BadAss Polish: America's Team {Review}

Hey everyone!  I have some exciting news.  I was sent a few polishes from a brand new Indie line for review.  How exciting is that?!?!

I have to say, so far, I love everything about this brand.  The packaging is awesome and something I have never seen before.  The bottles are cute and square with a nice label.  The polish is beautiful &glittery and we all know that is right up my alley!

I have 4 total polishes to review.  2 are football inspired polishes and 2 are part of the core line.  But first, I wanna show off how cool the packaging is for these babies.  

They are packed in cardboard tubes, genius!  No more bubble wrap or broken polishes from not so careful postal employees.  I took a few pics so you can see just what you get when you order from BadAss Polish

Here is the cardboard tube the polishes come in

When you open the tube, you will get a nice little note from Amy, the creator

Inside you will find your new polish wrapped in a piece of white felt.  Which helps to keep your polish safe in the tube as well as aid in glitter removal :)

And here you have a pic of what you get, nice packaging and a little thoughtful insert to help with glitter removal :)

And just in case you aren't sure how sturdy the packaging is, Amy uploaded a video of herself tossing the tube up the in air.

Check it out HERE

Today I am going to share with you America's Team.  It was inspired by the Dallas Cowboys.  It's a clear base packed with silver round glitter, micro glitter and blue star glitters.  What more do you need from a Cowboys inspired polish?

I decided to keep with the Cowboy's theme and used a blue and white base, although, this would look great over lots of colors.  Like red for 4th of July.....Just Say'n :)

I used Sinful Colors Midnight Blue and Snow Me White.  

Just one coat of America's Team was enough bling for me :)

Personally, I love this over white.  You have to fish a little for the stars, but that is pretty normal for large glitters.  If I did this exact mani again, I would only put the blue stars on my white nails.  But I think the next time I use this one, I am gonna do all my nails white :)

Soon I will have a review of Go Pack Go which is inspired by the Packers.  If you like what you see, head over to Facebook and Like BadAss Polish and check out her store on Etsy.

She is working on a new polish inspired by the Vikings, YAY!!  Purple glitters sounds good to me!!

I leave you with one last pic, because, well, I can!

Enjoy your Wednesday and see you tomorrow for another Let it Snow! Challenge mani :)

Nail Art Contest: Stamping Skills

The weekend is over, Thanksgiving is now behind us.  But there is still a ton of food in my fridge.  We will be eating Thanksgiving dinner for a week, LOL.  But now that the long week of no school is over, I can get back to some regular posting.  At least I hope so.  Before we left for the weekend I saw a nail art contest I wanted to enter.  It is based on stamping so it's right up my alley :)  I have wanted to do a few in the past, but never found the time to create the nail art and enter.  

I did a design a while back and although I wished it had turned out a little a better, I get compliments on that design a lot.  It was even picked out of my older photos by a fellow blogger as one of her favorites to share on her FB page.  So I decided it was time to re-do this one and make it a little better.

Here is the old design:

I didn't change much, just did added the glitter before stamping and added some fun rhinestones on my accent nail.  Here is the new one:

I think a couple slight improvements made a big difference.  I even like the length and shape of my nails better now than when I first started blogging back in March, which is when I originally did this mani.

Products used:

Base Coat:  Rejuvacote

Base Color:  Sinful Colors Snow Me White

Glitter:  China Glaze Fairy Dust

Stamping Plate:  Konad M57

Stamping Polish:  Konad Special Black

There are lots of great entries in this contest, wish me luck!

The deadline to enter is today, but if you are interested, go HERE

Hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving and aren't too bummed to go back to work today, if you indeed did go back to work today LOL

Pretty & Polished: Love Always, Candy Cain

I feel like it's been a while since I posted.  I don't usually post on the weekends, it seems every one is out and don't really take the time to check in on the blogs they follow.  Which is fine, I am totally guilty of that!  It was a 3 day weekend so I guess it has been a while LOL

Today I am sharing the last of my P&P Holiday Collection polishes, Love Always, Candy Cain.  This one is gorgeous in the bottle and lovely on the nail.  It's a clear base jammed with red & white hearts, hex and micro glitters.  I decided to layer over black for a fun darker look.  My only complaint about this one is the white glitters all seem to hang out at the bottom of the bottle, even after shaking it up just before applying.  But that's ok, I have a few polishes I have to go fishing in.  It really isn't a big deal for me.  

