Cupcake Polish Doorbuster, Black Friday Special

Late night post alert!  Late night post alert!  But I had to share this with you now so you don't miss out on the deal when it starts tomorrow!  Cupcake Polish will be having a Black Friday Sale!  On Thursday (11/26) at 10am Central, you can shop the entire site for 30% off.  BUT WAIT there's more!  Sara created Doorbuster, a special polish for only $5!  FIVE DOLLARS PEOPLE!  There are only 250 of these so make sure you are online at the right time to get yours!  Doorbuster is not included in the sale and there's a limit of 3 per person.  So let's jump in and check out Doorbuster!

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

Polished by KPT Lumieres

Good evening lovelies!  I'm avoiding laundry by putting up another post.  Why?  Because laundry is my absolute least favorite house chore.  I don't mind the washing and drying, what I do mind is the folding and putting away.  It's so damn taxing.  So I'll avoid my own personal H-E-Double Toothpicks by sharing a gorgeously blingy polish with you!  Yes I am distracting myself with shiny things.  Tonight I have Lumieres from Polished by KPT.  This is a total stunner, if you haven't seen it before or tried Polished by KPT I think this is a perfect introduction to the brand!  Lumieres is available in the shop now for $12 USD.  Now let's look at some pictures!

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Polished by KPT: Shop, Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest, Twitter

Girly Bits What Happens In Vegas...Ends Up On Snapchat

Aloha from Hawaii!  I am on vacation in paradise and enjoying it so far!  We arrived yesterday and our resort is just so beautiful.  Like they took paradise and made it even better.   I have a couple posts to share with you while I'm here and the first one is the newest addition to the Girly Bits What Happens in Vegas collection!  I reviewed the previous ones HERE and HERE and now I've got What Happens In Vegas...Ends Up On Snapchat!  I'll admit I have no idea what Snapchat is.  I thought it was for sharing pictures that get erased after a few seconds so I don't know how that works for social media sharing.  But maybe I'm just old and not hip anymore.  But what I do know is that this polish is AMAZING!  Now I don't have exact release date information, but I do know WHIVEUOS is Limited Edition and will be available for pre-order in early to mid August.  I pinky promise to update you with availability as soon as I hear something solid.  So let's jump in and check out this gorgeous polish!

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Girly Bits: Shop, Llarowe, Overall Beauty, Harlow & Co., Mei Mei's Signatures, Femme Fatale, Foxy Fingertips, Rainbow Connection, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Just thought you'd like to see all 3 of the What Happens In Vegas Ends Up On... polishes together!  Aren't they lovely?!  From Left to right they are in order of release: Facebook (2013), Instagram (2014) and Snapchat (2015).  I can't wait to see what next years addition will look like!  

THIS is What Happens In Vegas...Ends Up On Snapchat!  Its a gorgeous soft, pastel purple linear holo with a helping of tiny silver holo glitters.  The formula and application were on point!  Creamy, opaque, smooth, buttery, fabulous, perfect...I can give you a slew of words describing how I felt about this polish.  I think you get the idea.  I used 2 coats for full coverage and finished with a layer of topcoat.  

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I decided to use all 3 What Happens In Vegas Ends Up On... polishes to do a gradient!  It turned out so pretty!  I started with a base of Zoya Ana and then sponged on a few coats of the 3 WHIV polishes.  I have them sponged on from top to bottom: Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat.  The only one that didn't really want to show up to the party was WHIVEUO...Facebook.  I think it must just have a lighter pigment.  I topped this with 1 layer of topcoat.  

Lumina Lacquer God Of Wine

Good morning dolls!  Just wanted to pop in with a quickie post today.  I am on the road during my vacation right now!  But I have lots of posts to share and am eager to beat my record high of posting last year so I am making a big push now that I am down to the wire.  I have one of my favorite brands on my nails - it's an older Lumina Lacquer which is no longer available.  BUT Lumina Lacquer is having an end of year sale and there are some amazing prices on all kinds of fabulous polish so head over and see if there's something you like!

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Lumina Lacquer: Shop, Mei Mei's Signatures, Facebook, Instagram

THIS is God of Wine.  Look at it's beautiful magenta-ness.  I love the holo shimmer and little holo glitter particles in this baby.  Tatiana has a way with the solid colors that just makes me all drooly and I'll admit I wasn't so wise last year when this was released and I skipped it.  Well I spent an entire year hunting around for it.  The formula and application were both absolutely perfect.  So smooth and creamy and opaque.  I used 2 thin coats of God of Wine for full coverage though you could easily get away with 1.  I finished with 1 layer of topcoat.  

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Red Dog Designs custom LA Vie en rose Giveaway!

Good evening dears!  I've got a giveaway for you tonight, yay!  If you missed out on purchasing my custom 2-year blogiversary polish from Red Dog Designs, La Vie en rose, here's your chance to WIN it!  There were only 30 bottles made and the winner will be the lucky recipient of bottle #2.  You can see my post for the gorgeous rose pink holo with sparkly holo glitters HERE.  You can also see the review from Pointless Cafe HERE and Dressed Up Digits HERE.  I've also got a a great collage picture from Ehmkay Nails.  The giveaway will end at midnight, 6/27/14.  Good luck everyone!

