Red Coat Tuesday

*purchased by me*

For today's #RedCoatTuesday post I used a base of Zoya Raven. I forgot how much I love this color and black nail polish in general. This is one coat of Raven. 

I wanted something with a shimmer on top to go with today's #augustuntriedchallenge theme, and found the perfect glitter polish - Different Dimension Spencer which was part of the DD Pretty Little Liars Collection. Spencer is a red jelly base with red, black, silver, and holo glitters. This is one coat of Spencer. 

Unfortunately I didn't get a picture of this in sunlight to show the holo, but I think it looks pretty like this. 

Tonight is the summer fatal finale of Pretty Little Liars. This honestly wasn't my favorite season cause I'm not a fan of Ali, but I'm looking forward to how it ends! 

What do you think of my #RedCoatTuesday mani? Are you excited for the PLL summer fatal finale? 

Thanks for reading! 

An InLinkz Link-up

Water Marble

*purchased by me*

For today's post I have my first attempt at water marbling.

Polishes used: 

OPI Strawberry Margarita

China Glaze Dance Baby

Rica Polish Whiteout

This also coincides with Day 25 of the #augustuntriedchallenge - pink.

I think the marble turned out better on my right hand so I'm sharing a picture of that as well. 

For my first try I think I did pretty good. What do you think? Have you tried water marbling before? Any tips to perfecting it? 

Thanks for reading! 

Pipe Dream Polish 110 degrees

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Today I have for you Pipe Dream Polish 110 degrees from the A Night In Vegas collection. This color is described as a coral leaning orange neon creme with subtle orange shimmer.  My camera had a really hard time capturing this color accurately as seems to be a normal problem with neons. It's absolutely gorgeous in person! 

As you can see from my picture taken outdoors this color had a lot of fun in the sun! 

This picture was taken indoors in artificial lighting. I used 1 coat of Nailtiques Formula 2, 1 coat of Zoya Get Even, 3 coats of Pipe Dream Polish 110 degrees, and 1 coat of KBShimmer Clearly On Top.  The formula on this polish was amazing. I can't wait to get some others from this collection. 

Have you tried any of the A Night In Vegas polishes from Pipe Dream Polish? What are your favorites. 

Pipe Dream Polishes can be purchased at pipedreampolish.bigcartel.com and don't forget to like their facebook page.

Thanks for reading! 

Red Coat Tuesday

This is my first #RedCoatTuesday post. Red Coat Tuesday was started by my friend Brigitte of Color Me So Crazy so that Pretty Little Liars fans can get together with a nail polish theme each week.  I'm a huge fan of PLL so this was right up my alley! 

I decided to go with Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer Dawn Breaks which is a red linear holo with gold & purple shimmer. It's absolutely gorgeous.  

Are you a Pretty Little Liars fan? Which character is your favorite? 

Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquers can be purchased at blueeyedgirllacquer.bigcartel.com. 

Thanks for reading! 

An InLinkz Link-up

Nail of the Day - Indie Untrieds

*purchased by me*

Hey there! Today I have for you some untried indie polishes that I've been wearing for the last couple of days.  KBShimmer Let's Not Coral, Rica Whiteout, and whale nail decals from Lacquer by Lissa. I love how fun & summery this mani is so I haven't wanted to take it off. 

I started with Nailtiques Formula 2, 2 coats of Let's Not Coral, 2 coats of Whiteout (although only 1 was needed), and 1 coat of KBShimmer Clearly On Top. 

I knew I wanted to use my new nail decals from Lacquer by Lissa and thought the whale ones would be perfect for this mani. 

I applied 2 additional coats of Clearly On Top so the decals would feel smooth. 

KBShimmer can be purchased at kbshimmer.com.  Check out the Etsy shops for Rica and Lacquer by Lissa for their products.  

Have you tried any nail decals yet? What are your favorites? And what are your favorite summer polishes? 

Thanks for reading! 

Barielle Positive Zen-ergy and Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer One Gray-T Year

*purchased by me*

Hey there! Today I have a manicure for you featuring Barielle Positive Zen-ergy which is a light grassy green with a silver shimmer and Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer One Gray-T Year which is a grey matte polish with rainbow micro-flakies. I've had this Barielle polish for a long time, but have yet to try it so thought it was a good one for shimmer day in the summer of untrieds challenge. 

POLISHED USED

1 Coat Nailtiques Formula 2

2 Coats Barielle Positive Zen-ergy

2 Coats Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer One Gray-T Year

1 Coat KBShimmer Clearly On Top 

This picture was taken with a flash because I was having a hard time capturing the shimmer in One Gray-T Year. 

I decided to add one coat of Zoya Shimmer to One Gray-T Year to get more of a shimmer.  

This was taken outdoors in the sunlight.

Barielle can be purchased at www.barielle.com.  You can get BEGL in her shop, and Zoya at www.zoya.com.

What are some of your favorite shimmer polishes?

Thanks for reading! 

My First Post! Mentality Virginia and Majesty

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Hi ya'll! Today is my first post, and I'm a little nervous so bear with me. I'm excited to show you my mani using Mentality Virginia and Majesty. 

I've been participating in a summer of untrieds challenge that my friend Julie from Wishes of a Blue-Eyed Girl created. Yesterday's theme was matte so I decided to use Mentality Virginia, which is part of the pastel mattes collection and is described as a light teal matte polish. I think it's more of a mint green on me though, and Majesty which is described as a light-medium red purple matte polish. 

I'm not usually a fan of matte polishes on me, but I do like both of these. I had some issues with the polish looking cracked so this is three coats of each over Nailtiques formula 2. I think if I used a ridge filling basecoat I would have only needed to do two coats. 

I decided to have some fun with this mani and add some dots. 

I used my largest dotting tool to get this look. 

Finally, I wanted to see what these polishes look like with topcoat. I used one coat of KBShimmer Clearly On Top. 

There isn't much of a difference with the topcoat, but you can see some shimmer in them which is nice. 

What do you think of this mani? Are you a fan of matte polishes? Let me know! 

Mentality polish can be purchased at mentalitynailpolish.com. 

Thanks for reading!