F4 Polish- Strawberry Shortcake

Hello again!

I have a polish to show you today that I'm actually ashamed I've never worn because it's so gorgeous! I love me some F4 Polish, and I still have quite a few I have yet to try on. The stunner I'm showing you today is F4 Polish- Strawberry Shortcake! I am so in love!

Strawberry Shortcake could not possibly be any closer to what I would think of if someone was talking about strawberry shortcake. Now I'm not sure what's going on because all the other pictures I've seen of this polish it has a creme base. Mine is very much so a shimmer. The base is a mauvey pink with a shimmer that looks slightly golden. It then has pink, red and holographic micro glitter along with white hexes. The application was awesome. Slightly thick, but only needed two good coats. I seriously don't even want to take this off! I keep staring at my nails in amazement. For such a simple color combination, it really is gorgeous! To bad I only got a mini.

Two coats of F4 Polish- Strawberry Shortcake

One coat of Gelous

One coat of Poshe

I hope everyone is having a great weekend!

F4 Polish is having a $5 off $20 sale on their Big Cartel! Use the code f4polish! The sale is going on until the 17th.

Spooktacular 300 Follower Giveaway!

Who's excited? I'm excited! It's time for my 300 follower giveaway! You all are beyond amazing and you totally deserve another giveaway! It's officially Fall now so I think a Halloween based giveaway is in order. I didn't really think about it but the polishes I chose are all glitters. I'm sorry if your not a glitter lover like myself lol. One lucky winner will win three super fun Halloween polishes! I own all of these and they are all amazing. I have also done posts on two of them which you can find here and here. This giveaway will be US and Canada only. Main reason being I want you to actually get them before Halloween. This also happens to be my 50th post, how neat! Now lets see what polishes I have chosen!

All That Glitters- Night Fright 

F4 Polish- Drunken Zombie 

Hit Polish- Jack-O-Lantern

All the the polishes are full size and are brand new. This giveaway will run from September 22nd to October 6th. You will have three chances to enter but you must be a follower of my blog to get the other entries. I wish you all the best of luck! I will announce the winner in this blog post as well as on my blogs Facebook page.


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The F4 Polish Halloween Collection!

OMGOMGOMG, I can not tell you how excited I am to do this post. I was going to wait till later this week but I don't think I can! Today I'm going to be showing you guys the entire F4 Polish Halloween Collection!!!! You all know how much I LOVE F4 Polish so you know I had to snatch this collection up right away! Once they started posting swatch photos on their Facebook page, I knew I had to have them all. I'm also excited because this is my first full collection swatch and review. Let me tell you, swatching these polishes one right after the other was so hard because I didn't want to take them off! This is seriously a stand out collection for Halloween. So many unique polishes and so many layering combinations! If these don't scream Halloween, I'm not sure what does! You can preorder the entire collection off Etsy. It's $52 for the full size collection and $28 for mini. I went with the mini set but to be honest I'm seriously considering getting full size of a few. Did I mention how cute the bottles are?!? They have little silver bats on them!

You are about to see swatches of seven amazing polishes, so prepare your wallet. Of course the polishes have to have cute Halloween names right? There's Drunken Zombie, Nightmare Forest, Krazy Korn, Green Goblin, Monster Mash, Hocus Pocus, and Boo To You. All gorgeous and Halloweentastic! You best bet I will be wearing these spooky babies the entire month of October so prepare to see a few reposts. Are you ready to have your mind blown with amazingness? All polishes are two coats unless otherwise stated and are all topped with one coat of Gelous and one coat of Poshe.

First up is Drunken Zombie. I had a feeling this one would be disgustingly gorgeous and it did not disappoint! Drunken Zombie has a sort of nasty snot colored, green tinted, yellow base. It's the most unique color and I actually loved it on. It's filled with shiny and matte purple and green glitters in different sizes. There's also some holographic glitters that give it tons of sparkle. This is one of my favorites and is totally the stand out in the collection. It's also the only polish with a colored base. For this one I did three coats. Gorgeous.

Nightmare Forest is next! I really love this polish and I didn't think I would. It has shredded glitter which I haven't tried yet but it doesn't appeal to me in pictures. This is another one I would definitely recommend picking up. It's a clear base with black shreds, teeny tiny matte purple bars (which I adore), tiny matte green hexes with larger orange hexes. It's super unique! Application was very easy considering the different shapes of glitter. I layered this over two coats of Zoya- Dove.

Up next, Krazy Korn! This was one that originally wan't going to be included in the collection but they decided to add it! I'm glad they did because it's so much fun! Krazy Korn is a clear base with tiny white, yellow and orange matte glitters, larger matte white hexes and shiny yellow hexes. You don't see the yellow hexes in the photo as much as you do in real life. Again, this had good application. Krazy Korn is over two coats of Maybelline- Fierce N Tangy.

Here's Green Goblin, another favorite! This one has multiple sizes and colors of green glitters. Some matte and some shiny. It has a nice sparkle to it! I think you could probably build this to full opacity with another coat. Another one with great application. Green Goblin is over two coats of Zoya- Shawn which I think is the perfect base color.

