Essie Fierce, No Fear Swatches & Review

Hiya!,

How has your day been? Can you believe that it's the day before New Years Eve already? I can and can't at the same time lol. The year is almost over guys!! Are you excited? This evening I've got this lovely brown polish by Essie to share with you. Here we go! 

Fuchsia & Silver

Happy Hump Day!,

Yup we're in the middle of the week already! Can you believe it? I wonder if next year is going move as fast as this year has. I heard there was a really bad snow storm in the U.S. I hope that anyone that lives where the snow storm is or was is safe.

Well today I have some stamping nail art to share with you. I feel like it's been a little while since I've done some stamping. It's probably not that long but it sure does feel like it. Alright let's get to it shall we!

Nicole By OPI Believe It, Do it

Hey Beautiful People!,

How are you doing? I'm alright. Just excited for this year to be over honestly.Today's post is going to be short and sweet. I have a swatch of a very pretty girly pink polish to share with you today. This is +Nicole by OPI  Believe It, Do It. I actually used this as a base for some nail art which can be found here. See more after the jump!

For The Love Of Polish December 2015 "Tis The Season" Box

Hey Polished Friends!,

How are you? I'm okay. I received some bad news on boxing day. My uncle died on Christmas and because my dad didn't want to upset me on he decided to tell me boxing day night when he knew I would be home and not out on the road. I'm still in shock. It hasn't hit me yet you know? I guess I'm in denial. 

Anyways...I don't mean to bring anyone down or anything. Today I'll be sharing this months For The Love Of Polish Box. This months theme is Tis The Season and boy do these polishes fit perfectly. For those who don't know this is a monthly box that you have to keep your eyes out for from Polished For Days because once they are gone that's it! Each month you get three polishes with some nail vinyls/stencils and some goodies. Two of the main polishes are from Polished For Days and Illyrian Polish. The third one is always a guest polish. This months guest polish was Delush Polish! Enough of my blabber let's get started!

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Deep Purple

Hey Polishers!,

Three posts in one day? I'm on a roll! Lol. How has your Monday been? I hope it has been well. It's now starting to get cold over here in Toronto. Let's see how long that's going to last though. I have a beautiful purple polish (my favorite color) to share with you from the Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Line. Let's get started shall we!

Beach Nails Tutorial

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How are you? I know that I've been been quite the last few days but of course I was super busy with Christmas and all. Then I was just really exhausted Boxing Day lol. Don't worry though I hopefully should be back to normal come January. Today I have a tutorial for you! I'm really going to push myself in the new year to get more tutorials done. There's actually a part of this tutorial that didn't make it into the video. Note to self don't create tutorials at 5AM in the morning LOL. You can find all the polishes and products used here. Hope that you like this! 

Step-By-Step Instructions: Gradient

1. Apply base coat
2. Once base coat has dried apply your base color and allow to dry thoroughly (fast drying top coat can be used to assist with this)
3. Place latex barrier, tape, liquid palisade (what you have available) on your cuticles to help with clean up
4. Taking three colors of your choice apply them horizontally on a cosmetic wedge as you see above
5. Dab sponge onto nail
6. Repeat steps 4-5 until you have achieved your desired opacity 
7. Remove latex barrier, tape, liquid palisade (which ever you used)
8. Clean up any excess polish that may be on or around the cuticles with a brush lightly dipped in pure acetone
9. Apply fast drying top coat 

Water Spots & Seashell Nail Studs

1. Apply latex barrier, tape, liquid palisade (what you have available) on and around your cuticles to help with clean up
2. Using a bowl of room temperature water and nail polish color of your choice allow a drop or two to fall into the water
3. Using a body mist or anything that contains alcohol spray into the water
4. Slowly place finger into water
5. Clean up excess from polish that is in the water
6. Slowly remove finger from water
7. Remove latex barrier, tape, liquid palisade (whatever you used)
8. Clean up any excess polish that may be around or on cuticles with a brush lightly dipped in pure acetone
9. Apply top coat
10. Quickly apply seashell nail studs as you wish and  you're all done! 

