Category: Nail Polish

OPI – Chic From Ears To Tail

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Another day, another blog post :D This is OPI Chic From Ears To Tail, a very pretty bubblegum pink with a subtle silver shimmer. It’s from OPI Couture De Minnie collection of five polishes. Not really all that unique but very pretty either way.

This is three thin coats of Chic From Ears To Tail with G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

 

Chic From Ears To Tail was a little streaky to apply on the first coat and it took three careful coats to be smooth and opaque. This is a very summer-y girly shade that is great to wear alone and it also makes a good base for nail art or layering glitters.

Later today I’ll show you another new Jindie Nails glitter topper layered over this pretty pink thing. So check back for that!

I bought this polish along with the whole collection from Glisten & Glow’s online store. If you haven’t tried their Stuck On Blu base coat or the amazing HK Girl top coat be sure to correct that mistake soon enough ;) I promise you won’t be disappointed!

 

 

***All products used on this manicure were purchased by me.

Glam Polish – Star Candy (Mei Mei’s Signatures exclusive)

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Hello again :) Today ended up being another two posts day. I have so many cool polishes to review and show you that I think there will be a few two posts days ahead.

This time I have a fun and bright glitter topper from Glam Polish. This neon explosion is Mei Mei’s Signatures exclusive and you can’t buy it anywhere else. Star Candy has different shapes and sizes of glitter in several neon colors. It’s bright and fun and can be layered over a lot of different base colors. I chose two different ones to try it with.

First I layered it over Delush Polish It Takes Two To Mango. This is two coats of Star Candy and G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

 

Second I tried it over a black creme cos I really wanted the colors to pop out. This is a coat of Color Club Where’s The Soiree?, two coats of Star Candy and G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

Application was very good and glitters came out of the bottle easily. Formula is a little thin and runny but as long as you make sure not to have too much polish on the brush it applies just perfectly.

This can be bought from Mei Mei’s Signatures along with a lot of other goodies. Service is always great and friendly. Shipping has always been fast but this time it was super fast, five days from Singapore to Finland. Excellent if you ask me!

 

 

***All products used on these manicures were purchased by me.

Delush Polish – It Takes Two To Mango

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It’s time for another lovely Delushie from the Bombastic Summer Love Collection. This is It Takes Two To Mango, a delicious mango shade polish that is packed with shimmer. This is a very summer-y and feminine shade.

This is three thin coats of It Takes Two To Mango with G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

It Takes Two To Mango applies perfectly and dries fast. You can see some brushstrokes on the photos but they are barely visible IRL. This is perfect to wear alone or layer over a darker color. I myself layered an awesome bright glitter polish over this but that is a story for another post.

You can find Delush Polish website here and you can also follow in Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

 

 

***All products used in this manicure were purchased by me.

Try it on Tuesday – OPI You Only Live Twice

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Hello again! Here’s, as promised, my second post of the day. The awesome Gini from Sassypaints has come up with an idea of  “Try it on Tuesday”.

 

Here’s how it works:

“If you have a blog and you want to create a post do it, if you can’t that week but still want to participate that’s ok too! YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE A BLOG! Post it on your Facebook fan page, IG account, Tumblr, Twitter, or personal Facebook, anywhere you wish! EVERYONE is welcome to join in! I want to interact with my followers, not only with my fellow bloggers but with ALL of my fellow polish lovers!

Once you have posted your manicure, of an untried polish from your stash, email me a photo with the name and brand of the polish you chose and the link to where ever you posted (if available). My email is sassypaints2012@gmail.com 

Then I will post all of the photos that were emailed to me that day, along with their links, in this photo album on my Facebook page! 

You can’t post one week? Don’t worry! This is a low pressure “challenge”. I just want to get around to using some of my untried polishes and I know there are lots of my fellow nail junkies who would like to do so as well!”

This is right down my alley so I joined right away :D If we do this once a week I’m set at least for a year, probably two LOL

So my first untried is OPI You Only Live Twice. This is three thin coats with G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

 

I can’t believe this stunning red was sitting in my drawer untried. So pretty and sparkly! Application was good and my long nails needed three thin coats for an opaque result. Shorter nails can get away with two.

Jindie Nails – Sparkle on the Vine

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Today I have another new glitter topper from Jindie Nails. This is Sparkle on the Vine and oh boy does it truly sparkle. This is so very bling and out in the sunshine it’s almost blinding. Absolutely gorgeous!!

Here’s what Jen has to say about it: “It has lots of purples, pinks and greens in a clear base loaded with multiple shades of shimmer.  The glitters are dots, squares, shreds, hex & diamonds.    This polish features new glitters I haven’t used before including lilac metallic extra large dots, lilac holographic large dots, opaque kelly green dots, opaque baby pink dots, violet metallic medium dots, large magenta metallic squares, teal diamonds, small lilac holographic dots & more.  This polish has a clear base meant for layering.  It’s packed with glitter and you should have pretty full coverage in about 2-3 coats tops”.


