OPI DS Design

Hey everyone!!

Today I have for you DS Design by OPI. I've been on quite a holo kick lately for some reason and this one was no exception. This is one of the amazing holos that OPI used to make so I'm not sure how readily available it is anymore :/ I wish OPI would listen to all of us and start making these again. This is a sheer polish so it took me three coats to build up the coverage. Onto the pictures. As always click on them to enlarge!

This color is incredible!! If you can get your hands on it snatch it up for sure!! I hope that you guys liked the color! As always leave your requests and ideas in the comments below!! Talk to you all soon!!!!

XOXO Sam

OPI DS Glamour and Giveaway Winner

Hey ladies!

I hope everyone is doing well today. Thanks to everyone who entered the giveaway, I was amazed by how many of you entered. Look forward to another one soon! But we'll get to that later, today I decided to paint my nails OPI's DS Glamour which is one of my all time favorites. Its absolutely mesmerizing. This was two coats with seche vite top coat and OPI Drip Dry. Onto the pics :)

As you can see its a deep blue holo and just so beautiful. If you have the opportunity do pick this one up!

Now onto the giveaway winner which I picked using random.org. The winner is... Kelliegonzo, congrats Kellie I have emailed you so please email me back ASAP!!  Thank you so much to everyone who entered and left such sweet comments!!! I hope that you continue to enjoy my blog even after this contest is over! Please leave requests or ideas of anything you'd like to see on here!!

XOXO Sam

Swap with Cathy from More Nail Polish :)

Hey everyone!!

Sorry it's been so long since my last post. We had a girl just stop coming to work, no notice or anything, so I had to pick up quite a few shifts which sucked :/. Anyway, its pretty much all back to normal now so expect regular posts again!! I missed it so much.

A couple of weeks ago Cathy, from More Nail Polish, and I did a swap. She frankend me up some magnetic holos and I sent her the KleanColor chunky holos which I may have to buy myself now after seeing how beautiful the red one was on her blog. She sent me black, blue, and green magnetic holos and it was love at first sight. Naturally though, I went to put on the green one and could not, for the life of me, find a magnet anywhere! I was so set on the color though that I had to put it on anyway. You can't find a dark green holo anywhere so I was so excited about this one. Its beautiful, I think Cathy should start a polish shop :) what do you guys think? I used two coats for full opacity and gosh am I in love!!!! Click to enlarge the pics :)

I will have another post up soon of either the blue or black holo ones because I went out and bought a magnet :) I cannot wait to try them out. I am so so so in love with them!!! THANK YOUUUU so so much Cathy!!!!!! You're awesome!!!!! Talk to you guys again soon!!
XOXO Sam

NOTD and Giveaway Update

Hey girls!

I hope everyone is doing well! In light of the amazing weather we've had the past few days, which is very unusual for Ohio lately, I had to put on a holo. I also thought it went well with my giveaway going on right now. I chose one of my favorites, China Glaze's Lets Do It In 3D, I couldn't have picked a better color because when I was in the sun I could not take my eyes off my nails. It took only two coats and it was flawless, no dragging whatsoever. Onto the beautiful pictures, click to see more detail :)

 Flash

 Flash

 Sunlight

Artificial Light

This definitely made my day and its hard to keep myself from repainting my nails this color when I do my next mani. It just catches the eye like no other. It's also unusual because of the fact that its a grey-black holo, you don't see those much. No doubt I'll have this on my nails sometime soon but for now I'll change to something new :/

I just wanted to let you guys know that I will also be adding another Ozotic Pro holo (511) to the giveaway. I've had it in my stash for a little while and have never used it. Not being much of a pink lover I suppose it doesn't appeal to me as much as my darker holos. I'm a sucker for dark colors in general. Anyway, I'm adding it to the giveaway in the hopes that it will go to someone who appreciates it a whole bunch!! Until next time!

XOXO Sam

Giveaway Time!!!

Hey everyone!!!

I've decided to do another giveaway with mostly holos and a few duo chromes!! All of these polishes have not been used or opened unless someone opened them prior to me purchasing them. I hope that you guys enjoy! Most of the polishes are still in transit to my house but I will post pictures of them all together once they're all here. I just wanted to get the giveaway up tonight! This giveaway will end at Midnight EST on July 22, 2011 (well technically on the 23 but you get the gist of it).

The giveaway will include:

China Glaze Kaleidoscope-
         1. Don't Be a Square- Pink Holo
         2. It's My Turn- Gold Holo
         3. He's Going in Circles- Sea Foam Green Holo

OPI- DS Magic

Glitter Gal- Three holos of your choice. When I chose the winner I will have them go to the website and let me know which colors to have sent to their house.

Ozotic Pro: 511- Hot Pinky/ Red Holo
                  518- Red Holo Flame
                  528- Elytra

Glitter Gal Holo Polishes also my post on them here

The only one still on its way is Ozotic Pro Flame 518!

Rules:
1. Enter through the comments below. Please include the following:
 1a. The name in which you follow under. You have to be a public follower in order for me to verify.
 1b. Leave the email address that you would like me to contact you at if you win. I will be using random.org to pick the winner

Extra Entries:
1. If you add my blog to your blog roll please leave link to your blog. (+1)
2. If you post about this giveaway please live a link to your blog or twitter etc. (+2)
3. Tell me what your absolute number one color is so that I can check it out! (+1)

I may add more polishes as this giveaway goes on but those are the ones for certain! I will make another post if I do add more with those colors. I hope that you guys enjoy this giveaway. I have and will be purchasing these products all on my own so I hope that you love them!

