Pahlish Train Underwater

Lately, I can't stop buying from blog sales! When you see something you want, it's too tempting to resist. That was what happened when I came across a bottle of Pahlish Train Underwater, my top lemming from the brand.

Train Underwater is a navy blue jelly with turquoise hex, red, pink, purple, and gold micro glitter, and holographic teal micro-glitter. It's stunning, in the bottle and on my nails! It all works perfectly together. I am really, really loving it. On top of that, it was also really easy to apply. Despite being a jelly it had nice coverage on the first coat alone. It was opaque at two coats but I added a third just to be safe. It dried relatively smooth, but I still needed two coats of top coat to get it glassy smooth.

I'm so happy with Train Underwater! If you've never tried Pahlish before, I highly recommend getting this one on your first purchase! It's one of their classics that is popular for a reason.

You can find it here on their Big Cartel site.

China Glaze It's Alive

Since Halloween is coming up, I wanted to start wearing all of my Halloween themed polishes. As of right now I only have three, but when I get some of my recent indie purchases, I'll have a few more to add. To be honest, Halloween isn't my favorite holiday, but I can appreciate a fun and beautiful polish when I see one! For today I have China Glaze It's Alive.

It's Alive is the first Halloween themed polish I ever bought when the collection came out two years ago and I'm only now just wearing it. I wish I hadn't waited so long because it's seriously gorgeous! It's a mossy green jelly base filled with what is either small hexes or circle glitters, and micro-glitters in the same color. The glitters glow and sparkle beautifully. I'm so glad I love it on my nails as much as I do in the bottle. It's so different from all of the greens I own.

The formula was a dream! It was easy applying and very opaque, even on the first coat. I only needed two coats. It was really fast drying, but that's not a surprise with a glitter like this. I barely had any clean up, which is always an added bonus. It dried a lot smoother than I thought it would, but it was still top coat hungry. I have a coat of Sally Hansen Insta-Dri and one coat of my Orly top coat and it's not completely glass smooth like I was hoping it would be.

It's Alive, in my opinion, is one of the best Halloween polishes China Glaze has made in recent years. I'm so glad I finally pulled it out and wore it. I can't wait to try out my other Halloween polishes now!

Morgan Taylor All The Right Moves

My Orly Fowl Play mani had barely any chips, so I didn't want to take it off, but I was getting bored and wanted a new look. So, I grabbed my bottle of Morgan Taylor All The Right Moves and made the decision to layer it on top. Here is the result!

All The Right Moves is a dark purple jelly with dark purple, blue glitter. It's quite beautiful! The glitter definitely isn't lacking. I have a handful of Morgan Taylor polishes but this is the first one I've worn and I'm impressed with it. It was such a pain to photograph though, as purples can be at times. It isn't as blue as it looks in pictures. Application was easy, even though the polish was a bit thick because of the amount of glitter in it. I only had to use one layer over Fowl Play. It dried a bit bumpy and was lacking shine so top coat was a must. I used a coat of Gelous and one coat of my Orly top coat and it became smooth.

I'm happy I made an impulse decision to use All The Right Moves over Fowl Play. Now, I can't wait to wear my other Morgan Taylor polishes!

Orly Fowl Play

I finally got one of my biggest lemmings last weekend! I have been wanting Fowl Play ever since it came out. I managed to find it at T.J. Maxx in an Orly two pack, for about $7.99, which is an awesome deal. I painted my nails with it on Thursday night, but I was so tired from my overnight shift, that between each coat, I would lay on the couch, waiting for it to dry and ended up falling asleep each time. After the second coat and the second nap, I decided to call it a night. I ended up finishing the mani the next afternoon. Here are the pictures!

I loveee Fowl Play. It has a lot of great things going on. It is a dark purple jelly base that is filled with flakies that shift from green to orange, and blue micro-glitter. I can't stop staring at my nails. The flakies are gorgeous and truly take this polish to the next level. It's also a perfect dark shade for fall. I'm sure most of you already know that Fowl Play is a dupe of OPI Midnight Merry, which isn't the easiest polish to get your hands on. The formula was pretty great, it was really easy to work with. It was sheer on the first coat and a little patchy, but I already expected that, being that it's a jelly. The second coat covered everything up quite nicely and the third made it completely opaque. The drying time was decent as well. I did get a few small dents in my nail after my first coat, but the blanket I fell asleep with on the couch is to blame. None of them are evident now, thankfully. I topped everything off with one coat of my Orly top coat.

And just because here is a picture of Carter, now 5 months old and 38 pounds! I still can't get over the fact that he's mine.

Anyway, I can't believe it's taken me this long to get Fowl Play. Now that I think about it, I really don't know what was stopping me from going out and buying it, but I think the wait was definitely worth it! It's such a gorgeous polish and aside from its dupe, it's quite unique. I love it.

Windestine Crushed Rose In Spring

It's been far too long since I last painted my nails. Sometimes I go through phases where I either get burned out on it or I'm just too busy. Lately it's the latter because of work and my new puppy Carter, who is already getting so big! He was 4 pounds when I got him, he's now 10. I really missed painting my nails though, so today I have another indie for you. The last polish I posted was Windestine Senescence, and I'm now showing you Windestine Crushed Rose In Spring, from the 2013 Spring Collection.

Crushed Rose In Spring looks just like that, a crushed up rose in a bottle. The base is a light dusty green jelly and there are pink, yellow, and white matte glitters in various sizes. I love the inspiration behind it and I think it was perfectly executed. It was sheer on the first coat, which is expected with a jelly, but it was fine by the third. It would probably look great layered. It was a little bumpy after drying, but one coat of Gelous got rid of that. Please try to ignore the chip on my middle finger nail. I'm so annoyed with it. It happened hours after application, but I'm not blaming the polish. It was most likely due to my carelessness.

