Nail Polish I Wore In Real Life Vol. 7

Hello there :) How are you doing today? I thought I'd give you an update on what I've been wearing on my nails lately! I wore all of these beautiful polishes as full manicures, for at least a day haha. I've been getting better at keeping my nails polished lately, even though I haven't posted one of these in real life posts in a while haha.

Girly Bits What Happens In Vegas...Ends Up On Snapchat is a light silvery purple linear holographic polish with added holographic microglitter bits. It’s the third annual polish in their LE Vegas series, created for Cosmoprof North America 2105. I found the formula easy to use, it applied with no issues. Three coats for full opacity. There is a little bit of a textured finish due to the microglitter so I would suggest using a thick top coat. I purchased this from the Girly Bits website for $13 CAD. This shade is unfortunately sold out, but watch her site for more polishes in this series!

China Glaze Capacity To See Beyond is from The Giver Collection that was released this Spring. I only picked up one other polish from the collection, Boundary of Memory, but I decided I had to have this one too! This is a bright turquoise blue crème. It had a really easy to work with formula and was opaque in two coats. I purchased this from HB Beauty Bar for $5.25

Morgan Taylor Holy Cow-Girl! This is a mid-tone sage green crème with light green microshimmers. This had a great formula, smooth and easy. I like this a lot, but I wish the shimmer was more pronounced to make it pop a little more. I used two coats here. This is my first Morgan Taylor polish and I really like the brush and bottle design! I'll have to pick up more. I purchased this from HB Beauty Bar for $8. 

Tell me what you've been wearing on your beautiful nails lately! Have you tried any of these three? Btw, I wanted to mention that I have a new-ish snapchat account that I'm getting more into so if you want to follow me, my username is kelliegonzo :) I post snaps of my notd's, nail mail hauls, and sneak peeks! Although getting into snapchat has made me realize how boring my life is compared to everyone else's, but I still really like it! Have a great one cookies!

❤ Kellie

Nail Polish I Wore In Real Life Vol. 6

It's that time again, more nail polishes I actually wore in real life! I have been slacking on the manis lately :( Stress and zero time equal no time for an actual manicure. I definitely need to pick it up!

Essie Where's My Chauffeur? came out back in the Winter 2012 collection, but I just barely acquired it from my local Marshalls. I had wanted it back when it first came on the scene but for some reason I didn't get any of that collection. It's a fabulous mid-tone turquoise crème with a great formula, which is always reason to celebrate when it comes to Essie. ;) Two coats.

HARE Polish Washed Ashore came out in the Late Summer 2013 Tropics Are Calling collection. I bought this and three other polishes from that collection, one I blogged about here. This is a soft pink crelly with pearly grey, white and icy blue glitter in hex and square shapes along with shimmer. I also spy some of those iridescent glitters that appear yellowy until they lay on top of another color then look kinda reflect-y purple & blue. Le sigh, how gorgeous is that?? Three coats for full opacity.

Ugh, I cannot believe I haven't worn this until now! WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?! No really, with all the days that I have gone without wearing anything on my nails, it's really sad to think about all my poor neglected untrieds waiting for me to deign to put them on my tips. I should be ashamed.

Essie polishes can be purchased in most drugstores like CVS, Rite Aid, etc. along with Ulta. Like I mentioned, I found this in Marshalls so I don't know if this shade is readily available or not. HARE polish is sold on their Etsy site, but sadly Washed Ashore is not available for purchase right now. She sometimes brings shades out of retirement though, so keep your eyes peeled! Love ya, talk more soon :)

❤ Kellie

Nail Polish I Wore In Real Life Vol. 5

Hey hey hey! I've got two more polishes that I've worn in real life recently to show you! And they are both pinky shades :D I don't know if you know, but I'm a pink kinda girl. It's the shade I have the most of and what I tend to reach for the most. Don't get me wrong, I fall hard for greens, grays, and blues, oh my! But pink is still my number one girl. And even though coral is considered by some to be more orange, I still count it as pink usually haha.

