#TheLacquerRing: Purple
Thursday, February 12, 2015
2/12/2015 10:00:00 AM
#TheLacquerRing is back for the month of February. Cynthia, Of Life and Lacquer, has picks this month. For her color choice she went with purple. I can get on board with purple.
For this look, I started with what else, a purple base. This is Models Own Purple Rain. It's ok if you start singing the song, I haven't been able to get it out of my head while wearing this polish. Purple Rain is a deep grape purple that leans deep blue in some lighting. This was two easy coats, no application problems at all.
After my base was all dry then the fun really began. I laid down some striping tape in a simple pattern and then put down two coats of F.U.N. Lacquer Evening Gown. Evening Gown is an intense dark purple filled with linear holographic rainbows.
I'm in love with this look y'all. I want to do more of these color on color striping looks. I'm in love with that holo from F.U.N. Lacquer. Meow!! Be sure to check out the other purple looks from Amanda, Lesley, Jessica, Nicole, Voni, Frosso, and Cynthia below.
Essie Cashmere Bathrobe
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
2/11/2015 02:54:00 PM
Today I have a quick swatch for you all! I cannot get enough of grey polishes lately. There is something so chic about a grey polish. Today I have Essie Cashmere Bathrobe for you. I'd kill for a Cashmere Bathrobe, but I'll just have to be satisfied with it on my fingertips.
CB is a deep grey with subtle shimmer throughout. The shimmer takes it from plain jane to subtle fancy and I really love it.
Are there any certain colors that you keep wearing over and over again? I go through phases and I'm in a definite grey phase lately.
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
CB is a deep grey with subtle shimmer throughout. The shimmer takes it from plain jane to subtle fancy and I really love it.
Are there any certain colors that you keep wearing over and over again? I go through phases and I'm in a definite grey phase lately.
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*self purchased
GIVEAWAY: Azature Wine Diamond
Monday, February 9, 2015
2/09/2015 11:43:00 AM
Over the weekend I hit a really cool milestone on Instagram. Officially I have hit 1K followers on Instagram and I think it calls for a celebration. YAAAAY! And by celebration I mean GIVEAWAY! I'm absolutely humbled that so many of you follow along on this journey!
Today I'm going to be giving away a bottle of Azature Wine Diamond. Azature is known for having a fully faceted black diamond in every bottle of polish and let me tell you their prices reflect that. So here is Wine Diamond. It is a deep merlot wine shade filled with beautiful lavender sparkles. This is two coats. This does dry to a grittier finish, so I recommend a layer of topcoat to make it super smooth.
Good luck!!! I wish I had enough money to send you all a pretty present but until I win the lottery this will have to do!!!
**This is open internationally but please don't enter if you know your customs won't let it through**
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*self purchased
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#StampingSaturday: Lined Maleficium
Saturday, February 7, 2015
2/07/2015 10:00:00 AM
Y'all!!! I just realized that we've officially been doing #StampingSaturday's for over a year. In fact we're two weeks past the year mark. Thats crazy town! I think we need to do something to celebrate. I'll have to talk it over with the girls and see if we can come up with something!
Anywho...sometimes I just throw a stamp over whatever polish I'm currently wearing and sometimes I meticulously plan out my look. This week, I picked several polishes in a rose gold/neutral theme to pair with a heart stamp. I took my time and applied all the polishes and stamped it. It was awesome. Then....I took it off later without taking pictures of it. Whoomp whoomp whooooomp! I don't know how I never took pictures of it, but they just didn't happen. So then I just threw a stamp over the polish I had on. So much for planning.
The polish I happened to have on is insanely gorgeous. I've been obsessing over this polish and I'm glad I managed to get it. This is Pretty & Polished Maleficium. I had no idea what the name means so I looked it up. This white crelly base is filled with color shifting multichrome flakies.
