Hiya everybody! Today I’m wearing Revlon Top Speed Fast Drying Nail Enamel in Black Star, and I am pretty impressed with the new Top Speed formula. This is no top coat, apparently with the new formula you don’t need one; it has a new patented formula with a built-in top coat that rises to the surface to form a glossy, ultra smooth manicure with strengthening power. It’s certainly not a true black, more of a charcoal color, with a shimmer in the bottle that disappointingly doesn’t translate that well to the nail. I think this will be a good base for nail art and stamping though, it’s nice and thick and dries quick. What do you think?
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Hiya everybody!

Today I’m wearing Revlon Top Speed Fast Drying Nail Enamel in Black Star, and I am pretty impressed with the new Top Speed formula.

This is no top coat, apparently with the new formula you don’t need one; it has a new patented formula with a built-in top coat that rises to the surface to form a glossy, ultra smooth manicure with strengthening power.

It’s certainly not a true black, more of a charcoal color, with a shimmer in the bottle that disappointingly doesn’t translate that well to the nail. I think this will be a good base for nail art and stamping though, it’s nice and thick and dries quick.

What do you think?

Oh my God, Becky, look at her Bondi. Okay, I’m done, I promise. I am just so stoked with this polish! I eagerly awaited my bottle in the mail and when it got here I immediately used it. This is Bondi New York NYPD, and it’s one coat (!!), do you hear me? ONE! I thought I wasn’t going to enjoy using it when I saw the brush, it is much smaller than the wide ones I’m used to using, but because of how smooth and thick the formula was I had absolutely no trouble. Seriously, it goes on like melted butter. No flaws, not a streak or bubble to be found. Once that dried, I decided to spruce it up (though it really didn’t need it), and added a decal from Nail Art Fairy and the chain that I got from my Nail Art Society bag. I suppose my only complaint (and it’s at best) is that Bondi, while beautiful and flawless is a bit too expensive for my budget, it retails for $15. You can buy Bondi New York here and here and like them on Facebook here. ALSO, you may have noticed I decided to try Stiletto nails- peer pressure, I swear!! ^__^ What do you think of them? Disclosure- Products were provided to me by the manufacturer for my opinion and honest review. See here for more information.
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Oh my God, Becky, look at her Bondi.

Okay, I’m done, I promise. I am just so stoked with this polish! I eagerly awaited my bottle in the mail and when it got here I immediately used it.

This is Bondi New York NYPD, and it’s one coat (!!), do you hear me? ONE! I thought I wasn’t going to enjoy using it when I saw the brush, it is much smaller than the wide ones I’m used to using, but because of how smooth and thick the formula was I had absolutely no trouble. Seriously, it goes on like melted butter. No flaws, not a streak or bubble to be found.

Once that dried, I decided to spruce it up (though it really didn’t need it), and added a decal from Nail Art Fairy

and the chain that I got from my Nail Art Society bag. I suppose my only complaint (and it’s at best) is that Bondi, while beautiful and flawless is a bit too expensive for my budget, it retails for $15.

You can buy Bondi New York here and here and like them on Facebook here.

ALSO, you may have noticed I decided to try Stiletto nails- peer pressure, I swear!! ^__^ What do you think of them?

Disclosure- Products were provided to me by the manufacturer for my opinion and honest review. See here for more information.

Pink a Card is another of the new reformulated Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure line, and it’s a lovely creamy soft baby pink. It’s just a darling color, very work appropriate and I think it would be a fantastic base to some nail art. When I first saw it I thought it would be close to Pink Friday from the Nicki Minaj collection from OPI, but it’s actually much lighter, certainly in the same family, but not a dupe at all. If you’d like to try these out, you can order them here, here, or you can usually pick them up at your local drug store for about $7.99 but they go on sale often. Disclosure- Products were provided to me by the manufacturer for my opinion and honest review. See here for more information.
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Pink a Card is another of the new reformulated Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure line, and it’s a lovely creamy soft baby pink.

It’s just a darling color, very work appropriate and I think it would be a fantastic base to some nail art. When I first saw it I thought it would be close to Pink Friday from the Nicki Minaj collection from OPI, but it’s actually much lighter, certainly in the same family, but not a dupe at all.

If you’d like to try these out, you can order them here, here, or you can usually pick them up at your local drug store for about $7.99 but they go on sale often.

Disclosure- Products were provided to me by the manufacturer for my opinion and honest review. See here for more information.

Alright, I know I’ve said it once or twice (or twelve), times before, but nudes and soft shades haven’t ever really been my thing. But then Sally Hansen sent me this baby, and I fell in love. And I understood the power of the nude/pale soft shade. This is Royal Blush, and it is a peach color with a hint of pink undertone. It’s like my nails, only better. By George, I get it! I think this would be a fantastic base for a French manicure as well. This is three thin coats, no top coat, and again, I got about a weeks worth of wear with it. If you’d like to try these out, you can order them here, here, or you can usually pick them up at your local drug store for about $7.99 but they go on sale often. Disclosure- Products were provided to me by the manufacturer for my opinion and honest review. See here for more information.
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Alright, I know I’ve said it once or twice (or twelve), times before, but nudes and soft shades haven’t ever really been my thing.

