Ever After Polish February Polish Pickup Exclusive; Melt in Your Mouth

Well hello there!  What's this?  An oldie Polish Pickup shade!  So if memory serves, February was the "Sugar Rush" themed month and Ever After was inspired by these lovely pastel mint colored candy bars.  She came up with Melt In Your Mouth.  Again, my apologies for sharing a polish that is no longer available, but you might get lucky and find this one on the PPU BST page or in a de-stash.  Keep your eyes peeled.  So let's jump in and check out this minty beauty!

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KB Shimmer 6th Anniversary Collection

Good morning!  Sorry for no post yesterday, it's the last week of summer break for my kids and we've been out and about taking care of our summer bucket list.  We are headed out to the beach soon, but I wanted to drop this post and share this amazing trio with you!  This is KB Shimmer's 6th (YES SIXTH) Anniversary Collection and it's all kinds of fabulous!  A creme, a crelly and a super blingy full coverage glitter make up this set.  You can purchase each of these separately for $7.50/$8.75 each or as a set (3 full sized bottles) for $21.00!  I also did a nail art look using all 3 of these polishes and some of the new Nail Vinyl Decals, which are also available right now for $5.00 a sheet.  So let's look at the pictures and you can decide which you need!  

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Shore Thing is a "bright aqua-mint cream with blue-green undertones."  It's such a refreshing and beautiful color, it really does bring a beach feel to my nails and I wish I had a tropical drink in hand while on a tropical island.  The formula was great, nice and creamy and easy to apply.  I used 3 thin coats of Shore Thing for full coverage and 1 layer of topcoat.

Beach Please is not only a hilarious name, it's an amazing polish!  Described as a "bright, near neon pink cream with purple leanings." I actually found Beach Please to be more of a crelly formula, but the end result is the same - a gorgeous pink that screams vacation!  After 2 coats I still had the tiniest bit of visible nail line so I applied a 3rd.  I did not use topcoat because Beach Please dried pretty shiny on it's own.  

Here is Hexy Bikini, a texture polish full of "holo glitters in silver, teal, and pink."  Hexy Bikini is uber blingy and sparkly.  It's a full coverage glitter texture with a great formula and easy application.  I used 2 coats of Hexy Bikini alone but you could easily use 1 coat over a base color for a fun, lightly glittered look.  I finished with 1 layer of topcoat  

For this look I've used all 3 polishes from the Anniversary Collection with some of the new nail vinyls!  I started with Hexy Bikini on my index and ring finger nails.  I used 2 coats of Hexy Bikini and sprayed with quick dry spray.  Once completely dry I used tweezers to place the vinyls on my nails.  I tried the suggested method of placing the vinyl on my hand to take some of the super stick off but I found the vinyls didn't stick well enough then - so I place them directly on my nails straight from the sheet.  I then painted over my nails with Shore Thing and Beach Please, using 2 coats, and peeling the vinlys off while the paint was still wet.  Easy peasy!  I used Beach Please as a base for my middle finger and lightly dabbed Hexy Bikini on the tip for a glitter gradient look.  Shore Thing was the base on my pinky and I sponged Beach Please on the tip for a gradient look, topping the entire nail off with a light coat of Hexy Bikini.  Ta-Da!  Vinyls make the easiest nail art ever!

Dior Bahia & Samba Duo Skittlette

Good morning readers!  I recently tried a waterfall mani and it was so easy and pretty that I had to do it again!  But this time I did it in a skittlette that was inspired by the awesome Jacki over at Adventures in Acetone.  She has been doing some truly gorgeous skittlettes and I drew my inspiration from one that she recently did - you can see it HERE!

So here's my take on it!  I started with the Dior Samba and Bahia duos which were the polish addition to the Birds of Paradise summer makeup collection.  They came in 2 sets with 2 mini bottles each.  The Samba Duo consisted of a foily/metallicy peacock teal (794) and a dusty mint green creme (402).  I used 2 coats for each polish and they both went on like butter - as I have come to expect from Dior polishes.  I also used the medium blue-teal creme from the Bahia Duo (792).  It went on smooth and easy and covered my nail in 2 coats.  I then created a waterfall mani on my accent nail using a nail art striping brush.  I also used flocking powder on my pinky to create a fuzzy nail effect.  I dipped my wet nail into the pot of flocking powder and pressed it down firmly.  I shook and blew off the excess and my nail cam out looking like a blue stuffed animal!  I used 1 layer of topcoat on the polished nails (not the fuzzy nail).  

Red Dog Designs Lucky Charms, China Glaze Keep Calm, Paint On + a Shamrock

I posted a huge St. Patrick's mani fest this morning (link to the post here).  But I still wanted to share the mani I actually wore today.  I started it out with 2 coats of China Glaze Keep Calm, Paint On.  KCPO was recently released with the Avant Garden collection.  It's a gorgeous pale mint green with shimmer. KCPO applied very nicely and was self leveling.  Then (you were waiting for that right, because you know I can't just leave things be) I added 2 coats of Red Dog Designs Lucky Charms.  Lucky Charms is a magically delicious mix of green hexs, green micro glitter, gold "coins" and rainbow colored hexs.  Perfection for St. Patrick's Day!  Like all the other Red Dogs I have worn, the glitter came out easily and lay flat on the nail.  Because I wanted to feel even more festive I free handed a shamrock on my accent nails.  I used Zoya Verushka for the shamrocks and didn't wait long enough so you will see a couple smears.  Sad.  I used 1 layer of topcoat to finish the mani.  
You can purchase China Glaze and Zoya at your local beauty supply stores and online retailers.  Red Dog Designs is available on both Big Cartel and Etsy.  Be sure to follow Red Dog Designs on Facebook for collection and new product updates!

Nerd Lacquer Holy Grail

She's baaaaack!  Amanda from Nerd Lacquer opened up shop last weekend and it was an absolute free-for-all! People went nuts!  I would have too if I wasn't asleep due to a massive hangover.  When will I learn?  So I will have to wait for the next restock to snag a few desired polishes.  Fortunately for me, my friend Hazel sent me a couple in a swap just before that restock so I am fully content with the 2 new ones I have from that. 

Here is Holy Grail.  It's mint green.  It's soft linear holo.  It's holo glitter.  It glows in the dark.  Hail to the King of Polish!  Anyhoodle…just look at it!  It's fabulous!  I used 2 coats for the pictures below and coverage was great.  Formula was nice and smooth with no application problems (no streaking, no dragging).  I used 1 layer of topcoat for smooth to the touch nails. 

This is one of the more pricey Nerds are $16, but most of the others are $10.  You can purchase Nerd Lacquer here.  Be sure to follow Amanda on Google+ for info on the next restock!  

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Lynnderella Spumoni + Cliche Cancun

I put on Lynnderella Spumoni and immediately wanted to go to the Old Spaghetti Factory for spaghetti with mizithra cheese and spumoni ice cream.  I love it for dessert and I love it on my nails!  
I started with 2 coats of Cliche Cancun.  Cancun was a gift from my friend at Miminhos Que Eu Gosto, thank you Dulce!  It's a gorgeous light mint green colored creme polish.  I used 2 coats for nice coverage...and the perfectly matched undies for Spumoni.  Spumoni was released with the Season's Glitterings collection and though it was put out as a holiday color, I think it's fun for any time for the year.  Spumoni is described as "full of frosty mint and white satin glitters as well as a sprinkle of red, pink and black in a translucent mint base.  I specifically saw diamonds, squares and hex shaped glitters.  Application was really good - lots of glitter came out with each brush dip and they spread well on the nails.  I finished it off with a layer of topcoat.  
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