GlitterDaze Nail Polish Review

Good morning everyone, this year I've continued with the tradition of trying brands that are new-to-me so I can review them and share the results with you!



Today I have three beauties from GlitterDaze Nail Polish. I don't know how I originally missed The Marie Antoinette Collection, it came out in fall of last year, as I am obsessed with creme, flakie, holo combos – but I sure am glad I found it this year and can share with you my picks! And stay tuned because of course I've saved some nail art to complete the post!









First up we have GlitterDaze Chemise A La Reine. This is a lovely off white/light grey creme base packed with multicolored color shifting flakies with delicate holo pieces that shine throughout. The thing I love best about the creme/flakie/holo creations is that they look beautiful indoors and outside. The holo dances in the sun and the flakies bring the multicolored fun to life inside! Best of both worlds. The formula on this was great, opaque in two easy coats and the flakies lay flat on the nail!









Next we have GlitterDaze Eat Cake. This is a nice nude creme base packed with warmer pink to green to gold shifting flakies with those same delicate holo pieces. I think I would have preferred this polish more if it had multicolored flakies like Chemise A La Reine, only because this pulls warmer because of the color family and I prefer neutral rainbows over warmer color families. This had the same great formula and was opaque in two easy coats, however I did not heed the warning (which is on the shop listing) on this polish – it is a light stainer. Albeit it was only a slight stain, but you might want to double up on base coat, I had light pink nails after wearing this one out for a few days.









Finally we have GlitterDaze Versailles. This has a lovely dusty green creme base and is packed with green/blue/purple color shifting flakies and the same beautiful scattered holo pieces. I looooved the cooler colors in this, but I thought the colored base sometimes stole the show from the flakies. Either way this one was a stunner. Two easy coats, no staining at all. This polish reminded me of a mermaid or peacock, which is why I did added the following nail stamping to it.







Because of the flakies peacock qualities I decided to break out my most recent feather-y stamping plate I got from the Bundle Monster Festival Plates (BM-S301 to be exact), and stamped this fun feather image. I thought it matched pretty well with the base polish and it was a cute look!

Overall I was pretty impressed with the quality of these polishes. I haven't heard a whole ton about the GlitterDaze brand, but was happy with what I received in these beauties. Something about the holo in these, they aren't your typical holo pigment and I think that is what makes them stand out a bit in my large collection.

So share with me, have you tried out GlitterDaze before, what are your favorites?! What should I check out from them?!

Anchor & Heart My Friends, My Anchors Picks

Hey everyone! I've got good news and bad news. The bad news is my hockey team – the San Jose Sharks, lost in the Stanley Cup Finals. The good news – my schedule will no longer be bogged down so back to regular posting I hope!!!



Today I have three lovely polishes to share with you from the Anchor & Heart Lacquer My Friends, My Anchors collection, which is scheduled to restocked with some new releases Thursday June 16 at 9 p.m. ET. I purchased these three when the collection first came out, and with a restock imminent, I thought what better time to share with you these polishes but now?!









First up is Anchor & Heart Lacquer The Free Spirit. Yellows don't typically call to me but the extra sparkle in this one did for sure! It is a beautiful butter yellow crelly with subtle rainbow iridescent rainbow sparkle. That added sparkle really makes this yellow something special and makes it stand out and unique in my collection. The formula for this is on the thick side, I would do three thin coats for opacity.









Next we have Anchor & Heart Lacquer The Rock. This is a lovely darkened grey holo polish packed with iridescent purple and copper flakies which give it this lovely purple glow. Amazing forumla, applied perfectly in two coats. This polish is a stunner, I have nothing like it my collection and I just love that it has depth from the flakies and looks good indoors and out!









Finally we have this lovely bright stunner, this is Anchor & Heart Lacquer The Selfless. This is a pale minty blue creme that has the most gorgeous red shimmer that I promise is more prominent in person than what my photos capture. This red shifty shift is what attracted me to this polish in the first place. The formula on this was on the thicker side as well, was more of a crelly consistency. Stick with three thin coats (with drying time between) for optimal application.

I've been really impressed with Anchor & Hearth Lacquer lately. Her polishes have been unique and fun and Taryn, the shop owner, is a sweetheart as well. Don't miss out on the restock tomorrow, June 16, at 9 p.m. ET.

Anchor & Heart Lacquer – Etsy Shop – Facebook – Instagram – Facebook Fan Group

Summer Nails with Bundle Monster

Hey everyone Happy Friday. Sorry I've been so sporadic on my blog lately, the NHL playoffs and end of school year wrap up pieces at work have really put a crimp in my posting schedule. I've still been playing with polish in my off time, just haven't had the moments needed to craft a post!

But that changes today! Last week I received a Bundle Monster order and I just couldn't wait to put together a look using my new products!



To create this look I used Bundle Monster's new Electric Pastel Electro Glo Nail Stamping polishes, plate BM-S310 from the Festival Collection, Bundle Monster's new double-sided glass stamper, Painted Polish Midnight Mischief and ILNP My Private Rainbow X.



To start this look I painted a single coat of Midnight Mischief, a wonderful one-coat black creme polish. Then because it pains me a little to have a look that has no holo at all (even if it does boast neons), I added a coat of My Private Rainbow X to all my nails.