Monster Mash is up next. This was one of the more simple polishes but still gorgeous! All matte glitters starting with tiny black ones, green hexes and slightly larger purple hexes. This one made me think of a frog. Or maybe a Ninja Turtle. I applied Monster Mash in more of a dabbing motion because the purple glitters didn't like to stay on the nail. This is over two coats of Orly- Lucky Duck which again I think is the perfect base.

Second to last is Hocus Pocus! This was the one that I showed as a teaser photo on Facebook! If you saw the picture, you will know what I mean when I say that this baby sparkles! The star of this polish is the holographic purple glitter! It also has matte black and green glitter with shiny green glitters as well. This is another one that would probably be opaque with another coat. This is over four coats of Zoya- Katherine.

Last but not least is Boo To You! Now I will say that this one was pretty much the only one I didn't really love. Not sure if it was the color I put it over or what. It's a fun polish though, don't get me wrong! Boo To You has matte orange and black glitters in a few different shapes and sizes. It even has black diamonds! This was another that I had to use the dabbing motion with. Boo To You is over one coat of Julep- Leighton.

That's the whole collection! What do you guys think?!? I personally love it and I think it's a great collection as a whole. The polishes I would say you need to get ASAP are Drunken Zombie and Nightmare Forest! If you can get the whole collection, do it!

Zoya- Kate and F4 Polish- Coal Sea

Oh sweet Jesus! I think this might be my favorite mani I've done in awhile! I was looking through my box of untrieds, which is ridiculously overflowing btw, and I scavenged these two babies out for a mani. Man are they prefect for each other! It's probably going to take me an hour to write this post because I keep stoping to look at my nails. I'm just enamored with the F4 Polish in Coral Sea! The funny thing is that I'm not sure I would have ordered it on my own. Coral Sea was a goodie that the wonderful ladies of F4 sent me with an order. If I haven't said it a million times already, those ladies are seriously amazing and have a knack for creating some seriously gorgeous polish! Be sure to stop by their Etsy shop if you haven't already. They are on vacation till August 22nd but the shop will reopen when they return! Zoya- Kate is part of the Birchbox Blogger Trio which I'm pretty sure you can only get from Birchbox.

Zoya- Kate is a super squishy, bright pinky-orange jelly. It applies nicely and is opaque at three coats. I'm not to much of an orange girl but I do love Kate on. Zoya really knows how to do jellies! Coral Sea is a pretty simple polish but it packs a big, glittery punch! It's made up of holographic purple glitter and slightly larger pinkish-orange matte glitter. You seriously need to see this polish in person because pictures don't do it justice! It sparkles like no buddies business. The ladies of F4 sure know how to make a awesome glitter polish. I have yet to use a polish from them that I don't like, no joke.

Three coats of Zoya- Kate

Two coats of F4 Polish- Coral Sea

One coat of Gelous

One coat of Poshe

Now wipe the drool off your face and go buy you some F4 Polish! They have swatches of a few polishes they are releasing soon so be sure to like them on Facebook!

Reader's Choice Wednesday Featuring F4 Polish

Hi everyone! So I'm hopping this is the polish that won this weeks RCW because for some reason I couldn't see the results of the poll! Last time I had looked, this was in the lead though! The "winning" polish was Mint Chocolate Chip by F4 Polish! I love me some F4 so I was hopping it would be this! I also spiced up my mani with another F4 polish but you will see that in a bit. The ladies of F4 Polish are absolutely wonderful! You can find F4 Polish on Etsy.

Mint Chocolate Chip is spot on to its' name. It looks like yummy, minty, chocolatey ice cream on your nails. Who doesn't want that? It applied perfectly in three even coats. I was afraid that after to many coats the depth would disappear and you wouldn't see the glitter in the first layers. The "chocolate" glitter really stands out though. This was one that I kinda ordered on a whim. I wasn't sure if I would like it but I love it! My goal is to own all of the polishes F4 sells by the end of the year. It's a shameful goal. Trust me, I know LOL

Three coats of F4 Polish- Mint Chocolate Chip

One coat of Poshe

Yummy! Now on to the little extra I added to the mani! I also happen to own Neapolitan from F4, so I decided to do an accent nail! Two ice cream flavors in one mani, crazy!!!! Neapolitan is a clear based polish with tiny chocolate glitter as well as pink and white hexes. 

What do you guys think? It's yummy, right? Don't forget to vote for next week's Reader's Choice Wednesday! I hope everyone has an awesome week!

Lazy Days of Summer- Flag Day

Who's a slacker? Jessica's a slacker! Sorry for taking so long to do the next LDoS challenge! It's what, like ten days past the 4th of July? Sounds like some serious slacking to me! I originally planned to have a 4th of July mani as my flag day mani, but alas, it did not happen... obviously. So for the sake of not cheating on the challenge, here is my flag day mani!

