Sally Hansen - Jazzy Jade & Sea-ing Stars

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Today's post is about 2 Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear Jazzy Jade & Sea-ing Stars.

I love love the colours.

So despite my ragged cuticles (with work I don't know when I can repair them!) there's a ton of pictures below!!

Prepare yourself after the jump!

Indie Spotlight: Indie Polish

Hi Everyone,

This time it's my turn to try some Indie Polish polish :) If you haven't yet, check out Annie's swatches here!

Tanya from Indie Polish is a Canadian indie nail polish creator... So yay, I really do like supporting local / Canadian talent. She was really sweet and sent me 4 polishes for review. One that is easily going to be one of my go-to polishes ^_^.

Priti NYC Polish

 Launched in 2005 by Kim D'amato.  She created a luxury eco-friendly nail polish to parallel her efforts to switch to organic foods and health products. Let's just say HORRAY since Priti NYC is pretty amazing - it's 5 free and vegan! Free of Toluene, Dibutyl phthalate, formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin and camphor. It's quite fast drying and glossy.

 From personal experience, some of the formulas are a tad streaky but with top coat it's dries super smooth and extra shiny.

Application was pretty good and there's no problems in coverage or staining from the ones I've tried. Oh and a plus is due to it being 5 free, it's not freaking overwhelmingly stinky! haha. Being a person who usually puts on polish right before bed, that is a big bonus for me not having to smell nail polish as I try to sleep!

They also have a line just for all the little princesses in our lives, non-toxic and super adorable! they come in 8ml and is $9 on their website. You can check out the line here.

Ps. ALOT if not all of Priti NYC's products are non-toxic, non-carcinogenic, cruelty-free and vegan. Take a look at their Soy Nail Polish Remover.

Also it brings a BIG smile to my face when I read that Priti NYC is very active with various charities and community events which support women issues and the environment. 

If you want to know more information just click here. I just posted a bit of general information.

Before I begin, I would like to thank Priti NYC for this opportunity. The colours are just so amazing and it was a pleasant surprise to be getting these. They are SO ME and I just LOVE the colours. If you can't tell already I really like purple ;) hehe..

Also, this post is picture heavy hence the line break, why so many pictures you ask? because.. in different lighting the colour changes and they're all so nice I couldn't pick haha..

here we go!

Indie Spotlight: LynBDesgins Part 2

Hello again friends! It feels like ages since I've posted...work has been stressing me out lately and I haven't had time to really sit down and write. But don't worry I'm trying my best to get out of this slump because I have a lot of great stuff to share with you all in the near future.

Awhile back I reviewed a few of LynBDesigns polishes (post can be read here). Since then, Jenna has had some more awesome sales and Mir and I couldn't help ourselves to purchasing a few goodies.

Oobleck

Oobleck is from the "Many Colors of Suess" collection and is so awesome when you look at it in the bottle. It's this bright pale green with green micro shimmer. In the sun it is simply beautiful! In my swatch I used OPI Gargantuan Green Grape as my base colour as oobleck is on the sheer side. The formula was really great and the colour translated very well onto the nail. I believe I used two layers of Oobleck.

Let's Get Mawwied

Lets Get Mawwied is from the "Dweam Wiffim A Dweam" collection and has mutlti coloured pastel glitters in a white base. I was a little disappointed with this one, I found the polish to be very gloppy and difficult to apply. Even with the help of polish thinner I had to do three layers to rid of the bald patches. In the bottle the polish looked really cute and I was drawn in by the mix of the pastel glitters. It does take a bit of effort to apply but definitely worth it.

Click to see the bonuses Jenna sent us!

FACE Stockholm - Nail Polish in 78 & 135

*some pictures were taken quite a while ago and some were recent, hope that explains some of the differences in how I show off the products


I know when I say this someone will want to strangle me but yay it's almost autumn!! This is a time when I usually like to wear darker shimmery shades or what you can call more 'vampy'.  The two colours that I am going to show you totally fit!

They go on like butter, smooth and pigmented! Two coats and it's perfection. I do get a bit of wear around the 3rd-4th day but usually by then I have the urge to change colours anyway! One thing I don't like is that there's no names, only numbers ho-hum.

#78 is an amazing dark shade of velvety purple with a hint of brown and plum. Now when I say brown it's not like it can be classified under that but instead it has a flash shimmer of golden speckles which makes this quite a unique colour.
I used 1 coat of Essie Grow Faster and 2 Coats of #78 and 1 coat of China Glaze Fast Forward Top Coat.

excuse my ring finger haha! I had a tragedy.

