Saturday, January 19, 2013

Liquidus Nail Gloss Swatch and Review!

Good morning, readers! I have a new-to-me indie polish brand to share with you today! It's called Liquidus Nail Gloss! Here is what the owner, Danielle, had to say about her brand:

 "Where nature meets nail polish.
Liquidus is where crystal meets liquid, where trends meet fashion, where nature meets nail polish. Geology runs in my family so all of our nail polishes are inspired by rocks, gems, and minerals. We hand mix and hand pour every bottle to ensure each one meets our standards. All of our nail polishes are 3-Free (free from Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP), Formaldehyde and Toluene). And all of our nail polishes ship in ecofriendly packages that can be composted and are 100% biodegradable. "
I absolutely love learning the inspiration behind nail polishes and I think the Liquidus brand has a very cool inspiration! I loved Geology in college and love how these ideas have translated into polishes. 
Here are the three polishes that Danielle was kind enough to send to me:
Sunstone, Smithsonite, and Peanut Wood.

Let's start off with Smithsonite! This is in my range of favorite colors so I was really excited to receive this one! It's a gorgeous aqua shimmer "inspired by the pearly aqua mineral" it was named after. It is a bit on the frosty side because it is jam packed with the shimmer,  but the brushstrokes weren't too noticeable. I personally don't mind a bit of a frosty look and love colors like that for layering glitters over! I'm showing 3 coats below with top coat and have no issues to report at all. 




Next up is Sunstone! This is "inspired by the pale translucent gemstone and combines hues of light yellows and pale pinks." This was also a little frosty but nothing that would deter me from wearing it again. It's so shimmery and yet subdued and less "in your face" than a typical gold polish. It is a delicate and work appropriate color and even my husband commented on how nice it was. I am showing three coats below with top coat. No issues to report.




And finally we come to the glitter of the group, Peanut Wood. "Inspired by the brown and white petrified wood," it is a brown jelly base with two sizes of white square glitters. I loved this one once it was on much more than I expected to. The color combination is really awesome and I loved how the brown base was opaque enough to only need 2-3 coats and yet sheer enough to not cover the white glitter too much and make them muddy looking. I'm showing 3 coats below with top coat and have no issues to report. I didn't really have to dig for the bigger glitter and they covered to almost smooth with just one coat of top coat. When I showed this to my husband, he told me it looked like s'mores! 




So tell me your thoughts on these three Liquidus Nail Glosses! Which is your favorite, least favorite, etc? 

Liquidus polishes can be purchased for $6 (.25 fl oz) and $9 (.5 fl oz) at the Etsy Shop below.

Thanks for reading!

*The polishes in this post were sent for me to review with my honest opinion.


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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Ninja Polish Nebula!

Hello, readers! It's been a few days since I've had a post up, would you believe I just took off my finger paint manicure today? It was barely chipped! I can't believe the wear time I got with that--4 days! I didn't have time for nail art tonight but wanted to try out some of my new polishes so I did a simple accent nail manicure. I love how sparkly it is!

Zoya Aurora is gorgeous and makes a wonderful base color for Ninja Polish Nebula! I chose to leave some accent nails of just Aurora because it was too pretty to completely cover up. Ninja Polish Nebula is super awesome as well! Multichrome AND scattered holo glitters?! Check it out!



Ninja Polish Nebula macro. I see tons of colors: gold, orange, pink, purple, blue, and teal!

Macro of Zoya Aurora. Look at those holo specks!

A fun, gorgeous, bottle shot of Nebula!

I used:
Duri Rejuvacote
2 coats of Zoya Aurora
3 coats of Ninja Polish Nebula
1 coat of Poshe top coat

What do you think of these two new polishes? Do you have them already?

Ninja Polish Nebula is $9 and is currently in stock at Ninja Polish! Click HERE to buy yours!

Zoya Aurora is $8 and is currently in stock at Zoya.com. Click HERE to buy yours!

Thanks for reading!
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Saturday, January 12, 2013

The Digit-al Dozen DOES Art: Fingerpaint Design!

