China Glaze Electrify

   Hi guys! For today, I have the second (and last) polish that I got from China Glaze's Colors from the Capitol collection, Electrify.

Electrify is a bunch of small, bright gold and slightly larger red hex glitter in a clear base. There's alot of red, but more gold. 

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        Electrify was named for District 5 (which is in charge of giving electricity to all of Panem) and happens to be my absolute favorite polish from the collection. At the most superficial level, I love this because it's ridiculously sparkly and fun, and ya'll know how I feel about GLITTAH. But I also like that you can see how the district fits in with the polish, and I can also see some other Hunger Games stuff in there too, like the girl on fire costume and even the cornucopia. My only sadness is that more of the collection didn't come out like this, but I guess my wallet is relieved about that. But bottom line, Electrify is magic. Get you some. 

    Formula-wise, Electrify was good. I used three coats for the pictures and was really happy with the coverage. However, Electrify does dry gritty and dull, so to get the most out of it, I needed two layers of topcoat: one thick layer of Gelous and another thick layer of Poshe on top. It was hellish to remove, but at least everything dried lightning quick and was absolutely gorgeouss. 

But that's all from me today!

Thanks for reading guys, and have an awesome Thursday!! ^_^

Famous Polish Little Angel Dust

     Hi guys! So, like pretty much every other woman in the world, I was absolutely captivated by the super bright shade of blue that Beyonce wore on her nails during her first official outing after having her super-adorable baby, Blue Ivy. 

I didn't have money for Nails Inc Baker Street, but when I visited the BSS the other day, I saw this super gorgeous blue that I thought might quiet the lemmings for a while. Meet Famous Polish Little Angel Dust. I need to meet whoever named this. 

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       Little Angel Dust is so randomly awesome. It's a little deeper in person, but I just love how ridiculously vibrant and rich the shade of blue is. I couldn't keep my eyes off my nails while wearing this. I also loved the slick, kind of metallic finish that the shimmer brought to the polish. When I can, I will still get Baker Street because I really wanted that creme finish, but for now, I am satisfied.  

        Little Angel Dust's formula was also good. I applied it over a white to get the maximum level of brightness, and the polish covered the white in three coats, which is what I have on in the pictures. The coats went on really smoothly and dried in good time, so overall, using Little Angel Dust was a pleasure. (lol, had to do it).

If you're in the DMV area and am interested in getting Little Angel Dust, I got it from Maxim Nasia Nail Supply on E University Boulevard in Hyattsville.

And that's all from me today! Thanks for reading, and have a happy hump day! 

Nfu-Oh 61 + Giveaway Winners

First order of business, I finally got through the entries and have selected winners for my giveaway! The winner of Prize 1 is Tropical Chrome, and Prize 2 goes to Peripatetic 33. Congratulations to these lovely ladies, and a big thank you goes to everyone who participated! Blogging would definitely not be as fun without ya'll. ^_^


  Second order of business is to show the polish I wore all of last week. Recently, I've been craving holo polish, and after wearing a few that were on the disappointing side, I decided that it was time to bust out the big guns. So I dug into my pile of polishes that I'm saving for something special (LOL) and came up with Nfu-Oh 61. Behold! (But please excuse the chips. These were taken after a week of wear). 

Nfu-Oh 61 is a clean silver polish with a strong linear holographic effect. 

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       I know people are not strangers to Nfu-Oh 61, so I'm just gonna say that it's glorious, and if you love holos and are looking for a relative affordable and strong linear one, this would be it. It looks amazing all the time, even indoors, and I got a million compliments on it. This is the only one I have from their line of holos, and I think I'm going to go back and get a couple of more. Maybe the blue one. 
     I applied Nfu-Oh over Jessica Cosmetic's Aqua Base, so I didn't struggle too much with application. It was a bit tough getting it smooth, because it dries so fast and is prone to dragging. But putting a little more on the brush than you need, working quickly and lightly, and letting the polish dry fully between coats should take care of that. Incidentally, I would also recommend investing in an aqua base for this though...it really makes the holo pop and eases application. 

This is Nfu-Oh 61 without the aqua base, and even though the holo is still present and nice, it's not comparable to what showed up in the previous pictures. And it took four coats of polish to get this level of smoothness in the polish, compared to two with aqua base. So get yourself some aqua base! 

And for topcoat in the pictures, I am using Sally Hansen Hard as Nails. The holo still looks good, and for a week's time, I thought the wear was pretty good. 

And that's all from me today!! I hope everyone is having a nice Saturday, and thanks for reading!!

Wet n Wild Correction Tape

      Hi guys! So it's getting to be Halloween time again, and while I'm not sure that I'll have time to do more hilariously ooglay Halloween nail art for you guys, I figured I could try to wear some of the Halloween-themed polishes that I have in my stash. So in the spirit of that, I have Wet n Wild Correction Tape from their On the Prowl Collection. Also, I've been wearing this for like a million years, so please excuse any signs of wear you see. 