#135 is a gorgeous forest emerald green. It is a shimmer colour so there is a bit of streakiness to it, but it's barely there. It goes on smooth and opaque in two coats. I have to say sorry, I took these pictures before when I had some weird dent in my nail and I feel it's all up in my face! But anyway...
I used 1 coat of Essie Grow Faster and 2 Coats of #135 and no topcoat if I remember correctly. It looks like I didn't really do a great job cleaning up either oopsies!! Before my cuticles were always bothering the heck out of me and greens/blues are the hardest to clean up so I think I just left a glorious mess for all to see.. my bad!

at night w/ flash

With flash

During the day, natural light

Natural light

All in all, FACE Stockholm has some great polishes. I definitely will be looking to purchase a few more. On the plus side.. they are not that pricey at all.. only $12 for 0.5 fl oz / 15 ml ! :D

You can check out their selection here!! They have over 100 colours and finishes to choose from!


oh one thing as I know it bothers a few of my friends.. their regular polish bottles are rectangular but their holographic ones are round!!!


Until next time,

Mir

These products were given in exchange for my honest review.

Butter LONDON - All Hail The Queen

Today's post is super exciting to me.. because I get to share with you...

*suspense*

MY FAVOURITE POLISH OF ALL TIME.
(I'm already on my 2nd bottle and I have one for back up. ^_^)

As you can tell from the post name, it's butter LONDON's All Hail The Queen!!!!

Now if you know me, there are tons of times when I probably exclaim how much I love a polish or super excited about a new release etc but time and time again.. I ALWAYS think about this one. (Is anyone else humming Always On My Mind?? ahaha no? okay just me!)
I am pretty sure I even once told butter LONDON Canada that if there was a zombie apocalypse, I'd bring this one with me.. yes this is what I think about during the commercials between Walking Dead..don't judge me!! haha.

removable cap!!

awesome brush!

I mean, who wouldn't... it's a perfect colour for any occasion.. job interviews (which I wear to every one; and that's why I have it on at the moment haha..), drinks with the girls, a drive to Starbucks, late night movie, tea time, when I feel like I don't know what to wear, meeting The Queen?? fighting zombies?? yeah any of those haha..feel free to add more.

Where would you wear this colour to?

I'm really happy this shade matches my skintone so well. If it doesn't for you, I also recommend trying out other shades butter LONDON offers (they have a ton!!). They did have a neutral collection out before called Starkers but they're LE and D/Ced by now.
All swatches are 1 coat Essie Grow Faster, 2 coats butter LONDON All Hail The Queen and 1 coat China Glaze Fast Forward Top Coat.
All Taken in natural light

 I feel my nails look a lot nicer when I wear it - more elongated, neat and clean! The subtle shimmer/holographic effect doesn't make this shade look dull and totally distracts me while I am writing this post!

It goes on silky smooth and opaque in just two thin layers!! I have great wear time with butter LONDONs, minimal tipwear in 4 days!! I would probably wear this forever (another plus on why I should have this in my zombie survival kit ;) )

Okay wow I rambled a lot but how could I stop? hehe..

Butter London: All Hail The Queen
3 Free Nail Lacquer - free of formaldehyde, toluene and DBP.
11ml / 0.4 fl oz
* Removable Cap.
A lovely opaque holographic beige AND at the right angle, there's a crazy pink flash shimmer. The flash shimmer is not really noticeable on the nail though (good for me ahha)...

It is a tad expensive priced at 17.50$CAD at Sephora, The Bay, Holt Renfrew etc but it's totally worth it :)!!!

Check out their Canadian site here
or follow them on Facebook (Canadian) here.

<3 Mir

Essie Naughty Nautical Summer 2013 Collection - Naughty Nautical

Since I saw press releases of Essie's 2013 collections, I loved everything I saw and was excited with the variety of colour Essie was bringing out in these collections!

One of the ones which caught my eye first was Naughty Nautical - a bright medium teal with a fine silver shimmer. A shimmer so fine, you can barely see it on the nail.

I just love love colours like these! It's so bright, it just screams summer!

Are you ready to take a look? Click below!

L.A. Splash - Overview

Hello Everyone!!

I hope everyone had a great mother's day weekend :)

Today I have quite a collection of LA Splash polishes or nail splashes (as they call it) to share with you. Recently LA Splash was featured in a  monthly subscription box called Lip Factory.

Fun :) (missing golden sea lion)

Unfortunately in Toronto, there are currently no stores which carries this US brand. But they do however, have their own official site which you can visit to purchase some LA Splash cosmetics! Details down below.

missing golden sea lion but just loving this picture!

Dare to make waves?

Click below for more!