OPI Liquid Sand: Alcatraz...Rocks

Good morning everyone! I have a short but gorgeous post for you today. I've been avoiding Ulta because I'm trying to save money for a Vacation coming up so I haven't had a chance to check out a lot of the new collections. One polish I kept hearing about was the new Liquid Sand polish from the San Francisco collection by OPI, Alcatraz...Rocks. 

I accidentally found one. It was hiding with The Bond Girls collection. I thought I had just written off Vesper too soon! Anyway, I looked at it and it was love at first sight. Alcatraz...Rocks is a stunning dark grey/purple base and tons of little tiny glitters in a ton of colors. It's just fantastic! 

And then a blurryish (my camera just wanted to focus. Haha I couldn't get it to go blurry!) one to highlight the sparkle. 

I see green and purple and gold in there and more colors show up in person. Out of all the texture polishes out right now, this ranks as one of my favorites. I did not put any topcoat on, but from the other blogger pictures I've seen, it's just as amazing with a couple coats. 

I would definitely recommend picking this up if you like the textured polish look!

KBShimmer: Blinded By The Bright

Hello all! This post has been a long time coming. I should have gotten to it sooner but I didn't. Oh well! I have a KBShimmer polish for you today. I love KBShimmer. They are one of my favorite indie brands. Today's polish is Blinded By The Bright, a bright (imagine that) neon yellow with gorgeous red and green hex glitter.

I just love this polish and have worn it multiple time since taking these pictures. All photos are in natural lamp light with a coat of Seche Vite on top. 

There you go! Amazing, right?? I'm so glad I picked this up. It's just a beauty. 

The entire collections can be purchased from KBShimmer's web site here. 

NOTD Pure Ice: Temptress

Hello! Good afternoon. I hope everyone's having a good week!

Today I have just a quick polish for you. I'm wearing Pure Ice Temptress. It's suppose to be one of their Velour polishes that dry to a matte finish but this one ends up really sparkly anyway. I wanted to take advantage of the pretty sparkle so I added topcoat. My photo is with one coat of KBShimmer Clearly On Top. 

Temptress is a deep royal purple with a gold and blue shimmer. The gold is much more obvious in person. I'm sorry for my cuticles. They are terrible. I picked this polish up at Walmart. 

That's all I've got for today! Thanks for tuning in. ^_^

Maybelline Color Show: Lavender Lustre

Good evening! Hope you all are well. Today I have the other Maybelline polish I picked up from the Holographic polish collection they put out. This one is called Lavender Lustre. Like the previous one, Maybelline calls this holographic but really it's more of a duo chrome, except this one barely shifts. I don't like this one nearly as much.

Lavender Lustre is a grey-purple that looks like it shifts to a pure silvery color. On the nail this is really just a grey-toned, silvery purple. I'll let the pictures do the talking for me.

Like Mysitc Green, this really isn't a true holographic polish and, unfortunately, I don't think this one has the color payoff to make it worth the purchase. 

Maybelline Color Show: Mystic Green

Hey guys!! Sorry it's been so long since I made a real post! I've had a ton of stuff going on in my personal life and that meant I had to put blogging on the back burner. 

Today I have what I consider an interesting post for you. So, like many of you are, I love holographic polish. It's just so darn PRETTY! I found a display of holographic polish at my Walgreens by Maybelline.... except they looked off. It didn't look like they were holographic at all! Well, I decided a few of the colors were pretty so I went ahead an grabbed two of them and decided I would swatch Mystic Green first. 

I was right. They really aren't holographic. Not linear, not scattered. However, Mystic Green is a very jungle-esque green. It almost seems like a duo chrome with a lighter yellow green that shifts to a deeper green around the edges. Overall a very pretty color, although again, NOT holographic.  

I do like the color. Sorry for the funky watermark. As usual, I'm on my phone and the "there's an app for that" doesn't seem to be quite true. Haha

So what do you think? I think this looks line the duochromes they put out earlier in the year. I'll have the other color I picked up soon!