Earth Day Skittlette (a day late and a buck short)

Yeah, Earth Day was yesterday but I went out to lunch with my mom and then shopping for a little belated birthday celebrating.  And then if you can believe it, I put my boys to bed then layed down with Naomi and passed out at 8:00.  No joke.  So I didn't get around to posting my Earth Day mani yesterday.  But here they are in their full green glory!  Let's take a look.

Enchanted Polish: Shop, Mei Mei's Signatures, Facebook, Instagram

Different Dimension: Shop, Llarowe, Facebook, Instagram,

Rimmel London: Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

I started this mani off with Enchanted Polish March 2014.  Whoa I'm loving this polish!  March 2014 sits somewhere between lime and olive.  It is an uber linear holo!  It's amazingly pretty! It's kind of a metallic finish holo.  As I'm sitting here on my couch I can see turquoise and gold sparkles shining inside the holo.  I used 2 coats for full coverage, but if you are a heavy handed painter 1 coat should do it!  Formula and application were both flawless!  I then did my accent and thumb nails with Different Dimension Money.  Money is a milky based polish that's full of turquoise, green black and silver circles, tiny gold squares, yellow hexs and holo green micro glitter.  It's the perfect blend of colors for Earth Day!  Formula and application were both great.  The milky base was easy to work with and built up to full coverage in 3 layers.  Plenty of glitter came out with no fishing needed.  Finally I used Rimmel London Sweetie Crush in Fizzy Appleicious.  Fizzy Appleicious is a very soft, pastel green texture polish.  It was actually lighter than I expected from the display pictures, but it's grown on my and it's perfect for the pastel craze that always comes around this time of year.  It applied very thin so I used 3 coats to build it up.  The formula was easy to work with.  I finished all nails (except the texture nails) with 1 layer of topcoat.

Literary Lacquers Green Gables Collection, Part 2 - Shimmer & Glitter!

As promised, here is Part 2 of the Literary Lacquers Green Gables collection!  If you missed Part 1 (the holos), you can see it HERE.  The Green Gables collection was inspired by Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery.   Amy truly put together a mighty fine collection here and I feel lucky to share it with you.  Today I am reviewing a gorgeous shimmer and a fun crelly based glitter!  

Before the review here are the details on the Green Gables collection.  This set of 6 polishes will be available on Wednesday 6/5 at noon Mountain time.  Full size bottles are $10 each, but you can buy the entire set at a discounted price of $55.  You can purchase the Green Gable collection (or individual bottles) at the Literary Lacquer Etsy shop.  Be sure to follow Literary Lacquer on Facebook for news and updates!

This lovely polish is Marilla's Amethyst Brooch.  Amy describes Marilla's Amethyst Brooch as, "Amethyst shimmer with a pink to orange color shifting flash."  My description is close, but I would say there is more of a purple to blue shift.  The pink shimmer is really beautiful and I ended up falling head over heels for this polish!  Marilla's Amethyst Brooch had a great formula that glided effortlessly over my nails.  I used 3 coats for the photos but I could have easily used 2.  I used 1 layer of topcoat and I had super glossy and shimmery nails.  

And here we are at the end of my Green Gables Collection reviews.  Tear.  This is Carrots Carrots.  Isn't it cute?  The name fits the color perfectly in my opinion.  Amy says Carrots Carrots is a "Peachy-orange crelly with tons of orange glitter."  Very close to my take on the polish.  I see loads of orange glitter in this bottle: matte, shiny, red-orange, orange and white.  It's a lovely mix and I feel it's quite unique.  For my pictures I used 3 coats to build up the base color.  It applied fairly sheer in the first and second coat but looks pretty full bodied by the third.  The glitter came out in abundance and spread easily on my nails.  There was no clumping or issues with the formula/application to report.  I used 1 layer of Gelous to smooth is all out.  You could layer Carrots Carrots but I would suggest a similar base color such as Illamasqua Purity to lessen the number of coats you need to use.  

*this polish was provided for my honest opinion and review

Starry Earth Citrus Paradise

 I have another lovely Starry Earth polish to share with you!  If you missed my post yesterday for Faerie Fate you can see it here!  Citrus Paradise is another polish that is going to be released with the late Spring/Summer collection.  The release date is scheduled for 5/22 (that's this Wednesday!).  As I said before if Faerie Fate and Citrus Paradise are any indication of what the collection is like I am very excited to see the rest!

You can follow Starry Earth on Facebook and purchase the polish from the Etsy shop.  