*Seashell Nail Studs were provided to me by Lady Queen for an honest review. All opinions are 100% my own and are not influenced in anyway*

Lady Queen Seashell Nail Studs + Nail Art

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Hey Polishers!,

How are you doing? My posting is going to be off a bit because of course New Years is right around the corner and then we recently had Christmas lol. Today I have these really fun and easy to use Seashell Nail Studs that were provided to me by Lady Queen to share with you. Let's take a look at them as well as the nail art I came up with. 

Nina Ultra Pro Red Fox

Hey Loves!,

How goes it? I hope that your Monday was good and not too hectic. Has it started snowing where you are (if you do get snow)? It snowed a little bit on Saturday but it wasn't cold enough for it to stay on the ground. This evening I have a swatch from Nina Ultra Pro which from my understanding can only be purchased at Sally's Beauty. See more after the jump!

WNAC December 2015: Stars

Happy Monday!,

How are you doing? How was your weekend? Mine was okay. Thursday was my daughter's potluck at her school and each of the students said something about their parents. Since she's only now slowly starting to pick up reading she said "I'm thankful for and I love my mommy for making me awesome lunches". It was really cute! 

Anyways enough about my little one you came here to see nails right? Well today I have the third prompt for the WNAC December 2015 which is hosted by +Simply Nailogical, @missbellatracey, and @kgrdnr.. The prompt for this week was Stars and the theme for this month is Festive. Let's take a look at what I did!

It's Complicated!

Hiya!,

How are you!? There's only NINE more days until Christmas guys! I literally can't believe that the year is almost over as well! Well I'm back with another swatch for you today. This time it's from mainstream brand Pure Ice. Of course when I found these at my local Wal-Mart I made sure to grab a few! Let's get started! 

KBShimmer Fall 2015 Collection [My Picks] Swatches & Review

Happy Hump Day!,

Can you believe that we're in the middle of the week already? Well this is my last week of school because of exams and my daughters last week of school as well! Pray for me guys. There's been a lot going on and I've been ridiculously stressed which probably why my insomnia has been in high gear lately. 

I know you guys have seen this collection how many times but earlier in the year I had ordered the ones I liked from the collection and wanted to share them with you. This is also a new to me brand as well! Well here they are! Let's get started! 

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Blue It!

Hi Lovelies!,

How are you doing? I'm alright. Just a bit tired. I hate insomnia honestly. It just completely throws off everything! Well today on the blog I'm back with another swatch. This polish is from Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear line and this is one of the original formula's! I've actually had this for a while seeing as why the bottle looks kind of beat up! See more after the jump!

Lady Queen 3D Nail Decoration Wheel

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Hey Polishers!,

Are you excited for the year to be over? I think I'm more excited for that than I am for Christmas! I can't wait to see what the new year will bring as well seeing as I'm just over 2015 now. Alright enough of me lol. Today I have another review for you of some very cute nail studs from Lady Queen. Let's get to it!

Color Club Jackie OH! Swatches & Review

Hey Loves!,

How goes it? I hope that your Monday wasn't too bad and went by quickly. I have a color that is completely out of the norm for this season to show you. But who cares you wear what you want when you want right!? This is Jackie OH! 

Lady Queen Pentagram Flower Nail Decoration Review

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Happy Monday!,

How was your weekend? I hope that it went well. Can you believe that next week Friday is Christmas? Holy smokes time is really going by! Well today I have these fun metal nail art decorations from Lady Queen to share with you. Let's get started!

Do You Like Lick-O-Rich?

Hey Lovelies!,

I actually really hate licorice. Even just the smell alone makes me want to gag. I don't know why they're even licorice jelly beans. Like why? Lol. Well thank God this polish doesn't smell remotely ANYTHING like licorice. I forgot that I really liked textured polish and trying this one out remind me of that. This is Sally Hansen Lick-O-Rich. See more after the jump! 

