Morgan Taylor Glam Rock Swatches & Review

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My first introduction to Morgan Taylor was this past summer at Cosmoprof, and man, what a color selection! Today's post is a review of their Winter 2014 collection–Glam Rock. These are colors fit for a punk rock princess; silver, black, duochrome, it has a little everything for the chic girl on the go! Most of the colors are pretty pigmented, and the ones that aren't build very nicely!

Check out my photos and review after the jump!

Luck of the Not So Irish?

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Happy belated St Patrick's Day! I posted this manicure on my Instagram (Are you following me yet?! :-P) yesterday and, as promised, I'm posting them here on the blog! I know that I've been horrid about posting lately, but I'm working very hard to get stuff posted and collections swatched for you!! :-D

So about the nails, I usually hate stuff affixed to my nails, but I knew that the gold studs from the Sally Hansen I ♥ Nail Art stud set would be perfect for gold coins left by a mischievous little leprechaun on my nail! I actually like the ring finger nail a lot, and since the studs are so close together, I won't pick them off like I usually do. I used a bunch of polishes for this manicure, so see below for the details!

You can sort of see the beautiful shift of Ninja Polish Shillelagh best in the second photo; from one angle it is a beautiful emerald, and from another it's a golden green, and sometimes I feel like I can even see a rusty orange. I love it!

Side note: These pictures were unfortunately taken after a shift at work, so there is some slight tip wear...oops!

I used:

Thumb: 

Green: Sephora by OPI I Come in Peas

Green/Gold Shimmer: Ninja Polish Shillelagh

Index:

White: Milani White on the Spot

Red: Zoya Tamsen

Orange: Butter LONDON Silly Billy

Yellow: Wet 'n' Wild Get Lucky

Green: Sephora by OPI I Come in Peas

Blue: Essie Butler Please

Purple: Seche Nails Clever & Confident 

Middle: 

China Glaze Mingle With Kringle

Ring Finger:

Green: Sephora by OPI I Come in Peas

Studs: Sally Hansen I ♥ Nail Art Studs set

Pinky: 

Green/Gold Shimmer: Ninja Polish Shillelagh

Basecoat: Sephora Formula X base coat

Topcoat: Seche Vite top coat


What did you do for your St Patrick's Day Manicure? Tell me in the comments below! 

Disclosure: Some products in this post were provided for review by the manufacturer. However, many of them were purchased by me. See the legal page disclosure for more information. 

ZOYA Magical Pixie Dust Swatches & Review

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If I had to guess what kind of nail polish Disney princesses and fairies wore, the Zoya Magical Pixie Dust collection would most definitely be it. I'm not sure the polish fairies at Zoya Headquarters could have packed any more glittery goodness in these three polishes! I really like the mixture of texture, holographic hexagonal glitter, and smaller holographic and regular glitter. It's kinda like a stripper exploded on my nails, but you know, in a good way.


See the swatches and review after the jump!

Zoya Naturel Swatches and Review

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Everyone loves a good neutral polish and I'll admit, I'm a total sucker for them! After the jump, Check out my swatches and review of the Naturel collection from Zoya!! It's a pretty collection that I feel will look great on a number of skin tones and with all different styles. Application on every one of these was a dream, not a streak in sight, and these were all creamy and pigmented!

Hit the jump for more!

All Wrapped Up

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So good news for Dexter fans without Showtime...Season 8 is on NETFLIX! :D I'm surper stoked, and trying to pace myself so I don't devour the entire season in a single day. (I watched seasons 1-4 in a week, all while working full time, I have a problem.)

Aaaaaanyway. I actually did this nail design back in July when the show was on TV, but never posted it. I know, I suck. I based this off of a Season 8 promo image I saw, where Dexter's image is made up of blood spatter. On the remaining nails, I did blood splatters over a white background. Red is the worst color to do splatter nail art with, it's so hard to remove all the pink residue that remains from the pigments. I'm fairly pleased with how this turned out, the face isn't super obvious at first glance, which I like. :)

I used:

White: Chrome Girl Between the Sheets
Red: China Glaze Adventure Red-y
Dark Red: China Glaze Adventure Red-y mixed with American Apparel Hassid

One of more of the items used in this post were provided by the manufacturer for review, the remainder of the items used were purchased by the author.

Who, Me?

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Hello sweeties!

I'm a Whovian. A new Whovian, but a Whovian, nonetheless. I never thought I'd be into it, but one day I was bored and was on Netflix and thought I'd give it a whirl. Several hours later, I'd finished the first season. (Yes, I watched an entire season in a day) The following seasons didn't take me much longer, since I devoured each episode in whatever free moments I had, sometimes staying up well past my bedtime. It's cheesy, yes, but in a marvelous way, and have a mentioned David Tennant? Deliciously, adorably nerdy. By far my favorite Doctor.

Anyway. As other nerds know, yesterday was the Day of the Doctor, the 50th anniversary of the Doctor Who series. I have been making nail art, but for some reason, I rarely get around to posting it! :( I'm making a serious effort to change that, I promise! :) Today I'm starting with showing you my Doctor Who manicure, featuring the TARDIS, the Silence, a Dalek, a Weeping Angel (don't blink), and the Doctor Who logo.

Allons-y!

I used:

Thumb: Weeping Angel

White: Chrome Girl Between the Sheets

Dark Grey: Nubar Stronghold

Black: American Apparel Hassid

Index: Dalek

Silver: Nubar Hi-Ho Silver
Black: American Apparel Hassid
Dark Grey: Nubar Stronghold
White: Chrome Girl Between the Sheets

Middle: TARDIS

Blue: Seche Wonderfully Witty
White: Chrome Girl Between the Sheets
Black: American Apparel Hassid

Ring: the Silence

White: Chrome Girl Between the Sheets
Tan: China Glaze Kalahari Kiss
Nubar Stronghold
American Apparel Hassid

Pinky: Doctor Who logo

Cult Nails Time Traveller (perfect right??!)
Chrome Girl Between the Sheets

Are you a Doctor Who fan? Who is your favorite Doctor? Companion? Tell me in the comments below!

ZOYA Summer 2013 Pixie Dust Review

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As promised, here are swatches of the Summer 2013 Zoya Pixie Dust collection! These were beasts to get photographed, I seriously swatched/photographed them 3 times, the pictures kept coming out with everything in focus but the polish! :D

Hit the jump for the swatches and reviews!