Deborah Lippmann's Angel: Perfect Red Polish

Back in November, my fabulous friend JLynn of Hello.Lacquer and I did a pre-Christmas gift exchange, and she sent me my first Deborah Lippmann polishes!!!!!!

She sent a beautiful boxed holiday themed trio, and one of the three mini polishes is Angel, the most perfect shade of red I have ever seen!

Loooook:

I am not usually a red fan, but I am a fan of trying not brands and everyone knows Deborah Lippmann is a legendary polish brand that I was really excited to try. Angel is perfect, flawless, opaque in two coats, easy to control, and doesn't pool or stain. If more reds were made like this, I'd wear them more often. I really like this shade on my skintone!

What do you think?

Are you a Deborah Lippmann fan? You can find the brand at higher end department stores, like my fave - Nordstrom - or online as well.

Thanks for stopping by!

xoxo,
Lacey

China Glaze Keep Calm Paint On, Klean Color Green Holo, & Nail Decals By SuperModCustomZ!!

Wow!  That blog title was a mouthful, but we have a lot to cover, so let's get started!

Let me show you Keep Calm, Paint On from China Glaze's Spring 2013 Avant Garden collection.  It's a light, shimmery, wicked pale mint green.  I love it:

I knew it would make the perfect base for Klean Color Green Holo. Yes, we all know Klean Color stinks, but Mint.Green.Holo! C'mon, people!! SO worth it!

I was thinking this looked kind of oceanic? Sea inspired? I need to go on vacation. I added a mermaid and anchor decal from SuperModCustomZ.

Isn't that cute? 

SuperModCustomZ is an etsy seller who creates the cutest nail decals and phone decals. You can find his shop HERE. And, best news of all, he does customs! If you head over, tell him Lacey sent you! This is my collection so far:

My favorites are, of course, my custom Shiba Inu dogs!

Love my Pegasus, too, which you've seen in a few previous manis:

I love this green holo polish! There is something so perfect about summer and holo polish!

xoxo,

Lacey

I Need More Barry M Creme Polishes In My Life!

Barry M is a UK drugstore brand, which makes it automatically harder to find here in the US - which also means I adore mine.  There are a few places to find it, and my favorite is a website called Ninja Polish. They carry quite a few different non-US and US lines, so make sure your wallet is in good working order before you head over there, LOL.

A couple months ago, I picked up a Barry M for myself and Samantha. I chose Turquoise because I saw it swatched on another blog (I forget which one, I'm sorry) and instantly coveted it.



How pretty is this!?!? This polish has perfect application in two coats, quick dry time, and the consistency is just lovely. No complaints at all.



And a last look:



You can find Barry M at Ninja Polish, as I mentioned above, but you can also find it at other distributors as well - or, take a vaca to London and load up! I'll give you my list! ;)

Thanks for stopping by,

Lacey

Indie Review! Black Tie Parade and Unicorn Love by Polish Addict!

Woo hoo! I have an indie review post for you today that I am pretty excited about!

I am sure you already know Polish Addict Nail Color, also frequently known as Polish Addict by Laura Sanchez. She so kindly sent me two polishes to review, Black Tie Parade with is a black jelly with fabulous multi-colored glitters, and Unicorn Love, a pretty pastel micro glitter bomb.

Let's get to the photos, shall we?

I am assuming (with the PINK on this page smacking you in the face at all times) that most of my readers know I dislike dark polish. Well, I am happy to say that Black Tie Parade has made a liar out of me!!

Love this!  This is a perfect formula, with the perfect amount of glitters in the jelly.  Dry time is a little longer than usual creme formulas, as all jellies tend to be.  In the swatch below, this is 3 coats of BTP with no undies:

Here is 2 coats of BTP over 1 coat of Maybelline Black Onyx (great black creme formula).

Come a little closer, please!

Same shot over a black base.  Awesome, right? It's creates it's own jelly sammich!

Next up is Unicorn Love:

This is three coats of UL with no base.  It is opaque and SO full it glitter it almost feels textured, which I loooove!  If you add one thin coat of your favorite topcoat, it smooths right out.  Dry time was quicker than usual since it's SO packed with these micro glitters.

If you follow me on IG - which I hope you do, I am @ljchrystal - than you've seen this pic already.  I couldn't do a Unicorn Love mani without a Pegasus decal, right?

I guess I should've used a black striper polish to give it a horn! Haha. I'll do that next time since I am def wearing this polish again soon, it's so cute!

You can find Laura's awesome line in her Big Cartel Store HERE and on Facebook HERE!  I def recommend checking this out!  (For my TX polish friends, she's a local!! :))

xoxo,

Lacey

Mark Cosmetics Spring Nail Polishes In Creamsicle and Cupcake!

Mark Cosmetics is an affordable, online makeup company. It is like the little sister to Avon, I think.  A friend of mine is  Mark Rep and I noticed these little gems of polishes on her store site.  The Spring polishes are called Cupcake, the pink, and Creamsicle, the orange.

Both are more of a crelly formula, or a squishy creme....or a creamy jelly....I don't really know how to describe them.  Let's take a look instead at Creamsicle first!

See what I mean?  Kind of creamy but squishy looking?  I'm voting Crelly all the way.

Next is Cupcake, isn't this cute?

It's a little pinkier, rather than the purple that is showing up here.

And one last look:

The formula is unique but opaque in two coats. I like both of these shades, esp the pink. I def like these better than the metallics I swatched earlier this year. I think I dislike metallics in general. Visible brush strokes just look messy to me!!

Anyway, you can find Mark Cosmetics online and you really should visit my friend Nessa's Store on Facebook. She rocks, she has great knowledge of the products, and she always has giveaways and fun stuff going on. If you stop by, tell her Lacey sent you!

xoxo,

Lacey