Seize the Sparkle

This is one of those shades that I bought more for the finish than the color... and ended up loving the color now that I'm wearing it! It's definitely a different shade... but different in a really good way! Polishes Used: 1 Coat Beauty Secrets Ridge Filler 4 Coats SinfulColors Curry Up 1 Coat Confetti Clear Coat 1 Coat Seche Vite First of all, let me start by saying that my photos are nawt color accurate. Curry Up leans way more yellow than what you see in my pics. It's honestly very close to Shrek green. Yep... yellowy-lime and sort of snotty at the same time. This polish shimmers thanks to super-fine irridescent blue glitter, with fine coppery-pink glitter sprinkled in. If I had to guess, I'd say that it's an attempt at rose gold glitter. Rose gold is super trendy right now. As far as a nail polish goes... I don't know that anyone has really duplicated the exact shade. Most of the glitter versions I've seen either lean too pi

Polishes Used: 1 Coat Beauty Secrets Ridge Filler 1 Coat Wet n Wild Sugar Coat 3 Coats SinfulColors Rise and Shine 1 Coat Confetti Clear Coat 1 Coat Seche Vite Rise and Shine is part of SinfulColors' Core Collection. If it's not a part of your collection... I highly recommend picking it up. No stash is complete without a pretty teal polish, among other thin gs! O ne thing to mention upfront, I did paint on Sugar Coat as undies for this polish. I'm not sure if Rise and Shine will stain my nails, but I'd rather not have teal-tinged digits if I can help it, thankyouverymuch ! SinfulColors is really big on adding shimmer to their shades for a little added interest. Probably Definitely one of the reasons I have so many bottles of their polish! Rise and Shine is no different... it's a bright mid-toned teal with a slightly more blue-leaning teal shimmer mixed in. In my pictures, it shows up as a blue haze, but it's a fine shimmer in person, trust

Polishes Used: 1 Coat Beauty Secrets Ridge Filler 4 Coats Spoiled Show Me Some Skin 3 Coats Sally Hansen Pink-Grapefruit 1 Coat Seche Vite So, I've bypassed brights and pastels for the day and gone neutral. I can't say that I'm the biggest fan of neutral polishes. Don't get me wrong, I think they always look great on other people. It's just... on me...? They feel kind of bland. After painting just one coat of Show Me Some Skin last night... I knew my manicure needed some sparkly assistance. In the photos above... the bottle of Show Me Some Skin looks like it should match my skintone perfectly. Only, it's got more of a rose-toned vibe going on. So, in an attempt to get it a bit more pink that most people would probably wear it, I layered on 4 coats. Then, I added 1 coat of Pink-Grapefruit and liked it so much, I went back and added another 2 coats of shimmer. As I replaced the cap on my bottle of Seche Vite, I wasn't too sure about this

Is it a bad thing that I have no idea where or when I bought this? I just plucked it out of my Helmer last night and realized that I've never worn it. (Along with probably another 100 or so polishes in the sparkle stash. Shhhhh... don't tell!) Island Coral... here's your day in the sun! (...in spite of this rain that came out of NOWHERE .) Polishes Used: 1 Coat Beauty Secrets Ridge Filler 4 Coats SinfulColors Island Coral 1 Coat Color Club Top Coat 1 Coat Seche Vite So, I'm honestly surprised that I haven't worn this color until now! But that's what having so many bottles of polish will do to you. It's also the downside of storing your polish in a Helmer. The bottles aren't out in plain sight, so it's easy to get excited by shinier, newer acquisitions and completely forget about polishes like Island Coral! So good news, this is part of SinfulColors Core Collection, so you shouldn't have any trouble finding it at Walg

So, this shade came out 2 years ago... Specifically, around the time of my sister's wedding, and Mr. Spa rkle and I drove down to Mississippi to attend. At that time, Cinderella had mainly been spotted at Walgreens, and I didn't have one anywhere near me. During the journey, (there and back again... heehee) stops were made in convenient proximity to Walgreens or other drug stores. (Yes. Mr. Sparkle does indulge me... most of the time. Hey, someone has to...) Honestly, I can't even remember if I picked it up during the trip, or if I only found it once I got back home... :) Polishes Used: 1 Coat Beauty Secrets Ridge Filler 6 Coats Sinful Colors Cinderella 1 Coat Color Club Top Coat 1 Coat Seche Vite It's been a long time since I pulled this out of the sparkle stash... Cinderella is a sheer pastel blue with super extra-fine glitter that flashes from purple to pink to orange. So named for that famous scene when Flora and Merryweather are fighting

