Review: Nayll Custom Polishes

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Tomorrow is March 4th, officially named Star Wars day! In celebration of Star Wars day, I wanted to share a few nail polishes that I customed made on Nayll. Nayll is a website that allows you custom make polishes and name them as well. It is a really cool concept and I had tons of fun creating for of my very own polishes. Three of the polishes were inspired by Star Wars and the fourth by Princess Peach from Mario! I will have swatches as well as the ingredient I used to create each polish~!

Vader
This color is inspired by Darth Vader, one of my favorite Star Wars characters. This polish has a black jelly base, ruby red holographic squares, black holographic hex, black diamonds, silver flakes, and silver holographic hex. This is basically a black base with lots and lots of silver, black, and red glitter!I absolutely love how it came out. The swatch is one coat of a plain black nail polish and one coat of Darth Vader.

Pahlish Febuary Duo 'EXTERMINAAAATE!'

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Lately, I've been sort of obsessed with the indie nail polish brand Pahlish. The brand's recent Doctor Who inspired polishes are so freaking amazing! I can't even describe it in words ♥ In January, the owner released a the first part of a Doctor Who inspired polish collection as well as a nail polish duo. I purchased the first part of the collection (which I swatched and reviewed HERE), but I totally missed out on the January Duo. This month, however, I made sure to pick up the February duo inspired by the Daleks first! I do plan on getting the second part of the Doctor Who collection, but not right now. 

The February duo called 'EXTERMINAAAATE!' consists of two polishes: 'The Primary Order' (light cement grey with dark grey and bronze flecks) and 'The Crucible' (metallic glitter and metallic shimmer polish).

'The Primary Order' is delicate and wearable, but definitely not boring. It has a lovely mix of colors. It is opaque in two coats and it dries very quickly.

'The Crucible' is a glitter polish with different sizes and colors. It looks really good over 'The Primary Oder'! It is difficult to remove, but it is a glitter so that's no surprise. 

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Review: Pahlish All of Space and Time Collection

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And welcome to my 1000th post! Hooray!

Today I have quite a few nail polishes to share with you! I don't blog enough about nail polishes, but this collection is special because it is inspired  by Doctor Who! Where are the rest of you Whovians?! And not just that, but I have been dying to get some more polishes from Pahlish (I have two other polishes from them that are stunning!) so I bit the bullet and purchased the 6 polish All of Space and Time Collection. If you want to see swatches and a review, keep on reading :) And a little warning: my nail swatches aren't the best so please bear with me!

2013 Favorites: Indie Beauty Products

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2013 was a year of many new makeup purchases, and a year in which I discovered new favorites. I love indie makeup so very much and I wanted to dedicate an entire post to my favorite indie products of this year. I tried to pick the least amount of products as I could, so don't think that these were the only indie products I loved during 2013. These are not only my favorites, but also the products I used the most during the year. Enjoy :)

Lac Attack 'Hogwarts'

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I feel like September is the official month for Harry Potter, so let us have more magical things inspired by the wizarding world! This nail polish shade is from the Lac Attack Magical Musings collection and it is called 'Hogwarts'. And if you are anything like me, you probably wish Hogwarts was real so you could have gone to school there!

Hogwarts has a clear base with lots and lots of silver, red, green, and blue  glitters. The glitter in this is quite small, and one coat covers most of the nail. I used one coat over Sinful Colors 'Ruby Ruby' polish, but you can use Hogwarts on its own if you want to. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the glitter colors represent the four Hogwarts houses (except that maybe Hufflepuff gets silver?) I don't know, but either way this is stunning! The pictures really do not do it any justice. In person, the glitter is so reflective and it makes your nails look magical! Really lovely glitter. 10 points for Lac Attack!

Victorian Disco Cosmeitcs 'Zombie Flesh'

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I want to share an amazing indie nail polish find:  this awesome holographic nail polish from Victorian Disco Cosmetics. I am very much in love with VDC eyeshadows, but I think I just fell in love even more with VDC because of this incredible polish. This is 'Zombie Flesh', the first nail polish in the VDC line. 

'Zombie Flesh' is a seafoam green that has a holographic effect. The holo effect makes it look like a vibrant emerald green in some angles, and a muted minty green in others. It has the perfect formula as well as total opacity in two coats. It dries very quickly too.

I only have a mini size, but it is a perfect size to try out a color before committing to buy a full size. The only thing I would change is the fact that the mini size does not have a label on it. I would prefer to know the name of the polish and what brand it is from.

GlitterDaze 'My White Lighter'

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Is anyone else a fan of the show Charmed? I used to watch the show growing up, and I recently watched it again. GlitterDaze has a collection inspired by the show, and one color in particular caught my eye: My White Lighter. I also saw this color on Let Them Have Polish and I completely fell in love with it! Not only is it a gorgeous shade, but it also glows in the dark!

