Rainbows of Neon

Hi everyone! I have for you what I think might be the coolest mani I have ever done! I am going to just get right into it!

 I started with two coats of China Glaze "White on White".

Then, using the Color Club "Poptastic" Collection (all but the lightest pink color), I free handed stripes. The lines aren't anywhere near perfect, but honestly, I love the way it turned out! I like how the colors sort of blend into each other!

Color Club: Pucci-licious, Chelsea Girl, Twiggie, Almost Famous, Wham! Pow!, Warhol

I wore it like this for two days and received many compliments! The white underneath really makes all the colors pop, and it is just so much fun to look at! It is pure happiness! After I finished this look and was staring at it, I decided I was going to either stamp over it with black polish or use black crackle polish to achieve the look of that paper that is colorful underneath covered in black and you scratch away at it to reveal a colorful design. Kind of like this:

Rich Color, Holographics and Glitter, Oh my!

Hi guys! Today I was perusing a local Ross store, and was lucky enough to stumble across the Color Club "Beyond the Mistletoe" collection. It's a collection of all incredible glitter polishes! So awesome! Anyway, I already had on my nails one of my sprankens. It was the deep red wine colored one... for now I am referring to it as, "Carlos Rossi Wine Jug". I really love the way it turned out! Here is two coats:

Woo hoo! I am really proud of that one! 

Here are some swatches of the "Beyond the Mistletoe" collection:

Beyond the Mistletoe, Holiday Splendor, Sugarplum Fairy, Gingerbread, Candy Cane, Jingle Jangle

I was so excited to try these so I immediately put "Candy Cane" over "Carlos Rossi Wine Jug" and I will let the result speak for itself!

It is glitter madness overload! I can't wait to try all of these!!! :)

Black Magic Friday

Happy Friday everybody! Have you ever walked into a store, saw a polish that looked absolutely GORGEOUS in the bottle, and bought it on the spot? Then, when you get home, so eager to paint the glorious beauty on your nails, experience utter disappointment? The polish is thin and almost invisible, and you feel as though you might as well have painted water on your nails? Well, this post is for you, my friend! All hope may not be lost! There is a well known trick/secret amongst the nail polish community, and that, is black nail polish. Yep, that's it! Just black lacquer! It doesn't have to be anything fancy, in fact, the cheaper [as long as it is opaque in two coats] the better, because the black is just the catalyst for your poor, sad nail polish to show it's true pop of color! Duo/Multi Chromes really benefit from the black polish trick. You can usually see every facet of color over black, and it really makes each shade stand out depending on the angle of your nails. 

Here are some examples of how black can transform different colors of polish. Unfortunately I don't have swatches of all of these colors on their own... I can make a swatch wheel for you, or you can google the colors and will mostly likely be able to see how they fare on their own two feet. I love looking at these pictures and seeing the magic transformation of colors that, on their own, are nothing special, but when layered over black, become a magic, enchanting display of razzle-dazzling beauty.

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(1) Essence Holographic 03 Blueray (2) Pure Ice Busted (3) Pure Ice Spitfire (4) OPI Sugar Plum Yum (5) Golden Rose Scale Effects 14 (6) Kleancolor Starry Meteor (7) Kleancolor Silver Star (8) Kleancolor Chunky Holo Black (9) Kleancolor Chunky Holo Purple (10) Color Club Magic Attraction (11) Color Club Wild & Willing (12) Misa Mega Margarita (13) Misa Denim & Lace (14) Orly Rock Candy (15) Sally Hansen DVD

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I'm Back!

Hi everybody!  Happy Monday!! I am back from my mini vacay, and it was JAM PACKED! I arrived Thursday night, and Brooke picked me up from the airport. We had dinner at my aunts and I got to see my cousin, Carla, which was so awesome! Hi Carla!! :) Love you and miss you already! 

 The next day Brooke and I met up with Traci from The Trace Face Philes, and Cassandra from The Manilogues! We went to a bunch of supply stores in Philly, and it was awesome!! It was so nice to meet up with fellow bloggers and get some good deals on polish! 

On Saturday I got to see all of my mom's side of my family! We all went out to dinner to celebrate my grandmother's 80th birthday! It was a lot of fun, and I got to hang with my cousins... Hi Tommy, Kristina, and Karla!!!!  <3 The next day my family drove up to CT to visit more family. I got to see my other grandmother and more cousins and aunts and uncles (Can you tell I'm Italian!?) and it was so great to see everyone. It's so difficult to say goodbye, but worth every second of seeing them. 

Today I wanted to share Color Club's Covered in Diamonds. It's tons of large, iridescent flakes in a clear base. It reminds me of stained glass on the nail. The only thing with this polish, is that the flakes are so large they can curl up and stick up off of your nail. It takes about two top coats to smooth everything out... probably a top coat of gelous would be good, but I only used Seche Vite. I have Nubar's Pasadena Purple on underneath, and I really need to do a post of that color on its own. It's gorgeous! But as you can see I have some tip wear, so I really want to give the color the proper credit it deserves.

I have a ton of swatching to do, so stay tuned, and as always, thanks for reading! :)

Color Club Back To Boho Collection!

