A little OPI love today: Green-wich Village

Today I'm sharing with you one of my all time favorite green polishes, OPI: Green-wich Village. This is one of the first polishes I bought when I first got into my nails. A lot of time people wonder what my most used polish is, and for me this is it. 

I love this tone of green, and it goes well with my skin tone. At least I think it does, lol. Greens and blues look best on me. It is such a pretty color, and every time I wear I get compliments.

As much as I have been into Indie Polishes lately I did not smoother this with glitter. I will eventually, but I wanted to wear it solo first.

It starts very sheer, but builds up to opaque very well. This is 3 coats with Seche Vite Ultra V top coat, which I cured with a UV lamp. I will have a post up in a couple of days showing all my UV supplies and how I use them. This manicure dried in 4 minutes while I was watching TV. This is so super glossy, you just can not beat the shine and the fast drying time that UV provides.

Do you guys like this? Any of you out there use UV top coats? I would love to hear all your thoughts on both, leave your comments below.

Thanks for Visiting!

Indie Spotlight: Naild'it New Releases...

I am super excited to share two new polishes with you guys today. Andrea over at Naild'it sent me the following polishes to check out.  These polishes are the newest in her lineup....

CHA CHA CHECKMATE & PURPLE PEOPLE TEASER

Seriously, how adorable are those names?! 

First up we have Cha Cha Checkmate (I love saying that lol). 

I wore this on it's own, 3 coats with SV top coat.

Turns out, this is an awesome instant jelly sandwich!!! The color on this is a slightly brighter pink than my pictures are showing. It is not a neon, but very bright! Consider it Barbie Doll polish on steroids.

 The formula on this was great. I did have to thin it a bit, but that is just my preference. Everyone likes their polishes a certain way, and I love that with a bit of thinner I can customize it to my needs. Also, The square glitters are flat flat flat!!! There is no bending glitter what so ever in this polish. I also did not have to fish for the glitters. They easily surfaced and stuck to the the brush with a stir or two.

I decided to Matte top coat this one (surprise - surprise). This is where I had a small heart attack of joy lol. Look how beautiful this is!!

This picture does not do it justice. It is beyond outrageous once I added the Matte top coat. 

I LOVE this polish. I will be wearing this for as long as I can, as I refuse to take it off lol.  This is a definite polish to have in your collection if you like pinks. It's very different than any other pink I own.

Next up, is Purple People Teaser. All I can think of is the Purple People Eater song when I see this polish.  Do you remember that song? hehehe.

Do you see what I see? Yes, Holo Glitter!!! I almost fainted some when I took a closer look. This is three coats on it's on, also no added base color here with SV top coat.

A lot of times we will see holo glitter present in a polish, but once on the nail it's just not visible which is very frustrating. This is NOT the case here. 

 IRL it is very visible indoors and in sunlight.

I couldn't stop staring at this. Please be aware that this polish does have a 'frosty' look to it, which I normally do not like. Regardless, I ended up loving this with the combination of the beautiful pale purple color, shredded glitters and the holo glitter. I plain out fell in love with this polish.

As you can see I did not Matte top coat Purple People Eater. Just from past experience, these type of polishes do not play well with Matte top coat. The best thing to do is swatch it on a nail wheel or nail spoon, and test it with the Matte top coat before proceeding. This way you do not ruin your whole manicure.

What do you guys think? Do you LOVE or HATE these? You can purchase these both over at the Naild'it Etsy store HERE.

Thanks so much for visiting and sharing in my excitement over these polishes today.

*these polishes where sent to me for review*

Indie Spotlight: Olympic Mani #2 Dollish Polish It's Me Mario

I have another Olympic Mani for you guys today. I received my Dollish Polish order yesterday. I had to wake up at 3:30AM in the morning to get in on the order, but it was so worth it!  I never get up that early for anything - except polish lol :) This is part of The Mario Brothers Collection. I was such a Nintendo freak when I was younger, and played Mario for more hours than I can count. I had to have this!

This is Dollish Polish It's Me Mario layered over Nicole by OPI In Your Hands. I found In Your Hands a few years back in the clearance section of TJ Maxx. It's a deep Blue jelly - yes, a Jelly! I thought it was the perfect base for Dollish Polish's It's Me Mario.

When I saw that this had red and blue glitter with silver stars, it made me think of team USA (sorry Mario - lol). 

This is such an exciting polish. I did have to place the stars, but there are plenty in there so they surface quite easily. A little stirring, and stars stick to the brush. No real 'fishing' for them. The formula is smooth and easily applies.

Then I added a Matte top coat 

GO TEAM USA!!!!

What do you guys think of this one. I love it.

As mentioned above I got the whole Dollish Polish Mario Collection, stay tuned and I will swatch them all soon as I am able to.

Indie Spotlight: Naild'it Olympic Rings

Today is the big day for those of us that enjoy watching the Olympics. I love watching the games and experiencing the thrill that so many wonderful talented young adults experience reaching their life long dreams, so very exciting! I love to watch the swimming and gymnastics most.

Today I did an Olympic manicure. I ordered this from Naild'it on her Etsy site the same time I ordered the Summer Lovin Collection which you can see by clicking Here. 

This polish is in a clear base, and I layered if over OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls. I love that name! I'm a big Spiderman freak. I originally passed this polish up and this post Here inspired me to run out and buy it. It's a wonderful white polish with a touch of grey. You can even see that in my pictures below. This is my new favorite white polish and it gave me 1/2 the headaches that most my other whites are during application. I made my accent nail black (Illamasque Black - my Favorite black) to show off the white bar glitters on that nail.

Here is Olympic Rings....

I love it it. I'm horrible at nail art, and this makes me feel like I can have a 'themed' manicure too.

Then, of course I added Hard Candy Matte top coat lol. I love this stuff. 

This came out perfect and I will be sporting these while watching the opening ceremonies (on TV of course lol).  

Will you be watching the Olympics? If so, what are your favorite things to watch during the games? I would love to hear from you guys!

Indie Spoltlight: Naild'It Summer Lovin Collection

Today I have three Indie polishes from Naild'it that can be found on her shop at Etsy. These are all from the Summer Lovin Collection - Summer Lovin Water, Summer Lovin Melon and Summer Lovin Sun-Flower Seeds.

I did swatches with both SV top coat and with a Hard Candy matte top coat. I am loving the Indie polishes once mattified!  

Click 'Read More' to see all the swatches. Warning: very picture heavy!