NYX Pink Metal

Pink Metal is soft metallic pink.

Color: Along with nudes and neutrals I love nude and neutral metallic shades too! This one caught my eye at the NYX store. I love the pinky tone to it so it doesn't look so stark against my skin tone which I find with some silver or silvery white metallic shades. It's shiny, but it's also soft at the same time.

Formula: The formula on this is sheerer than I'd prefer. It took 3 coats to the get the opacity and I still found it to be a bit sparse in spots. It's not a bad formula and was very easy to work with, it just could be more opaque.

Price: This was $5 at the NYX store.

Overall: I do like this shade. I love the soft metallic pink and I find the color flattering. The formula could be bit more opaque for my liking. It's nice, but it's not the greatest.

My Rating: 4 out of 5 Paint Splatters

Happy Tuesday!

Nails Inc. Sparkle Like A Unicorn Duo

* I received the following in exchange for my honest review. 

Nails Inc. recently kindly sent me their new Sparkle Like a Unicorn Duo to review. The whole "unicorn" theme has been very on trend lately. I'm surprised it wasn't a trend before because the nail polish community has been unicorn-ing it up for the past few years! This duo features two sparkly, .magical, and unicorn-riffic shades.

Rainbow Wishes

Rainbow Wishes is a soft lavender base with a strong blue shimmer flash.

Dream Dust

Dream Dust is a soft pink with a fiery golden foil finish.

Collection: Sparkle Like a Unicorn

Colors: These colors are great and fit the unicorn theme. I love the lit-from-within glow in Rainbow Wishes. The shimmer in there is strong and lights up on your nails. Dream Wishes is an amazing foil. You know I love foil polishes and I don't see them done in nail polish in recent years. It looks like liquid metal on your nails. Both of these shades are stunning!

Formula: These both had excellent formulas. I used 2 coats for each. They were opaque and applied smoothly and easily.

Price: This duo is $15.00 and can be purchased at Nails Inc. or Sephora. That's typically the price for one Nails Inc. polish. You get them both for $15.00. That's a steal!

Overall: You need this duo. They're gorgeous shades and beautifully made. The formulas were great and you can't beat that $15.00 price!

My Rating: 5 out of 5 *Golden* Paint Splatters

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Sally Hansen Therapewter

One of the first things that caught my eye in the new year was Sally Hansen's new Color Therapy line of polishes. I can't say Sally Hansen has done much to impress me in recent years, but this Color Therapy line has impressed me. I reviewed Steely Serene back in January. The colors in this line are not the most unique compared to indie standards, but they are some high-quality polish with excellent wear time from my experience. I have one of the more glitzy colors to share with you today.

Therapewter

Therapetwer is a slightly green-tinged silver foil with sparse gold and bronze flakes.

Collection: Sally Hansen Color Therapy Core 2017

Color: This is actually a really unique color to me. I love the foil-like metallic finish and in this great silvery with just a hint of green neutral shade. It's not a flat color either there are sparse little gold and bronze flakes throughout that give this color some dimension. It's gorgeous and definitely a great go-to color when you're not sure of something to wear.

Formula: This had a smooth and easy to use formula. It is sheer on the first coat but builds up opaquely and easily in 3 coats. I've worn both Steely Serene and Therapewter more than once for full manis and did get a solid 6 days of wear out of both without any chips. This line wears so well on me!

Price: You can find this in the $6.70-$8.00 range at Target, Walmart, Ulta, and drugstores. Look for drugstore deals on these though!

Overall: This is a beautiful and complex color. I absolutely adore it and the other colors in this line. These are really well made and have excellent long-wearing formulas. I'm really impressed and plan to add more of these to my collection.

My Rating 5 out of 5 *Golden* Paint Splatters

Happy Thursday!

Throwbacks Week: Sally Hansen Purple Gala

It's the third full week of the month which means it's time for another Throwbacks Week! I have a pretty ancient Sally Hansen oldie to share with you today. Ancient in nail world terms, because it's only 6 years old, but that may as well be 300 hundred years ago! This color came out in a limited edition Sally Hansen display.

Purple Gala

Purple Gala is a purple and gold foil.

Collection: Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Limited Edition Fall 2016

Color: I love this purple and gold metallic combination. It's really a great color for fall and can read as a neutral shade as well. I love this foil finish in nail polish and it's not something I've seen in recent years. It's one of my absolute favorite finishes so I miss it!

Formula: This had a nice formula. It is a little more sheer than expected. I used 3 coats above.

Price: N/A. This was limited edition drugstore polish and as many of us know when it comes to LE drugstore polish when it's gone it's gone!

Overall: This is a great foil finish polish.  I love the color combination and it's a definite oldie but goodie!

My Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Paint Splatters

Happy Monday!

Throwbacks Week: MAC Bad Fairy

It's time for Throwbacks Weeks. Let's start off with a highly coveted polish from 6 years ago. I remember when MAC's Venomous Villians collection was first introduced it was obvious this was a collection nail polish lovers back then would be throwing their money at. I remember the day it was released very well. I had a doctor's appointment that morning. I'm not the biggest fan of going to the doctor. I dread and worry about it for weeks ahead of time. That dumb doctor's appointment was what was between me and my MAC nail polish. That was my treat after my doctor's appointment assuming I survived. I did survive and I got my awesome MAC Bad Fairy polish to prove it. 