My White Lighter is has a sheer icy white base with insane amounts of icy blue glitter. The result is a beautiful minty white with glowing blue speckles. You can use this on its own, but I like how it looks over a plain white nail polish. In the photo above I used one coat of Lime Crime 'Milky Ways' with two coats of 'My White Lighter' on top.  I love how it looks! Below you can see how one coat of 'My White Lighter looks on its own:

I really love this! It is really unique and beautiful. If you want to see how it looks in the dark, check out Cristina's post~

Lac Attack 'Beauxbatons Academy'

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For all of those of you who are not aware, I attended Anime Expo 2013 this past weekend (which is why I have not posted anything in days!) I had so much fun and had such an amazing experience! I will post some pictures tomorrow to show you some of the things I saw at AX 2013. 

But now I am back home and ready to blog about some awesome polishes. I shared this swatch on my Facebook page, but I want to share it here as well. This is Lac Attack 'Beauxbatons Academy', a polish inspired by the amazing world of Harry Potter.

Beauxbatons Academy is a semi-sheer blue-toned white with bright blue, white, black, and yellow glitters. Because it is a white base, it is not the most pigmented nail polish. You will need 3 coats for full opacity. Two coats will give you a pretty but slightly sheer look. What makes this polish stand out is the mixture of blue and yellow glitter. The blue and yellow flecks look amazing against the off-white base. This polish does not look amazing on my skin tone, but I really do love the mixture of colors in this! As a Harry Potter fanatic, I am particularly digging this polish xD

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Until next time!

Indie Polish 'Tinkerbell'

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My obsession with indie nail polishes has grown so much these past months, and I have really enjoyed trying out new brands. One of my most recent discoveries is a Canada-based company called Indie Polish. I found them on Etsy (I absolutely love Etsy!!), and I have really enjoyed the two polishes I have purchased so far. 'Tinkerbell' was a recent purchase. I thought it was such a gorgeous glitter, I just had to share it with you all!

Tinkerbell is a sheer base with iridescent glitter, small and big, as well as a big blue glitters. It catches the light so amazingly and one coat is more than enough to look amazing on the nails. I think this was a limited edition color, although I really hope it is brought back because it is a really lovely polish! 

One coat of 'Tinkerbell' over two coats of OPI 'What's With the Cattitude?'

What do you think of this polish? Yay or nay?

Lac Attack 'Holidays in Hogsmeade'

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As I mentioned in an previous haul, I have been really excited about finally owning the Lac Attack Magical Musings collection (Harry Potter inspired nail polishes). I wanted to play around with them and see how I like them. The first color I reached for was 'Holidays in Hogsmeade'. This fun glitter has been calling my name so I just applied one coat over Covergirl's 'Orange Oasis' Outlast Glosstini.

Holidays in Hogsmeade is a transparent base with small-medium sized emerald green glitter, medium sized glitter, and large white glitter.  This glitter is very bright, fun, and definitely reminiscent of the holidays. Even though one coat has sparse glitter, the glitter stands out really nicely. The glitter dries very quickly and was not difficult to apply at all. You would be able to easily apply 2-3 coats for a more opaque coverage.

My first impression of Lac Attack is definitely a good one! Of course, I am being a bit biased because it is a nail polish inspired by Harry Potter! Can you blame me? The name is just so cute!

Indie Nail Polish Haul: HARE, Lac Attack, Glitter Daze, Pahlish, and More

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For the past month, I have been buying quite a few different indie nails polishes. I have been a little obsessed to be honest! Indie polishes are just so awesome!!!

1. Lac Attack Magical Musings Collection
Harry Potter inspired nail polishes! Enough said xD
I have been wanting since they came out, and I finally had the chance to wishlist it and get the entire collection~! Aren't they gorgeous?!

HARE Polish 'Dauphine of Decadence'

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Here is another HARE from my collection ♥ I absolutely adore HARE nail polishes!! Definitely one of my favorite nail polish brands~

Dauphine of Decadence is a mix of gold square glitter, gold circle glitter, and white circle glitter in a transparent base. This is a glitter polish and it works best over other nail polishes. The glitter is very smooth and easy to work with, and it adds a beautiful accent to the nails.

I used one coat of 'Dauphine of Decadence' over two coats of Rescue Beauty Lounge 'Smile'. You can definitely build this glitter up to opaquely cover the nail, but it would take at least two more coats.

Rainbow Polish 'Artoo'

Happy Star Wars Day! May the 4th be with you ^_^

 In the spirit of Star Wars Day, I applied a Star Wars inspired nail polish~ This is Rainbow Polish's 'Artoo' nail polish. 

Artoo has a transparent base with chunky white and blue glitter, and rainbow colored sparkles. I used two layers on my bare nails, but you can always layer this over another nail polish. My nails look a but yellow in the photos, sorry about that >_<" It looks amazing in person though :D I love it!

I hope all you all had a great Star Wars Day!

Sassy Tips Polish Custom Nail Polish

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I was contacted by Kat, the owner of a new indie brand called Sassy Tips Polish. She is starting up her business and asked me if I would wanted to order a custom polish that I could share with all of you. It sounded really fun, so I agreed. There are a couple of polish colors that I would love to see come into existence, one being a blue base with red glitter/shimmer. This color is the one that Kat made for me, and I am so very pleased with the result!