NOTD: Lovely Lacquer "Hello Skinny Jeans"

Today I have a quick nail look to share using a polish from the indie brand Lovely Lacquer. I recently started purchasing indie brands, and I am so glad that I did. They're a little more expensive then I usually pay for big brand names like China Glaze or Zoya, but they are definitely worth it. Nothing compares to these polishes!
The glitter is Lovely Lacquer's "Hello Skinny Jeans," the gray base color is China Glaze "Pelican Gray," and the white accent nail is China Glaze "Cloud Nine."

Nicole By OPI, Fall 2012

The two polishes I have to show today are the only two I own from this brand. Both of these have a lot going on in them. The dimension to the color is amazing, and I see different aspects to it each time I look at them.

This first color is "Bust A Mauve"

 This is "For Gold Times Sake"

China Glaze United In Purpose, October 2012

This collection was new for Breast Cancer Awareness month 2012. It includes 12 new pink shades including two full coverage glitters.

The first polish I have to show is "Heart Of The Matter"a bright raspberry.

Next is "Live, Love, Laugh" a dark hot pink that leans neon. For this look I used a Revlon nail art stencil and "Always a Lady" for the skull.

This is "Always A Lady" with an accent nail in "Hello, Gorgeous!"

This next mani is "Hello, Gorgeous!" by itself. This is a cool toned baby pink glitter.

The last polish I have to show is "United" a warm pink with gold glitter.

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China Glaze Bohemian Luster Chrome, Fall 2012

This is the first time I purchased an entire collection. But how can anyone blame me... who doesn't love a good duochrome? 

First is "Swanky Silk," a gold to pink polish.

Next is "Unpredictable," a mint green to slightly darker green duochrome.

This is "Rare & Radiant," a dark gold to murky green and probably the most duped shade of the season after Chanel's Perdiot from Fall 2011. 

Here we have "Deviantly Daring," a peacock blue/green/turquoise shade.

Lastly I have "Want My Bawdy," a dark blue duochrome.

I've done a few different nail art looks with this collection, the first being a Peacock look using only this collection and a black Milani striper. 

A few weeks ago CutePolish on youtube did a tutorial for a mermaid look that I tried out. For this I used all China Glaze polishes. the base on all the nails is "Rare & Radiant," the gradient on the two nails was made by sponging "Unpredictable" to the bottom half of the nail; concentrating the most on the tips, the glitter is "Pizzazz" and the stripes is "Glittering Garland."

Orly Winter Collections

My Orly collection is not as big as it probably should be, but I love the few I have. Coincidentally  3 out of the 4 are from winter collections and pretty similar shades.

The first I have to show today is "Winter Wonderland" from T'is the Season 2010. This is a white glass fleck. The photo below is three coats.

Next up is "Au Champagne" from Holiday Soirée 2011. This is a shimmery white that is not to stark, but still is clean and refreshing to look at.

The last polish (and also the accent nail on the picture above) is "Halo" from Naughty or Nice 2012. This is a fine grain champagne gold glitter with slightly larger silver glitter. I love the mixture of the silver and gold together. Its flashy without being too 'in your face.'

China Glaze Vintage Vixen, Fall 2010

This collection is one of my favorites. I love the time period that it represents and the names. I picked four polishes from this collection. All four are frosty metallics that really shine in the sun.

The first polish is Bogie, an eggplant purple.

 Next up is Hey Doll, a dark pink with hints of brown undertones and a fine silver shimmer.

This is Foxy, a brown leaning red.

Last is Swing Baby, a shimmery taupe. 

Gold & Pink Gradient Nails

For my first blog post I wanted to feature a polish combination that I truly loved wearing. I started off with two coats of China Glaze's "Passion," a metallic gold.

I then took China Glaze's "Poetic," a metallic pink, and sponged it over the second half of the nail, concentrating the most polish at the tip. I wish I had taken a photo of how that gradient looked itself. It was very delicate and the metallic finishes on both of the polishes helped them flow together better than if i had been using cremes or mixing textures. I finished up my nails with a thin coat of China Glaze's "Angel Wings" which is a fine grain gold glitter with holographic pieces.

The holo in "Angel Wings" is very strong. The day I wore this look was too cloudy to capture the true beauty of the holo so I included the picture down below taken with flash to show it a bit better. Even in low lighting situations this glitter really shines. 

"Passion" and "Poetic" are from China Glaze's Romantique collection from Spring 2009 and "Angel Wing's is from China Glaze's Holiday Joy collection for Winter 2012.