LynBDesigns Eloquent Dust and Kleancolor Chunky Holo Candy

So here is my post on LynBDesigns Eloquent Dust and Kleancolor Chunky Holo Candy.

First off, I really didn't think I would like Kleancolor Chunky Holo Candy at all. I am not what you would call a pink girl. That being said this is a heck of a pink. I figure if you're going to go for pink, you better make it a neon!



I'm going to first start off with the basic picture of this, without flash on the left and with flash on the right.
When I say basic, I don't mean that the polish is basic however; it is one h-e-double hockey sticks of a grey polish! It has tiny grey shimmers in the base, which gives it depth. So beautiful!

Just in case you are wondering where the name "Eloquent Dust" came from, LynBDesigns named it based on the Sherlock Holmes series. Now for me, as for Jennalyn behind LynBDesigns, dust isn't normally classified as 'eloquent,' but one look at this polish and you definitely change your tune. :)


Ever since I got my matte polish (I Love Matte by ILNP) I have become obsessed with matteing (my new word) up manis.



This is a beautiful matted polish. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to show it in this picture, but it still does show those beautiful tiny flickers of grey glitter even when mattified. :)







Luckily, because of the bottle shots, I was able to fully show you the glitters!

Look at all of them!!!
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(In case you couldn't tell, they are on the left :P)

So here's my second mani!

I took Kleancolor Chunky Holo, treated the polish like a french manicure polish, and painted my nails pink!!!






 
I do have to say if you are in the mood for a pink, (I mean a robust hot pink) then look no further, it's Candy to the rescue!

My last mani of the day!

I just went nuts and painted all of my fingers in Candy.

Isn't it one heck of a hot pink?

You can grab LynBDesigns' Eloquent Dust and other amazing polishes at her etsy store here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/LynBDesigns


P.S. She has a coupon code (NIFTYFIFTY) for 50% off of your entire order through Friday! Minimum purchase is one polish of 8 dollars, so it's like getting an amazing polish for 4 bucks!!

As always, hope you enjoyed this post!
If there is anything you would like to see or would like to see more/less of, let me know! I want to hear every idea, no matter how big or small!

Until next time,
Peace,
Rikya

Review of Pretty and Polished Sweet Mint Bath Bomb and I'm Wonka for Willy Nail Polish

First off, this is a review post!
I love doing review posts because:
1) It lets me show you guys new things, such as nail polish and bath bombs in this case,
 and 2) It makes me feel special that people want my opinion :)

So without further ado, here is my review post of some Pretty and Polished products. (By the way, I will be linking to the where you can buy Sweet Mint Bath Bomb and the I'm Wonka for Willy Nail Polish at the bottom).

I recieved this blogger sample in the mail.

First off, I love love LOVE minis so I was super thrilled to get this package in the mail!

Let's start off with the bath bomb. The sweet mint scent is amazing, although I did get more of a citrus-y vibe from it. Nevertheless, the scent would make anyone want to take baths, rather than showers more often. If I could, I would bottle the fragrance and wear it everywhere!! In addition, it made a big difference on my skin.

See below!

So below are pictures of before and after my hands after using the bath bombs on my hands.
Do you see the difference between the two photos? I saw a pretty big difference between before and after.
It made my skin feel smooth and super soft!

Now we should move onto the nail polish!
This is I'm Wonka for Willy! I swear this is one muy caliente polish! (Not just because it is color-changing)
Yes you heard it! Color-changing!!

So I am going to give you what it looks like as is in the bottle.

To the left is the bottle shot. 

I just want you guys to see how beautiful this polish is.  

To the right is a macro shot of the bottle.
I did this so that you guys could see the purple glitters in the polish that isn't so evident in the bottle shot picture.
It's such a beautiful polish~ I just hope I do it justice!

So the polish is colder in the bottle than it is on my nails, so that's why it comes out this beautiful sage green color.
Here's two coats with no top coat.
I just loved the way it came out, so I didn't even bother!

Here's the same mani with a matte top coat! It makes it great! It makes the glitter pop more I think.

So I wanted to show you guys the color changing nature of this polish, so here you go!

I did promise you above that I would link you to these amazing products, so here they are:
http://www.shopprettyandpolished.com/collections/balms-and-creams/products/sweet-mint-bath-bomb
http://www.shopprettyandpolished.com/collections/color-changing/products/im-wonka-for-willy

Hope you enjoyed this post!

Until next time,
Peace, 

Rikya

Models Own Beetlejuice Collection

Hey guys! Here's my Models Own Beetlejuice Collection post!!!

So let's get to it!
I bought five of the Models Own polishes and the Ninja Polish from Jenna over at I'm Still Thinking. She is a wonderful lady and let me have these even though they were part of her collection.
(Piece of advice: follow her on facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/JennasThinking?ref=br_rs. From time to time she has grab bags. Dear goodness these are amazing things! She often has ones that are way worth your while, with polishes (name brand and indie for like a dollar each!!)

Anyways back to the pretties~
So from the left is:

~Models Own:
     ~Purple Blue
     ~Emerald Black
     ~Aqua Violet
     ~Pinky Brown
     ~Golden Green
~Ninja Polish Pinkerbell

First off, is Purple Blue. As with all of these polishes, they are duochrome, so that off the bat makes them 100% more awesome!

Next would come Emerald Black, but I had such a tough time getting it to show up that I omitted it from this post. Sorry :(

Next comes Aqua Violet! For an easy way to tell the differences between the polishes I have included a mani on the right that has tips of all of the colors. ( Hope this helps!)

