Deborah Lippmann Lady Sings the Blues Swatches

 Happy New Years Eve!! I hope everyone is rocking fabulous nails today! I have another quick swatch of Deborah Lippman's Lady Sings the Blues. I found this at Ulta and it is my first Lippmann polish. Lady Sings the Blues is a navy blue creme with small and large glitter. This one applied like a dream and was completely opaque in one coat. I have 2 coats on here.

Deborah Lippmann Lady Sings the Blues

Deborah Lippmann Lady Sings the Blues

Essie Sew Psyched Swatches

 I have a super quick post today of Essie Sew Psyched. I found this in the clearance section at Ulta. It is a gorgeous grey-green with a subtle silver shimmer. This is 1 coat.

Essie Sew Psyched

Essie Sew Psyched

Mariah Carey OPI Liquid Sand Mini's Swatches

 I have a really exciting post to show you guys today! I found the Mariah Carey OPI collection in Ulta and of course I had to pick up something from it. In this collection, OPI has released a new polish finish called Liquid Sand. According to OPI liquid sand, "Dries to a textured matte finish infused with reflective glints of light." The mini polish set that was released includes the 4 Liquid Sand polishes in the Mariah collection: Get Your Number, Can't Let Go, The Impossible, and Stay the Night. I have comparisons of these polishes with and without a top coat. Lots of swatches and my thoughts below!

OPI Get Your Number

OPI Get Your Number No Top Coat/Top Coat

Get Your Number is a blue jelly base filled with fine silver and holographic glitter. I tried to capture the texture as well as possible. It dried to a gritty but smooth finish (if that makes sense). Even when matte, the holographic glitter is still very sparkly. With a top coat, this polish is transformed into a beautiful, shiny glitter packed jelly. 2 coats.

OPI Can't Let G0

OPI Can't Let Go No Top Coat/ Top Coat

Can't Let Go is a purple jelly packed with silver shimmer and purple glitter. The glitter in this one doesn't stand out as much matte as it does with a top coat. This is 2 coats.

OPI The Impossible

OPI The Impossible No Top Coat/Top Coat

The Impossible is a hot pink jelly with holographic and pink glitter and supposedly star shaped glitter. There is no star glitter in this bottle...:(  I think it's because this is a mini bottle. This polish almost looks more red than pink but it is still very pretty. 2 coats.

OPI Stay The Night

OPI Stay the Night No Top Coat/ Top Coat

Stay the Night has a beautiful black base with red glitter. This was the one I was most excited about and it doesn't disappoint. Matte, the red glitter almost looks like specks in the black but still shines through. 2 coats.

My thoughts are kind of varied on these Liquid Sand polishes so I'm going to break it up into texture, color, and top coat.

Texture: I personally prefer a smooth finish but I really like the idea of having textured nails. It is definitely different and almost reminds me of the "fish egg" nail trend but, for that reason, I feel like it will just be another trend like the shatter polishes or magnetic polishes that will lose its popularity quickly. I love matte nails but I personally just do not like the feel or look of the texture. It almost feels like a very, very, very fine sand paper. I guess it just depends on the person and if you like the texture!

Color: All of these polishes are pretty awesome jelly glitters so I can't complain! I especially love Get Your Number and Stay the Night. 

Top Coat: I think I prefer all of these, maybe with the exception of Stay the Night, with top coat. The top coat seems to just intensify the glitter and show the jelly finish. I only used one coat of Seche Vite for the pictures but 2 or 3 coats of a thick top coat would be best to smooth out the texture.

Layla The Butterfly Effect CE 52 Swatch

 Today I have a gorgeous polish to show by Layla Cosmetics called The Butterfly Effect. This is my first Layla polish and I found this at Ulta.

Layla The Butterfly Effect

Layla The Butterfly Effect

The Butterfly Effect is a gorgeous purple polish packed with flakes that shift from red to blue to green. On the nail the flakes tend to shift more red and orange. I tried to capture some of the green and blue but the photos don't do this polish any justice. Ahhmazing!

Revlon Whimsical and Starry Pink Swatches

 I have another quick post of Revlon's Whimsical and Starry Pink. Again, these were swatched a while ago when my nails were still long(ish).

Revlon Starry Pink

 Starry Pink is a light pink polish packed with small and large silver glitter. What can I say besides that I loooove this! It's so cute! This is 3 coats.

Revlon Whimsical

Whimsical is a sheer blue jelly with large pink and blue glitter and small opalescent glitter. This one is really adorable as well but it is very sheer. This is 3 coats and you can still see right through it.