WNAC December 2015: Christmas Sweater

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Happy Friday!,

Are you happy that it's pretty much time for the weekend? I am! Why? I don't know. Lol. There are exactly TWO weeks left before Christmas! Well I'm back with another prompt for the WNAC December 2015. This challenge is hosted by +Simply Nailogical, @missbellatracey, and @kgrdnr. This weeks prompt is Christmas Sweater. Let's see how I did! 

O.P.I. Let's Do Anything We Want! Swatches & Review

Hey Polishers!,

How are you? I'm okay. My daughter's class is doing a gift exchange for Christmas and the person that she got is a special needs child who loves writing and coloring. I'm thinking notebooks and coloring books? Yeah?? Anyways today I have the polish that has been sitting in my untrieds for God only knows how long. Let's get started! 

Textured Stamping

Hiya!,

How goes it? There's this station in Toronto that plays Christmas music right from when the Santa Claus parade starts until 11:59pm on Boxing Day. Each year they have "Santa" come into the studios and you can call in and your child gets to speak with him. So that's what I'm going to be doing later. TRYING to get through so my daughter can speak with " Santa" lol. 

Anyways today I have this really cool effect to share with you. I've seen people doing Textured Stamping before and I always wanted to attempt it. I finally got around to giving it a try! See more after the jump! 

L.A. Colors Sparkling Fuchsia

It's the middle of the week!,

Are you happy that the week is almost over? My daughter is and the only reason she is, is because that means it's getting closer to Christmas lol. I hope that you have had a good week so far. Tonight I have this lovely polish to share with you by L.A. Colors. Let's get started! 

Put A Smile On

Happy Hump Day!,

Yup it's that time already! Can you believe it? I wonder if next year is going to go by as quickly. I don't even want to think about it lol. Well this year has been a rather hectic and stressful one for me. There has been so much going on and I literally have felt like just giving up multiple times but I didn't. This simple but super cute mani depicts just that. 

Ciaté Speed Dial

Hey Beautiful People!,

Has it snowed where you are as yet? We haven't gotten any snow at all so far (although I'm not complaining one bit). It's just strange that's all lol. Last year this time we had almost 20cm and now it's completely dry. Today I have another new to me brand to share with you. This lovely orange is from Ciaté. See more after the jump! 

Christmas Chevron

Hey Beautiful People!, 

How goes it? Are you tired of seeing Christmas themed manis yet? I never get tired of seeing them. I'm supposed to be making more tutorials as well but I'm having trouble deciding if I should make tutorials for manis that may be simple like this one? What do you think? Anyways let's get to why you came here today. Nails! 

Pure Ice Keep Walking

Hey Lovelies!,

How has your Monday been? Mine was good. Productive which is always great right? I have a new to me drug store brand polish to share with you. I've seen Pure Ice polishes around here and there and have always wanted to give them a try. I thought they could only be found in the U.S.. So you could only imagine my excitement when I found them at my local Wal-Mart back in September. Alright let's get started! 

WNAC December 2015: Snowflakes

Happy Monday!!,

How are you doing? I'm alright I guess. Can't complain. How was your weekend? Did you do anything exciting? Well it's a new month and that means that I'm participating in the WNAC December 2015 challenge on Instagram. The theme for this month is Festive (which would make sense right? lol) and the prompt for the first week was Snowflakes. 

Paris - Stamping Saturdays #11

Happy Saturday!,

How are you doing? I'm good. So the first week of December is pretty much finished. How do you feel about that? Lol. It's been a long time since I've done a Stamping Saturdays post. I'm going to try to rectify that and start doing them more often again. Let's see what I came up with!