Bad Fairy

Bad Fairy is a rosy magenta foil with golden-orange duochrome flash.

Collection: MAC Venomous Villians Fall 2010

Color: This was a pretty revolutionary color back in 2010. You definitely couldn't find it in a drugstore or mainstream brand back then. This is gorgeous as so perfect for fall. I adore the foil finish and I must say I really miss foil finishes. I don't' see them much anymore, and they're one of my faves. 

Formula: The formula has held up pretty well over the years and hasn't changed from what I remember. That being said, the formula is pretty sheer and I needed 4 coats here. That's what it was 6 years ago and that's what it is now. It is easy to apply and a smooth formula.

Price: I've seen a few pop up on eBay here and there in the $15-$30 price range. Be on the lookout!

Overall: This is a great throwback polish for me with a memorable story behind it. It's the only MAC polish I own to this day too. I love the color and especially the foil finish.

My Rating: 5 out of 5 Paint Splatters

Happy Tuesday! 

Third Week Throwbacks: Zoya Kerry

I have such trouble with this Zoya polish's name. I continue to call it Belle even though it's named Kerry. This polish should be called Belle, dangit! You will see why in just a second!

Kerry

Kerry is a yellow gold foil metallic.

Collection: Zoya Irresistible Collection Summer 2013

Color: This should be called Belle, right? This is exactly the color Belle's dress in Beauty and the Beast. That's all I can think about when I see this color. Yellow golds are slippery slope for me against my skin tone, but I like this one. The finish on this is beautiful. I've never seen a finish quite like this on a gold before.

Formula: This had an excellent formula. I used 3 coats above and this applied easily.

Price: This is $10 on the Zoya website.

Overall: Belle Kerry is a stunning and unique polish. I love this beautiful yellow gold and the amazing foil finish. I miss foil polishes! I think this is definite must have if you're a nail polish fan. It's definitely one of those one of kind polishes!

My Rating: 5 out of 5 Paint Splatters

Happy Friday!

KBShimmer Birthstone Collection (6 of 12)

* I received the following products in exchange for my honest review

I have an excellent way to start off the new year of nail polish. I have the KBShimmer Birthstone Collection to share with you today. These are absolute bling bomb supremes and I'm very excited this is the nail polish I'm posting about to start off 2016. These are an amazing blend metallic flakes and holo. They remind me of foil finish, but on steroids!

Let's get started...

Pink Tourmaline (October)

Pink Tourmaline is a vibrant pink loaded with metallic flakes and a touch of holographic dust.

Aquamarine (March)

Aquamarine is a pale blue polish loaded with metallic flakes and a touch of holographic dust.

Sapphire (September)

Sapphire is a rich navy leaning blue loaded with metallic flakes with a touch of holographic dust.

Diamond (April)

Diamond is a pale silver polish loaded with metallic flakes with holographic dust.

Black Pearl (June)

Black Pearl is a dusty black toned polish with holo sparkle and metallic flakes.

Blue Topaz (December)

Blue Topaz is an icy blue polish with metallic flakes and a touch of holographic dust.

Colors: I'm all about the bling and these are exactly the type of polishes I've been wanting and waiting for. There are tons of multi-colored glitters, jelly glitters, and so forth, but I love one-toned glitters. These are incredible. The amount of shine and sparkle in these is intense. They catch the light beautifully and even wow in the shade. The colors are all beautiful. Pink Tourmaline is an absolute stunner especially considering the lack of unique pink nail polishes out there. Be sure to check out the 6 other shades on the KBShimmer site.

Formula: Excellent opaque and easy to apply formula on all of these. I used 3 coats on Diamond and Aquamarine and only needed two coats for the others.

Price: These polishes are $8.75 each or you can purchase the entire 12 piece collection for $100.  You can purchase these on the KBShimmer website and Harlow & Co.

Overall: What a way to start 2016. KBShimmer has set the bar extremely high in nail polish and the year has barely started. These are stunning intense blingtastic polishes that are beautifully made. I am so impressed with this collection, and believe me I already have started my Top 25 of 2016 contender list with some of these on there! This collection is an absolute must have. You will not be disappointed!

My Rating: 5 out of 5 *Golden* Paint Splatters

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Happy Monday!

Sinful Colors Velvet Ribbon

I've been griping about drugstore not having any cool stuff much less cool holiday stuff for months now. Well, I stand corrected. Sinful Colors pulled through for me a little bit this year and released a few holiday colors that caught my eye. I was shocked because while I like Sinful Colors, they don't always standout as unique to me in this day and age. Plus, they have so many re-promotes I never know if something is really new or not. This color is new though!

Velvet Ribbon

Velvet Ribbon is a red foil metallic with gold shimmer.