Orly Miss Conduct and Angel Eyes Swatches

 Today I have 2 polishes from Orly's Holiday collection for 2012, Naughty or Nice. I picked these up at Sallys.

Orly Angel Eyes

Orly Angel Eyes

 Angel Eyes is a beautiful fine blue glitter with larger pink and silver hex glitter in a clear base. This is 2 coats.

Orly Miss Conduct

Orly Miss Conduct

 Miss Conduct is a gorgeous magenta with super fine silver and holographic glitter. This is 2 coats plus a top coat.

Wet n Wild Massive Swatch Spam

 Today I decided to swatch most of my Wet N Wild polishes. The first group of polishes I'm going to show are from the Wild Shine line and the second group are from the Megalast line. This post is very picture heavy so descriptions will be short and sweet :)

BlWet n Wild Tickled Pink

Tickled Pink is a pastel pink creme. 2 Coats.

Wet n Wild Blazed

 Blazed is a bright orange pink coral creme. 2 Coats.

Wet n Wild Blue Moon (No Flash)

Wet n Wild Blue Moon (Flash)

 Blue Moon is a very pretty dark blue with a green shimmer. This is 2 coats.

Wet n Wild Dreamy Poppy

 Dreamy Poppy is a beautiful coral creme. Almost exactly like Blazed but more pink. 2 Coats.

Wet n Wild Caribbean Frost (Flash)

Wet n Wild Caribbean Frost (No Flash)

 Caribbean Frost is a green/blue shimmer. 2 Coats.

Wet n Wild Rain Check

Rain Check is a periwinkle shimmer/frost. This is 2 coats.

Over all, I really like these Wild Shine polishes. Mainly because they're 99cents but the colors are also pretty nice. I got these at Walgreens and FiveBelow.

Wet n Wild 2% Milk

 2% Milk is a nude jelly. This is 3 coats.

Wet n Wild Blackmail

 Blackmail is a black jelly with a multicolored sparkle. 2 Coats.

Wet n Wild Break The Ice

 Break The Ice is a beautiful sheer white with a silver shimmer. 2 Coats.

Wet n Wild Hush Hush

Hush Hush is a white sheer jelly. This is 2 coats.

Wet n Wild Disturbia

Disturbia is an eggplant purple with a golden red shimmer. 2 Coats.

Wet n Wild RedTape

RedTape is a cherry red jelly. 2 Coats.

I purchased all of these Megalast polishes in a set at Ross. For the price, these can't be beat! Definitely some great nude and jelly polishes!

Green and White Christmas Bundle Monster Nails!

 Today I have a really cute holiday inspired manicure. I used China Glaze's Winter Holly ,which I recently posted a swatch of, and Bundle Monster plate 204 with Konad Special White Stamping polish.This so reminds me of snowy branches on a pine tree like you'd usually see in here in Chicago at this time, instead it's been more like spring. A little snow would be nice. You know, just enough to make everything look wintery and wonderful lol.

Cling Wrap Nails

 I have another fun mani to show you guys! I did a cling wrap manicure which is where you basically paint a coat of polish over a dry coat of a different color and while the 2nd coat is still wet you take a piece of cling wrap and dab it on the nail until you get almost a marble/granite look. My base color is a gorgeous dusty green called Open Seas by Sinful Colors, the purple is Color Club Rad Nomad, and the metallic purple is Essie Nothing Else Metals.

Sinful Colors Open Seas

Rainbow Galaxy Nails!

 Today I have some super fun galaxy nails! I've been seeing a tooon of galaxy nails on Pinterest and other blogs so I have created my own. This is the first time I have done these and I love how they turned out! I used a lot of different colors so I don't remember the exact ones.

China Glaze Holiday Charms 2012 Mini Set Swatches

 Today I have a mini set of China Glaze Polishes from their Holiday 2012 collection called Holiday Charms.

 And now for some swatches...

China Glaze Merry Berry

 Merry Berry is a rich burgundy toned red. This went on very well in 2 coats. Although this color isn't super unique I really the formula on this and will definitely be wearing it for the holidays.

China Glaze Glitter All the Way

China Glaze Glitter All the Way

 Glitter All the Way is a really fun polish with large green glitter and small red, gold and purple glitter. This was pretty dense in 3 coats. Below is a picture of the brush. I have no idea why it's twisted and just weird but oh well, it still worked fine.

China Glaze Red Satin

 Red Satin is a bright red creme/jelly. Again, not so unique but the formula was great. This is 2 coats.

China Glaze Winter Holly

China Glaze Winter Holly

 And of course I saved the best for last! Winter Holly is a gorgeous fine green and gold glitter. This one is so sparkly and I love it! This is opaque in 3 coats with a top coat.