The Digit-al Dozen Does Blue - Shiny!

This is our final day this month for The Digit-al Dozen Blue Week! And today I am featuring an Indie polish because it is also Thank Goodness, Indy Indie Friday!

Once in a while there comes a polish brand that just completely blows everything out of the water and becomes hot stuff! Case in point: Nerd Lacquer. Sadly she is not creating anymore but if she ever does, the heavens would rejoice! :)

This is one coat of Shiny. A gorgeous bright blue with silver glitters. This is one polish from the Serenity Trio (woot woot! Still Flying!). Serenity is my favorite movie and so I had to have this set and I am so glad I did as it is the only three Nerd Lacquers I own. As you can see, Shiny is a bit sheer for one coat.

Two coats and marvel at it! Such an icy blue! Speechless at this! I had no issues applying this polish! A dream, just like Captain Malcolm Reynolds of Serenity!

Another drool-worthy photo! A little blurry to show what? Yep, it's Shiny!

Bottle shot of this gorgeous polish!

Do you have the great privilege of owning a Nerd Lacquer? Is so, which one?

 

Don't forget to check out the full line-up of ladies in The Digit-al Dozen:





A Girl and Her Polish

Beautygnome
Bee Polished
Caitlin's Creative Corner
Geeky Owl
Glowstars.net
Gnarly Gnails
Manicurator
Manicurity
PishPosh and Polish
The Crumpet
Toxic Vanity

A little Serenity Trailer! :)

The Digit-al Dozen Does Blue - Jelly Sandwich

This is day 3 of The Digit-al Dozen Blue Week. Today is a Jelly Sandwich! Yes! I love these because they never get boring (in my opinion) because there are so many different colors to use!

I started our with Essence Let's Get Lost as my base. This is a beautiful light blue that applies like a dream. This is one coat! Look at the shine and the opacity! Gotta love Essence!

I then added the ever gorgeous Sonoma Nail Art 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. I love the Indie brand! This glitter is stunning and is made up of blue green and white glitters. Application was also very wonderful! :)

And what's a jelly sandwich without it's top layer? This is Sinful Colors Cinderella. A gorgeous blue with pink shimmer! And look there's a face on my index finger made out of the glitter! He's happy to be part of this mani! :)

Don't forget to check out the full line-up of ladies in The Digit-al Dozen:





A Girl and Her Polish

Beautygnome
Bee Polished
Caitlin's Creative Corner
Geeky Owl
Glowstars.net
Gnarly Gnails
Manicurator
Manicurity
PishPosh and Polish
The Crumpet
Toxic Vanity

Thank Goodness, Indie Friday - Once Upon a Polish Under the Sea

Welcome to this week's episode of TGIF: Thank Goodness, Indy Indie Friday!  Today I am featuring Once Upon a Polish Under the Sea. I have used this polish in a few manis already but I thought I should introduce you to it properly! :)

Once Upon a Polish Under the Sea is a gorgeous polish made up of blue hex glitters and holo square glitters in a clear base. I love this polish, it is so bright and happy! :) Two coats on my index and middle fingers with one coat on ring and pinkie fingers.

Just add some full on sun and watch it shine away! Look at that! :)

Here is a skittle to show off Under the Sea. Starting with my thumb and working clockwise:  OPI Wooden Shoe Like to Know?, Finger Paints Leonardo Da Vin-Pink, Essence Romeo, OPI Planks a Lot, and OPI Fiercely Fiona. This is one coat of Under the Sea on each nail. 

Showing the skittle without the claw of all five fingers! :) I love how it pops off of the grey of Essence Romeo. Once Upon a Polish Under the Sea is really great to apply. Now, mind you, the holo squares are a bit sparse and sometimes don't like to play nicely but they do show up with a bit of help and dabbing! :) But no real major issues with this polish! All of Once Upon a Polish's polishes are fabulous and a dream or do I dare say it? A fairytale to apply! hahahahaha! Yep, I went there! :)

 

Show the bottle shot while showing off my thumb! It felt left out of the previous picture!

Macro bottle shot of Once Upon a Polish Under the Sea. Oh so purdy!

So, have you tried any of her polishes yet? If not, you really should! How do you find these amazing Indie polishes? Make sure you check out Once Upon a Polish's etsy page here and her facebook page here!

Also please don't forget to check out Emma over at Manicurity who is also doing TGIF: Thank Goodness, Indie Fridays with me! :)

Oh and just for kicks and giggles here is a little background music for ya!