Citrus Paradise is another delicate polish.  But it's a pastel glitter bomb in a milky base.  Citrus Paradise is chalk full of pastel pink, green, blue and yellow.  The base is a milky pink-white color that is a jelly-like formula.  Application was great, the formula was easy to use, tons of glitter came out with each brush dip and they all laid flat on my nails.  CP is a refreshing and relaxing color and I enjoyed it greatly after wearing so many bright colors recently.  I think it's subtle enough for work or "mature" situations where neons won't be appreciated.  I have 3 coats of CP and 1 layer of topcoat shown below.

I also wanted to show you Citrus Paradise over some colors.  I used Kiko Peach Rose (358) and an accent nail of Kiko Mint Milk (389).  I used 2 coats of both Kiko colors and 2 coats of Citrus Paradise.  I then used 1 layer of topcoat.  I love how different CP looks over the different base colors then on it's own!  It's like having 2 polishes in one bottle.  And the milky base doesn't overwhelm the base colors which is great because it means you can use CP over a huge variety of colors!  So how did you like Citrus Paradise best, alone or layered?

*this polish was provided for my honest opinion and review

Sea Lore Spring Seas Collection

Good morning!  I am back with another review and this one features the new Sea Lore Spring Seas Collection!  Spring Seas consists of 5 polishes in a variety of forms: jelly, glitter, milky base, iridescent.  But they all have one thing in common, they are all beautiful!  One thing that always brings me back to Jamie's collections is that she stays true to her origin and continues to draw her inspiration from the ocean.  All of her polishes are based on mythical or real creatures that spend their days in the water.  Spring Seas is no different!  I'm going to jump right in to the post, but first I'll set you up with all the social media information.  

Here are the many ways you can find, follow and purchase Sea Lore!  Facebook, Website (buy here!), Twitter, Instagram (sealorepolish).  

Up first I have Leaping Lyretail.  Hello pretty lady!  This is a wonderful hot pink jelly based polish full of pink, yellow and matte white glitters.  She put circles and squares in there so you know it has my heart!  There is a dose of hot pink micro glitter to give it a little extra bling!  I used 2 coats for full coverage.  Be sure to let the layers dry in between application so the glitters don't move around.  I finished off with 1 layer of topcoat and was left with a smooth to the touch mani.  

This blue fellow is Jumping Jellyfish.  Jumping Jellyfish is another squishy jelly base polish.  This one is packed with blue microglitter, a silvery blue small glitter and circles that flash blue and teal.  I love how the small glitters make this polish sparkle!   I used 3 coats of JJ alone and had great build up.  I experienced no application issues what so ever with JJ.  I finished this mani off with 1 layer of topcoat.  

Dancing Discue took me by surprise.  It is definitely the sleeper color in the collection because your eyes will immediately pull to the bright trio.  But Dancing Discue really holds it's own in this set.  A beautiful champagne nude colored base with gold and iridescent color shifting glitters.  What really wowed me was opalescent shimmer that flashes blue when you move your hands.  It's like looking into an abalone shell and seeing that gorgeous pastel wash of colors.  For my pictures below I used 3 coats of DD alone.  Application was truly lovely, no problems to report.  I finished it with 1 layer of topcoat.

Here we have Popping Parrotfish.  Adorable name, perfectly fitting for the polish.  Popping Parrotfish is a light minty colored milky polish that is full of rainbow glitters.  PP also has a nice little surprise with a very fine green shimmer.  It's a sweet little party for your nails!  I used 3 thin coats (you could absolutely go with 2 - I really don't know why I did 3) to fully cover my nails.  PP is a hungry little fish and he really ate up my top coat!  I used 2 layers of Gelous and 1 of topcoat.  But the end result, well just look at that glossy shine!  Swoon!  

Last but not least we have Springing Seahorse.  This one is equally as beautiful as it counterparts.  What makes SS different is that it's a glitter topcoat.  You have endless possibilities of how to wear it.  I'm a big fan of matching glitters and base colors so I put 1 layer of SS over 2 coats of OPI Funky Dunky.  It's a grape purple match made in heaven!  SS is a mix of different shades of purple glitter with a sparse smattering of matte white glitters.  The real stunner here is the shimmer!  Whoa!  It's like a hot pink-fuchsia shimmer and it's just…WOW.  Application was great, the glitters laid flat and smooth.  I used 1 layer of topcoat. 

*these polishes were provided for my honest opinion and review