Blue and Gold, Dots and Stripes

Hey guys!

So I'm kind of getting in to the whole "skitlette" nails. I'm a little bit OCD so this is strange for me haha. The striping tape design is inspired from the lovely Sammy over at The Nailasaurus. If you don't know her blog you're seriously missing out! She does some beautiful nail designs!

But now you have to check out my first almost "skitlette"! :)

Colors used:
- Sally Hansen Golden-I
- Essence Make is Golden
- Maybelline Color Show Navy Narcissist

I have to say I'm totally digging this whole almost "skitlette" design. I know it's not really a true skitlette but it's a pretty big step for someone like me ;) Not to mention blue and gold has always been one of my favorite color combinations. 

And I really like the combination of the stripes and dots I think it makes it really interesting :) 

So what do you guys think? 
Thanks for reading :) 

Keep Calm and Stamp On ;)

Hello lovelies!

I've been missing my stamping lately and yesterday I managed to get my hands on Pure Ice Silver Mercedes which I heard stamped beautifully so you know I had to try it out! I also managed to get to an Ulta and picked up my first two Essences in the new bottle, a really pretty Ulta glitter, and OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls :D I was really hoping to get a Layla Holo but alas there were none there :( I'll have to go to another one I guess ;) 

So everyone who said the Silver Mercedes stamps amazingly was absolutely correct!! I couldn't be happier with the results! I'll have to stamp with Silver Mercedes and Sally Hansen Silver Sweep to see which one is best though. I also got a chance to try out one of the new Essences so check this out! :) 

Colors used:

- Essence Let's Get Lost

- Pure Ice Silver Mercedes

I'm not sure why my fingers look so weird in those two pics... poor modeling I suppose -_- LOL. 

So awesome! I love Essence Let's Get Lost so much! It only took two coats for opacity and dried so shiny! Not to mention I'm totally digging the new bottles, they click closed which is really helpful and the brush is super wide which I personally love!

So what do you guys think?

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I'm a winner!!!

Hi everyone!

I have some awesome Essence swatches for you guys today because I won a giveaway!! Woohoo *happy dance* :) So a while back I decided to enter Lauriestrodes one year blogiversary giveaway over at Lauristrodes Fun With Nails and I won which was so awesome because usually I don't win anything ever :) A couple of days ago my package arrived in the mail and I just couldn't wait to swatch the polishes for you guys! So heres my package plus swatches!

My winners note... Isn't she sweet? :)

Some candy that looks absolutely delicious! It looks kind of like taffy :)

And here's the polishes! From left to right, Essence Time for Romance, Space Queen, Circus Confetti, Choose Me!, and Make it Golden

First up is Essence Time for Romance. This is a beautiful polish packed with tiny glitter and hexagon maroon glitter. The polish itself is a little thick but not too hard to work with. Below I layered one coat of Time for Romance over one coat of Finger Paints Paper Mache. I layered it over white so you all can really see the polish itself. 

Super pretty right? I bet this would look so pretty layered over black or a dark maroon :)

This is Essence Space Queen a beautiful baby pink polish with what almost looks like tiny holographic glitter but with a pink hue. This polish is wicked pretty in real life but it was very shy on camera :( The polish was actually really easy to work with. Below you'll see one coat of Space Queen layered over one coat of Finger Paints Paper Mache. 

See what I mean about it being shy? You can't see it like at all :( But take my word for it that it's so much prettier in person! I actually like this color over white but I think I would put a few more layers to see if I could build up some of that pretty baby pink :)

Next up is Essence Circus Confetti. This is a special effects topper and let me just tell you that it is such a glitter bomb like woah!!! I think it has every color small hexagon glitter and it really is packed in that little bottle! The polish was kind of thick but I expected that with all of that glitter. Below I layered one, yes one, coat of Essence Circus Confetti over one coat of Sally Hansen Black Out.

Look at all of that glitter! Its so beautiful! I put this on and was so sad I had to take it off to swatch some more polishes :( I bet when dry this is a pain in the butt to get off though I think I'm going to have to invest in some elmer's glue before I wear this one again :)

Ok this one is my favorite of the bunch I mean just look at that color! Essence Choose Me! is a teal leaning yellow/green polish with a beautiful shimmer. And the polish was so smooth going on! Unfortunately the yellow/green tint didn't really translate too much onto my nail but who cares?! This polish is to die for! Below is three thin-ish coats of Essence Choose Me!

Gorgeous right?? And it dries so shiny too! I wore this one for a couple of hours which is a lot for me :) That must mean something right?!

Last up we have Essence Make it Golden which is a pretty gold polish with tiny glitter and small hexagon glitter in gold. It has about the same consistency as Time for Romance. This polish is really pretty and you can't really see in the pictures but there is a slight gold shimmer on my nail as well it really is quite pretty :) Below I've layered one coat of Essence Make it Golden over one coat of Finger Paints Paper Mache.

This kind of reminds me of the popcorn flavored jellybeans :) I never liked that flavor but fortunately I love it on my nails!

So thats it! What do you guys think? Do you love these polishes as much as I do?

I also want to give a big shout out and thanks to Lauriestrode for giving me these amazing polishes. Her blog is awesome too you guys should check it out!

Thanks for reading :)