Lumina Lacquer Man Eater

Good morning!  Hope you are all feeling well.  Spring Break is over (at least for my kids), I made it through a crazy day of baseball and team pictures, I enjoyed a bit too much sangria yesterday and today I will be heading off to play soccer soon.  I'm hoping the copious amounts of Sangria don't effect my playing!  Well I wanted to pop in with a quickie post for you!  I totally love how this one turned out so let's take a looksie!

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I started this mani with 2 coats of Liquid Sky Lacquer Head To The Bahamas, a stunning nude holo.  I then sponged Liquid Sky Lacquer Glistening Coral on to my nail tips.  Glistening Coral is really more of a pink than a coral, but it worked great for this mani.  Then to bling it up I used 2 coats of Lumina Lacquer Man Eater.  Man Eater came out a while back and it a gorgeous mix of holo silver, grey and black glitters.  It's full of fun shapes; hearts, stars and moons!  There are holo black hearts in here too which are really beautiful!  I love how the glitters look over the soft holo colors.  I finished this with 1 layer of topcoat for smooth and glossy nails.

*sunshine pictures*

Super Black Lacquer Spring 2014

Hey there!  Lovely night we're having!  Sorry for disappearing on you there, the kids were home on Spring Break and well, you know how that goes!  Kids can be so needy!  Kidding.  I took them out to the beach practically every day and did a few other local things.  We had so much fun and now we are heading into the weekend baseball games, it's also picture day tomorrow so I will have yet another busy bee kind of a day.  Can I just sit down and have a margarita please?  Well maybe Sunday.  But for now let's look at these amazing polishes from the Super Black Lacquer Spring 2014 collection!  Mmmmmkay?

*PRESS SAMPLE*

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Up first I have Framboise.  This is a "saturated raspberry jelly polish, with a ton of glitters: tiny black, matte pink, holographic lilac, and chunky matte white hex."  Framboise is a gorgeous and fun color for Spring.  It's so fresh and juicy!  It had a fabulous formula and application.  I used 3 coats of Framboise for full coverage (as full as you can get for a  jelly) and finished with 1 layer of topcoat.  

The Grackle was my favorite from the polishes sent to me.  Though I don't feel it's a Spring-y color, it's absolutely gorgeous.  The Grackle is a "sparkling turquoise blue with a black base."  I actually think it's more of a blue-teal, but you say tomayto, I say tomahto.  The Grackle is just so inky and moody, I've been moody lately, maybe that's why I am digging it!  I used 2 coats for perfect coverage and 1 layer of topcoat for shine.  

The Stag...hello gorgeous.  Ok, I changed my mind.  This was my favorite of the polishes I received!  The Stag is an amazing "glowy spring green polish with a rich bronze shimmer."  It's the perfect amount of brightness and shimmer.  It actually reminds me of the olive in a martini glass (I think I really need a drink - this is my second adult beverage remark).  The formula and application were both lovely.  The Stag was a tad sheer on the first coat but it built up beautifully in 3 coats.  I finished with 1 layer of topcoat.  

Here we have another deep, rich, but playful color for the Spring...The Haymaker.  The Haymaker is a "deep, eggplant polish packed with 3 different sizes of matte, neon red-orange glitter."  I liked the combination of the deep base with the bright glitter, it really pops for a unique look.  The formula and application were both nice on this.  I used 3 coats of The Haymaker for full coverage and color depth.  I did find the red glitters are a bit gritty when the polish dries, but a layer of topcoat smoothed it all out.  

And rounding out the post is Majestic, a "super-smooth, creamy orchid."  Majestic is a lovely color and a fabulous creme.  Pastels usually give me problems with streaks or being chalky but this was absolutely not the case here.  Majestic was even flowing and self leveling.  I used 3 coats for full coverage and 1 layer of topcoat.  Majestic is the perfect Spring color.  

April Giveaway - Week 2, Darling Diva Polish HIPPA-Potamus

Well last week was fun....let's do it again!  If you missed out on the last giveaway I'll get you up to speed.  I had a few extra Darling Diva Polishes in my stash and I thought it would be fun to share them with you as a way to celebrate my birthday with my readers!  So this is week 2 and up for grabs is Darling Diva Polish HIPPA-Potamus.  HIPPA-Potamus is a gorgeous gray based polish with white and holographic glitters in the mix.  So lovely and reminiscent of a rainy day Spring day.  

