ST. Patrick's Day Inspired Nails

Hey everyone hope you all had a great St. Patrick's Day! Mine was pretty dull : (

I almost forgot to post my St. Patty's Day Mani

My first attempt at the half moon mani

I used Square Hue Blonde Ale and Patty's Pint

Indie Polish: Elevation Polish Toubkal

I finally got some downtime this weekend to try out my newest beauty to arrive at my doorstep.  This beauty is Elevation Polish called Toubkal which is a part of the Morocco collection.  The inspiration for this polish comes from the summits of Toubkal National Park in Morocco according to the company's website "Part of the Morocco Collection. Toubkal has one of the most amazing summits. The view from the top is nothing short of spectacular. You can see for miles and miles but I got fixated on the valleys below and how all that green short grasses mixed with shadowing looks like it was glowing and shining purple."

Since I have a bad case of wanderlust I had to google search Toubkal

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OK now to the polish

The official description of Toubkal from Elevation Polish:  "Description: Darkened Red Purple with Gold, Red, Pink large irregularly shaped shimmer.  Finish: Jelly-Creme "Crelly" Hybrid/Shimmer"

The color practically glows in the bottle 

The formula is great it goes on beautifully.  I had a little trouble with bald spots and wound up using 4 coats but it just made the color more intense and these pictures are not going to do the color justice

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Definitely check out her blog I Dig Brown Nail Polish and Elevation Polish's store you won't be disappointed  and the polishes are $8.00 same price as O.P.I and Essie.  I really need to add more to my collection.

China Glaze GLiTZ collection: Mosaic Madness

I finally got my hands on one of China Glaze's GLiTZ Bitz 'N Pieces collection.  I went to Sally's Beauty Supply and picked up Mosaic Madness, which is a mix of gorgeous blue hex glitter of varying sizes, black hexes of all different sizes and some black bar pieces. 

I layered Mosaic Madness over butter Sprog. 

This is a great polish and the formula is great!! I had no trouble with application the glitter spread out evenly. The only work I had to do was a little fishing and placing of the large black hex pieces, but nothing too tedious.  I topped my nails with Seche Vite. 

I want to get my hands on some more from this collection.  

Indie Polish: Laquerlicious Night Watch

I just received a beauty in the mail today!!! I ordered from the wonderful Laquerlicious a color called Night Watch and it is SOOO pretty! 

From the LaquerliciousUnity store on Night Watch "This polish is in a black jelly base. It has blue and green small hex iridescent glitter as well as micro blue and green micro glitters." There are small pieces of bar glitter and the fine shimmer in the color almost shifts to purple in the sunlight : )

I really wish the pictures I took did this color justice and believe I tried to get a great picture of everything that is going on in this polish and almost 100 pictures and two different cameras later I'm not happy with the pictures : ( 

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There was no need for a color underneath it reaches full opacity in 2 coats. 

I love this polish!  The shipping was fast too! I ordered it a week ago and made it cross country very quickly 

I am definitely a fan. 

Go check out Laquerlicious's Etsy page & her Facebook page. 

SpaRitual Hypnotic

Today I am showing SpaRitual Hypnotic 

I ordered this polish by accident I went to order another SpaRitual polish on Sephora and accidentally selected "Hypnotic" when I saw the color I decided not to exchange it.  

Hypnotic is unlike any color I've seen.  In the bottle it looks brown and on my nails it looks almost gunmetal grey.

I used Julep Lisa as my accent nail and topped it with Sephora by OPI "Spark-Tacular"

It is so hard to photograph this SpaRitual color I must have taken over 50 pictures trying to capture the color.  It is definitely a favorite of mine especially when I want something different.  

O.P.I Euro Centrale

Stopped in Ulta today and right in front of the store was O.P.I's new Euro Centrale collection.  

I picked up "Can't Find My Czechbook" and "Polka.Com"

"Can't Find My Czechbook" is a gorgeous bright blue.  I'm having a hard time describing this color but it's unlike most I've seen.  I thought it was the same as Essie "Where's My Chauffeur?" but there is a significant difference OPI CFMC is bluer, check out I Heart Pretty Polish's comparisons.  I used 3 coats and while I loved the color I had some application problems there was a lot of bald spots after 2 coats and the brush caused a lot streaking and ridges on my nails.  

I then added "Polka.Com" it is a glitter in a clear base with larger hex pieces consisting of pastel pink, blue, and purple with small purple glitter.  I loved this polish, the application was very easy I had no problem of glitter bunching.