Essie Sweet Souffle

Hey Lovelies!

I picked up a few Essie polishes on clearance at Winners the other day.  I love when I can find polishes on my wish list on sale!

Essie Sweet Souffle is from the Summer 2017 collection.  It is a white polish with gorgeous orangey-copper shimmer.  I do have a polish very similar to it which is OPI Oh My Magesty from the Brights 2016 Collection (see my swatches here).

I used 3 thin coats for my swatch, the formula was fine, I just needed to build it up a bit.  I love that gorgeous orange shimmer swimming in the white!

Have a great day loves!

Anne xo

Twinsie Tuesday Favorite Color

Hello e'rybody!

 

This weeks prompt for Twinsie Tuesday is our favorite color.  You'd think that would be easy for me, but I found a way to make it complicated!  Green is actually my favorite color if you just ask me what my fave color is.  But if we are talking polish, then my fave would not be green.  If you asked me a few months ago, I would have said that my fave polish color is purple.  But somehow, things have changed, and I am all over some PINK.

 

So today I am showing you Zoya Shelby which is a fabulous bubblegum pink cream.  Two smooth, buttery coats was all this needed for perfect coverage.

 

 

Take a peek at the other Twinsie's to see their fave colors:

 

 

Amanda at Amandalandish

Anna at Going to the Showing

Ashley at Art Evolve

Brandi at The Beaulieu Review

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Cordia at Seriously Swatched

Elizabeth at Did My Nails

Jamie at Polish, Please!

Katherine at Haul of Fame

Maribeth at Obsessive Cosmetic Hoarders Unite

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Meredith at Polish and Charms

Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails

Rachel at Top Coat It

Sarah at See Sarah Swatch

Tara at Polishy of Truth

 

 

I won't be posting for a week because as you are reading this we are having our first morning in Disneyland!  Woohoo!  We surprised our girls with a week vacay in Cali.  So excited.  See you next weeks Dolls!

 

 

 



Twinsie Tuesday Copycat

Hello hello!

 

For Twinsie Tuesday this week, we are doing another Copycat mani.  I am copying the darling Tara from Polishy Of Truth.  When I think of Tara, I think of GLITTERBOMB!  So I chose the glitteriest (!?!) polish I own, which is China Glaze, Some Like It Haute.

 

This polish is really Haute :)  Loads of silver micro glitter and larger holo glitters give this a gunmetal look.  I layered two coats of a black creme.

 

 

Here's a pic of Tara's glittery nails.  This is China Glaze Tinsel Town.

 

 

Check out the other copycat Twinsie's today!

 

Amanda at Amandalandish

Anna at Going to the Showing

Ashley at Art Evolve

Brandi at The Beaulieu Review

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Cordia at Seriously Swatched

Elizabeth at Did My Nails

Jamie at Polish, Please!

Katherine at Haul of Fame

Maribeth at Obsessive Cosmetic Hoarders Unite

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Meredith at Polish and Charms

Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails

Rachel at Top Coat It

Sarah at See Sarah Swatch

Tara at Polishy of Truth

 

 





Animeniac Cosmetics Polish Review

Animeniac Cosmetics is a gorgeous, fun nail polish line that is inspired by anime, manga, comics, gaming and sci-fi.  I am super excited to show you a few of their polishes today. 

 

 

 

 

Crazed Fandom

 

Crazed Fandom has big pink and white hex glitter, big square and small hex purple glitters and some lovely small holo square glitter!  This was an instant favorite of mine, I love soft looking glitters.  Application was a breeze, I used two coats here.  OPI, My Very First Knockwurst is my base.

 

 

 S.H.I.P

 

S.H.I.P has turquoise, aqua and periwinkle glitters in a clear base.  The soft aqua glitters are my fave in there.  It was so easy to apply, this is only one coat!  I love how jam packed the glitters are!  Rimmel Blue Eyed Girl is my base.

 

 

Browser Babe





 

Browser Babe has large hot pink and turquoise hex glitter in a clear base.  I loved that the hot pink hexes were holo.  There is tons of glitter in there, but it did require a few dabs to get the hexes on some of the bald spots.  These hexes are a really fun look!  China Glaze, For Audrey is my base.

 

 

 Cherry Maiden

 

Cherry Maiden is an exclusive polish from their new collection that has not been released yet!  It is a fabulous mix of red, gold and holo glitters in multiple shapes and sizes.  This is one coat of Cherry Maiden and it wasvery easy to apply.  OPI, My Very First Knockwurst is my base.

 

Overall, I am super impressed with these glitters.  They all dried very quickly and needed a top coatAll Animeniac polishes are "3 Free" and really great quality.  The glitters were suspended perfectly, with no settling. 

 

Check out their site Animeniac Cosmetics and if you see any that catch your eye, I have a coupon code for you to use at checkout GRAPEFIZZ25.   This will give you 25% off your entire order!!

 

 

***These products were provided for review purposes

 



Twinsie Tuesday, Ruffian Mani

I was so looking forward to this weeks challenge, until I actually sat down to do it.  This Ruffian Mani is hard!  This was my second try, and I decided to only do it as an accent nail!

 

 

I just could not get that line smooth.  Regardless of that I love the colors together!  My Very First Knockwurst by OPI is the dusty nude and the ruffian burgundy is Anti-Bleak OPI from the Mariah Carey collection.  Anti-Bleak is less burgundy and more purple in real life.

