Darling Diva Persephone

*Press Sample*

Darling Diva Polish Persophone. This polish is gorgeous! Check out this gorgeous duochrome shift. From a burgundy purple to gorgeous blue in a purple-blue'ish base. 

Excuse the change of scenery (and my reflection) as I used natural light to capture the beauty of Persephone.

Hopefully you are able to see the shift in the pictures because this one is gorgeous! Above here are only 2 smooth coats topped with a topcoat and it's pretty opaque. I feel like you could definitely add more coats or use a base but I love the way this looks with just 2.

To purchase your own Darling Diva Polishes, click here. Carrie's polishes are incredibly affordable with extraordinary customer service and fast shipping!

Do you own any DDP's?
Anna

*This product was provided for my unbiased review.
Please see the PR disclosure for any questions.*

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CrowsToes Electra, Caleano & Alcyone

 *Press Sample*

I absolutely love and can't seem to get enough of Lauri's amazing polishes! So here is the last of the Pleiades Collection:

Electra

 

This is taken under a different lighting to show you how the 

polish shifts from a blue to a purple.

Caleano

Alcyone

All of these were a bit on the sheer and required 3 coats of each since I didn't use an undie. The formula on these were a slice of heaven! I really enjoyed polishing my nails with these. I apply very thin coats, so this was seriously like heaven to apply.

The only bad thing is that I couldn't really catch the shift of these polishes with my camera, even though I tried my best. These pictures do no justice and I really recommend them if you love duochrome polishes.

You can find CrowsToes polishes here and here. And for you overseas polish lovers, you can purchase the lovelies here! You can also follow her blog for the latest collections and exciting news here.

Anna

*These products was provided for  for my honest, unbiased review. 

Please see PR Disclosure for any questions.*

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Darling Diva Grumpy Bear & Love A Lot Bear

*Press Sample*

I can never seem to get enough of some lovely Darling Diva Polishes! And to make a collection out of Care Bears. Seriously? Remember when we all looked forward to waking up in the morning just to watch Care Bear?! Those were the good old days where waking up to watch cartoons actually had good cartoons!

Now, onto some lovely Care Bears!

Love A Lot Bear 2 coats

This is a pink duochrome crellyish polish with various 

sized white and holographic gold glitters with hot pink 

hearts and red holographic hearts.

 Grumpy Bear 2 coats over Sinful Colors Rainstorm

This is a periwinkle-y crelly duochrome base with various 

sized white glitters along with pink and purple hearts.

I totally forgot to watermark, but that's really not the important thing right now. 

Both of these are gorgeous and I think Love A Lot Bear and Grumpy Bear would really love these 2. I think Carrie did a great interpreting the colors for these 2 bears because these are gorgeous! Especially the duochrome, it's an amazing shift!

I really enjoyed these 2 and can't to show you the rest of this collection! But so far, I think these 2 are favorites. They're gorgeous colors with duochromes and a unique combination of glitter that would look great over all different kinds of different undies. There was a little bit of fishing required but very manageable. 

I really love all of these and would really recommend them if you love duochromes and glitters! You can purchase other Darling Diva Polishes at her Etsy shop here. Her polishes retail between $8 -$12. You can also "Like" her Facebook page to keep updated on her shop and future polishes here. 

Whats your favorite from the collection so far?
Anna 

*These products were provided for review. 

Please see the PR Disclosure for any questions*

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CrowsToes Merope & Maia

Lauri never ceases to amaze me with her creations! Each and every one of them are just absolutely amazing!

Merope

 

Maia

The shift in these polishes are much more visible in real life. It's just so hard to capture it with the camera. Oh, and its also very safe to say that SV really does shrink.

The application in both of these were lovely! They both applied very evenly in 2 coats. I love both of these and can't wait to show you the rest!

You can purchase CrowsToes here and here. And for you overseas polish lovers, you can purchases some CrowsToes lovelies here! You can also follow her blog for the latest collections and exciting news here. 

Anna

*These products was provided for  for my honest, unbiased review. Please see PR Disclosure for any questions.*

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Twinsie Tuesday: Regional Polish

This week's challenge: regional polish.

A polish that is sold locally where we live. This one was pretty easy, sort of.

