Nail Polish I Wore In Real Life Vol. 4

It's Saturday and I'm feeling great! How are you doing my friends? I've got another few polishes to show you today that I wore as a full manicure in real life! Oooh, aaahh! Imagine that, a nail polish blogger actually wearing nail polish ;)

KBShimmer Make My Gray is from their Spring 2014 collection. It is a pale grey crelly with a mix of glitters in turquoise, coral pink, and gunmetal. I don't know why I always expect these glitter-crelly polishes to be difficult to apply, they almost never are. Maybe because they look so complex I unconsciously imagine that getting this look should take more effort. Anyway, this was easy to apply and opaque in two coats. Tons of glitter. I purchased this from their website for $8.75.

I can't believe I didn't own China Glaze Sun Of A Peach until now. It's from their Summer 2013 collection Sunsational that I almost completely skipped. It's super popular and is included in China Glaze's core line now. The formula is pretty much awful, it's streaky, patchy and generally a pain in the butt to apply. BUT LOOK! So neon it's impossible to photograph accurately, and just crazy beautiful. This is three difficult coats, but I love it. It also dries matte like a true neon so top coat that shiz! I purchased this from Sally Beauty Supply for around $6.50.

And last is Essie Chillato, from this summer's Peach Side Babe collection . I posted a review on my picks from that collection a while ago and it didn't include this one, but this color just kept calling to me! I needed it. I bought it. I regret nothing! It's a unique green tinged pastel yellow. Essie calls it "pistachio green" but I think it's more of a lemon lime shade. Another difficult formula, very streaky, a little bubbly, and it took three coats to even out. But I adore it and I don't care. I bought this from my local CVS for $8.50.

So what do you think of these picks for my recent manicures? If you're interested in this series, you can see my other posts here. Thanks for visiting me today and we'll see you again soon!

❤ Kellie

Color Club Look Don't Tusk Review & Swatch

Hi there! I wanted to show you a polish I bought a few months ago but haven't tried until the other day. It's from the Color Club Safari Garden collection that came out for this spring. Look Don't Tusk is an off white crème with a beigey yellow tint. I imagine that it's inspired by an elephant's tusk. Sort of streaky on the first two coats but the third layer mostly fixes it. Not the worst pale crème I've used and not the best. I do really like the color though, very pretty.

You can purchase Color Club on their website for $8.50 per bottle. What do you think of this buttery cream color? I know it's quite basic, but it's very chic and would be a great alternative to white under some nail art. Until next time, have a good one!

❤ Kellie

Wet n' Wild - Here Comes Trouble

Yay a drugstore polish! I don't buy Wet n' Wild polish that often, mostly because I feel like I already have every color they put out. I just don't get excited when I see Wet n' Wild. Not that they're bad or anything, just more...basic. I've said before, I'm probably unconsciously being snobby toward the budget brands, I'm working on it haha.

This polish is called Here Comes Trouble, from the Street Art collection that came out in the spring. Of course my CVS just got the display in, ugh. My town is the worst for getting limited edition stuff in late, if at all. My eye was drawn to this because I immediately thought of Essie's Strut Your Stuff from their Haute in the Heat collection for this summer. I haven't loved Essie formulas for the last year or so, so I was resisting buying it. Then I spotted this guy and my problem was solved as it's basically a perfect dupe!

It's a bright aqua blue crème. It was opaque in two coats, not super self-leveling but top coat saved it. It did stain my nails though, which is always a bummer. Oh well, my craving for this color is satisfied and I only spent $0.99 on it instead of $8.50! What do you think of this color? Do you like Wet n' Wild polishes? I need to pay attention to them more.

❤ Kellie

P.S. I updated my blog layout, what do you think?

HARE polish - Elysian Fields

Hi there! Today I wanted to show you a new polish from one of my very favorite indie brands, HARE polish. This color is called Elysian Fields from the Viva Los Angeles collection for spring/summer. It's a teal green with light neon green glitters, subtle blue and gold flakies and shimmer for days. I have a soft spot for greens and the neon glitter just pushed this over the edge for me--I had to have it. I really have an obscene amount of polish from this brand, but I can't help it, I just adore them! This is two coats.

You can purchase HARE polish from their Etsy page for $10 each, or from stockists like Llarowe and Rainbow Connection. What do you think of this beauty? I'm in love!

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Nicole by OPI Roughles Collection Swatches & Review

Howdy friends! Today I'm excited to show you a new limited edition collection from Nicole by OPI called Roughles, pronounced "ruffles". It is a quartet of texture polishes with speckled flecks of color in them. They are totally easter colors, waaay cute! I love the matte roughed up texture to these too, the bits are less defined in shape than some others, more irregular and varied.

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First is Rock the Look, a pastel pink with flecks in orangey red and some in grey. I really love this, but I'm naturally a pink lover so I expected that haha. This is two coats. Formula on all of these was quite easy to work with, not too thick and covered easily.

This guy is On What Grounds?, an awesome pastel turquoise with blue and grey flecks. I wore this as a full mani a while ago and got a ton of compliments on it all day. This can stain so double up on your base coat if you're worried about that. Two coats here.

