Getting ready for fall with an Autumn-esque mani.

Well, today I received my Elevation polishes in the mail and of course they are just as stunning as all of the other polishes Lulu makes. There is just a beautiful array of colors in this collection to get you ready for the cool, fall weather that will soon be upon us. 

Elevations are one of my most favorite brands of indie (well, in general actually) polishes and I just love getting my order in the mail every month. I was lucky enough to score a couple Small Batch Prototypes this time around as well which I will show you in a bit, but on to the mani!! :)

 Getting this order made me want to do a combo of colors that reminds me of Autumn so I busted out Streetside, NYC to pair with a couple shades from this collection and a Lynnderella that held the same theme. I think the Lynn that I chose goes perfect with the colors I paired them with and the name is perfect as well IMO. :) 

So here is a little collage of the mani I did today. Streetside NYC was placed on my thumb, index and middle fingers and then topped with To Fall with Love. I then put Epidote (oh my golly is this a gorgeous holo!!) on my ring and Limestone on my pinky nails. Needless to say that all of Lulu's polishes are on point (as usual).  The application all the way down to the dry time is just supreme. The Lynnderella is amazing as well.  Always really great glitter pay off and easy to apply for a glitterbomb like this. I can't help but top almost all of my manis with glitter, so why skimp? Lol

 

Last but not least here are my SBP's from Elevation I also received today. These are always the most fun to see what these look like in person, always seem to blow me away. 

Just look at these beauties!!! Horta is a teal jelly with bronze / copper mini square glitter, copper and aqua mini circle glitters and teal square glitters.  Ilha do Faial is a white jelly with iridescent,  aqua blue and purple colored glitters in hex, square and circle shapes. Both are to die for and are maybe a bit more HTF so if you like them check out her website (www.elevationpolish.com) to find other amazing shades. She restocks every 7th and 22nd so her polishes aren't too hard to snag. :)

Well, I guess that's it for todays post.  I hope you all enjoyed my mini haul I shared with you and my mani, I really enjoyed doing it and sharing it with you. Until next time, chatter on!!

My first blog post that is LONG overdue!

Candy Lacquers Vampire Kiss and Dollish Polish Something's Up with Jack over City Color dark gray



Hey everyone! I am super excited to bring to you my very first (and absolutely novice) post. Even more excited that it's about one of my obsessions..... POLISH!!  LOL. If I didn't start now I never would, so disregard the fact that it looks lame and needs some spicing up. I will figure this out slowly, but if you have any tips I am glad to hear. But on to the good stuff and more about me later. :)

This is a mani I decided to do the other night for a pre-Halloween look, though to me it reminds me more of vampire (maybe because of the Candy Lacquer? IDK lol) theme rather than Halloween. That is kind of the cool thing, too.  You can then wear this look after the holiday then.

I started off with 2 coats of this dark gray (yup, that's the name lol) color by City Color from the Masquerade Collection I found from Rite Aid a couple months ago. It's actually really pretty and has a super small shimmer in mostly silver, but you can see some pink and pale green color spread throughout it also. I then used a coat (that I dabbed on) of Candy Lacquers Vampire Kiss and topped it off with a layer  (this time brushed on since it's not as thick of glitter) of Dollish Polish Something's Up with Jack. I then used a coat of Gelous and then 1 (or maybe 2 I can't remember lol) coats of Seche Vite to get it smooth. I love the look of this! The CL is all matte glitter (some are a shiny, not sparkly matte, too) and so I thought the dark purple glitters in the Dollish really add to it. :)

Well, that is it for my first post. I really hope you enjoyed it and there are many more mani posts ready to be made for the future. :)
 I am a nail fanatic and have over 2,000 polishes so I would love to post more often (than I think I might, lol) and just need to get a better camera since these are just in indoor lighting and done with my phone. Please let me know any feedback you have for me or any comparison posts you might want to see. I adore indie brands so much and have tons of those, so let me know if you want to see anything in my stash also!

Love,
Rachel
Xo