Just in case you didn't figure it out, I took a lot of pics with Aqua Violet, because it is just the most beautiful polish. You get the hint of purple, which I swear is like a ninja color, because it pops out when you least expect it.
These pictures I took with Ninja Polish's Pinkerbell. I think the blue base really accentuated the other colors in the polish. The red and yellow pops against the blue background,
yet even the darker blue has a chance to shine as well!
So here are the last two pictures of Aqua Violet (I promise!)
A bottle shot and my nails in all their glory! :)












Next we have Pinky Brown. Ladies and gents, if you need a more subdued color, more for work, but still enough glam for a party, look no further than this color!

It is full on amazing stuff! As with all of these colors, two coats make your nails look like a million ruby colored dollars!















I also wanted to show the difference with and without flash. I think the brown comes out a little more with the flash and the red is more prominent without.







And lastly, (but not leastly) we have the Golden Green shade! First off, it reminded me very much of the OPI shade Just Spotted the Lizard, although this is a lighter and brighter shade than that.
What I loved most about this shade was that it was far easier to see the duochrome and capture it by picture than the other five.

You can definitely tell the gold notes in this polish without even skipping a beat, (which makes the blogger in me smile, because that is the WORST thing in the world: when you can't get a nail polish to look the way you want on camera. )










Once again, I love doing side by side shots of polishes, with and without flash. It shows the polish's versatility in differing amounts of light.

Just look at the two pictures and try to tell me that this is not one heck of a polish~ Come on, I dare you! :P


Anyways, hope you can forgive me for the delay in posting this! It was a lot of pictures to go through.

Hope you enjoyed this post and hope you keep reading and following my posts!

Until next time,
Peace,
Rikya

Post of You're Such a Square by Hit Polish Nail Lacquer and Water Works by LynBDesigns

Here is my photo spam post a day late. I didn't have a lot of time yesterday because I had to go to a baby shower as well as a fourth of july celebration, so I was busy all day!

Before I get started, make sure you are following me on Bloglovin or email or whatever else you can use to follow a blog, because GFC is going away on July 1st! I linked to another blogger on my facebook page that tells you the easiest way to do this and it only takes a couple of clicks!!!

Let's get back to pretty things now SO here's my post!

I can see you readers scratching your head and trying to figure out why these two are paired together.

I will give you guys a moment to guess......
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Give up?

They're the same except the right has Water Works on top!

The mani starts off as Sinful Colors Unicorn with topper of You're such a Square by Hit Polish.

First off, this was the first time that I had seen a completely square glittered polish (which I love!!!). It gave a different dimension to the polish that I had never seen before.
The polish also included different colors of different sizes of squares, which I think paired perfectly with the yellow of Unicorn.

So then, being my lazy self I wanted a blue mani but didn't want to pull out the nail polish remover just yet. Guess what? My new mani was born!!
By putting a coat or two of Water Works over the top, which originally is circle glitters of shades of blue and green, I got a wonderful new mani!

But enough about what I say, what do you think?!

You can buy amazing polishes like You're Such a Square from here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/HitPolishNailLacquer
and fantastical polishes like Water Works from here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/lynbdesigns

Until next time,
Peace,
Rikya

PS. Make sure you are following me on Bloglovin/ email!

NotTooPolished (The Indie brand I have the most polishes of) Review of Dragonstone and Daffodil

This is a review of NotTooPolished's polishes. I love NotTooPolished, because she makes great polishes, which is why she is the Indie maker I have the most of, plus she was one of the first indies that I ever got.
So these are all iPhone pics of my nails, so they are a little grainy.
Hope you can see past this!

First off, we start with Not Too Polished's Dragonstone. It's a beautiful black jelly base with bright red glitter.

It makes feel like a rocker/bad ass when I wear it, so if you want to feel like a badass on a regular basis (whenever you paint your nails) I suggest this one.





This polish does take at least two coats though, so keep that in mind.







Onwards we go to the opposite side of the spectrum: the wonderfully spring-timey color of daffodil!


So for all you who don't know, daffodils are a flower that blooms in the very early spring.
They are a bright yellow petaled flower with a inside cup looking part that is generally darker yellow/orange color.
(They always remind me of one of the plants in the plants vs. zombies game) :P


Anyways, I wanted to show you a comparison of the colors that you can expect from Daffodil.
(In advance, excuse my nails, they are breaking like crazy for some reason, so they are sad nails :( )

On my thumb is one coat of Daffodil. You can see that it is a very sheer polish, but it gives a lovely hue of yellow.

On my index finger is one coat over white and my middle finger has two coats over white. You can see the big difference that an extra coat makes!

So I wanted to show case some other of Not Too Polished's polishes. On my index is Eye of Newt and on the middle finger is Freak of a Reindeer.


I love both of these polishes~
First off, Eye of Newt is also a great polish because it fits in with the spring theme. The yellows and greens are spring colors to a tee. :)


Freak of a Reindeer is amazing because it elevates brown polishes that often are classified as boring. It has many dimensions as there are different shapes and colors of brown and gold glitter in it.


Below are some other pictures I took of just plain Daffodil with Freak of a Reindeer as a topper.

You can grab these polishes at NotTooPolished's Etsy page here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/nottoopolished.

Hope you enjoyed this post!

Until next time,
Peace,
Rikya