Here is Sand In My Shoe, a gorgeous pastel yellow with orange speckles. I have a soft spot for pale yellows so this is definitely one of my favorites! Also two coats.

And to round out the foursome we have I'm Stucco On You, a pastel purple with flecks in blue and red. I'm not usually a huge purple lover but this I'm really liking this one! Two coats.

You can purchase Nicole by OPI from stores like Walmart, Target and Kmart for around $8. I hope you can still find them if you haven't gotten them yet as these are limited edition. What do you think of this Spring collection? I'm really head over heels with them, Nicole really hit it outta the park on these.

I wanted to mention that these swatches are the first ones I have taken indoors that I actually like and think are good! Back when I first started blogging and didn't know what I was doing, I only posted flash indoor photos :( It makes me cringe when I even think about it. Then I got a new camera and realized I could take much better pictures using sunlight, then I decided I could only do outdoor shots well and couldn't go backwards. Needless to say this limited my swatching times and decreased my posting. Occasionally I would try indoor shots with my desk lamp but they never were up to my usual standards with sharpness, clarity and color.

I have tried a million different indoor lighting setups but I think I finally found one that works for me. Halleloo! What do you think of these photos?? I still think I prefer sunlight, but this way I will be able to blog more often and that makes me very happy. Thanks for reading as always, and if you haven't already, there's still time to enter the Beauty Blogger Coalition's May Day Giveaway! Until next time friends!

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Product samples were provided for consideration.

The Hungry Asian Spring 2014 Collection Swatches & Review

Hi everyone! Today I wanted to show you the new collection from The Hungry Asian for Spring 2014. It's a collection of 5 new polishes and a cuticle oil. The shades don't really have a theme but they remind me of easter so it's a perfect time for you to get them on your nails!

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First up is Smooth Criminail, a shimmery pastel blue with small and medium purple, orange, blue, pink and teal hex glitters. This is so adorable, it reminds me of easter candy eggs. I really love the shimmer running through the blue. I used three thin coats here.

Next is Starstruck, a glitter mix in a clear base. The glitters are short holographic strings and pale pink mirrored circles. So unique and quite fun! I was surprised at how much I liked this! I layered two coats over China Glaze Lotus Begin.

Here is Peachy Keen, a peachy orange creme packed with bright glitters in hex, string, and round shapes in matte and shiny finishes. This one isn't my favorite with my skin tone unfortunately. This is two coats. There is a ton of glitter in this one so it's a tad thick which can make tricky to apply evenly.

This one is Lavender Cream, my babe! I am head over heels with this gorgeous pale purple with satin glitters in mint, pearl, pink, purple and green. Seriously love. This is three thin coats.

And last is Carpe Dayum (haha love the name!) a clear glitter topper with holographic and matte pink shreds with blue/green iridescent glitter bits. O_O Can I just say DAYUM! This polish is seriously crazy cool. I can't think of anything I have that is similar. I put two coats over China Glaze Peonies & Park Ave.

I had to show it to you in the shade too, so you can really see the smaller glitters and the glow they have. Ooh! I just love this!

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And the last part of the collection is Kae's new cuticle oil. It comes free as a promotion if you spend $20+ (before tax and shipping) at her store. It's made of sweet almond oil, jojoba oil, grape seed oil and fragrance. I thought the White Gardenia scent would be too strong for me, because most scents are, but this one is actually very subtle and mild. I catch just a hint of it every now and then when I wear it and I think it's lovely. You know I am obsessed with my Bliss Kiss oil, but this one is quite nice and we can all use more cuticle oils in our life ;)


You can purchase these from The Hungry Asian Etsy store for $9.25 for a full size 15ml bottle and $4.50 for 5ml minis. All my readers can get 15% off a minimum purchase of $15 (before taxes and shipping) if you use the promo code KELLIE15 (active until May 7, 2014) Yay! What do you think of these spring pretties? Any catch your eye? I'll see you next time my dears!

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Three Shades from the China Glaze Sea Goddess Collection

Hi folks! Today I have three of the six shades from the China Glaze Sea Goddess collection for Spring 2014. The collection has four metallic sparkle texture glitters and two creme based texture glitters. It looks like the texture trend is here to stay for a while!

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First is Tail Me Something, a beautiful metallic lavender with lots of silver hints throughout. There are some multi-sized glitter in this so it doesn't give off a solid look, it's nicely faceted. I love how blingy it is! I used two coats.

Next is Sand Dolla Makes Me Holla, a white creme based texture with multicolored sprinkle-like glitters. I first saw images of this polish on instagram and I knew I had to have it! I like the cake frosting look of this, but it was difficult to apply because of the thickness. And it dries to look almost gummy, blech. I used three coats.

This is Seahorsin' Around, a turquoise blue metallic texture. This is super duper pigmented, like whoa. It has bits of gold glitter in the turquoise that makes it look a little deeper. The finish on this one reminds me of solid color textures, a more dense look than Tail Me Something. I used two coats here. 

You can buy China Glaze at retailers like Sally Beauty Supply and Ulta, and for around $6 each. What are your thoughts on this collection? Are you a texture fan or not so much? I really love these metallic finishes, but I can't say the same about the creme hybrid finish of Sand Dolla. Have a great one!

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