Hello, readers! Well, it's the last day of Art week! This was a challenging week and I am looking forward to seeing what we all come up with for next month's challenge.

However, I am SO in love with my mani I am showing you today, so I guess I saved the best for last. Once again, I asked my wonderful husband for help picking a theme for today's art inspired mani. He is so good to me, and has the best ideas! He hopped on google images for a bit and we both saw this finger painting image and knew it would be really cool to do on nails!


It took some trial and error but once I figured out that doing a needle marble with jelly polishes instead of cremes worked so much better, it was amazing!! I was planning on only doing my swatching hand in this design and then trying out my new Zoya's from the recent promo, but after I saw how it was turning out, I had to do it as a full mani. I can't stop staring at my nails! Is it too early to pick my favorite nail art of the year? LOL



Here is how I did it:

Base Coat of Duri Rejuvacote
1 coat of Milani White on the Spot

One nail at a time:
1 coat of Essie Marshmallow
Random blobs on the nail of:
 OPI Do You Think I'm Tex-y?
 OPI Ya'll Come Back Ya Hear?
 Zoya Frida
 Nfu-oh JS13
Smallest dotting tool dragged through the color blobs to swirl them together
Poshe top coat

It was seriously so amazingly easy to do these nails! What do  you think? Here is a recap of the entire Art Week:


Thanks for reading!



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Friday, January 11, 2013

Maya Cosmetics Spam!

Hello readers! I have three new Maya Cosmetics polishes to show you today! They are gorgeous and I really love them!

Graceless Lady, For Michelle, and Flyin' Solo.

First up, we have my favorite of the group, Graceless Lady. It is described as a "blue-gray base with silver sparkle, hints of blue and purple spakle, and subtle scattered holo." It's gorgeous and I really love it on my skintone. This is only 2 coats with no top coat. I had no issues with application and really want to put this polish back on. 


In direct light to show off the subtle holo.


Onto For Michelle. This is a very special polish to the creator of Maya Cosmetics, Kat. It is in remembrance of her friend who suddenly passed away last year.  All profits from For Michelle will be split between Wounded Warriors Project and Fisher House. How awesome is that? It's described as a "Rosy Red with subtle pink and silver shimmer." The shimmer is so pretty! It could be a one coater, but I put a second for good measure. Shown without top coat. No issues to report.



Gorgeous subtle shimmer!

And lastly, we come to the glitter-- Flyin' Solo! It is a sort of "anti-valentine's day" polish with a "mix of gunmetal, blue/purple iridescent, and black glitters and shards, plus red holo and black hearts!" It is Limited Edition so get it while you can! I love the mixture of glitters here, this is just one coat over For Michelle! Packed and the hearts mostly came out on the brush without me having to dig! I'm showing with one coat of Maya Smoothing Coat.


I love the use of black and red hearts!

What do you think of these new Maya Cosmetics polishes? Which is your favorite? 

Maya Cosmetics polishes can be purchased for $8 a bottle until Jan 31st. They are going up to $9.50 a bottle in February. You can find out more about the changes coming to Maya here on the blog: http://maya-cosmeticsnews.blogspot.com/2013/01/upcoming-changes.html 


Thanks for reading!

*The polishes in this post were sent for me to review with my honest opinion. 


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Thursday, January 10, 2013

The Digit-al Dozen DOES Art: Light Art!

Hello readers! It's Day 4 of Art Week and I like thinking of things that are different than typical paintings and such. I asked the hubby for some ideas and he thought it would be cool if I wrote a word across my nails to represent "light art". Do you know what I'm talking about? A long exposure photograph taken and someone drawing in the air with a flashlight and the photo captures a line wherever the flashlight has been? Here is an example I got from google images:


Here is what I was able to come up with. I wish my neon color showed up more neon, but all in all I like it!



I used:
Duri Rejuvacote
Milani Black Swift
Striper brush and Milani White on the Spot
Striper brush and Dare Natural Flirt
NYC Grand Central Station top coat

What do you think? Thanks for reading! Come back tomorrow for the final day of Art Week!



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