My True Love Creations ~ Valentine's Day Trio

Hello again! How are we all doing? Most of you, I'm sure, are prepping for the romantic day that is Valentine's Day! I, on the other hand am prepping for an INTENSE week I have coming up!! Between my sister and I, we have managed to have 4 kids within 2 weeks of each other! Heres the breakdown! Abigail, my oldest, will be 12 on March 4th. Mary-Jane, my sisters daughter, will be 1 on March 5th. Keira, my youngest, will be 9 on March 10th. And finally, my sister is due with a little boy on March 12th! Can you believe that?! Hmmmm, this blog is supposed to be about polish you say? Fine with me! Here it is!! The best work from Cherise yet!! I just love her polish! I always gush to my husband while swatching lol. For the Valentines Day trio there are 2 awesomely squishy jellies and 1 very pretty, girly glitter. Lets start with Cupid's Crush. There is nothing better than a bold red jelly that is super juicy and practically applies itself! I did leave a little extra dry time between coats because jellies definitely drag if not dry. There was not one single issue with this polish at all, actually for any of these! Here is Cupid's Crush. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy topcoat. On my accent I used Stardust, also one of MTL's polishes!

 

Next is The Nights Affair. This was the same formula as CC, just a deep plumy purple instead of red. Smooth as butter! This is 3 coats with a glossy topcoat. On my accent I used a large heart stud that I got in a swap at some point.

 

 

This Macro is under a different light on my desk but this is more color accurate!

 

Lastly, I have Sweet Emotions. This is a glitter in a clear base. There are micro holo silver glitters, small purple hexes, and medium lavender hexes. Its so girly and fun! I did a sideways gradient using a pastel pink and purple, then used one coat of Sweet Emotions on top! All with a glossy topcoat of course! Great formula as usual and no fishing at all!

 

 

Hope you enjoyed these as much as I have and will!!

 

 

 

Orly ~ Mirrorball

Hello!! I have the last of my 4 holiday Orly polishes for you! This is Mirrorball and as you can imagine this will have lots of pics :) I was lucky enough to have 3 of these bottle. I used 1 bottle to make 2 Christmas ornaments. I have 1 bottle for me. The last bottle is up for grabs in my giveaway on Instagram!!! Go check it out and win you some awesome holo stuff :D Mirrorball is very unique for a salon brand!! It is a linear holo base with tiny silver holo hexes throughout. Nail addicts everywhere went nuts for this polish when it came out. I have a hard time not using it with every mani lol. I used 3 coats for my swatches just because that's what I do. Not sure why... 2 coats would be opaque if you prefer. I love that this formula doesn't drag. Its hard to find a really smooth linear holo like this. I will be using this a lot!! Take a look!!

Orly ~ Bling

Hi all!! Did all my fellow New Englanders make it through blizzard Colbie ok? I live in Connecticut pretty close to Rhode Island and we got about 32 inches at my house!! Luckily, we did not lose power! My husband and I did what we love to do most. We vegged out and watched a ton of movies :) Tonight I have another Orly for you! This time I have Bling. Bling is a clear base polish full of square, micro, holographic, gold glitters. The name Bling says it all. This polish is super flashy!! I used 3 thin coats to make it solid. It would look great over any color but I just love it so much I wanted it on by itself. Formula was great. Super happy with Orly polishes as of late! New obsession?! I think so lol. You will see why in a second! let me know what you think of this in the comments!!

 

Orly ~ Steal The Spotlight

Hi friends! Hope you all had a good long weekend! Mine was hectic as usual lol. Glad I had this saved :) This Is Steal The Spotlight from Orly. It is a super dense micro glitter polish in a clear base. The micro glitters are teal leaning green. It also has small hexes that are a medium dusty rose color that are holographic!! If you follow me on Instagram, then you may know that I have a giveaway going on right now. This polish will be added to that! I got an extra for Christmas so why not! I also will be extending that giveaway but all those details will be on IG :) My swatch is 3 coats alone with topcoat. Formula was great for such a glitter filled polish. Definitely not my usual pick but I really had to have this. I am not at all disappointed :) What do you think? Let me know in the comments!!

 

Orly ~ Explosion Of Fun

Hello again friends! Its almost the weekend!! Tonight I have for you a polish from Orly Sparkle collection. I don't have them all because I did not like them all. But I have the good ones ;) Tonight I will show you Explosion Of Fun. This is one of the hardest polishes to capture in a picture!! I have seen this described in a million different ways, but here is my take on it. It has a sheer magenta base with a very strong electric blue shimmer. It also has tiny deep magenta holographic hexes, almost red actually. All together, this polish is wonderful! I used 3 coats with topcoat for the first swatch. I used 1 coat over Sinful Colors Steel My Heart for the second swatch. You really just need to see it for your self. In person if you have the chance! Let me know what you think in the comments!!

Sally Hansen Triple Shine ~ Sparkling Water

Hello!! Today is my Monday so I wanted to brighten up your evening :) What better way to do that than with this gorgeous tealish/bluish bold shimmer polish. This is Sparkling Water from Sally Hansen. My husband picked this out and I was like, "eh". I don't know how he does it but he always manages to pick polishes that I originally don't like, and I end up loving them. That was definitely the case with this one. I used 3 thin coats with topcoat for this swatch. It started a little bit sheer but built right up!  Formula was wonderful! I have a bunch of SH Triple Shine sheer jelly polishes! I have got to take those out and do something fun with them! Anyways, check it out!

 

I had to add this bottle macro in a different lighting because it looks multi chrome!! I love the green and purple you can see flash with different lights!!

 

                                  

Polished by KPT ~ Do You Wanna Fanta?

Hi!! Hope you all are having a wonderful Sunday. I, however, just watched my NFL team get taken out of the playoffs by possibly the WORST CALL EVER!!!! Anywho, tonight I have Do You Wanna Fanta? from Polished By KPT. This was a summer 2014 release and I have needed it since the first day I saw it! I was finally able to get it and I freaked out a little when I finalized my purchase. Do you ever get so excited about a polish its like there was just a birth in the family?!?! So ya, this polish was worth every penny of the $15 I paid for it. It is $12 for the polish and $3 for shipping from coast to coast. This thermal polish is a bubblegum pink when warm and bright orange when cold. In transition it gets to be a very pretty coral color. The micro flakies in this are amazing. It has gold and violet which compliments all colors perfectly!! For my swatch I used 3 thin coats. DYWF has a great formula and I probably would have been fine with 2 thicker coats but I always prefer thin coats. I topped it with a shiny topcoat. I forgot to try it matte this time but that will definitely happen in the future and I will make sure to add pics when it does. Here it is!!

 

Warm state:

 

Transition:

 

What do you think of this polish? I would love to hear from you!! Until next time :)