Pure Ice Vinyl Remix Review

Today I am going to show a new product (though it's been out in stores for a month now) from Pure Ice. It is their Vinyl Remix collection.

I have four different colors to show you today. Each come in a set with their Platinum Magic Base Coat and a cute little record nail file.

Here is one coat of the Pure Ice Platinum Magic Base Coat. As you can see it's a pretty nice opaque white and where I only had a few problems with application.

Here are the directions. As you can tell I have already done step one! :)

I decided to do a Pure Ice Vinyl Remix skittle! :) The Vinyl Remix polish that I am holding is DJ Spinner which is on my pointer finger (top). It is a light spring green! As you can see I have missed covering some of the white so it is showing at the base of my nail! Oops!

This is Vintage Remix on my middle finger. A lovely shade of light purple!

Next up is Emcee Me on my ring finger. It is a very nice pale yellow!

And finally on my pinkie finger is Glam Rock which is a pretty salmony pink!

These polishes apply easy-peasey! It is very fun and exciting to watch as it crackles and the color appears! You are also able to do different types of brush strokes to create different designs. You can also apply all colors on one nail, like so:

How fun is that! I can't wait to try different combinations and designs! I do wonder how these polishes will work with other polishes as a base.

I tried it with Seche Vite and something interesting happened.

Do you see that? The color sort of "ran". But I think this may have happened because I didn't wait for the polish to dry all the way, because I haven't seen it happen to others that have used a top coat. It did darken all the colors and turned them from pastel-like to neon-like! You can really see the color "run" on the Vintage Remix (purple) on my middle finger. You can also see the huge color change on Glam Rock (pink) on my pinkie. Hahaha! Pink on the pinkie! :)

You can get these at Walmart There is also a blue and orange in the collection that I did not receive. These are fun to have and apply! It's a different take on the crackle trend!

You can check out more pics of the Vinyl Remix collection on the Bari Cosmetics Facebook Page or the Pure Ice Website HERE. 

These were sent to be for review for my honest and unbiased opinion.  

@BariBeauty #PureIce #VinylRemix

TGIF: Thank Goodness, Indie Friday - Candy Lacquer High Tide

Welcome this week's episode of TGIF: Thank Goodness, Indy Indie Friday! Today is all about Candy Lacquer High Tide. A stunningly gorgeous glitter top coat!

This is two coats of Candy Lacquer High Tide over two coats of Misa Grey Matters (with a coat of Seche Vite). High Tide is a clear base with bar, hex and square glitters in shades of blue and green including turquoise, teal, chartreuse and moss. The application of this polish was normal for glitter. The only thing that didn't apply evenly is the bar glitter, which didn't seem to be as dense.

Close up of two coats of Candy Lacquer High Tide (with a coat of Seche Vite). Isn't it gorgeous! I love it! The colors are peacock colors too! :)

I wanted to show you what one coat looked like. Still super duper gorgeous, but you can see how the bar glitter didn't apply evenly. But I am totally alright with that because bar glitter is not my favorite. :)

Bottle shot of Candy Lacquer High Tide can be bought at Candy Lacquer's etsy shop here. Don't forget to check out the facebook page here.

Here is two coats of Misa Grey Matters. This is a lovely grey polish with silvery speckles! I love the color of this polish! But, it did not apply nicely at all. It was thin and watery and flooded cuticles. I've never tried any other Misa so I don't know if it is normal for their polish formulas.

Teal Tuesdays - Matte/Glossy

This week we are doing matte/glossy teal manis! So as you all know I just got the glorious wonderful A England Saint George! I wanted to use it so bad because it is a lovely deep teal with holo shimmer. I didn't want to matte it all so I thought I could do tips! So I did, using China Glaze Matte Magic.

Here is Saint George before the matte process with a layer of Seche Vite. Look at that color! I couldn't stop looking at it! :)

Here is me trying to show you the holo shimmer! It's there but I think it was a bit camera shy. Hahah!

Teal Tuesdays was started because teal is unloved and needed its own day of celebration!
Teal is a medium to dark bluish green color of low saturation; a dark cyan.
Open to interpretation, anything green with a hint of blue or blue with a hint of green is welcome here!
Aqua, Turquoise,Tiffany Blue, etc etc...all are welcome - we do not discriminate!

Click the Teal Tuesdays logo on this post or in my sidebar to be taken to the facebook page!

