French manicure with roses and dots

Posted in Indie Polish, Mainstream Polish, Manicures, Nail Art, pictures by Jessica W.

Polishes used:
Revlon Treat & Boost base coat, 1 coat
L.A. Colors Jelly Sheer Perfection, 2 coats
L.A. Colors Hot Blooded
Bad Bitch Polish No Tricks
China Glaze Liquid Leather
Funky Fingers Gesso
Dreamland Lacquer Ooh Shiny QDTC, 1 coat

I’m writing this on Saturday night and dear God I am so glad this day is almost over. My husband had an employee call out sick and so he has to cover that shift; this means he’s working almost 20 hours straight. This also means that besides having a head cold, I was run ragged by my 4 (~~wild~~, ~~crazy~~) dear, sweet children all by myself from sun up to sun down. Continue reading →

Magnetic and thermal gradient nails with Don Deeva and Tonic Polish

Posted in Indie Polish, Mainstream Polish, Manicures, Nail Art, pictures by Jessica W.

Polishes used:
OPI Natural Nails base coat, 1 coat
Don Deeva Box Office Bitch, 2 coats as a base [previously swatched]
Tonic Polish Queen [previously swatched]
Un-frog-gettable Cuticle Cover around my nails
L.A. Colors Rapid Dry top coat, 1 coat
Dreamland Lacquer Ooh Shiny QDTC, 1 coat

Oh my gosh, so many steps to create this mani but it is well worth it. It came out really nicely and I have been flashing and moving my nails around a lot. I’ll detail the steps I took below! Continue reading →

18May2018

Hot Topic Blackheart Beauty Matte Sparkle nail polish swatches + review

Posted in Mainstream Polish, Manicures, Nail Swatches, pictures, reviews by Jessica W.

Polishes used
Hot Topic Blackheart Beauty Pink Matte Sparkle, 2 coats
Hot Topic Blackheart Beauty Teal Matte Sparkle, 2 coats
Hot Topic Blackheart Beauty Blue Matte Sparkle, 2 coats
Hot Topic Blackheart Beauty Purple Matte Sparkle, 3 coats

So I dunno why these are called sparkle because without top coat, they don’t really sparkle. They are beautiful polishes though, and really, for the price they can’t be beat! Since formulas are almost the same across the board, I’ll talk about that at the end of the post. Continue reading →

16May2018

Lacquester Mortal Coil nail polish swatch + review

Posted in Indie Polish, Manicures, Nail Swatches, pictures, reviews by Jessica W.

Polishes used:
Lacquester Mortal Coil, 3 coats and top coat. [Purchased from Color4Nails.] This has a really good formula, a bit more sheer than I expected. The brush is weird to me, kind of…stubby? It was just unexpected.

I guess I was a little disappointed in this polish. Like, I’ve seen so many swatches of it, that I kind of built it up in my head that it was this super amazing polish but when I put it on, I was kind of like “meh”. It’s so strange because it is a beautiful polish and super shifty! I found it most striking in sunshine, then I was like “woah”.

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14May2018

Magnetic and thermal flame drag marble nail art with Shleee Polish and Don Deeva

Posted in Indie Polish, Manicures, Nail Art, pictures by Jessica W.

Polishes used:
Shleee Polish Annihilation, chameleon chrome magnetic polish
Don Deeva Cardiac Arrest’ed [previously swatched], purple when cold to teal when warm thermal polish

I’ve been in a bad place lately with my anxiety and even though my nails are at a really nice length (*knock on wood*), I haven’t felt like painting my nails at all. I almost had an anxiety attack the other night because I couldn’t decide on what to use to paint my nails. That’s something I really hate about anxiety – the freaking out about stupid – absolutely stupid & pointless – shit. I’ve barely left the house because crowds give me anxiety as well as just general anxiety about being out in public.

Anyway, in a group I’m in on Facebook (Magnetic Polish Lovers), Christine (@shortywhatwhat) shared a mani where she layered a clear to purple thermal with a magnetic polish. I thought it was such a nifty idea and tried it with a clear to blue thermal and a different Shleee Polish (that mani will be coming soon) and it didn’t turn out. I really wanted this concept to work so I decided to experiment a little bit and found out a combo that worked in some flame drag marble nail art. I almost used Don Deeva Box Office Bitch – which I may use in a different thermal magnetic mani combo. Continue reading →

14May2018

ILNP Versailles + Brilliance sponged manicure

Posted in Indie Polish, Manicures, Nail Art, pictures by Jessica W.

Polishes used:
Cult Nails, 1 coat as undies
ILNP Versailles & Brilliance, sponged randomly

Versailles is the gold/green holographic polish, Brilliance is the multichrome flakie polish. This didn’t really turn out like I wanted but it’s still pretty! I just kept taking pictures in various lighting because it kept changing on me. 😛

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13May2018

New sunglasses from Hot Topic – mirrored and cat eye

Posted in Manicures by Jessica W.

I’m really happy with my purchase of two sunglasses last night from Hot Topic and I really want to share them with you. For details on my makeup look, please check out my earlier post.

These are Hot Topic Black & Gold mirror lens half-rim sunglasses (which are still in stock!). I like how dark these are but they are cheaply made. I broke them before I even left Hot Topic last night! Luckily the manager let me grab a different pair before I left.

These are black velvet cat eye sunglasses (which I sadly could not find on the website). These are lighter shaded than the others and blue tinted. I know that the velvet is going to pick up all the fuzz, lint, cat & human hair within a 5 mile radius but I love them!

My husband really does not like either of them, though I twisted his arm (haha!) and made him pick a “favorite” of the two. He likes the mirrored ones slightly better.

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