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Babe Blue Swatches & Review

Hey Loves!,

How has your week been? Mine has been okay. Lacking sleep. I feel like my mind is always going at the wrong time lol. Are you excited for the weekend? I don't have any plans that I know of. Things tend to just happen sometimes lol. Okay enough of my blabbling. I've got a polish by Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear line that's been in my untrieds since April to share with you! See more after the jump!

Essie Where's My Chauffeur?

Hey Lovelies!,

How goes it? Have you started doing any Christmas shopping or do you tend to do it at the last minute? I have gotten a few things for my daughter earlier in the year like in September and have them hidden from her lol. I would like to get a few more things for her but we will have to see how that goes. I have a beautiful polish from Essie to show you! See more after the jump!

Purple & Gold

Hi There!,

How are you? I'm good. I think it's safe to say that I'm back to myself. My voice seems back to normal now and I do feel like myself again! Yayy! Lol. The week is almost over which I can't seem to comprehend but whatever lol. I have a some what Christmassy mani that I did. Let's take a look shall we! 

Born Pretty Store Blooming Flower Water Decals Review

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Happy Hump Day!,

And it's Wednesday already! Where are the days going? Have you started doing your Christmas shopping? Today I have these Blooming Flower Water Decals to share with you that was sent to be by Born Pretty Store. Let's see how these ones turned out! 

TOPBOX November 2015

Hey Loves!,

I hope that you had a wonderful day yesterday! My day was good and very productive. Are you excited that it's December already? I am and I'm not lol. Today I have the goodies that were in my November TOPBOX to share with you. So lets get started! 

WNAC November 2015: Paisley

Hi Lovelies!,

It's the first day of December and I literally can't believe it. I feel like I have completely lost track of time if that makes sense lol. Okay so technically I was supposed to have this up on Friday but I had no energy to blog so it didn't go up lol. This is the last mani for the WNAC November 2015. The theme for the month was Elegant and the prompt for the last week of November was Paisley! Let's see how I did. 

November 2015 Monthly Mani Favorites

Hey Polishers!,

How are you doing? Are you recovering from any damage that may have been done to your wallets during Black Friday? Can you believe that November is finished already and that it's the 1st of December!? I can' wrap my head around it. Anyways Here is a round up of some of my favorite manis for November. You can find links to each of them down below! 

1. Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer I Can See Them, Too
2. Born Pretty Store Peacock Feather Water Decals
3. WNAC November 2015: Movember
4. O.P.I.: Schnapps Out Of It
5. L.A. Colors: Sea Siren
6. Born Pretty Store Ocean Nail Decorations + Nail Art
7. Essie Velvet Voyage
8. China Glaze Looking Bootiful
9. Christmas Leopard Print
10. HPB Presents: Monochromatic Purple 

Born Pretty Store Nail Art Brush Review + Happy Independence Day Barbados!!

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Happy Monday!,

How are you doing? I'm alright slowly getting better. My voice is almost back to normal. I hope that you had a fantastic Thanksgiving (for those of you who celebrated) and that you didn't completely go broke over the Black Friday sales that were happening all over! Lol.

Today is Independence Day for Barbados (which is what my background is) and I figured I would take a chance and draw the flag on my nails. I did this using the Ongle Liner Drawing Pen which was sent to me by Born Pretty Store. See more after the jump! 

Christmas Leopard Print Tutorial

Hey Beautiful People!,
How was your weekend? Mine was good. Can't complain. Spent all weekend pretty much trying to make sure that I can get back to myself and have more energy to do my nails as well as work on my blog. This cold has also thrown off my making of tutorials. But I'm still trying. I have the tutorial for the Christmas Leopard Print that I shared recently. Hope you like this!

Step-By-Step Instructions:

1. Apply base coat of your choice
2. Administer the base color of your choosing and allow it to dry thoroughly 
3. Apply dry fast top coat and allow to dry
4. Using your dotting tool and your second and third color of choice place some dots randomly as done above 
5. Using the smaller end of your dotting tool or just a smaller sized dotting tool in general (can also be done using a toothpick), create C's around the dots that were previously made using black 
6. Add some smaller dots in between the larger dots that are currently there
7. Clean up any excess polish from around your cuticles using a brush lightly dipped in pure acetone
8. Apply fast drying top coat and allow to dry!

