The Only Way To Be Poisoned

     My first polish from Sincerely Polish and once again I am not disappointed. The color of Poison Paradise is a barely off white crelly with gold and iridescent glitters ranging in size from micro to the size of second biggest dotting tool. There are also blue and pink circle shaped glitter along with light green and iridescent squares.

     One coat of this polish would be great for little girls under 10 (I don't believe in girls under 10 wearing fingernail polish). Two coats is perfect for any occasion but the first thing that came to mind was how beautiful it would be if I was to every get married again. When I look at it all I can think about is how perfect it would compliment any wedding dress. I feel that this is the one polish that should never be reformulated but could possibly be renamed. A few I have come up with at "No Wedding Day Jitters", "Something New", "I Do!", and last but not least "Down the Aisle".

 

(both pictures taken in artificial light)

 

 

     My ring finger has nail decals from Nailed Kit. The stars really fit in with this polish based on the colors. They were very easy to use as this was my first time putting them on my nails.


As always until next time Keep on Polishing.

I Love Polish

     Ok, so anyone who knows me knows that the most I can say about polish is that I really, really like it. My love is saved for God and my Family. I know you are probably wondering "Why did she name her post that way?" Then right after that question is finishing on your lips you realize that must be the name of the polish.

    Yes, todays post is about the color I Love Polish by Polish Addict Nail Color. I am not a pink person. I use to be at one time but as you grow something's change. This is only the fourth pink polish I own in my collection. This color however when I saw it on the website was one I could not leave there. The pink is one that with one or two coats (example below) is a barely there pink with just enough color to work well in an office setting and still go out on a date and be sexy later on that night.

(two coats of polish)

 



     Three coats of the polish gives off a playful look with all of the glitter scattered on your fingers. There is some holographic effect in the polish with a multitude of glitters in various shapes and colors. This makes it something that can be worn with anything you have in your closet. The small glitters come out easily with a simple shaking of the bottle for a minute before use, The larger glitters are easier to get at if the polish is stored on its side or even upside down. If you are not able to store the polish this way at least two minutes in either position before shaking the polish will do as well.

    

               (three coats of polish)                           

It was cloudy here so unfortunately this time there are no natural light pictures.

     This polish so reminded me of life, something's will come easy and others we will have to work at or give them time. However in the end the result will be worth it.

As always Keep on Polishing.

Mimosa Anyone???

    Let me start this post with a little background story. When I first started polishing almost two years ago Sinful Colors was my first polish purchase as I caught some on sale at Walgreens. I loved the formula over other big name brands that were pricier but didn't have a formula that was as good. When I initially researched the company Mirage Cosmetics that made Sinful Colors it was a small company that made the polish by hand who treated their employees well which made for a great product. When Revlon bought out Mirage cosmetics I was soooo worried that the formula would go to hell in a hand basket. I am proud to say that I was soooo wrong.

     Mimosa is a orange jelly polish with circle and confetti ruby red glitters (someone must have had Dorothy's slippers in mind). The polish goes on smooth with a superlative dispersion of the glitter. As you layer the polish the glitter doesn't clump up in just one location requiring you to worry about glitter placement (something I still haven't gotten down pat). You are able to get a almost even spread of the glitter. One coat of polish gives you the barely there look while three coats allows the free edge of the nail to just barely be visible.

                                                                                                        Three coats of polish (no topcoat)

                                                                               

Two coats of polish (no topcoat)

with a top coat of Poshe

 

I will find the rest of the jelly polishes. Any help anyone can give me would be great.

Well until next time Keep on Polishing.

Nailed Kit... Nail art made easy

     There are so many options out here for nail art. I am frugal so most of them I find to be a little pricey so I have not purchased any of them. That is until I found out that Nailed Kit offered a subscription to their nail art water tattoos.

     The cost for a subscription is $10.00 per month for 48 tattoos (shipping is free in the U.S.). When you break that down it is .21 cents per tattoo versus the normal .33 cents. The subscription can be cancelled at any time without any penalty to the consumer. I am not sure if this is customary or not but as you can see in the picture you also receive a handwritten card welcoming you to the club and a bonus gift of extra tattoos. Instructions on how to use the tattoos comes inside each package.

     I have not had the chance to use them as of yet due to some personal issues but I am super excited to use the tattoos in the very near future. Also I can say that Nailed Kit's customer service is amazing. I received an e-mail along with other club members that some members had to pay for postage because the package weighed just over an ounce. They apologized and advised anyone that had to pay for the package to let them know and they would make it up to them. The error did not happen to me so I am not sure what they did to correct it but I am sure it was great.

 

     I will be sure to post a picture of the tattoos once I use them on my nails.

