Chick Nail Polish Hen House

I am so sorry for being MIA physically from this blog and mentally lately. My insanely busy streak has come to an end, so I now have more time to dedicate to blogging!

We were very lucky at our last Beauty Bloggers of Central Florida meetup to have many amazing sponsors. One of our sponsors was Chick Nail Polish. I had heard about this brand before, but never tried them. My first experience with them was a good one!

Hen House

Hen House is a deep vampy plum creme.

This a great vampy shade. It's about this time of year, that I've already filled my summer polish quota (yes, I realize it's only the beginning of June), and I'm craving deeper shades. I always get tired of a season's color before it even starts! The formula on this was like butter. It was smooth and easy to apply. Also, while looking at the Chick Nail Polish website I noticed that all of their polishes have cute bird themed names. I can't resist a cute theme!

* I received this polish for review by Chick Nail Polish

Happy Tuesday!

LA Splash Crimson Tide

Reminder: You have 6 more days to enter my giveaway!


I wanted to first thank all of you who commented on yesterdays blog with advice. I appreciate all of your feedback, it is all really helpful to me! :) <3

I'm so glad I discovered LA Splash. To be honest, I didn't know it existed until I saw this brand at Ulta. They have a nice selection of polishes with an emphasis on the sparkle! They seemed to have lots of glittery top coats as well just general glitter polishes. One of the polishes they caught my eye was Crimson Tide.


Crimson Tide

 Crimson Tide is a deep vampy red I'd even suggest it's a blood red jelly that is mixed with red and gold glitter. This color is gorgeous. I am so thrilled because often times you come across a deep red glittery color and it's so dark it reads black on your nails with subtle red glitter. It's either that or the standard true red glitters (i.e. China Glaze Ruby Pumps). This definitely shows up as a red on your nails and it the glitter is very visible. It's a great color that I haven't seen in other polishes I have in my stash. I'm definitely excited about this one!

What are some of your favorite vampy shades?

Happy Friday!

Core Line Colors Are Special Too! Series: Part 1

I've been to various drugstores,Targets, and Walmarts overtime and every cosmetics line has its core line of nail polish colors. What I do notice is there are hardly ever any blog posts swatching or reviewing these. I can understand why, most people want to see new products and new innovative colors. I get it and I do too!I also know that many of these core line colors I have and I adore.

I decided today that I think I'm going to do a series of reviews/swatches on some of these core line colors from various drugstore brands. Many of these colors are great to have in your stash for various occasions, there are also some hidden gems, and finally many of these colors are dupes for brands that maybe harder to find or more expensive. I figure I may do posts like this twice a month. I hope you all find these posts to be informative and helpful. Please, let me know if you find this boring. I know these aren't the latest and greatest trendy colors, but I find them practical, wearable, and lovely colors to have in your collection. Plus, you may find one that to you is a real winner over some of the more popular colors.

Note: These are all colors you can find currently. I've seen them in multiple drugstores and places like Target and Walmart. They are easy to find and obviously they're still around because people like them! :)

Starting out today I'm going to show you 4 Revlons...

Vixen



Vixen is a deep burgundy color and almost jelly-like. It's rich sexy color in my opinion, but not over the top! This is 2 coats and I think it would be better with 3.

Berry Delicious



Berry Delicious is a dusty mauve color with a subtle silvery shimmer. I think this would be a very work appropriate color. It's also one of those colors that would go great with anything.

Midnight Affiar



Midnight affair is a rich deep sapphire blue. It is GORGEOUS. It also has a blue shimmer throughout which really intensifies this polish. Even though it's blue I do think it's very wearable, it's not bright or overbearing. It's a very sophisticated blue.

Raven Red



Raven Red is more of a blue-toned creme. It's the type of red that doesn't scream out "I'm Red!!!", but it still a beautiful color. I definitely suggest this one those who want to wear red, but don't want to wear an traffic stopping red. Again, it's very wearable and practical.

That's all for today. I hope you will enjoy this series and find it helpful. I want to thank those of you who have made comments on my blog recently. It really means a lot to hear your thoughts and to know that many of us have shared experiences. I'm very happy to be able to finally share my this funny hobby with you readers!

Have a great Thursday!