Easy Glitter Removal

 YAY I'm back, so sorry I was MIA for 2 weeks. I was having computer issues and when I tried to post from my phone and iPad it was a disaster! BUT I'm back with lots of post ideas (so that's good right?).

Today I'll be sharing with you an easy way to remove glitter polish, easier and less of a hassle than the foil method. While the foil method is a great way to remove glitter polish it has its down side. It makes your nails and cuticles dry because of the exposure to acetone, also the foil preventing ventilation adds to that. I found that my fingers got really hot every time I would remove glitter that way. All things aside the foil method is a genius and super effective way to remove glitter polish hands down.

I stumbled upon another way to get rid of your glitter polish. This method starts at the base of your mani, using Elmer's Glue as a base coat. Now some things you need to make sure you do:

1. Use NON TOXIC Elmer's Glue.
2. The Elmer's Glue base has to be put onto your bare nails.
3. The glue has to dry completely before you start to paint your nails.
4. Only use the Elmer's Glue on nails that you will be adding glitter to.


TIPS:

1. I put my Elmer's Glue into an empty SechVite bottle, you can use any nail polish bottle that is empty or almost empty.
2. Make sure you clean the bottle and brush really good with pure acetone before you add the glue.
3. When applying the glue on your nail put a thin coat on, you don't need a too much of it on your nail.
4. Make sure you have something to do while you wait for the glue to dry or else it will feel like forever.


Here are the photos.

One Coat of the Elmer's Glue.

 

 

 

 

5 Minutes after applying it. Half way to being dry.

 

 

 

 

10 minutes after applying it, completely dry.

 

 

 

 

Added my Rejuvacote Base Coat over the already dry glue base. this is to prevent staining.

 

 

 

 

 

2 coats of my base polish, this is Psychedelic Scene by Color Club.

 

 

 

 

 

1 coat of Klean Color's Grand Finale, bar shaped holo glitter.

 

 

 

 

 

2 coats of Gelous Top Coat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Sun Light)

 

 

 

 

(in doors) This dark out of focus photo is so you can see the holo glitter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

To remove them you lift the polish from the side with an orange stick. Make sure to be gentle,then just peel it off. It should come off in one piece.

 

 

 

 

 

There will be some stuff left on the side of your nails and remover will take care of that.

 

 

 

So what do you think? Will you be trying this out?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let Them Eat Cake, Thats an Order!

Hello glitter lovers, I want to share with you guys a super girly and unique glitter polish form Black Cat Lacquer. This polish has pastel pink, blue and green hexs floating around in a clear base with some really tiny white dots and to finish up the magic, there is even some "holo dust". I just love this, I used it in a jelly sandwich and its just adorable. Enough talking, here are the pictures to prove it.

These are the polishes I used for the jelly sandwich mani.

1st is Paloma by DareToWear (2 coats)

2nd is Let Them Eat Cake by Black Cat Lacquer (1 coat)

3rd is La Princesse by DareToWear (1 coat)

(light box)

(light box)

(sunlight)

Halloween Nails

Its almost Halloween and my Ice Truck Killer glitter polish from Black Cat Lacquer arrived just in time! I'm sure I'll be using this polish a lot, mainly because I'm such a fan of the DEXTER (the showtime show that's the inspiration for this polish), but also because of how unique and awesome it is. This along with her polish Let Them Eat Cake (review and mani pics to come soon) are my first indie polish purchase EVER! I really couldn't be any happier with the quality of her polishes, if you are interested in purchasing any do click on her link.

PS. I am not affiliated with her and I did pay for the 2 polishes myself, my opinions are my own and I have nothing to gain from all the nice things I said and will say about this brand!

(the polish, can't really see much of it's goodness...yet!)

 

 

These are the polishes I used for the halloween inspired look.

1st is Orange Fix by Maybelline.

2nd is Cloud 9 by SinfulColors.

3rd is Ice Truck Killer by BlackCatLacquer.  

 

 

(indoors with the aid of a LightBox)

 

 

(outside in the shade)

 

 

(outside in the sun)

 

 

(outside in the sun, another angle)

 

I'm sure you can tell already this polish consist of orange, green, purple, yellow and red glitter of all shapes and sizes. It applies very well and with a gentle hand you will find that the glitter doesn't drag or stay on the brush. To achieve my look and did a very light coat, ONLY one, this is jammed packed with glitter so one coat will do trust me, that's a very good thing too. Some glitter polishes are more clear coat than anything, you will not have that issue here. I will purchase more polishes from Sabrina, I'm pleased with the quality of the 2 polishes I got and will be back for more very soon!

 

So do you guys have any Black Cat Lacquer polishes? If so what do you think of then? If not, did this make you want one?

 

 

 

Re-Discovered

Hi guys hope you are all doing good and those of you that are in the path of Sandy, please be safe! I live in Florida and I've had my share of storms and hurricanes. But moving on to something much lighter, this post will be about 2 Essie polishes that I actually love yet have neglected for a while. I thought I would share pics with you and tell you why I heart (lol) these!

First is School of Hard Rocks, its a green gray cream polish. It goes on like a dream, I have 2 coats of it on in this pic.

This lovely jelly goodness polish is Risky Business, and whats not to love about it. Orange jelly with little shimmery magic.

Sinful Colors Haul

I'm sure that lots of you took advantage of the $0.99 Sinful Colors sale at Walgreen's, I sure did. These are the colors that I got. (also thanks for reading, FIRST BLOG POST omg!! lol)

 

 

 

 

 

This is You Just Wait, it's a sheer baby pink with iridescent shimmer. Mostly you see the change between the pink and green. It took me 3 coats to get this to look a little like it does in the bottle, still this is a very sheer polish and I think for my taste I'll layer it over a soft pink.

 

 

 

 

 

(over one black nail so that you really see the magic of all the different size glitters)

 

 

 

This color could not have a better name, Nail Junkie. This polish is packed with different small sized glitters, mostly they are hex shaped but it has some square ones too. This all comes together in a blue jelly that you can wear alone (2 coats is all you need) or over a color that will make this polish POP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sugar Sugar, now this color is not impressive in the bottle but once you bush it on IT'S BREATH TAKING. Okay maybe that was a bit dramatic, but I just think that for the price these go for they really made a good quality polish. I love my reds and mostly I go for the more expensive ones because they tend to be more opaque and beautiful. This polish however makes me feel like I have Christmas on my nails, reminds me of the red stripe on a candy cane or those red candy ribbons you see around the holidays. It's a shimmery red and it has some glitter in it that stands out but its so scattered that you cant even tell, took 2 coats only too. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This polish is pretty straight forward it's black with silver glitter. The name it Secret Admirer (kinda cute) it took 2 coats and I haven't tried it yet but I bet it will look great with a matte topcoat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is Nirvana, I got this color because I saw some swatches on Instagram and fell in love. I really like taupe colors and nudes, this is in between so whats not to love?!  (the name tag on this polish says MATTE and then Nirvana, this confused me because I waited for it to dry before adding a topcoat and it was not a matte finish at all... So why does it say MATTE on it? No idea!) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This Fall perfect glitter is All About You, I put 2 coats of it over Nirvana. Mainly it's yellow gold micro glitter with some random orange ones as well. Reminds me of fall leafs and pumpkins.

 

 

 

And that is all! Hope you girls have a nice day.