 

 

Just a Litte Off Topic

     I know it has been a month of Sundays (as my grandmother use to say) since I have posted anything. Life has really gotten in the way of my blogging. I have been a car service shuttling my child from school basketball games, track and field events, AAU basketball games, basketball tournaments up to one hour away, and finally college campus tours (still two years left in high school). It also did not help that the blogger app was not working from my phone. Even though I have not been blogging I have been polishing just check my instagram account Polish_Therapy.

     So why am I calling this post a off topic. Well, I recently signed up for some subscriptions, two to be exact. The first subscription is Birchbox. This company sends samples of beauty, health and grooming products once a month for $10. The second subscription is Nailed Kit.  Nailed Kit sends water decals out once a month as well. My post today is about Birchbox.

     May was my first month getting a Birchbox and while I was not disappointed I was not super excited when I opened it. The product selection was great. They really listened to the questionnaire that I filled out and sent items that I definitely could use. However, I felt that some of the sample sizes were just too small to provide an adequate testing of the product for me to say how it worked and for me to consider buy it. I can seriously say I thought about cancelling right then but I am so GLAD that I didn't.

     I received my June box a week ago and let me tell you it had me bouncing up and down on my tippy toes. It was if Birchbox had invaded my thoughts and sent me quite a few items that I wanted to test since I am in the process of changing my skin and hair care regimen for the summer.  The picture below shows how the samples this month were more conducive for me to test and see if the item worked or not.

     My favorite item right now is the COOLA Tinted Matte SPF30 Natural BB Cream. This tinted moisturizer had me scared at first because it was lighter then my skin but I knew I was going to try it because I had just the week before thought how I wanted to test out a BB cream to see how it worked on my skin. I walk outside at least one hour everyday and the last thing I want is for my face to start looking 60 while I am in my thirties. I put the cream on (used about a dime size) and noticed that as I rubbed it in the cream turned white and then disappeared. My face did not have a ashen look about it as well as I didn't have that normal shiny spot in my t-zone. It has left my skin looking even toned even at the mid day point after 30 minutes of walking at a 20 min mile pace. I will definitely be buying this COOLA product.

     The next item from the box is Gilchrist & Soames London Collection Body Lotion. The description states that it smooth and softens while being rich in antioxidants. The ingredients are coconut oil, grapeseed oil, and sunflower seed oil just to name a few. The lotion goes on smooth without a greasy feel or shine. I have only used this for one day. I like the how it has my skin still feeling soft and clean. The clean scent of cucumber isn't over powering and leaves just the slightest scent on your skin which is great for the summer.

   These last items I have not used as of yet but I will start before the end of the week.

Number 4 Hair Hydrating Shampoo and Conditioner
           These products are sulfate, paraben, sodium chloride free.

Vasanti BrightenUp! Enzymatic Face Rejuvenator
           This facial product uses papaya enzymes to brighten skin along with micro crystals to mimic a microdermabrasion. Also contains aloe vera, coconut and panthenol.

     Thank you Birchbox for this wonderful box. I cannot wait until the July box.

Pasha Love

  I decided to wear some of the Zoya colors I have never worn because I really liked how the last manicure turned out.

     Today's color is Pasha. I have had this color for almost a year and thought after I got it this is not going to look good on me. I mean you don't see a lot of these companies showing their colors on women of color so it just sat in my polish stash.

     I love how Zoya colors go on. They not only are smooth but also no streaks (on the creams) even if only one coat. I only had to apply two coats to make this opaque. Pasha is a medium taupe with a hint of pink and very fine silver glitter to give it a shimmer in the light. I love how this color is so very work appropriate and yet sexy enough for a night out on the town.

     Most neutrals I don't like to wear when my nails are short because I feel it makes them shorter because of how it can blend in with my skin tone. However, that is not the case with Pasha it compliments my skin tone.

     Well until next time ladies keep on polishing.

 

 







 

 

 

With Flash

 

 

No Flash 

Ivanka I Love Zoya's Frida!!!

   My child loves blue and the school colors are green and gold so you can see how I chose this two colors.

     Frida is my first jelly from Zoya but it will certainly not be my last. The color in the bottle does not do it justice once it is on the nails. This polish offers so many looks. One and two coats offer a hint of color to place glitter on top of. Three coats offer the ability to have not have it be so dark with a great shine. I actually put on four coats just because I do not like being able to see any hint of my nail. I have included shots of all coat levels below.

     I really had on plans on doing anything other than a simple single paint manicure however as I was putting away my supplies I noticed Ivanka and thought how good it would look on an accent nail. We know that it was not hard for me to pick which nail was to be painted. While the nail made the mani pop (my childs favorite expression) it did so without over shadowing Frida.

I am signing off until next time and remember keep on polishing.







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Nail Polish Deals for the Week Ending January 4

     Okay so I am going to start of 2014 with my resolution to post at least once a week. My first post will be to let you know where you can find polish on sale at.


