Darling Diva Polish; Diva At The Masquerade

Good morning dolls, happy Friday.  My kids are off for the day so I'll be running around with them.  I actually need to get oranges for soccer halftime this weekend so I'm dreading the grocery store trip with them.  Other than that it'll all be gravy.  I wanted to share a polish with you before my day starts though because it's a special one.  Darling Diva Polish created Diva At The Masquerade to give out as a mystery polish at the PolishCon event.  Well lucky for us she had a few left and they'll be for sale on Sunday 10/16 at Color4Nails.  There are only about 20 bottles so if you want this do not hesitate!  I repeat...DO NOT HESITATE!  Let's jump in and check this beauty out.

*press sample*

Darling Diva Polish: Shop, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Color4Nails: Shop, Facebook, Instagram

Cupcake Polish Hot Chicks & Bunny Butts

Ugh Monday, why you so awful?  I wish the weekend were longer but then we'd all just hate poor Tuesday.  And what did Tuesday ever do to us?  Well I am actually resting up this week for race day on Saturday.  It's nothing major, but I do want to be able to run it without any leg pain since I'm nursing shin splints right now.  Now in April not only did I run an insane amount of miles, I also bought a crap ton of polish.  Today's post features 2 of those purchases.  Last month Cupcake Polish had some mystery polishes available for Easter and since I just couldn't decide which to buy I got all 3.  Totally glad I did because they are all gorgeous.  It was also a cute touch that they all came in Easter eggs so it felt like a little revealing party when I opened each one.  While these particular polishes aren't available there are many others that are, including the new In Bloom collection (see my post HERE)!  Alright - let's check these 2 polishes out, shall we?  

*nothing to disclose*

Cupcake Polish: Shop, Facebook, Instagram, Color 4 Nails, Harlow & Co.,  Femme Fatale, Live Love Polish, Mei Mei's Signatures, Norway Nails, Polishinail, Rainbow Connection 

As I'd said before, these 2 polishes were mystery polishes.  I bought them blindly, having no clue what I was going to get.  I opened the eggs and was excited with each one.  My favorite was Hot Chicks though.  Hot Chicks is a beautiful rose-pink holo full of ultra chrome flakies.  So pretty!  I totally dig the combo here.  I did find the formula a touch thick, but is wasn't difficult to manage.  I used 2 coats of Hot Chicks and no topcoat.  

My accent nail is Bunny Butts.  Cute name as it gives me a mental image of adorable, fluffy baby bunny tails.  This is a deep lilac, scattered holo.  Another gorgeous polish and a really beautiful color.  The formula and application were both perfect.  I used 2 coats of Bunny Butts and no topcoat.  

Lumina Lacquer Farplane

Good morning!  I'm lazing about today, enjoyed a late breakfast in a quiet house.  My boys just came back from a night with my parents and it's a bit louder now, but that could also be the dinosaurs on TV.  I'm watching Jurassic Park 2, my least favorite of the trio but still a good movie.  Anywhoodle....I wanted to share the (no longer a) "Mystery Polish" Farplane from Lumina Lacquer with you.  I picked this up a couple weeks ago and I believe (don't quote me on this) that it will be available again sometime next week.  So let's delve into the pictures and check out the beauty that is Farplane. 

Lumina Lacquer: Shop, Facebook, Instagram

I was inspired @cjskellz post on Instagram featuring Farplane (you can see it HERE).  So with that gorgeous pastel skittle idea in mind, I decided to do a pastel gradient skittle.  I used 2 coats of Farplane on top of each nail and it is really such a fun and unique polish.  Farplane is packed full matte pastel glitters (pink, aqua, periwinkle, yellow and gray) as well as matte black and white glitters.  There are loads of fun shapes in here too; hearts, moon, stars, circles, flowers, triangles along with a good helping of pastel microglitters.  Formula and application of Farplane were exactly what I've come to expect with Luminas - huge glitter payoff and easy application.  The glitters spread well a thick layer of topcoat smooths things over.  The other colors I used for the gradient are; Orly Au Champagne, Zoya Julie, Zoya Gie Gie, Zoya Piaf, Essie Smooth Sailing and Julie G Sharks Cove.