Laquerlicious Crazy Daisies

Laquerlicious, along with Candy Lacquer, has become one of my favorite indies to date. Michelle, the creator, makes awesome glitter bombs. When I saw that she listed three new glitters in her shop, I just had to have them. Today I have one of them for you. Here is Crazy Daisies!

It is crazy indeed, but in the best way possible! It's a mixture of green, yellow, and pink neon flowers, hearts, pastel hexes, stars, iridescent glitter, and black and white triangles. Yes, triangle glitter! It's my first polish with them and I am loving it. This polish is so fun and loud. I have literally nothing like it.

I layered one coat over one coat of Barielle Swizzle Stix, which is an awesome sky blue crelly if you're ever looking for one. To help with my application of Crazy Daisies, I left my bottle sitting upside down for a while before using it. It definitely helped a lot! I was able to get a lot of triangles out, as well as flowers, though the majority of them are on my right hand. The base itself was a tad thick but when you have a glitter bomb like this, it's to be expected and therefore it didn't phase me. On a few nails, I was a little too heavy with my application and I put it on too thick, so it took a little longer to dry than I would have liked but totally my fault and not the polish. I topped it off with my Rica Glossy Glam top coat. I used about two coats to make it completely smooth.

This picture was taken in my room. 

Because it's too beautiful not to share, here's Swizzle Stix by itself! Like I said, I just used one coat. I didn't feel the need for a second but I read reviews where others needed 2-3 coats. I guess it depends. Either way, it applied like a dream and the drying time wasn't too shabby either. If you want to try out Barielle polishes, I recommend this being one of them!

So, I love Crazy Daisies! It's a super fun color that is perfect for when you want something loud and crazy on your nails. I'm curious to see how it will look over other colors now. It's available in the shop right now for just $7.

http://laquerlicious.bigcartel.com/

Whimsical Ideas by Pam Flower Child

Sometimes I feel like the worst blogger in the world. I've been feeling so lazy when it comes to posting. That and I've been watching non-stop episodes of one of my favorite shows, Gossip Girl on Netflix. I'm just about done with season two. Today have a really pretty polish that I bought from a blog sale many weeks ago. Here's Whimsical Ideas by Pam Flower Child.

Flower Child is a lavender crelly with pink and purple glitters. I absolutely love everything about it, from the base color to the glitters which are beautiful. I really like that Flower Child is soft and delicate but it's far from boring. I think it's perfect for those days when you want to wear something that's beautiful but subtle. It had a really awesome formula. It was opaque in two coats but I felt the need to add a third. It dried with a really great shine and smoothness, but I still used a coat of top coat, as usual. I painted my nails on a day that was somewhat sunny but I didn't take pictures until the next day, which was a rainy and gloomy one. Just my luck. The last one was taken in my bedroom.

I am so in love with Flower Child! I am really impressed with my first polish from Whimsical Ideas by Pam. I've been wanting to try this brand for a while. By the way, Flower Child is being discontinued so if you want it, now's your chance.

https://www.facebook.com/whimsicalideasbypam

Candy Lacquer Sweet Hearts

I feel like a broken record, but today I have another cute and girly mani that is perfect for Valentine's Day! Here's Candy Lacquer Sweet Hearts layered over the last mani I posted, NYC Pink Champagne and CoverGirl Pink Twinkle!

Sweet Hearts has light and darker pink glitters in various shapes and sizes, such as hexagons, squares, really tiny bars, and cute hearts. I love this mix! It's so adorable. I'm so glad I was able to get my bottle from a blog sale, which lately, have become my weakness. I used one coat of Sweet Hearts, plus a second coat of dabbing. I love how this combination turned out. Sweet Hearts applied very well and I didn't have to fish for any of the glitters. I was able to get a heart out for all but two nails, which made me really happy. It dried bumpy, so I needed three coats of top coat to make it completely smooth.

Even though I really don't celebrate Valentine's Day, I still love all of the cute polishes you see this time of year! I just love all of the hearts and flower glitters. So far I'm not tired of pink polishes. I have a few more that I'll be showing as Valentine's Day gets closer.

Hit Polish Egyptian Goddess

I really really wanted to paint my nails for New Year's. I even bought some indies that were especially perfect for the occasion. But, I finally just got good pictures of my current mani and I didn't feel right taking it off before I did. I wanted to get this post out quickly before midnight. So here is Hit Polish, the last polish I'll be wearing in 2013!

Egyptian Goddess is a nude crelly with blue hexagons, blue shreds, and gold hexagons, all in various sizes. It also has subtle golden shimmer. It is a beauty! It's exactly my kind of polish. It reminds me of the beach. It was really easy to apply and was pretty opaque by the second coat, but I might use a third the next time I wear it. I used my new nail polish dryer from Sally Beauty that I got for Christmas. I think it definitely made a difference in dry time.

