Black and Gold Tribal

I used some more of my stamping plates here, and I did actually have a hard time finding a polish that would show up on top of black, so I just stuck with my gold polish. And even that didn't really show up all that well before I put on a matte top coat, the gloss from the Seche Vite really hid the details of the design. (As you can see in the first picture)

The first picture is of my hand, because the image actually came out a little crooked. I did line it up straight but when I stamped it the stamp came down crooked onto my nail, but I actually like that lineup better than it being straight on. But I had already done my left hand.. And I didn't really feel like doing it over. 

I still need to work on placement and getting the stamp straight on my nails. 

Also, my nails are too short, so this whole stamp image didn't fit on my nails. I kind of wish that it was either smaller so it would fit, or my nails were longer.. Lol 

(Image Used)

Seche Vite Topcoat

Matte Topcoat

Matte Topcoat

Polished Used:

Wet n Wild Fast Dry - Ebony Hates Chris

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Golden-I 

Hard Candy Matte Topcoat

Plate Used:
MASH 47

Wet n Wild I got from Walgreens for about $2, Sally Hansen I got from Walgreens as well for about $2.50 and the Hard Candy topcoat I got from Walmart for $4.00

And Seche Vite topcoat I got from Amazon.

Wet n Wild - I Need a Refresh-mint with Nail Art

I bought this polish a long time ago and never used it. Man, have I been missing out! 

It really is a gorgeous color and I really love it, now I see what all the hype was about over this color. And it's dupe For Audrey. 

I Need a Refresh-Mint - this is a pale blue color that is reminiscent of Tiffany blue. It is creme and would likely look great with a matte topcoat. I used 2 coats for this.

I bought this for about $1.99 at Walgreens.

Not the greatest picture ever... and I didn't clean it up off of my cuticles, so it doesn't look all that great. 

It was actually my first time trying out this double ended Revlon Nail Art polish. It wasn't that bad, but it was top heavy, so it was a little hard to handle. The brushes are the same as any other polish, maybe a tad thinner, so I don't really see how they would be for nail art. 

The reason I decided to try it was I got it on sale at Walgreens for $1.99 where the regular price is around $1 dollars (Not $1, I meant to put $8), I think. Don't take my word on that.. I never looked too closely at these polishes before they went on sale. 

This polish is quite similar to Mermaid to Order by Sephora by OPI, but it does have more of a blue tone, whereas MtO has more of a green tone to it. 

I do like this polish more just because I like blue better than green. I do have both of these on a wheel, I can show them someday. 

Oh! And this is called Revlon Nail Art FrenchMix - Over the Moon. The other side is a really sheer pink with darker pink sparkles/shimmer. 

I used MASH 45 to stamp this. 

Wet n Wild - On a Trip and Designs AND Comments About this new brush shape

I came across a swatch of Wet n Wild's On a Trip online and fell in love, I just had to have it. So the next time I went to Walgreens I picked up a bottle. And let me just say, on my nails it is as beautiful as it was on that blog. 

On a Trip - a purple creme polish, though it is leaning toward the cool side. There isn't exactly a blue undertone, but it isn't completely purple either. A diifficult polish to name. 2 coats to full opacity and to get to the color in the bottle. These pictures are without topcoat.

Closest to color in real life

Now this is one of those polishes that has those "specially designed brushes", they are thicker brushes that have a bit of a curve to the end. You can see the sticker there on the bottle. Most people have complained about these brushes being too big and bulky, that they made a mess and that they were hard to work with. 

For me, it was the complete opposite! I found the curved end was the exact curve of my cuticles and thus, made it much easier to not make a complete mess all over there, and I actually managed to not paint all over my cuticles, which I usually do. Also, the wider brush allowed to paint my nails in fewer strokes. I made less of a mess with this brush than I usually do, even painting with my left hand. I really don't know what the problem is, and I can see more companies switching to this brush because IT WAS EASIER!!

I also did a bit of a design on top of this with one of the Color Club glitters that I got; unfortunately, these do not have names. I talked about them here however: Color Club Glitters

I used the one that has the pink and blue glitters. 

I got WetnWild for $1.99 from Walgreens and the Color Club I got in a pack of 7 for $7.99

Wet n Wild Purple and Blue

I just got these polishes the other day and absolutely fell in love! 

I was actually quite surprised to see such a developed, by this I mean the duo-chrome/color they had, polish for only 93 cents each! 

The polishes I got were Wet n Wild Wild Card and Wet n Wild Rain Check. 

Beautiful colors! And I almost passed them up too. 

I actually have quite a few polishes from Wet n Wild's Wild Shine Collection, all of these colors from this collection I would highly recomend because of the tendency to have that chrome finish for such an inexpensive polish. 

But anyway, back to THESE polishes! Love at first sight. 

Wild Card - This polish is so hard to describe, the name is so fitting here. The best I can say is that it is kind of a mauve-ish purple with a pink shimmer. It does look pink in some lighting, but for the most part it is that lavender/mauve/purple(? Most bloggers I've read say lavender). It did take three coats however to get full opacity, the first was barely visable. It did have a good formula though it wasn't too thick and it didn't dry too fast, becoming tacky. And! Amazing, it was not streaky, which I was expecting from this chrome-finish polish.

I also did a little design on top of this with the blue that I was talking about above:

Rain Check.

Rain Check is a beautiful blue with a heavy silver/grey undertone. There is also a bit of a purple tone in this polish. This one was only a two coater, but other than that it had the same formula and also did not have any streaks at all. 