Red Carpet Lacquer Zoinks and Ruh-Roh Do Overs!

 

 So I had a lot of comments asking to see the two Red Carpet Lacquer polishes over other colors. So I decided to do some do overs! I skittled them! This is Red Carpet Lacquer Zoinks (one coat) over Finger Paints Circus Peanuts, China Glaze Electric Beat, OPI Sparrow Me the Drama, Models Own Lemon Meringue, and Essence No More Drama.

I love it over all the different polish colors!

This is Red Carpet Lacquer Ruh Roh (one coat) over Finger Paints Circus Peanuts, China Glaze Electric Beat, OPI Sparrow Me the Drama, Models Own Lemon Meringue, and Essence No More Drama. I chose to keep the same polish colors because I figured they were a good array of colors! :)

Both of these glitters by Red Carpet Lacquer are amazing and easy to use. Their formulas are fantastic. Have you bought them yet? If so what colors do you like to combine them with?

* Oh and please excuse the claw of showing polish on all five fingers. I just can't do it gracefully. And while I was taking these pictures I had this running through my mind:

Thank Goodness, Indie Friday - Once Upon a Polish SNow White and the Seven Dwarfs

 

Welcome to this week's episode of TGIF: Thank Goodness, Indy Indie Friday!  Today I am featuring Once Upon a Polish Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

 

This is my first shredded glitter polish! Snow White and the Seven Drawfs has silver holographic hex glitters, black shredded glitters, and white hex glitters in a clear base. I love this look but I gotta say, the black shredded glitters kind of gave me some difficulties in spreading on my nails. I had to more place them then allow them to go randomly. But other than that I love it! And I'm totally fine with glitter being a bit of a handle with care! :)

The above photo is two coats of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on my index and middle fingers with one coat on ring and pinkie fingers.

So I had a few comments on what the glitters I am showing would look like on other colors. So I thought to do a skittle with my glitters to show you a range! :) All are one coat of Once Upon a Polish Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. (l-r) China Glaze Make Some Noise, OPI Mermaid's Tears, OPI Funky Dunkey, and Models Own Lemon Meringue. I like them all but my favorite(s) would be Mermaid's Tears and Lemon Meringue. 

What do you think?

 

I promise this is another photo. It was a cloudy day and so not many of my photos worked. But both show how wonderfully shiny and glossy this top coat is! Love it!

Bottle shot of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. For some reason I really love the lid! :)

And glorious macro bottle shot of the yummy glitters in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Please make sure you check out Once Upon a Polish's etsy page here and her facebook page here!

Also please don't forget to check out Emma over at Manicurity who is also doing TGIF: Thank Goodness, Indie Fridays with me! :)

Teal Tuesdays - Funky French

 

So I had this grand idea of stamping or french tape mani or layers or clean and crisp and simple. But as I put on my base french tip color I had an epiphany. And here is how my mani turned out. I am so loving this mani it's ridiculous! 

 Voila! Isn't it so purdy! I have no shame with this mani. I never expected it to work out so well! I am so proud of it! :) The colors I used are OPI Pink-a-Doodle. This is the natural look of my nails. It is beautiful pink with a deeper pink flash (gorgeous!) but the flash doesn't like to be photographed. Pink-a-Doodle is my new go-to french mani base! Love! 

I also used OPI Fly and the base for the french tip. I then sponged China Glaze Atlantis and the sponged Once Upon a Polish Under the Sea over that! 

Another photo just because! :) You can buy Once Upon a Polish here and her facebook page is here.

And yep another. I promise they are three different photos! :) I love the random square holo glitter found in Under the Sea it add a bit of dimension! :)

 

 OPI Pink-a-Doddle and OPI Fly as tips. Uneven tips. But that's what the glitter hides! :)

Teal Tuesdays was started because teal is unloved and needed its own day of celebration!
Teal is a medium to dark bluish green color of low saturation; a dark cyan.
Open to interpretation, anything green with a hint of blue or blue with a hint of green is welcome here!
Aqua, Turquoise,Tiffany Blue, etc etc...all are welcome - we do not discriminate!

Click the Teal Tuesdays logo on this post or in my sidebar to be taken to the facebook page!

