Easter Chevrons

Happy Easter, my lovelies!

For my Easter nails, I used two different sized Chevron nail vinyls over a base of OPI Skull and Glossbones, plus Colors by Llarowe Good Fortune and Smooth Criminal.

I really loved how this came out. It's sparkly and pretty and very springy!

Seahawks Blue and Green Nail Art

Last night on Facebook, I asked whether everyone was rooting for the Seahawks or the Patriots and the results were overwhelming. It seemed like most people were on the Russell Wilson train!

I, too, am rooting for the Seattle Seahawks, so I decided to do a little nail art with a few of the holo polishes I recently received in a swap.

I used Milani Spotlight White for the base with Colors by Llarowe Bronco Blue (ironic, I know) and Young Grasshoppa.

All of these were made using nail vinyls from Up Your Nail. The thumb and ring finger were with vinyls, the other three were made using their nail guides. The only one I struggled with a little was the teardrop guide, but I figured it out a little better after a redo.

Please let me know what you think of my Super Bowl nail art and feel free to post your nail art to my Facebook page. I'll be sharing some of my favorites throughout the game!

Zoya Negative Space Nail Art

Hello, everyone! I hope that you all had a lovely holiday and are enjoying the final giveaway in the 31 Days of Giveaways series, which features a Coach Wristlet and a Pixie Dust set!

Today, I have my first negative space nail art to show you. I experimented with some nail vinyls to achieve this look and I'm pretty happy with how it came out!

 

I decided to go with matte shades for this look, so I used Zoya Veruschka and Savita.

A helpful tip for using nail vinyls: peel them off in the direction of the design. So for here, I peeled up a little, then down a little, following the zig zag. It helped me achieve much cleaner lines on this hand.

What do you think of my negative space zig zags? Is this something you'd like to try for yourself?

Until next time!

Swatch and Review: Milani Color Statement Skittle Nails

Good evening to you all and a very happy weekend!

Over the course of the past few months, I've been doing a lot of nail art with my new Milani Color Statement polishes. I've used blues and reds and greens and sheers... but there are so many more shades in the collection. So to keep this post relatively short and sweet, while having all the colors in a single post, I decided to skittle swatch the polishes. However, I kept them in color groups for easy viewing.

All polish names are listed from index to pinky finger and have two coats applied.

Green and Yellow Polka Dots

Happy Thursday, everybody! Today I have some quick and simple nail art to show you. It's not very complicated to replicate, but I really liked this color combination.

For my base green, I used Barielle Do Unto Others and my yellow polka dots are SinfulColors Gel Shine Bananappeal. It's pretty much my go-to yellow because it's very opaque. I struggle to find yellows that aren't sheer for the purposes of nail art. This was vivid and perfect!

Polka dots have become my default nail art because it's so easy to just throw on to change up a look with minimal dry time.

Until tomorrow!

Swatch and Review: Barielle AND a Promo Code

Recently, I had the opportunity to select three shades from Barielle to review for you all. It was an arduous process to narrow my choices down, but I finally landed on Blue Cotton Candy, Decadence, and Do Unto Others.

However, my all-time favorite Barielle is Elle's Spell, so I included that in here, too!

Swatch and Review: SinfulColors Tricked Out Top Coats (Halloween 2014)

Happy Hump Day and Hallo-week, everybody!

I have for you four of the glitter toppers from SinfulColors' fall collection, which are perfect for Halloween!

See what all these toppers truly look like in bold color after the jump!

Milani Monday: Funky Teal Daisies

It's a Milani Monday here at Princess Polish! I'm decided to use two of the green-leaning shades from the new Color Statement collection, along with a little gold, to create a look similar to the Antique Flowers I tried last week.

I used Mint Crush for the base, which you can see is a pastel mint cream. Then I used Tattle Teal for the flowers and Gilded Rocks for the center of the flowers.

The new Milani Color Statement line is now available at CVS stores for just $3.99 or from Milani’s website HERE. Truly, these are a great value at just $3.99.

Stay tuned... more Color Statement polish reviews are on their way!

Disclaimer: The product(s) in this post were provided to me by the manufacturer or their PR company for consideration. For more information please visit my Disclaimer page.

Swatch and Review: Alessandro International

 Happy Monday, everybody!

I am fortunate enough to be an Alessandro Ambassador and today, I have for you five new shades from their fall collection!

Swatch and Review: Zoya Tickled Polka Dots

After featuring nail art for the Zoya Bubbly collection, I felt it was only appropriate to feature nail art using the Zoya Tickled collection today!

Again, I wanted to go for a fun and funky feel and with these shades from the collection, it was not a problem!

All polka dots were made using Zoya Kitridge. From thumb to pinky finger, the shades in order are Wendy, Ling, Tilda, Rooney, and Rocha.

Zoya Kitridge is a summer bubblegum cream.

Zoya Ling is a vibrant royal blue cream polish.

Zoya Tilda is a warm mantis green cream.

Zoya Wendy is a juicy summer melon polish.

Zoya Rooney is a mid-range magenta pink cream.

Zoya Rocha is a folly red cream polish.

All of these polishes were opaque with two coats, while Kitridge was fairly opaque with one coat for the dots, so I imagine it would be opaque for full coverage in two, as well.

The entire Tickled collection is available at Zoya.com for $9 per bottle. You can also find Zoya at your local Ulta store.

Are you going to be picking up any of the Bubbly shades? And do you love these as much as I do?

Disclaimer: The product(s) in this post were provided to me by the manufacturer or their PR company for consideration. For more information please visit my Disclaimer page.  

Swatch and Review: Zoya Bubbly Candy Stripes

Hi everyone! Today I have for you nail art that's bright and summery, featuring the Zoya Bubbly Collection for Summer 2014!

