Rainbow Honey Papillon

Rainbow Honey Papillon is a clear-based glitter topper with blue iridescent shimmer, pink and lavender glitter and pink holo butterfly glitters. I mean, really, that last bit is all you have to know, because butterfly glitter=automatic awesomeness!

Papillon will be launching as part of Rainbow Honey's upcoming Midnight Garden Collection for sprintime, so it's not available quite yet, but it never hurts to get your wishlist started early, right? ;) This is two coats of Papillon over Lime Crime Crema De Limon.

The formula is excellent and the glitter disperses evenly across the nail. You don't have to fish at all for the butterfly glitter either. I got plenty of them on my brush without any trouble!

I really enjoyed this combination. I have to admit, it was partially inspired by Fluttershy from My Little Pony, but also a desire to wear something spring-y on my nails. There's still several feet of snow on the ground outside, to the point that I can't even see out of my apartment window (*grumble*) so I'm dying to see just a teensy glimpse of spring, even if it is just my manicure!

You can purchase Rainbow Honey from their website.


Disclosure: This polish was provided to me for my honest review. For more information, please see my disclosure policy.

Twinsie Tuesday: 2nd Anniversary Post

I can't believe it's already been two years of Twinsie Tuesday! Time has really flown and I am continually honored to be a part of this amazing group of ladies! I owe them so much and you would be hard pressed to find girls who are more creative, caring and supportive.

So to honor our second anniversary, we're doing a special post today where we've paired off with another Twinsie to try to re-create or do a manicure inspired by their first Twinsie Tuesday post. My Twinsie for this challenge is Kelly!

Sadly for me, Kelly's first post with us also happened to be one of my all-time least favorite TT themes: fishtail mani. Gah! Kelly created a gorgeous look for this theme...

Source: Tuxarina

...and I knew right away there was no chance in hell I'd be able to do it justice. But what better way to mark the anniversary of TT than with some sub-par nail art by me? ;) Twinsie Tuesday has always forced me to push my nail art abilities and try things I would otherwise be too intimidated to ever attempt. I struggled majorly with my fishtail mani for our original TT post! But I went the "inspired by" route and tried to come up with something relatively presentable. My freehand line skills are pretty crappy, so it didn't turn out all perfectly, but here is my attempt. I tried, Kelly! :)

Light blue: Lime Crime Once In A Blue Mousse
Dark blue: Pure Ice French Kiss
Silver: Essie No Place Like Chrome
White: Illamasqua Scorch

I altered the fishtail design a bit to make it easier for me to try and do. It kinda came out a little chevron-esque, which was not my intention. But I stayed as close to Kelly's original color palette as I could.  If nothing else, this manicure did serve as a good reminder of how utterly gorgeous Lime Crime Once In A Blue Mousse is!

I hope you'll enjoy today's anniversary manis across the Twinsie Tuesday blogs. Here's to two more years of TT!

Alaina at The Little Canvas

Amanda at Amandalandish

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Anna at Going to the Showing

Anne at Grape Fizz Nails

Casey at CaseyLane Loves Polish

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Elizabeth at Did My Nails

Erin at Paint Those Piggies

Heather at Peace, Love, & Polish

Kelly at Tuxarina

Lakeisha at Refined and Polished

Maribeth at Obsessive Cosmetic Hoarders Unite

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Rachel at Top Coat It

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Stephanie at A Little Polish

Tiffany at Polished To Precision

Traci at DrinkCitra

Twinsie Tuesday: Inspired By A Magazine

This week's Twinsie Tuesday theme challenged us to re-create a manicure from a magazine. As a sidenote, one of my biggest pet peeves with style magazines is when they're doing a feature on polish and they have photos of a bunch of different colors spilling out of the bottle. All I can think of is how much polish is being wasted! But I digress.

After a bit of searching around on Google for inspiration, I came across this mani, inspired by artist Ellsworth Kelly, that was featured in Nylon Magazine. The bright colors and the bold lines and curves of the Color Field style caught my eye.

