Nail Polish I Wore In Real Life Vol. 1

Sometimes I forget to wear polish. It sounds ludicrous but it's true. When there is good weather I spend the majority of my weekend days swatching polishes I have gotten for review, sometimes upwards of 40 polishes go on and off my nails in the course of a few hours. It gets tiresome to be honest and sometimes I don't have the energy to put on a full manicure at the end of the day. Then during the week, I blog and edit photos most evenings so that leaves manicures to the last priority. As a result, I have naked nails more often than I care to admit.

I've decided that this is not cool and pretty ridiculous considering the obscene amount of nail polish that I have. I am really trying to be better at actually wearing my nail polish instead of just "trying it on" for swatching. These "in real life" posts are to show off the polishes I've actually worn recently, photographed for evidence or it didn't count haha. So the polishes will be random choices and maybe even ones I've shown before, hope you don't mind.

First is FingerPaints One In A Melon from their spring collection from this year called Picnic In the Park. I picked this up in a Sally Beauty store, where they are exclusively sold, when I was out of town a while back. I am so sad I don't have one near me, it's really tragic. This is a fabulous watermelon pinky red jelly crème. It's got a great opaque formula, this is two shiny coats.

This is Essie Stones N Roses, one of the four shades in this year's Resort collection. It's a peachy muted pink crème. I have a lot of pinks, it's probably the shade I have the most of, but this one just kept kung fu'ing into my mind and I had to have it. I'm so glad I bought it because it's really great. I put a pic of it on my instagram and it's gotten the most likes of any photo I've ever posted haha. This was a tad streaky so I needed three coats to even it out.

And last for this post is OPI Lucky Lucky Lavender from the Hong Kong collection that came out in 2010. I didn't pick this up until very recently though, I saw my friend Zenorah talk about it in one of her YouTube videos the other day and I decided to go put it on, but I realized I didn't have it! Blasphemy! I bought it on Amazon and put it on as soon as I got it in the mail. I like that this lavender is slightly pink toned, it makes it more unique in my collection. Two easy, thin but opaque coats and I'm in love!

Thanks for joining me today! Let me know what you think about these three pretties :)

❤ Kellie

FingerPaints Bright Lights Big City Collection Swatches & Review

Howdy! I hope you are doing well :) I wanted to show you the FingerPaints Bright Lights Big City collection today! It came out around the beginning of the year and it features six shades.

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In the City Lookin' Pretty has a clear base filled with holographic silver and pale rosey pink metallic glitters. It's quite dense, a little thick but not hard to work with. I layered two coats over Color Club New-tral.

Paint the Town Purple is a light cool lilacy purple glass fleck. This is pretty sheer, I had to use three thick coats to reach this level of opacity. It may be better suited as a layering polish, over a black would probably be very pretty.

This gal is called Dance Floor Diva, a clear base filled with metallic glitters in small purple squares, large silver and blue hexes and larger black and silver hexes. It's also nicely dense and easy to spread out on the nail. This is two coats over Color Club Midnight Mulberry. It's not really my style of glitter, but I ended up liking it with the base color I used.

Next is Hey Mr. DJ!, a black jelly with silver microglitter and red and blue tiny hex glitters. This was one I didn't expect to like that much but it's very pretty on the nail. This applies easily and is opaque in two coats.

Urban Lights is a real stunner. It has a black base with loads of colorshifting tealy blue to purple shimmer duochrome large shimmer bits. This photo does it no justice, it's a must have trust me. It was opaque in one coat, but I used two here because well, I always do haha!

Here is Urban Lights with indirect lighting from behind, to show the duochrome. It's CRAZY how different it looks in another light huh!

And last is What A Night, a copper/gold/pink duochromey foil. This is really gorgeous, very firey and autumnal. It seemed a little sheer on the first coat but was opaque on two. This would be another great one layered over black probably. I'll have to try that.

This is the indirect light shot of What A Night. No words. Stunning.

FingerPaints is sold at Sally Beauty Supply for $5.49 each. This was more of an end of winter collection, I was a little late getting these swatches up. Hopefully you'll still be able to find them in stores if you're interested in picking them up. Let me know what you think of these colors! Any favorites?