The shades from this collection feature juicy, jelly glitter polishes with holographic hexagonal and fine glitter particles.

Milani Swatch and Review Part 3: Gold Label Glitters

Today is Milani Monday here at Princess Polish! So in honor of that, I'm bringing you four glitters from the Milani Gold Label Collection for 2014.

And they're all named after sugar!

First up is Sugar Burst, a mix of tiny and small particles of pale pink and holographic glitter. The above is one coat over Periwinkle Power!

Next is Sugar Cane, pink and purple and blue bar glitter, over Coastal Coral. This is with two thin coats.

Next up is Sugar Coated over Blue Zoom. I love how the small particles of lime and holographic glitter popped over the royal blue shade. This is a sister glitter topper of Sugar Burst.

Here is Sugar Rush over Aqua Crush. Sugar Rush consists of pastel pink, orange, green, and silver hexagonal glitter. I liked this chunkier look over the bright Aqua Crush. This is with two coats of glitter.

 

But my favorite combination of ALL has to be both Sugar Coated and Sugar Rush over Aqua Crush. This has to just be Spring in a bottle, but totally wearable for summer!

These new Milani shades for 2014 are currently available for $3.99 at CVS and MilaniCosmetics.com.

Overall, I found that this collection was all hits and no misses, including in the application, the department in which glitter toppers are notoriously difficult.

I think Sugar Coated was my favorite!

What were your hits and misses?

Disclaimer: The product(s) in this post were provided to me by the manufacturer or their PR company for consideration. For more information please visit my Disclaimer page.

Swatch and Review: Zoya Awaken

Hello, everybody! Long time no see!

Sorry for the lack of regular posting lately... I'm smack in the middle of law school finals and my time is at a minimum. The good thing is that I'm nearly done, so I'll be returning to my regular posting schedule shortly.

Today I have for you the Zoya Awaken Collection for Spring 2014.

Zoya Earth Day Exchange Swatch Spam

Hey everyone! With the Zoya Earth Day Promo here, I thought it might be a good idea to compile a list of some of my favorite Zoyas to recommend for this amazing offer!

These are just a bit of a hodge podge from a ton of different collections!

 

Gei Gei

  

Aurora

 

Storm

Blazr

 

Suri

 

Tomoko

 

Ray

 

Sarah

 

Song

Peyton

 

Pepper

 

Anja

 

Belinda

 

Breezi

 

Chyna

 

Dream

 

Josie

 

Liberty

 

Mira

Check out the Zoya Earth Day Promo by clicking HERE and use the code ZDay2014!

Let me know what shades you picked out or if you agree on any of my personal picks!

Swatch and Review: SinfulColors Get it On and Strapped

Happy Hump Day, all!

Today, I have two shades from SinfulColors' new Leather Luxe collection for the fall, which is exclusively available at Walgreens!

First up is Get it On, a tomato red matte polish. The above is with two coats.

Now, for those of you who have been following me for a while, you'll know I'm not a huge fan of the matte trend. I'm really picky about the shades that I like.

However, this was a stunner as soon as I put it on. It's highly pigmented, but its matte finish has a frosty feel to it that makes it wintry and I'm obsessed.

Even Queen Polish (aka: my mother) was in love!

The second shade is Strapped, a seafoam green. The above is with three coats.

I really liked Strapped a lot, as well. It has a delicateness to it that reminds me of the waters of the Caribbean. It has the same frosty finish as Get It On and I adored it.

I've heard from others that this is a stainer, but I used my regular base coat and didn't have a problem at all.

Overall, these two polishes were awesome! Get It On is my clear favorite, but Strapped was really pretty too. I foresee doing some Christmas nail art with these two! They'd look so nice with some silver on them, too!

The Leather Luxe collection is currently available at Walgreens for $2.99.

Clearly, I love these two. What do you think?

Disclaimer: The product(s) in this post were provided to me by the manufacturer or their PR company for consideration. For more information please visit my Disclaimer page.   

Swatch and Review: Milani Textured Creams

It's Milani Monday over here at Princess Polish and I have the six new LE Textured Creams collection for you today!

The Textured Creams collection consists of six dramatic, fall-inspired cream nail lacquers with a textured, matte finish. They are similar in texture to the Texture Collection released this past March.

Swatch and Review: Zoya Fall Pixie Dust 2013 Part 1

Happy Hump Day, everybody! Sorry for the prolonged absences. My semester is winding down and law school is killing my soul slowly, so thank God for nail polish!

Today, I have the first half of the Zoya Pixie Dusts for Fall 2013 to show you!

First up is Chita!

Swatch and Review: Zoya Cashmere Collection

Happy Tuesday, everyone!

Today, I have for you the Zoya Cashmere Collection, six cream shades just in time for Fall!

First up... is Flynn!

Swatch and Review: Milani Retro Glam Collection

Happy Monday, everyone! Today, I have for you six AWESOME new limited edition shades from Milani, including a really fun glitter topper called Jewel FX. It's named the Retro Glam Collection and my favorite part is that they're all named after ice cream flavors!

Swatch and Review: Zoya Irresistible Day 2 - Hazel

Happy Friday, everyone! Today, I have for you the second shade in the Zoya Irresistible Collection...

Zoya Hazel!

Zoya Hazel is a blue-green foil metallic, with ice blue and olive green undertones. The above is with two coats.

Hazel is definitely a cousin of Crystal and Fei Fei. It's pretty close to Fei Fei, but I think she's a little more golden than olive. Crystal is icier, with silver glitter in there.

So what do you think of Hazel? If you already own Crystal and/or Fei Fei, would you pick her up?

Disclaimer: The product(s) in this post were provided to me by the manufacturer or their PR company for consideration. For more information please visit my Disclaimer page.