Elessa Jade Crystal Bow Earrings

Earlier last week I was watching one of PurseBuzz’s videos on youtube and saw her Crystal Bow Earrings and feel in love with them and I had to have them. They are gorgeous and come in a bunch of different colors but I decided to go with the Black Pave ones since I figure I can pair them with just about anything plus they were really affordable. Shipping was fast and came well packaged, and the earrings even came in this cute pink velvet box with a black bow on top and not to mention Elessa even included an adorable large pink bow headband! If you’re thinking about purchasing any of the bow earrings I would definitely recommended picking up a pair since they’re made really well. The bows seem to be made from some sort of ceramic so they have a nice light weight to them and the crystals are set a little deep into the bows but still stand out so you shouldn’t have to worry about them falling out.

Availability: www.elessajade.com $19.99

OPI Nicki Minaj Polka Dot NOTD

Ever since I picked up the Nicki Minaj OPI collection I’ve been playing around with different nail looks and the first idea that came to mind was doing polka dot nails with Fly as a base and Did It on Em as the dots and I love it since it’s fun and bright, plus it kind of reminds me of Dinosaurs too for some reason which makes me love it even more haha! 

Wet n Wild ColorIcon Limited Edition Collection Spotted at CVS!

From left to right: Diamond in The Rough, It’s All in The Cut, Back Alley Deals, Believe Me, It’s Real.

From left to right: 24 Carats, Give Me a Price Quote, Cost is No Issue, Rockin’ Rubies.

So I decided to head out to CVS this weekend to see if I could track down some of the new Spoiled polishes that came out recently since I haven’t had a chance to pick any up yet, after browsing through the displays I came across a Wet n Wild ColorIcon Ice Baby display which I was incredibly excited to see since from my knowledge those were only available and exclusive at the time to Walgreens back in December of last year and there was two of the polishes I was missing from the collection that had already sold out so luckily the display at CVS was pretty full and I was able to grab them! So if you missed out on them or were missing a few from the collection I would definitely recommend trying your local CVS locations since it seems like they may be popping back up again!

From left to right: Diamond in The Rough, It’s All in The Cut, Back Alley Deals, Believe Me, It’s Real.

Diamond in The Rough is a fine black glitter with larger holographic glitter

It’s All in The Cut is a fine lavender purple glitter with larger light pink glitter

Back Alley Deals is a fine purple glitter with larger magenta glitter

Believe Me, It’s Real is a fine bright blue glitter with larger purple glitter

From left to right: 24 Carats, Give Me a Price Quote, Cost is No Issue, Rockin’ Rubies.

24 Carats is a gold and copper bar string glitter

Give Me a Price Quote is a yellow gold bar string glitter

Cost is No Issue is a fine teal glitter with larger blue glitter

Rockin’ Rubies is a fine red glitter with larger red glitter

Jordana Glitter Nail Polish Part 2

From left to right: Gold Glam, Funky Gold Town, Bronze Fest, Copper Blaze, My Superstar

From left to right: Sequins, Gemstones, Rhinestones, Lunar Lights.

From left to right: Gold Glam, Funky Gold Town, Bronze Fest, Copper Blaze, My Superstar

Swatched two times with no top coat or base color

From left to right: Gold Glam, Funky Gold Town, Bronze Fest, Copper Blaze, My Superstar

Swatched one time over black base

Gold Glam is a fine gold glitter with holographic diamond shaped glitter

Funky Gold Town is a yellow gold large chunky glitter

Bronze Fest is a gold and copper with fine and larger chunkier glitter

Copper Fest is a bronze with fine and larger chunkier glitter

My Superstar is a gold glitter with larger chunkier red, blue and gold glitter

From left to right: Sequins, Gemstones, Rhinestones, Lunar Lights.

Swatched two times with no top coat or base color

From left to right: Sequins, Gemstones, Rhinestones, Lunar Lights.

Swatched one time over black base

Sequins is a fine red glitter with larger blue, purple and silver glitter

Gemstones is a fine and larger chunkier multi-colored glitter

Rhinestones is a silver with fine and larger chunkier glitter

Lunar Lights is a iridescent with fine and larger chunkier glitter

Availability: www.jordnanacosmetics.com $2.99

Jordana Glitter Nail Polish Part 1

From left to right: Green Glitz, Celestial, Cosmic, Blue Bash, LA City Nights.

