Lacquer Lust

Today I will be talking about my first order from lacquer lust. 

I was fortunate enough to snag a birthstone polish before they all sold out!

Jo from lacquer lust set the time for the release and I put my alarm to catch it on time. 

Quick tip, make sure that you know what you want before so that you don't waste time looking for the right polish and loose out on your buy!

Although she had many orders, my polish was shipped within a couple of days.

It arrived safe and sound in a cute little box. Inside the box, the polish was wrapped in bubble wrap and beautifully folded into a lacquer lust tissue paper and tied with a black bow (how classy and professional!) the box had my packing slip, some pretty shredded paper for padding and a well made business card. 

The polish purchased is the September color Sapphire and it's a beautiful gray/green/blue color, with a beautiful linear holographic effect also called spectraflair (which is really expensive and hard to come by) and micro blue flakies (also an expensive pigment) the polish was about $12 and shipping $2.50

The labels on the bottle are very cute and professionally made. I especially love the heart shaped label on the bottom. 

As you can see, the polish is absolutely stunning under any type of light source, I shot the pictures with flash to get a more vivid picture.

The polish goes on very smooth, the handle and brush are high quality and the polish was filled to the top. 

When not in light the polish can become a bit dull but we find light sources everywhere so that doesn't happen very much and when it does give this glow everyone around me is admiring the polish!

Here is a picture of the polish with flash and next is a sunlight picture.

In conclusion, this is now my favorite indie brand and I absolutely love Sapphire and hope to get more soon! 

Thank you and have a good night!

Daily Charme

Daily Charme 

"Wilshire"

$11 (+ship)

Dailycharme.com

Daily Charme marks my first indie polish :) I've always been intrigued by their polishes and charms so I decided to get some of my own!

Wilshire is a beautiful glitter topper with tons of iridescent glitters in deifferent hex sizes, squares and hearts. The colors shift in pink, purple, silver and orange as well as white hex. 

You will need a good shake to engage the bigger sized glitter but the brush picks up plenty. 

I love how their brush is see through, kinda neat. 

For the metallic gradient, I painted my nails with two layers of silver metallic polish and let that dry. Then I applied a mixture of black polish and black metallic polish in a circle on a sponge, the I just dabbed the top if my nail with the mixture two times. At the end I topped it with wilshire and applied a layer of seche vite. 

Deborah Lippman

I'm on a quest to try as many different polishes as possible that I find unique. 

Deborah Lippman 

"Good Girl Gone Bad"

$18

Sephora.com

I've always heard so much about DL polishes and now I know why. 

The one attached is a deep violet red with tons of magenta shifting micro glitter. 

The polish dries textured and I would suggest two coats if seche vite. 

The polish really comes to life in the sun or any light source, it's like you have a party on your fingertips, therefore it's extremely hard to photograph. 

It's rich in color and here I am wearing two thin coats and one coat of seche. 

Spring Collection 2014

I'm always really interested in what's news and trending before it's time. I seem to have a nick for the colors that are about to trend. Don't you ever feel that you keep looking for the an exact color for months and then, all of the sudden, this color is prominent in all stores.

What I'm most excited about it how the fashion industry has taken a great stance for nail art. They are highlighting this as the "it" finish to complete any look. Besides color trending, the nail art community is growing at a fast pace and making a stamp as a strong category of its own.

I also have a strong love/hate relationship to the fact that the big brands are following suit in the indie brand polishes. All of the sudden these weird mix of glitters and finishes are available at a mass market. Yes, I love it due to the fact that now these finishes are so accessible, but I dislike the fact that they are robbing the indie feel making them more mainstream than special.

Back to what the post was about, spring trends.

Embellished Whites
There was a lot of whites and nudes with crisp finishes such as rhinestones and pearl accents. I want to try a white base with white matte glitter, let's see how that turns out.

Moon mani
Moon manis are keeping strong but this time try it with nudes such as beiges with white moons etc. the moons are a bit bigger now so don't be afraid to exaggerate.

Metallics
Whether you go for a full metallic nail, ombres or accent metallics, this season you will see it everywhere.

Striped nails
Cutouts, vertical lines, horizontal lines. Keep it simple but lines will be a dominant feature.

Unexpected Pastels
Pastels that are not really your typical go to such as orange, hot pink etc. Think Easter with a twist.



What I see most in the fashion world for nails is simplicity, you don't have to be a master painter to be on trend, just get yourself some nice nail art brushes (I got mine at amazon) and learn how to o glitter gradients, works every time ;)

Did you see anything new or exciting???

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