Hits - Suspiro

Hey guys! Quick little nail-of-the-day to show off today.

A couple of weeks ago I picked up some polishes from Ninja Polish including this super cute glitter from Hits:

Hits - Suspiro
This is from the Mari Moon Multi Girl Glitter Shock collection from Hits.
A purpley-bluey/periwinkle base filled with pink, purple and blue glitter. Just how I like it!

The polish was more sheer than I was expecting - here you see 2 coats layered over a silver polish. (Don't ask why I layered it over silver... I happened to be wearing silver and wondered if it would be a suitable base for this. Turns out, it was!)

Google tells me that suspiro means sigh.
*Sigh*, I love this polish.

I wanna layer this over a light purple next to bring out the purple tones more! It's just so cute. I really can't get enough milky glitters!

You can get this polish right here on Ninja Polish for $6.

I have another polish from this collection that I have yet to wear and now I wanna bust it out! Perhaps for my next manicure...

Models Own Mirrorball Collection - Freak Out!

Hi everyone!
Happy New Year's Eve! (Or Happy New Year to those of you on the other side of the world who are already in 2013!)

Today's post is the last polish from the Models Own Mirrorball Collection and I think I definitely saved the best for last.
(I know I said earlier that the purple was probably my favorite but I changed my mind.)

Models Own - Freak Out! (shown over Hits Hello Kitty - Blueberry)
An amazing glitterbomb with all kinds of blue glitter and blue holo shard glitter and tiny bar glitter and pink glitter and... Ah! I love it.

This combination of glitter is just really cute. The colors are so fun. I like the short bar glitter, it doesn't look hairy like some bar glitter does! It's just right.
This is two coats of glitter with some additional fishing to fill empty spaces.

As I have said in every post, you're gonna need lots of topcoat to cover the roughness of these glitters.

Sooooo much fun. I can't wait to wear this one again! I bet it would be awesome over practically anything.

Overall I'm really stoked on this collection and I'm glad I decided to splurge on it.

Yesterday I said I might wear all five of them as my NYE mani... And I went for it!
If I can get some decent pictures, I'll post it tomorrow... Holy blingy!!

Models Own Mirrorball Collection - Disco Inferno

Good morning and happy Sunday!
We're still rolling along with swatches of the Models Own Mirrorball Collection - hooray for glitter!

Models Own - Disco Inferno (shown over Hits Hello Kitty - Sweet)
Gold and green and holo glitterbomb!

Tiny gold glitters, big gold glitters, gold holo shreds, green glitter...

I layered it over orange, not realizing how much green was in the polish, and it ended up looking a little bit Halloween-y.

As with the previous polishes from this collection, this does not dry smoothly and you need lots of topcoat. But I think it is worth it!

Maybe I should layer all five of these together for my New Years Eve manicure... Hmmmm!!!!

Models Own Mirrorball Collection - Hot Stuff

Lookin' for some hot stuff baby this evenin'!

Another polish from the Models Own Mirrorball Collection and another 80's dance song stuck in my head!

Models Own - Hot Stuff (shown over Hits Hello Kitty - Candy)
This is a pink and red and holo glitterbomb!

Pink glitter, purple glitter, red glitter... I think. Hard to tell.
Holo squares! Holo diamonds! Holo shards!

As with all the Mirrorball polishes, the glitter likes to stick out and not lie flat. I found this one was the worst for that. You definitely want several coats of topcoat or you wanna use cuticle nippers and snip off the rough edges, like I do. (Yeah that adds another step to your manicure but hey, then you're not gonna go crazy and pick it all off in 2 hours because it's not perfectly smooth... Haha!)

Three down, two to go!
I really love these polishes and I'm having fun sharing them with you. Everyone loves a glitterbomb.

Models Own Mirrorball Collection - Dancing Queen

Good morning! Here is post 2/5 of the Models Own Mirrorball Collection for your viewing pleasure!
Glittery goodness awaits you!

Models Own - Dancing Queen (shown over Hits Hello Kitty - Melon)
This is the mostly-green glitter from Mirrorball! I adore how they match the caps to the glitter.
You've also got gold and blue in there. Hex glitter, shredded glitter, and diamonds!
The diamond glitter tends to give me pains because they don't like to lie flat.

Like I said yesterday, you wanna wear lots of topcoat with these because the glitters are not smooth and some have a tendency to stick out and annoy the crap out of you. If you're me, anyway.

This combo was a really fun one! I really liked the glitter mix.

The only downside of this polish is that it gets Abba stuck in my head. Real bad.
You are the dancing queen... Young and sweet, only 17....

Models Own Mirrorball Collection - Boogie Nights

Hey everyone! Happy holidays! Hope you're all having a great holiday season.

I've decided to close out 2012 with the Models Own Mirrorball Collection.

I was going to post them all at once but that would just be too many pictures, so I'm doing one at a time! I meant to have this post up way earlier today but I forgot to hit publish... Haha.

Models Own - Boogie Nights (shown over Hits Hello Kitty - Plum)
A mostly-purple glitterbomb! Purple shreds and glitter and red glitter and blue glitter and who knows what else!

If I had to pick a favorite from the collection, this might be it. But it's hard to say because they are all so awesome!

This is two coats of glitter, and you do have to do some fishing to get enough glitter on every nail.
You definitely want to wear a topcoat or two with these because the shards do stick out.

Overall with this collection I had some problems with glitters sticking out and demanding I pick them off... So yeah. Definitely topcoat. And if you're like me... You may need to get out the cuticle nippers and actually nip off the pokey-outey glitters so that you won't pick them off and ruin your manicure...

Check back for posts on the other four fantastic glitters in the coming days!

badass pink leopard mani

Yes, the mani I'm going to show you today is badass.

But, before I show you it, let me answer a question dozens of you are asking me in my giveaway form.
Yes, I will make a polish-jewelery tutorial!
I'll start working on it ASAP and hopefully have it up in a few days.
(For now, check out this one from Chalkboard Nails, where she shows how she made her particular style of earring. And she sent me some for Christmas. Be jealous.)

Okay, now that that's been said, let's see this badass mani.

Here's one of the pictures you saw of this mani in my giveaway post.
(And if you haven't seen my current giveaway, check it out because you can win that ring, plus lots more!)

This mani was actually inspired by a prom dress! Prom dresses aren't usually what you would call badass... But this one is. Let me show it to you.

Yeah, did I nail it or what?
I came across this dress on a Pinterest board called Prom Dresses You Will Regret.
Sorry, board-maker, I would not regret wearing this. I want to go to a grad again just to wear it.
Maybe I should get married in it. Is this not the most Rebecca-appropriate dress you've ever seen?
(I disagree with a lot of the dresses on the board actually. I think a lot of them are amazing. I'm sorry but I have a thing for leopard print. No shame.)

You may notice that the dress has little shredded-leopard areas. And you may notice that my thumbs and ring fingers do, too. That's because I recently splurged on the Konad Q1 plate, AKA the Charming Nails plate. It couldn't have been more perfect! (I had to buy it from a Swedish webshop and spend $15 on it but it was worth it.)

The other nails were stamped from Bundle Monster BM-221.
As usual, stamping was done with Wet N Wild - Black Creme.

The dress is blingy so my nails had to be too.
The base color is Color Club - Hot Like Lava which is the perfect hot pink foil.
The sponged glitter gradient was done with Hits - 388 from the Glitter Forte line.
Then I added a coat of China Glaze - Fairy Dust for some more sparkle!

Sparklyyyyy.

There you have it. Badass pink leopard mani. You dig it? I dig it.