Hawaii and I so wish I were there right now.  Then I used all of my beautiful Color Club Halo Hues and mixed them about on the image plate for some very colorful, rainbow like flowers.  It gave me a very warm weather, fragrant air, vacation vibe.  I hope you like how it turned out (remember this is my first time doing an entire mani with stamping) because I am totally digging it!

Here's the list of polish I used:

Bettina - Marshmallow (3 coats)

Color Club - Halo-Graphic, Blue Heaven, Cosmic Fate, Miss Bliss, Kismet, Angel Kiss, and Eternal Beauty.    

You can see more great Garden posts by following the Lacquer Legion Facebook and Instagram pages.  You can also find info for upcoming themes and the proper hashtags to use.  Check out #llgarden today to see how other bloggers interpreted the garden theme!

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Mentality Polish Rascal

It's morning time again and that means another post for you to enjoy!!  I'm moving back to the US indie brands today and I am excited to feature a brand I haven't tried yet!  Mentality Polish is a brand that has been around for about a year now and Hillary has put out some really amazing collections!  With mattes, holos, stampers, duochromes and more there is something for everyone!  Aside from having a large range the polish is priced at a reasonable price with most sitting around $7 - $8.  You can purchase Mentality from the online store, Etsy (there is a special through the end of September, spend $30 and get 20% off with code MENTALITY at checkout).  You can also follow Mentality on Facebook and Instagram (mentalitynailpolish) to keep up on news and promotions!  
*PRESS SAMPLE*
This is Rascal.  Rascal is part of the mate collection and is described as "a black matte with very subtle shimmer."  The shimmer is actually quite noticeable and pretty!  It actually reminds me of chalkboards - so if you were looking for a polish to do chalkboard nails with this would be a perfect base!  Rascal had nice creamy formula that was easy to work with.  I'd suggest thin coats so you can keep the layers level.  Depending on your nails you will need 2-3 coats of polish.  I used 2 coats and no topcoat.  

I wanted to jazz Rascal up a bit so I did a waterfall mani!  I'm so pleased with how it came out!  I used Lalya Marshmallow, Urban Outfitters Silver Holo and Jordana Black Sparkle in alternating vertical lines.  This trio of sparkly silvers really pop over the black matte!  I did not use topcoat.

*this polish was provided for my honest opinion and review

Lacquistry Vegas Baby!

Hello polish friends!  I have a pretty little glitter bomb to share today!  I am quite a sucker for glitter bombs and rainbow glitter so this was just up my alley!  Also - it REALLY makes me want to go to Vegas.  Although I always have a couple issues with going to Vegas.  1. I have to take my kids because I have separation issues.  2. Even if I wanted to leave them no one wants to watch 3 little monsters over any period of time.  3. If I went I wouldn't get to have any adult fun because the kids are there.  4. I don't even like to gamble.  So until my kids are older and I don't freak out leaving them behind I will just have to enjoy Vegas on my nails.  

This is Lacquistry Vegas Baby!  One day a couple weeks ago I was browsing Facebook and came across a post by Lacquistry!  She just announced a restock!  I rushed over to see what fun glitter polishes Jenna had in store and BAM - Vegas Baby! landed in my cart and was on it's way to me almost immediately!  Do you want to know something?  My very first indie brands were Lacquistry and Nerd Lacquer!  I was lost down the rabbit hole after that.  But I digress.  Vegas Baby! is a gorgeous blend of multi colored glitter in a clear base with magenta micro glitters to round it out!  I especially love the silver and gold holo glitters!  So blingy, I just love everything about it.  Application was wonderful, loads of glitter came out very easily and spread on my nails well.  The formula was also great with perfect glitter suspension.  I used 2 coats of Vegas Baby! over 2 coats of Bettina Marshmallow.  Marshmallow is an off white creme polish that is very pretty and different.  It's less stark that regular white polish.  It was a tad streaky but it wasn't difficult to work with.  I won the Bettina from a nice little giveaway hosted by Confessions Of A Polishaholic!  I finished this mani with 1 layer of topcoat.

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