Viva La Nails Sample Pack

I jut got in my sample pack from Viva La Nails; you can order one here on their website. It's free to nails bloggers, you just have to pay shipping. Here's everything included:



I quickly tried out one of the stickers. Can you believe I've never used a nail sticker before this? I'm still pretty amazed at everything you get!





Here are detail shots of everything that was included:

















I'm looking forward to playing with everything :) Thank you Viva La Nails!

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Pure Ice Taupe Drawer + Busted

Pure Ice polishes can be found at Walmart. There are actually two different shades named Taupe Drawer. Mine is a kind of dusty purple color, and I believe the other is a dusty pink. This is two coats without top coat.


Busted is a sheer jelly base with purple glass fecks. This is one layer over Taupe Drawer.


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Many Layers

So this mani started with LA Girls Rockstar in Addict, which is a maroon-ish red color with orange-y glass flecks.

Pretty color, but I thought it needed some umph, so I added a layer of LA Girls Rockstar Double Platinum, which is a light charcoal, almost clear jelly base with silver holo glitter:


I didn't care for the combo, so I added a layer of Massini's Slamming Red (Massini and Studio M are the same brand). I adore Slamming Red! Just look at the holo in the bottle. My camera absolutely refuses to capture red polishes properly.


So, Slamming Red is my current NOTD. I just picked up Orly Space Cadet today, so I think I'll be changing my mani soon. As much as I love Slamming Red, I don't think I'll be able to wait to wear Space Cadet, it's so pretty!!!

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Dollar Tree combo pack

I recently grabbed this combo pack from the Dollar Tree. The first color is Cover Girl Nail Slicks in Chocolate Mint. The bottle color is, well a chocolate brown color (I know, creative, huh?) with a mint green shimmer.


and here is a swatch..the shimmer is pretty noticeable in natural light, but not as much indoors:


Now this is the reason I bought the combo. This is Cover Girl Crackle polish in Jack-O-Lantern. The bottle color is a bright orange.

This is two coats over Jordana's Night Fall. I looks like the polish would just flake off, but it didn't. This is without a topcoat.


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Jordana Swatches

I picked up these Jordana polishes from Cherry Couture after seeing swatches on Pretty Random. She did a great post about these, they are supposed to be dupes to the Milani polishes from last year, and since I missed them, I was happy to get these in their place :)

First up is Night Fall. NF is a black creme with silver glitter, supposed to be a dupe of Miani's Charmed. Here's sunlight:

and shade:



Next up is Purple Glam. It's a purple jelly with silver holo glitter and bar glitter. This is supposed to dupe Milani's Shimmering Purple. Here it is in sunlight:

and shade:


And last today is Green Glitz. This is supposed to dupe Milani's Gleaming Green. It's a green jelly with silver holo glitter and bar glitter.


All three polishes applied beautifully, in fact all three swatches are without cleanup, and for me that's rare. I think I will defiantly be getting more Jordanas in the future.


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Zoya Blair + Nfu-Oh 44

I was so in love with my swatch of Nfu-Oh 44, that I decided to make it my NOTD. Instead of layering it over black, I used a nice blacked red, like Zoya Blair.

I layered two coats of Nfu-Oh 44 overtop:



Wow, this is pretty!!!! I ♥ it!

Nfu-Oh 60

I ordered two Nfu-Oh polishes, here is the second one. I have to say that I was most excited for # 60. Everyone describes it as an oil slick on the nail. Just look at this amazing bottle shot:


WOW, huh? Look at all the colors :) Unfortunately, it does not translate to the nail. This is one coat layered over Wet N Wild Black Creme.

I certainly can't say I don't like it, I mean c'mon it's a Nfu-Oh flakie! But I was expecting a bit more out of it...so I am a bit disappointed, I just wish the duochrome was more prominent on the nail.

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Nfu-Oh 44

This is my new favorite polish! Nfu-Oh 44 is an orange jelly base with fakies that flash an orangy red and green color. This is amazing. Here is the bottle pick:


Here is one coat layered over Wet N Wild Black Creme. Look at all the duochromy goodness!!!


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Nubar Shock: Pleasure Dome

So before I get to Pleasure Dome, I have to thank the blog Pretty Random for showing some awesome swatches of Glitter Gal polishes. I just pulled the trigger on an order for two different red holos. In case you didn't know, a true red holo is my Holy Grail of all nail polishes, so I have high expectations for these :)

Has anyone tried Glitter Gal polishes before???

Today's swatch is another Nubar Shock called Pleasure Dome. The base color is purple and it flashes a tanish green color:




Don't forget you can always click on the photo for a larger version.

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Quirius: The Arabian Nights

Here is Quirius The Arabian Nights. The color is a thick black creme with silver holo glitter. The glitter reflects many different colors in the sun and is gorgeous; if you look at the bottle in the pick below you get the idea :)





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