Untried Polish Challenge - Day 12 - Ugliest

Hey everyone! Somehow I managed to mix my days up and posted by prettiest instead of ugliest untried polish yesterday. Oops! After this, I'm finally all caught up with my challenge posts! For my ugliest polish, I was torn between a purple FX Orly polish and this glitter bomb from China Glaze. As many of you probably noticed, I'm not a huge fan of glitter polish. There are some that I like, but for the most part I don't reach for my glitters too often.

China Glaze Glitter Goblin. Four coats. I believe you're supposed to layer with this one, but I didn't want to diminish the ugly with pretty undies or something! The first picture was taken in sunlight and the second was taken in the shade. As you can see, it's quite sheer on its own. Formula wise though, it was really good! In fact, I actually thought the holographic glitters looked very pretty in the sun. The shade color though...I can only describe as Halloween Confetti puke.

Thanks for reading and stay tuned for more challenge posts! Be sure to check out these other ladies participating in the challenge!

Masha at Lost In Lacquer
Raine at Lacquer Lily
Amy at Fancy Side

Amanda at Designer Nail Accents
Sam at Polished Art
Lizajane at Organic Neglect
Blueberry Pie at Blueberry Nails
Kristina at Lacquer Fetish

Missy at Gnarly Gnails
Uni at Acetone FIles
Isabel at Little Fairy

Raux at Raux Polish

Alison at UKNailRunner

Untried Polish Challenge - Day 11 - Cirque Cape Liz

Hey everyone! For today's challenge I'm supposed to show you my prettiest untried. I have a lot of pretty untrieds, but I'm a sucker for greyish-blue polishes, so I chose Cirque Cape Liz.

This is three coats of Cape Liz. Cape Liz has a grey-blue base with pink, silver, and blue shimmer. I wish I could capture all the pretty shimmer, but the light for my light box isn't as bright as it needs to be! Hopefully you can still see some. It really doesn't do the polish justice though. 

Thanks for reading and stay tuned for more challenge posts! Be sure to check out these other ladies participating in the challenge!

Jonochi at Just Add Polish
Raine at Lacquer Lily

Amy at Fancy Side

Amanda at Designer Nail Accents

Sam at Polished Art

Patricia at Polished and Glittered
Lizajane at Organic Neglect
 Blueberry Pie at Blueberry Nails
Kristina at Lacquer Fetish
 Missy at Gnarly Gnails
Uni at Acetone FIles
Erica at Coat of Mani Colors

New 31 Day Challenge - Day 25 - Childhood Inspired Nails

Hey everyone! For today's challenge, I was supposed to do a manicure inspired by my childhood. Since this is a polish blog, I decided to use a polish that reminds me of the kind of colors I wore when I was younger. As a child, I exclusively wore medium-pink polishes. This Essie reminded me of the my childhood manicures!

Essie Marathin. Two coats. The formula was great, and I like the color but I think it's something I'd rather wear on my toes. I prefer blue-gray polishes for my nails now, but this isn't so bad either!

Thanks for reading, and be sure to check out the gorgeous nails of the wonderful ladies participating in this challenge along with me!

Jayne at Cosmetic Proof

Traci at Drink Citra

Naomi at Bellezza Bee

Untried Polish Challenge - Day 10 - Most Expensive

Hey everyone! I just received these beauties in the mail yesterday, and they just so happened to be the most expensive untrieds I had...lucky for me, because I couldn't wait to put them on. For those of you who aren't familiar with Illamsqua Rain Drops, the polish was discontinued by Illamasqua a while ago. It's a grey-blue jelly filled with silver flakies. Ever since I saw swatches of it a few months ago, I've been lemming it. Finally, they re-released it, along with a limited edition pink version. The collector in me felt it was necessary to purchase both.

This is three coats of Rain Drops and two coats of Illamasqua Pink Rain Drops. The formula was fantastic on both of these, though the formula on Pink Raindrops is more opaque. In addition, the pink version has a slight darker pink duochrome effect, but it's more visible in the bottle than on the nail. Overall, super happy with this purchase! If you're interested, you can get these at Sephora for $17 a bottle.

