Swatch and Review: Orly Halley's Comet

Hi guys! How have you all been? I just came back from a three-week long trip. I would first like to apologize for my serious lack of posts during this last month; I travelled out of the country, and though I wore nail polish, blogger was blocked in the country I had travelled to, so I was unable to update all of you. With that aside, I would like to show you Orly Halley's Comet. It's a beautiful green turquoise colour packed with gold shimmer. Very sparkly and amazing. I applied three coats of Halley's Comet for a completely opaque finish. On top of that, I decided to add a glitter gradient with OPI Which is Witch. This polish did stain my nails pretty badly though, my nails were completely blue after I removed the polish. They were stained so badly that no rubbing could get the stains out. I had to use my trusty method of stain removal: using whitening toothpaste. More on this in a later post...

What I used:

Base Coat: Pro FX Epoxy Bond Base Coat
Polish: Three coats of Orly Halley's Comet
Top Coat: *don't remember, maybe Out the Door

Thank you so much for reading! I will try to catch up on posts as soon as I can!

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Swatch and Review - Rimmel Posh Pink

Hello! Today I will be showing Rimmel Posh Pink, a pretty fuchsia pink cream. The formula was great, fully opaque in two coats. It lasted pretty well too, no chips and minimal tip wear after 4 days. The photos below are under florescent light, but the colour is very similar outdoors. I did the Pink Piggies nail art with this polish as well.

As always, thank you so much for taking the time to read this post and my blog. I'll post more soon!

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Swatch and Review - Zoya Meg

Hello again! I'm really trying to get caught up with my posts, so here is another swatch and review for you to enjoy! I'm showing Zoya Meg, a beautiful metallic green. On my ring finger is a Marimekko inspired nail art pattern. I saw this on ellandish's channel on YouTube and LOVED this design so much that I had to copy her, her video can be seen here. The formula of Zoya Meg was great, opaque in two coats, but the wear time was amazing! The photos you see were taken on the fifth day of wearing this, and NO tip wear! Awesome.

What I used:

Base Coat: Pro FX Epoxy Bond Base Coat

Polish: 2 coats of Zoya Meg

Top Coat: INM Out the Door Top Coat

Have a great day!

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Swatch and Review - Rimmel Hot Gossip

Happy Friday! I can't believe it's already Friday! There goes another week! Today I'll be showing you Rimmel Hot Gossip, a blue-toned sparkly red. I'm not sure if this polish is still available since it's pretty old, but I figured I'd do a swatch and review anyways, just in case any of you still have this. The formula is pretty good, almost opaque in 1 coat, but I did two anyways. Rimmel Hot Gossip is hard to describe, it's not exactly shimmery, it's more like a standard red cream with red sparkles. Not glitter, but subtle sparkles. The polish claims to have lycra infused in it, and says up to 10 days wear, but I can't confirm that since I only wore this polish for a day.

What I used:

Base Coat: OPI Matte Nail Envy

Polish: 2 coats of Rimmel Hot Gossip

Top Coat: INM Out the Door Top Coat

Thanks again for reading! 

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Swatch and Review - OPI You Callin' Me A Lyre?

Hello, today I'll be showing you my all time favourite sheer pink, OPI You Callin' Me A Lyre? This polish is the perfect sheer, milky pink. It's never streaky or hard to apply, I've worn from 1 coat to 3 coats of this and never had any difficulties in application in terms of patchiness or streaks. In the photos below, I'm wearing three coats. I've also shown this polish in my swatch and review of OPI Which is Witch. If you are interested in that post, click here.

What I used:

Base Coat: 1 coat of Pro FX Epoxy Bond Base Coat

Polish: 3 coats of OPI You Callin' Me A Lyre?

Top Coat: 1 coat of INM Out the Door Dry Fast Top Coat

I hope you enjoyed this post! As always, thank you so much for reading, see you soon!

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Nail Art - Ladybug Nails

Hi! This post will be another nail art tutorial, ladybug nails! I do have to give credit to cutepolish for this idea, her video can be found here. I did tweak her technique a little... you'll see where in my photo tutorial. I just think these ladybug nails are so cute and adorable, and perfect during the spring and summer! Let's start!

Materials needed:

-Classic red cream polish
-Black striper
-Black polish
-White polish
-Dotting tool or the end of a bobby pin

Start with a classic red cream polish as your base colour. I used Rimmel Lasting Finish Pro in Stiletto Red. You can see my swatch and review of this polish here. 

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Next, using the black striper, make one line across the tips of your nails, then one line down the middle of the nail, making a "T".

Then, with the black polish, fill in the tips to the line across your nail, similar to an over-exagerrated french manicure tip.

Now, using the black polish and a dotting toolmake 3-4 dots alternating the distance from the line down the middle of the nail. Make sure the dots are equal in size and shape.

Finally, using the white polish and a clean dotting tool, make 2 dots on the black tips to create eyes. Finished!

What I used:

Base Coat: 1 coat of Pro FX Epoxy Bond Base Coat

Classic Red Cream Polish: 2 coats of Rimmel Lasting Finish Pro Stiletto Red

Black Striper: Kiss Nail Art Paint Black

Black Polish: of 2 coats Rimmel Lasting Finish Pro Black Satin

White Polish: OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls

Dotting Tool: The end of a bobby pin!

I hope you enjoyed this manicure!

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Swatch and Review - Rimmel Lasting Finish Pro in Stiletto Red

Hello! Today I'll be showing all of you Rimmel Lasting Finish Pro in Stiletto Red. Stiletto Red is a classic cream red polish, nothing to unique. The formula for this one was pretty nice, it was almost opaque in one coat, but two coats deepened the colour and made everything perfectly opaque. Stiletto Red is slightly darker in real life. What I love about this polish is the brush. I don't have a picture to show you, but the Rimmel Lasting Finish Pro polishes have this contoured, flat, wide brushes that are really good quality. The brush is similar to an OPI Pro-Wide brush, with the feeling of an Essie brush. I know, weird. The brush is also curved to apply polish around the cuticle area easily. 

What I used:

Base Coat: 1 coat of Pro FX Epoxy Bond Base Coat

Polish: 2 coats of Rimmel Lasting Finish Pro Stiletto Red

Top Coat: None, this polish was used as a base colour for the Ladybug Manicure

Thanks again for reading! Have a great day!

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