Introducing the Roswell Collection from Zoya Nail Polish!

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More Dollar Nail Art Foils

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This started out as my first attempt at a patchwork look using tape, but my base color wasn't cooperating (probably because it was only $1). So Dustin had the idea to try it with foils. It worked out pretty well, the downside is that foils barely last and a perfect application is hard to achieve. This picture was right after they were done:


Kinda reminds me of a windbreaker from the '90s. :P

I got my foils from Dollar  Nail Art. Base color is E.L.F Mint Cream.
I just got 5 new polishes today and expecting 12 more in the next week... I went quite the binge lately!! haha  I also just got Seche Vite topcoat. I have heard it's a learning curve...any tips? 
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Red Hot Chili Peppers

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Hello everyone, for this mani a tribute to one of my favorite bands: Red Hot Chili Peppers, because they're awesome. It's a simple mani with just their symbol as accent nail.
The cross symbol was easy to make with the use of tape. As my base color I used the gorgeous, #1 China Glaze must-have (in my opinion); Ruby Pumps. This red polish with micro-glitters deserves a price really, it's girly and classy but at the same time vampy and sensational. My pictures don't do justice to it at all.
On top I placed tape strips in an eight armed cross shape, and layered the whole with a black creme. Now, to make the cross a RHCP logo, I shortened the arms until they were evenly long as wide. And that's it :)
Peace & love!




Cross shape before I shortened the arms; this way it still looks too Union Jack , lol.
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Artform Revolutionary Range #502 Red Gold

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I toyed with the idea of doing an April fools post, but unless your the first in with it, there isn't much point (you got me Kaz!)

Today I'm showing you Artform Revolutionary Range #502 Red Gold, which is a dupe of Ozotic Pro #502 which may be close to a dupe of Sally Hansen Prism Ruby Opal (see Splurge vs Save).  But before swatches I just want to mention a couple of things that annoyed me about my latest order from Artform nails.
  1. I noticed on my credit card a week after placing my order that what I was charged was less that what I had ordered. I sent two emails to them asking why my order was costing less, unfortunately I never received a reply. It was only when my box arrived that there was a hand written note on the invoice that said some polishes were out of stock and they didn’t charge me for them. As their shipping is rather expensive, I really wish they had contacted me and advised if and when they were getting the polishes that were out of stock back in. I would happily have waited to receive them and ship them all together, whereas now, I would have to place another order (including the full shipping price) if I want to get the out of stock items.
  2. My other gripe is that a number of these bottles were not full. The green holographic one, and a few of the multichromes have a good 5mm missing at the top of the bottle. What’s with that!!
Despite these two issues, I am really happy with the polishes I have got.

#502 is another multichrome with colours shifting through from a burgundy crimson through to gold.  This is three coats over a black base.





This one was the first I swatched, and I didn't capture it as well as I have the others.  There is a real knack to photographing duochrome polishes and I certainly got better the more I took.
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Just restocked the last of the Kaleidoscopes!

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I have some gorgeous Anthropologie & Urban Outfitters items new this week. Like this Kimchi Blue shirt for $30.

I'll be adding other exciting polishes & clothing next Tuesday, but if you want 2NITE or what I have left of the Kaleidoscopes, I recommend buying soon.


Thanks for your support!
April
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Random Swatch: China Glaze Luna

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This is one I have had swatched for a while now, but it never got posted, and I'm not sure why. I found it in my drafts, so here you guys go!  This is 2 coats China Glaze Luna.




Okay, back to entry entering :) Hope you guys are having a great day!!
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sally hansen color quick chrome pens - review and stamping swatches!

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Hey guys, I'm really excited to do this review for you today, because I'm really excited about this product!

Sally Hansen Color Quick Pens, in six of the Chrome shades!


I took about a million pictures of these and of the manicure I did with them, so see all that and the review after the jump!



The reason I bought these was because I had seen a few other bloggers use them for stamping.
And I love me some good stamping polish.


These pens retail in Walmart in Canada for $7.43 each. But I got all six on ebay for just under $15!
I'd never tried any of these Color Quick pens until now. I was pretty skeptical about them but they really are great!
The tube on the inside is almost completely full, so you get a lot of product, which I wasn't expecting.
They are really sturdy, and they don't feel cheap. 