I'm so glad I got Crushed Rose In Spring! It's not only beautiful, but I love that the inspiration behind it isn't hard to see. It totally reminds me of a rose. Windestine polishes can be found on Etsy here. Right now there is a 30% off sale. You just have to use the code SPRING2013. I have my eye on a few!

And just because, here's some photos of Carter! The first was taken shortly after I got him and the rest during the last two days. As you can see, Dakota has finally warmed up to him! She loves playing with him now. Their interactions with each other are so cute.

 

Aren't puppies the cutest? Anyway, I'm trying my hardest to be back to posting regularly. I really missed it! 

China Glaze Water You Waiting For

My nails were growing back quite fast but I'm back to nubs again. Sadly, my index nail broke while at work and the rest is history. Today on my nubs is China Glaze Water You Waiting For from the Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away collection. I regretted not picking it up at first it but recently I was able to find it for a $1.99!

Water You Waiting For is a deep blue jelly base with blue, green, and purple glitter. It is absolutely gorgeous! I love the depth it has. This is now one of my favorite glitters in my collection. I'm sure most of you know by now that it is similar to NOPI Kendall On the Katwalk, which I have been wanting, but I don't feel the need for it now.

It was a little thick and kind of "dry" when applying, if that makes sense, but it was still easy to work with. I used two coats, but a third probably wouldn't have hurt. I only used one coat of top coat, but I should have added a second.

Water You Waiting For is amazing! I'm so glad I was able to add it to my collection. I can't resist a gorgeous blue like this one, especially when in glitter form.

Revlon Girly

Happy Valentine's Day to those who are celebrating! I personally don't have any plans, but I couldn't pass up the chance to do my nails for the occasion.

I've been looking for a good time to wear Revlon Girly and I couldn't think of a better time than today. It's one of the prettiest glitters that I own. It's a light pink jelly with light pink, fuchsia, and darker purple hexagons, and smaller light pink and purple hexagons which are holo. Girly is a super unique polish from Revlon and it reminds me of an indie. It's sheer, so I layered it over OPI Lucky Lucky Lavender which ended up being the perfect underwear.

I did two thin coats of the OPI and then layered two coats of Girly over it. It wasn't as dense as I would have liked on the first coat, but it was perfect after the second. It was thick so it took a while to dry. Two coats of top coat made it smooth.

Girly is amazing, I love it! It might be one of my favorites from Revlon. I'm happy to see them coming out with original polishes. I look forward to seeing what else they have in store. Hope you all have a good day!

Pretty & Polished Jawbreaker

For Christmas, I received indies that I've been wanting for a while now. Pretty & Polished Jawbreaker was one of them. It was one of the first indies that I had a big lemming for, so I'm very excited to have it.

Jawbreaker is a creamy white base loaded with blue, green, yellow, red, and purple glitter in various shapes and sizes. It's also a jelly sandwich without the need for a bunch of layers. I just love looking at it. It perfectly resembles the hard candy that it's named after.

The formula was really good. It wasn't streaky and it didn't give me any problems when applying. It has great glitter payoff but I was hoping for more of the red squares. A third might have given me some but I was happy at two coats.

I absolutely love Jawbreaker! I completely understand the hype surrounding it. I'm incredibly happy to have it in my stash and I recommend it to everyone.

Jawbreaker is available in a full size bottle for $9.

Pretty & Polished can be found on the new website: http://pretty-polished.myshopify.com/
They can also be found on Etsy here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/PrettyandPolished?ref=top_trail

China Glaze It's A Trap-eze

Today I have the only polish I picked from the China Glaze Cirque du Soleil World's Away collection, It's A Trap-eze.

It's A Trap-eze is pretty much like Deborah Lippmann Candy Shop or Claire's Candy Shop, but instead of a pink base, it's a sheer, creamy white base loaded with rainbow glitter. I wouldn't say it's the most beautiful polish I've ever laid my eyes on, but is it fun and cute? Definitely. That's what I love about it.

It was thick due to all of the glitter, so it wasn't the easiest to apply but it was manageable. It was sheer on the first coat, but three coats got me full coverage. I really like the jelly sandwich effect it has. Clean up was a PITA. Glitter was everywhere and it kept wanting to flake off in big pieces. Totally worth it though.

I'm really happy with It's A Trap-eze. It was one of the standouts from the collection for me and it certainly doesn't disappoint. If you want a party on your nails, this is your polish.

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July! I planned to post this much earlier, but better late than never. I wanted to do something with my nails today but I'm not experienced with nail art. So, I just painted all of my nails with China Glaze Dorothy Who? and for an accent nail, I used an unnamed red glitter from Hot Topic on my ring finger. CoverGirl Disco Dazzle, a silver glitter, topped everything.

Yes, back to nubs and not by choice. Basically my index nail had a small split, which lead to complete breakage. I then had to file the rest of my nails after. I hate it. It sucks when this happens, but I know they'll back grow soon enough.

Anyways, I'm happy with how this turned out. It was my first time using Dorothy Who? and it's a perfect blue jelly glitter. It was a tad sheer and runny, but easy to work with. 3 coats were perfect and the drying time was fast. The red glitter was thick, so it didn't go on so smoothly. 3 coats were needed. The glitter in Disco Dazzle took it to the next level. One coat of it was all that I needed.

Here is a shade picture, to better show off the glitter.

So far I've been home all day and I'm perfectly happy with that. I hope the rest of you have had a good day so far, and have a good night whatever your plans are!