I hope you enjoyed this one as much as I enjoyed filming it! Are you excited for Christmas? 

HPB Presents: Monochromatic Purple

Happy Sunday!,

How have you been? I've been here recovering from that cold I've been complaining about lately. I think it's safe to say that I'm actually starting to feel better. I don't sound like a man anymore, so yay me! LOL. 

Well it's that time of month again. Time for another Hobby Polish Bloggers Link Up. For those of you who don't know the HPB is a group of wonderful ladies that come together each month to create and share our manis with each other. Everyone in this group is very friendly and helpful! This months theme is Monochromatic and the color I chose is purple because why not!?

Christmas Leopard Print

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It's Thursday!,

How has your day been so far? Mine has been alright for the most part. This week I've just been trying to get as much sleep as possible when I can since I have this nasty cold. Well seeing as there is now officially less than a month until Christmas I figured why not start doing some Christmas Themed manis. So I'm going to try and squeeze in as many as I can along with my other posts as well. To start off I went with a simple Christmas Themed Leopard Print. 

O.P.I. 50 Years Of Style Swatches & Review

Hey Beautiful People!,

How are you? The week is almost over aren't you happy? I also wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving to those of you who will be celebrating it today. On my nails today I have a swatch of this beautiful gold polish by O.P.I.. I figured this would be a great color to wear all year round but also especially for the Christmas Holidays. See more after the jump! 

WNAC November 2015: Shattered Glass

Hey Polishers!,

How are you doing?? I'm still here just battling this cold. I do feel like I have a bit more energy than I did yesterday so that's good at least. I'm back with the third prompt from the WNAC November 2015. This challenge is hosted by +Simply Nailogical, @missbellatracey, and @kgrdnr. The theme for the month of November is Elegant and the prompt for the third week was Shattered Glass.

China Glaze Ghouls Night Out Collection Swatches & Review

Hey Polishers!,

How goes it? I'm still sick and have body aches. What a time for me to get sick honestly. I know this collection has been out for sometime now and that Thanksgiving/Christmas (depending on where you are) is almost here, but I won the China Glaze Ghouls Night Out Collection when Paola from NailPolishPursuit held a giveaway for them. So of course I wanted to share them and use them before the year was over! Let's get started!

Essie Velvet Voyage

Happy Monday!,

How was your weekend? Mine was spent trying to recover from this cold that I unfortunately still have. Boo! Honestly when I get a cold it seems like it wants to last forever lol. So um we're in the last week of  November. Can you believe it? I literally can't even okay. Lol. Alright enough of my rambling. Today I have this Essie polish which was purchased by me during my IMATS 2015 Haul. Let's take a look shall we?

Mermaid Scales Nail Art Tutorial

Hey Loves!, How are you? I'm still here battling this cold and of course my daughter got sick too. Not cool man! Guess what? I have a tutorial! I know right? Long time. I'm honestly going to try to get better at making, editing and getting them up. But it's not easy guys okay! Lol. This is the tutorial for the Born Pretty Store Ocean Nail Decorations & Nail Art that I shared recently. You can find all the polishes and products that I used at the link. Hope you enjoy this tutorial and I really hope to keep them coming more often for you! Step-By-Step Instructions:

1.  Apply base coat of your choice
2. Once dry, use any base color that you would like and allow to dry thoroughly. Using a fast drying top coat can assist with this.
3. Make sure polish is completely dry before place nail stencil or you could peel up your base color.
4. Place stencil as shown above
5. Using your second color of choice, apply polish over stencil as shown
6. While polish is still wet, quickly remove the stencil. '
7. Clean up any polish that may have gotten on your cuticles by using a brush lightly dipped in pure acetone
8. Apply top coat
9. Apply a clear polish or nail glue to where you will be placing your nail decorations.
10. Place them as shown above
11. Allow to dry and your you're all finished!

