Birthday Manicure!

Pin It SOOO As most of you don't know haha, today is my 23rd birthday! I figured I'd decorate my nails accordingly since there's only so much longer until this is tacky for my age haha!

The idea was for it to look like I dunked my nails in sprinkles :P I started making a tutorial but then the fumes started to get to my head haha and I just wanted to finish it without being bothered haha :[

I used China Glaze Lemon Fizz (aka my favoritest yellow ever, if you've ever had issues with yellow cremes and drying time - try this polish!!!) as the base. Then I jaggedly did a messy french manicure with a mixture of Nicole OPI Rainbow in the S-kylie and Lacquistry It's a Friggin' Circus (Because what is a birthday mani without that polish?!?!).

For the Cupcake I used Zoya Rory and Sinful Colors Be Happy. I used Sinful Colors Snow Me as the frosting and the glitter from It's a Friggin' Circus as the sprinkles :] Added a cherry on top with Zoya Sooki and Sinful Colors Last Chance. YAYYYYY!

Hope everyone has a great Friday!

Until next time,
Lacey

ZOYA Summer 2012 Beach & Surf Collection Swatches/Review

Pin It So, today I'm super excited to give you guys a preview of Zoya's 2012 Summer Collection, Beach & Surf!

 Top: Surf, Bottom: Beach

Swatches after the jump!

TONY MOLY (Korean Polishes): Milky Way, Pinky Star & Shooting Star

Pin It I saw the Polish Well release swatches of these Tony Moly, Korean, polishes. I tried my DARNEDEST to decipher the site she linked to, yeah no luck there haha.

 Milky Way (GS08), Pinky Star (GS10) and Shooting Star (GS09)

Swatches after the jump!

SALLY HANSEN Diamond Strength Limited Edition Color & Jewel Overcoat Polishes

Pin It Told you guys you would be hearing from me today! However today's post isn't what I planned. I saw this display at Walgreen's yesterday. I didn't take a picture (dumb, Lacey, dumb) but today I HAD to go back and get one of the polishes. I LOVE IT!

Here's the display Walgreen's has up:

And here are a few close ups of the said polishes

REVLON: Royal and ESSIE: Shine of the Times

Pin It I've been swatching my haul for the past 2 hours and I couldn't decide which nail mail polish to use haha. So I went with the one I bought today.

Revlon Top Speed in Royal. Probably the most gorgeous jelly I own. And I was worried about it being fast drying because I usually stay away from those due to never having good luck with them. Nope! Dried fast, application was amazing. Opaque in 2 costs. I just love this!!

I was going through all my glitters and other top coat and layering options. Decided to give Essie Shine of the Times a go around. I felt like I had forgotten about it :( I feel like this is one of the BEST life decisions I've ever made, look at this amazingness!

2 coats Revlon Royal, 1 Coat Essie Shine of the Times

Likeeee?!?

Until next time (probably tomorrow haha),
Lacey

Nail Polish Mail Haul and Blog Sale Alert

Pin It Just to let you guys know, I do have some items up on my "Blog Sale" tab on the menu. There's some new and used polishes. Not much, I just want to get rid of a few for now to lighten my hoarding habit haha. I'm open to trades too :] (I'm a big fan of Zoya if you guys don't know haha, I'm not a big fan of dark polishes. BUT I'm open to anything!)

So, today was totally the best day every for nail mail. I screamed EVERY time I opened a package haha, it just kept getting better! I just HAD to share with you guys, because I know you all appreciate good polishes!

 TOP: Tony Moly Korean Polishes (Pinky Star, Shooting Star and Milky Way [Another DL Light as Air dupe], MIDDLE: OPI Paz-itivley Hot (A gift from a sweet IG friend!), and BOTTOM: Pretty & Polished (Elvis' Pink Catillac, Jawbreaker and Party on my Yacht). YAY!!!!! Can you tell I'm a fan of milky bases and glitter? haha

 Chanel Dupes I got from Sandy at Dandy Nails' blog sale (Iridescent Eye and Smoky Feather)

ANDDDD lastly! MY FIRST BIRCHBOX EVER! Essie's A Cut Above. I was SO happy I subscribed to Birchbox finally after seeing this!