 

Hoping the other Twinsie's had more luck than me this week!

 

 

Amanda at Amandalandish

Anna at Going to the Showing

Ashley at Art Evolve

Brandi at The Beaulieu Review

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Cordia at Seriously Swatched

Elizabeth at Did My Nails

Jamie at Polish, Please!

Katherine at Haul of Fame

Maribeth at Obsessive Cosmetic Hoarders Unite

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Meredith at Polish and Charms

Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails

Rachel at Top Coat It

Sarah at See Sarah Swatch

Tara at Polishy of Truth

 

 



Sticks and Stones by Cover Bands Lacquers

Hello hello

 

I love that at first glance, my ring finger looks reminds me of cows! Haha

 

My base coat is Finger Paint's Gossamer White again because I love it so much right now!  On my pointer I'm wearing Wear Something Spar-Kylie by Nicole by OPI.  On my ring finger I'm wearing Sticks and Stones by Cover Band Lacquers.  I love this polish so much!  And on my pinky I have Shine On Crazy Diamond by Orly, which is such a pretty little topcoat.

 

OPI My Private Jet

Is it silly that I bought OPI My Private Jet because I saw Kim Kardashian buy it on Keeping Up With the Kardashians?  Yes it is.  I was in Chatters the other day and I didn't even know what MPJ looked like, so when I saw how gorgeous it is, I grabbed it.  Kim has good taste.

 

 

I guess there are two versions of MPJ, and I have the second version.  The older one was a linear holo I believe.  I am so in love with this version though!  The little tiny flecks that look silver in my photos are holographic, so in certain lights they shine and dance.  The polish is definately brown, but I find it looks black under most artificial light.

 

The formula was amazing, a one coater!  Went on as smooth as butter, and dried super quick.  I've been wearing it for 4 days now and not one single chip, just a little tip wear. 

 Do you have MPJ?  New or old version?

Claire's Pinata Jelly Sandwich

I almost squealed when I saw Pinata at Claires the other day!  I don't have any shard-type polish yet, so of course I picked this up!

 

Pinata has multi-color chard bits in a clear base, so fabulous!  Application was a little tricky, sometimes the shards were sparse and sometimes they clumped together.  The end result was way worth it though.  I used Finger Paints Gossamer White with Pinata for my jelly sandwhich.

 

Three thin coats of Gossamer White.

 



Next I added one thin coat of Gossamer White over Pinata.

 



And on Pinata on all four fingers as a jelly sandwich.

 





Kourt Is Ready For a Pedi, Nicole OPI

Happy Valentine's Day!

 

I think Kourt Is Ready For a Pedi is a great polish to show off for Valentine's Day.  I love Nicole by OPI, and I love the Kardashian's!  Kourtney is def my fave Kardashian.  I have wanted Kourt Is Ready For a Pedi for a long time now, so when I saw it went on sale for $5.00 I had to get it!  (They are regularly $10-12.00 in Canada).

 

KIRFAP (lets abreve it shall we?) is a bright orange leaning red that is a crelly (creme-jelly mix).  For my pictures I used 3 very thin coats.  There was some visible nail line, but I don't mind that too much.

 

I hope your Valentine's Day is full of love!

 





Twinsie Tuesday, Marching Orders

This week for Twinsie Tuesday, we were given a challenge from another Twinsie member.  My challenge comes from Rachel of Top Coat It  She suggested that I challenge myself and try something that is out of my comfort zone.  So for me that would be nail art (which is funny because Rachel is always rocking some amazing nail art!)

 

I've wanted to try a chevron look for a long time, so this was my opportunity to be forced to give it a go! 

 

I used China Glaze Surreal Appeal for my base coat.  I love this pinky-coral cream.  And I used a gold nail art polish given to me by the lovely Amanda from Amandalandish  I cute some washi tape using some small chevron patterned scissors and taped off the area I wanted to be gold.  Really wishing that I had made the gold area bigger now, but oh well, there is always next time ;)

 

 

 

Be sure to visit the other Twinsie's!

 

Amanda at Amandalandish

Anna at Going to the Showing

Ashley at Art Evolve

Brandi at The Collegiate Nail

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Cordia at Seriously Swatched

Elizabeth at Did My Nails

Jamie at Polish, Please!

Katherine at Haul of Fame

Maribeth at Obsessive Cosmetic Hoarders Unite

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Meredith at Polish and Charms

Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails

Rachel at Top Coat It

Sarah at See Sarah Swatch

Tara at Polishy of Truth

 

Zoya Song

The fabulous Nory from Fierce Makeup and Nails sent me Zoya Song in one of our swaps and I am over the moon about this polish!

 

 

Song is a rich royal blue with the lovely micro flakie shimmer that makes it look like it's glowing from within.

 

Application was perfect, a one coater!  Love.  I put a top coat on for some extra shine and long lasting wear.

 



 

 

Vernis Classique, Puzzled Pink

One of my fave clothing stores sells Vernis Classique by Cherimoya polishes.  Whenever I go in there, I usually end up buying a few of their polishes.  I picked up Puzzled Pink the other day and I really love it. 

 

This would be a good layering polish, but I decided to do three coats of this to see what it looks like on it's own.  There are tons of teeny tiny white flakies in a beautiful pink jelly.  This polish is right up my alley!

 

Pretty flakies close up.