Not to lengthy right? What did you think of this one? Is it something that you would wear? Let's chat below!

Born Pretty Store Ocean Nail Decoration & Nail Art

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Happy Saturday!,

How has your week been? Mine was okay and then I came down with a cold on Wednesday and have just pretty much been sick lol. I honestly haven't had energy to do anything but I'm really trying. Well today I have a review of some Ocean Nail Decorations which was sent to me by Born Pretty Store. See more after the jump!

Sea Siren

Happy hump day!,

Can you believe that it's the middle of the week already?! I can't. Honestly lately (not sure if it's just me) I feel like there just aren't enough hours in the day. I don't ever remember time moving this quickly when I was younger. Am I the only one that feels this way? Today I'll be sharing a gorgeous polish by L.A. Colors. See more after the jump! 

Mauve, Black & Studs

Hey There!,

How are you! I'm alright. Are you excited for the holidays coming up? My daughter sure is. She is ready to have the Christmas tree put up and the house decorated lol. Today I have some easy nail art to show you. I'm in between liking these and not liking these. But I'll let you be the judge! 

Orly Fowl Play

Happy Monday!,

How was your weekend? Mine was good. On Sunday I took my daughter to the Santa Clause Parade. When that happens we know Christmas is going to be her soon. It was weird though because it was rather warm outside. I mean to the point where we could watch the parade without our jackets and hats on! Lol. I've had this Orly polish in my untried stash for a while now and I don't know why I never used it sooner. Let's take a look! 

O.P.I. Schnapps Out Of It Swatches & Review

Hey Polishers!,

How are you doing? Can you believe that we're in the second last week of November already? I literally feel as if I'm in a time warp or something LOL. Today I'll be sharing this gorgeous polish by O.P.I. with you. See more after the jump! 

WNAC November 2015: Watercolor

Happy Saturday!,

I hope that your day is going fantastic and that you get to relax this weekend!. I'm back with this weeks prompt for the WNAC November 2015 is Watercolor. This is another one of those techniques that I've seen done a million times but have never actually attempted to try it myself. Well that changed today! 

China Glaze Are You Jelly? Swatches & Review

It's Friday!,

That means it's time for the weekend! Are you doing anything exciting? My daughter has a P.A. Day today and there's a bring your kid to school event going on at my school later in the evening so I figured we could go to that. There's supposed to be face paining, a movie, and some other activities I'm sure that she'll enjoy. Any who I have this polish which was purchased during my IMATS 2015 Haul to share with you. Meet China Glaze Are You Jelly?.

WNAC November 2015 : Movember

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Hey Beautiful People!,

How goes it? I had one of those restless nights where you just keep tossing and turning. Not fun at all. It's time for another month of WNAC. If you don't know the WNAC (Weekly Nail Art Challenge) is hosted by by +Simply Nailogical, @missbellatracey, and @kgrdnr. The theme for November is Elegant and the prompt for the first week was Movember. Let's take a look at what I came up with! 

L.A. Colors Jewel Tone

Hi Lovelies!,

How was your day today? Mine was okay. Another long day doing some running around with my mother. I will be sharing one of my L.A. Colors polishes that I purchased as part of my Birthday Haul in September. Anyone who knows me knows that this polish was going to be coming home with me my favorite color (purple) is in it. Let's take look!

Born Pretty Store Peacock Feather Water Decals Review

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Hey Polishers!,

How goes it? I'm actually kind of tired. Who told me to stay up so late! Lol. Today I have these lovely Peacock Feather Water Decals to share with you. I have never tried using water decals before and keep saying to myself that I should give them a try. So when Born Pretty Store asked me to do a review for them I knew exactly what I was going to try! Let's see how these turned out for me.