Here is how my mani turned out:

Base Coat:  Rejuvacote

Base Color:  Wet N Wild Ebony Hates Chris (1 coat)

Glitter:  P&P Love Always, Candy Cain (2 coats)

Top Coat:  Seche Vite

A nice bonus to this polish is that it will also be great for Valentine's Day.  Layer over white or pink and voila, V-Day mani!

Happy Tuesday!!

Pretty & Polished S'no Mans Land

It's official, the Pretty & Polished Holiday Collection went on sale this morning.  I really wanted to do this post this morning, but my hubby had the day off and I really needed him to help me do some cleaning and re-organizing in our room.  It took much longer than expected, but I am quit happy now :)

As you know, I got some of the P&P Holiday Collection a bit early.  Today I am going to share with you S'no Mans Land.  It's a lovely white iridescent polish with some rainbow micro glitters and some large and small white hex glitters.  Here is the best bottle shot I could get:

When I ordered this one, I chose a mini cause I had no idea how pretty it was in the bottle.  I now wish I had ordered a full size.  

My original plan was to layer this over a dark blue and after testing it on a piece of paper, I changed my mind.  It was pretty, but it wasn't what I was looking.  So I decided to use it alone.  I am glad I did.  This one is a nice soft shimmery white polish.  It's perfect for a soft touch or even to wear to a wedding. If you aren't into bright colors, this is a great soft look with a little glitter.  Which you know I love!

Base Coat:  Rejuvacote

Polish:   Pretty & Polished S'no Mans Land (2 coats)

Top Coat:  Seche Vite

I had a hard time photographing this one on my nails.  This is one of those polishes that is so much prettier in person than in a photo.  I am wearing it right now and still loving it.  

Have you purchased any of the P&P Holiday Collection?  I sure hope so!!

Happy Friday and hope you have a WONDERFUL weekend <3

Adventures In Stamping: Black and White

It's Stamping Sunday over in AIS and this weeks theme is Black and White.  Seems pretty easy right?  Well, not so much.  I had my design all picked out in my head and got to work.  I figured a lot of gals would be starting with a black base, so I chose to do a white base.  Besides, my black seems to stamp better than my white.
I used OPI Alpine Snow for my base, you can see my thoughts here and my Konad special black for the stamping.  I taped off my nails in a diagonal to do the netting design from my Konad M57 plate.  That was super simple and came out great.  I was quit pleased.  I used the little flowers from the same plate across my nail.  This part got kind of tricky.  I had to stamp 3 flowers on each nail.  Not a big deal.  But I like to clean my plate after each stamp and so I had black all over the place.  Even managed to get some on my white base color :(  So after stamping and cleaning up the white and my cuticles and my finger tips, this mani took about 2 hours.  I added my top coat and called it done!  But when I woke up the next morning, it was just too plain.  The white was so WHITE!  LOL  I decided to add a coat of CG Fairy Dust.  In retrospect, I should have added the glitter over the white before stamping.  Remember when I said I was still learning?  Learning point right here :)  All in all it's an ok mani.  I don't hate it, but I don't love it.
And now the reveal!

Base Coat:  Seche Rebuild

Base Color:  OPI Alpine Snow

Glitter:  China Glaze Fairy Dust

Stamping Polish:  Konad Special Black

Stamping Plate:  Konad M57

OPI: Alpine Snow

Prior to really getting in nail polish, I had some fun with just painting my nails and using a dotting tool to make cute little flowers.  Since I didn't want to spend a lot of money on polish, I picked up a black and a white L.A. Colors from my Dollar Tree.  Couldn't hurt to try, right?  Well, the black is fine, the white?  It totally sucked!  LOL  Sooooo, I am on a quest for a great white polish.
During my last trip to Ulta I picked up a pack of OPI Minis.  Too Cute not to get.  Inside are a few colors I wanted to try, including Alpine Snow.  Today is testing day :)
At first I wasn't too happy with it....very streaky.  So I decided to do thicker coats.  Even in doing that I still had some bald spots and needed to do a 3rd coat.  Seems like a lot.  Maybe not?  I don't have a lot of experience with whites.  Here is what it looks like:

Base Coat:  Seche Rebuild

Base Color:  OPI Alpine Snow (3 coats)

Top Coat:  Seche Vite

Thoughts?  Advice?  Suggestions?  Comment and let me know your favorite white.  It might end up being my favorite white too :)

Thanks for looking and HAPPY FRIDAY!!!