This one really is packed with glitter and it’s so sparkling. I wanted to keep adding more and more cos it looked so amazing. Imagine the sparkle on the photos x100 and you get some kind of idea of what this glitter topper really looks like. Amazing!

I layered this over my yesterday’s a england Tristam manicure. So this is two coats of Tristam, two coats of Sparkle on the Vine, a coat of Glitter Food and G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

Jindie Nails Sparkle on the Vine over a england Tristam, photo taken with daylight bulbs
Jindie Nails Sparkle on the Vine over a england Tristam, photo taken with daylight bulbs
Jindie Nails Sparkle on the Vine over a england Tristam, photo taken in sunlight
Jindie Nails Sparkle on the Vine over a england Tristam, photo taken in sunlight
Jindie Nails Sparkle on the Vine over a england Tristam, photo taken in sunlight

Sparkle on the Vine applies well but some placing of a larger glitters might be needed. I turned the bottle upside down before application to get the bigger glitters out easier. This just a perfect glitter topper that goes with a lot of different base colors.

I also took a video of this to show how it really sparkles in the sun but the idiot that I am I messed it up and won’t be adding it to this blog post. I will start to do the videos with these hard to capture bling bling polishes though. I have a YouTube account now and I’ll be uploading some manicure videos over there in the future.

Jindie Nails polishes are available at www.jindienails.com. International customers can also click here to find a distributor that works the best for you. Jindie Nails can be found from Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Please go follow for latest news and swatches of awesome upcoming new shades!

 

 

***Sparkle on the Vine was sent for review. Glitter Food and HK Girl top coat were purchased by me.

a england – Tristam

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Today I have a stunning a england polish for you. Tristam is a blue scattered holo beauty. This one looks absolutely amazing in sunlight and is also beautiful in a shade. This is a very classy dark shade with a twist.

This is two coats with G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

a england Tristam in sunlight
a england Tristam in sunlight
a england Tristam with daylight bulbs
a england Tristam with daylight bulbs
a england Tristam, closeup in sunlight
Tristam has a perfect formula and it’s opaque with two coats. Application is flawless and dry time is short. Perfection in a bottle!

This and other a england beauties can be bought online from a england website if you live in UK and if you don’t live in UK click here to find the online store most suitable for you. I bought mine from Mei Mei’s Signatures. As always the customer service was great and shipping was super fast this time. Five days from Singapore to Finland!

 

 

***All the products in this post were purchased by me.

 

Jindie Nails – She Blinded me with Science

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Late Saturday post for me cos I’ve had a busy day again. I just really wanted to show another new Jindie Nails summer shade to you guys. This is She Blinded me with Science and it has an insane (in a good way) amount of glitter in it.

Here’s the description from the Jindie Nails website: “It has a pale pink crelly base with multiple sizes of neon, holographic and metallic dots, squares, diamonds, rectangles and hex glitters.  This polish features small, medium and large silver holographic dots, small & medium & extra large matte black dots, large metallic turquoise dots plus lime green large metallic dots, white dots and moons plus matte gray moons”. 

Yes, as I said, insane amount and it’s so cool! Jen is truly a genius when it comes to creating these amazing glitterbombs. Like all of her polishes, I absolutely love this one too. I looked at the bottle and just knew I would love it. So, so cool!

This is three thin coats of She Blinded me with Science, a coat of Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter Food and G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

She Blinded me with Science has the same excellent crelly based formula as the other new summer shades so application was a piece of cake. There’s so much glitter that I let some of it fall back to the bottle to avoid getting it all stuck together to a one big lump. I also turned the bottle upside down to help get out the bigger glitters.

Jindie Nails polishes are available at www.jindienails.com. International customers click here to find a distributor that works the best for you. Jindie Nails can also be found from Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

 

 

***She Blinded me with Science was sent for review. Glitter Food and HK Girl top coat were purchased by me.



Crazy Polish Lady – Violet Hills

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Hi and happy Friday! Today I have a gorgeous Crazy Polish Lady shade Violet Hills for you. This is from the “Colors are the music of my life” collection and I have previously shown you a few other shades too. Like the other ones I have from this collection this is also stunning and I just love the color.

Violet Hills is a crelly polish packed with holographic micro-glitter. This shade is amazing and it might just be my favorite out of the collection by far. So very pretty!

This is three thin coats of Violet Hills with G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

Violet Hills was a little bit more sheer than the other polishes I have tried from this same collection. Three thin coats did the trick and application was once again flawless. Even with three coats the dry time was short. I didn’t quite capture the beautiful holographic sparkle but it’s there, trust me :)

Crazy Polish Lady lives in Portugal and she ships internationally. She doesn’t have her own store yet but you can message her on her Facebook page or email her carvalho.sophie(@)gmail.com and place an order. This collection is now also available at Mei Mei’s Signatures.

