Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Dance Legend Wow Prism Collection - Holy Diver, Beautiful Lie, & Through The Glass

The fiiiine fine folks at Dance Legend recently sent me a whole pile of their pretties to review, and the package was waiting for me when I came home from my mini-vacation to see my bestie in New Brunswick. I pretty much instantly had to have a swatching marathon, so I'm gonna be posting their polishes all week!

I'm starting out with the super sparkly and amazing Wow Prism spring collection! I have three of them for your viewing pleasure.


The Wow Prisms are super sparkly holographic polishes. They have a really large-particle holographic pigment which makes them look so darn glittery without actually being glitter polishes (and therefore they aren't difficult to remove.)
I did three coats for each of the polishes. I did find the teal and blue to be a bit staining so be sure to wear base coat!


Dance Legend - Holy Diver
This polish has got to be one of the prettiest ever! I am obsessed with it. It's such a gorgeous shade of teal and the holographic effect could have you staring for hours! I am putting this baby on my toes next time I'm due for a pedi change.


Dance Legend - Beautiful Lie
Beautiful is definitely appropriate for the name. Dayummmmm. Such sparkle. Many holo. Wow. 


Dance Legend - Through The Glass
This is another knockout, obviously. Be still my blue-loving heart.

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Pretty sure you can do no wrong with these Wow Prism polishes! They're all so purrrrfect, with a good formula and an amazing sparkly holo finish. I wanna get the rest of the collection!!

You can find these polishes here on the Dance Legend website or here on Llarowe.
Press sample.

Monday, July 28, 2014

The Lacquer Legion: Fandom

Another Lacquer Legion day already?! They keep sneaking up on me. I was just about to start a week of posts for something else and I happened to check my Instagram feed... Aaaaand that prompted me to actually remember that today is #LLfandom day! I am totally stoked on this month's theme because I do indeed faithfully belong to a fandom. The Supernatural Fandom! Oh boy, do I ever. I have been obsessing over Supernatural for quite a few years now and I still can't get enough.

I've previously done Supernatural nails twice before (here and way long ago here) but I had yet to tackle the logo that all Supernatural fans know and love - the tattoo that Sam and Dean sport on their chests... Their perfectly sculpted chests. (Too far? Or just far enough for LLfandom?)


I wanted to keep the manicure simple and just showcase the anti-possession emblem, like a tattoo on skin. I chose OPI - Did You 'Ear About Van Gogh as my nude skin shade.
I did the emblem with black acrylic paint and a small brush. I didn't do a perfect job if you're looking up close, but from arms length it looks pretty damn good!


Posin' with my big SPN coffee table book that I got for Christmas this year. Which I totally did not overreact about when I opened it. Totally.


There you have it! I hope you guys liked this mani! And don't forget to share yours on our Facebook page, or anywhere on social media with the tag #LLfandom.
I hope I'll see lots more Supernatural manicures! Or else.

Sunday, July 13, 2014

how would you like to win 200 nail polishes?!

Not all giveaways are created equal... And this one from my favorite peeps at Nail Polish Canada may seriously grow to be one of the biggest!



Here's how it works:
- The prize started at zero
- Bloggers get to post about the contest and nominate any polish to be added to the prize
- Each blog gets a personal entry form (so you can enter on every participating blog!)
- The prize can keep growing and growing up to 200 shades (the more blogs that participate the bigger the giveaway gets!)

Can you even guess which polish I nominated...


Duh. Siren Song.

You can click here to see the official giveaway page, or click here if you want to participate on your blog and nominate another polish! Let's get this thing going! Big shout out to Picture Polish, Cirque and NCLA for stepping up and sponsoring the most polishes.

Please enter using my Rafflecopter form below! Good luck!

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Tuesday, July 1, 2014

june haul 2014

How did I do this month with my polish addiction? Let's find out!



You all probably already saw this one, so I'll start here.
OPI - Black Spotted (x2... just because)

Also at Winners I picked up a mini set from Orly, and some Nail Rock glitter thing, and another one of those weird-named mystery OPI polishes (for investigational purposes, obvi.)
Orly - Hot Tropics
Orly - Tropical Pop
Orly - Saturated 
Orly - Ablaze 
OPI - I don't Speak Meek!  



I noticed that some drugstores were clearancing what was left of the Color Club collections they had brought in. I scored most of the Harlem Lights and Girl About Town collections for $1.50 a piece! (But now I need to find the other four...)
Color Club - Savoy Nights
Color Club - Apollo Star
Color Club - Poetic Hues 
Color Club - Lady Holiday 
Color Club - Williamsburg 
Color Club - Silver Lake  
Color Club - Baldwin Blues
Color Club - Pearl District  



Also got some Essie polishes for $1.25-$3! Some were randoms from the drugstore and I actually found last year's summer collection Naughty Nauticals (which is probably my fave Essie collection) at Dollarama! So I grabbed the last one that I didn't already have.
Essie - Sunday Funday
Essie - Dive Bar
Essie - Mink Muffs 
Essie - Sew Psyched 
Essie - Vested Interest 

Aaaand more clearance:
Nicole by OPI - I'm A Pool for Love ($2.27)
Ruby Wing - Green Peace ($2.50)
Maybelline - Pink Splatter ($1.25)
OPI - I Just Can't Cope-acabana ($1.50)
OPI - Girls Love Diamonds ($2.50)
LA Splash - Mystique ($1.75)

I heard good things about the Maybelline Bleached Neons so I grabbed a couple for 40% off at the drugstore (therefore $3 each.)
Maybelline - Coral Heat
Maybelline - Pink Punch
Maybelline - Ultra Violet 

Aaaaand finally, one Zoya from the pro store and two things from Nail Polish Canada.
Zoya - Binx
Picture Polish - Color Storm
Models Own - Sweet Candy

That's a grand total of 32. More than usual for me lately! But there were just too many good clearance deals to pass up. I spent like 2 hours today trying to reorganize my polish for the millionth time and put it all away. But it's sooooo hard... I just wanna have it all out and look at it!