BadAss Polish: Brew Crew {Review}

Morning!  Hope everyone had a great weekend.  I know I did.  It was pretty busy but all in all, it was a good time.  Until I woke up Sunday morning and lost an hour :(  Some one please tell me why we still have to change our clocks every 6 months.

Less complaining and more polish!  Today I am sharing a lovely from BadAss Polish's new Baseball themed line, called "Take me out to the ball game"  Cute, right?  The first polish in the line was inspired by the Milwaukee Brewers called Brew Crew.  It's a clear base packed with blue, white and gold glitters.  Quite easy to apply, as have been all my BadAss polishes.  I am showing this glitter topper over a black and silver base, I LOVE IT!  It's so much fun and reminds me of space :)

Isn't it nice?!?!  I used 2 coats of Brew Crew to get this look.  You could easily do 3 or 4 to really pack it on there.  I have learned to have a little patience when using glitter toppers such as these.  I like to paint my base, let it dry for a minute or two and then do a coat of the glitter topper and let it dry for a couple of minutes.  Have you ever noticed that if it isn't dry enough, the second coat starts to pull the first coat and then  your pretty polish looks all a mess?  Yeah, me too.  So this time I waited about 3 minutes or so (about long enough to play a level or 2 of Candy Crush) between coats and not a mess of anything!  Patience really is a virtue when using glitter toppers.  

I don't really follow baseball, but that doesn't mean that a baseball inspired polish can't live with me.  

Baseball season is fast approaching, make sure to either grab this one or keep an eye out for your favorite team inspired polish.  BadAss Polish is good at capturing the team spirit in a bottle.  

You can check out BadAss Polish on Facebook or head to their shop on Etsy to purchase Brew Crew and other great polishes.  

Have a great rest of the week!!

XOXO  Mandy

Sassy Lacquer: A Frosty Crocus {Review}

Afternoon ladies!  I have another review for Sassy Lacquer's Spring Line.  Today I am sharing A Frosty Crocus.  It's a lovely light purple with pink shimmer that builds up to the perfect for spring purple.  I chose not to use any undies, but I think you could layer this over blue or black and it would be beautiful.  Since I didn't use an undies, I went with 3 coats to make sure it was opaque all over the nail.  I definitely could have gotten away with 2, but I am glad I did 3, I like the look better :)

Base Coat:  Rejuvacote

Base Color:  Sassy Lacquer A Frosty Crocus (3 coats, no undies)

Top Coat:  Seche Vite

This polish dries semi matte, so I recommend a nice glossy top coat.  Unless you are looking for a matte look ;)

I love the way you get the flashes of pink as you move your hands.  This really is quite pretty.  Head over and visit Sassy Lacquer's Store to pick this one up for yourself.

Happy Friday, Enjoy your weekend!

XOXO  Mandy

2nd Day Nails: Reverse Gradient

Today's post is short and sweet :)  Yesterday I shared my review for Sassy Lacquer, Tiger Lily Wears Pink, which you can see HERE.  After doing my nails I knew I wanted to add a little spunk and decided it was time to try a reverse gradient.  I have such a perfect gold and silver glitter (Bling) from BadAss Polish that I reviewed a while back, you can see that HERE.  

I Headed to YouTube and found this video to be very helpful.  So off I went, here are my pretty pink glittery nails.  I am loving them.  I can't stop looking at them!

Base Coat:  Rejuvacote

Base Color:  Sassy Lacquer Tiger Lily Wears Pink (2 coats)

Glitter:  BadAss Polish Bling

Top Coat:  Seche Vite

Hope your week is going great and will try a fun glitter gradient soon.  Summer is coming and the more glitter the better, I say!

XOXO  Mandy

Sassy Lacquer: Tiger Lily Wears Pink {Review}

Good morning and Happy Hump Day!  I am excited to share a polish with you from a friends line, Sassy Lacquer.  I received 2 beautiful polishes from the Spring Line and today I am sharing Tiger Lily Wears Pink.  It's a beautiful pink creme with tiny red specks and the formula is awesome!  It's quit smooth and applied like a dream.  From the first stroke I knew I was going to love this one.  Two coats is all I needed for complete opacity.  I am loving this color, which is great, cause I don't usually do pinks.  Tiger Lily Wears Pink is gonna be fun to wear this Spring and Summer :) 

 You can get Tiger Lily Wears Pink and the rest of Sassy Lacquer's Spring Line HERE. 