Collection: Sinful Colors Holiday 2015

Color: Well all be, I haven't seen a true foil polish in a long time! Foils are one of my favorite finishes too. This one is excellent! This is the perfect Christmas red and that gold shimmer blended in gives this beautiful shiny finish. This looks like shiny Christmas wrapping paper. No brushstrokes with this one which makes it a true foil, it's all made up of lots of fine shiny particles.

Formula: Excellent 2 coat formula. This applies so smoothly and opaquely.

Price: $1.99 at Walgreens.

Overall: Perfect holiday red polish.! I love that this a foil. I haven't seen foils done much less done well in nail polish in a couple of years. This is beautiful, vibrant, and oh so shiny. Way to go Sinful Colors! I'm a happy camper!

My Rating: 5 out of 5 *Golden* Paint Splatters

Happy Wednesday!

China Glaze Wood Ya Wanna?

Unfortunately, I've been overall unimpressed with mainstream fall offerings this year. In fact, I've been unimpressed with their offerings all year. Come on mainstreams! I know indies are where its at. I love them too, but I started out with mainstream polishes and I'd like to see them thrive too.

I did come across a polish that I really intrigued me from their recent fall collection. I have to say this one is probably a contender for one of my favorites this year. This is probably my only mainstream contender so far this year.....

Wood Ya Wanna? 

Wood Ya Wanna? is a burgundy brown metallic foil.

Collection: China Glaze The Great Outdoors Fall 2015

Color: I LOVE foil finishes. This is a beautiful fall foil. The color soft warm brown with some red/purple undertones to it and silvery foil flecks. This is just stunning. There is so much depth to this color. This reminds me of a fall sister polish to OPI Lucerne-tainly Look Marvelous which is a pewter silvery foil. I always wear OPI Lucerne on my toes in winter, and I'm now wearing Wood Ya Wanna on my toes now for fall. Awesome fall pedi color!

Formula: Perfect formula. Foil finished tend to have very opaque formulas and this one definitely does. I only needed one coat!

Price: This can be found at Sally's or Ulta for $7.50.

Overall: I am in love with this polish. It's a brown shade like I mentioned earlier this week I've been into. Also, it's a foil finish. Lots of favorite things going on for me in Wood Ya Wanna? This is spectacular nail polish and in my opinion a must have!

My Rating: 5 out of 5 *Golden* Paint Splatters

Happy Friday!

Third Week Throwbacks: China Glaze Midnight Mission

China Glaze is a brand that hasn't been hitting their marks in the past few years for me. China Glaze when I got into nail polish in 2008 was the "it" nail polish brand. It remained that way probably through 2011 and then they fell flat for me. I still buy a few of their polishes here and there, but I used to buy multiple polishes from every collection back then. One of my favorite fall collections they had was the 2010 Vintage Vixen collection. I have a polish from that one to show you today.

Midnight Mission

Midnight Mission is a denim blue with a blue-silver foil finish.

Collection: China Glaze Vintage Vixen 2010

Color: This a stunning and eye catching blue. I love the foil finish in this. Foil finishes are one of my favorite finishes in nail polish that sadly don't see much anymore. I love them because they have that beautifully shiny metallic effect made with larger metallic glitter particles. They're so much more dynamic than a straight metallic which can look flat. This is gorgeous and it glows on the nail.

Formula: This formula is excellent. Foil finishes tend to have really opaque formulas and this isn't an exception. I used 2 coats here.

Price: You can still find this one! If you search Amazon you can find listings in the $4.50-$7.50 range.

Overall: This blue is a staple in my fall nail polish rotation. I wear it at least one time on my nails and toes every year. It's a beautiful color and I adore the foil finish. Great blue!

My Rating: 5 out of 5 *Golden* Paint Splatters

Maya Cosmetics Sprummer Collection (4 of 7)

* I received the following products in exchange for my honest review. 

I have for you today some of the shades from Maya Cosmetic's "Sprummer" release. This release is a collaboration of spring and summer shades, hence the name. This collection is scheduled to be released on April 4th.

Beach Baby

Beach Baby is a full-coverage glitter blend of bronze, sand, pink, and orange glitters in a shimmery bronze base. (2 coats)

Beyond the Pale

Beyond the Pale is a coral orange jelly base with pink and peach micro flakes. (3 coats)

Zazzy

Zazzy is a orchid foil with micro fine holographic glitter. (2 coats)

Ethereal 

Ethereal is a golden base with peachy-gold sheen and a scattered holo finish. (2 coats)

Colors: What surprised and impressed me with these colors is how they captured the nude color trend. I'm not sure if that was intentional or not, but I'm seeing a lot of nudes in cosmetics lately. I've never really seen a indie tackle nude shades before and these are great.  Ethereal and Beach Baby are excellent blingy and fun takes on nude! Zazzy and Beyond the Pale while not nudes, are more subdued and fit with nude/neutral theme of this selection of colors.

Formula: The formula on all of these was good and easy to apply. Beach Baby and Zazzy definitely need top coat though as they dry matte.

Price: The full size polishes will be $9.50 each on the Maya Cosmetics website on April 4th.

Overall: I really enjoyed these colors from this collection, they're unexpected and preform well. Beach Baby is probably my favorite in the bunch.

My Rating 5 out of 5 Paint Splatters

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Happy Friday!