At first, I was like, what in the world? China Glaze, OPI, Essie, man. Then I went to my local nail supply and browsed through the isles to see what they had. And this what I came across.

Daisy Blackberry Wine, a brand that I have never heard of. I was a bit skeptical, but it was only for $1.50 or something close to that so I gave it a go. To my surprise, I actually really liked it. I mean, look at the depth of that polish! It's like a purply-olive golden'ish duochrome. And look at the color under the flash, it become a purple'ish wine kind of color. In some way, it reminds me of Zoya Yasmeen. It's a hidden gem.

Blackberry Wine applied very smoothly and covered perfectly in 2 coats.

For the price of the polish, I am really considering purchasing more. Unfortunately, I feel like the color selection isn't quite unique. Luckily for me, looks like I picked up the right one. I have seen this brand on eBay but not anywhere else so I'm sure where else you may be able to purchase this brand.

What do you think? Was the price worth the polish?
Anna

Have you checked out the other Twinsies' regional polishes?

 Amanda at Amandalandish

Anne at Grape Fizz Nails

Ashley at Art Evolve
Brandi at The Collegiate Nail

Chelsea at Nailed Blog
ChiChi at I''m just me...ChiChi
Cordia at Srsly Swatched

Jenn at All That is Gorgeous...

Jenna at I'm Still Thinking...

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

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Born 2 Pansy

I might have told you too many times that I love Jessica polishes. Sorry incase you're tired of hearing it, but I will say it again! I love me some Jessica's!

I have recently seen Jessica's at my local TJ Maxx, so you should check yours out incase they have them in. You can also purchase Jessica's here and Ninja Polish carries them as well. You can find them here.

But if you don't want to spend any money, check out my Jessica 200+ Followers Giveaway!

Soon as you apply these on your nails, you'll be wanting to own more!

Jessica Born 2 Pansy is a soft semi-sheer pale lilac color with many little glassfleck shimmers. The formula was perfect in 2 coats.

Born 2 Pansy was so hard to capture. The pictures here do no justice. The beauty of this polish in real life in amazing! You see all those little white speckles? Those little speckles are blue sort of glassfleck glitters which are almost duochrome. In some lighting, the shimmer turns into a purply-pink color. But just picture that. Gorgeous much? 

Have you been wanting to try some Jessica's?
Anna 

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Sky High

Hello Friday!

Did anyone order any polishes from Pretty & Polished yesterday? Unfortunately I missed both. BOO! It's ok. I must save up for the China Glaze Bohemian collection that's suppose to be coming out sometime this month. So much for "No Buy July".

In the mean time, this is what I have for you today!

This little baby right here was so hard to photograph!!! I hate those kinds of polishes that just do not come out correctly in the pictures. They are a pain!

Ok, you see the third picture, that's exactly what it looks like in real life on the nails. Isn't that just gorgeous?! In the 2 photos above, you think it looks like just another plain metallic-foil'ish blue. But no, no it's not! This is truly a gem.

Color Club Sky High was perfectly opaque in 2 coats. The formula was smooth and perfect. I also picked up another bottle from this collection. Hopefully it's just as beautiful.

Have you picked up or want to pick up any of these from the Take Wing collection?
Anna

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Twinsie Tuesday: Metallic or Duochrome?

First and foremost, I want to inform you all that I am finally back on track with my blog and ready for this summer. Blog wise that is! Yesterday was my last day of summer classes, thankfully! And I should be finding out my grade here very shortly but that's beside the point.

 So, I want to thank all of readers and welcome my new readers. I have been super busy but I am looking to do a giveaway to celebrate my 200+ followers. I know, I’m pretty behind since I have more than 200 as of right. But fret no more! Giveaway to say thanks shall be coming soon!

I'd also like to apologize as I have not been commenting. Just because I don't comment doesn't mean that I didn't take a look, so forgive me/.

So this week’s Twinsie challenge is: metallic or duochrome.

 

And this week for me has got to be a duochrome. You know I love me some duochrome! So I especially saved this very special polish for this very special post. I received this polish in a swap with Abbie over at AbbieNail. She's a real sweetheart so you should check her out. 

On the other hand, the United States nail polish community is truly and unfortunately deprived of Models Own. 

In some angles, you can see the maroon, red, copper and bronze. 