Correction Tape is made of  medium-sized gold, fuchsia, and blue hex glitter in a clear base. There's also some black square glitter. Also, I've layered it over Diamond Cosmetics Concrete Jungle. 

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     I love love love Correction Tape! The combination of colors is so fantastic, and I especially love the black bits of glitter. You can see the different colors better in regular light, but I still like Correction Tape better in the sunlight. The bits of glitter sparkle so nicely, and I can't keep my eyes off my nails. Apparently, neither could anyone else, because I got so many compliments everywhere I went. And that never happens, so yeah...Correction Tape is kind of a big deal.

    My only problem with this one was the pain-in-the-butt formula. The clear base is way too thick for the amount of glitter in it, so I couldn't just swipe on the glitter like a normal person. Instead, I had to painstakingly swirl the brush in the bottle and then dab it on the nail, which led to bubbles. On the upside, the polish dried fast and wore really well. It's not perfect, but for a rough five days, I think it looks pretty good!

And that's all from me today! Thanks for reading, and have a fantastic hump day! Also, I'm curious...do you guys have any nail plans for Halloween? If you tell me, I promise not to copycat. ^_^

Misa Toxic Seduction

      Even though it's still summer, I'm at that point where I want fall to come so badly that I just start wearing fall colors. I haven't gotten a chance to get any of the new fall colors, but I do have an abundance of old ones and I'm gonna show you guys one of those today! Here's Misa Toxic Seduction, from their Poisoned Passions Collection. 

Toxic Seduction is a rich and deep blue-toned green base with lots of emerald green shimmer. 

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   Although I'd heard a million and one good things about Toxic Seduction, I really dragged my feet on getting it, and I will tell you guys right now to not be like me. This polish is stunning stunning stunning, and if you like greens you really do need it. Even if you don't like greens, get it, and I bet it will make you like green. It's just so deep and gorgeous in all lights, and I really love it. Get it, okay?

   Formula-wise, Toxic Seduction was just fine. The consistency was good to work with, it was opaque in three coats, and the dry time was pretty good. 

And that's all from me today! Thanks for reading, and have a great day! ^_^

Vacation Stuff + Spectraflair Nails!

       Hello guys!! As promised, I have a few pictures from my little vacation, including the mani that I wore most of my time there. That's at the bottom, so if you don't care about the trip, go ahead and scroll down now LOL.

 We were there for like two weeks, the first which was spent at whole first week at Universal Orlando, kind of bouncing between Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios. Both were entertaining, but for me, it was all about The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Seriously, if it wasn't for that, I would have stayed home. Shh, don't tell my mom. 

This is the entrance to Hogsmeade.

And the Hogwarts Express. (Duh right?)

And Hogwarts!!

There were other Harry Potter mainstays around, but I suck so...yeah...didn't get any of those. Sorryyy. I did get some pictures from the little demonstration some Durmstrang guys and Beauxbaton girls made.

Very manly, no?

lol, they were very nicely choreographed.

There was also Pumpkin Juice (which I skipped) and Butterbeer, which I definitely did not skip. Instead, I gorged myself upon its sweet, icy, butterscotchy tastiness. 

And I will probably never drink Butterbeer again. 

So if you ever get the chance, I'd definitely recommend heading over there. It's only a small section of the park, but the rides are good, and one of the only places where you know everyone else is just as much of a dork as you are. I mean...I saw some outlandish things. A grown man squealing like a little girl, a mother disregarding the hungry cries of her children as she searched for the perfect wand at Ollivander's, and a couple fighting over a single cup of butterbeer. I believed the boyfriend's exact words were, "Go get your own". It was heartbreaking but hilarious. And totally understandable. 

But anyway, the next week, we went to Busch Gardens Tampa and it started off as the worst experience ever. It rained rats and frogs, and we spent most of our time huddled under the eaves of some building. But they gave us a voucher to return again (nice folks) and the next time was better! The rides were so much fun, and there were cutey cutey animals (my mom's words) everywhere. 

Like this baby flamingo that I wanted to steal.

And this lazy (or maybe bored) cheetah.

I call it lazy because this picture was taken about 40 minutes after the first one, and literally, this was as much as it moved. 

And a lazy kangaroo. 

Albino kangaroo!!

But moving on to the nails, I wore Deborah Lippmann Across the Universe and China Glaze Go Crazy Red as well, but I spent most of my time with this beauty on my nails:

It's a Spectraflair franken created by one of my favorites, Kris from My Lucid Bubble.

Ahh I want to roll in this stuff. (The polish, not the spectraflair. I feel like that would kill you.) It's so beautiful!!

And that's all from me today! Thanks for reading, and have a great one!