In the spirit of the holidays just past, I thought I’d share Orly’s Sugar Plum! Here’s what a Sugar Plum actually is – A sugar plum can be a piece of dragée or hard candy made of hardened sugar in a small round or oval shape. “Plum” in the name of this confection does not… Read More Mainstream Mani Monday- Orly Sugar Plum
Color Club Halo Hues are some of the OG holographic polishes. I have a bunch of them, but hadn’t tried Halo-graphic! It’s a great light pink holo polish that is soooo holo! And from a mainstream brand! A great neutral, work appropriate polish with some pizzazz! There was very little sun in NC when I… Read More Mainstream Mani Monday- Color Club Halo-graphic
Quixotic Polish is a brand that is quickly becoming a favorite, so I planned a bit of a haul for Black Friday. I got Blase (gift with purchase for Black Friday), By the Lake, 2 Become 1, French Navy, Aubergenius. Pixie Stick, Fire Walk, Homesick, Golden Eye, Secret Society Then Baroness X, another unplanned order,… Read More 2019 Black Friday Haul part 4! Quixotic, Baroness X and Nine Zero Lacquer
First up is Bee’s Knees Lacquer’s Mora, this was a gift on Black Friday with my order. This picture is 4 thin coats. It was really easy to work with this polish. You can really see that golden shimmer. Then I put 2 coats of Mora over 2 coats of OPIs That’s Hula-rious. It just… Read More Try More Thursday- Bee’s Knees Mora, Elevation Hitsujiyama Park, MDJ Teal the End of Time
I felt like a blue polish- and I wanted something bright because the weather here in NC has been super blah (but super warm!). So this polish really brightened my day! Zoya Muse It’s that glitter jelly kind of polish that Zoya does so well. This was three coats of polish. This isn’t at all… Read More Mainstream Mani Monday- Zoya Muse
I know it’s supposed to be a Try Them Tuesday, but I got a new laptop and have been figuring that out and missed Mainstream Mani Monday, so I wanted go finally get this post up!! I picked up 4 from the OPI Fall Scotland collection from Polish Pick and wanted to share! First one… Read More Mainstream Mani Monday- OPI Scotland Collection- what I picked up!
I am so so excited to show you these polishes! Mardi of Supermoon Lacquer chose me and a couple others to swatch her new collection, it’s an add on to her Sailor Moon collection from 2017. These are press samples, but this post is not sponsored at all and my opinions are my own. The… Read More Supermoon Lacquer Dark Side of the Moon Collection!!!
First I wore the Moonshine Mani polish, When Loved Ones Are Near. It’s part of a duo, the first polish is a glitter topper called Cardinals Appear. It’s so pretty! I wore this for my church’s Christmas Choir program, I’m the director and I wanted my nails to look Christmassy- this looks like crushed candy… Read More Try More Thursday- Nine Zero FTW on both Christmas AND New Year and Moonshine Mani When Loved Ones Are Near
I always end up wearing more indie polishes throughout the years than I do mainstream polish (that’s why I do Mainstream Mani Monday, because there are some great mainstream polishes out there and I don’t want to neglect them!) So here were my favorite mainstream polishes for the year, with my very favorite at the… Read More 2019 Year End Mainstream Nail Polish Favorites!
First up, this polish was from the Turtle Tootsie Breast Cancer Awareness Hope box from 2018. This is the Rogue Lacquer polish, but it doesn’t have the front label. Such a pretty light pink with the pink microglitter and super pretty flakies! I like how delicate this polish is, and I love the flakies! I… Read More Try More Thursday- Rogue Strong and Beautiful, Tonic Firefly, Ethereal Mystic, Tonic Santa Baby and Ever After Nymphadora