JESSICA: Smoky Feather & Iridescent Eye

Pin It A few weeks ago I purchased 2 polishes from the lovely Sandy, at Dandy Nails' Blog Sale! I ALMOST bought these off the Jessica Cosmetics site then I saw she was selling them for a cheaper shipping price :] (Gotta save my money wherever I can to buy more pretties!)

 Top: Jessica Iridescent Eye, Bottom: Jessica Smoky Feather

These 2 pretties are part of Jessica's Peacock Queen Collection. There is one more color in the collection but I wasn't as interested in it as much as these two.

Swatches and a possible comparison after the jump!

NERDLACQUER: Swatches & Reviews

Pin It Happy, happy Monday!That's like an oxymoron, right?

Well be happy! I have some NERDLACQUER swatches for you today! I ordered/purchased Pinin' for the Fjords, All of Time and Space, The Quantum Bluniverse, Nebula and she must of knew how much I wanted Cyance Friction? Because I didn't order it but it was in my box! I've been putting off ordering from NerdLacquer since September/October - no clue why - I'm kicking myself right now... LOOK at these BEAUTIES!

Clockwise (starting on the left):Pinin' for the Fjords, All of Time and Space,
The Quantum Bluniverse, Cyance Friction and Nebula

After looking at the bottles I was worried about how sheer these polishes would be on the nail. To my surprise I got away with 2 coats for all of these. These would look great layered over different colors, which I plan on doing in the future to save the polishy goodness!

Swatches and reviews after the jumppppp! Check 'em out!

The Liebster Award

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The VERY sweet Brandi over at The Collegiate Nail tagged me for the Liebster Award! Totally unexpected, thank you girl! Sorry this post is a little late! The past few days have been a lot busier than usual.

The Rules:
1. Put the link to who gave you the award.
2. Put the award on your post.
3. Choose 5 blogs with under 200 followers to receive the award.
4. Let them know you awarded them.

Here are the 5 LOVELY ladies I'm awarding, in random order:
1) Kim at College Polished! She was the first nail person I added on Facebook actually! Check out her blog, she's just starting out like me, she also just had a great giveaway :]
2) Stephanie at Sincerley Stephanie! A very sweet girl with some SWEET nail art! Check her blog out!
3) Kelly at Peace Love Lacquer! I found her blog/facebook when Jess at Love for Lacquer was kind enough to have a week of posting new bloggers links! Check out her Facebook for a giveaway! Ends tomorrow!
4) Debi at Perfect Polish!Another new nail blogger I found from Jess' post! "Creating beautiful nails on a budget", my kinda girl! Show her some lovin'!
5) Noelle at xo, noelle! Yet another new nail blogger I found from Jess' posts haha Check out her new post with her Etsy haul! Gotta love Etsy hauls!

Enjoy those blogs! :]

Until next time,
Lacey

PS: I'm posting my NerdLacquer haul/swatches/review tomorrow!!!
PPS: I removed DISQUS because it seems some people were having issues with it loading, so hopefully it's easier for ya'll to comment now :]

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 :]