Source

I made some tweaks to my version of this mani, while still trying to stay true to the general idea and color scheme. I think it turned out okay, given my limited artistic abilities. The abstract nature of this mani gave me some leeway for when my lines and curves weren't completely perfect, which is often. ;)

Index finger: Deborah Lippmann Yellow Brick Road (over base of Illamasqua Scorch), Essie Bouncer It's Me
Middle finger: China Glaze Bahamian Escape, Essie Mojito Madness
Ring finger: Pure Nail Lacquer Sunny Disposition, Pure Nail Lacquer Fiesta
Pinky finger: Illamasqua Scorch, Lime Crime Peaches <3 Cream

I really like the way all of the different colors come together here. I always like to play and experiment with brights! I didn't have a good match for the orange used in the original mani, so I substituted Lime Crime Peaches <3 Cream, which I think worked pretty well. I also flipped the blue and yellow on the index finger, because I don't think I have a bright yellow opaque enough to easily cover a bright blue.

I'm very curious to see what looks and magazines my fellow Twinsies chose for their manis today! Have you ever attempted to recreate a mani you saw in a magazine? How did it turn out?

Amanda at Amandalandish

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Anna at Going to the Showing

Anne at Grape Fizz Nails

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Cordia at Seriously Swatched

Elizabeth at Did My Nails

Heather at Peace, Love, & Polish

Kelly at Tuxarina

Lakeisha at Refined and Polished

Maribeth at Obsessive Cosmetic Hoarders Unite

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Meredith at Polish and Charms

Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails

Rachel at Top Coat It

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Traci at DrinkCitra

Twinsie Tuesday: Marching Orders - Take 2

First thing's first for this week's Twinsie Tuesday post: We've got some brand new ladies joining our group--Amber, Heather and Róisín--so I want to give a big TT welcome to our newest Twinsies! :) I do hope you'll stop by their blogs and get to know these fabulous bloggers better, if you don't know them already!

This week's Twinsie Tuesday theme is a favorite of ours and one we've done before: Marching Orders! For this theme, we are randomly paired up with another Twinsie and we assign each other a mani challenge. It can be anything, from a specific design to a general inspiration, so it's a lot of fun since you never know what you're going to get!

For this go-around of Marching Orders, I was paired with the fabulous Maribeth of Obsessive Cosmetic Hoarders Unite!, who tasked me with doing a mani inspired by a food. I thought a fruit mani would be a fun idea to try out, so I did some looking around and came across this apple-inspired mani tutorial, which I used as my guide.

I'm extremely proud of how this turned out! I did this mani freehand, using a dotting tool for details like the stem, leaf and seeds. (Originally, I thought the seeds were supposed to be little cutesy cartoon eyes for the apple and didn't realize they were actually seeds until I was about halfway through this mani. *rolls eyes* I was having a blonde moment.) It was a lot of fun to do and wasn't nearly as hard as I thought it would be! Here's a complete list of all the polishes I used for this mani, in case you're curious:

OPI My Vampire Is Buff (base), Orly Green Apple (green part of apple--naturally), Lime Crime Crema de Limon (yellow part of apple), Illamasqua Scorch (shiny spot), OPI Suzi Loves Cowboys (apple stem and seeds), Sinful Colors Exotic Green (apple leaf)

Be sure to take a look at what all of my Twinsies are up to this week as well!

Amanda at Amandalandish

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Anna at Going to the Showing

Anne at Grape Fizz Nails

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Cordia at Seriously Swatched

Elizabeth at Did My Nails

Heather at Peace, Love, & Polish

Katherine at Haul of Fame

Kelly at Tuxarina

Lakeisha at Refined and Polished

Maribeth at Obsessive Cosmetic Hoarders Unite

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Meredith at Polish and Charms

Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails

Rachel at Top Coat It

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Sarah at See Sarah Swatch

Traci at DrinkCitra

Born Pretty Hello Kitty 3D Nail Seal Stickers: Review & Swatches

Brace yourself for extreme cuteness, because I've got some Hello Kitty nail stickers for you! I am a Hello Kitty addict--my entire bathroom is done up in a Hello Kitty theme and I have countless Hello Kitty goodies all around my apartment, from my alarm clock to my car keys--so when I saw these decals at the Born Pretty store (you can check them out HERE), it was a no-brainer. I had to try them!

