BB Couture Audrey

Happy Friday dolls! Today I have pictures for you of a polish I wanted immediately after seeing it on a few blogs, since I'm a lover of all things yellow. BB Couture Audrey is a sheer sunny yellow filled with silver micro and bar glitter. The formula was thin, but not necessarily problematic. I used three coats in the pictures below.

I'm very surprised that I actually like Audrey because of the inclusion of bar glitter. I would love it even more if there was no bar glitter. I did try to get as few bars on the nail as possible, so maybe that's why they don't drive me crazy.

How do you feel about the bar glitter in Audrey? Hope you all have a safe and fun Labor Day weekend!

Summer Trends 2012 ~ Not-So-Mellow Yellow

Day Dresses

Hey dolls, the next summer trend that I'm loving from Refinery29 is Not-So-Mellow Yellow. Yellow is my favorite color and I'm always on the look out for new shades. While the formula on yellow polish can be problematic, I love the look way too much to stop wearing them. Here are a few of my mainstream picks!



My favorite yellow right now has to be Cult Nails Feel Me Up. I need to wear that one again.

Candeo Colors Jellybean

Hey dolls! I hope you all had a great weekend. Hubby and I just returned from an amazing vacation to Naples, FL. I wore Candeo Colors Jellybean the entire time we were there. Jellybean was one of the first indie polishes that I stalked. It is a soft yellow jelly base filled with an array of colored hexagonal and microglitter. The formula was absolutely amazing! I had no issues getting the glitter to disperse on the nail and it dried to a relatively smooth finish.

A yellow jelly with glitter that doesn't look overly chunky...Jellybean has my heart! I can already tell this is going in my top polishes of the year. The formula has held up extremely well; I've had it on since Thursday with no chips, even after the beach. If you're a yellow polish lover like me, you really need Jellybean. On another note, how adorable are the Nine West wedges in the fashion board above?!? I picked them up over the weekend during the BOGO 50% off sale.

I'll leave you all with a couple of beautiful pictures from Naples.

Day of fun at the beach

We saw dolphins during our sunset cruise on the Gulf of Mexico

Panoramic view of the sunset during the boat cruise

Our final night at the pier

Pure Ice Vinyl Remix Polishes

Hey dolls, today I have for you a review of the Pure Ice Vinyl Remix Art in Motion crackles. A few months ago, Bari Cosmetics sent out a request for bloggers who would like to review these polishes and I signed up. While I know most people are over crackles, these are not the norm. The Pure Ice Vinyl Remix  crackles come as a duo set with a Platinum Magic white base coat and the colored crackles. All of the crackles look black in the bottle; you can only tell the difference by the color of the label. First, you have to apply a coat of the Platinum Magic white base. The magic actually occurs when the crackle is applied, as the base changes colors. The formula on all of the polishes was thick, but manageable. I applied one coat of the white base and a relatively thick coat of the crackles for each photo below. The crackles dry to a matte finish, so I applied a top coat. Unfortunately, the Color Club top coat made the crackles bleed a little bit.

Up first is Rave, the orange crackle.

DJ Spinner is the green crackle.

Vintage Remix is the purple crackle. This photo was taken quickly in my light box, so it's not as good as the others.

Emcee Me is the yellow crackle. I wore this one for several days and got lots of compliments. I always forget that everyone isn't engrossed in the nail community, so some people still really love crackles or aren't that familiar with them.

To close this post out with a bang, I wanted to do a rainbow crackle mani. I didn't think I would like this nearly as much as I did. I ended up doing this on both hands and I'm still wearing it as I type this post.

Overall, I think the Pure Ice Vinyl Remix polishes are pretty cool. They were easy to use and cracked well, no matter how I applied it. These polishes are available at Walmart. The only downfall is that they come in duo sets with the white base coat and a crackle. Therefore, you would have multiple bottles of the base coat if you wanted all of the crackles. I'm not sure of the price because I didn't see these on Walmart's website, but Pure Ice polishes are usually pretty inexpensive.
*Update...I've heard from some polish friends that these are $6.97 per duo.*

Have these polishes made you rethink crackles?

*Products in the post were provided by PR for review*

A Englands Dragon & Holy Grail Stripes

Hey dolls! Happy St. Patrick's Day! I don't celebrate the holiday, but I like wearing green nail polish so here is the look I went with for the day. Dragon is the other A England I chose to purchase from The Legends collection. Dragon is a hunter green that is filled with scattered holographic particles. As typical of A Englands, the formula was flawless. It was opaque with one coat, but I added another just out of habit. You'll definitely want to click to enlarge these photos.

 

Dragon absolutely sparkles in the sunlight! I'm so glad I ordered this one. To make it a little more festive, I added some stripes with A England Holy Grail and striping tape. Holy Grail is a golden yellow metallic that was opaque with two coats.

One piece of tape didn't pull up cleanly, but I still like the way this turned out. Holy Grail looks really good paired with Dragon.

Are you wearing green on your nails today?

Pink Wednesday ~ Zebra Stamping

Hey dolls, I really didn't want to take off Cult Nails Feel Me Up quite yet, so I decided to add some pink stamping. I used the zebra image from the Bundle Monster 223 plate and Color Club Hot Like Lava. These foils are great for stamping if you haven't tried them out yet.

I am aware that this is by no means perfect stamping, but I like it. I have to work more on image placement so that it comes out neatly. I'm going to attempt to practicing stamping before taking old manis off...that way if it's a fail I won't mind since I'm taking it off anyway.

Happy Hump Day!

Cult Nails Feel Me Up

Today I'm wearing one of the limited edition beauties from the Cult Nails Black Friday sale. I love yellow polish, so I had to have Feel Me Up. Feel Me Up is a perfect buttercup yellow creme-jelly hybrid. The formula was one of the best I've ever used for a yellow. It was opaque (at least to my standards...I can deal with a little VNL) with 2 coats for the most part. I had to do 3 coats on a few nails to make sure it wasn't patchy near the cuticles.

 

Feel Me Up reminds me of two wonderful fashion looks:

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Paula Patton looks stunning in this gown above, as it perfectly compliments her skin tone. As you can see, J-Lo inspired the board above (I've been lusting after a yellow coat since seeing this look). Feel Me Up is such a gorgeous yellow!  I tend to wear bright colors to brighten my mood, and Feel Me Up worked for sure.The only thing that could have made it better would be if a little shimmer was included. Maybe I'll ask Maria about that over on the Cult Nails facebook fanpage. I definitely think this color should be released in an upcoming collection for all of the yellow lovers! 

Are you a yellow lover like me???

China Glaze Trendsetter

I just want to give thanks to all of the veterans and those still serving for their commitment to our country.

Today I'm wearing China Glaze Trendsetter from the Metro Collection. This is a greenish yellow creme with a slight golden shimmer that definitely falls into the ugly pretty category. The formula was awesome and Trendsetter was opaque with 2 coats.

I definitely had to look at this shade on myself for a little while before I started to like it. The more I look at it, the more I'm feeling it. Every time I see or hear the words ugly pretty I think of Tyra Banks and America's Next Top Model. :)

Do you have any ugly pretty shades in your stash?