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Anywho...sometimes I just throw a stamp over whatever polish I'm currently wearing and sometimes I meticulously plan out my look. This week, I picked several polishes in a rose gold/neutral theme to pair with a heart stamp. I took my time and applied all the polishes and stamped it. It was awesome. Then....I took it off later without taking pictures of it. Whoomp whoomp whooooomp! I don't know how I never took pictures of it, but they just didn't happen. So then I just threw a stamp over the polish I had on. So much for planning.
The polish I happened to have on is insanely gorgeous. I've been obsessing over this polish and I'm glad I managed to get it. This is Pretty & Polished Maleficium. I had no idea what the name means so I looked it up. This white crelly base is filled with color shifting multichrome flakies.
Pretty huh? I tried my first macro there, I hope its ok. Next I stamped on some lines from BM-316 with Konad Black. I wanted something that was open enough to let the polish still shine through. It's too pretty to cover up.
Sadly some of my lines smeared but I still like the overall look. What do you think? Be sure to check out all the other stamped looks below! I love seeing what everyone comes up with.
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*self purchased
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Zoya Delight Collection for Spring
Friday, February 6, 2015
2/06/2015 01:33:00 PM
*pr sample
Today I have the Zoya Delight collection to show you. This is their spring collection and I'm in love. There are 3 cremes and 3 cremes with shimmers in this collection and let me tell you they are super pretty. I cannot wait for the cold weather to go away and for beautiful weather to start again.
Lets start with the creme polishes and my absolute favorite from this collection. This is Zoya Tiana, which is a light pistachio green color. My swatch is two perfect coats.
Next up is Zoya Lillian a creamy faded aquamarine polish. Again, my swatch is two easy coats.
The third and final creme is Eden a perfect springy pink. Two easy coats make up this swatch.
Now on to the cremes with shimmer. All of these have the same beautiful blue shimmer in them. It's so pretty in these combos. Up first, my favorite of these three is Rayne. Rayne is a little sheer so it took 3 coats for full coverage.
Next is Daisy, a yellow lemon polish filled with a beautiful blue shimmer. Daisy is again a little sheer so I've used three thin coats here.
Finally, there is Leslie. My friend Lesley has declared it the best, purely because of the name. This is a soft lavender polish filled with that beautiful shimmer. Of the three shimmers this one is the most opaque and only took two coats for full coverage.
Which color is your favorite?
Enjoy & Until next time, Amy Lee
*press samples
Golden Frames
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
2/04/2015 12:24:00 PM
How is everyone doing on this fine Wednesday? It's humpday y'all. Only two more days to the weekend. I'm getting prepared for my first read through of Aladdin kids with the cast tonight and I'm so excited. I hope the kids have an absolute blast doing this show. I know I will.
Today's look starts with a base of Duh Nail Polish I've Got the Topper, You Do the Rest. Whew! That is a long name for such a pretty polish. IGTTYDTR is an ivory base filled with little golden glitters and platinum flakes. It makes for a very pretty, dainty, and unique polish. I used two coats for the swatch below.
To finish off my look, I went in with Duh Nail Polish Joy Oh Joy and a striper brush to create borders around each nail. Joy Oh Joy is a gold glitter bomb that is super pretty.
This was my first time trying the framed look and it makes me want to "FRAME ALL THE THINGS!" I love this delicate end look. You couldn't ask for a better pairing than these two polishes.
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*self purchased
Cirque Greys
Monday, February 2, 2015
2/02/2015 11:21:00 AM
Do you all have a color you can't stop wearing lately? I'm all about grey polishes lately, I find myself drawn to them a lot lately. This look features two Cirque polishes. The grey is Concrete Jungle and the silver is Mirror Mirror. They really paired well together and made for a fun look.
Both of these polishes had really great formulas. It took 2 coats of each for full coverage. I'm in love with Mirror Mirror. It's a total chameleon. Depending on what you pair it with, it can appear as a silver or range to a champagne gold look.
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*self purchased
