Color Club - Backstage Pass Collection - swatches and review

Hey everyone! Time for one of my favorite kinds of posts - a Color Club collection.
I'm really happy with my photos for this collection and I hope you like them too!

This is the Backstage Pass Collection which consists of 6 glitter shades and a topcoat.
I found this set at Winners and I was really happy to find it because I was pretty sure it wasn't going to be showing up in the discount stores. The set even has the salon bottles which means it has labels, too!

I decided to layer these mostly over neutral shades to show off the glitter best.
Let's get to it!

Color Club - Take The Stage (over Zoya Carey)
This polish is small gold hex glitter with these strange holographic glitter shards. Shards is the best way to describe them. You could say flakes but flakes aren't so jagged. They are strange, but I do like them. Two polishes from this collection have them and I'm pretty sure Color Club's spring collection has a polish that is just made of these!
The shards are cool but they obviously stick off the nail and don't lie flat. And look at the size of the one on my middle finger!
The gold glitter spreads really nicely though, overall this is cute and I like it! One coat (and some fiddling to get a shard on every nail.)

Color Club - Wish Upon A Rock-Star (over Zoya Kennedy)
This is yet another multi-colored glittter polish. There are so many of these now, but as far as multi-colored glitter goes, this one is pretty cool. I like how most of the glitter is all small and brightly colored but then there are also the large purple hex glitters. It's a nice mix, I like the way it looks. This is one coat, it spreads well.

Color Club - Backstage Pass (over Zoya Dove)
This is where the collection takes a turn for the worse - and we are met with these extraordinarily difficult to apply polishes.
I really like the look of this polish once you get the glitters to spread nicely (really, really like it) but man, it's a chore to get them to spread! They really like to clump together - I'll show you what I mean in a minute with the other polish like this one.
Backstage Pass has silver, fuchsia, and lavender hex glitter in a clear base.
I bet this would look awesome if you arranged the glitter to cover the whole nail like I have done with Milani Gold before. I need to try that sometime. Maybe tonight even...

Color Club - Platinum Record (over Zoya Avery)
This one isn't hard to apply, but it isn't mega original. It still gives a great look though!
There are three sizes of silver hex glitter. Color Club duped themselves with this one though - Orna-Minted from the Scent-Suous collection is exactly like this one, but scented.
As well I think Essie released one a lot like it this season.
This is one coat, spreads well.

Color Club - It's A Hit! (over Zoya Marley)
Okay, this ain't a hit. This is definitely the hardest to apply. Harder than Backstage Pass. It's just the lavender hexes in a clear base. The look of this one doesn't impress me too much either. Maybe over a different base color it would be better.

Here's the application problem I had with It's A Hit! and Backstage Pass:

When you apply it, the glitters all clump together. And then you have to spread them, which is not easy, and you can end up smearing your base color if you do it too much.

Color Club - Fame & Fortune (over Zoya Lo)

This is the other with the holo shards, and I didn't layer over a neutral because this is the only one with a tinted base. You can build this up on its own but I don't like visible nail line so I layered it over Lo (my new favorite pink which I will show you soon in some Zoya-spam) to make it pop more.

This is cute and really different but I'm not quite sure if I will reach for it anytime soon. 

Overall, this collection is... Good. 

I have a hard time loving the collection as a whole because of the two that are so hard to apply, and because of the silver and rainbow glitters and their unoriginality. 

That being said, the polishes all look great in the end if you don't mind a little fiddling, and if you don't already have a silver or rainbow glitter, these would be perfect for you. And the two with the holo shards are something we haven't seen before so that's cool too. Also I like the theme of the collection.

Despite the application issues, Backstage Pass is my favorite of the collection because it looks so damn cool when you've got it spread out.

Have you tried out this collection? What's your favorite?

GGG - gold glitter gradient

Hey everyone! Quick post today - I've got some sort of cold and I feel like crap. I hope it passes quickly!

This is a glitter gradient I wore over the holidays but it is not just a holiday mani.
This is China Glaze Up All Night with China Glaze Medallion sponged on top for the gradient.
Medallion is mostly gold glitter with some holo glitter mixed in.

I've got a bit of tip wear in these photos because my job ruins my nails pretty quick - sorry! But it's not so bad.

Here's a crappy picture of Medallion on its own from my iPhone.
As you can see there are a few sizes of gold glitter and some bigger holo glitter.

I got a ton of compliments on these nails, people really noticed them.
Next time you're looking for something eye-catching but also simple and easy, try a glitter gradient!

Zoya Feel Collection - swatches and review

Good evening! Today I'm going to show you the entire Zoya Feel collection. I meant to post this way earlier today but I ended up having to go to school earlier than expected and then I spent some time in the ER... But I am here now to post!

You've probably seen these before, but you haven't seen them here... So here they are.
Annnnnnd I have 4 pictures of each one because they're so pretty.

I'm going to put this post after a pagebreak so I don't clog up my front page!

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.

Rebecca Likes Nails Blogaversary Giveaway! - CLOSED

Hey guys! It's giveaway time once again!

I hinted to you earlier that there would be a blogaversary/blog birthday celebration and I'm sure you knew what I was hinting at. This is sort of a 2000+ followers giveaway also because I reached that milestone a few weeks ago.

Ready to see what you can win?!

A whole bunch of stuff!!! I'm excited to give this away to one of you!

Born Pretty generously sponsored this giveaway with $40 worth of stuff from their store!
I picked some of my favorite stuff from their store just for you.
And I included the polishes myself! (And another prize I'll show you in a few minutes...)

Let's take a closer look at what you can win.

Polishes! I ended up with a second set of these adorable Hello Kitty polishes so I am going to spread the HK love! Corall Summer and Pink Summer.
As well I'm including a bottle of my famous franken, Rebecca Likes Cupcakes! (There is a big waiting list for bottles of this baby!)

From Born Pretty you're getting the Hello Kitty plate + their set of 16 Konad-dupe plates!

5 dotting tools + stamper and scraper!

Round rhinestones and heart-shaped rhinestones!

Hello Kitty nail stickers (I adore these!) and some cute lace stickers (I want some of these for myself!)

And now for the last prize...
Some nail polish jewelery made by yours truly!

You can choose one of the above rings! These are made with two Deborah Lippmann polishes, Glitter In The Air and Happy Birthday!
Here's how they look on:

(Before you ask - I'll post about that mani from the pictures tomorrow!)

AND!

Pick one pair of these earrings!
I made most of these with hard to find polishes so they are really special.
Top: OPI - Mad As A Hatter, Lynderella - Love Potion No. 99, Ozotic 505 + 528
Bottom: CND - Urban Oasis + Teal Sparkle, OPI - DS Glamour, Essie - As Gold As It Gets (over black)

I totally adore these earrings and these are the 6 pairs I made for myself. (I'll make you a new pair, of course.) Here's how they look on:

So, to recap, you're getting $40 worth of stuff from Born Pretty, three polishes including my franken, and a ring and earrings made by me!
Awesome, right?

This giveaway is open internationally and will run until Valentine's Day (Feb. 14th) which I think is a nice day to announce a winner!



This giveaway is now closed.