Digit-al Dozen - Halloween Week - Riveting Pumpkins

Woo it has been a while since I last posted hasn't it! School has been so busy and I am just now able to catch up on my blogging! So.. I am a little late in this post. It was supposed to be posted yesterday.  It is a part of the Digit-al Dozen posts! This week we are doing Halloween themed nails, and up first I have pumpkins to present to you!

 I used a base of China Glaze Riveting and drew on the pumpkin faces. :)

Here is Riveting by itself. It is a stunner.

 XOX Caitlin

Digit-al Dozen Blue Week: Model's Own

I have a good excuse why this is late! I promise! You shall find out in my next post. ;)

Here is my final Digit-al Dozen Blue Week post. Who doesn't love Model's Own Indian Ocean? It is a gorgeous polish that is sheer, with a pinky-gold shimmer in an aqua base. It is so gorgeous, and in these photos I layered it over Model's Own Beths Blue.

Bottle Shot:

Here is Model's Own Beth's Blue topped with Indian Ocean.

My Indian Ocean has some random dark glitter in it, which I don't think is supposed to be there. you can see it on a few of my nails in the following pics.

XOX Caitlin

Red Week: Star Gazer 160

For today's installment of Red Week here on the blog, I have for you another Star Gazer Polish.

 Star Gazer 160 is a gorgeous shimmery red.  This one took about 3 coats, because I wanted to make sure that it was opaque, and two coats looked a little sheer.  This color has gorgeous golden shimmers in it, which gives it added dimension. Just look how this color pops!  I added 1 coat of Hong Kong Girl Topcoat to the polish to make it super shiny!

I have been super surprized by Star Gazer polishes!  I am glad I picked them up, because they are all great polishes, and I wish I had grabbed more!

Just look at all that shimmer! 

 a close up to show the gold flecks in the polish.

I have a new love in stargazer polishes, the formula is nice, the brushes are decent, and for the price, they are great quality!

Tomorrow I have some awesome nail art for you with red, so stay tuned!

XOX Caitlin

Check out these other lovelies participating in Red Week!

Swatch: Jessica Cosmetics: Oscar Ready

Last weekend I went to TJ Maxx and stumbled upon Jessica Cosmetics Nail Polish.  I had heard of it, and I decided to try them out.  The polishes came in a set with 4 polishes and a topcoat, in a pentagon shaped box.  I purchased 3 different sets that were different, and this polish came from one of them. 

The name of this polish is Oscar Ready, and this polish is FABULOUS.  It is a shimmery/metallic-ish red, with red glitters sparkling throughout. I think this is what I wanted China Glaze Ruby Pumps to be.  This polish covered in TWO COATS and is just gorgeous! I will definitely be wearing this pretty polish again!

And a macro, for your viewing pleasure.  It is just gorgeous, I can't get over it.

What do you think?

XOX Caitlin

Fish Egg Manicure

The Caviar Mani.  This has been around since Fashion Week of 2011 (Check the date of this link if you would like. or this one too)  And now Ciate is trying to claim the idea of "Caviar" nails/Manicure as their own.  This really bothers me, because it was not their idea, and now they are going to make money off of it.  They have even sent Cease and Desist letters to bloggers who show how to recreate the mani for cheaper than their $25 price tag.  There is alot of talk about this in the nail community, and I don't think that sending cease and desist letters to bloggers is really going to help their reputation. I know I certainly will not buy from them, even though now they will be sold at Sephora.  If you want to know more there are many, many bloggers talking about it recently, so if you just search for ciate caviar manicure cease and desist, plenty of blogs will come up.

Also, the price it cost me to do this manicure?  approximately 12 cents.  Yes. 12 CENTS. I will share more on that later.

The blue color is Zoya Skylar. The beads are from the Dollar tree!

OK, here is the good part.  The price of my manicure.  I got these adorable mini bottles of glitter and random things at the Dollar Tree.  The mini bottles were packaged together in sets of 8 for $1, which is why this cost me .12 cents. At the dollar tree they had a package of mini seed beads which i used for this manicure, and it had 8 different colors.  They also had misc. glitter, and shape glitter, and bar glitter, and crushed shells.  they are just enough to do one day's nail art, and I think they are a good deal because I don't really use glitter/seed beads that often anyway. And when I saw them I couldn't pass them up!  .12 cent or $25 for a temporary manicure? I will go with my dollar tree nail art. :)

XOX Caitlin

Pure Ice Comparison (with Macros)

 Over the past week I have accumulated a few Pure Ice Polishes, and I wanted to do a comparison for my readers, so they can know which ones they want to go and pick up.  I have macro shots along with a bottle shot of each polish, so that you can tell a difference in the store. :) 

All of my photos are shot under a desk lamp. and this is one coat of each over Wet N Wild Black Creme. (except the last macro with all of the polishes layered together)

They all retail for $1.97 at Walmart.  (you may have to go to more than one, because I picked these up at 3 different ones, the all had different selection, because mine were totally wiped out, I hope they restock fully soon)



Busted:

 

In the bottle it is purple with gold-purple duochrome, I love how this turned out on the nail!