ONE winner will receive this brand new bottle of Darling Diva Polish 

HIPPA-Potamus!

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Lumina Lacquer Homesick At Space Camp & Mickey's Moonlit Masquerade

Good morning!  Just wanted to pop in with a quickie post before I head out on my run and daily errands!  You know I love Lumina Lacquer and I had been searching high and low for this beauty - Homesick At Space Camp.  Well someone finally took pity on me and answered my call!  Man oh man am I over the moon happy that I have this.  Let's head over to the pictures to take a look, mmmmkay?

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Homesick At Space Camp was a limited edition polish put out around last summer (my timeline could be totally wrong here).  I remember when it was released but I was so obsessed with glitters at the time that I paid it no mind.  Boy what a mistake.  Over time I have come to realize that solid/holos from Lumina are absolutely amazing.  I will not pass them up ever again.  Homesick At Space Camp is an amazing bright cobalt blue with a tight scattered holo.  The formula and application were both fantastic!  I used 2 coats for full coverage.  I also have on Lumina Lacquer Mickey's Moonlit Masquerade on my accent nails.  This was an LE put out around Halloween last year and it's a fun blend of glitter shapes in white, slier, purple, and blue.  The white stars and moons are especially adorable (and darn it no mouse head glitters wanted to come out this time).  I used 2 coats of Mickey's Moonlit Masquerade over 2 coats of Sheswai Totally (a plummy berry creme) and the application/formula on both of those were great.  I finished with 1 layer of topcoat.  

*sunshine pictures*

Light It Up Blue for Autism Awareness!

Hello there dear readers!  Today is a great post because it not only do I get to share a fabulous polish, but I also get to take part in spreading a little info about Autism by participating in the Light It Up Blue event.  I genuinely feel the polish community does an awesome job of pulling together to support this (and other) causes by posting information on our blogs to reach readers across the word.  Light it Up Blue is an annual event, held on April 2nd, that "raises international awareness of autism as a growing public heath crisis."  So please take a moment to visit the World Autism Awareness Day or Light It Up Blue pages (facebook, website) to find out a little about autism.  If you are on Instagram you can also look up #lightitupblue and #liub to see posts related to Autism awareness.  Be sure to check out all the other boggers that also did Light It Up Blue manis in honor of today's event - there are links at the bottom of my post. 

My blue mani is Nicole by OPI On What Grounds?.  It's part of their new Roughles collection and is a texture polish.  It's similar to the OPI Liquid Sands, but it's a matte finish and there are no sparkly glitters scattered throughout the polish.  I did see a very fine silvery shimmer in On What Grounds?, but it didn't pick up in my pictures.  On What Grounds? is a turquoise based polish with dark blue and black (or deep purple) micro glitters mized in for interest.  I swore I didn't like these because I need sparkle in my texture polish but then I got it on and I was smitten, great.  I used 2 coats of On What Grounds? for full coverage.  It covered perfectly, dried quickly and the texture finish was the perfect grit.  No topcoat.

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Blue Eyed Girl Lacquer SPD 1.3

Good morning friends!  Hope your Tuesday isn't as soggy and wet as it was yesterday.  I'm in NorCal and the weather decided to go ahead and schedule a nice rain storm.  But since we are in a draught it's ok by me.  Well I have a mani that I wore way back for St. Patrick's day that I never got around to sharing so I thought I'd share it now (funny thing is I have on another green mani today!).  Blue Eyed Girl Lacquer is a brand I am newish to, but I am totally swooning over!  Really awesome colors and formula and so many different finishes   The other that I have is a pink creme with this blue shimmer - shut the front door!  I'll share that one soon too!  But let's look at the lovely green sample for now.

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This is sample polish SPD 1.3.  I was lucky to snag it during a sample sale I happened across and I am super happy I was able to get it.  SPD 1.3 is a green creme with gold, blue and an orangey-pink shimmer with sparse green flakes.  It's a pretty color with unique additions.  The formula and application were both fabulous.  I used 2 coats of SPD 1.3 for complete coverage and 1 layer of topcoat.