Born Pretty Store Shining Mirror Mermaid Nail Glitter

Good morning beauties.  I stayed home yesterday (all day) to nurse a cold and take care of my sick little girl.  I hate when my kids are sick.  The only good thing that came of staying at home all day was getting some pictures prepared to post.  So I guess I can't complain about it.  Plus I probably needed the rest myself.  Anyways, I have this gorgeous mermaid glitter to share with you today!  It's called Shining Mirror Mermaid Nail Glitter and it's amazing!  It's only $1.59, you get a ton in your little baggie - it's going to last a long time!  HERE is the direct link to the glitter.  Let's delve in and check out pictures of this fun glitter.  Oh and don't forget you can use my code JTOW10 for 10% off your order!  

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Fall Beach Mani Using Sinful Shine Prosecco, Illamasqua Facet & Girly Bits Love Ya Beach

Howdy there!  I'm sitting here watching the Giant's/Cardinals game and I figured I'd toss up a post while I was on the computer.  I am usually pretty good at avoiding hoopla around polish crazes and lately it's been Sinful Shine Prosecco this, Prosecco that and everyone has to have it and it's selling on eBay for crazy raised prices of $12 (instead of the $1.99 it typically is).  Nuts right?  I had zero intention of driving around seeking this polish out.  Well I wandered into a local Rite Aid to get toothbrushes and body wash for my son and hullo, there's a full display of Sinful Shine holiday colors - including Prosecco.  So I got one (for $1.99).  Well after some discussion with my friend Michelle at Ehmkay Nails, we came up with a cool idea to use it in a mani so here it is!  It reminds me of a chilly Fall day at the beach with the blend of taupe, brown, gold and aqua colors.  

*nothing to disclose*

I started this mani with 2 coats of Sinful Shine Prosecco as a base.  Prosecco is a cool taupe with a heap of golden shimmer.  It's really pretty and I imagine it would be pretty flattering on just about any skin tone.  It also has a great formula and applied very nicely.  I then used Illamasqua Facet, placing a bit on a damp makeup sponge and lightly dabbed it on the tips of my nails blending it upwards.  Facet is a totally gorgeous "grey mauve with gold and copper particles."  I did 2-3 coats via sponging it on.  I loved the way it looked alone but I knew it needed something else.  Insert AH-HA moment!  Girly Bits Love Ya Beach!  I totally love this polish and am so glad I have a bottle of it (actually I wish I had 2 and hadn't given away my spare bottle).  This is the best beachy glitter polish in the world.  I used 2 coats of Love Ya Beach and finished with 1 layer of topcoat.  

*artificial light*

*direct sun*

Red Dog Designs The Butterfly Effect

Good afternoon polish friends!  This will be the last regular post you see from me for a short time while I am on vacation.   Luckily I have guest posts scheduled from some very awesome bloggers to share with you!  So stay tuned for gorgeous polish and beautiful photos to oooh and aaah over.  I shall leave you with this fabulous polish.  Red Dog Designs has done it again, made a gorgeous polish that makes me drool all over the place.  This is The Butterfly Effect and it is currently an unreleased polish but it should be making it's debut very soon.  You can follow Red Dog Designs on Facebook and IG (reddogdesigns) to find out when new collections will be released!  AND you can purchase Red Dog Designs polish from the shop!

The Butterfly Effect is a super pretty mix of pink, purple and silver holo butterflies with aqua, green and purple hexs.  If you have any Red Dogs you know how much Gina loves her holo shimmer, s of course you can see a nice helping of holo shimmer in The Butterfly Effect.  The formula and application on this polish was great!  I got a good amount of butterflies out with each brush dip and they spread nicely on the nails.  They didn't clump or travel down to the end of my nails.  I also got plenty of hexs and shimmer on each nail.  I used 1-2 coats of The Butterfly Effect on each nail.  I have TBE layered over Illamasqua Caress and Cameo done in a lazy gradient.  By lazy I mean I painted each nail with 2 coats of the base color, then put a small amount of the opposite color on the tip of a makeup sponge.  I applied by lightly dabbing the sponge, moving from my nail tips towards the middle of my nail.  I actually think the gradient came out well and the cleanup was  a breeze!  I'll definitely use this method again.  I finished with 1 layer of topcoat, though I would suggest 2 or a layer of Gelous.  

*this polish was provided for my honest opinion and review

Chanel Azure & Lynnderella Mermaid Magic

Hello polish friends!  I'm pretty excited about this mani!!  It's Chanel Azure from the new L'été Papillon De Chanel Summer 2013 Collection.  Azure is a stunning metallic teal-blue that has some shifting properties to show a bit of green and deeper blue!  Hello pretty lady!  I put on 2 coats of Azure and had perfect application.  I paired it with Lynnderella Mermaid Magic, a gorgeous glitter mix of blue, aqua and purple.  Can you believe that I won Mermaid Magic and another fab LE from the Love Lynnderella 2,000 Likes Facebook page!?  I am a seriously lucky girl!  I used 2 coats of Mermaid Magic.  I used 1 layer of topcoat for shiny and smooth to the touch nails.  Paired together I really did feel like I was a mermaid!  Breathtaking!

*on a side note, my topcoat had gone a bit thick and turned wonky - it gave me horrible shrinkage and it happened so quickly I literally watched it happen.  Thanks for ruining a perfectly lovely mani topcoat.  Pbbbbbtttttt!

**on another side note, Mermaids ARE REAL!  LOL.  Yeah, I watched the Animal Planet special.