Liquid Lacquer Dazed and Confused

Hello lovelies!

I hope you all are enjoying your weekend so far! First off just want to apologize for the complete lack of photos of today's polish! This is a beauty and deserved so much more but I totally failed!

Liquid Lacquer Dazed and Confused is described as:

A light grey with a subtle holo shimmer

Shown is 2 coats of Dazed and Confused over Duri Rejuvacote and topped with HK Girl. I absolutely love this polish! Application was great and I was really impressed that it only needed 2 coats! The holo was very faint and really only visible in the sun but I loved the color nonetheless. I got quite a few compliments on my nails while wearing this at work, it's funny how surprised people are when you tell them you do your own nails! :)

xo

Brittany Raquel

My Quest to Purge Polish Turns Into An Accidental Ombre!

Hello lovelies!

So I have been trying to be good and get rid of colors that are dupes and/or colors that I won't wear. I usually know if I will keep it as soon as I swatch it on a nail wheel (this is the first thing I do when I get a new polish) but have found that I actually need to try on a polish to know for sure.

So the other day I was looking at my nail racks (because these are on the wall next to my bed I do this way too often) I knew there were a few polishes I needed to try to see if I should keep them. These couple of polishes were also similar in color to some others I have so I decided to try all 4 of them together to compare. The following polishes were used in my test (2 coats of each, no top or base coat):

Colors by Llarowe Zipper on my index finger
Lacquer Lust Sky's The Limit on my middle finger
Liquid Lacquer The Rain Song on my ring finger
Aly's Dream Polish Tiffanytea on my pinky

On to the photos!

So based on the bottle I really thought that Zipper and Sky's The Limit were going to be dupes. And yeah they are close, but still different enough for me to justify keeping them both! They both apply like a jelly and were much more opaque than I expected them to be in just 2 coats! As you can see from the zoomed in shot the only difference really is that Sky's The Limit is a little darker and has a hint of green. They both have just about the same amount of scattered holo.

These 2 really aren't even close to being dupes but I wanted to include them anyways. The Rain Song is definitely more blue than Tiffanytea. The application was very similar with these too! Not at all jelly like, more of a creme application. The Rain Song was nearly opaque in 1 coat and Tiffanytea could have used another thin coat since there was just the teensiest bit of vnl but I'm sure I'm the only one that noticed.

I had my 4 fingers done and was admiring the colors when I realized I had created a beautiful ombre and just needed to add something to my thumb to finish it off! I almost used Enchanted Polish July 2013 but then realized A Little Fishy Told Me would be a better fit. Fishy applied like a dream in 2 coats and is so gorgeous in person!

In the end I decided that all of these beauties were meant to stay in my collection. I love them all and am excited to use each one in a full mani! This is my first ombre and I love how it turned out, even if it was unintentional!

What is your favorite light blue holo that I featured today? Have you ever created "accidental" nail art?

xo

Brittany Raquel

Summer of Hauls!

Hello lovelies!

It's finally that time again! I hope you all love seeing my haul posts as much as I love putting them together for you! I apologize in advance for the low quality photos, I have finally figured out a decent set up but that was prior to taking these photos. Regardless, here are the most recent additions to my always growing collection!

So many pretties!



I jumped at the chance to preorder these Colors by Llarowe beauties! Here is Black Gold Texas Tea, In The Navy, Rare Bear, True Colors, Young Grasshoppa and Zipper.



More Aussies for my collection! These all came from Llarowe. Here is Gloss n' Sparkle Passion Pop, Femme Fatale Cloudburst and Jadefire, and Emily de Molly A Certain Shade of Green and Majestic Flight.



More awesome polishes from Black Cat Lacquer! I love the new labels! Here is Run Into Flowers, Put A Bird On It, We Own The Sky and She's In Parties.

 

Pahlish remains one of my favorite indies, love these new ones I got from Etsy! Here is Bittersweet Symphony, Great Wide Open and Minty Fresh.

 

A couple more from Llarowe to round out my Color Club holos! Here is Over The Moon and Kismet.

 

 Finally a few randoms! AM: Beauty Sleep PM: Shopping Spree came from a swap, Melissa sent me a replacement Liquid Lacquer Collide due to some sinking glitters, Models Own Coral Reef, Scofflaw Little Edie In The Grey Gardens and Hare Bisbee 2.0 all came from Llarowe.

 

One more group shot!

 

I'm pretty happy with this haul! Are there any colors that you would like to see me try first? Any that you have on your own wish list?

 

xo

 

Brittany Raquel







Epic Haul!