XOXO Sam

NOTD Me + Blue

Hey everyone!!!
How are you guys doing??
Today I have for you my first Nicole by OPI nail polish, Me + Blue. Now, I have to say that application for this polish was a mess, it was so thick and goopy and just terrible. I put about 10 nail polish thinner drops into the bottle and it helped somewhat but Nicoles just don't seem to have that great of formulas. Along with that, the brush was a mess, it was all wonky with pieces sticking out and just sort of thick and stubby. Not a fan. Now after I got past all that it was such a beautiful color which is why I dealt with the formula instead of just giving up right away on it. It did only take two coats for full coverage and was beautiful and shiny after the top coat. Onto the pictures :)

The holographic sparkles in this polish make it so beautiful that I could not stop staring at my nails in the sun. I got this polish at Walmart so if you don't mind working with the formula for this beautiful result run out and get it ASAP!!!! I LOVE ITTTT!!!!! Remember that you can always click on the pictures to see them bigger with more detail!! Have a great night!

XOXO Sam

Glitter Gal Polishes!

Hey everyone!!

Today I have the five Glitter Gal polishes that I ordered from there site a few weeks ago. One of them is a My Private Jet dupe which I found very exciting. I found out a little more about the company and their polishes that I thought I'd let you guys know first. One, they are Big 3 Free which I'm all about, especially when the polishes have a great formula like these do. Two, they use true holographic particles in their polishes which is extremely expensive, making their polishes very high quality. They have a really smooth finish and have the holo effect of the old OPI DS polishes that everyone longs for. While all the other companies are skimping on ingredients which makes the holo effect not so holo at all (ie China Glaze Tronica polishes IMO) Glitter Gal takes the time and money to make real beautiful holos. Therefore, the ingredients needed to make holo polishes still exist as some of us have wondered (most companies just don't want to spend the extra money to make them). Anyway :) onto the pictures. All these polishes took two coats with base and top coat. You can obviously tell how absolutely in love with the polishes I am and it helps that it seems the company is extremely dedicated to well made products. Click to enlarge :)

This first one is their Black Holo <3

Marine Blue Holo :)

Dark Purple Holo

Suede Holo



Glitter Gal 3D Sparkle in Deep Green

I love these nail polishes. I wore the last one as my mani for the past four days and have only had minor tip wear so I will definitely buy from them again. The only downside is shipping so I make sure to buy all the ones that I want at once. I was thinking about doing a giveaway with some of the holos. What do you guys think? Let me know if you guys would like that!!!
Talk to you soon!
XOXO Sam



I FOUND THE UNTHINKABLE!!!!! A MPJ DUPE!!!!

Hey ladies!!!

I'm sorry its been so long since I've posted I had the flu this past week and am still not even feeling well enough to polish my nails :( but I have some great things coming up for you guys!!

I wanted to make this quick post today to tell you about something that is so so exciting to me and I hope that you guys will be excited too!! As I told you in my My Private Jet post I had bought some polishes from Glitter Gal Cosmetics that included a black holo that I was hoping would be comparable to MPJ. Well ladies, not only was it comparable but it was EXACTLY THE SAME!!! I swear I had the biggest smile on my face when I swatched it on my nail wheel. The application was perfect two coats and done. It is fourteen dollars a bottle I believe, but when you think about how much it would cost to get your hands on an actual bottle of MPJ the original (upwards of $70 IF you can find it) that is not very expensive. I got a couple different bottles of their holos and all of them are very similar to OPI's awesome holos like DS Glamour. You have to check these out if you love holos! The holoness is so strong on all of them. You really get what you hoped for.

 Glitter Gals Black holo is on the left and their beige holo is on the right

Glitter Gals Black holo

Swatch from my MPJ post a few days ago.

Seriously you guys, if you have been lemming for MPJ then you have to get this color. I'm in love with it!!! Once I'm finally feeling better I will do a whole review on all of their polishes that I bought. I hope you guys have a great night!! 

XOXO Sam

My Private Jet Original

Hey ladies!!!

This was my manicure for yesterday but it was a crazy day yesterday so I am finally getting around to posting it now. When I first heard the rumors that My Private Jet was starting to look different than the original I immediately went out that day to two different beauty stores in order to buy the rest of what they had in stock which was two of the original charcoal holo versions. So, I know have three :)) My first one is almost all used up though. This is my absolute favorite color of allllll time so having the back ups makes me feel extremely happy. I would wear this color everyday but I'm afraid of using it all up ha :). I am always on the lookout for a dupe to finally come out and once I find one you guys will be the first to know. I just recently bought some polishes off an Australian website that included a black holo so once I get them I will swatch it and hopefully have great news for you guys!!

Anywayy, I normally just do one or two coats of MPJ over a standard black polish because holos can look quite patchy sometimes because of the drag. This time I just did four coats of MPJ because I wanted to see it on its own and it was just as beautiful as ever!! In the future though, I will continue to do it over black because it gives the same effect and uses less :) Now onto the insane picture spam :) click to enlarge :)

This is a black holo that is as holo and as beautiful as can be. I love it love it love it so I had to share it with you guys! What's your favorite nail polish color and what's your biggest polish lemming? I would love to know!
Have a great night guys!!!
XOXO Sam