Mani Monday Textured

Happy Mani Monday everyone! This week the theme is textured. I have not always cared for textured polishes but I am getting hooked on them more and more every time I try one out! I have 5 untried textured polishes and wanted to use something from those 5. I went with 2 of the newest from L'oreal. I don't own very many L'oreal polishes. I have 6 in total 3 of which are new and textured. L'Oreal Colour Riche Gold Dust Textured Nail Color Collection just came to CVS near me and I was so excited to find them!!!

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This is Hidden Gems and Pop the Bubbles. I liked these both in the bottle so much I just had to use them both and I think they look nice together. They both were pretty easy to use and this is two coats. I really like how my nails turned out and I have been wearing this since Saturday night. My thumbs match the ring fingers.

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Out door in the shade

The sun was just to bright and all the sunny photos were very harsh

I decided to try and get some close ups to show off how much texture and dimension these polishes have. So this may get pic heavy. 

Outdoors

There is a deep teal flash in Hidden Gem I just could not capture well.

Outdoors

Pop the Bubbles

Indoors

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Lastly I tried to take a picture that really showed off the texture. I am including it but not sure if it will help at all or not. :)

I really enjoy these and plan to get the rest of the collection. I am not sure if these are limited edition or not. I did not see it on the display. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed this post even there are so many photos. Happy Mani Monday and Happy polishing. xoxo Jaime

Mani wrap up

I am still trying to get better at blogging each Mani.  I only have two that did not make it to the blog this week.  The first one I did not even plan on putting on Instagram because it really is not for Fall or even upcoming Winter but it looked so pretty on my nails So I just snapped one picture on the way to check the mail.  Broadway nails in Aquarius really makes you feel like you are going to a beach somewhere! I am not even a beach person but this really makes you feel warm and tropical!  I love the color.

Outside

My next pictures were from just playing around with another of the Bling in the New Year polishes from Sally Hansen.  I don't really wear just black nail polish but I do wear it with lots of glitter on top!!  This is Midnight Glitz over just a generic black polish I had on the shelf.

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I love love love this glitter!  It is very pretty and has all kinds of pretty bits in there.  It was so shiny that all of my outdoor photos I had taken had lots of glare.  I could not capture the holo goodness in here very well at all.  When I spin the bottle in the sunlight I see lots of green, blue. yellow and orange specks and of course the lovely gold flecks.  Happy Sunday and Happy polishing!!!

Nail of the day

Happy Thursday!  I have a nail of the day post for you today.  I recently saw the Sally Hansen Bling in the New Year collection and bought some of the polishes.  I only bought the glitters because I am pretty sure all the other colors are re promotes because I already own and love Jungle Gem, which is in the new display.  So I used Jungle Gem and one of the glitters I purchased called Twinkle Toes-ty.  This is a very pretty glitter polish.  Lots of sparkle and some holo action in there as well.

I added some gold studs just to kinda tie all the fingers together.  

My angle was a little off and I am not crazy about this picture but did not realize I did not get a great picture until I had already removed my polish this morning to do some swatches.  Some days I do put together three or four nail looks so I can wear something I really love for a few days and still have things to post.  I am going to be doing a few swatches for an Indie company soon so I have been trying different lighting and angles.  Please bear with me through my trial are error of lighting and settings.  :) Happy Polishing!

Beaming Blue

Hi friends! Happy Wednesday!  There have been so many new collections coming out lately that even for a drug store junkie, it can sure add up.  I decided to be a little more picky about which collections I hunt.  I was not really wanting to get the Maybelline Color Show Brocades.  Pictures I had see on Instagram of the bottles just didn't make me want them.  I ran across this collection in my local Meijer Monday evening.  I am not sure how wide spread Meijer is but it is like a Walmart sort of.  They have general merchandise as well as a grocery department and beauty department.  I took a look at the display and decided to pick up Beaming Blue.  They are only a little over three bucks so if I did not like it, no big deal...cheap.  

Well let me say oh my I love it!!!!  I do think you have to work these a little bit, not bad at all though.  I have heard these are sheer so I treated it as I do a white or neon.  I apply one thin coat and let that dry completely and then add another thicker coat to top it off.  I did do a ve,ry thin third coat on two of my nails on each hand. I could still see my nail smile line peeping through just a little.  The result was stunning in my opinion.  I can get almost any shade of blue to work for me and this one is so shiny and sparkly.

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As you can see Beaming Blue is very bright and shiny.  Happy nails as I like to call them. :)  I feel like the little patience I took applying this really is worth it once you have this beauty on your nails!!  I think I will be picking up two more from this collection and hope to bring your pictures very soon.  Thanks for reading and happy polishing!!!  xoxo Jaime