Bye friends!

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

Fingerpaints Holiday 2014 Winter Wishes Collection Swatches & Review

Hi there! I wanted to show you a five piece holiday glitter collection from FingerPaints today, called Winter Wishes. These are very similar in composition and vary mostly in color so that's why you see them on one finger instead of a full mani per color. Let's take a look!

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On my thumb is Glisten Here, a mix of greyed out pink, blue, green, gold and silver glitters. My pointer finger has Wrapped in Ribbon, a blingy gold. My middle finger is wearing Ho Ho Happy Holidays, a pale blue and silver mix. On my ring finger I have Sugar & Spice, a cheery red. And last, on my pinky is Silver Bells, an icy silver. They all have finely milled microglitter and all except the blue shade have tiny hex glitters.

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All of these swatches show two coats plus top coat. They are nicely dense and could be worn alone or layered. I quite like them, though they're not necessarily unique. These are available in Sally Beauty stores now for around $5-6 each. What do you think of these glitters? Any catch your eye?

Love ya!

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

FingerPaints Film Noir Collection Swatches & Review

FingerPaints is Sally Beauty's in-house brand of nail polish and I used to buy them all the time when I used to live by the stores. But since I've moved to a much smaller town, where the most exciting store is CVS :( , I haven't bought as many as I used to. So when I got the chance to try some of their recent collections for review, I was quite happy! This collection came out during the middle/end of the summer so they might still be in stores. It's called the Film Noir collection and it's made up of four polishes that all dry to a matte finish.

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First is Petal Obsession, a pale baby pink. This had a quite finicky formula, it dries very quickly so it was hard to apply without big streaks. On the first coat, some areas even shrunk up like crackle polish does! After three coats though I was able to make it look even and nice looking. It dried very matte, not satiny.

Next is Beautiful Mystery, a pale baby blue. Same formula as the pink above, this is also three coats. I love this color!

This is Film Noir, a deep burgundy purple. It dries a few shades darker than it looks in the bottle. Same formula, maybe dried a tad slower than the others, so application was a little easier. Three coats.

And this is Hollywood Decadence, a pale milky base with a glitter mix of washed out blue, pink and gold hexes. Application was fairly easy, the glitter is quite dense. I don't really like the look of this and I have similar polishes that are prettier imho. After I did these swatches I saw some people used Hollywood over the other colors in the collection, and that looked much better than it did on its own. I used two thick coats here.

I like the look of matte polish but the application usually turns me off to buying them. I'd rather use regular polish and just apply a matte top coat. That said, there are some pretty colors in this collection if you don't mind the matte formula. Look for FingerPaints in your local Sally Beauty stores or online, they are around $5.50 per bottle. What do you think of this polish quartet? Would you wear any of them? How do you feel about mattes?

See ya next time :)

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

FingerPaints Summer In the City Collection

Yay! New FingerPaints :) This is the new Summer in the City collection from Sally Beauty brand polish, FingerPaints. 4 creams, a shimmery foil and a glitter! Perfect brights for summer.

First is Flip Flop Fuchsia, a bright pink fuchsia cream. Thicker but still pretty easily applied. Two coats.

Here is Sexy Sundress, a yellow toned green. Similar to a few we've seen lately, like OPI Did It On 'Em. On the thick side, two coats.

Here is Movie in the Park, a lightly tinted purple base with purple, pink and blue microglitter. Nice coverage for a straight glitter! This is three coats.

Toe-teally Hot is another color we've seen a lot of this year, it's a bright, but not too bright, teal cream. Two coats.

This is Beach Bound, a grape purple cream. Nice addition to this collection, very wearable. Two coats.

And last is Late Night Rendez-vous, a metallic foily ocean blue. This is close to Orly Halley's Comet/OPI Catch Me In Your Net, but without the green leanings. Three coats here.

When I got these, they weren't packed very well so half of them had leaked out all over the others :( Oh well, I was able to salvage them with minimal damage! FingerPaints are sold separately for $4.99 and are available exclusively at Sally Beauty stores and on www.SallyBeauty.com.

Products provided for review.