But then Sally Hansen sent me this baby, and I fell in love. And I understood the power of the nude/pale soft shade.

This is Royal Blush, and it is a peach color with a hint of pink undertone. It’s like my nails, only better. By George, I get it! I think this would be a fantastic base for a French manicure as well.

This is three thin coats, no top coat, and again, I got about a weeks worth of wear with it.

If you’d like to try these out, you can order them here, here, or you can usually pick them up at your local drug store for about $7.99 but they go on sale often.





Disclosure- Products were provided to me by the manufacturer for my opinion and honest review. See here for more information.

Continuing on with my swatch-a-thon of the newly reformulated Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure line, I have Tickle Me Pink to show you, and if you don’t like it as soon as you saw it, then you’re wrong- look again! This is a blindingly shocking, in your face hot pink color, and while it’s not entirely original, it’s still lovely and I’m so drawn to these colors. This could be a perfect one coat if you work it right, but I used two thin ones here. I think this might be a good stamping polish as well, but I haven’t tried it yet. If you’d like to try these out, you can order them here, here, or you can usually pick them up at your local drug store for about $7.99 but they go on sale often. Disclosure- Products were provided to me by the manufacturer for my opinion and honest review. See here for more information.
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Continuing on with my swatch-a-thon of the newly reformulated Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure line, I have Tickle Me Pink to show you, and if you don’t like it as soon as you saw it, then you’re wrong- look again!

This is a blindingly shocking, in your face hot pink color, and while it’s not entirely original, it’s still lovely and I’m so drawn to these colors.

This could be a perfect one coat if you work it right, but I used two thin ones here. I think this might be a good stamping polish as well, but I haven’t tried it yet.

If you’d like to try these out, you can order them here, here, or you can usually pick them up at your local drug store for about $7.99 but they go on sale often.





Disclosure- Products were provided to me by the manufacturer for my opinion and honest review. See here for more information.

This lovely polish is another new Sally Hansen from the Complete Salon Manicure line, called Black and Blue. Black and Blue flashes from teal to blue and purple in the bottle, unfortunately it doesn’t translate that well on the nail. As a duochrome it’s less than I’d hope for, but as a plan teal polish it’s very lovely. Here is a close up of, and the best shot I got of the color shift: This is three thin coats, and no topcoat. If you’d like to try these out, you can order them here, here, or you can usually pick them up at your local drug store for about $7.99 but they go on sale often. Disclosure- Products were provided to me by the manufacturer for my opinion and honest review. See here for more information.
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This lovely polish is another new Sally Hansen from the Complete Salon Manicure line, called Black and Blue.

Black and Blue flashes from teal to blue and purple in the bottle, unfortunately it doesn’t translate that well on the nail. As a duochrome it’s less than I’d hope for, but as a plan teal polish it’s very lovely.

Here is a close up of, and the best shot I got of the color shift:

This is three thin coats, and no topcoat.

If you’d like to try these out, you can order them here, here, or you can usually pick them up at your local drug store for about $7.99 but they go on sale often.

Disclosure- Products were provided to me by the manufacturer for my opinion and honest review. See here for more information.

Sally Hansen has recently updated their entire Complete Salon Manicure line, and let me tell you, I am impressed. This beauty is called Peach of Cake (uuugh, the names… Haha!) and I was fully prepared to dislike this color. Colors like this are not things that I normally gravitate to, and while I fully can appreciate the color, I usually assign it to my Mom and Grandmama. (In other words, old lady colors. Sorry Mom!) Now, let me tell you how wrong I am. So wrong. So very wrong. I used three very thin coats, and it was completely dry in a few minutes, not only that but I am not wearing a topcoat at all. I got a full week with this new formula, with very little chipping and minimal tip wear. If you’d like to try these out, you can order them here, here, or you can usually pick them up at your local drug store for about $7.99 but they go on sale often. Disclosure- Products were provided to me by the manufacturer for my opinion and honest review. See here for more information.
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Sally Hansen has recently updated their entire Complete Salon Manicure line, and let me tell you, I am impressed.

This beauty is called Peach of Cake (uuugh, the names… Haha!) and I was fully prepared to dislike this color.

Colors like this are not things that I normally gravitate to, and while I fully can appreciate the color, I usually assign it to my Mom and Grandmama. (In other words, old lady colors. Sorry Mom!)

Now, let me tell you how wrong I am.

So wrong.

So very wrong.

I used three very thin coats, and it was completely dry in a few minutes, not only that but I am not wearing a topcoat at all. I got a full week with this new formula, with very little chipping and minimal tip wear.