You get one sheet of stickers in each package. There's a few different designs featuring Hello Kitty, her mom and some accent flowers. The decals all have holographic glitter to add some extra fun.


These nail decals work just like regular stickers.You just peel 'em off, place 'em on, seal 'em in with some topcoat and then you're good to go. Super easy. I tried them out on top of some Lime Crime skittles and I think they turned out perfectly!

Seriously, how stinkin' adorable are these?! I could not have been more pleased with the quality of the stickers too. I wore this mani for five days and they still looked freshly applied by the end of day 5. There was no peeling or chipping. Although they're very durable, they come off easily with nail polish remover, so there's no extra hassle or scrubbing involved.

If Hello Kitty isn't your thing (*gasp* How could you?!) then Born Pretty has tons of other nail stickers with different designs and themes. If you're looking for a quick and easy way to dress up your mani, I highly recommend these. I would love to try out more of these stickers someday!

On the customer service end of things, I've always had good experiences with Born Pretty. My packages arrive quickly and are securely wrapped, plus overseas shipping is free.

P.S. Click the picture below and use the code shown to get 10% off your order!

Disclosure: This product was sent to me for my honest review. For more information, please see my disclosure policy.

Twinsie Tuesday: Saran Wrap Manicure

Finally, some nail art I'm not embarrassingly terrible at! Yes, this week's TT theme--a saran wrap mani--marks probably the first time we've had a nail art challenge that I'm not ashamed to post. A saran wrap mani is where you use--you guessed it--saran wrap to create a marbled pattern on your nails. All you do is dab some scrunched up saran wrap onto some wet polish and voila!

For my take, I used China Glaze Creative Fantasy as my base, then alternating nails of Lime Crime Lavendairy and Lime Crime Pastelchio as my second layer. I'd never done a saran wrap mani before, but the whole process was easy and surprisingly non-messy. I'm actually pretty pleased with the results!

Okay, so it's not all that impressive, but "not all that impressive" is a big step above my usual abilities. I do think this mani looks better in person than how it photographs, but still, Jackson Pollock I am not.

Are you a fan of saran wrap manis? I'm a fan of anything that can fool myself and others into thinking that I'm somewhat competent at nail art. ;) Be sure to check out the other TT saran wrap manis below!

Amanda at Amandalandish
Anna at Going to the Showing
Anne at Grape Fizz Nails
Ashley at Art Evolve
Brandi at The Collegiate Nail
ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi
Cordia at Seriously Swatched
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Jamie at Polish, Please!
Jenn at All That Is Gorgeous
Jenna at I'm Still Thinking...
Katherine at Haul of Fame
Maribeth at Obsessive Cosmetic Hoarders Unite!
Marisa at Polish Obsession
Meredith at Polish and Charms
Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails
Rachel at Top Coat It

China Glaze White Cap

China Glaze White Cap is a sheer white base with shimmering golden glassfleck. This originally came out in the Anchors Away Collection but is now a part of the core collection at Sally. I'm not usually a big fan of sheer polishes but I've had my eye on this one for a while. The gold in it is so pretty!

This is four coats of White Cap on its own. Other than its sheerness, the formula is good. White Cap is also fabulous for layering. Below is one coat over Lime Crime Peaches <3 Cream.

I can definitely see its appeal either way. It's rather unique too; you don't see a lot of white glassflecks out there!

Rainbow Honey A Little Kindness

Rainbow Honey A Little Kindness is an incredible glitter from their newest collection, the My Little Pony-inspired Equestria Collection. This particular polish is inspired by everyone's favorite critter-loving pegasus pony, Fluttershy! (Yes, I'll admit that I love the show--big girls can watch MLP too!) A Little Kindness is a clear base with iridescent pink microshimmer and many shapes and sizes of gold, white and pink glitter.

