Tough As Nails lacquer review

Today I have a quick review of Tough As Nails lacquer in the shade It's All Over Now.

I bought this nail polish on Etsy after admiring it for several weeks. It reminds me of Lynnderella's Gotta Love Brains but I think I like the glitters used in this one a little bit better.

This is a sheer gray containing purple, lavender, blue, iridescent and white glitters in varying sizes.

I prefer wearing just two coats of it if I'm not using any underwear. I love seeing a hint of the natural nail showing through and think it gives it an ethereal, otherworldly effect when worn alone. The closet Fae goth in me, I guess.

I also like wearing it over a gray cream, like China Glaze Recycle as well as over mint, teal and sky blue creams as well.

It's All Over Now

The color is gorgeous and the formula is top-notch. It has a nice squishy-jelly finish with two coats and is opaque in three, giving it a nice layered effect.

I'm really digging this polish and am so glad I finally purchased it! I definitely have more on my wishlist. Rebellious Bridesmaid, to name names.

Until next time,
xoxo
Mrs. J

Some more Sally Hansen!

I swear, I buy a new nail polish every time I go to either the drugstore or Target. I just picked up some new Sally Hansen's and I have to say that for a lower-end brand, they have some of the best colors in the game. Sally just don't quit!

Ok, so I just Googled "Is Sally Hansen a real person?" - apparently, I'm not the first to wonder about this! Oddly, there's no definite answer. Yet another unsolved beauty mystery. At least I can feel secure in knowing Mary Kay was REAL.

Anyway, moving on to the first color. This beautiful grass green with a hint of yellow from the Insta-Dri collection is called Just in Lime! - why the exclamation point, I'm not certain.

Just in Lime!

This color is really rich and I could have probably gotten away with one coat but that just feels weird to me. Like the feeling I get when I think about leaving the house without wearing underwear or something...

The formula on this is fabulous; it dries quickly but I still use a fast-dry topcoat, just for the extra shine. It lasted at least 5 days before any chipping started. Do yourself a favor and wear a base coat because this one stains like cray, as greens often do.

The only thing I don't like is the packaging. The stem the brush bristles are attached to is a friggin' nightmare. I nearly always get too much color on it and then need to scraaaaaape it against the bottle opening to get off the excess. Then, I carefully dip the brushtip back into the bottle to get color on it; otherwise it floods my cuticles like a mug.

See Violet Voltage after the cut!

Lush Lacquer Party Hearty review

Hi there! Today, I have a review of another indie polish, this time from Lush Lacquer.

My indie obsession seems to be unending - there are just so many unique colors out there and I'm the kind of person who finds great joy in staring at her fingernails for hours on end. Not such a good thing when you're driving, so I try to keep my adoration limited to stoplights whenever I'm in my car.

The ladies from Lush Lacquer have a fantastic eye for glitter combos and their formula is spot-on. I own several Lushies and Party Hearty is swiftly becoming one of my faves!

Party Hearty has a coral/pink/salmon-colored base with a stunning iridescent gold shimmer. It contains small coral glitter, medium purple, blue and teal square glitter, large purple square glitter and best of all, matte blue hearts. I adore the glitters combined with the base color - the contrast of warm and cool tones balance each other out beautifully.

Party Hearty

It covers opaque in two coats and like most glitter polishes, it's slightly gritty feeling to the touch once dried - nothing a few swipes of top-coat won't fix. The hearts, being larger than the other glitters, will tend to settle a bit but this is to be expected of just about any glitter polish. I was able to get the ones you see in this photo on to my nails with little to no fishing. If you want them on every nail, you might need to dip the brush a few times. Personally, I think the variation of having them on some nails and not others just adds to the uniqueness of this color.

I'm generally able to get a good 3-5 days of wear before any chipping occurs. I've noticed that glitters tend to chip more on me than creams no matter what brand of top coat I use. I think it's because I use my nails for all kinds of things you probably shouldn't (opening soda cans, peeling off price tags), never mind the fact that I use a keyboard at work all day, then add household chores on TOP of all that.

Lush Lacquer is definitely one of my favorite indie polish brands. Karin and Lexi are sweet, super-creative and sincerely value their customers. Give their shop a visit and treat yo self. You know you deserve it, gurrrrr!

Until next time,
xoxo
Mrs. J

Icing glitter polish haul

Yesterday, I was at my local mall and decided to pop into Icing to see if they had any nail polish that caught my eye. I don't stop by here or Claire's too often but have purchased polish there in the past. Since I hadn't checked there in months, I wanted to see if they had anything interesting and I didn't leave empty-handed!

There were some new neon colors for Summer which looked promising but I was on a mission for glitter and my efforts did not go unrewarded! I was able to score 6 new bottles of polish for less than $22.00 - they were having one of their usual BOGO 50% off sales.

I think I'll go back and check out the neon colors soon - there are some glitters in that collection that look promising.

On to the haul! First thing's first -- group pose!!!

L - R: Pop A Bottle, Lemme See Your Peacock, Teal Me I'm Awesome, Glitterati, All Night Long, After Party

Pop A Bottle is a dense champagne gold, aqua and magenta micro-glitter in a clear base. This is a really pretty color and I was able to get full coverage in two coats. I think this would look great with a bright bold lipstick for summer! I can totally see this with M.A.C's Girl About Town - HOT.

Pop A Bottle
Lemme See Your Peacock is jam-packed with emerald green micro and hex glitter, shot through with magenta and aqua hexes in a clear base. Despite the larger glitter, it doesn't cover completely with two coats. I don't mind though, as I think this would look poppin' with an opaque emerald or hunter green shimmer as a base. Shimmery teal would look nice, too. And it's a proven fact that if I so much as even look at this color *BOOM* - Katy Perry is stuck in my head without fail!

Lemme See Your Peacock

See the rest of the colors after the cut!