From left to right: Fairy Dust, Pixie Pink, Magenta Magic, Celebration.

Awhile ago I was up late at night and couldn’t sleep so I started looking up nail polishes and somehow stumbled across the brand Jordana Cosmetics and their Glitter Nail Polish, I immediately knew I had to have them all since they looked gorgeous and seemed to have some unique color combinations. Upon further research the only local retailer I could find that sells them is Kmart but you can also purchase them directly from www.jordanacosmetics.com and you do get free shipping on orders of $25. I now own all their glitter polishes besides the ones that are currently listed on their website as coming soon which I am dying to have as those are some of the main ones that caught my eye. I did buy most of them from Jordana’s website since my Kmart didn’t have that big of a selection but I was lucky enough to pick them up at Kmart for 25% off so you may want to check your Kmart first and see what types of sales/promotions are currently running.

From left to right: Green Glitz, Celestial, Cosmic, Blue Bash, LA City Nights.

Swatched two times with no top coat or base color

From left to right: Green Glitz, Celestial, Cosmic, Blue Bash, LA City Nights.

Swatched one time over black base

Green Glitz is a fine and medium bright green glitter

Celestial is a teal with fine and larger chunkier glitter

Cosmic is a fine blue glitter with larger blue, green and silver glitter

Blue Bash is a more densely packed fine and larger bright blue glitter

LA City Nights is a fine blue and purple glitter

From left to right: Fairy Dust, Pixie Pink, Magenta Magic, Celebration.

Swatched two times with no top coat or base color

From left to right: Fairy Dust, Pixie Pink, Magenta Magic, Celebration.

Swatched one time over black base

Fairy Dust is a densely packed baby pink glitter with larger holographic glitter

Pixie Pink is a rosy pink with fine and large chunkier glitter

Magenta Magic is a bright pink purple with fine and large chunkier glitter

Celebration is a densely packed fine lavender glitter

Overall I’m really impressed with these polishes and this line due to the variety and unique factor of their glitter polishes especially at the price of $2.99 making them incredibly affordable, I also found the formula to be good with decent dry time and a smooth application so I would definitely recommend checking them out if you happen to love glitter polish as much as I do.

Availability: www.jordnanacosmetics.com $2.99

Sugarpill Royal Sugar & Tiara

Sugarpill recently had a 20% off Birthday sale for turning 2 so I took advantage of the sale to pick up the remaining two loose shadows I was missing from my collection since shipping came out to be almost free so the loose shadows I got are Royal Sugar and Tiara which are stunning. I’m really excited to now finally own every single Sugarpill shadows since I absolutely love them and they are by far some of the best shadows I’ve ever used, I really can’t wait for Sugarpill to expand their shadows since they’re like Pokemon you gotta catch them all, haha!

From left to right: Royal Sugar dry/wet, Tiara dry/wet

Royal Sugar is a bright royal blue with blue and silver shimmer

Tiara is a metallic silver shimmer

Availability: www.sugarpillshop.com $12

Color Club Blossoming Collection

Hydrangea Kiss is a medium blue toned purple cream

Sweetpea is a rosy light purple toned pink cream

Blue-ming is a light sea foam green cream

Blushing Rose is a light baby pink cream

Lavendarling is a light medium grape lavender cream

Diamond Drops is a silver holographic flaky topcoat

0-60 Speedy Top Coat

I have been on such a polish kick lately and when I heard about the Color Club Blossoming collection I knew I had to pick it up since I don’t have many pastel color polishes plus these will be perfect for summer. So a few days ago I made a huge order from transdesign.com for these and a few other collections I’ve been meaning to pick up and I love transdesign since I literally get my package about two days after I order because their warehouse is based in Atlanta and I live in Georgia, so they ship really fast, plus I was able to pick this collection up for $21.70 versus the color club website at $48.00!

I really loved all the polishes since the formula was great, had good dry time and most importantly for me they were nice and opaque and only needed two coats for a perfect application. 

Hydrangea Kiss 

Hydrangea Kiss with Diamond Drops

Sweetpea 

Sweetpea with Diamond Drops 

Blue-ming

Blue-ming with Diamond Drops

Blushing Rose 

Blushing Rose with Diamond Drops 

Lavendarling

Lavendarling with Diamond Drops

Availability: www.transdesign.com $21.70

Zoya Polish Swatches (Black)

Raven is an intense satiny black with subtle light silver shimmer.

