Del Sol- Trick or Treat

Happy Halloween everyone! I don't have much time to write this post as I waited until right when I needed to go to sleep to start it, but I wanted to share this awesome polish with you. It's the perfect Halloween polish!

You've probably heard of those gimmicky polishes that change color in the sun right? Well, this is one of those. But it's WAY better than what you're probably thinking of. Out of UV light, the color is tiny orange and holographic glitter in a clear base. But out in the sun the clear base turns into a deep, dark black. It's so cool!

This polish is sold on Del Sol's website. It usually sells for $10, but right now it's $7.50. I rarely buy backup bottles because I never use up a bottle of polish, but I'm greatly tempted this time.

This is three coats with base and top coat.

Del Sol Trick or Treat

This is in the shade before the sun had a change to change the color.

Del Sol Trick or Treat

I took this one the instant I stepped into the sun and you can see the polish has already started to darken.

Del Sol Trick or Treat

This is about half way through the transition.

Del Sol Trick or Treat

And this is the darkest the polish gets. I almost wish it looked like this all the time! A bad thing about this polish is that you can't see the polish on your cuticles until you get out in the sun and it turns black!

Del Sol Trick or Treat

Here is the polish in the shade before the base starts fading back to clear.

Oh, and GIF TIME!

So any plans for Halloween? Not for me, I'm just going to stay home and be boring. Like usual! ;)

Rainbow Honey- The Yokai Collection

I have been drooling over polishes from indie seller Rainbow Honey for months now, so when I was given the opportunity to review the newest collection I jumped at the chance. The three new polishes, part of the Yokai collection, are limited edition and a unique twist on a traditional Halloween collection. According to the infallible and omnipotent Wikipedia "Yokai are a class of supernatural monsters from Japanese folklore". Pretty cool idea for a collection right? These polishes had a lot to live up to in my mind, and they definitely did not disappoint. Take a look!

Rainbow Honey The Yokai Collection

I think these polishes and my two Chanels are the only ones that have come in boxes. Really awesome, professional packaging. I'm impressed!

Rainbow Honey The Yokai Collection

All swatches are two coats of polish with top coat.

Rainbow Honey Kawako

Kawako- "The mischievous river child". This polish is a shimmery navy base with silver glass-like flecks and iridescent flakies. Because of the opacity of the base the flakes don't show up much, but do give a little flash every now and then. This polish is on the thicker side and it helps to let the first coat dry a little bit before applying the second.  I've tried a lot of dark blue based polishes with silver glitter over the years and this is by far my favorite. It manages to to both fresh and unique.

Rainbow Honey Kawako

Rainbow Honey Kitsune

Kitsune- "The magical white fox". This polish is a sandy tan base with gold shimmer and red, holographic, and gold glitter with smaller specks of glitter that look black in the picture above. Whew, this one was hard to describe. Like Kawako this polish runs on the thick side. However, it is one the coolest, most unique polishes I have.

Rainbow Honey Kitsune

Rainbow Honey Oni

Oni- "The malevolent, wild demon". This polish is a blackened base chock full of tiny irregularly-shaped gold and purple glitter flakes. The glitter does look predominantly gold, but for some reason my camera refused to pick up the purple. This one had the best formula of the three and was completely smooth- not thick or lumpy at all. It's is absolutely stunning and has a lot of depth and dimension even in the shade.

Rainbow Honey Oni

The collection will be released at rainbowhoney.com on October 13th at 12:01 AM EST. The polishes sell for $10 (a great price for a bottle of completely unique polish. You won't find any dupes for these!) and remember, the collection is limited edition. The biggest test when reviewing something that was sent to you is asking yourself, "Would I have bought this if it hadn't been sent to me?" And for me, and this collection, the answer is a resounding YES. I absolutely love the collection. I like the explosion of indie polish companies and their many unique products, but I do get tired of seeing endless collections of multicolored glitter in a clear base. These polishes are unique and opaque in 2 coats.

So what do you guys think? Do you have any polishes from Rainbow Honey? Do you plan on picking any of these up?

Disclosure: I was provided these polishes for consideration by Rainbow Honey. My opinions are my own and as always, my first priority is you lovely people who read my blog.