*COLOR CLUB BACK TO BOHO Collection*

New Bohemian 70’s Inspired Collection Coming This Fall 

New York, NY – June 2011 Color Club, a New York based cosmetic brand specializing in nail and lip products announced today its new “Back to Boho” Fall 2011 Collection. The new collection features twelve 70’s inspired longwearing nail polish shades perfect for creating an effortless “Boho Glam” look. The collection will be available in September of 2011. With fun bohemian vintage inspired names, the Color Club “Back to Boho” Collection shades include:

Nomadic in Nude – a must have neutral for the season; off white and creamy

Earthy Angel – Gorgeous creamy camel

New Bohemian – a new 70’s take on Tiffany Blue

Shabby Drab – Purple Greige The ultimate boho color

Rad Nomad – Purple brown crème

Red-ical Gypsy – Boho chic red, a new take on a vintage classic red

Boho Mojo – Silvery, beige pearl  

Nouveau Vintage – The perfect understated vintage frosty gold

Voodoo You Do – The perfect charcoal grey for the season with blue undertones

Artsy Crafty – The ultimate muted military green

Blue-topia – Just as it sounds, the perfect shade of deep blue

Rebel Spirit – Deep chocolate brown creme 

Color Club is all about color and renowned for its fun, high performance rich shades and exceptionally safe products. All nail colors are vegan, Formaldehyde, Toluene, DBP and paraben-free - and made in New York, NY with the best raw materials. Color Club products are made in the USA and are not tested on animals. Products are available at shopcolorclub.com.
ABOUT COLOR CLUB
Color Club is a nail polish brand developed by Forsythe Cosmetic Group.  Founded in 1979, the Forsythe Cosmetic Group is a New York-based cosmetic company widely regarded worldwide as a pioneer within the professional beauty industry. A global brand with products represented in more than 95 countries, Forsythe was one of the first companies to recognize and address the needs of the professional nail salon, a new phenomenon at the time. Rather quickly, the Forsythe name became synonymous with excellent, performance-proven products available in a diverse range of eye-catching shades. Today, more than three decades later, the Forsythe Cosmetic Group remains a vanguard in the beauty business by constantly introducing new concepts and elevating industry standards. Forsythe manufactures every product it offers, a practice that ensures superior color-matching quality control and the ability to respond quickly to consumer demands for the latest and most exciting trends in nail color, nail treatments and lip color.

For additional information on Color Club please call 1-800-221-8080 or visit www.cosmeticgroup.com.

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18 Purples!

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1. China Glaze IDK
2. China Glaze LOL
3. OPI Visions of Sugarplum
4. OPI Catherine The Grape
5. OPI DS Original
6. OPI Planks A Lot
7. OPI Purple With A Purpose
8. China Glaze Gamer Glam
9. China Glaze Grape Juice
10. China Glaze C-C-Courage
11. China Glaze Octa Gone Wild
12. Zoya Mira
13. Zoya Hope
14. Zoya Mimi
15. Color Club Tru Passion
16. Color Club Wild At Heart
17. Butter London HRH
18. Sinful Colors I Love You

Top Coat Swatches

Hey guys! Quick post! I just took a bunch of polishes I have that I think might work better layered over another color. To compare, I put together a nail wheel swatch of them over black. Maybe this will give you some ideas, or at the least, how some of the glitter top coat colors compare and contrast!

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1. Orly Shine on Crazy Diamond
2. Orly Prisma Gloss Silver
3. Orly Love Each Other
4. Northern Lights Hologram Top Coat Silver
5. China Glaze Fairy Dust
6. China Glaze Shooting Stars
7. China Glaze Luna
8. China Glaze Pom Pom
9. China Glaze White Cap
10. Nubar 2010
11. Color Club Covered in Diamonds
12. Pure Ice Busted
13. Pure Ice Spitfire
14. Freshcover Pegasus
15. Freshcover Hard Grape
16. Wet n Wild Party of Five Glitters
17. Sally Hansen Ice Queen
18. China Glaze Electric Lilac

Pink Wednesday... Space Case!

Howdy Folks! Today is Wednesday, halfway through the week! And, on this lovely, middle of the road day, some of us choose to wear pink! So, for this special occasion, I chose a new recent pink purchase, Color Club's "Space Case". When I saw this on the shelf I immediately LOVED it. It's a bright, hot pink with silver glitters inside. The formula was pretty good, opaque in two coats. The only downside, is that when the polish dries, the glitter is kind of gritty, and the silver sparkle doesn't shine through. It's like the polish is too opaque and dulls the glitter. I had higher hopes for this polish, it's too bad the finish dries like it does. Can't win them all I guess! :)

Have a great day! :)

Pink Lemonade!

Happy Friday everybody!! Today I have a quick update on yesterday's nails! To recap:

I liked the color so much I couldn't bear to take it off after only one day. So instead of switching it completely, I decided to add to it! So I turned "Get Your Lem-on" into Pink Lemonade! I added some stripes with Zoya's Kiki. I love how bright and fun this is, and it reminds me of a funky barber shop pole! 

Hope everyone has a great weekend!! :)

When Life Gives You Lemons...

Get your Lem-on!!!! I decided to bring the sun to my nails today, and to do so, I used Color Club's "Get your Lem-on!". It's a sheer, neon yellow. It's pretty much the EXACT color of yellow highlighters. That hot green-yellow color that's almost so bright you have to squint. I love it! Since it is a very sheer color, I started with two layers of China Glaze's "White on White". Then I added two coats of Get Your Lem-on. I really love how this looked on its own, but you know I love a little razzle dazzle, so to top it off, I finished with a coat of China Glaze's "White Cap". White Cap is basically gold shimmer suspended in a white-ish base. On its own, it is really sheer and doesn't do much, but when layered, can create an entirely different look. I am really happy with how this turned out. Though it may be raining outside, my nails are heating things up inside!!

Thanks for reading!