Some of the other blogs participating are:
Cherries Sweets
Colorsplash Nails
Gaga for Nails
Fancy Phalanges 
Gnarly Gnails
Geeky Owl
Mandy's Polish
Nails Beautiqued
No Holos!
Persistently Glittery
Simple-and-Beautiful

NOTD: Orly Faint of Heart

I wanted to do a quick mani today. This is Orly Faint of Heart with Sally Hansen Bridal Veil. This is two coats (in the shade) of Faint of Heart with one coat White Veil and coat Seche Vite.

Here is Orly Faint of Heart two coats in more sun (one coat Seche Vite). This is truer to it's actual color. It's a taupey grey. It also seems to have what looks like speckles of black in it. This applied like a normal Orly polish without any problems.

Here's a close up Sally Hansen White Veil. It has small whiteish silverish hex glitter and larger gold hex glitter all in a clear base. I grabbed it on a whim and love it! It's really unique for anything that I have. It applied like a normal glitter but for some reason all the gold glitter went down the middle of the nail! Haha! I didn't mind too badly! :)

Bottle shot of Sally Hansen White Veil.

Macro bottle shot of White Veil.

Teal Tuesdays - Anything Goes!

This week we decided to let the challenge be what ever you wanted to do as long at it includes teal! So I decided to just do a swatch of a gorgeous dusty teal with silver shimmer! This is two coats of Cult Nails Let Me Fly with one coat of Seche Vite. And wow is it ever gorgeous!

Here's another shot of it in not so direct sun (two coats Let Me Fly and one coat Seche Vite). I love this color and polish! Application was lovely! The formula is a bit thick but that is what made the application nice! It's not too thick, it's just right!

I wanted to show you what one coat looks like (direct sun). It is almost opaque in one coat but you can see some sparse spots specifically on my pointer finger.

Teal Tuesdays was started because teal is unloved and needed its own day of celebration!
Teal is a medium to dark bluish green color of low saturation; a dark cyan.
Open to interpretation, anything green with a hint of blue or blue with a hint of green is welcome here!
Aqua, Turquoise,Tiffany Blue, etc etc...all are welcome - we do not discriminate!

Click the Teal Tuesdays logo on this post or in my sidebar to be taken to the facebook page!

Some of the other blogs participating are:
Cherries Sweets
Colorsplash Nails
Gaga for Nails
Fancy Phalanges 
Gnarly Gnails
Geeky Owl
Mandy's Polish
Nails Beautiqued
No Holos!
Persistently Glittery
Simple-and-Beautiful

Adventures in Stamping: Plate Ending in a 5

So this week for our stamping challenge we needed to use a plate ending in a 5. Well this my dear readers is a plate ending in a 5. It is Chez-Delaney D25. And yes, this is a repeat picture (shhh! don't tell!) But it is such an awesome plate of geekery goodness! LOST, Thundercats, Ghostbusters, and Batman! Genius!!!!!!

On my pointer finger (top) is Essie Marshmallow (three coats and SV) with Konad Special Black.

My middle finger is Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Black Out (two coats ans SV) with Konad Special Red.

Ring finger is Essie Marshmallow (three coats and SV) with Konad Special Red.

And finally on my pinky is Sinful Colors Unicorn (two coats and SV) with Konad Special Black. (yes vintage Batman colors but newest Batman trailer!)

Here is a different angle and different lighting. Trying to get the red of the Thundercats to pop more.

Don't you just love geeky things!? I sure do!

The One with Butter London Wallis

 

Ok ok! I believe! Uh wow! Butter London polishes are amazing! The application...the formula....wow! I am a true believer now! This is Wallis (two coats). A beautiful golden olive that is just stunning!

 

Sorry for the fuzzy picture, but here is Wallis in a bit of shade. I was really impressed with the application of this polish. Went one so smoothly and not streaky!

One this I didn't like. The lid. Don't get me wrong, I love it now but at first I was like, huh, that's going to be a pain to paint with.

Lift to open? More like pull really hard to open, but don't worry and freak out like you are going to spill you polish because.................

Ta-daa! Yep a more manageable lid is underneath! Whew! So much easier to paint with that a huge lid! :)

And look, a cute little decal on the hidden lid! :)

Here is two coats of Wallis, in the shade, with one coat of Seche Vite! I am totally loving this polish! Can I get an "I Believe!" :)

TGIF: Thank Goodness, Indie Friday! - Elemental Styles E=MC²

 

Welcome to another installment of TGIF: Thank Goodness, Indy Indie Friday! So I decided I am only going to do one polish at a time for TGIF, this why I can show it as a layer and really show it's goodness! And since my Indie stash isn't super big (yet) it'll last longer too! :)

This week is brought to you by Elemental Styles! The polish is 99 E=MC². I got this lovely polish in a giveaway win from Elemental Styles. And it is wonderful! 

