Share With You Sunday: 6/2/13-6/9/13

Imperfectly Painted Posts:
Mon- Color Club Blue-Ming
Tues- Salon Perfect Shocked
Thurs- Starlight and Sparkles Duochrome & Holo Topcoats
Fri- Urban Outfitters Intergalactic

Posts I'm Loving:
Gotham Polish shares with us the top 5 summer 2013 nail trends.
nail loopy swatches Nails Inc. Glitter Bomb/Stardust collection.
Polka Polish shows us her watermelon ruffian nails.
Kelsie's Nail Files shares with us her Paris themed nails.
Project Swatch swatches Rimmel Show Off Lip Lacquer shades.

Posts You're Loving:
The Nail Art and Beauty Diaries shows us her bridal veil nail art.
Fairly Charming shows us her ladybug nails.
Geniabeme swatches OCC Lip Tap in New Wave.
The Polish Playground shares with us her latest haul.

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Reader Manis of the Week:

Name: Catie
Location: Brockton, MA
Manicure Description: For this mani, I used 3 coats of Sinful Colors Sunburnt and 2 coats of Sinful Colors Sail La Vie topped with Hard Candy Celebrate Sequins. I topped it with a 50/50 mix of Seche Vite and NYC Grand Central Station and was good to go!
Favorite Polishes: China Glaze Running in Circles, Wet n Wild 2% Milk, Butter London Victoriana.

Name: Destany
Location: Indiana
Manicure Description: Super easy! :) I used two Cosmetic Arts polishes - Yell-Oh! and 220 Volts, then topped it with Ninja Polish Sticks 'n Stones :)
Favorite Polishes: WnW Fast Dry Buffy the Violet Slayer, OPI Vampire State Building, Zoya Tallulah and China Glaze Shower Together
Blog: http://www.manifestdestany.com
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I need manis for June and July! You can find information on how to submit your manicures for Sunday posts here. 

Happy Sunday!

Urban Outfitters Intergalactic

As we all know Urban Outfitters over the past few months has surprised us with some awesome nail polishes lately. I went in there a few weeks ago and spotted a few new polishes. This one, I'm going to show you today immediately caught my eye. I'm such a sucker for red and black.

Intergalactic

Intergalactic is a black jelly-like  polish loaded with micro red glitter.

Color: I absolutely adore this color combination! I wouldn't say this is unique though. This reminds me of China Glaze Lubu Heels or Milani Garnet Gems. I am in love with it anyways. My only complaint with this polish and others like this is the black base tends to overpower the glitter. I'd love if this glitter just popped a teeny bit more. 

Formula: Formula was OK. I used 3 coats here. I've noticed while Urban Outfitters has awesome colors, they tend to lack great formulas. This was a bit thick and it dried very matte and dull. I added top coat to it and that resolved that problem easily.

Price: Urban Outfitters has this ongoing deal of 2 for $8 polishes. You can also purchase this one on their website. 

Overall: I really do like this one despite the formula and it's similarities to other polishes. I think colors like this are hot! I think this color looks really good on me too. I know that's really egotistical :-/. If you have a color like this already you can probably pass this up, but if not I say why not check it out? 

My Rating: 4 out of 5 Paint Splatters

Happy Friday!

 

Starlight and Sparkles Duochrome & Holo Topcoats

* I received the following polishes for my honest review by Starlight and Sparkles.

I have some duochrome topcoats and holographic top coat to share with you today by Starlight and Sparkles. Starlight and Sparkles is an indie polish brand you can find on Etsy who specializes in awesome top coats and holographic polishes. I was very impressed with the selection I received to review, and I think you will enjoy these too.

Unicorn over Cult Nails Nevermore

 Unicorn is a color shifting top coat that shifts from green to blue.

Phoenix over Cult Nails Nevermore

Phoenix is a color shifting top coat that shifts from red-orange-gold-to a golden green.

Dragon over Cult Nails Nevermore

Dragon is a color shifting top coat that shifts from golden green-gold-to an orange.

Starlight over Cult Nails Nevermore

Starlight over Milani Pink Pop (Instagram photo)

Starlight is a holographic top coat. 

