Blog 2 Year Birthday Giveaway Prizes Part One

Ok, remember how at the end of July I posted about a big giveaway I was doing with all of my favorite polishes?  Well, tonight and Friday, I will be showing you all of the prizes!  Tomorrow, I'll have a special post with the new Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer Special Edition, Terrific Twos, with a comparison!  There will be twelve winners, and each winner will receive one of the 12 favorites plus my Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer Special Edition Terrific Twos and a few other assorted goodies!  So, let's get started!  I think we'll start with the blues because, if you haven't been able to figure out, my favorite color is blue.  Oh, but first, here's a link to the giveaway.  Hop to it if you haven't entered yet!  Only a couple days left!

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[I purchased all but Maui Wowee myself.  Maui Wowee was given as an extra in my order from Indigo Bananas.]

This post will be picture heavy, so be prepared.  As always, click on the photos to enlarge them.  

Prize 1: Zoya Blu

Blu is a lovely gorgeous pastel blue cream.  Application is super easy and self leveling, which isn't always the case for me with Zoya cremes.  This is only three coats with one coat of topcoat.  Dry time was quick as well.  I did a proper review of it here.

Prize 2: Indigo Bananas Immortal Game

I've done a full review of Immortal game here, so I guess I just really wanted to show you guys some more pics of it.  You can never have too many photos of this beauty.

Prize 3: Indigo Bananas Maui Wowee

Maui Wowee is a lovely blue holographic with a teal to purple shift.  It's a little on the sheer side, but it's still opaque in three coats.  Application was super easy, and dry time was fairly quick.  It's also got a bit of a metallic finish, but none of that obscures the holo, which is super vibrant!

Prize 4: Girly Bits Blue-Eyed Beer Drinkin Music Lovin Lawyer

Yeah, this one has a pretty special place in my heart because the most amazing and awesomest Pam of Girly Bits made this for my blog's 1 year birthday!  This squishy blue jelly is packed with blue iridescent glitters that glow while on the nail.  Even though it's a jelly, you can reach full opacity in just three coats!  You could probably get away with just two, but I always add on an extra for my photographs.  As you will note, my bottle has a super special label that was designed by my friend, Austen.  That was a limited edition label, so the new bottles are in Pam's gorgeous printed bottles (whit hot hot hot white lettering!!).

Prize 5: Picture Polish Cosmos

Check out my full review here.  I just adore those irregularly shaped silver holo glitters.  I soooo wish I could find them for sale somewhere, because I would be putting that stuff in EVERYTHING.  

Prize 6: Lynnderella G. Whizard, Esq.

This limited edition polish has a clear base with silver and sky blue microglitters.  It dries with a textured finish, so I needed to use one coat of Gelous (still waiting for my new bottle of Glitter Glaze to make it's way across the earth!) and one coat of KBShimmer's Clearly on Top.  I did NOT need undies.  This polish is fully opaque in TWO COATS.  Yes, you read that right.  Two coats.  Is that not insane???  I used three to touch up any potential bald spots that would show up in my photos, though.

So, there are the blues!  What do you think?  Are you as excited as I am about this giveaway?  What's your favorite prize?  Stay tuned for more exciting prize photos later this week!!!

[I purchased all but Maui Wowee myself.  Maui Wowee was given as an extra in my order from Indigo Bananas.]

Pretty Little Liars: Ninja Polish Divinity

Time for a later night #RedCoatTueday!  And, strangely, I'm actually watching tonight's episode while I write my post!  Tonight's photos are sticking with the theme of oldie but goodie that I've been doing this past week, so the photos and the lighting aren't the best.  Aaaaaand the details are a little sparse.  I'm sorry!  Don't shoot me!!  Anyway, let's take a look at Ninja Polish Divinity over Orly Bus Stop Red, but first, the rules!

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The rules are easy!

• Paint your nails red, do your lips red, do a shadow design in red, or do anything beauty related that is mostly red.
• Add your blog and photo to the inlinkz!  If you don't have a blog but do have an IG, you can check this link for directions on how to use your IG for inlinkz.  If you don't have a blog or IG, you can just add your photo to the linkup or send it to Color Me So Crazy, and she will get them up for you!
• Use the #RedCoatTuesday tag when you share your photos on IG, Twitter, or Facebook!

[I purchased these polishes myself.]

Ninja Polish, the now defunct brand, came out with this lovely polish as their version of the elusive Unicorn Pee.  It's got a red base with a green to purple to gold to red shifting shimmer.  I'll have a comparison of those two soon, I promise, but I can say that it is really very close to Clarins 230, just more opaque.

The first coat of Divinity is self-leveling and almost opaque enough to be a one coater.  You only really need two coats for full opacity, but I decided to wear this over Orly Bus Stop Red.  Even though I only wore one coat, it's still got lovely depth.