Essie Brides No Grooms came out in the Bridal collection this year, a set they release around Spring. I passed on all the others, but this one kept calling to me. I found it in my local Marshalls for a bargain. I swear everyone except me has had a good experience with this polish, they said it practically painted itself on. I must've gotten a bad bottle because I found the formula gummy and hard to even out. This is two coats, but it was a pain. Also, I had some staining on my nail beds and cuticles after I took it off, ugh. Still pretty though, so if I wear it again I'll double up on my base coat.

I feel a little bad showing this one to you because you can't buy it anymore. It's Glam Batch #5 from Glam Polish. The "Glam Batch" polishes are basically prototypes; they are one-off shades made in limited quantities, about 35-45 bottles, and they are numbered rather than named. These are a new type of thing they're doing over at Glam, kinda neat and exciting to see what they'll have. They are limited edition obvs, so this one is sold out, but I think there will be more Glam Batches soon, so keep your eyes on their facebook page for announcements. This one I feel was basically made for me, so I had to grab it. It's a salmony coral holographic crelly with gold and holographic microglitter. It's epic and amazing. Two easy coats with a thick top coat.

You can buy Essie from stores like CVS and Ulta for around $8.50 per bottle. Glam Polish is sold on their website for around $11 per bottle. So what have you been wearing on your nails most recently?

❤ Kellie

Nail Polish I Wore In Real Life Vol. 4

It's Saturday and I'm feeling great! How are you doing my friends? I've got another few polishes to show you today that I wore as a full manicure in real life! Oooh, aaahh! Imagine that, a nail polish blogger actually wearing nail polish ;)

KBShimmer Make My Gray is from their Spring 2014 collection. It is a pale grey crelly with a mix of glitters in turquoise, coral pink, and gunmetal. I don't know why I always expect these glitter-crelly polishes to be difficult to apply, they almost never are. Maybe because they look so complex I unconsciously imagine that getting this look should take more effort. Anyway, this was easy to apply and opaque in two coats. Tons of glitter. I purchased this from their website for $8.75.

I can't believe I didn't own China Glaze Sun Of A Peach until now. It's from their Summer 2013 collection Sunsational that I almost completely skipped. It's super popular and is included in China Glaze's core line now. The formula is pretty much awful, it's streaky, patchy and generally a pain in the butt to apply. BUT LOOK! So neon it's impossible to photograph accurately, and just crazy beautiful. This is three difficult coats, but I love it. It also dries matte like a true neon so top coat that shiz! I purchased this from Sally Beauty Supply for around $6.50.

And last is Essie Chillato, from this summer's Peach Side Babe collection . I posted a review on my picks from that collection a while ago and it didn't include this one, but this color just kept calling to me! I needed it. I bought it. I regret nothing! It's a unique green tinged pastel yellow. Essie calls it "pistachio green" but I think it's more of a lemon lime shade. Another difficult formula, very streaky, a little bubbly, and it took three coats to even out. But I adore it and I don't care. I bought this from my local CVS for $8.50.

So what do you think of these picks for my recent manicures? If you're interested in this series, you can see my other posts here. Thanks for visiting me today and we'll see you again soon!

❤ Kellie

Nail Polish I Wore In Real Life Vol. 3

Hi everyone! Thanks for joining me today for another installment of my series on nail polishes I wore in real life, meaning ones I wore as a full manicure but haven't otherwise shown in posts like collection reviews recently. You can see the other posts in this series here.

Received As Gift | Purchased by Me

I first purchased Zoya Adina way back when it came out in the Spring 2010 Reverie collection. I don't know what possessed me to do so, but I had ended up destashing it at one point. I recently picked it back up during one of the Zoya flash sales, they do different promotions often so check their Facebook & Instagram to get in the know. This has a cool lavender base with a strong green flash. This was huge when it first came out. I'm glad I have it back now, it's pretty fabulous and looks so cool in real life. This is three thin coats. It has a tendency to pool if you load up your brush too much so be careful.

Next is a pinky brown nude crème, OPI Krème de la Kremlin from the Russian collection which came out in Fall 2007. I was feeling super professional wearing this color, it is very buttoned up and ladylike. I feel like this color could work on anyone. Two perfect easy coats. I can't remember where or when I got this but I've had it for a long time!