Rite Aid

BOGO 50%      Covergirl, SinfulColors, NYC, Julie G, Revlon, and Rimmel


Walgreens

.69                     Wet n Wild
BOGO 50%       Rimmel


Cult Nails

40-60% off         Select colors. Sale ends 12/31/2013     www.cultnails.com



Colores de Carol

25% off $20 or more    Code to use is BYE2013. Sale ends 12/31/2013     www.coloresdecarol.com



Ulta

BOGO Free              Ulta nail laquer


Sally Beauty Supply

50% off Clearance       Code 555169
10% off                        Code 555176


Julep.com

Up to 75% 0ff         Warehouse Sale ends 12/31/2013


    Polish post coming later this week. Have a great week and a Happy New Year!

Black Butterfly

     I have never been good at drawing yet I really wanted to get a butterfly mani done so I sucked up my no art having nerves and decided to try it on my nails.

     I first purchased some art brushes from my local art supply store. I first painted my nails two tone using Sally Hansen Blizzard Blue and Zoya Faith.

     I then took Wet n Wild Black Crème (424a) and painted the nail at a angle first. I took the 1/10 brush and then drew a arch from left to right mimicking a half moon or crescent moon. I then drew lines from the angle to the arch (generally about three to four lines only). You will have to go over the lines and the arch twice to make it as dark as the slant at the top of the nail. I made the dots using my dotting tools and Wet n Wild French White (449c).

     I think not to bad for my first try. Practice always makes perfect so I can not wait to do this one again.

As you know Keep On Polishing.

How Sweet It Is!

This is my first attempt at a Spun Sugar manicure. I think it came out wonderful for my first time. My only complaint would be that the lines are a little thick. I think that I let the polish dots air dry for too long. The colors used were Zoya Purity for the base and as the spun sugar on the accent nail. Wet N Wild Listening to Blue Reed as the base on the accent nail. The spun sugar colors are Wet N Wild Teal Slowly and See, Stand the Test of Lime and Who is Ultra Violet. This was the pop art collection from Wet N Wild. I am normally not a bright color type of person but I really love the way these colors look on my hand.

Well until next time Keep on Polishing.

Memorial Day Honors

     So this post is a day late but not a dollar short. While it is not my prettiest (in my opinion) one it is my most important one. I did a tribute to the armed forces. I did realize after carefully planning each finger that I forgot the National Guard. I will come up with something for them and display it in the near future.

     The order of the forces from thumb to pinkie finger are Marines, Coast Guard, Navy, Army and the Air Force.

     The marine nail is a cross between a braid or fishtail and a chevron pattern.  The colors used can be found in the Marine dress blues (hopefully the correct term).

Hot Hot Heat (red) - SinfulColors
All About You (gold) - SinfulColors
All Mighty (blue) - SinfulColors

     The coast guard nail was something new I tried with a toothpick. I started with the nail being covered in white. I then dipped the toothpick in the polish and while swirling the toothpick on the nail I turned it around to get the color to deposit.

Tokyo Pearl (white) - Sinful Colors
Courtney Orange - Sinful Colors
All Mighty (blue) - SinfulColors

     The navy nail was a free hand half and half nail that was pretty straight but one small curve in each had me go from a plan of stripes to dots.

Hot Hot Heat (red) - SinfulColors
Caribbean Cocktail (blue) - Sephora by OPI
449C (white) - Wet n Wild Wild Shine

     The army nail is my favorite. The base is white and then I sponged on the other colors using the tooth pick to make the black lines.

Tokyo Pearl (white) - SinfulColors
Mystery (brown) - Contrary Polish
Baker (khaki) - Cult Nails
Tempest (green) - SinfulColors

     The air force nail is not the true air force blue but more the color of the sky since that is where you can find them flying.

Toyko Pearl (white) - SinfulColors
Gorgeous (blue/green) - SinfulColors

 

Until next time keep on polishing.

Magnetic Polish

Hello everyone, I know that magnetic polish is so last year, LOL. I was given these polishes compliments of Teddi's Tips because she was having problems getting them to work. If you have ever seen her nails you know they are beautiful and generally anything she tries she gets it perfect on the first go round. I have because of that fact had the polishes for several months but was scared to try it figuring I could only do worse. Today I tried one of the two polishes and was so happy with the results that I decided to blog about just in case someone else was having problems with polish as well.

I used Magnetix Nail Polish in purple. I loved the color when it separated. I got it to separate so well because I held the magnetic about a quarter of a inch from the nail for at least 15 seconds. I found less time did not allow the pattern to become as defined. I also would slowly turn my nail left to right.

Well until next time keep on polishing.

2013 Pro Bowl Tribute

I am not a girly girly. Anyone that knows me will tell you that. This nail blogging started because my child asked me to do something with my nails. So last night while watching the introduction of the Pro Bowl I thought the dresses at this link Pro Bowl opening Show where bright and summery. I figured with all the cold weather in the northeast this tribute would put some sunshine on my nails if not outside.

