FingerPaints Tis the Season to Sparkle Collection

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Hi everyone! Today I have the FingerPaints Tis the Season to Sparkle Collection to share with you. This is a 6-piece collection that has 3 sparkly glitter toppers and 3 coordinating base colors (or at least I thought they coordinated well, even if that wasn't the intention). I know a few of these are re-promotes or core shades, but they come together very nicely in this collection. This is a limited edition collection that will be available in Sally Beauty stores during the months of November and December, so you should be able to find them now in stores and online.

FingerPaints Once in a Wild Collection

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Hi everyone! Today I have the limited edition FingerPaints Once in a Wild Collection to share with you. This collection is made up of 3 brand new limited edition shades as well as 3 core shades. This collection looks like a perfect transitional collection into the fall months. The displays should be out in stores now and this collection will be available until the end of August. This is a really fantastic collection to transition into fall!

FingerPaints Tie-Dye Revolution Collection

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Hi everyone! Today I have a new limited edition collection from FingerPaints for the summer. The Tie-Dye Revolution Collection consists of 5 fun creme polishes in bright colors which are perfect for summery nail art. I've got swatches of all 5 of them today, plus some super easy nail art that anyone could do with them. These are on sale now exclusively at Sally Beauty Supply.

Rainbow Feathers featuring Born Pretty Store and FingerPaints

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Hi everyone! Today I have a simple mani for you featuring some pretty Born Pretty Store feather decals that I ordered ages ago. I was fondly remembering a feather mani that I did last summer using some different bright feather decals from Born Pretty Store, so I decided to pull these out to liven up my day. Water decals are my kind of nail art because they are super simple to use and they look like you put a lot of effort into your mani. I keep a stash of them around for when I don't want to stamp, but want to spice up a nice creme mani.

For my mani, I started off with a base of FingerPaints Yellow Out Man (from the new Tie Dye Revolution Collection, which I will be reviewing later this week). I used the Fancy Colorful Feather water decals (item 1739). After my base was fully dry, I arranged the individual decals on my nails. I found that these adhered to the nail well and I didn't have any issues with them being too stiff or folding during application. The one strange thing I encountered was that the tips of the feathers on a few of my nails seemed to have a little bits of pigment or something that sort of disintegrated off onto the nail during application, but it brushed off the nail easily while it was still wet. It didn't affect the way that the decals looked either so it wasn't problematic, just worth mentioning. I really loved how bright and colorful this mani was. I was having a bit of a down week, so these cheered me right up!

 

Be sure to check out Born Pretty Store for all of your nail art supply needs (you can use my coupon code JCX31 for 10% off your order).  I've always had great experiences with ordering from them at very reasonable prices. Also, you can't beat free worldwide shipping! You can also follow Born Pretty Store on Facebook and Instagram. Thanks for looking everyone!

FingerPaints Picnic in the Park Collection

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Hi everyone! Today I have FingerPaints Picnic in the Park Collection to share with you! This is a collection of 4 fun springy cremes as well as 2 glitter toppers. I think the theme of this collection is so adorable, and I'm hoping to use these polishes in some fun picnic/park themed nail art soon! This is a limited edition collection that will be available during the months of March and April at Sally Beauty Supply.

Press Release: FingerPaints Picnic in the Park Collection

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Hi everyone! I hope I'm not overwhelming you with press releases this week, but there are so many cute collections coming soon for Spring! I'm very excited for this FingerPaints collection because I think the theme is so adorable! And what about that red and white checked glitter? It's perfect for a picnic theme!

From Left to Right: Frosty Lemonade, Sweet Spring, One In A Melon, You’re So Antsy, Grassy Knoll, Picnic Blanket

FingerPaints Picnic In The Park is a LIMITED EDITION collection of vibrant creams and fun, matte glitters.

This collection screams SPRING IS HERE! Jump into Spring and make this collection your go-to with 4 vibrant creams and the fun matte black and white or red and white glitter toppers! With Picnic In The Park let your creativity bloom!

In Sally Beauty stores March – April 2015.

New FingerPaints Core Colors for 2015

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Hi everyone! Today I have some new additions to the FingerPaints core line to share with you. This is a wonderful set of glittery polishes, both full coverage microglitters and toppers, that I was really impressed with overall. These will be released in February and since they are not limited edition, they should be easy to grab from your local Sally Beauty Supply.

FingerPaints Bright Lights Big City Collection

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Hi everyone! Long time, no see! I hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday! I took a little time off from blogging this week to bake, spend time with family, and read. It was fantastic! I'm back today with The Bright Lights Big City Collection from FingerPaints. This collection is limited edition and will be available from Sally Beauty Supply starting January 1 and should be around until the end of February. This collection contains 6 new shades including 2 glitter toppers, one jelly microglitter, and 3 glassfleck duochromes.

FingerPaints Holiday Glitz Mani Kit and Patent Leather Mani Kit

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Hi everyone! Today I have two mini sets that will be available during the holiday season. These would make great stocking stuffers, so be sure to be on the lookout for them at your local Sally Beauty Supply (they were released on November 1 along with the Holiday Wishes Collection).

FingerPaints Winter Wishes Collection

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Hi everyone! Today I have the FingerPaints Winter Wishes Collection to share with you. This collection contains 5 full-coverage microglitters, and I have 4 of them to share with you. This collection released on November 1, so it should be available now at your local Sally Beauty Supply.

Black and Gold Brocade Stamping

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Hi everyone! Today I have some nail art featuring a beautiful glitter polish from the upcoming FingerPaints Winter Wishes Collection (which I will be fully reviewing for you soon). While I was swatching this collection, I got the urge to do a gold and black pairing, so I decided to pull out one of my new MoYou-London Fashionista plates. When those plates were released not that long ago, they sold out quickly and I checked back constantly until they were restocked and I could grab two of the plates from the collection, one filled with paisley desingns and another with different brocade patterns.

For this mani, I started out with a base of FingerPaints Wrapped in Ribbons, a full coverage gold glitter polish. After it dried, I stamped using a brocade image from MoYou-London Fashionista plate 07 and Mundo de Unas Black. I realized when I got done that some people might think I was going for a New Orleans Saints look but that was NOT what I had in mind. I just think that black and gold are very striking and elegant together, and I thought this pattern looked great with the gold.

FingerPaints are exclusively available from Sally Beauty. As I said, I will have a full swatch and review of the Winter Wishes Collection for you very soon and they should be available in stores starting November 1st. 

MoYou London stamping plates are available from their website. They have tons of gorgeous plates to choose from, so check them out! They are also now offering free shipping to the US, so that is awesome!

What do you think of this black and gold combo? Thanks for looking everyone!

FingerPaints Masquerade Affair Collection Swatch and Review

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Hi everyone! Today I have the FingerPaints Masquerade Affair Collection for you which is a limited edition collection that was released this month. This collection contains 4 rich and decadent shimmering polishes which remind me of Mardi Gras.

FingerPaints Film Noir Collection

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Hi everyone! Today I have FingerPaints limited edition Film Noir Collection for August 2014 to share with you. This collection consists of 4 new shades with a porcelain/matte finish. There are 3 matte creme shades and 1 matte glitter shade. Aside from the glitter, these are very classic shades and the porcelain finish is a modern twist on these classics.

Hollywood Decadence consists of  pink, blue, gold, silver, and green glitter in a matte base. I really love this combination of glitters and the matte base softens them and makes for a very elegant finished look. Because it is in a matte base, this glitter polish dries a little faster than most and you have to work quickly with it and perhaps dab a little with the second coat for even distribution. This does dry with a textured finish, but you can add matte topcoat if you want to smooth it out and retain its matte look. This is two coats of Hollywood Decadence alone. I think this is a pretty cool concept! I don't think I've ever seen a glitter with the matte element built into the polish, so kudos to FingerPaints for forward thinking since so many people love to matte their glitter manis.

Beautiful Mystery is a pale blue matte creme polish. Formula on this was thick and quick drying, so it was prone to balding it was not applied quickly. I used 3 coats to get it smoothed out. It is really pretty when dry and reminded me of an eggshell.

Film Noir is a vampy plum matte creme. This polish is so sexy! I can see myself wearing it a lot in the fall. It has a similar formula to the other matte cremes in the collection, but I found it was the easiest of the 3 to work with. I used 3 coats for this mani.

Petal Obsession is a soft pink matte creme. Again, formula was similar to the other matte cremes in the collection but I found that it caused me the most issue with application. Working quickly and applying thickish coats aided a lot in smoothing it out and preventing streaking. I used 3 coats for this mani.

Overall, I really like this collection. The colors all compliment each other so well and look nice with the porcelain finish. As with most matte polishes I have encountered, the formulas are not going to be as easy to work with as your average polish since they dry so quickly, but working fast really helped with application. I haven't seen a lot of matte polishes released lately, so this is a nice collection to get your hands on if you are looking to add some matte shades to your own collection.

FingerPaints Film Noir Collection is exclusively available from Sally Beauty and will be released in August. It is a limited edition collection, so be sure to get them while they last! Thanks for looking everyone!

FingerPaints Enchanted Mermaid Collection

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 Hi everyone! Today I have the new textured collection from FingerPaints to share with you called the Enchanted Mermaid Collection for July 2014. This collection has four sea-worthy shades that all have a scaly textured finish.

First I wanted to show you a close-up of the texture of these polishes because it is hard to capture in full swatch photos. They have shimmery duochrome bases that are filled with small, translucent hex glitters which give them that scaly finish. The base of Sea Temptress is the most sheer of all of the polishes, so you can see the glitters are defined a bit more when it dries down.

Sea Temptress (macro)

Sailor's Lure (macro)

Now onto some full swatches! I felt like the formula was pretty similar across the board and it wasn't too bad to work with, but did require a lot of care with getting thin coats because you didn't want to get too much glitter on the nail. I found it was best to wipe down one side of the brush on the side of the bottle well to avoid excess polish on the brush before applying. I used 2 thinner coats for each of these manis. I took pictures in higher and lower lighting so that you could really see how the texture looks once the polishes dry down well.