I actually really like the way this turned out. I know it's simple but it's still super pretty.  Considering it's so far past the 4th, I just wanted to keep it simple. I decided to use my favorite red, OPI- Color So Hot It Berns. I really do love this red. It so vibrant yet still a true red. As always, I did an accent nail. Accent nails are my go to when I'm to lazy to do any nail art but I want something other then a plain mani. I used a base of Maybelline- Porcelain Party and topped it with F4 Polish- Cali's Creation. Oh F4, you steal my heart with every polish of yours I put on. The base glitter in Cali's Creation is kinda weird. In the light it just looks red but in the shade it looks sort of purple. Who knows, I'm going to pretend it's red! Besides the red/purple base glitter it has tiny blue squares, so cute! You can find F4 Polish on Etsy. Those ladies are seriously amazing and their polishes are even more stunning in person!

Two coats of OPI- Color So Hot It Berns

Two coats of Maybelline- Porcelain Party

One coat of F4 Polish- Cali's Creating

One coat of Poshe

What do you guys think? I'm not to much of a slacker, right :D Hopefully the rest of my LDoS challenges will be relatively on time from now on! Flip Flops are up next! Be sure to check out the other flag day manis!

Victoria at Manicurator

Alyson at Beads Nails Food

Amanda at Mandys Polish

Hannah at Polished-Prisms

Sue at Creative Nail Design By Sue

Katee at A Girl and Her Polish

Charlotte at Charlottes-Nails

Jessica at Nearly Natural Nails

Karine at Karinea0a

Jen at The Polished Zombie

Ashley at One Nail To Another

Pryanka at Nail Sparks

Anna at Polished Cousins

Maribeth at Obsessive Cosmetic Hoarders Unite

Kayono at Kayonolan

Sharra at Alira23

Amanda at Counting Down To Bliss

Nichole at AOTNF

Stephanie at A Little Polish

Becky at Glam Fiend

Indie Polish Insanity

Holy crap, I'm obsessed with Indie polish. Seriously, you have no idea how many times a day I'm on Etsy looking at polish. Well today I have for you the rewards of my spending, a huge Indie haul! I know Indie's have sparked a bit of controversy lately but honestly I have yet to buy an Indie I didn't love! Besides a few Lynnderella's that is, but I will save that story for another day my friends. I confessed about my new found matte glitter obsession and there's a ton in this haul. I also just got my light box I ordered. I used it for these, so let me know how these pictures look compared to my others! Here's a sneak peek of all the amazing polishes I have to show you today!

I know, I know, you can't stand the anticipation any longer! What are these beauties you may ask? Well why don't I show you! WARNING: THERE ARE AN INSANE AMOUNT OF PICTURES AHEAD!

First up is F4 Polish. This is actually two separate orders. I loved my first order so I placed a second as soon as I got it in the mail! Here we have Pink Penquin, Pink Salmon, Strawberry Shortcake, Snow Capped Moutain and Mint Chocolate Chip! I've already posted about Pink Penquin-->here<-- and I'm sure you will see some more F4 posts soon!

Now we have my two Pahlish polishes that I was just dying to get my hands on! Toxic and Timeless & Train Underwater (I almost wrote Train UnderWARE). Aren't they just gorgeous!

Next up is Lush Lacquer! LOOK AT ALL THAT GLITTER, I died. Slime Time and Spring Fling.

Last but certainly not least, are my Amy's Nail Boutique and Lac Attack orders. Mmmmm, I love me some matte glitters! Amy's Nail Boutique- Preppy and Cotton Candy. Lac Attack- Jewel of the Nile.

Are you guys as obsessed with Indie's as I am? What was your first Indie polish you bought? Let me know below! 

F4 Polish- Pink Penquin

Yay! I have another Indie polish for you today from another Etsy seller, F4 Polish! After stalking their Etsy for a bit, I decided to place an order and have sense placed a second! In my first order I picked up Pink Penquin, which I'm going to show you today, as well as Snow Capped Mountain which you will see soon! I got mini's of both and their shipping was SUPER fast. Now I know your going to think I keep meaning to put "Pink Penguin"instead of "Pink Penquin" but that's what it's called and I suppose there's a reason for it.

Pink Penquin is a black and white glitter with larger pink hexes all in a clear base. I was hesitant to buy it at first because I'm not in love with black and white glitter like most seem to be. I just don't really like the look of it and I'm sure that has to do with me not really liking clear based glitters. I made an exception for Pink Penquin because I could tell it was going to build up to almost full coverage and it does. The picture below is three coat and as you can see there isn't much nail showing through. It applied very smooth and had a good amount of glitter in one coat. One coat would be the perfect amount if this was over another polish. I did add a coat of Gelous just to smooth things out. I really do love it on, and I can't wait till my second order gets here! I am seriously loving the matte glitter trend, and I have purchased an ungodly amount of matte glitter polish in the past few weeks. Aka, there will be another haul post soon! The foil method will definitely be needed to remove this baby!

Excuse any pesky glitters you may see, they refused to come off!

Three coats of F4 Polish- Pink Penquin

One coat of Gelous

One coat of Poshe

Are you into black and white glitters? How about the matte glitter trend?