I used the following items below; CND Stickey base coat, dotting tools, Zoya Yummy, Zoya Creamy, and Sinful Colors Tokyo Pearl.

The Zoya Creamy and Yummy were two of the three polishes I picked up in Zoya's 3 for $10 sale the first week of January. The creamy went on very streaky. Three coats in and I figured it would have to do. This is not something I have had to deal with before with a Zoya polish so I was surprised. The pictures are before clean up. Subtle but I am loving it.

 

Well until next time keep on polishing. 

The Hits Just Keep on Coming

Today I received my order from Llarowe and boy am I happy. I will definitely be ordering from there again. Their customer service is second to none!!
Tomorrow is a baskbetball game so that decided which color of those that I received that I would use first. Hits Mari Moon Trendy is the first color I am using. This multi chrome has green and yellow as its primary colors. You can also see blue and orange at certain angles. I used three coats to get rid of the streaks.
I can honestly say that I am not sure I am going to be able to wait until I use the next color from Mari Moon line but I am going to try.
As always until next time keeping on polishing.

Another 3 for $10 Sale!!!!!

Thank you Honeybee Gardens for the chance to try your polish.

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First Braided Mani

I am so proud of myself! I have been seeing people with this manicure for quite some time. My good friend at Teddi's Tips had this manicure a few months ago. Everyone I saw with the manicure had used tape or painted white tip guides and braided those. I wanted to do it free hand however, anyone that knows me knows I do not have one artistic bone in my body. This is why it has taken me so long to do this manicure and I got it right the first time out.

I used Avon Blue Royale Suede Nail Enamel for my base. This is a metallic matte polish (say that five times fast). Do not be scared when you see the polish go on wet and stay wet. Once completely dry it will be a matte finish.

My braids are done in Nubar Iris Dust and NYC Big Money Frost. I felt that the shine would be nice against the matte. I started each color at a angle and then just rolled my finger so that the polish was at a angle. I repeated the process with each color.

 

You can expect many more of these to come maybe even a full hand. Until next time keep on polishing.

Zoya Special!!!

This is a must pruchase sale for those of us on a budget!!!!
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If you don't have an account use this link https://www.artofbeauty.com/rd/0166DF4E to sign up for an account and also get another free bottle of polish.

New Year Day Nail

I know, I know I have not been here in awhile. I have been busy with a couple of new directions my life has taken. I am now back. I started the New Year off with Sinful Colors.
While I was not crazy about the color Rise and Shine in the bottle it looks wonderful on my nails. I used only two coats of polish to get it to look even.

 

 I wanted something to accent the green color and so I chose to use Sinful Colors Nova. I placed it on in what I called a slanted french tip. When looking at the bottle of Nova it appears to be a black base with fine green and blue glitter. However once you put it on you realize that the color is a navy to midnight blue depending on how many coats of polish you use.

My accent nail is still Rise and Shine but with one coat of Nail Junkie on top. My favorite glittter polish of all times.

All pictures are before clean up. I apologize for this but had to leave in a rush and wanted to take pictures just in case.

Happy New Year everyone and remember keep on polishing.

$.99 Buy for Some of the Best Colors

Walgreens is my favorite place today. They have Sinful Colors polish on sale for $.99. This basically adds up to but one get one free since they are normally $1.99. This sale is until 10/27/2012.
I have done a month of blogs about Sinful Colors polish. The color below is Cinderella. This color is a pale blue with small pink shimmers visable in light only. I only did a basic mani in this color because I found it hard to find something to do with the color that would not destract from the colors simplicity. Okay little sappy if I do say so myself. LOL.
Well I hope you take advantage of the sale because I know I did. Until next time keep on polishing.

My First Dot Gradient

     So this idea was born out off my over use of my new dotting tools and my epic failure(my person feelings even though others said it wasn't bad) at a regular gradient. I was looking for something where I could give my fingers a break from all of the color because my nails were beginning to turn yellow. Yes, I do use a base coat to those that are thinking that is what my problem is. I just think I need a new base coat but I have not decided on what I am going to use. I am still doing research on that.

     I started off with my current base coat and then placed on one layer of Sally Hansen Hard as Nails. I then keeping with my theme of 30 days of Sinful Colors used my dotting tool and started with Sinful Colors Bali Mist (a purplish pink). Kismet (pink with brown undertones) is my next dot. The final color comes from the recently released Sinful Colors metallic line called Hot Wired. I finished it off with my Sally Hansen Top Coat and Viola! it is done.

   I am quite pleased with the my first attempt at so many dots and a gradient. I am sure it would have been neater had I not decided to do my nails during the second presidential debate. Jumping around and hollering at the television is not a good thing when painting your nails.