My NOTD Says I'm Hardcore Yet Girly

Well, my nails say that, but I'm neither hardcore or girly. I wonder what a mani would look like to represent who I really am- open minded with the sense of humor of a 13 year old boy. Probably OPI's fart polish. I am not ashamed of it. I'm 25 years old and "potty humor" gets me every time.

Anyway, I absolutely loved this mani. I've never done an accent nail before. I used OPI's Metallic 4 Life on all fingers but my ring finger, and Revlon's Starry Pink as the accent nail. Both polishes are silver glitter in a base and have large hex glitter. The Revlon only has one other small size of glitter while the OPI had several different sizes.

Metallic 4 Life is from the Nicki Minaj collection. Every time I see the name I think it says Metallica 4 Life, which would actually make me love the polish more. Metallica is the shit, while Nicki Minaj I can't really say as I don't even think I've heard one her songs all the way through, so I won't judge. Just doesn't seem like my thing. I would really love a Metallica nail polish collection though. Like an acid green with gold shimmer called Battery or a blue jelly with green glitter called Orion (Master of Puppets is my favorite album).  This color would have been perfect for it, too. But, I digress.

PICTURE TIME!

This was 2 coats of OPI Metallica 4 Life and 4 coats of Revlon Starry Pink with base and top coats.

What do you guys think? Is there too much contrast between the two colors? Oooh, know what would look cool as an accent nail with Metallic 4 Life? China Glaze's Fortune Teller. Don't you think?

Halloween Nails with China Glaze Fortune Teller

For some reason I thought it would be a good idea to wear my Halloween nail polish the week before Halloween. I haven't worn China Glaze's Fortune Teller in at least year and forgot how much I love it. It's the perfect Halloween polish and one of my favorite from China Glaze. In fact, it was my first China Glaze ever. I remember going in to Sally Beauty Supply just to get it like 5 months after my nail polish obsession began. I just wish it hadn't been limited edition!

My nails still aren't in great condition, but I love this polish so much I had to share.

China Glaze Fortune Teller

Fortune Teller is famous for how amazing it looks matte. It is actually my favorite way to wear it.

China Glaze Fortune Teller

I've seen Fortune Teller on eBay for around $10, so if you really love the color it might be worth it.


Thank you for reading and have a great day/night/whatever!

Black Jelly Glitter Puke Franken

My boyfriend convinced me to watch Goodfellas and now he's giving me the "hurry up" looks so I better hurry and finish this post. Doesn't he know that blogging comes before everything?!  This makes like 3 nail posts in a row, but I'm obsessed with making frankens.  So here is my black jelly glitter puke franken.

This is 2 coats with base an top coats.

Taken in the sun

Sorry for the bit of tip wear. I decided it would be a good idea to wash the dishes right after painting my nails.  It has a jelly finish but I only needed 2 coats to reach opacity.

Remember this picture? All those 6 polishes in the background are the ones I used to make this polish, along with about 20 drops of a black creme.

Taken in the shade.

This wasn't super lumpy either. I only needed one coat of Seche Vite to make it smooth and shiny.

macro shot

So what do you think? I've really been loving the holo frankens, but I like this one just as much or even better!


Thank you for reading and have a great day/night/whatever!

Week 8: Shopping my Stash for Untried Polish- NYX Girls Collection Noir

Disclaimer: As you are probably aware, there was a big incident involving NYX Cosmetics.  Due to their lack of customer service and questionable business practices I cannot recommend buying directly from them.  If you wish to purchase NYX products I would recommend Cherry Culture, Beauty Joint, or Ulta.

I forgot to bring any untried polishes with me on vacation besides this one. I just got it last week, so it IS an untired, but still sort of cheating for me to use it when I'm trying to go back through all the polishes I've had forever and never used.  See?  I told you guys I buy polishes faster than I can use them.  Next week I'll try and get back on track by showing a polish I've had for at least a year and have never used. I have plenty left. (Look here to see what I've worn previously of my untrieds.)

And look, I chopped off my nails!  I think I have a few more swatch pictures with my longer nails, but they're short now.  And my nails were never super long, but it was getting hard to type with them, so I hacked 'em off.

This was 3 coats of Collection Noir with base and top coat.

