I wish all stores would get all polishes at the same time. No more endless lists on the Nailboard about who found a certain flakie polish where! We all want it at the same time! That being said, I'm sure you know which brand is the culprit. Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure...state your case.
This is 3 coats of Sea and Be Seen. It's a light cornflower blue with a slight twinge of purple running throughout the polish. The silver shimmer is interspersed with slightly more chunky particles making for a really pretty effect. I will say that I prefer the bottle a little more to what shows up on my nails. In the bottle you can see some green and purple casts, but on the nail I haven't been able to see it.
The formula was pretty good, but be careful when applying multiple coats, they may smudge. I like the brush, but I know it isn't everyone's cup of tea. I found that the wear on this polish has been really good, so I'm thinking of maybe picking a few more of these up
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Blue,
Sally Hansen,
Shimmer,
Summer '10
Happy end of Mother's Day to everyone. Sorry that I haven't been posting much this week. The swim team I coach had finals this week and our school was hosting it. Needless to say, I've been a bit frazzled this week. I'll have a post for you all tomorrow :)
Ahhh summer is upon us! I am so excited to be wearing neon collections like China Glaze's Poolside! So far, I've only got one from the collection because my beauty supply only had one :(
This is two coats of China Glaze Towel Boy Toy. I would've bought this for the name, but the color so happens to be amazing as well! This is a very bright color, but not really a true neon. It's a brightened light blue with ultra fine shimmer. My mom, who isn't a polish fiend, was quite impressed at how fine the shimmer is in this polish. I couldn't quite get a photo of it, but it's more apparent in the bottle than on the nail.
Hopefully, I'll be able to get my hands on the rest of this collection. I've got my eye on Flip Flop Fantasy!
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Blue,
China Glaze,
Neon,
Shimmer,
Summer '10
Congratulations to.......
You've won my very first giveaway! Kudos to you! I've sent an email to the email address you provided me. You have 48 hours to respond with your mailing address so I can get these goodies to you!!
Thanks so much to everyone who entered! I can't believe how many responses I got, I now have over 200 followers!! I'll host another giveaway when I hit another milestone. Maybe this time it'll be a book to go with all that polish :)
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Blog Love,
Giveaway
7 years ago today (not quite) Mr. Literati and I started dating. I've loved every second of these 7 years and I'm looking forward to more! Happy Anniversary, babe!
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Random
I just love polish brands that fly under the radar. I love wearing brands that aren't sold regularly in brick and mortar stores. I feel like I'm in some exclusive polish club :)
2 coats
Diamond Cosmetics Chainmail Charm is a member of the holo club and the "really cute name" club. This polish is a great find and if you like dark holos you won't be disappointed by the oil slick quality this one has. It isn't a black holo, but more of a charcoal grey with a hint of brown. It dries super glossy and is still holo in low lighting. There are a few similar colors to this out there, but for the price you would definitely do best to get this one!
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Diamond Cosmetics,
Grey,
Holo
Another Monday *groan* Well, I'll take the Mondays as long as we're getting closer to summer. The weather in my area this weekend really made me excited for days to come. I even managed to get to the beach :)
Speaking of things that don't have anything to do with the weather or the beach...
Eyes Like Sapphires is a royal blue with a slight frost to it. It also has thicker grains of silver shimmer peeking out, which did result in me getting a few bumps of grit here and there. A good topcoat should be able to even all that out, though.
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Blue,
China Glaze,
Shimmer
Sweet baby Jeebus! Lookit at all my new followers! I'm glad you guys are here. Hopefully, you'll all be able to stand my incoherent ramblings and general nonsense :)
This confection for your fingertips is Diamond Cosmetics Sweet as Sugar. It is indeed very sweet! I don't do sheers very often, but this one is quite nice. It looks like I dipped my nails in very fine baking sugar. This was three very thin coats and as you can see I've still got some visible nail line. I'm thinking I would use a more opaque base coat prior to this polish. I don't think you'd have to layer it over a nude polish.
Hooray for the week almost being over. I'm so looking forward to the weekend. Are you guys up to anything fun come Friday?
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Diamond Cosmetics,
Glitter,
Pink,
Sheer
Well ladies and gents, I now have 50 wonderful followers on my little blog! I am so excited to have each and every one of you following me, so I decided to have a giveaway to show my appreciation! Many thanks to all of you!!
Summer is on it's way so I tried to pick out some fun colors that will look great in the sun :)
The winner will receive:
- Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Purple Pizazz
- Sinful Colors Cream Pink
- Nicole by OPI Honey-Dew You Love Me (cute blue hearts!)
- OPI Suzi Says Feng Shui
- Poshe Super Fast Drying Topcoat
- China Glaze LOL
- China Glaze DV8
- China Glaze Luna
- China Glaze Blue Hawaiian
- China Glaze Yellow Polka Dot Bikini
This giveaway is open to followers and subscribers and will run until 11:59 PST on May 3rd, 2010.
To enter:
1) You must be a follower of some kind. Any and all new followers are welcome! Leave me a comment letting me know your email address in case that you win.
1 entry
2) Blog about this contest for another entry! Leave a comment with a link to the post.
1 entry
3) Tweet about the contest! Either @ me on twitter or leave a link to your twitter in the comments!
1 entry
4) Add Lacquered Literati to your blogroll. Send me a link and I'll make sure to add you back. If anyone has a blog that you would like on my blogroll, please email me!
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5) This one is a freebie! Tell me what colors you like to wear during summer or anything you want about the summer season! It's up to you :)
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To save yourself some sanity feel free to put all your entries into one comment. No matter what, please include your email so I'll be able to contact you. You have until May 3rd, 2010. Have fun!
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China Glaze,
Contest,
OPI,
Sally Hansen,
Sinful