In most lights, it looks like a pretty red/gold shimmer, but when you get it in the shade or look at it at different angles, you can see that lusciously gorgeous shift.

I just love how it looks like it's on fire!

Dry time is average, and the wear time is amazing.  The next two photos show this after four days of wear with only minimal tip wear.  They were both also taken in the magical box known as my refrigerator.  Heh.

I mean, look at that shift!  I loooooove this polish so hard.  I thought I may give it up after doing my comparisons, but man, these pics are helping me remember why I loved it to begin with!  This lovely lady will be used again in the near future!

Sadly, Divinity is no longer available for purchase as Ninja Polish has closed up shop.  It's such a shame, too, because this is just a gorgeous polish.  If you see it on a blog sale for a decent price, it's definitely worth the money!  So, there you go!  What do you think?  Do you have any of the "Unicorn Pee" dupes?

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Rainbow Honey 20% Cooler

It's been a loooooong time since I took these photos, but they sort of go with last week's blue creme comparison since I actually just put it over those five polishes.  So, because it's been a long time since I did this mani, and my brain doesn't remember things very well anymore, this will be a predominantly picture heavy post.  Enjoy Madame Righty as she shows you 20% Cooler!

[I purchased all polishes myself.]

Just as a memory refresher, my undies are (from thumb to pinkie): Deborah Lippman Let's Hear it For the Boy, Elevation Alphubel, OPI What's with the Cattitude, BarryM Blueberry Ice Cream, and China Glaze Electric Beat.  I really liked the look of this glitter on top of the blues.  It reminded me of a rainbow in a clear blue sky.

20% Cooler is a clear based polish with a rainbow of glitters ranging from matte to metallic in varying sizes.

I did one coat of 20% Cooler over the blue ombre.  Application wasn't too bad, but it was definitely thick like most of my Rainbow Honeys.  So, you may need to get some thinner.

I really like how bright and happy this looks.  In the bottle, it looks like the base has a bit of a grey tinge, but it's actually clear with some micro glitters that muddy the base in the bottle.  It doesn't come across as grey or muddy on the nail, though.

I love the look of glitters matted, so I'm not sure why I don't do it more often.  Here, I've topped my mani with NYC's matte topcoat.

And then, just because I wanted to show how versatile this little guy can be, I used OPI Don't Touch My Tutu, my go-to white jelly, to do a jelly sandwich!

You can purchase Rainbow Honey polishes at their store.  Follow them on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for news and updates.

So, what do you think?  Do you like rainbow glitters?  Which is your favorite rainbow glitter?

[I purchased all polishes myself.]

Summer of Untrieds Week 4

I apologize for the lack of posts this week, but I've been battling some sort of bug that's had me down for the past two or three days.  That being said, let's get back to the Summer of Untrieds Challenge.  This will be my last post for this fun little challenge, so I hope you've enjoyed this as much as I have!  Let's get to it!

Here are the prompts and the rules:

Rules:

• Use at least 1 untried polish that fits with the prompt for the day.
• If you don't have anything that works with the prompt, then consider it a free day and choose a random untried from your stash.
• There won't be an inlinkz, so keep up with the group by tagging your photos #summerofuntrieds.  I've also been including #julyuntriedchallenge in my posts, so you can add that too if you want.  Also, feel free to add a tag to me if you'd like (either @blueeyedlawyer or #wishesofablueeyedgirl).
• Start crossing off those untrieds in your stash!

[I purchased these polishes or received them as gifts from friends.]

Day 23: Micro Glitter

I decided to do skittles with my micro glitters instead of just picking one.  I picked (from thumb to pinkie): Lynnderella Yes to Know Love, Smitten Oncoming Storm, Lynnderella Thrill Ride, Lynnderella One Hot Summer Night, and Lynnderella Carnivale de Glitterati.  All of the Lynns are colored glitters in clear bases that built into full opacity within two coats.  They all required a coat of Peita's Polish Glitter Glaze and a layer of KBShimmer's Clearly on Top.  The Smitten, however, was small silver glitters in a deep blue base.  It took three coats to reach full opacity, and I again needed to use two coats of topcoat for a smooth finish.  You can purchase LE Lynnderellas at their store here, and you can purchase Smittens here.

Day 24: Holographic

I have a million holographics that need to be worn, so I decided to go with three harder to find ones that have just been collecting dust since I purchased them.  All three come from Enchanted Polish - Engineered to Destroy, Keep Watch, and Dream On.  I did a gradient on my accent nails of Dream On and Keep Watch, which are both purple holos without any added shimmer or shifts.  Application and cleanup on those were easy for a gradient, which was great, and I really liked the outcome.  Engineered to Destroy is a truly special polish.  It reminds me a lot of Dollish Polish Toxic Avenger in that it has this crazy gold / red / green shift in a black holographic base.  But there was just something a little different about it.  I guess it was more black than gold or brown, so it's definitely not a dupe for TA.  All three only required one coat of KBShimmer's Clearly on Top.  You can only purchase Engineered to Destroy and Keep Watch at the Mishka store as they were store exclusives.  I have no idea if they'll ever be back.  You can purchase Dream On from Nail Polish Canada, but again, it has an infrequent restock and is uber hard to snag when it is restocked.