Dovima is a smoky charcoal black with strong silver shimmer with a matte finish.

Loredana is a medium gun metal gray packed with silvery shimmer with a matte finish.

From left to right: Raven, Dovima, Dovima with topcoat, Loredana, Loredana with topcoat.

Availability: www.zoya.com $8

Mardi Gras NOTD

Happy Fat Tuesday Everyone!

Items used: 
China Glaze LOL 
China Glaze L8R G8R 
China Glaze GR8
 Rescue Beauty Lounge Look Rich, Be Cheap.

China Glaze Magnetix Collection

China Glaze has released a new line of magnetic polishes which consists of six magnetic polishes plus a three pattern magnet that is sold separately that has a starburst pattern, a 45 degree angle stripe pattern and a chevron pattern. I’m really excited that China Glaze has released a magnetic collection since a lot of the other brands that have done magnetic polishes don’t seem as available locally other than ordering online although I have seen the Nails Inc at Ulta recently but at the price tag of $16 so it’s nice to see China Glaze create a magnetic collection at a cheaper cost and full size bottle.

This is the first time I used magnetic polishes so while it wasn’t difficult to figure out it did take awhile to get the method down from trial and error, one of the biggest problems I had was getting the pattern to work on my index finger which is because my index finger has a curved nail while the rest of my nails are fairly straight which is why in the swatches you’ll notice that nail has the least amount of pattern transfer. Also I did find that positioning the magnet further back from the cuticle helped to get the pattern to transfer more evenly and centered on the nail. Other than that I didn’t encounter any problems, the formula on these were great; nice and thick and all of them were pretty opaque in one coat, Cling On and You Move Me were the only one where I needed to apply an additional coat since they were a bit sheer.

As far as application I applied a base coat and then worked one nail at a time with the polish and magnet since these dry fast and you need them to still be wet for the magnet to work and for a more opaque I applied the magnetic polish to my nails and waited for them to dry and then did the same with working one nail at a time with the polish and magnet, also you’ll want to make sure your nails are dried completely before applying a top coat so the pattern doesn’t smear for reference I use the Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat.

Overall I really love this collection, I only wish the magnet were a bit stronger since I did have to hold the magnet over my nail for about 20-30 seconds for the pattern to show up strong and clear and even then I had some problems so I really want to try these with a different magnet to see how much of a difference it makes so I’ll probably pick up a few bottles of the Nails Inc to give them a go plus I really want to try their teal shade, also when I was talking to my husband about these polishes he said he’d bring me home a magnet from his work to try since he works in a calibrating lab and they have strong magnets that they discard out of watt meters so I’m excited to see how that will work.

Cling On is an olive green with light silver shimmer.

You Move Me is a medium golden brown satin.

Attraction is a dark grey with silver shimmer.

Instant Chemistry is a mauve burgundy satin.

Drawn To You is a medium grape purple with light pink and red shimmer.

Pull Me Close is a blue grey satin.

Benefit Hervana Powder Blush

“Swirl and sweep it on for a heavenly flush of enlightenment. These four shades - Lucky Shell, Divine Peach, Heavenly Rose and Berry Delight–blend together perfectly for an orchid-blossom blush with a soft satin finish.”

This is the first blush I’ve purchased from Benefit even though I’ve always heard such great things about their blushes but this one seemed to get such great raves and reviews that I finally decided to pick it up when I was at Ulta awhile back to give it a try and I’m glad I did because it’s gorgeous and currently one of my go to blushes. I really like that it goes on lightly and leaves a nice natural glowy looking pink color but can also be built up for more color if desired.

Light swatch on left, heavy swatch on the right.

Availability: www.ulta.com  www.sephora.com $28

Zoya Polish Swatches (Random)

Richelle is a golden bronze shimmer metallic finish

Ginger is a soft coral orange with an overlay of fine gold shimmer

Jancyn is a bold soft pastel tangerine cream shade

Creamy is a bright banana yellow cream

Snow White is a pure white cream

From left to right: Richelle, Ginger, Jancyn, Creamy, Snow White.

Availability: www.zoya.com $8