For the silver here, I used silver acrylic paint and a striping brush. My first time ever doing free hand painting like this! That's why it looks so horrible. Lol. Except for my thumb, and that's why I had to show it off. 

With matte finish

I also put a matte finish over this in the end, and I must say that I love these colors matted! 

Though they do look great both ways. 

I used Hard Candy Matte-Ly In Love which I got from Wal-mart for $4.00 

What do you think?

Ross Department Store Haul

I just recently found out that Ross sold nail polishes; I honestly had no clue! I had never seen them before, though going to my local Ross, I can see why I never knew. They didn't have a very big selection, though what they did have was pretty good. 

They do have Color Club there, which I have been unable to find anywhere else, so I was happy to see those there. 

Everything they sold came in packs, but for the price it was worth it, even if you didn't like a few colors. Because they came in packs of about 7 polishes or so, but were only about $6-$8 each so for that price if you don't like two or three polishes you are still getting for polishes for only $6. 

First off, I got a Color Club pack, it doesn't have a name anywhere on it, but they are all just glitters of different colors. They all have a clear base as well. This was a pack of seven, the seventh polish was a clear coat. 

The first is a silver small sized glitter. There are also a little bit of turquoise, green, pink, yellow, blue and other assorted colors in this glitter to give it more of a holo effect, but over all it is silver and the holor is very minimal. I haven't tried it on yet and I will hopefully have swatches soon. 

Next, a light blue small sized glitter. This one also has different colored glitter: silver, blue, pink, green, yellow. 

This one is a red small sized glitter. This is actually the only one in the collection that doesn't have any other colors in its glitter, but I actually like that. In my opinion, it would have ruined the look of the glitter if they had added all those different colors to this one. And I have worn this one! So I will be posting pictures of this soon. 

This glitter is a darker blue than the first with pink small sized glitter (they are both small glitter). I put that it is two colors, because both the pink and blue are about even in how much is in the bottle, though if I had to choose a predominant color I would have to say it looks more blue just because it is darker and stands out more. This one also has the little bits of turquoise, green, yellow, just for a little bit of shine. 

I would have to say that this is my favorite out of the whole collection. 

Next is a light pink small sized glitter. This one has bits of silver that stands out when you look closely, and then this one also has the other colors in it as well, but only when you really look close and are looking for them. 

And lastly! This was a bright gold small sized glitter. This one also has all the different colors in it that are a bit obvious when the light hits it, at least in the bottle. 

Unfortunately, none of these polishes had names on them, so I can't tell you there names other than they are Color Club brand. 

For these 7 polishes I paid $7.99 at Ross.

I also bought a brand named L.A. Colors, now I had never heard of this brand so I didn't really expect much for this... But I did a quick run over my nails with each color when I was out eating with my mom and they were actually pigmented! I did have a problem with the white that is in this pack though, it was very streaky and just would not cooperate, but the other polishes were great. Oh, and the beige that is in here is way too close to my skin tone so it doesn't even show up, but it's not that it's sheer, it's just that it is ractically my exact skin tone. 

These were a pack of 7 and were a mix of shimmers and cremes.

The brushes are very thin on this brand, so they are little bit harder to work with. All of the polishes were pigmented and went on very well, except for the white. They have a little emblem on the back of all of their polishes and their package that states that they are cruelty free as well. Which is a plus. 

First, the white. It is a creme. That's pretty much all I have to say. 

Next is a beautiful silvery beige shimmer. The beige isn't very prominent at first but when I was trying them on my nails, the silver kind of fell to the side and the brown-ish color really stood out, this color is so hard to discribe... At first I didn't think much of this color, but when I was trying them on I fell in love and now it's one of my favorites of the collection. 

This one is the beige creme. It does go on well it's just too close to my skin color for me to even see it. 

This one is another of my favorites. It is a very cool blue shimmer. 

This one actually took me by surprise, I didn't expect to like this one but I did. It's a very pale shimmery green. I don't tend to like greens, but this one is so light and refreshing. 

This one is lavender creme, that's about all I can say. I actually bought this pack just for this one polish, because I did love it. But once I got it home I found out that I had so many other polishes like it, but not exactly. Like, Milani Violet Dash or Wet n Wild On a Trip. 

Lastly, this is my least favorite of the bunch. I hate pinks... This is a barbie pink creme. Enough said. 

None of these had names as well... 

I bought all these 7 polishes for $5.99 from Ross. 

And last I bought a pack of Wet n Wild. These did have names! 

This one only had a pack of 6. 

The first in this pack was a deep purple shimmer. The name is Dysturbia. I also got this home and found it a bit similar to Maybelline Pum Paradise, just the Wet n Wild was a bit darker and more of a burgendy color. 

Second, the name is Milk. This is kind of an off white color. I haven't tried it on yet to know how sheer it will go on. 

The next two look very similar. The one to the left, Hush Hush is a creme and a bit lighter; where as the one to the right, Break the Ice is a bit draker with a shimmer. These are also an off white color, but much lighter than Milk. I also haven't tried these on to know how sheer they are. 

Next is a very bright red creme, Red Tape. This one is very bright. 

And last is a black with a copper micro glitter in it, Blackmail. This is my absolute favorite from this collection. The copper glitter is so different and stands out when you get it on your nails, really amazing color. 

This Collection includes, from left to right: 

Disturbia, Milk, Hush Hush, Break The Ice, Red Tape, Black Mail

I got this pack for $2.99 from Ross. 

In the end, I found all of these polishes to be amazing. And to have gotten 20 polishes for less than $20, that is amazing!

I will be shopping at Ross again. I hope they have a bigger selection of Color Club next time. Lol.