Nerd Lacquer- Pinin' For The Fjords

Today I have one of my FAVORITE polishes for you! It's Nerd Lacquer- Pinin' For The Fjords. I know, I know, Nerd Lacquer isn't readily available anymore but if you ever have the chance to get a few from a blog sale or swap, don't think twice! I had mentioned in my last post how KBShimmer kinda fills my want for every Nerd Lacquer ever made. Nerd Lacquers's are seriously some amazingly unique polishes and it's a shame what happened with the brand. I have a few that I cherish. I even have one that I don't quite like but I refuse to swap or sell it because it's still amazing in my book.

Pinin' For The Fjords is just a beautiful polish. I will say right off the bat that my camera does not do it justice. The base color is a mix of periwinkle and lavender with an amazing silver shimmer. The shimmer overwhelms my camera a bit. From what I can tell it has silver, blue and purple glitters. What I love most about all of my Nerd Lacquers is that they are all holding up even though they are over 8 months old. With all the ruckus over curling glitters, I can confidently say that there are none in my Nerd Lacquers. They are just really nicely made. I find that most require at least 2-3 coats if used alone. I used 3 for this one. I just really love this polish! Btw, anyone know what the heck a Fjord is?

Three coats of Nerd Lacquer- Pinin' For The Fjords

One coat of Gelous

One coat of Poshe

I am so so so so excited about the next post that will be up! I'll give you a hint: It's a Halloween collection!!!!!

KBShimmer- Orange-A-Peel

Hi everyone! I hope your four day weekend has be awesome so far! KBShimmer released their new Fall collection, which is amazing, so I was in the mood to put a KBShimmer on! The polish I have for you today is called Orange-A-Peel and it's part of the neon collection. It's the beginning of September so I figured an orange polish was fitting. I don't know about you but I'm ready for Fall! I'm really excited to order a few of the polishes from the Fall collection! Are you going to be picking any up? You can find KBShimmer polish from their website or from Harlow & Co. Harlow & Co actually has free shipping over $50 so my international viewers, keep that in mind!

Orange-A-Peel is a bright orange polish full of white, pink and orange glitters in all different sizes and shapes. It's on the sheer side so I did three coats. The glitter applies evenly even though there's a ton of it. It dries to more of a matte finish because it's neon. Probably looks pretty totally matte! Not sure how much I like it with my skin tone but it is a gorgeous polish. The polish is more red toned then it appears in my pictures though. KBShimmer seem to fill my need for Nerd Lacquers (cry). There's a ton of super unique polishes and they are always great, formula wise. I seriously can't wait to get some of the new polishes!

Three coats of KBShimmer- Orange-A-Peel

One coat of Gelous

Two coats of Poshe

If you haven't gotten your hands on any polishes from KBShimmer, go run and order some! What ones are you most excited for from the Fall collection? Any Lush Cosmetics fans here? This polishes reminds me of Sexy Peel soap but in polish form!

Catherine Arley- 677

Hi everyone! I hope your week is going well! Today I have a polish from the brand Catherine Arley to show you! I did a Catherine Arley group order with a few ladies from a Facebook group I'm in. We ordered them back in the beginning of July and they came in the beginning of August.  The website we ordered them from is, I believe, a Belgian company. As far as I know that is the only place you can order them. You can find the website -->here<--.  Shipping was actually pretty cheap. Wanna know the most awesome part, they are about $2.30 a bottle! Not only are they cheap, they have a huge line of holographic polishes! You will see all the polishes I picked up in a future haul post!

The first polish I wanted to show you guys was number 677. It's a gorgeous raspberry holo! Now the holo in 677 isn't quite as strong as it is in other colors but it's still noticeable. It's more of a scattered holo. I will say that all of the Catherine Arley polishes seems to be nicely pigmented for holos. I only did two thin coats and it's perfect. I think it's crazy that these are pretty much dirt cheap and are so amazing! $2.30 is like a Sinful Colors polish plus tax! I highly recommend ordering these! Try getting a few friends together and doing a group order. It's beyond worth it! I think, in total, I personally paid around $30 for 8 polishes including shipping, CRAZY!

Two coats of Catherine Arley- 677

One coat of Poshe

Gorgeous, right? Are you excited to see more Catherine Arley polishes? Do you think you might order some of your own?!?

Lazy Days of Summer- Dotting Tool Fun

I've been slacking on these LDoS posts, sorry guys! Today I have the 7th challenge, Dotting Tool Fun! I really wasn't inspired by this one. I had an idea then it didn't work out. So I decided to attempt a "ruffle" mani. Not loving how it turned out, but I guess it's ok for my first try. Chalkboard Nails has an awesome tutorial for the ruffle manicure if you want to try it for yourself! It's super easy, all you need is polish and a dotting tool. I just didn't have enough patience :P

For this mani I used three Essie colors: Mojito Madness, Play Date and Bikini So Teeny. I'm sure your aware of my love for accent nails! I took it a little further and did a semi funky french as well. One tip I do have is to let your doting polish dry just a bit or else it will bleed. You won't end up with "dots" as much as you will "blobs" like mine. I do really like the colors I chose though. I'm sure I will attempt another ruffle mani soon. Hopefully that will turn out more, what should I say...ruffley?

Two coats of Essie- Mojito Madness, Play Date and Bikini So Teeny

Dotting tool

One coat of Poshe

Have you tried out the ruffle mani yet? Don't forget to take a look at the other LDoS posts from the wonderful ladies below! Up next is the In A Garden challenge!

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

Nails Inc- Pudding Lane

How has your weekend been so far? I have another Nail Inc Sprinkles polish to show you! This time it's Pudding Lane. You can find my post on Topping Lane -->here<--. Topping Lane is definitely my favorite of the collection. I have yet to try on Sweets Way or Sugar House Lane but I would say Pudding Lane is probably my second favorite. If you haven't gotten these polishes yet, please run and get them! They are available online at Sephora for $9.50 but I'm not sure if they have shown up in stores yet.

I think I would consider Pudding Lane to be bright teal. Not so green but it's definitely not just blue. From what I can tell it has navy and greenish gold glitters. Probably more gold then green but the base of the polish makes them appear slightly green. It has the same exact consistency as Topping Lane. Applies a bit patchy on the first coat but evens out on the second. I used three for this mani.  I really do love the whole Sprinkles collection. Every once in a while I think about polishes that would compile my "best of 2012 polishes" and I think the Sprinkles collection would make it. I mean with all the awesome indie sellers out there, I've seen some pretty awesome glitters. I think Nails Inc really did something special with these. On to the pictures!

Three coats of Nails Inc- Pudding Lane

One coat of Gelous

One coat of Poshe

Have you guys picked up any of the Sprinkles yet? 

I have a huge haul post coming up! I'm also planning some type of post showing you my shamefully large "untrieds" box and my first ever polish collection post!