Jolie Polish - Wake Up to Makeup collection (swatches and review)

Hi guys! Today I have a new collection from Bory of Jolie Polish to share with you! The Wake up to Makeup collection includes 4 gorgeous crelly/jelly polishes!

Littlenailgirl Lacquer - The Boys of Fall (swatches and review)

Hi guys! Today I have some Littlenailgirl Lacquer awesomeness to share with you! I have all 3 polishes included in their "The Boys of Fall" collection and they are gorgeous! Each of these polishes is named for Heather's Godsons.
(You can check out all of my previous reviews of their polishes by searching LNG or Littlenailgirl Lacquer in the search bar)

Eliana's Collection - "Kandy Krush" , "Nail It This Summer" & "Must Have" collections (swatches and review)

Eliana's Collection  is a new indie brand that was created in 2014! Handmade in the USA, they are cruelty and 4-free.

Kawaii Moon Polish - swatches and review

Hi guys! Today I have another new indie to share with you! Kawaii Moon Polish is owned and operated by the very sweet Natsumi! She creates cruelty and 5-free polishes!

Jolie Polish - Duo Set (Raspberry Swirl & Champagne and Raspberries) Swatches and Review

Hi Guys! I've previously posted photos of the duo set from Jolie Polish on all of my social media sites, but I have been locked out of my blog account for over a week so I am just now able to post my review of them.

A little about Jolie Polish! Based out of Philadelphia, PA, Jolie Polish is owned and operated by Bory Foreman. Bory also runs the @nailthedeal page on instagram! Jolie Polish creates 5-free polish; she also sells stamping plates, stampers, decals, make-up and the ever so popular clean-up brush (my review for that is here).

Vapid Lacquer - Birds and Mermaids! (swatches and review)

If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, I think you can pretty much guess that Vapid Lacquer is one of my favorite indie brands. I mean, I mention Krys and one of her polishes a minimum of 2-3 times per week..lol. I've not found any polish of hers that I didn't like. These are no exception!

Krucial Cosmetics - Autumn 2014 Collection (swatches and review)

Hi everyone! Today I have swatches and my review of Krucial Cosmetics Autumn 2014 collection!

Krucial Cosmetics was founded in April 2014 by the lovely Kaitlyn McCarthy. Based in New Jersey, she creates handmande, all-natural and organic cosmetics, beauty products and 5-free nail polish.

Pretty Woman Virtual Back to School Party

Hi everyone!

TODAY Pretty Woman USA is hosting a really awesome Virtual Party from 12-6pm EST, celebrating  Back-to-School! They will be giving away Pretty Woman nail polish, along with some other fun goodies every hour on the hour! You definitely don't want to miss this.

Be sure to join them on Twitter (@PrettyWomanNYC), Instagram (@PrettyWomanNYC) and YouTube (PrettyWomanUSA) for a chance to win! (I'll be hosting their Twitter feed from 4-6pm EST...get ready for some fun! I'll be gosting 2 giveaways while I'm there!)

Signet Nails - "The Stars, Like Dust" Collection (swatches and review)

Hi everyone! Today I have swatches and my review of Signet Nails 'The Stars, Like Dust" collection. For those of you that don't know, Signet Nails was created by the lovely Lauren of @lalanail. She happens to be one of the very first nail girls I ever followed, even before she was @signetnails.

About Signet Nails (as listed on their website)

All Signet Nail polishes are '5 free' and vegan!

Signet Nails is a one-woman project by Lauren Nail Swindol. Inspired by signet rings used in days past and present, Signet hopes you will find a hand mixed shade that really represents YOU. All polishes are made in my Mississippi home with love, inspiration, and the buyer in mind. Make your impression with Signet Nails.

Jolie Brush vs Elf Cosmetics Brush (for nail cleanup)

                 

So like many of the ladies in the nail community, I was in love with using the Elf Cosmetics concealer brush as my mani clean up brush. Slowly, but surely, many people started using a new larger brush. This brush comes from Bory, owner of Jolie Polish @joliepolish and the famous @nailthedeal. I decided to see what all the fuss was about and purchased one for myself 2 months ago. Here's what I found....

MDJ Creations - What's Your Superpower collection (swatches and review)

I have another round of fun polishes from Melissa at MDJ Creations!



Just to recap: MDJ Creations is owned and operated by the lovely Melissa! She creates everything from nail polishes, gemstone jewelry, lip balms and ointments. A little one stop shop for beauty gals! The majority of the polishes are 5 free, though there are still some 3 free available.

Vapid Lacquer (Swatches and Review)

I was super excited to review more polishes from Vapid Lacquer because everything I've ever used of hers is AMAZING!

She is one of the best scattered and linear holo polish maker I know! They always have amazing formulas, superior coverage and gorgeous colors. This round of polishes is even better than the last ones I've tried!

Elysian Nail Lacquer - Midsummer Night's Dream collection (swatches and review)

Elysian (adj): ih-lee-zhuh n

1. creative or beautiful   2. peaceful

Little Nail Girl - Swatches and Review

I was super excited when Heather, owner of Littlenailgirl Lacquers, announced that I was one of the lucky girls chosen to be a new beauty blogger for their polish line. Lets just say I was beaming from ear to ear that day! Thank you so much to Heather and the Littlenailgirl team for entrusting your beauties with me!