If you’d like to try these out, you can order them here, here, or you can usually pick them up at your local drug store for about $7.99 but they go on sale often.

Disclosure- Products were provided to me by the manufacturer for my opinion and honest review. See here for more information.

I haven’t exactly kept it a secret that I really like the new indie maker Scofflaw Nail Varnish, so when her Etsy opened up last Sunday for the first time I was eagerly awaiting (and refreshing like a mad woman) the chance to grab some.  As soon as her shop opened up I snagged five of them (five?! I know! I haven’t gotten indies like that since NerdLacquer!), but by the time I logged into PayPal I got cart jacked (NOOOO) and was only able to buy this one. While heartbroken that I didn’t get my hands on David Bowie’s Bulge (pun intended) I am really pleased I snagged Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. WTF is a lovely teal jelly- here let Scofflaw tell you: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is a teal jelly base packed with red, white, gold and brown glitters of various shapes and sizes. Factoid: the term comes from scientists studying foxes in Alaska that had eaten saw grass, which acts like a heavy drug. The foxes lose motor control and move in a jittery way that almost appears like drunken dancing (LIES LIES my pants are on fire. We all know what whiskey tango foxtrot means). The glitters work so well together, and I’m a sucker for teals anyway, and I think the tiny square glitter don’t take away from the polish like I see most square glitters doing. I cannot say more good things about Scofflaw, and I really wish great success for her in the future. If you’d like to buy any Scofflaw Nail Lacquer, go here, and if you can like them on Facebook here.  
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I haven’t exactly kept it a secret that I really like the new indie maker Scofflaw Nail Varnish, so when her Etsy opened up last Sunday for the first time I was eagerly awaiting (and refreshing like a mad woman) the chance to grab some. 

As soon as her shop opened up I snagged five of them (five?! I know! I haven’t gotten indies like that since NerdLacquer!), but by the time I logged into PayPal I got cart jacked (NOOOO) and was only able to buy this one.

While heartbroken that I didn’t get my hands on David Bowie’s Bulge (pun intended) I am really pleased I snagged Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.

WTF is a lovely teal jelly- here let Scofflaw tell you:

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is a teal jelly base packed with red, white, gold and brown glitters of various shapes and sizes.

Factoid: the term comes from scientists studying foxes in Alaska that had eaten saw grass, which acts like a heavy drug. The foxes lose motor control and move in a jittery way that almost appears like drunken dancing (LIES LIES my pants are on fire. We all know what whiskey tango foxtrot means).

The glitters work so well together, and I’m a sucker for teals anyway, and I think the tiny square glitter don’t take away from the polish like I see most square glitters doing.

I cannot say more good things about Scofflaw, and I really wish great success for her in the future.

If you’d like to buy any Scofflaw Nail Lacquer, go here, and if you can like them on Facebook here.

 

I actually gasped when I saw this polish. This is from OPI’s newest Euro collection called OPI… Eurso Euro and if you don’t have this one, run (right now) and grab it. It’s a perfect indigo. An indigo to end all indigo polishes. It’s fantastically pigmented, and a tad bit purple leaning and I love it to bits already.  This is two coats, just because I’m obsessive, but I could have gotten away with only using one. I should have left well enough alone, but I went ahead and attached a small 3D crystal studded bow to it, though I do like it. What do you think?
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I actually gasped when I saw this polish. This is from OPI’s newest Euro collection called OPI… Eurso Euro and if you don’t have this one, run (right now) and grab it. It’s a perfect indigo. An indigo to end all indigo polishes. It’s fantastically pigmented, and a tad bit purple leaning and I love it to bits already.

 This is two coats, just because I’m obsessive, but I could have gotten away with only using one.

I should have left well enough alone, but I went ahead and attached a small 3D crystal studded bow to it, though I do like it.

What do you think?

I got some AMAZING water decals from ChaChaCovers, and I had to use them as soon as I got them. Originally they were full decals, but I chopped them up because I thought they would look fabulous over the new Urban Outfitters polish I got called Mystic. Mystic is a gorgeous blue polish with orange to green flakies floating around in it, I wanted it to be a jelly, but unfortunately it dries to an odd satin/matte finish. What do you think of this mani? You can buy UO Mystic in store, or online here and you can see ChaChaCovers AMAZING set of nail decals and purchase a few here!
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I got some AMAZING water decals from ChaChaCovers, and I had to use them as soon as I got them.

Originally they were full decals, but I chopped them up because I thought they would look fabulous over the new Urban Outfitters polish I got called Mystic. Mystic is a gorgeous blue polish with orange to green flakies floating around in it, I wanted it to be a jelly, but unfortunately it dries to an odd satin/matte finish.

What do you think of this mani?

You can buy UO Mystic in store, or online here and you can see ChaChaCovers AMAZING set of nail decals and purchase a few here!