Just a sad note, I didn't realize when I took the pictures that my lighting was low so they are a bit fuzzy. And since I am actually gone for the weekend on a little vacation, I didn't have time to redo them. But they are still wonderful!

This is E=MC² one coat, alone with just a base coat. A tad bit sheer but not too bad. Whitney from Elemental Styles describes this polish as "is a light grey based polish that includes various sizes of black and silver hex glitters!" And it is named after the 99th element (all her polishes are based on elements, hence the name of her shop) einsteinium!

Two coats of  E=MC². I have to say that this is one of the easiest Indie glitter polishes I have ever applied! The formula is fantastic! And I didn't have a problem with glitter settling! Wow! Whitney says that this polish is in homage to Einstein's crazy hair!

Um, yep. Spot on! :)

Here is E=MC² with one coat of Seche Vite. Now this polish isn't a super bumpy glitter so only one layer of top coat was enough! How awesome is that!

Now lets see what it looks like layered over another polish shall we? :)

This is one coat of E=MC² over Essence Romeo. Not that much of a difference from this versus the two coats of E=MC². But this will allow me to have E=MC² longer as it is only one coat!

This polish is probably my new favorite Indie polish. It is fantastic! So, you wanna get one for yourself now don't you! Well here is her etsy shop: Elemental Styles and this is her fantastic blog: Elemental Styles

Go and check her out! And Whitney, thank you so much for this amazing polish!

Here is a quick fuzzy gander of Essence Romeo, even though I have shown this one to you before, it is still a favorite! :)

Waaa! Fuzzy. Boo!

Just a quick note, I'll be out of town this weekend, so if your comments don't show up right away they will by Monday at the latest! :) I'm not sure if I'll have internet access.

Also, Happy Star Wars day! May the 4th be with you!

Monkey See Monkey Do Monday: Funky French

Monkey See Monkey Do Mondays are where we re-create manis from different blogs or pictures we have "pinned" on Pinterest, and link back to the original blogger!

So I thought I would do my first MSMDM in honor of the mani that started my obsession. I decided to recreate Chloe's Nails: Funky French mani! I love this look a lot!

This picture above is from Chloe's Nails and it inspired me. (click the image or any of the text with her blog name to be sent to her blog). She is an amazing blogger and nail-fanatic! :)

My mani isn't as crisp as hers, but she has a more wonderful shaped nail than I do, but I still like mine! I used the same polishes: OPI Lincoln Park After Dark Matte (two coats) and Seche Vite for the tips. So simple but so edgy!

When I first saw this mani I was struck dumb....a matte polish! What. The. Crap! How fantabulous! And I've been hooked ever since!

Would you like to join Monkey See Monkey Do Mondays? Click the image below or the one on my side bar.

And don't forget to check out all the other ladies who are participating!

Angelina's Nails & More 
The Clockwise Nail Polish 
The Crumpet
Dressed Up Digits
Erin's Beauty Bumbles
Fancy Phalanges
Fanning the Fumes
Follow The Yellow Polish Road
Geeky Owl
Gnarly Gnails
Jens Painted Tips
LeSamowen
Macabre Manicures
The Manicured Monkey
Maquiclub Girl
The (mis)Adventures of a Wanna Be Martha
PishPosh and Polish
Polish Crazed
Polish Lover
Tales of Knit and Nails
Toxic Vanity

Adventures in Stamping Week 8: Stamp ending in a 4

Ok, so I didn't do a whole lot of stamping but this plate (QA4 from ebay) qualifies! :) Transformers! Woot! I chose to use the Decepticons image because it is generally shown purple which is my base color! :) This is China Glaze Magnetix Drawn to You! It is two coats (one normal and second used magnet) and a coat of Seche Vite. It is so pretty! It isn't a super flat polish either! It has shimmer! I stamped using Sally Hansen Silver Sweep. And both the Silver Sweep and the QA4 plate worked wonderfully! Halleluiah!

The Magnetix polish was a bit picky on when it wanted to work. My pointer finger (reason why the stamp is there and on my thumb) didn't want to work all that great. But I think that is because they are much more curved than my other nails! But it is still a fun polish and I am glad I got it! :)

Oh my gosh what is that!!! Oh wait, it's my thumb! See, I have one! ;) This is the Transformer wordage off the plate. It is cut off like that on the plate I promise, thought the "o" should be complete...oops!

Well, off to enjoy some festivities...it's my birthday! And it is the best birthday a marching band geek like me could have! March 4. Get it? :)