Look at all that beautiful-ness on that cotton ball.

This is Models Own Purple Blue from the Beetlejuice collection. Oh how I yearned for these polishes. And the sweet Abbie picked this up for me. Yes, let's face it. I'm sure and aware that you have seen this swatched a thousand and even a million some times, but how can you turn away from this beauty? 

Purple Blue is a purple-blue duochrome with pink and gold glass flecks seen as you shift your fingers around. I am amazed and in love with this. The formula was a bit runny and thin as this is 3 coats that you're looking at, and I am not much of a 3-coater person. Ok, seriously. How come someone pass up this jam packed gorgeousness? 

Can I say one more time that the US is deprived of Models Own and all other awesome international polishes? Would you agree?

Anna 

Take a look at the other Twinsies'  awesome metallic and duochrome goodness!

Amanda at Amandalandish

Anne at Grape Fizz Nails

Ashley at Art Evolve
Brandi at The Collegiate Nail

Chelsea at Nailed Blog
ChiChi at I''m just me...ChiChi
Cordia at Srsly Swatched

Jenn at All That is Gorgeous...

Jenna at I'm Still Thinking...

Katherine at Haul of Fame

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

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Beetle

Today is hump day. I always have and still do think thats such an odd name for Wednesday. Why not just say Wednesday?

Today, I have Hard Candy Beetle for you! I think there was a lot of hype around this polish. After I purchased it, I don't really know why. I think it's really pretty polish. But not one that I'm crazy about.

Sorry for the blurriness in the first photo and I forgot to take a bottle shot. But the douchrome in this is very strong. On the nails it flashes from a brown, purple, green, olive to even red. This was 3 coats. The formula was really thin, thankfully no streaky. It could have been definitely worse. So I guess, at the least I'm thankful for that. I also picked up another bottle of this, maybe for a giveaway or something. Is Hard Candy sold outside of the US? I wonder.

While Beetle is a very pretty duo/multi chrome, I'm really not too impressed or in love with it. Why? I'm not sure. I just don't love it that much.

What did you think of Beetle? If you don't it, do you have access to HC?
Anna

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Pinky Brown

Hola!

Today I  have this absolutely gorgeous polish for your viewing pleasure. Thanks to the sweet Abbie from AbbieNail for this beautiful gem, I totally in love with this!

Thanks Abbie! I am stoked about my very first UK polishes! On the other hand, I really hope my package for you makes it safely home.

Originally, the first time I applied it, it was super bubbly. I couldn't stand it and redid it. I am so glad I did because I think I can safely say that this is probably one of my favorites! This was 3 coats. For some reason it was very sheer. But I don't care! 3 coats was well worth this beauty! That's right! This one is just beautiful. The color shift totally suits the name Pinky Brown. In real life, it is much much prettier. Even my hubby commented on them, you know what that means!

Well, I did some research and read up on blogs and stuff and they said that Pinky Brown was rather disappointing. I can't understand why. Mine was gorgeous! I can't even explain. It definitely shifts from a pink to moroon to an olive to gold to brown and to a REAL beauty! The pictures aren't the best but I really love my Pinky Brown.

What do you think of Pinky Brown? Did it work for you?
Anna

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Wing Zero

Happy Saturday!

Yesterday was such a beautiful day! Hopefully today is just as bright. Well, today I bring you another franken! My husband helped me name all of my franken polishes (so thanks husband, I know you'll be reading this sometime soon). Hopefully you're not getting bored of my frankens.

My husband said that this reminded of space, that's how he came up with Wing Zero - I think it's a pretty awesome name.  Anywho, I wish I was able to capture the true beauty of this polish in pictures. But I think this is so beautiful! It has purple/blue/gold/pink shimmers with slightly larger glitters. Just so beautiful. I think this turned out great. I wish I did a regular black base coat. Once I applied the 2 coat, the larger glitters sort of got lost. However, I am still enjoying this.

What do you think?
Anna

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Smoldering

Only a month and half of school left. I am totally ready for summer break!

Well, happy Monday sort of. Today, I have a new polish that I just purchased over the weekend at Ulta when they had their 40% off sale. So here it is Revlon Smoldering.