 

 

***All the products used on this manicure were purchased by me

Jindie Nails Summer Chic Collection

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Today I have some brand spanking new Jindie Nails polishes for you, the Summer Chic Collection. This collection has five awesome shades that are all unique and different from each other.

I also used Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter Food and G & G HK Girl top coat for these swatches. With all of these except Betty’s Fetti Milkshake, I turned the bottle upside down for a bit before the application to help the bigger glitter pieces to come out of the bottle easier. Descriptions are from Jindie Nails website.

So want to see them? Here we go!

 

Hex on the Beach
“White crelly base with matte, opaque baby pink, peach, red, orange, pastel yellow and canary yellow dots, diamonds & hex. This also has metallic copper & light pink dots & hex throughout plus a gorgeous peach shimmer”.

This is three thin coats with Glitter food and HK Girl top coat. Application was a breeze and I had no issues with it. Hex on the Beach has this beautiful peach-y shimmer that is very subtle and doesn’t really show up on my photos. The color combination on this just makes me smile :)

 

That Purple Ish

“It’s got a periwinkle purple base loaded with silver shimmer and an assortment of wine, purple, lilac, lavender, hot pink, navy and magenta dots, squares and hex “.

This is three thin coats with Glitter food and HK Girl top coat. Application was very easy with this one. The base is sheer so my long nails needed three coats to build it opaque. I love the periwinkle shade with a ton of shimmer and the big holographic dots give this one such sparkle when the light hits it right.

 

Quit Staring at my Melons!

“Glitter topper with matte kelly green, barbie pink, matte gray dots, watermelon pink & black dots plus smaller metallic light green and light pink dots.  Also has small and extra large matte black dots and small micro hex in matte kelly green, matte gray, barbie pink, black, watermelon pink. The base is a clear base with bits of real silver flakes and intense green shimmer”.

This is two thin coats over Delush Polish Finding Mr. Bright with Glitter Food and HK Girl top coat. Application was normal, no problems. This is such a gorgeous topper and the name, you gotta love the name! :D I really had to think about what polish to pair it with cos this one has so many colors in it. I ended up using Delush Polish Finding Mr. Bright and I think these two are a match made in heaven. Such a fruit-y fun looking combination. This glitter topper would also go great with a white base and I’m definitely going to try it with neon pink base.

 

Betty’s Fetti Milkshake

“White crelly base with all same size micro-matte hex in opaque pastels and opaque & transparent neon hex”.

This is three thin coats with HK Girl top coat. Application was very smooth. I did three coats but shorter nails can get away with two. Betty’s Fetti Milkshake is just super cute and fun looking polish! It makes me want to lick my fingers in case it tastes as sweet as it looks :D

 

Don’t Get it Citrus Twisted

“Bright neon green crelly with matte opaque kelly green, pastel yellow and canary yellow dots and extra large hex, neon pink hex and opaque baby pink dots and extra large hex with silver shimmer”.

This is again three thin coats with Glitter Food and HK Girl top coat. This is the only one that gave me a bit of problems on the application. The base color is quite sheer and I didn’t get it to look as smooth as I wanted. So the next time I will apply the first coat with very little glitter on it and as evenly as I can. Then I’ll let it dry well before applying the next coat. I always allow some dry time between the coats but I think that this time it wasn’t enough. Either way this polish is absolutely gorgeous, color combination is amazing and it’s totally worth the little extra time the application might take.

 

Jen has done it again! She has created such a beautiful solid collection that has a little bit of everything. I just love this collection and I can’t even pick a favorite polish out of these five shades. They are all different and I will use all of them again. The best part is there are more new summer shades and I have three more of them to show you soon enough!

Jindie Nails polishes are available at www.jindienails.com. International customers click here to find a distributor that works the best for you. Jindie Nails can also be found from Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

 

 

***Summer Chic collection was sent for review. Glitter Food and HK Girl top coat were purchased by me.

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ABC Challenge – Z is for Zombie Flesh

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So here we are, last week of our ABC Challenge and the letter Z. This has been such a fun ride and I’ve really enjoyed meeting everyone :) But as we all know this is not the end and we’ll be back in business soon enough. I can’t wait for the new challenge to start, it’s gonna be so much fun!

So for the Z I chose an indie that I mostly bought for the name but boy, am I glad I did. This is Dollish Polish Zombie Flesh and it’s so cool! Yes, you think of a murky, icky green when you think of Zombies so the base color is spot on. But if you leave the zombies out of it this polish is actually quite nice. The green is a perfect color for fall and there’s also some sparkling green and gold glitter along with the black glitter.

This is two coats of Zombie Flesh and G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

 

Zombie Flesh applies perfectly (ok, that just sounds too weird…) LOL and two coats was enough for an opaque result. The finish is pretty smooth so just a coat of HK Girl was enough. It’s definitely not your girliest, prettiest polish but I really like it. I can’t wait to wear it again later on when it’s one of those beautiful, sunny fall days with falling red leaves.

Dollish Polish can be purchased from their own online store.