Sunshine picture from my post

Picture courtesy of Pointless Cafe

Picture courtesy of Dressed Up Digits

Picture courtesy of Ehmkay Nails

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Dior Skittles & Lumina Lacquer The Childlike Empress

Hi, I'm Jen and I'm a Dior addict.  <-- First step, admitting the problem.  Ok, maybe it's not that bad, but it's definitely an addiction I need to reign in sometimes.  I find that I buy Dior with abandon and hardly ever wear them.  Well I decided that needs to change.  This mani used 3 colors I hadn't tried yet form my Dior stash and they made the perfect Spring skittles.  I promise to try to work harder on getting more Dior posts up.  

Dior: Shop, Nordstrom, Sephora, Bloomingdales, Neiman Marcus, Macy's, Facebook, Twitter

I wanted to do something pastel since it's so close to Easter so I pulled out Lilac Colorvision, Tutu and Porcelaine.  These 3 colors worked so week together and created a perfectly creamy Spring mani.  But I will admit, they were not as easy to use as some of Dior's brighter/darker colors.  I have Tutu on my index finger.  Tutu is a soft pink creme.  It was a little patchy during application so I needed 3 coats for coverage and leveling.  I then used Lilac Colorvision on my middle finger.  Lilac Colorvision was my favorite of the 3 colors I used for this mani, not only for the soft lilac color but also for the great formula and application.  I used 3 coats for full coverage.  I then used Porcelaine on my thumb, ring and pinky fingers.  I wish I liked Porcelaine more, but it was a real pest to use.  Porcelaine was very streaky and patchy.  I made sure to let each layer completely before applying the next but I still had problems.  I used 4 coats of Porcelaine.  I finished with 1 layer of topcoat.  

I decided to give my mani a little bling so I sponged the tips and did my accent nail with Lumina Lacquer The Childlike Empress.  The Childlike Empress is a glitter bomb full of stars, moons, triangles, circles, and hexs in a blend of white, blue, silver, gold and silver.  Lots of holo glitters in here too so it has a pretty awesome bling factor.  I sponged 2 coats on the tips of my nails and used 2 coats on my accent nail  I finished with 1 layer of topcoat.  

Lumina Lacquer: Shop, Mei Mei's Signatures, Facebook, Instagram

Darling Diva Polish Slutty Pumpkin, My Coven Has Cookies & Flash

Good morning dears!  I have a trio of lovely holos from Darling Diva Polish to share with you today.  I am a big fan of Darling Diva Polish!  Carrie has some beautiful polish; glitter, shimmer and holos in abundance and they are all great.  I've loved every DDP that I have tried.  2 of the polishes I have to show you today are limited so if you want either you'd better act fast before they are gone.  You can purchase Darling Diva Polish at the Big Cartel and Etsy shop.  You can follow Darling Diva Polish on Facebook for promotions, previews, stock update and giveaways!  Let's look at polish shall we?  

Let's start with Slutty Pumpkin.  This is one of my favorite Halloween polishes!  I reviewed it last year, if you want to see that post (and my progress as a blogger and photographer) take a look HERE.  My post today is closer to the actual color which Carrie describes as a "burnt orange metallic linear holo polish with a scattering of black glitters." The holo is special and extra sparkly as well because both coarse grade and find grade holo powder are used with a fine grade holo glitter (paraphrased from DDP on Etsy).  Now that my friends is alot of holo goodness.  Slutty Pumpkin has a great formula and applied so well.  It flowed easily and smoothly on my nails and the glitter laid flat.  I really do like the addition of the black glitter to add some interest and contrast to the orange holo.  I used 3 coats and 1 layer of topcoat.  Slutty Pumpkin was brought back in limited supply for Halloween.  If you want it, if you love it, get it now! 

  

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This pretty holo is My Coven Has Cookies.  In anticipation of American Horror Story: The Coven she created a few new Halloween polishes.  This is one of the inspired by colors!  My Coven Has Cookies is a  silvery-blue holo with charcoal holo glitters.  I swear I also see blue and silver holo glitters in there too!  I love this polish.  It's so pretty and a nice breath of different color for the Fall and Halloween (IE not orange, purple or green).  Formula and application on MCHC was really lovely.  So much holo glitter came out to play and the base was nice and creamy.  This did dry a bit gritty due to all the glitter so be sure to use a thick layer of topcoat or Gelous (or similar type of topcoat).  I finished with 1 layer of topcoat.

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Finally we have Flash…aaaaaa-aaaaaaaah savior of the universe!  Sorry, I couldn't help myself.  And now I'm thinking of Ted.  And now I'm thinking of Marky Mark.  And now I'm thinking of Donnie.  Oh you know I love those Wahlberg men.  LOL.  Oops sorry my mind wandered.  Flash is one of the LE polishes from the Queen collection that Carrie recently released.  I reviewed all the non LE ones HERE.  Flash is really special.  I think it's claimed the throne as my favorite of the Queen super multichrome holos.  I saw so many colors here, a maroon red, golden pink, a little charcoal.  So pretty and shifty!  The holo is really linear and doesn't take much sunshine to show off it's beauty.  Indoors and shaded lighting shows the multichrome much better.  The formula and application were really a dream to work with.  I used 3 coats for full coverage but 2 would have been absolutely fine.  I used 1 layer of topcoat and the holo was (clearly) not effected.  This is the other polish that is available in limited supply.  If you want it do not hesitate!  

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