Lizber Wearable Nail Polish Holder

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Hello, beauties!

Today, I wanted to share one of my favorite tools. It's the wearable nail polish holder by Lizber. 

It holds polish bottles of nearly all shapes and sizes, including minis. I find it helpful for those awkwardly-shaped bottles that I struggle to hold while turning my hand this way and that to get full coverage, especially near the deep folds on the sides of my nails. 

It's comfortable to wear, and easy to get on and off - simply squeeze the tabs on the sides to open it and pull it over the tops of your fingers, not your freshly painted tips. It fits all sizes of fingers, and even fit over my UV protective gloves. 

If you'd like to know more about the Lizber wearable nail polish holder, you can find it here. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Trust Fund Beauty - I Can't Even

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Hello, again, beauties!

Today, I've got another pretty from Trust Fund Beauty to share. This one is called I Can't Even. 

I Can't Even is a a pure, deep black. It's easy to work with, and self-levels beautifully. It dries to a high gloss shine. 

What's so special about this black polish, you ask? I'll sum it up in two words. 

One. Coater. 

That's right! I Can't Even is perfectly opaque in a single coat. 

I'm wearing it here with some simple stamping using the Ejiubas Geometry stamping plate and Color Club Eternal Beauty. 

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If you'd like to know more about I Can't Even or other pretties by Trust Fund Beauty, you can find it here. 

Thanks for stopping by!

OneDor Celeste

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Hello, beauties! 

I had an opportunity to review a cool polish that I thought I'd share with you. I haven't been painting much lately, so it worked out perfectly that I got to try a gel polish. 

This is Celeste, by OneDor. You knew it had to be blue or green, right? Celeste is a lovely pastel turquoise. What's different about this gel is that it doesn't require a base or top coat. 

 

Buffing is recommended, but is a no-no for me, so I added an additional coat to hide my ridges and the patchiness that sometimes occurs when polishing extra curvy nails. Shown here is three thin coats. For short and smooth nails, two coats is enough. 

 

 

So far, it's been five days, and besides a little new growth and a small chip on my Cindy hand, my nails still look great. 

If you'd like to check our Celeste, or any of the other pretties in OneDor's lineup, you can find it here. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Trust Fund Beauty - Hollywood Hipster

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Hello, beauties!

I haven't posted, or even painted for a while, but I'm back with a new pretty from a new-to-me brand. This is Hollywood Hipster, from Trust Fund Beauty. 

I'd describe it as a minty green crème, although on me, it leans a bit more turquoise than it appears in the bottle. 

It boasts a 7-free formula. The first coat goes on pretty typically of a white or pastel polish, which is to say, it's a little streaky. A second coat is enough to smooth things over, though, which, to me, is better than the average formula of a polish this color. 

I'm digging this bright, happy color...you know me and my blues and greens! If you like it, too, you can find it here. 

Thanks for stopping by!

International Women's Day manicure featuring Carpe Noctem Cosmetics for Nail Whisperer

Hello, beauties!

Tomorrow is International Women's Day! In honor of the day, I've been having fun with the Inner Superheroine series. These pretties are the product of Carpe Noctem Cosmetics for Nail Whisperer, and the first three polishes in this collaboration are currently available here. If you haven't yet seen these pretties, you can check them out in my last post. 

As promised, I'm back with a bit of nail art. For this mani, I used Fierce Mind as my base, and all three polishes, Fierce Mind, Brave Spirit, and Kind Heart, to make my first ever dry marble decals as accents. I figured, for International Women's Day, why not try a new-to-me technique?

Considering this technique was a first try, I'm quite pleased with how they turned out, and I love how well these colors play together. Do you have a favorite in the series, so far?

The Inner Superheroine Series - Carpe Noctem Cosmetics for Nail Whisperer

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I know, it's been eons since I last posted, but I decided to dust off the blog with some brand new polishes. Today, I've brought you a look at the first three polishes in the Inner Superheroine Series by Carpe Noctem Cosmetics. This series will be available exclusively through stockist Nail Whisperer. Very appropriately, its release will coincide with International Women's Day, and was created as a means to embrace the universal and myriad strengths of women everywhere, as well as the virtues of self-confidence and self-love. I'll be sure to leave you with the details. Now, on to the pretties! They're all shown here in two medium coats with a glossy top coat.

Brave Spirit - a periwinkle holo with very discrete flakies.

On me, depending on the lighting, Brave Spirit can lean gray, purple, or blue. 

Kind Heart - a delicate pink holo with very discrete flakies. 

Sometimes, Kind Heart appears the softest of pinks, but other times, more mauve, and having a nude appearance on me. 

Fierce Mind - a grey holographic with very tiny and discrete flakies. 

Fierce Mind is also a bit of a chameleon, sometimes appearing concrete gray, and sometimes like silver. 

Emily of Carpe Noctem Cosmetics has always snared me with her vampy and complex shades. With these releases, she's lightened things up, but kept all the complexity. My favorite to wear is Kind Heart, which is a complete surprise to me. It's a shock that I'd take such a shine to anything described as "delicate", but she's shifty, too. Who'd have thought I'd fall in love with a polish that isn't blue, neon, or vampy? I'll soon be posting some nail art using these beauties. 

The first three polishes in the Inner Superheroine Series will be available this Sunday, March 6 at 11:00pm SGT, exclusively at Nail Whisperer.

International Women's Day is March 8...how will you celebrate?

Christmas Sweater Skittle

Hi, all! So, I finally felt inspired to do a Christmas manicure. For this one I started with a regular base coat over a school glue base. I thank all the ladies who shared the glue tip with me...I've been wearing glitter nearly every day since! Here's what I came up with.

The main polish for this mani is from a new-to-me brand called Glitz 'n Glimmer Polish. This brand boasts a 5-free base, and I stumbled upon it in a Facebook group that I frequent. I used two thin coats of Christmas Sugar Cookie, a white crelly with multi-colored glitter. The glitter is most prominently red and green, although I think I spotted some yellow, pink, and blue, as well. It covers beautifully, and I think it could have been a one-coater if I'd been as heavy-handed in application as I normally am. With glitters, though, I am finding I prefer thinner coats, because I like the way the particles look suspended in the different layers of base. See, I've been learning. :) The wear time is quite nice. Before I attempted any art, I wore it solo for a few days with only minimal tip wear. For this look, I stamped a pattern from Bundle Monster plate BM-603 on two nails. For my index finger, I used Revlon Top Speed in Emerald, and on my pinky, I stamped with Wet n Wild Megalast in I Red a Good Book. On my ring finger, I added a coat of Emerald, then sponged on a glitter gradient using an other brand I hadn't tried before, Barielle Goldfinger.

While I (clearly) haven't yet mastered the art of stamping, it still turned out better than I expected. I found myself a squishy little Vaga stamper on Amazon and have had slightly better luck than with my much firmer Konad stamper. I thank you for stopping by, and I wish one and all a Merry Christmas if you don't hear from me before then!