Unfortunately, Egyptian Goddess was introduced during a recent restock but has since sold out. The shop is only a week and a few days from closing indefinitely, so there's only so many polishes left in stock and they won't be having anymore restocks. I'm sorry! If you want something like it, I'd try Happy Hands Sandcastles In The Sand. I have that one, but have never worn it, but I think they are pretty similar.

And just because I haven't posted much pictures lately, here's an update on my pup Carter. Look at how big he has gotten! He's now 8 months. I haven't weighed him in about a month and I probably couldn't even lift him if I tried, but he was around 52 pounds last time.

And here he is playing with his big sister Dakota, who is almost three years old.

That picture reminds me of this one I took when they first played together. He was so tiny then.

Okay, I'm done reminiscing. I hope you're having a wonderful New Year's. I'll be honest, 2013 hasn't been the greatest of years but in many ways, it was so much better than the last. I can't wait to see what happens in 2014.

Darling Diva Bitches Have Birthdays

Yup, it's my birthday today! I'm now 23 years old. Even though it's just another number these days, it's still nice to have a day to celebrate me. All I really asked for my birthday this year were tickets to an LA Kings hockey game, the second season set of Once Upon A Time, and maybe an Etsy gift card. I'd be happy to get just one of those things. I am excited though for tonight, since I'm going to dinner with the family. Of course I had to paint my nails and what better polish to use than Darling Diva Bitches Have Birthdays? Not only is the name hilarious, but the polish itself is cute, girly, and definitely birthday appropriate. I've been waiting for this day to wear it.

Bitches Have Birthdays is a pink crelly base loaded with all kinds of glitter. There's blue and green hexagons, tiny yellow gold and fuchsia glitter, as well as red hearts and holo butterflies. I absolutely adore the mix, it's so cute! The hearts and the butterflies are my favorite and they weren't too hard to get out, which can be said for all of the glitters in the polish. That being said, I didn't have trouble with application. It was sheer on the first coat but it built up easily by the third. I used a coat of Gelous and one coat of my Orly top coat to smooth it out. My pictures were taken in the shade because in the sun, they weren't coming out so great. My camera had trouble capturing the shade of pink. Even in the shade, they're not totally accurate.

I'm glad I waited to wear Bitches Have Birthdays today! This was my first experience wearing a Darling Diva and I couldn't be more happy with it. I got my bottle many months ago, and as of right now, it's not in stock at the shop, so I'm not sure when or if it's going to be restocked.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/DarlingDivaPolish

Windestine Peacekeeper Swatch & Review!

I sound like a broken record when it comes to my lack of posting on here. Again, I got caught up in my summer plans. Last week I was on another vacation but this time in Palm Springs. After that, I sort of just got lazy. Anyway, I am back today with the last polish that I was sent to review from the Windestine Little Women collection. It happens to be my favorite of the three, so without further ado, here is Peacekeeper!

I love, love Peacekeeper! It is so pretty! It is a light gray crelly base with olive green, pale pink, and lavender glitter. The polish actually has a slight greenish, minty appearance. I love the delicate, whimsical feel of it. The glitters work perfectly together. Peacekeeper happens to be inspired by Meg of Little Women who is known for keeping peace amongst the family. As with the other two polishes I reviewed, I layered Peacekeeper. I used two coats of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, which I really like, and two coats of Peacekeeper. It had enough glitter dispersal on the first coat but I wanted it to be more opaque. It was a little thick but I didn't have trouble applying it. I used one coat of my Orly top coat to make it smooth.

Before I was asked to review these polishes, Peacekeeper was actually the one I wanted the most. I'm so glad it didn't disappoint! It's beautiful and I totally recommend it.. So that wraps it up for the Little Women review! I really do love this collection. If you want to purchase the beauties I've showed you or any other Windestine polishes, you can find them here. The shop happens to be on a vacation right now, but it will be opening back up on the 28th!

Windestine Kizuna Swatch & Review!

I finally have some free time to post and today I have the second polish from the Windestine Little Women collection that I was sent to review. Here is Kizuna!

Kizuna's description from the Windestine Etsy page:

Kizuna consists of purple, green, and copper glitter in a brown crelly base. This polish was inspired by the strong family bond that is represented in the book Little Women. Like roots in the ground, each family member supports and helps each other grow. 'Kizuna' means 'bond' in Japanese, which is why I chose this name.

Kizuna is gorgeous! I admit that I'm not a huge fan of brown polishes, but I am loving this one. The green and purple glitter in the brown base makes it a winner in my eyes. It stands out because of it, which is always a good thing to me. I can't recall anything like it. On Windestine's Etsy page, Kizuna is shown at three coats. I however, wanted to layer it. I don't have a true brown polish in my collection. The closest I could find was China Glaze Ingrid, which isn't very dark, but it worked! I used two coats of Ingrid and one coat of Kizuna. It wasn't too thick or thin, and I had no trouble applying it. It didn't dry gritty, so I only needed one coat of my Orly top coat. 

If you didn't already know, I love Kizuna! It's another great polish from the Windestine collection that I fully recommend. Kizuna and the rest of the Little Women collection, along with other beauties from Windestine can be found here.