And last is Essence Colour & Go Grey-t To Be Here, which was a lovely gift from one of my friends that lives up north in Canada, Dani. She is such a sweetheart, thanks again girl! I've had this polish on my wishlist for a looong time and I'm so glad I have it now. It's a cloudy day grey with a ton of soft pink and orange flake shimmer bits in it. This needed three coats to be opaque.

What have you been wearing on your nails lately? Have a great week everyone!

❤ Kellie

One of the products mentioned was received as a gift; other items were purchased by me.

Nail Polish I Wore In Real Life Vol. 2

Hi everyone! Today I have another volume in my series of nail polishes I wore in real life! The first post in this series is here, explaining in detail why I wanted to do it if you're confused. Let's see what I've worn lately!

Here we have Stellar by Virago Varnish. I've had this indie brand on my radar for a while because a few of my YouTube friends have been singing their praises and I finally got some! This is a full coverage microglitter with holographic blue, purple and teal hexes. Good formula, a little sparse in places so I used two coats but had to dab on some extra in some areas. Dries matte and a little textured so I used a thick top coat. I really like this, it's super blingy in person. Stellar is from their Hollywood Glamour collection and I purchased it from their website for $11.50.

This is Falling For Hue by KBShimmer, which I purchased from their website for $8.75. KBShimmer has come out with scented "mani shots" which I've been buying like crazy, so I threw this in my cart with an order the other day because I realized I didn't have it, and I am in love. It's a great formula, typical for KBS crelly glitter mixes, with a white base and metallic red, pink and purple hex glitters in varying sizes. I used two coat here for full opacity. May seem a little fall-esque to be wearing in June, but I do what I want and wear out of season polishes wheneva, whateva.

So tell me what you think about my two full mani polish picks and tell me what you've been sporting on your nails lately! Also, have you entered my giveaway yet??

❤ Kellie

Nail Polish I Wore In Real Life Vol. 1

Sometimes I forget to wear polish. It sounds ludicrous but it's true. When there is good weather I spend the majority of my weekend days swatching polishes I have gotten for review, sometimes upwards of 40 polishes go on and off my nails in the course of a few hours. It gets tiresome to be honest and sometimes I don't have the energy to put on a full manicure at the end of the day. Then during the week, I blog and edit photos most evenings so that leaves manicures to the last priority. As a result, I have naked nails more often than I care to admit.

I've decided that this is not cool and pretty ridiculous considering the obscene amount of nail polish that I have. I am really trying to be better at actually wearing my nail polish instead of just "trying it on" for swatching. These "in real life" posts are to show off the polishes I've actually worn recently, photographed for evidence or it didn't count haha. So the polishes will be random choices and maybe even ones I've shown before, hope you don't mind.

First is FingerPaints One In A Melon from their spring collection from this year called Picnic In the Park. I picked this up in a Sally Beauty store, where they are exclusively sold, when I was out of town a while back. I am so sad I don't have one near me, it's really tragic. This is a fabulous watermelon pinky red jelly crème. It's got a great opaque formula, this is two shiny coats.

This is Essie Stones N Roses, one of the four shades in this year's Resort collection. It's a peachy muted pink crème. I have a lot of pinks, it's probably the shade I have the most of, but this one just kept kung fu'ing into my mind and I had to have it. I'm so glad I bought it because it's really great. I put a pic of it on my instagram and it's gotten the most likes of any photo I've ever posted haha. This was a tad streaky so I needed three coats to even it out.

And last for this post is OPI Lucky Lucky Lavender from the Hong Kong collection that came out in 2010. I didn't pick this up until very recently though, I saw my friend Zenorah talk about it in one of her YouTube videos the other day and I decided to go put it on, but I realized I didn't have it! Blasphemy! I bought it on Amazon and put it on as soon as I got it in the mail. I like that this lavender is slightly pink toned, it makes it more unique in my collection. Two easy, thin but opaque coats and I'm in love!

Thanks for joining me today! Let me know what you think about these three pretties :)

❤ Kellie