I decided to layer A Little Kindness over a pastel yellow, because Fluttershy herself is yellow! I went with three coats of Lime Crime Crema De Limon as my base. I think this combo looks adorable! Definitely click to enlarge these pics so you can see all of the glittery goodness!

The formula is great and didn't give me any trouble at all. I used two coats here. I think A Little Kindness would look fabulous over a variety of colors, especially pastels. It's such a cute, girly glitter!

I got a ton of compliments on A Little Kindness. I can't remember the last time I wore a polish that got such a reaction! Just about everyone I talked to at work commented on my nails. Even the girl working the drive-thru I stopped at for dinner complimented me on this manicure!

Rainbow Honey's entire Equestria Collection is well worth checking out and I can't wait to show you more of these beautiful polishes! (In the meantime, feel free to check out a guest post I did featuring another Equestria Collection polish, The Element of Magic, HERE.) You can purchase Rainbow Honey at their official website.

Lime Crime Les Desserts d'Antoinette: Swatches & Review

One of my all-time favorite indie make-up companies, Lime Crime, has recently branched out into nail polish. I love their crazy, colorful lipsticks (They have blue, green, yellow, you name it!) so naturally I was very excited to try out the latest additions to their brand. Their first polish collection is called Les Desserts d'Antoinette and features six pastels, all with dessert-themed names.

First up we have Milky Ways, a warm off-white. This is a far cry from your typical "white-out" style of white cremes. It looks very creamy and buttery, like vanilla frosting. It's very unique, especially for a white. The closest thing I have in my stash is Essie A Crewed Interest, but even then, that's considerably more orange than Milky Ways. This is easily my favorite white polish I've ever tried. Lime Crime calls Milky Ways a French tip nail polish on their website and while you could use it for that, I think it's absolutely adorable and worthy of a full manicure all to itself!

Pastelchio is a pastel lime green. This is another rather unique color. It's bright, but still has that touch of pastel softness to it. Pastelchio is such a fun shade and I could see it looking great on just about any skintone. Doesn't it make you think of some kind of crazy tropical drink, the kind with the little umbrellas sticking out?

Once In A Blue Mousse is a baby blue. You know me and my blues; I just can't get enough of them. I love how soft this color looks and something about it feels very feminine to me.

Peaches <3 Cream is a neon peach. I don't have anything else like this in my collection and I can't think of an immediate dupe. Like Pastelchio, Peaches <3 Cream strikes a nice balance between neon and pastel. The color isn't quite as bright as my camera makes it appear though. This polish reminds me a lot of orange sherbet. Yummy!

Lavendairy is a pastel lilac. This has got to be one of my favorite purple cremes. It's positively adorable and one of those colors that just makes you happy whenever you look at it. Unlike the rest of the collection, this one dries to almost a satin-esque finish. What you see here is Lavendairy without topcoat, but you could easily slap some on top to give it more of a traditional creme finish if you prefer.

Crema De Limon is a pastel yellow. This is a dupe of my all-time favorite yellow, China Glaze Lemon Fizz. Since I'm quite fair-skinned, I don't always have the best of luck with yellows, but this is one that I think will flatter even the palest of skintones. Plus it's such a cheerful color--like sunshine in a bottle.

Parfait Day is a bubblegum pink. It's a perfect "girly-girl" kind of color.

All of these swatches were three coats. Overall, the formulas are excellent. Although these are pastels, they aren't streaky at all and apply very evenly. Peaches <3 Cream was the only one that gave me a bit of trouble (it has some drag to it) but otherwise these all perform beautifully.

I really enjoyed this collection. There are some adorable cremes here! It's a tough choice but my personal top picks would be Milky Ways, Lavendairy and Pastelchio. I hope Lime Crime will continue to expand their nail polish line in the future!

Lime Crime is three-free and not tested on animals. Each bottle is 9ml/0.3 oz. and retails for $5.99. You can buy Lime Crime polish on their official website.


Disclosure: These products were sent to me for my honest review. For more information, please see my disclosure policy.