FingerPaints Gumdrops & Lollipops Collection

Hidey ho everyone :) Today I have to show you the newest collection from FingerPaints, the nail polish brand exclusive to Sally Beauty Supply. The group is called Gumdrops & Lollipops, which instantly brings images of my childhood and playing Candy Land to my mind haha. I like the pastel shades intermingling with brights idea, very Spring.

First up is Blue Raspberry Taffy. It's a bright blue cream, along the lines of the Airhead candy. Opaque and almost chalky, in that mod realm. This is three coats because the formula is not fab. It's rather streaky and thick, actually all of these are. I do like this color and would wear it again.

Here is Lemon Sour, a pale canary yellow cream. Another formula I'm not happy with, thick and streaky.  This is three coats.

Next is Pop Rock Pink. I love this polish, even though it is thick as a mofo. Jelly bright poppy pink with micro glass flecks. Very pretty in real life, hard to translate in a photo. Three coats again, just to build it up since it's a jelly. Key is to apply thin coats and wait for them to dry in between so you don't end up with a mess.

Here is Choco Mint, a delicious shade and a yummy ice cream flavor! This actually turned out to be more blue than I expected, but it still qualifies as mint green. I have a million of this color, and I definitely have some that apply better. Three coats here as well, because of streaks.

Next is Grape Gumball. I don't think of this as a grape, more of a blurple. I like the glass flecks in this and it was the nicest formula in the bunch. Two coats.

Last is Circus Peanuts. When I unpacked these guys, I thought this one was a gonner, as I saw melon color all over the box and other polishes. Fortunately it hadn't broken, just leaked because the lid wasn't on tight. *phew* I hate the candy circus peanuts, they're disgusting and just blech. Fortunately I do like this color, it's just that these pale orange creams don't look great on me. Idk why but that's the way it is. This is two coats.

Overall I like the idea of this collection but not the execution. FingerPaints sell for $4.99 each at Sally Beauty Supply stores and on www.sallybeauty.com.

Products provided for review.

Sneak Peek! FingerPaints Special Effects Collection

Availability: January, in stores only

Shade names:

· Flashy

· Twisted

· Asylum

· Flecked

· Motley

Price: $5.49

  
I love that other brands are hopping on the "flakie" bandwagon, it lets people who haven't seen it yet in on the fun! I personally love all flakies and even though I have quite a few, I suppose you can never have too many ;) Look for these in January in Sally Beauty Supply stores.

Products provided for review.

FingerPaints Winter Sky

What's up people? Hope your weekend is going well. I got up early today for the first time in a long time, without being completely zonked that is. Nice :) Today I thought I'd show you one of the polishes from FingerPaints Holiday collection Merry & Bright.

This is Winter Sky, a gorgeous turquoise aqua polish with subtle silver shimmer. My eyes just about popped out of my head when I first saw this color, it's truly stunning in person. I am wearing this as my NOTD and just can't believe the color pigmentation, amahzing. This is three thin coats.

Watch out, it will definitely give your Smurf hands if you aren't careful, but it's very buttery and manageable. You can get this at Sally Beauty Supply stores and on www.sallybeauty.com.

Products provided for review.

FingerPaints 'Fall Fashionista' Collection: Sneak Peek!

I am loving these colors for fall! Very soft and preppy, I think these will all be winners. The yellow and pale purple are especially enticing to me. What do you think?

Products provided for review.

FingerPaints Peace, Love & Color Collection Part 2

Here is the second half of the FingerPaints Summer collection Peace, Love & Color Collection. These three were the stronger half for me of the six lacquers. I still don't really love any of them, however. I am not a negative nelly and hate to give poor reviews but I'm never going to lie ya know? Anyway, I'll stop being dramatic and just get on with it.

Groovy Green is probably my favorite out of the bunch, even though I thought I was going to hate it. It ended up having a pearl finish which you cannot tell at all by looking at it in the bottle. I was not expecting to like it because when painting it on it was difficult as all heck to apply, it was thick and not smooth and kept dragging on itself. But when I finally had it on nicely (after three coats) and looked at my photos of it, I really like how it looks on me. *shrugs* Go figure.

