Beautiful Disaster Nail Lacquer - Stoplight Party Trio & Be Brave (Swatches and Review)

Hi everyone, I have some beauties created by Jessica of Beautiful Disaster Nail Lacquer. She currently creates handcrafted 3 Free polishes, which will mainly be released in collections, with a few singles here and there. Jessica will also do custom creations upon request.

Today I have Beautiful Disaster Nail Lacquer's debut collection, the Stoplight Party trio and a new single that will all be released August 1st!

Sassy Polish and Scrubs

Danielle, owner of Sassy Polish and Scrubs had posted info regarding a blogger discount at the beginning of the month, so I jumped on it and ordered 4 polishes from her; she was kind enough to throw in one extra for me! 

The following text was copied directly from their website:
I am very excited to be opening Sassy Polish & Scrubs. I will be offering homemade nail polish (mini and full size bottles) as well as yummy smelling body treats. Sugar scrubs, bath salts, bath detoxes, and other goodies to leave you smelling your sweetest!

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

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!

Weekly Manis

Hi Everyone! Whew! I've been so busy this past week or so. I've been working really hard on swatches and reviews for some wonderful indie brands, as well as some personal things going on in my life. But I'm here and back with more weekly manis!

First up, I did my first attempt at the "dry brush" technique. Basically I put on a coat of Sally Hansen Espresso and let it dry completely, or almost completely. I'm a little impatient..haha. Then I dry bushed Elf Cosmetics Mint Cream, Wet n Wilds Black creme and OPI's Alpine Snow. Dry brushing is so simple, I don't know why I hadn't tried it before. You basically just wipe off as much excess polish on the polish bottle top and brush it onto your nail. (hope that makes sense, I'm horrible at giving instructions). You don't have to give any dry time in between colors, as the amount of polish you brush on is so minimal. Once I got them how I wanted them I just topped them off with Glisten and Glow's HK Girl topcoat. Wallah! Easy Peasy!

Vapid Lacquer - Swatches and Review

Today I have some amazing polishes from Vapid Lacquer to share with you! The owner Krys, is one of the nicest women you'll ever meet! She was kind enough to entrust some of her lovelies for me to show off!

Inspiration Recreation

This week, I have some manis that I'm really proud of. I did a few entries for contests where you recreate a mani you are inspired by. I generally get a lot of my inspiration from other nail lovers already, but this was fun to try to recreate them exactly! Hope you love them!

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This first mani was a recreation of one done by @nailartbysig a long time ago. I loved it! I started with a base of Sinful Colors Snow Me White, then free handed the blue, green and purple stripes with acrylic paint. I used a dotting tool and black acrylic paint for the polka dots.

Weekly Manis

So I've decided to start sharing more of my manis on a weekly basis. Every weekend I plan to share all of the manis I did that week! In order to catch up, I'm going to share my favorites from last month and this month so far!

First up is my very first attempt at roses! I used Maybelline ColorShow in Bare Escape as my base and acrylic paint for the art. I was really proud of these and think they came out great!

                   

Elf Cosmetics Nail Polish

So I had never owned an ELF Cosmetics polish before, but when I saw a special they were having for 2 different mini sets for only $5-$6 per set, I jumped on it. Being new to nailart, I was in desperate need of some new colors. Finally..after about 2 weeks they arrived on my doorstep.

And there they are...in all their gloriousness!  I really love them all. There was such a wide variety of colors included. There are a few that are duplicates, but luckily they are the really pretty ones..haha! Overall I can't complain.

I started swatching a few, so here's what I've gotten done so far.

This is Rasberry Sorbet. In the bottle it appeared more on the purpley/fuscia side, but once on, it is definitely raspberry. It went on smooth and took 2 coats for complete coverage.

This one is called Purple Dream. Beautiful color, but this one was a tad thick. This is 2 coats plus a topcoat.

These two are Mango Madness amd High Tide. Love this color combo. These were my "Denver Broncos" inspired nails. Both went on great. 2 coats plus topcoat.

These are the neautrals. From left to right is Nude, Prissy Crissy, Desert Haze and Wedding Bells. All beautiful. These were odd to me. Thick, but didnt completely cover with 2 coats and topcoat. My fav was Wedding Bells.

There are obviously a lot more, but I'll add those later.

Thanks for reading!

GoGo Medal

 I have found that for the most part, Sinful Colors polishes have a great formula. They go on smooth and generally only require two coats for full coverage.

For todays mani, I used Sinful Colors 'GoGo Girl' and 'Gold Medal'. These colors are beautiful on their own, but look great together!

First up, I used GoGo Girl as a base on all of my nails. I did two regular coats with a top coat. This polish definitely has a great formula! It went on extremely smooth. The first coat dried in just a few minutes. The second coat took about 5 minutes. Then I added the top coat. Without the top coat it dried in a satin-like finish. The top coat then made it very glossy. This will likely be my "go to" red for awhile!

                          

Next, I did some simple nail art using Gold Medal. I am really in love with this color. It really does mimic the finish and color of a gold medal. As much as I adore this color though, I have to say that it is a tad thick. I felt like I had to be careful not to have too much polish on my brush or it starts to feel globby.



The finished manicure! To create this I did not use any special nail tools. I used items around the house that almost everyone has. For the polka dots I used the tip of a large paperclip. You have to be very steady otherwise your dots may come out a little messy. (Mine are still far from perfect, but with practice, they are getting better)

For the stripes I actually cut scotch tape...lol. It is definitely a lot easier to use nail art tape, but I made due with what I had. After you have your tape in the pattern you want, just paint on the accent color. Be sure to immediately remove the tape. Do not let the polish dry. If you do the polish will likely pull off with the tape.

Give your accent nails a few minutes to dry before applying your topcoat. Otherwise you run the risk of smearing it. So far I really like this Sally Hansen "Dries Instantly". There are quite a few indie brands I have heard wonderful things about, so I will be trying those out in the future.

Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed!