The Indie Showdown: Floam versus other Indie Sand Polishes

Today I have a really fun post for you guys. I finally got my hands on Nail-Venturous's FLOAM! It took be forever to finally get it, but it's mine *insert evil happy laugh here* lol! 

A lot of you have seen a million swatches of Floam, so I decided to do something different for you all today. I'm going swatch compare it to other Indie Polishes that are similar. Since Floam's birth, a lot of other 'sand' type polishes have emerged throughout the indie world, so I thought it would be fun to compare them all. Hopefully my swatches today can help you decide which you like best! 

This is three coats each on their own. 

As you can see there are no dupes here. Each is individual and has it's own characteristics. Yes my Good to Go is slightly pink - I used it on red polish my first day lol.

Since this is a bit pic heavy, please click READ MORE to continue...

Indie Spoltlight: Naild'it Vegas Sands

Today I have a super fun polish for you guys. You remember my last manicure was OPI Green-wich Village (which you can see  HERE).  I decided to spruce it up and revive it.  I have a function to go to tomorrow, and I just don't have the time to redo my nails for it (the horror lol). I have a green top that I'm wearing so I really didn't want to have to redo them, so I gave them a face lift with Naild'it Vegas Sands instead. I love this stuff. Naild'it has quickly become my favorite Indie polish.

It's a matte glitter fest! There are so many colors packed into this beauty.

This is such a fun polish. It was on the rough side, but most of these 'sand' looking polishes are. I used Seche Vite for these picture, but tomorrow I'm going to add a layer of the THICK stuff with Nailpatternboldness Glitter Food (aka. Fix a Flat).

It's very bright, but not neon bright. Just the right amount of color!

You can purchase Naild'it at Etsy HERE. Make sure you also follow Naild'it on Facebook as well, and you will get the latest updates on Etsy restocks and new and up coming polishes.

Hope you guys enjoyed this! Sorry for such a brief post, I have so many things left to do and not enough hours to do them in :) 

Thanks for visiting!

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.

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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.