There are 2 I didn't get - Silver and Gold - because I have China Glaze Millennium and 2030 which are great for stamping.


I love the colors. What you see in the tubes is fairly close to how they look on the nail.
Here is a size comparison.


Don't you love my beautiful photography? Hah! I have a really good camera, I might as well give it something to photograph other than my nails.


This is what the brush looks like before you begin using it. Seems a bit crappy but it really isn't once the polish starts flowing!


I decided that for my review/manicure I would use every color on different nails with the same pattern, and so I chose one of my favorite stamps - the zebra image from Bundle Monster BM16.

Okay, so first of all, you shouldn't follow the instructions on the package.


As you can see here, it says to click the top of the pen 5 to 7 times to start the flow of color. No.
I didn't read this before I started which is good because I probably would have just started clicking away, assuming it would take a while.
Some of the pens only took one click to dispense enough color to cover the image on the plate.
If you were painting your nails with it I can imagine it would take maybe three clicks to get the color far enough down the brush for an even application, but when you're just slapping it onto a plate you don't need to be neat. 1-3 clicks was enough for all pens to start adequate color flow.

This is what the brush looks like once you've started using it:


The bristles don't fan out so much.
At first it seems when you click the top that there isn't much product on the brush, but it hides in there. I advise you to try using it after one click, and if you can't get enough, click again. Don't just keep clicking until you see a bunch come out.

I was worried that the brushes would dry out where they are just inside a screw-on cap, but I checked the brushes the morning after using and they were still wet! This pleased me very much. I'm happy they will last!

Now, on to the colors and manicure!
(I warn you, my fingers look really fat in the single swatches because of the way I was holding on to the pens! Haha)

The first one I used was Red Chrome.


As you can see, it isn't really a true red. It leans a bit more pink and a little bit orangey at times.
Coverage was really good, easy stamping. Instant delight!


Fuchsia Chrome. Gorgeous deep pink. Probably the most opaque color, I experienced no bald spots in the stamp.
The color flowed from this one really quickly and I ended up doing three nails with it because I didn't want to waste the polish!


Green Chrome. A really nice light green shade. Nothing else to say about this one!


Purple Chrome. Now you know me and purple, but this isn't the best purple. It is a really silvery purple, and I would have preferred a true purple. But I still like it!
When I used this one, I only had one nail left to do so I didn't want to dispense very much product, but I ended up not quite getting enough onto the image and I was left with some bald spots. I'm sure this wouldn't be a problem if I had enough on the brush.


Pink Chrome. As you can see, this one is really silvery too. Had there not been a Fuchsia one, this probably would have been a huge disappointment. But Fuchsia filled the true pink need, so this one is just a bonus pink!


Turquoise Chrome. I saved the best for last! You know me and turquoise. It is a bit more blue than turquoise, but I loooove it. This is my favorite. (Fuchsia is a close second.) Excuse the messy stamping on this one, I missed the tip of the nail and had to try and fill it in with little bits left on the stamper.

Now here they are all together!

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So happy with all of these!

Turquoise, Fuchsia, Green, Pink, Red
Smudged Fuchsia :( , Purple, Turquoise, Red, Fuchsia
Here are some photos without flash to show the colors in another way.


I'm so in love with these.
If you like stamping, you NEED these. I mean it.

I have like a billion ideas swirling around in my head for what to do with them next.

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Which one is your favorite?
I hope you enjoyed this review!
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Quench that Fire

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The fire that comes from within these flakies!
After I filed down the almond tips, I wanted to use Quench again. I love the way reds look on short nails. Too long and it gets "ugh" in my mind.
 I added Nubar 2010 to my ring finger. Then a cluster of rhinestones in different sizes and colors. (orange, yellow, and red)

 I flipped the colors of the rhinestones for my right hand.

I'm usually very annoyed with rhinestones because they can sometimes stick up too far. If I can feel a bump, I'm going to pick at it until it's gone. I'm just crazy like that. I find that doing a cluster like this is less noticeable to me. I don't pick as much. I think the difference is how the small ones up next to the big ones tricks my mind into thinking that they're all small.
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