OH Man! I also finally went and bought Revlon Top Speed in Royal, a GORGEOUS blue jelly. If you haven't seen this polish - look up swatches because it's amazing! Jenna from the Lacquistry posted it with It's a Friggin Circus and I knew that I needed to get my butt to a store and buy it for sure. What an awesome day for nail mail! Anything you guys want to see, just ask :D 

Hope you're having a great day too!

Until next time,

Lacey

DIY Nail Art: Marbling WITHOUT Water

Pin It I don't know if anyone else has experienced the frustration of water marbling... but I, myself, straight up, 110% suck at it. I've tried maybe 4 or 5 times and I just feel like I'm wasting polish.  So I've given up on marbling totally

UNTIL TODAY!

Orly posted on their Facebook a few months ago a "marbling technique". Got bored today and decided to try! I'd say it came out pretty well, and it's A HUNDRED THOUUUUSAND|DDDDD times easier than water marbling! And MUCHHHH less of a mess! What do you think?? I'm a fan!

DIY Marbling (MAC Immortal Gold, Zoya Charla and Zoya Apple)

How-to after the jump :]

HARD CANDY: Beetle & Cheeky Plates

Pin It Hope ya'll had fun with the giveaway. What kind of things are you looking for in the next giveaway? :] Let me know! I know thing's I'd like to win, but I'm different from other people ;]

I drove 20 minutes away to grab Hard Candy Beetle because the closer Walmart's suck at stocking polish :[ Hands down? Totally worth the drive!

LOOK at this beauty!

 Hard Candy: Beetle, 3 coats

I was actually able to get the duochrome flashes when taking the pictures. It flashes purple, green and gold. Even then, the pictures don't do any justice to how gorgeous this is! For $4?! I'll take it! Maybe even 2 haha. I went to Walmart's website and searched for "Hard Candy nail polish" and then looked for stores in my area, pretty handy so you don't have to drive everywhere for a polish!

I've heard around the interwebs that this is a pretty good dupe for Orly's Space Cadet. I usually am not a fan of darker colors on me so I didn't want to dish out money for a polish I was iffy about. Nope, need Orly's version, totally in love! I stamped a design on as an accent nail, review of the stamping plate below also :]

Hard Candy: Beetle with Cheeky Plate C Stamping

I also picked up and decided to try a Cheeky Plate, this is Cheeky Plate C. If you're unfamiliar with Cheeky's nail stamping plates, they're pretty large plates with 42 images. You can find them on amazon :]

 Cheeky Stamping Plate C

I like these plates because the designs are pretty unique, the stamps seem larger to me than Konad or bundle monster's stamps (which is good for me because I have pretty large nail beds haha). The quality was OUTSTANDING. I can't even tell you how much I LOVE the plate I chose! There wasn't a stamp that didn't pick up, or didn't come out super clear. The detail in these stamps is awesome!

Here is another manicure I did (forgive the cotton ball string that ruined one of my stamps boooo!) using a full nail design. LOVEEEE!

Revlon Colorstay: Rainforest with Cheeky Plate C Stamping

Hope you guys will give Cheeky a shot if you're into stamping! It seems these plates don't disappoint!!

Until next time,
Lacey

WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER!

Pin It The Spring Break Giveaway has officially ended as of 24 minutes ago!

Thank you EVERYONE for entering and following my blog! I have lots planned, more manis, more DIYs, more swatches and of COURSE more GIVEAWAYS! Thank you, each and every one of you, it means a lot - seriously!

Well, Rafflecopter & Random.org have officially spoken!

DRUM ROLL PLEASE!

Congrats, Brittney S.! You have 48 hours to email me with your details, I have sent you an email! I will have your package shipped out by the end of the week!

Until next time - Stay tuned!
-Lacey

Giveaway Ends Tonight!

Pin It Sorry I didn't give heads up sooner! The Spring Break Giveaway ends at midnight est!

-Lacey