Give Pink a Chance is pretty boring. It's a slightly reddish dark pink crème that gave me bubbles. *yawn* Sorry I'm not really into this one. It doesn't do anything for me or my skintone. Three coats for opacity when I would've expected two.

Peaceful Purple is another glitter but this one has color to the base unlike All You Need is Color, although I would've liked a little more. It's a jelly and hard to handle like the other glitters in the collection. Thick and gummy, hard to make level out. The purple glitter is red based and very lovely and you purple lovers will adore it I'm sure. This is two coats. All I could muster without getting totally frustrated.

So this collection is unfortunately a bust for me but there are plenty more fish in the sea for me this year. Summer collections are usually not my favorite anyway and there has been more than enough good ones this year to warrant my love than last year so that's good! What do you think of FP's picks for the sunny season?

Products provided for review.

FingerPaints Peace, Love & Color Collection Part 1

FingerPaints has come out with a bright new collection for the summer, called Peace, Love & Color. I was quite looking forward to these pretties, but they turned out to be a little bit of a disappointment for me. I'm just not feeling them. They are plenty attractive I suppose but they just aren't my cup of tea.

Outta Sight Orange is medium orange with pink and silvery glass fleck shimmer glitter in it. I was thinking I would like this but I'm not crazy about it. I have a few other similar colors that I like better. This is two coats.

I also had high hopes for Psychedelic Sunshine but it turned out pretty terrible. A light daisy yellow with gold and holographic glitter? Sounds awesome but the formula was awful. The texture is so thick that it feels like glue and it is also really sheer. This is two coats and that's all I could manage dealing with. Ugh, too bad.

All You Need is Color looked really exciting from the promo pictures I saw, but I was dismayed when I realized it was just a straight glitter lacquer. I really don't care for plain glitter in clear polish, but it's a personal preference, you might love them. It wasn't terribly hard to make this opaque but it was difficult to make it level out evenly. I imagine you'd have to use a lot of topcoat. I also imagined this more blue rather than teal *shrug* I hear it's a dupe for Butter London's Henley Regatta.

Part 2 coming at you soon with the next three from this collection so stay tuned!

Products provided for review.

FingerPaints Peace, Love, & Color Sneak Peek

What do you think about these colors from Sally Beauty's nail polish brand FingerPaints? I think they're bright and cheery and perfect for summer pedicures :) Can't wait to see them in person! Their last collection was lovely and this one looks just as fun if not better.

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FingerPaints Palette of Petals

Today I have the new Spring FingerPaints Palette of Petals collection, exclusive to Sally Beauty Supply.

Let's start with my favorite shall we? Did You Ast-her Out? is a gorgeous jelly crème bright medium pink. Love these colors for springtime! This had a fabulous formula and was nice looking at two coats but perfect at three. Oh btw, I used a topcoat with all of these swatches, even though I usually don't. They don't dry terribly shiny on their own.

Chrysanthe-mum’s the Word is a bright mint green crème. The formula on this was a tad thick but still reasonably easy to work with. Very spring-y and nice. Three coats.

Aren’t You Glad-iolous? is a funny name, especially if you said it with a pause where the dash is. If you don't, it's alright. I enjoy Gladiolus flowers, they're very pretty. Too bad I didn't care for this polish all that much. I found it very streaky and thick, and the color looked atrocious on me. Three coats.

I thought I would love Dahlia My Number, but I didn't fall head over heels with it once I had her on. It's the only non-crème in the collection, a mid-tone orange with brighter goldish-orange finely ground shimmer. I needed three coats to get this to look opaque so I'm not terribly impressed.

On the other hand, I wasn't sure if I would like Heavenly Hydrangeas, but I ended up really liking it. The "rose" shade, as it was described, looks more like a purple magenta crème to me. This looked great in two coats.

Carnation Creation is the lacquer that I was mostly excited for in this collection, and it didn't disappoint. A bright teal-toned blue, this crème flowed nice and evenly over my nails and was highly pigmented. Two coats for this guy. Too bad he's named after the worst flower ever ;)

What's the verdict on this bright Spring collection? Any favorites? Oh yeah, how cute is that flower ring?! I only got one but I assume they will be sold one to each bottle :) Adorable!

xoxo,
kelliegonzo

These were sent for review.