Picsart Watermark Tutorial (Mobile App for Androids only)

When you first open your picture on the Picsart mobile app it will look like the picture below. Click the "A" to add text to the picture (circled in yellow)

After clicking on the "A", the screen below will pop up. Here is where you change the font type and color. Slide the screen to the left to view the fonts available that are free.

Now follow these steps: (also see the pictures below)

1. type in the text you want

2. choose the font (pick any font you want)

3. pick the text color (I chose black) 

1&2 3.

4. Click on the check mark in the top right hand corner;

The text will appear as seen in the left picture below.

To resize, click on the arrow in the white circle and move is around until you have the size you want. To change the orientation, click on the arrows in the grey circle and move them around until the font is facing the direction you want. You can move the text anywhere on the screen by simply dragging it with your finger/mouse.

To wrap the text, click on the icon circled in yellow (as seen below- pic 1.). A box will appear listing Orientation, Opacity and Wrap. Click wrap. Move the slider bar until the text is wrapped to your specifications (as seen below - pic 2.) As you wrap the text it will move out of place, just simply click and drag it back to where you want it.

To change the opacity, click on the box (as seen in pic1.) and choose opacity. Again a slider bar will appear at the bottom. Slide it until you have the text at the opacity you desire. 

Once the text it wrapped and the opacity is changed you can click the check mark in the bottom right hand corner. 

Wallah! you're done! Be sure to save your work before exiting the application!.

I am no tutorial expert, but I really hope this helps all of you. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks for reading!

MDJ Creations - Hope Begins (Naomi's Village charity polish)

The polish  review I have for you today is Hope Begins. This is a beautiful polish, with an amazing meaning! Made by the caring and warm hearted Melissa, owner of MDJ Creations, 100% of the proceeds of this polish are directly donated to Naomi's Village. Their mission is glorify God in serving Kenyan children by providing spiritual, physical and emotional healing, so that they may grow to impact their world.

Directly quoting Naomi's Village:

Currently Naomi’s Village is home to 53 orphans all under the age of 13 from all over Kenya. Eventually Naomi’s Village will grow to approximately 100 children and will include teenage housing.

Most of our children are total orphans, meaning neither of their parents are alive or traceable. A few have living relatives that simply cannot take care of them due to abject poverty, physical or mental illness, or an unhealthy home environment.

Hope Begins is beautifully formulated pink polish with coppery mauve undertones; as well as that wonderful linear holo effect we all love! I did 3 coats, but it could be opaque in 2. I also played around with it and it works out awesome as a 1 coat topper for dark polishes. Though I didn't take pictures, I tried it over red and black and...wow! It looked amazing!

Below you'll see swatches of this lovely polish. Most taken in direct sunlight. I did take one in my lightbox, so you could see the differences. (Yes..that is a tree I tried to paint on my nail. Don't laugh! hehe)

Hope Begins will be available for purchase in MDJ Creations shop TODAY! Go...go now..buy this amazing color and help out a wonderful charity in the process!

You can visit MDJ Creation's shop here. Please also swing by Naomi's Village to learn more about this beautiful charity and what you can do to help!

Thanks for reading!

LacqueredMama

MDJ Creations - Swatches and Review

The lovely Melissa of Melissa Demster Jewelry (MDJ Creations) contacted me last week about doing some swatches for her. Let's just say I was super excited. She is a wonderful polish maker and even lovelier human being! So, let's get started with my 2 favs of the bunch!

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First up is Ermahgerd Perlish! I'm in love with this one! Not only because it is such a fun and great formulated polish, but also because it was made and named for, Kristin,  @ermahgerdperlish on instagram, who I just adore. 

Ermahgerd Perlish is a turquoise crelly with purple, orange and white shades of various sizes of glitter; as well as some holo, pearly and matte glitters. It is opaque in 2 thick coats, though I did 3 thinner ones, plus a topcoat! It has a pretty shiny finish, but if you want your mani to last, you should definitely use a top coat to protect it.

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The second polish I have is Captivating. And it sure is! Its a pretty fuchsia jelly with a beautiful linear holo rainbow effect. It went on super smooth and was opaque in 3 thin coats, again you could get away with 2 thicker coats and even 1 as a lovely topper to change up your other polishes.  This one is also pretty shiny on it's own, but I used a topcoat anyway!

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The remaining 2 polishes I have are fun little glitter toppers!

The first is Something to Celebrate! Perfect topper to jazz up your current mani and it looks great over any color. It is full of purple, teal, gold, silver, hot and light pink glitters of various shapes and sizes, as well as stars

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Last, but not least is Sistine Chapel! Its another beautiful glitter topper that' s filled with gold, holo, aqua and red glitters of different shapes and sizes. This looks amazing over any color! I chose an aqua and nude to show it off. You can also wear it alone, as it is almost opaque in 3 coats (see thumb).This one is also good, if you like to fish out glitters to do glitter placement! (see middle finger). Love love love it!

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I really loved all of the polishes I received from Melissa! They all had great formulas and beautiful color. I'm not generally a glitter topper kind of girl, but I really liked these!

Be sure to follow MDJ Creations on Instagram and Facebook for details on releases. Also check out her Store!

Hope you enjoyed! Thanks for reading!