Smoldering is is like a metallic-chrome frost with a grey base. It has swirls of really fine, foily shimmer. The picture do no justice but at different angles, you are able to see like the hints or teal/green and sometimes even pink. In real life, it is so much prettier! This was 3 coats. 2 would have been ok but my husband suggested 3 so I did that, which I barely ever do. The formula was not too thick or runny. Just perfect!

So what do you think of Smoldering? Do you own it?
Anna

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Jaded

It's Sunday and the week is going to start all over again. unfortunately. At least we got some sun today!

So I have this mani for you today that really reminds me of another polish I own. I didn't realize it until I bought it or actually until I painted it on my nails.

I hope you're able to see how the color transitions from an almost olive green to the purple. Even though there are only tiny hints visible, I hope you can still see it.

It's definitely a very beautiful color but it really reminds me of Essence Where Is The Party? except the duochrome in this isn't as strong. The polish is actually rather sheer. I used one coat Zoya Dannii, then one coat of Ulta Jaded and topped it off with Out The Door. While I was in Ulta browsing about the polishes, this looked so much prettier on the rack than it does on my nails. Considering this is $6 something dollars, and the Essence Where Is The Party? you'd get a stronger duochrome with the Essence polish for only $2 something bucks! However, it's still pretty. Though I could've purchased an OPI or Zoya for only a couple bucks more. What the who. Hope you like this one!

By the way, Happy April Fools! No jokes for me today.

Ok. Sorry one last thing! *SPOILERS THE HUNGER GAMES*
So I finally watched The Hunger Games, and let me tell you, I CAN WATCH IT AGAIN! It was really good. Others may disagree (like my husband, he said it's not nearly as good as Twilight). During the Reaping day, I started crying already! And when Rue died, ugh. I'm such an emotional person when I watch movies and it just came flooding down! My husband always sort of giggles at me and tells me "Don't worry, it's only a movie! It's fake!" However I cried and really enjoyed the movie. But for all you readers of this awesome trilogy, where is the District 13 coming from? I think they said a few times but did I miss it? What's this thing with Prim and their mom? I think their father died in a coal mining explosion? I think that's it.

Hope you had a great weekend! Mine was way too short.
Anna

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Zoya Gemma

Good last night of my Spring break Friday!

I'm preparing for a funeral this weekend and my husband asked me if I could paint a solid color (for the weekend). I think maybe just a day. The weekend is the only time where I can do my nails. So we will see how that goes. However this is what I have on for today - maybe tomorrow. I wasn't able to catch any sun to talk color accurate photos since it was a long busy day, but the picture of the polish is pretty close.

I thought this color combo is just super strange. Its a jelly, muted olive green base with a subtle blue and violet duochrome shimmer. I have never seem green, blue and violet together. Have you? For this, I used 3 coats and that was just ok. I think 4 would've looked much better and not so patchy. I think it's ok color definitely not one of favorites, but not every polish can be your favorite. Well, with that said, I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

What do you think of the color combo?
Anna

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Where Is The Party?

Happy Thursday! My Spring break is more than half way done - how I dread thinking about that.

Anywho, can someone tell me where the party is at?

Well, it's definitely in this tiny bottle of polish. So today I have this beautiful swatch for you. I picked this up at Ulta last night since I was in the area. Usually there is a $3.50 coupon so I wanted to wait for that because I forgot to bring it. But I decided to pick this up because it was only $.99! Who can go wrong with that? It's such a beautiful color.

I love it! Please excuse the bubbles and poor painting, hope you don't mind. Oh and the many pictures but I really wanted you see the beautiful duochrome. Where Is The Party? is a beautiful deep purple with a green'ish/grey duochrome. Even my husband commented on this polish! He said it was really cool and reminds him of a chameleon. It must be pretty cool because he rarely ever comments on my manicure. 

I used 2 coats since 1 coat was just a little bit too sheer for me. I was actually surprised when I began the application. The brush isn't too shabby. I would say it's pretty nice for a $.99 polish. I honestly prefer the Essence brushes over Essie. The formula was ok. It was a little thick which made the application a little hard. At the tips of my nail when I brushed it out, it curled up and went the opposite direction. I'm not sure how to explain that but it was weird. Anywho, I hope you enjoyed this!

What do you think about this duochrome? Yay or nay?

Anna

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