Then I placed a dab of each of the six Electro Glo stamping polishes over the stamping image and scraped a bit back and forth.



After picking up the image with the new clear stamper, I did my best to place the image on the nail. I know I probably could have done a little better, but to be honest when I was creating this I was in a hurry for sure!



Looking at it again now I can see that I was a little too excited about these stamping polishes and I didn't pick up the most crisp images. No fault of the stamper at all, just my excitement of the brightness and my bit of a hurriedness while creating these nails. This stamper is pretty cool, I had one other clear stamper, but the clear handle really does help you place the image perfectly a lot better.

To be honest I'm not the biggest fan of this being double sided because I'm always have to take out the side I'm not using so I can look through for placement. I do however like that each side comes with a protective cap.



So what do you think? It's really heating up here in California and all I can say is I'm super excited for the summer weather, things at work slow down a bit and I just love bright fun summer nails. These totally fit that bill I think! And these stamping polishes, for just $20 for the set of 6 are an absolute steal – the possibilities of what they can create are endless. I've got on a gradient base using some of them right now!

Edited to add, as of just posting this on IG I saw that Bundle Monster is having a sale this weekend on everything in their shop. 15 percent sitewide using the code Weekend15 – so seriously, what are y'all waiting for?!?!

Dreamland Lacquer HHC Relaunch

You guys it has been a WEEK! I wanted to get this post up on Wednesday but between graduation coverage at work, the Sharks playoffs and how hot it's been – I haven't had a minute to myself!!!

So let's get to the polish shall we?!



So last year, back when Dreamland Lacquer was Smitten Polish, Noelie (the genius behind the brand), worked with the ladies at Hella Holo Customs to release Smitten Polish Kenyan Sunset and Smitten Polish Bengal Tiger.

Well fast forward to now, under the new Dreamland Lacquer label, these polishes are once again available for preorder through June 10 but only if you are a member of the Hella Holo Polish Facebook Group.

I figured since I had purchased them the first time around and had never gotten around to actually blogging about them, now was the perfect time to do it and I thought it would be good to throw a little nail art look in there too!









First up we have the gorgeous Kenyan Sunset. This is a lovely raspberry colored holo polish with a strong linear holo finish. The polish is opaque in two easy coats, but the holo is so powerful it is almost a one coater!









Next we have the beautiful Bengal Tiger! This is a darker orange holo with that same strong linear holo finish. The polish is opaque in two easy coats, also almost a one coater like Kenyan Sunset. You guys, I have been longing for some oranges for quite some time now and this fulfills my need for some beautiful orange tones.









Now I have seen these as gradients quite a few times, so I thought I'd do something a little different with them. Since they are both almost one coaters I thought I'd see how they looked stamp. And wow, while they aren't insanely opaque, it still is striking. And of course I added a little dotticure on the other nails just to tie the whole look together.

To create the gradient stamp I used just one swipe of each polish over the stamped image and swiped away the excess back and forth a few times to create the gradient stamp.

That's all I have time for today guys because I'm about to head out and claim a parking spot for yet another graduation I have to cover. I've left all the appropriate links for Hella Holo and Dreamland below!

Hella Holo Customs – Facebook Group (to join email hellaholocustomercare@gmail.com with the topic 'JOIN')– Instagram 

Dreamland Lacquer – Shop – Facebook – Instagram – Facebook Fan Group

San Jose Sharks Playoff Nails

You guys, the San Jose Sharks are in the Stanley Cup Finals. You don't know how special that statement is to me. Their playoff run has been my life for the past 6 weeks.

They have never ever been to the finals, meaning they are the one of the top two teams in all of the National Hockey League. I know my nail friends aren't that excited about this, but you guys, this is such a special moment in my and my husband's life!

So of course I had to do some nails to commemorate this special experience.

I actually did these nails for Game 6 of the conference finals, which we have never won before either. Mike and I were at the game and I wanted to sport some unique fun supportive nails for my team.

I have been seeing pond manis all over the place and have always had the technique on my to do list for the longest time! So this is a pond mani using ILNP Harbour Island, another perfect Sharks teal! I started with one layer of Harbour Island, then stamped white sharks using a Bundle Monster plate, then I painted another layer of Harbor Island, then stamped black sharks using the same plate. I topped the whole thing off with another layer of Harbour Island.

I love the whole effect. It looks like sharks swimming in the water and they are out for blood. And my boys on the San Jose Sharks are out for blood, this is their year!!!! (I HOPE).

You see my team has had a really long history of performing so well in the regular season then falling short every playoff season. This year is different, this year they have proved everyone wrong and I'm just so happy to be here experiencing it all.

Want to know something else amazing. I did these nails LAST TUESDAY. It's not Monday, Memorial Day, and there isn't a chip on them! Can you believe it. I sported them all weekend for this girls weekend away I am wrapping up right now and I just took the above photo ten minutes ago.

The Sharks are starting Game 1 of the playoffs tonight and I can't wait to see them play! I'm nervous and excited and I just knew I had to get these nails up on my blog stat!

I hope you all had fabulous weekends, and sorry I'm gushing so much about my team, but you guys, it's the STANLEY CUP FINALS. AHHHHHH. Can't wait for tonight!!!!!