*EDITED TO ADD: I did not use topcoat on any of these! They are meant to be worn without topcoat so that you get the full textured effect. I do not feel like they would look right with topcoat at all (just my opinion, but feel free to try it out and report back to me!)*

Tails of Love has a bluish-teal shimmery base with a purple flash and chunky texture. This is probably my favorite of the collection.

Underwater Enchantress has a sage green shimmery base with a golden flash and chunky texture. The formula of this one probably gave me the most issue of the four polishes in terms of application.

Sailor's Lure has a medium blue shimmery base with a purpley pink duochrome flash and chunky texture. Once applied, the duochrome flash is the strongest with this polish (though very elusive in photos).

Sea Temptress has a white shimmery base with blue/green shimmer and chunky texture. This one was the sheerest of the four polishes and might require 3 coats for some people, but I thought it was fine at 2 coats.

My overall thoughts about the collection:

The idea of it reminds me a lot of China Glaze's Crinkled Chrome Collection, but the base of the polishes is a frosty shimmer instead of chrome. Now this finish is going to be a bit polarizing among polish lovers (you either love it or you hate it), and I can tell you it really isn't one that I'm attracted to at all. I do think that FingerPaints was really was on point with their Mermaid theme if they were aiming to make a "scaly texture" because that is definitely what it looks like...almost like a strange, shimmering reptile skin. And the colors are beautiful, so there's that. Overall, these textures are not something that I would wear, but I'm sure there are people out there that will think they are really cool.

FingerPaints Enchanted Mermaid Collection is exclusively available from Sally Beauty now and is limited edition, so grab them while you can if you are into funky textures! What are your thoughts on this textured look? Thanks for looking everyone!

30 Day Challenge, Day 6: Secondary Colors

Hi everyone! Today's prompt for the 30 Day Challenge was Secondary Colors. When I think of purple, green, and orange together, my mind automatically goes to Halloween. I wanted to steer away from that since it's April, so I went with neons! I started off with a white base ( Sinful Gel Shine Wisp ), and then created a streaks of green (FingerPaints Silkscreen Green), purple (FingerPaints Pop Art Purple), and orange (Orly Mayhem Mentality) using the distressed nails technique from Chalkboard Nails. Then I stamped over the whole thing using Konad Black and Bundle Monster plate BM410. I was having some stamping issues (the whole design wouldn't stick to my nails...which is odd in my experience), but the design was crazy enough that it still looked pretty good!

Be sure to check out what everyone else is doing in the challenge! Thanks for looking!

*All products in this post were purchased by me*

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Lush Lacquer Splish Splash with Neon Dots

Hi everyone! So...the favorites thing has TOTALLY taken much longer than I anticipated. I am still diligently working on it and I will get done hopefully some time this month! I have a LOT of blue, green, and purple favorites that needed decent pics, so swatching all of those is a TON of work. Also...I haven't forgotten about the giveaway! I promise! I just have a few things in the works that are taking a little time, but I promise it will be worth the wait! I do have a vacation coming up, so I might not be posting as much at the beginning of July, but I promise I will make up for it in the last half.

And back to our regularly scheduled programming...

So today I have one of the new Lush Lacquers from their neon collection called Splish Splash. This is a blue and green neon glitter in a clear base. The glitters in the Lush Lacquer neons are all a little translucent, so they look best layered over a light base color so that the colors really pop. For this mani, I layered 2 coats of Splish Splash over a white base (Sinful Gel Shine Wisp) and on the accent nails, I have used Finger Paints Inkblot Blue and Silkscreen Green to make the dots.

 

 

NOW...Sinful Gel Shine Wisp. This polish is from Sinful's new Gel Shine line so it won't be with all of the regular Sinful polishes at the drugstore. I have seen them in a separate, tower-like display at several Walgreens. All of my white cremes are getting low and I tend to use it a lot in the summer, so I picked this polish up at Walgreens on a whim. I am VERY pleased with it as a white. the formula was excellent and was actually pretty opaque and streak-free at one thick-ish coat. I did 2 coats for good measure. It is also cheap, so hey...pick it up and give it a try. Comment back here and let me know about your experience with it if you decide to get it. I'm curious if it was just a fluke that it worked so well for me.

Lush Lacquer is available from creators' Karin and Lexi's Etsy Store as well as from Llarowe. Thanks for looking everyone!

Advent Calendar Challenge Day 21: Water Marble

I actually cheated and did this for my Christmas Day mani instead of when I was supposed to in the challenge. Everyone loved it! I was so excited about how great it turned out. For the marble I used Finger Paints Paper Mache for the white, OPI Red Hot Ayers Rock for the red, and China Glaze Holly Day for the green. Then I topped it with China Glaze Fairy Dust to give it some sparkle for Christmas.

 

 

 

 

 

I stayed up super late on Christmas Eve doing this mani...but it was worth it! Thanks for looking!