Some of the other blogs participating are:
Caitlin's Creative Corner
Cherries Sweets
Colorsplash Nails
Elyssian Beauty
Fancy Phalanges 
The Frenzied Polisher
Gaga for Nails
Gnarly Gnails
Geeky Owl
Klutzy Hands Nails
The Lacquered Libra
Love in a Bottle
Mandy's Polish
Ms.Meow's Nails
My Rusty Nails
Nails Beautiqued
Nail Polish Lane
No Holos!
Once Upon a Polish
Patchouli & Lace
Persistently Glittery
Polished Art
Simple-and-Beautiful
Subtletyisoverrated

Thank Goodness, Indie Friday - Red Carpet Lacquer Zoinks!

Welcome to this week's episode of TGIF: Thank Goodness, Indy Indie Friday!  Today I am featuring Red Carpet Lacquer Zoinks! Inspired by Scooby Doo! :)

Oh  happy day! Another green and brown glitter! Yes! *happy dance* Here is Zoinks! with no undies. Index and middle fingers are two coats each. Ring and pinkie fingers are one coat each. This polish is a lot of fun! As you can tell by my happy dance! :)

Here is one coat of Zoinks over OPI Did You 'Ear About Van Gogh. And not that is not glitter bleeding on my ring finger. Van Gogh went on a bit splotchy, I promise. No bleeding glitter here!

Slightly different angle to show shine and color! Loving this glitter! Can't wait to try it on other colors! I chose this base for a reason, but you will have to wait on that until next week! Muwahahahahaha! ;)

See how purdy it is! Love! And the formula was spot on perfect! No mess no fuss! :)

Macro bottle shot of Red Carpet Lacquer's Zoinks! Run, don't walk over to her etsy page here and her facebook page here!

Just the swatch of OPI Did You 'Ear About Van Gogh (see a bit splotchy on the ring finger!). This is one coat, two would be best.


Don't forget to check out Manicurity who is also doing TGIF: Thank Goodness, Indie Fridays with me! :)

TGIF: Thank Goodness, Indie Friday - Red Carpet Lacquer Ruh Roh!

Welcome to this week's episode of TGIF: Thank Goodness, Indy Indie Friday!  Today I am featuring Red Carpet Lacquer Ruh Roh! Inspired by Scooby Doo! :)

Here is Ruh Roh! with no undies. Index and middle fingers are two coats each. Ring and pinkie fingers are one coat each. This polish is a lot of fun! Brown and black glitters in a clear base, perfect for layering!

A slightly different angle to show the shine! :) This polish applied like a glitter dream! I never once had to fight with the glitter! Perfection! And it's a unique glitter in my collection! Woot! :) Loving the black and brown together! Think of all the layer combos you can have! :)

Here is Red Carpet Lacquer Ruh Roh! layered (one coat) over China Glaze Westside Warrior. Loving it! Very urban camo! :)

Macro bottle shot of Red Carpet Lacquer Ruh Roh!

Run, don't walk over to her etsy page here and her facebook page here!

 

And a quick swatch shot of China Glaze Westside Warrior one coat. Still a bit sparse in some areas but perfect for layering glitter over! :) Love this color!

Don't forget to check out Manicurity who is also doing TGIF: Thank Goodness, Indie Fridays with me! :)

TGIF: Thank Goodness, Indie Friday - Once Upon a Polish The Beanstalk

 

Welcome to this week's episode of TGIF: Thank Goodness, Indy Indie Friday! Today I am featuring a gorgeous glitter by none other than Once Upon a Polish. It's called The Beanstalk. Inspired by the beanstalk from Jack and the Beanstalk! :) I am loving her theme!

Here is The Beanstalk with no undies. It is a gorgeous clear base with a variety of green glitters in different shades, shapes and sizes (hexes, squares, medium, small, and micro) and silver hex glitter. It is absolutely stunning! My index and middle finger are two coats each. Ring and pinkie finger is only one coat each. I want to show you the difference between the two.

Slightly different angle and lighting than the picture before. Look at the shinnies! So pretty! I didn't have any problems with this glitter. It applied wonderfully and evenly enough! Bonus! :) You need this glitter, oh yes, you do! I promise you will not be disappointed! I can't wait to try in a jelly sammich!

Here is Once Upon a Polish The Beanstalk over Cult Nails Power Thief. Gorgeous combo! Loving it! :)

Bottle shot of Once Upon a Polish Beanstalk.

Macro bottle shot of The Beanstalk. Isn't it loverly!? :)

Don't forget to check out her store here and her Facebook page here.

** Also, we have a new blogger joining me for TGIF: Thank Goodness, Indie Friday, it's Emma from Manicurity! So please go check out which Indie she has featured today! :)