Hello lovelies!

Time to share another haul post! I apologize for the not so great pics, I didn't realize how grainy they were until I was editing! A couple of the polishes have been featured on my blog already so I included links from the polish name to the post if you would like to see it! Also most of the links to the store will take you directly to the brand I am talking about! :) (I may be a little bit of an enabler!)

So much epicness!

 







Still growing my Picture Polish collection! These all came from Llarowe. Here is Blogger, Whimsy, Sunset and Watermelon.

 







Finally got my hands on some Jade holos! These were also purchased from Llarowe and are so amazing in person!  Here is Psicoldelica, Extasy, Energy and Magia.

 



And more holos that I have been lemming, also from Llarowe! Here is Harp On It, Angel Kiss, Eternal Beauty and Beyond.



Finally got some more EdMs so my solo one is no longer alone! I got the first one from a blog sale and the other 3 came from Llarowe. Here is Copper Field, Oceanic Forces, Cosmic Forces and Pyrite.



And more Aussies! These Femme Fatale polishes all came from a blog sale! All of these have been high on my wish list for so long! Here is Hydraxia, Winter Hyacinth and A Tiskit, A Tasket.

 





New indie brand for me! I have been wanting to try Cadillacquer since I first saw swatches so I was super excited when Llarowe launched them! Here is Where The Wild Things Are, Left Behind and Restless.

 



Another brand I have been dying to try! I got these Cirque polishes from Harlow & Co. Here is XX and Electric Circus.

 



A couple of Illamasqua colors that I have wanted for a while! I got these in a swap! Here is Collide and Venous.

 



I picked up these a-englands from Llarowe! Here is Briar Rose and Galahad. I had been waiting forever for Galahad to come back in stock!

 



I love these colors from Pahlish, I had to snag them while they were on sale on Etsy! Here is Creeping Cabbage and Body Electric.

 





Random mix of polishes! From Liquid Lacquer I got Ladie Eve. Girly Bits Jindie Goes Indie Came from Llarowe. And from Harlow & Co I got Happy Hands Sandcastles In The Sand and Lacquer Lust Sky's The Limit.

 



A few more! Ninja Polish Glamorous and Catrice Mint Me Up came from Ninja Polish and Models Own Blooboo came from Llarowe.

 



All together now!





 

Do you have any personal favorites? Any requests for what I should wear next? Comment below! :)

 

xo

 

Brittany Raquel

 

ps-Have you gotten your daily entry into my Enchanted Polish Giveaway?



Haulin' Away!

Hello lovelies!

It's finally time to share another haul! Between you and me...because I got so behind on posting I actually have not just 1, but 2 more haul posts after this one to share with you! Here is what I have today!

Lot's of great polishes in here!

 

I had my eye on a few different polishes from Liquid Lacquer for quite some time, finally Melissa restocked her shop and I went a little crazy! Here is Let The Music Play, Collide Into You, Twinkle Toes, The Rain Song, No Quarter and Dazed & Confused.

And here is the rest of my Liquid Lacquer order! Pink Swimmingo, Trippin' Balls, 80's Baby, Melt Your Mind, Cherub and Street Symphony. 

I can't get enough of Different Dimension polishes! These all came from Missy's Etsy store: Hey You, Sully, My Highlighter Exploded, Coral Rose and Excelsior. 

Barbra of I Love Nail Polish created some amazing ultra holos recently! I had to grab a few of them as well as a mint blue! Here is Sniffany, Army Surplus, 1st and 15th, Blue Steel and Amanda Hugginkiss. 

It's been a while since I added any Cult Nails polishes to my collection! I bought the first 2 from Beautylish (if you buy 3 Cult Nails polishes you get a Wicked Fast Top Coat Free!) and the Wax That top coat I bought directly from Cult Nails.  

A couple more Picture Polishes to add to my collection! I have wanted both of these for a while!I purchased these from Llarowe. Here is Coral Reef and Jade.

 



Now for some random polishes! SOPI Havana Dreams has been a huge lemming for a while, I was so happy to find it on blog sale! Finch from Scofflaw sent me a replacement Whiskey Tango Foxtrot since my first one had sinking glitters. Wing Dust Seaweed Salad was purchased from Llarowe and finally I got from Nararsuk from Elevation Polish.

Final group shot!

 

I hope you enjoyed seeing my latest additions! What are some colors you have added to your wishlist?

 

I am excited to finally launch my giveaway tomorrow! Be sure to check in!

 

xo

 

Brittany Raquel