Polishes Used: 1 Coat Beauty Secrets Ridge Filler 4 Coats Wet n Wild Coast to Coast 1 Coat Color Club Top Coat 1 Coat Seche Vite Another day... another polish from Wet n Wild's All Access Beauty Collection ! When I picked this up, I wasn't sure if it was going to be similar to Pacific Rim or Royal Rage ... (both by Sally Hansen.) Coast to Coast is a super bright blue shade like Pacific Rim, but it packs a semi-pearly blue shimmer that definitely makes it unique... at least in my collection! Application was pretty good with Coast to Coast. Four solid coats for the pictures you see above. I'm not sure if I'm sold on the finish of this one, though. Shimmer definitely helps smooth out colors that can otherwise be problematic... hence, all the pastel shimmers out in current collections! Except... The shimmer in Coast to Coast kind of wants to be a pearlescent finish, and that's just something I can't get on board with. When you look really

Polishes Used: 1 Coat Beauty Secrets Ridge Filler 5 Coats Wet n Wild Contact High 1 Coat Color Club Top Coat 1 Coat Seche Vite Contact High is a grass green polish with a jelly finish. It's a gorgeous shade... and it probably would look incredible layered with a ton of glitter! (...definitely on my to-do list!!!) The formula on this was good... similar to Love Me Some Muscles . Very pigmented, but also sheer at the same time, so you have to build up to the finish in the photos. Like all the other polishes in the All Access Beauty Collection from Wet n Wild... Contact High features the Manicurve Pro Brush. I can honestly say that this is a unique color in my collection... which is odd, because it's also one of my favorite shades of green. Add in the jelly finish, and Contact High gives off a lot of shine and an incredibly fresh vibe. Perfect for Spring and Summer! Would you wear Contact High?

New favorite pink alert... I repeat... New favorite pink alert... :) Polishes Used: 1 Coat Beauty Secrets Ridge Filler 3 Coats Wet n Wild Beat of a Generation 1 Coat Color Club Clear Coat 1 Coat Wet n Wild Beat of a Generation 1 Coat Color Club Clear Coat 1 Coat Seche Vite I'm not sure if it's just because summer is right around the corner, but I am seriously LOVING this pink. It packs a really bright punch... Definitely brighter and warmer than Hey, Baby ... and warmer and creamier than It's All About Me . No dupes here... you can easily justify owning all 3... but at $1.99 a bottle? Beat of a Generation is calling your name!!! So... application was interesting with this one. I thought after my 3rd coat that this mani was ready to go... but, after I painted clear coat on 2 nails... I knew I'd have to go back over everything with one more coat of Beat of a Generation. I'm not sure if it was user error, me being tired, or what... I've se

If you've held off on purchasing a Radiant Orchid shade of polish... this is definitely one to add to your stash! It's a bright, summery take on the Pantone Color of the Year! Oh, and these photos were taken with my iPhone, because Trippin' on the Boardwalk is simply too awesome for my Cybershot to handle... :) Polishes Used: 1 Coat Beauty Secrets Ridge Filler 4 Coats Wet n Wild Trippin' on the Boardwalk 1 Coat Color Club Top Coat 1 Coat Seche Vite Trippin' on the Boardwalk is another polish from the Wet n Wild All Access Beauty Collection. It's the purple of the bunch, super-bright and such a great color for summer! The brightness of it makes it glow on my nails... kind of how a flower glows when it's bathed in warm summer sun... All the polishes in this collection have Wet n Wild's Manicurve Pro Brush, and Trippin' on the Boardwalk was no exception. Although it did have a couple of wonky hairs that I'm going to have t

Polishes Used: 1 Coat Beauty Secrets Ridge Filler 4 Coats Wet n Wild Love Me Some Muscles! 1 Coat Color Club Top Coat 1 Coat Seche Vite So, when I picked up Wet n Wild's LE All Access Beauty Collection yesterday, I was surprised that I liked this shade so much. The color orange and I are just not friends, and it's really nothing personal, it just clashes horribly with my skin tone. But this color... it's got just the right balance of pink and orange. Love Me Some Muscles! isn't so much a coral, but a really balanced peach. It's bright, but it's slightly muted at the same time... but it's not dusty. The formula on this polish is great... sheer, but really great pigmentation and coverage. With just one coat, I had a super sheer wash of color on my nails with no streaks what.so.ever. That makes me really look forward to the other polishes in the collection. I'm thinking you could probably do a decent milky glitter sandwich mani with

Polishes Used: 1 Coat Beauty Secrets Ridge Filler 4 Coats Sally Hansen Royal Rage 1 Coat Borghese Clear Coat 1 Coat Seche Vite 1 Coat Sally Hansen Royal Rage (thumb) 1 Coat Seche Vite (thumb) During my weekly Wal*Mart run with my mama, Granny Sparkle, I picked up 2 new bottles of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear polish in Tan Lime and Royal Rage. Since it was Mother's Day weekend and everything, I decided they would be Peanut's present for me... (thoughtful of me, huh?) I was drawn in by the brightness of the blue, but I had no idea Royal Rage had a jelly finish until I started painting at home. This shade reminds me of Revlon Royal and L'Oreal Miss Pixie , but it's definitely a brighter shade of blue. In other news, this may be one of the first times I'm wearing a jelly polish without turning at least one nail into a jelly glitter sandwich. If you're planning on picking up Royal Rage, beware, it actually took me all 4 coats to achieve a str