Enjoy the rest of your week and happy polishing :)

XOXO  Mandy

Nfu-Oh: NFU 51

Hey there lovely ladies, today I am sharing what I have on my nails today.  I acquired the beautiful NFU 51 in a swap a couple months ago.  I am IN LOVE with the bottles and I was able to get 51 and 61 (a silver holo) and I couldn't have been more excited. 

Here is the bottle of 51, it's gorgeous!  I love the corset tops, so unique.

51 is a light purple jelly base with some color shifting flakies in it.  So, depending on whether you wear this alone or with some undies, you can get a few different looks from one polish.  Cool.

For my mani today I layered over black, so I could see the copper and green flakies and I love it.  Can you tell I love this polish?  LOL

Base Coat:  Rejuvacote

Underwear:  Wet N Wild Ebony Hates Chris (1 coat)

Polish:  Nfu Oh NFU 51 (1 coat)

Top Coat:  Seche Vite

Of course different angles give you different views of the flakies.  As I sit here typing, the copper color is mostly what I see on my nails.

What do you think?  Do you own this one?  What do you like to layer it over?  Or do you just like to wear it alone?  I will def be doing some more experimenting with this one :)

XOXO  Mandy

Pretty & Polished Cuticle Oil {Review}

Hey all!  A few weeks ago I received a sample of cuticle oil from Pretty & Polished for review.  With the Holidays and all, I am finally ready to post my review.  Here is what I received, sorry for the cell phone pic, but it's all I had when my son decided he loved the oil too and sadly dumped half of it out while I was out and the kids were home with dad.  Yes, I am blaming dad for this one! 

I got a little dropper bottle and a cute file.  Isn't it cute?!?!  So hanging out in my purse :)

You may have seen other reviews for oils or balms from Pretty & Polished, and originally the oils were dispensed with a roller ball, which had me super excited.  I was planning on getting one as soon as I ran out of my sample.  But then the news came that the roller ball failed :(  So now the oils are going to stay in droppers.  Which, if you ask me, is still better than a brush.  It's so simple to just grab a bit in the tube and dab a little drop at the top of my cuticles and rub it in.  Purse friendly and quit easy to apply.

Here is some info I received from Chels:

"Cuticle Oils will be packaged in dropper bottles that contain 7.3 ml of product (which is 1.3 more than the old packaging).  We will also be releasing new scents within the next 48 hours!"

Sooooo, you get a little more bang for you buck!  Here is what the new bottles will look like:

I received fruit punch and it smells delicious!!  It's not too strong and doesn't fade away fast.  When I have my hands close to my face a while after using the oil, it still smells good :)

I have loved Pretty & Polish nail polish for a while, my collection is steadily growing, and now I can add the oils to one of my favs from the shop.  Chels has expanded her shop to include lots of great things like oils, balms, jewelry, gift sets and nail art tins.  Check out the SHOP and see for yourself.  Beware, your wallet may suffer LOL

XOXO  Mandy

Whimsical Ideas By Pam: I Believe In Fairies

Morning!!  Today I wanna share with you a polish I got from my Birthday Group.  I have been wanting to get my hands on some Whimisies for a long time and I was lucky to receive a couple from a great friend for my birthday.  This one is called I Believe In Fairies, it's a beautiful light purple jelly base with lots of little glitters in blue, pink, green, and prob a few others I can't make out, plus some large star glitters.  

Sadly, not one star showed up when I was painting my nails.  Maybe next time, but I still love the look anyway.

Base Coat:  Rejuvacote

Base Color:  Orly Royal Navy (1 coat)

Glitter:  Whimsie I Believe in Faires (2 coats)

Top Coat:  Seche Vite

I def plan on wearing this again soon, but layering over purple.  The blue is lovely and I can't stop looking at my nails

Pam can be found on FB HERE, she doesn't have an Etsy shop, you just e mail her at pea422000@yahoo.com, tell her what you want and she will invoice you.  Super simple!  She has some great stuff I hope to get my hands on.  Until then, I am quit enjoying I Believe in Fairies :)

XOXO  Mandy