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. 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

Zoya PixieDust Summer 2013 Collection Swatches & Review

Hi everyone! I posted about the Zoya PixieDust premiere collection the other day, so I'm continuing with the Summer 2013 collection! These are six textured glitters that are still available on the Zoya website, but the PixieDust line is discontinued so they won't be making any more. When they are sold out they are gone! Gotta grab 'em all while they're there!

Press Sample

First is Beatrix, a tangerine orange texture polish with gold glitter. The name Beatrix always reminds me of the Bride character in the Kill Bill movies, which I love. This is so bright and happy, just perfect for summer. I used two coats.

Destiny is a hot orangey coral texture with sugary looking bits and gold glitter. Oh my. This is so gorgeous and it makes me instantly happy to look at it. The base is kinda jelly-ish so it looks like candy! Two coats.

Next is Liberty, a happy bright blue with silver glitter. The base on this one is very jellyish. A little more sheer than the others but I still only needed two coats. I was afraid this would stain but it didn't on me.

Miranda is described as a rose, it leans kinda dark strawberry for me with silver glitter. This is lovely and looks almost sophisticated. Two coats here as well.

Buckle your seatbelts cuz here comes Solange! It is a gold metallic foil sparkle texture. This is supposed to have a special exclusive to Zoya gold pigment in it, it's stunning. This is a yellow gold, but it leans cool. Two coats of bling!

Stevie is a pale muted lilac with the sugary silver sparkle texture look. This is more of a crème base than jelly, more like the ones in the first PixieDust collection. I think this taffy pinky purple is kinda unique when it comes to textures so I really like it. Two coats for full opacity.

You can get these, for the time being, at Zoya.com for $10 each. What do you think of these shades? Did you get any of them when they came out? If you didn't, which one would you choose now? I still enjoy the texture trend, so these are still on my radar :)

Have a great Memorial Day weekend if you're in the US, if you're not have a great regular weekend!

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.