ILNP Rehab

Just stopping by to show you some swatches of I Love Nail Polish brand's Rehab. This polish is a vibrant teal shimmer with holo in the sun.



If you see imperfections in my application, I have to apologize, I applied this while relaxing in my mother's backyard while out of town a few weeks ago. I didn't have my usual tools and the sunshine might have messed things up a bit. I still think it looks fabulous!



This is definitely a green leaning teal, but it is beautiful in sun, above, and in the shade, below. This color is right up my alley! I love it!



This polish also looks great on toes as well! While I was doing my nails, my mom snagged my bottle an did her toes!



Application: This was a great formula, went on like a breeze in two thin coats. The polish was a little thicker than an average cream, but it did not make application difficult. I topped it with HK Girl Top Coat, didn't dull that holo!

Where to Purchase: Rehab is a part of ILNP's Summer 2014 collection. I purchased this for $9 in their presale, it now retails for $10. It has some amazing sister polishes too - I recently used Bikini Bottoms as a pedicure and it was beautiful. Used Summer Stargazing in my patriotic Fourth of July manicure too - more on that Friday!

Sea star nail art

Recently I spent a weekend away visiting my family in Irvine, California, where I grew up. I knew I needed to do some fun nails that show my skills a bit, but also blingy and ocean like because I associate beautiful beaches with Southern California.

So here is the fun nail art I came up with!



After seeing numerous beach themed nail art, some of my own included, I saw somewhere someone who hand painted sea stars on their nails, and I thought "that doesn't look so hard, I could do that!" And so I did!



To create this look, I painted two thin coats of Color Club Over the Moon (which really, could be a one coater, so amazing!) and used a dotting tool to drag Zoya Heidi polish into the shape of a star. Then I used a finer dotting tool to make the white dots, to give the sea stars their typical appearance.



I absolutely loved this manicure, because the blue holo polish was the perfect aquatic color. As you can tell it practically matched the pool where I spent a few hours over that weekend! I was really impressed with out well Color Club Over the Moon held up. It was a dream to work with, and the sea stars were not that difficult to recreate either.

So have you tried to do a beach like manicure yet? What beach like nail art is your favorite?

Girly Bits Belly Jeans

My new favorite finish of nail polish has to be the multichrome holo polish! So far in my experience, Girly Bits has the most amazing polishes that fit this bill. First I reviewed Lack of Pies, and today I am here to show you Belly Jeans!



The thing I love about these polishes, is that they have so many different looks. All it takes is for the sun to set a little at at certain angles your nails can look like this, below.



It has almost a golden shimmer, very beautiful and unique!



Most of the time, this bright purple holo is what shows, above.



But slightly angle your nails and you get a more violet magenta color. Love all the many looks of this polish!



Application: This polish went on perfectly in two thin coats. I topped the polish with a layer of HK Girl Top Coat.

Where to Purchase: I purchased this polish on Llarowe for $13. You can also purchase on the Girly Bits website, which is based in Canada (so shipping might be a bit more if you're in the U.S.), for $12.50.

So readers, what are your favorite multichrome holo polishes? I've been so impressed with Girly Bits' take on the finish so far, but I'd love to discover more!

P.S. My no-buy is 4 weeks strong! And July 1 is just around the corner, yessssss!

Holo stripes nail art

I loved this manicure I just did last week so much it skipped the line and I blogged about it as soon as I could. I actually just removed this manicure Sunday morning, I wore it for a whole half week! Which is really unheard of for me!!!



I started the manicure with a layer of OPI Alpine Snow and once it was dry enough, added some thin stripe nail vinyls to create the look.



The polishes I used were, from top to bottom, Colors by Llarowe Chillin' in Paradise, Colors by Llarowe In A Different Dimension, Colors by Llarowe Surf My Wave and ILNP Summer Star Gazing. The sunshine shots of this manicure are just amazing!!!





And as an added bonus and happy accident, I discovered (well it was pointed out to me actually) that my nails totally matched my iPhone case! Guess I really do love those colors.



I really loved this manicure, it was aquatic, without being too overly oceanic (a theme I've been going to a lot lately). The colors looked spectacular when I was at the pool on Saturday. This is definitely the best and most favorite nail art I have done in some time! What do you think? You could really do this with any color scheme, but I loved the blue/green theme as they are my favorite colors!

P.S. I am a part of my online friend The Mercurial Magpie's First Blogaversary and I have included a prize (1 of 30!!!)! So head on over to her site to enter the contest!

CrowsToes Vanaheim

Today's polish is a chameleon, a glitter multichrome with many different looks. This polish seems to shift based on the lighting it is in. It is not as strong as a multichrome as some other brands I own (Dance Legend, ILNP) but the polish is unique and stands on its own anyway!



CrowsToes Vanaheim is a gold to greenish blue color shifter with coordinating color shifting glitter.



Vanaheim is part of CrowToes 9 Realms collection. The theme is inspired by the 9 Realms in Norse Mythology. Vanaheim, located within Asgard, is the home of the fertility gods. 





Application: This is two coats of the polish, with no undercoat. The polish has its own unique shift, no black undercoat needed. The polish dries a little rough, like you would expect from a glitter, so an extra layer of top coat would probably be appropriate. I think I only used one coat and was ok, but next time I'd use two! This polish wore very well, I think I wore this for a few days without any chips at all!

Where to purchase: I purchased this polish from Llarowe for $13. In the U.S. both Llarowe and Overall Beauty stock CrowsToes polish.

Neon glitter skittle nails

 I just love skittle nails! I usually break them out when I have a manicure that I want to wear a bit longer than normal. I figure I'll get bored less quickly if I have a different design on each nail.



For this look I used China Glaze Pool Party (the bright neon pink/coral), OPI My Favorite Ornament (sparkles) and OPI Alpine Snow (white).



I free handed the stripes and the heart and used a dotting tool for the polka dots!



I really liked this look but found out around this time that China Glaze polishes are not wearing well on me. Unfortunately,since I was out and about with these nails (my brother was visiting) this manicure got a premature chip, so I ended up redoing my nails anyway! Oh well.

Anyway I hope you enjoyed this nail art! I'm always looking for a good skittle nail. I really want to try a sailor skittle sometime soon. Those seem to be all the rage via Instagram. 

Sweet Heart Polish Club 33

Checkout this awesome glitter topper featuring Mickey Mouse glitter! This is Sweet Heart Polish Club 33 from the Disneyland or Bust collection.



This polish is a mix of gold stars, green matte and holographic clovers and black Mickey Mouse heads with gold glitter and gold shimmer in a clear base. There is quite a lot going on with this topper, and because of that (and an application issue) I thought I would try it over two different base colors. Above, I painted two coats over Zoya Tracie and below I painted two coats over Essie The More the Merrier.



Application: This polish was on the thick side and you did have to fish for the bigger glitter pieces (the clovers and the Mickey pieces), but I think the unique glitter pieces make up for it. The final product looks great and heralding from Southern California, anything Disney and I'm a fan! I think I liked the topper slightly more over the light green Tracie polish than over the lime green The More the Merrier polish.

Where to purchase: Sweet Heart Polishes retail for $9-$10 and you can purchase them from her Etsy shop! The Disneyland or Bust collection features a number of glitter toppers featuring the Mickey glitter and some bow glitters as well!

This polish was provided to me for my honest review, and here you have it! 

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