Day 25: Zoya

I only have a small handful of untried Zoyas, so I went with two that didn't look too bad together - Carter and Seraphina.  Carter is from their Pixie Dust line and is a lovely purple textured polish.  I used three coats with two coats of KBShimmer's Clearly on Top.  I really like the look of this with a glossy finish instead of just the normal textured finish.  Seraphina is a silvery grey shimmer that took three coats to reach opacity and only one coat of topcoat.  You can purchase Zoyas at most beauty supply stores.

Day 26: Grey

For greys, I used NerdLacquer Don't Blink and Pahlish Romance topped with Elevation Polish Bromance. Unfortunately, all three of these polishes are really hard to find.  NerdLacquer sort of fell off of the face of the earth, and the Pahlish/EVP duo was a limited edition.  Don't Blink (named for my all time favorite episode and baddie from Doctor Who) is a light grey polish with silver, white, and gun metal grey glitters.  This shows three coats with one coat of topcoat.  The glitters on this polish are sinkers, so you have to flip it upside down between layers.  Romance is a darker grey with rainbow micro flakies.  The topper, Bromance, has a scattered holographic effect and is packed with white glitters with larger red to green shifting flakes.  You can find NerdLacquers on blog sales, Pahlish at her shop, and Elevation at her shop.

Day 27: Matte

Initially, I chose to wear Sinful Black Cherry, a vampy matte (or leather effect?) red polish, for this day's challenge.  But it was just so boring alone that I had to add on something fun.  That being said, I chose to top Black Cherry with Lynnderella Billet Doux, which was one of my hugest lemmings that I was soooo happy to squash about a month ago!  I mattified the mani using NYC's Matte topcoat.  Black Cherry is two coats that were a bit streaky, but a third coat would've given it a nice finish.  I chose to only do two coats, though, because I knew I was going to top it with a glitter.  I used one coat of Billet Doux, one coat of KBShimmer's Clearly on Top to make it dry faster, and then topped it with my matte topcoat.  You can buy Sinfuls at Rite Aid and Walgreens.

Day 28: Shimmer

Again, I get really bored with wearing just one color at a time.  Plus, I was really trying hard to fit in as many untrieds into this month as I possibly could.  That being said, I decided to pair a shimmer polish, Arcane Lacquer Locked in Limbo, with a glitter that also has a strong shimmer, Lynnderella Blue Rogue.  Limbo is three coats with one coat of KBShimmer's Clearly on Top.  Blue Rogue shows three coats ALONE without undies with a coat of Gelous and a coat of KBShimmer's Clearly on Top.  You can purchase Arcane Lacquers here.

Day 29: Rainbow Honey

I wore an unnamed sample and Annual Emotion, and I used this mani as last week's Red Coat Tuesday!  Go and check out the full review here.

Day 30: Thermals

I only have three untried thermals, and one is most definitely a Halloween polish, so I went with the other two for this mani - Digital Nails Lying and Pretty & Polished Dollipop.  Both show three coats with one coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.  Lying probably could've been done with just two coats, but I chose to do three for my photos.  The main problem I had with the P&P was that, when warm, you could see bald spots in the lighter royal blue that you couldn't see in the colder blurple.  The changes were very reactive and would change fairly easily.  Sadly, however, I couldn't get very good photos of the transition.  You can purchase Digital Nails here and Pretty & Polished here.

Day 31: Foil or Chrome

For the last day, I decided to go a different direction than I had originally planned.  I was going to use some of the Essie Mirror Metallics, but I decided instead to use Enchanted Polish Purple Roses and Elevation Polish Silversword.  I used three coats of Purple Roses, and it went on easily and spread evenly.  Removal was a bit of a pain because the small particles are a bit like glitter, so it got all over the place when I tried to scrub it off (and scrub indeed I did do).  Silversword was almost fully opaque in one coat, but I used two for my photos.  Again, application was really easy, and removal for Silversword was much easier than PR.  There is some glow-in-the-dark pigment in Silversword, but it wasn't very reactive for me.  Granted, I didn't intentionally go out of my way to see how well it worked.  Purple Roses has been long discontinued, but you can purchase Enchanted Polishes at her store here.

So, there we have it!  The end of a month full of fun and lots and lots of new manis! What do you think?  Did you like following along with this challenge?  Would you like to do another one?  Let me know what you think in the comments!

[I purchased these polishes or received them as gifts from friends.]