Thanks for reading and stay tuned for more challenge posts! Be sure to check out these other ladies participating in the challenge!

Jonochi at Just Add Polish
Raine at Lacquer Lily

Amy at Fancy Side

Amanda at Designer Nail Accents

Sam at Polished Art

Patricia at Polished and Glittered
Lizajane at Organic Neglect
 Blueberry Pie at Blueberry Nails
Kristina at Lacquer Fetish
 Missy at Gnarly Gnails
Uni at Acetone FIles
Erica at Coat of Mani Colors

New 31 Day Challenge - Day 24 - Game Inspired Nails

Hey everyone! Sorry again for the late posts. I'll start posting about two a day from now on so I can get back on track. Today's nails are inspired by games. I've done a lot of manicures related to games I love, which is why I felt fresh out of ideas when it came to this challenge. So, I revisited a game I already did nails for called X-Note. You can check out a description of the game and the nail art at that link.

The grey is China Glaze Recycle, the white is OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, and the black is Cirque Alter Ego. I used painted the index finger with recycle and then used striping tape to make the three stripes. The middle and pinky nail were done using the make-up sponge gradient method. The ring finger nail is Alter Ego with Cirque Potosi layered on top. If you like Potosi at all, I suggest you head over to Cirque's website, as the color is being discontinued! Plus you can get 40% using promo code "CIRQUE40".

And here's the character that the nails are based on! His name is Oure. :D

Thanks for reading, and be sure to check out the gorgeous nails of the wonderful ladies participating in this challenge along with me!

Jayne at Cosmetic Proof

Traci at Drink Citra

Naomi at Bellezza Bee

Rite Aid Nail Extravaganza Contest and Giveaway!

Hey everyone, today I've got another giveaway for you here on the blog! Rite Aid was kind enough to send me some nail care products to give away to my lovely readers. This is all part of Rite Aid's Nail Extravaganza, which includes a nail art contest and several coupon deals! Be sure to enter the contest if you get a chance, here's my entry! The contest closes May 24th!

It's sort of all over the place, but the main uniting factor is the velvet. For the velvet effects on the index, ring and pinky nails I used the Pretty Woman Tealtini Velvet kit. For the off-white base on each nail, I used Zoya Jacqueline. In addition to flocking power, the index and middle finger have Essie Mint Candy Apple on them. The plate used for the middle finger design is PUEEN09. I've never used flocking powder on my nails before, so this was a fun experiment!
I'll post a link to the entry when it's up if you want to check it out and vote for it or some others, but in the meantime I'll get to the giveaway! There are the two prize packs that are being given away.

Prize Pack A: Kiss Gradiation Polishes in Freeze Frame, Pretty Women Velvet Tealtini Kit, Maybelline Color Show in Coral Crush, Revlon  Brilliant Strength in Allure, Cover Girl Outlast in Forever Festive, and Wet N Wild Fergie in Hollywood Walk of Fame. 

Prize Pack B: Kiss Gradiation Polishes in Freeze Frame, NutraNail Gel Perfect in Torenia, Julie G in Sugar Rush, Loreal in Not a Cloud in Sight, Cover Girl Outlast in Forever Festive, and Revlon File 'N Peel 6-in-1 nail file.

Note: This giveaway is for blog subscribers ONLY. Any e-mail only entries will be disregarded. 

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• This giveaway runs from May 19, 2013 to May 27, 2013, 12:00 a.m. EST.
• If you are under 18, make sure you have parental consent. I will need your address to ship the prize.
• The winner will be contacted by email within 48 hours after the giveaway ends. Winners will have 48 hours to respond before a new winner is chosen.
• Winner(s) will be selected randomly using Rafflecopter.
• This giveaway is open to U.S. residents only. 

Disclosure:  This giveaway is sponsored. If you have any additional questions - feel free to contact me at lostinlacquer@gmail.com.

Thanks for reading, and good luck!