NYX Girls Collection Noir in the sun

This a black creme base with primarily gold shimmer, but there is also some green and copper and a few other colors thrown in.

NYX Girls Collection Noir in the shade

My mood has the tendency to change quickly, sometimes instantly after I apply my polish.  This time I put it on and was instantly bored with it.  Sometimes I crave something understated, but now now.  So what did I do?  Why, I slapped some glitter on top of course.

First I use one coat of China Glaze 5 Golden Rings, which is just gold micro glitter in a clear base.  Of course that STILL wasn't blingy enough for me so I used one coat of China Glaze Golden Enchantment, which is a sparse gold holographic micro glitter in a clear base.  Okay, now I'm happy. :)


Thank you for reading and have a great day/night/whatever!

Shimmery Drugstore Layering Polishes for less than $2

Nowadays there are tons of glitter layering polishes at the drugstore.  I can think of 3 from Wet n Wild's 99 cent polish line alone.  Finding a nice shimmery layering polish is a bit trickier because most of the time they just look like boring sheers in the bottle.  But man, oh man, when you layer them over a dark polish they really will pop.  It takes some experimenting to find a sheer polish that is sheer enough to layer well without being streaky and ugly.  Here are a few from the drugstore that I've found.  To further challenge myself, I only used polishes that were $2 and under!

All of these are layered over 1 coat of Wet n Wild's Black Creme.  Seriously, this is the only black polish you will ever need- it's cheap, and it's opaque in one coat.

Sorry these are a bit messy.  I decided I wasn't in the mood for swatching AFTER I had already started.  And of course I was too stubborn to stop and too lazy to do clean up on my nails.  Also I'm too stubborn to do the swatches over again, haha.

Pure Ice- Busted

Taken in the sun

 This is one coat of Busted.  It has a subtle duochrome look to it but I wasn't able to capture it. :-/

Taken in the shade

Wet n Wild- Teal of Fortune

Taken in the sun

This is one coat.

Taken in the shade

Sinful Colors- Glass Pink

Taken in the sun

This is one coat.  It's almost too opaque to use for layering, but it still looks pretty cool.

Taken in the shade

   Pure Ice- Heart Breaker

Taken inside with the flash

 This is 3 coats, but it still looks pretty awesome with two and even one.  This one is a must own- it's a duochrome ranging in color from bright emerald green to a medium blue.  I have 5 pictures of this just to show you its range.

Taken in the sun

Taken in the shade

 You can see both the blue and the green on the nail here.

Taken in the sun

Taken in the sun

NYC- Love Letters

Taken in the sun

Here is one coat.

This one is my favorite.  It looks like a boring pink sheer in the bottle but it is actually a glass-fleck duochrome changing from pink to teal.  I can't remember where I first heard about the awesome powers of this polish, but whoever discovered it- thank you!

Taken in the shade

Available:

• Pure Ice retails for $2.00 and is sold at Walmart
• NYC is $0.99 and is sold at drugstores
• Sinful Colors retail for $1.99 and is sold at drustores (I've seen it at Walgreens and Target)
• Wet n Wild FastDrys retail for $1.99 and are sold at drugstores

Thank you for reading and have a great day/night/whatever!

Zoya Ki over Color Club Revvolution

Zoya Ki is a beautiful polish on its own, but its a little sheer.  I am obsessed with layering polishes so I decided to layer a duochrome (Zoya Ki) over a holographic (Color Club Revvolution).  As you will see, the holo doesn't show up really under Ki but it gives it some depth and sparkle that wouldn't be there layered over a black creme.

Zoya Ki is a purple and green duochrome shimmer and Color Club Revvolution is a soft black, dark charcoal holographic.  Both polishes are a must own in my opinion!

I'll show the polish under several different lighting conditions so you can see the elusive beauty of Ki.  This is 1 coat of Ki over 2 coats of Revvolution.

Full sun

Shade

This one shows off the purple and green duochrome really well.

Under a light bulb

Flash

Available:

• Zoya retails for $8.00 and is available on zoya.com
• Color Club retails for around $3.00 at retailers such as
• Victoria Nail Supply
• Trans Design

Thank you for reading and have a great day/night/whatever!