 Oh Baby!:

 This one has an initially blue shimmer, and then the shimmer turns the pinky-purple color. 

 




 Heart Breaker:

 This beauty flashes an amazing cobalt blue at extreme angles (I couldn't capture it in this photo, because the angle is extreme) but you can still see the a little bit of a teal-y shift towards the base of the nail.


 





 Tease:

Originally on the nail Tease and Rio looked very similar, but Tease has a more pink base on the nail that flashes a little blue.

Rio:

 

 Compared to Tease, this one has alot more blue shift in it,  If you look at the nail you can see the purple shift in the middle, and I think that it looks amazing!

This last Macro is All of them put together on one nail: Just look at this beauty! OMG

What do you think of these polishes? Do you own any? Are you going to run out and pick them all up? ;)

XOX Caitlin

Pure Ice - Oh Baby

 Pure Ice Oh Baby! is another Walmart polish, and it is a beauty! The base is milky with blue-purple shimmer in it, and just look at the amazing duo-chromy-goodness in this polish.

It flashes blue-green to purply-pink, and for $1.97 I had to pick it up! It is sooo gorgeous on the nails, and it is fun to watch change color in front of the light!

*edit  Here is a bottle shot in case you wanted to go looking for it. ;)

What do you think? Do you have any Pure Ice polishes? I bet you are going to go out and get some after all of my swatches this past week. :P

Pure Ice: Tease

Today I have the cousin to heartbreaker, Tease, which is a pink/blue shimmer in a bright pink base.  This polish is also a Pure Ice polish from Walmart and cost around $2.

After I purchased Heart Breaker and discovered all of its amazing glory, I decided to go back to walmart and see if I could find more Pure Ice Shimmers, and to my luck I came across Tease and another polish I will review later.  I am still hunting for Oh Baby, and as soon as I find it I will snatch it up. ;)

Here is one coat of Pure Ice Tease over Wet N Wild Black Creme.

Look at all that pink-blue shimmery goodness! I think these pure Ice polishes are a great bargain and they are soo pretty! What do you think?

XOX Caitlin

Pure Ice: Heartbreaker (a must see!)

I saw swatches of Pure Ice Heart breaker, and now that I have it in my possession I will say that you needd it as well.  It is gorgeous over black!

Words can't even describe it, so I'll let the pictures do all the talking.

I promise it's the same polish!

Look at that amazing green-blue shift! Its soooo amazing! As always these pictures don't do it justice. This has such an awesome shift, and I love it! It's a must have in any collection! I promise.

What do you think? Do you have this?

XOX Caitlin

Butter London Victoriana

I have a swatch today of Butter London's Victoriana. Two coats. This polish is my friends, who let me swatch it. :) Isn't it gorgeous?

I also have a picture of the adorable Mr. Bingley. He was being really sweet when my roommate was in class and he came up to my room to visit me. He loves my clothes basket. he knocked it over just to get into it.

XOX Caitlin

Day 13 of Untrieds! NYX Girls Robotic

 Day 13 of Untrieds!! Today I stopped by my local beauty supply store and they had NYX Girls polish for only $1 and I had to grab a few.

Anyway I also picked up this beauty from NYX Girls. It's called Robotic.  It is a black base with teal-y blue green microglitter.  It is amazing. Just look!

Anywho, I hope you all had a great weekend, I know I'm not ready for school tomorrow. :P

XOX Caitlin

Here are the other bloggers joining me in this 30 day challenge!

Alexandria at Je T'aime Lacquer

Alyssa at Always Polished

Amber at The Polished Momma

Andrea at Addicted to the Allure of Beauty

Ashley at Follow the Yellow Polish Road

Caitlin at Something Creative

Carly at Lacquered Lover

Caroline at Good Lack, Nail!

Caroline at Shadow's Nail Art

Chelsea at Pretty and Polished

Gwen at Pudgy Nails

Ingie at Limited Addiction Nails

Jacki at Adventures in Acetone

Jamie at Nails Adored

Lindsey at Nailtopia

Natalie at Gems in a Bottle

Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails

Rachel at Cherry Glam Girl

Rachel at Top Coat It

Sarah at Lucky Lacquers

Shaina at Haute Lacquer

Thalie at Glazed Talons

Taylor at Nailed to the T