Color: These are all great top coats! I was very impressed with the quality of these. I was particularly very impressed with the Starlight holographic top coat. I've tried holographic top coats from other indies and found them to be cloudy, murky, or cast a gray cast on my base polish. This was not the case at all with Starlight holographic top coat. This was hands down the best holographic top coat I have ever tried. The holographic quality is crisp and intense. The duochrome color shifting top coat colors are great, and would look awesome over various colors. My favorite color shifting top coat is Dragon because I found it to have the strongest color shift. 

Formula: I was pleased with the formula on all of these. They had the right consistency that made them easy to apply evenly on the nail. 

Price: You can purchase the 5ml bottles of these for $4.50 and the 15ml bottles for $10.00. There is also an option to purchase the trio of Unicorn, Phoenix, and Dragon in the 5ml bottles for $12.00 and the same trio in the 15ml for $27.00. You can purchase these polishes on Starlight and Sparkles Etsy site. 

Overall: I really loved these polishes! I was very impressed with their quality, and I must say Starlight holographic top coat stole the show for me. 

My Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Paint Splatters

*I received these products for my honest review by Starlight and Sparkles. 

Happy Thursday!

Salon Perfect Shocked

I love indies. I will always love indies, but when I see a brand create indie-type polishes that are available at a massive retailer for under $4, I am over the moon. Thank you Hard Candy, and now thank you Salon Perfect! I know this allows for more people to get to experience awesome polishes because they are cheaper and easier to find. Salon Perfect has released a handful of awesome neon matte glitter shades for summer, and I had to get my hands on some. This is one I picked up.

Shocked over Cult Nails Nevermore

Shocked is a mixture of bright pink and blue neon matte glitters in a clear base.

Color: Awesome! This a great color combination. I used 2 coats over a base. I really recommend using a base with these. These are buildable, but I don't think you will get 100% coverage on it's own. I think it looks awesome over black, but it would look awesome over so many other colors too! 

Formula: The formula is a bit on the thick side. I didn't find this hard to work with at all though. This does dry matte, but a coat of top coat resolved that. 

Price: I paid $3.98 for this at Walmart. Be sure to look in the check out area for a large display of these polishes. I checked the cosmetics section and didn't see any of these. I was really disappointed until I went to the front of the store and saw massive display of all of them! 

Overall: Shocked is an awesome polish. I think if you're a fan of glitters like this I can't see any reason why you'd pass up on this one? The price is right and if you're in the US this should be easy to find. I'd say it's a must have!

My Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Paint Splatters

Happy Tuesday! 

Color Club Blue-Ming

A few weeks ago this picture from Totalbeauty.com was circulating Pinterest and some Facebook groups. There were a lot of people asking what color nail polish the person in the picture was wearing. I completely understood. The polish in the picture looked awesome! What I also knew is that color nail polish in the picture was photoshopped. I mean, who has neon yellow cuticles? As it turns out, it was photoshopped, and in the original picture (Sorry, I can't find it now) the polish was yellow. However, this didn't stop me from trying to find a dupe to the photoshopped polish color.

There was something clearly unique about this color. It was a lot brighter and more blue than many of countless minty aqua greens out there. I scoured my stash and the internet, and  that's when I came across Color Club Blue-Ming from the Spring 2012 Blossoming collection. I didn't think it was an exact dupe, but as close as it was going to get!

Color Club Blue-Ming

Blue-Ming is a bright pastel aqua creme.

Color: This is unique. I know it doesn't seem like it, but it is. Check out this comparison over at Caitt's Nails. In my own stash, Blue-Ming stood out as clearly lighter and more blue than my other colors in this family. Blue-Ming wasn't even close to any of the other colors I had like it.

Formula: This is where this one fails on me. It's streaky and hard to apply. It's far from the worst formula ever, but it's definitely not good. I managed to get it to work out ok, but still...meh.

Price: I got this one ebay for around $4. I know the retail price is slightly higher.

Overall: I adore this color. It is unique, bright, and perfect for summer. The formula is not good, but for a color like this I can make a bit of an exception.

My Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Paint Splatters

Happy Monday!