Arcane Lacquer: The Power, The Passion

Hey everyone,

I recently placed an order at NorwayNails.com which is a great site for German girls to buy some indies, as they deliver here and the costs for shipping are not too high :)
I decided to try some indies I hadn't tried before and amongst some others chose this purple glitter beauty by Arcane Lacquer. I'm really happy I picked this one, as it is an amazing and sparkly polish that just looks fantastic on the nails! It's called The Power, The Passion and this is two coats topped with HKgirlTopcoat by GlistenAndGlow.
It is a purple base filled with tons of green, purple and dark blue glitter that come together beautifully. I needed two coats for full opacity and the topcoat smoothes it all over and gives it the perfect glossy finish so it can show all its beauty!

Arcane Lacquer: The Power, The Passion

Macro shot of Arcane Lacquer The Power, The Passion

Bottle shot of Arcane Lacquer The Power, The Passion

Arcane Lacquer: The Power, The Passion

Hope you enjoyed these pictures of my pick from Arcane Lacquer, visit NorwayNails.com or Arcane Lacquer's Etsy Store to have a look at their range of polishes. 

Lots of Love,
Glittr

Review: Laquerlicious polishes

Hey everyone,

I have some swatches of a bunch of awesome polishes by Laquerlicious for you today! I was so excited to try some of Michelle's beautiful creations, so I ordered four polishes from her new Fall Collection as well as one polish I have been eyeing for a while now.. ;) But I'll get right to the swatches because that's what were all here for, right?!

Laquerlicious Indian Summer

First up is this gorgeous purple glitter called Indian Summer! I love everything about this one, from the colour to the depth to the formula, this was definitely a good choice! It's a purple base filled with all kinds of multicoloured glitters and it sparkles like mad! Shown are two coats topped with HKgirl Topcoat by GlistenAndGlow. This is one of my favourites out of the four polishes I got from the Fall collection!

Up close bottle shot of Laquerlicious Indian Summer

Macro Shot of Laquerlicious Indian Summer

Laquerlicious Indian Summer

Laquerlicious Days Of Fall

Next up is Days Of Fall, which is a beautiful grey base with very fine purple and turquoise glitters inside. This one too is a really pretty, classy polish that looks beautiful in two coats, topped with HKgirl Topcoat. I think this is a beautiful colour for fall, just to wear on its own!

Up close bottle shot of Laquerlicious Days Of Fall

Macro shot of Laquerlicious Days Of Fall

Laquerlicious Days Of Fall

Laquerlicious October Fest

This is October Fest, a dark grey filled with blue, purple and silver glitter. It looks much darker and more blue on the nails than in the bottle, but it's still a really pretty one. The formula was a tiny bit hard to work with, as the glitters made it a little bit chunky. Still it only took two coats for opacity and it's a really pretty dark polish with glittery accents, perfect for fall. This was also topped with HKgirl Topcoat.

Up close bottle shot of Laquerlicious October Fest

Macro shot of Laquerlicious October Fest

Laquerlicious October Fest

Laquerlicious Sweet September

Sweet September is a gorgeous greyish/purple almost duo chrome polish with loads of purple shimmer in it! Also, application was a bit tricky here as it was a little bit goopy, but it was totally worth this amazing finish! It shifts beautifully in the light and is another one of my faves from this collection!

Up close bottle shot of Laquerlicious Sweet September

Macro shot of Laquerlicious Sweet September

 Laquerlicious Sweet September

Laquerlicious Behind The Scenes

Ok, I have been eyeing Behind The Scenes for a while now, I've seen a few other swatches and thought this looked like an amazing polish - and it totally is!! Everyone should own this insanely dotty polish, it's the coolest effect ever! The clear base is filled with so many little glitters that they almost make a complete polish (if you know what I mean), it is just mind-boggling even looking at the bottle! Application was ok, as I said it's packed with so much glitter it would have surprised me if it had slid onto my nail perfectly. It still works awesome though and I didn't have to fight putting it on to completely cover my nail. I did two coats and then filled out some spaces on the third go, mostly around my cuticles and at the sides of my nail. I finished off with my HKgirl Topcoat and BAM - awesomeness overload!! This has for sure gone right to the top of my list of really unique polishes in my collection, I love it!!

Up close bottle shot of Laquerlicious Behind The Scenes

Macro shot of Laquerlicious Behind The Scenes

Laquerlicious Behind The Scenes

I hope you enjoyed my little review, I certainly enjoyed trying this awesome Indie brand Laquerlicious and I will certainly be buying so more of these! :) Check out Michelle's store here and head over to show her some love on Instagram too -> @creativenailchick

Lots Of Love,
Glittr

Guest Post for PaulinasPassions: Purple and Gold Leopard Print

**********My Guest Post For PaulinasPassions**********

Hey everyone,

I've been posting pictures of my nails on my IG account @Glittr for over a year now and started my little Blog LiveLoveGlittr about 6 months ago. A few weeks back the lovely Paulina asked me to do a guest post on her blog and I was thrilled! This is my very first guest post and I am honoured to be on Paulina's blog, thank you so much for having me :)

When I was thinking about what to do for this special blogpost, I thought about what I do best: the simple things! My personal style is pretty classic and basic with the odd statement piece or pop of colour. And this reflects on my nails too! I love doing more intricate designs but in every day life, I keep my nails pretty basic so they can go with anything I feel like wearing. Also, the simple designs are the ones my followers on Instagram seem to love most too, so I decided on doing a very easy leopard print and glitter accent nail tutorial for the look pictured below - so here it is :)

First up, I chose my colours. In this case I went for ChinaGlaze Lotus Begin and I'm Not Lion for my main colours. I used OPI Black Onyx and Alpine Snow for the black and white parts.

I made a little pictorial on how I do my leopard print, it's really easy and anyone can do it, you can't really do much wrong! :)

I painted my accent nail two coates of white, if you have a really nice opaque white you can get away with one coat as well. Also, it doesn't matter too much if there are tiny streaks in the white base, as you can cover up any flaws with the leopard print!

I then made some random blobs with ChinaGlaze I'm Not Lion and a dotting tool. They can be a bit squiggly, you don't have to make any perfect round dots here. Of course you can use anything similar to a dotting tool, like the end of a bobby pin for example.

Next I took my dotting tool and black polish and drew some squiggly lines around the gold blobs. Some say they do C-shapes, but I tend to do three lines around each dot, I just like the way it looks! Then I fill in any blank spaces between the leopard prints with more black squiggles to even the pattern out. Voila!

I put on CG I'm not Lion on my ring finger and painted all the other nails with Lotus Begin. I really like this very simple look with two pretty accent nails that catch the eye. 

I've also done these simple designs with flowers, they are just as pretty and make a nice, classic and pretty manicure. Also flowers are a great alternative if you're not into leopard print ;)

I hope you liked my little tutorial on the cute and simple nails! Thanks again Paulina for having me! :)

Check out my blog on LiveLoveGlittr.blogspot.de for more mani ideas, reviews and other nail nonsense!

Lots of Love,
Glittr