daniPro Infused Nail Polish

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Hi everyone, and happy Thursday! It's almost Friday, so yay! Today, I have some polished from a brand that is new to me, called daniPro. I was recently contacted to review this polish, which was created by a doctor who wanted to offer a nailpolish that wasn't full of toxins. Many of the polishes I buy already are 5 free, and this one is too, but it also is infused with Undecyclenic acid, which after a quick google search, I discovered is used as an antifungal. 


"daniPro was originally created to provide a more health conscious manicure or pedicure at the nail salon or even from the comfort of home. It was created by Manhattan Podiatrist, Dr. Gary Evans. A graduate of NYU and the New York College of Podiatric Medicine, Dr. Evans is a board certified podiatrist and surgeon who has been practicing in New York City for over 30 years. Following extensive surgical training, he began his private practice. He specializes in all aspects of podiatry including: podiatric medicine, corrective foot surgery, and sports medicine, and is a pioneer in treating nail fungus. daniPro nail polish is the first and only toxin-free infused nail polish containing the active ingredient Undecylenic Acid."

So, I took these babies for a test drive to see how they stood up, and if I saw any noticeable difference in my nail health after using them. I swatched each one and wore it for about 3 days, so I had them on for 9 days total. The first thing I noticed was that they did not stand up well at all. They were all chipped by day 2, many of them on day one. Now, I am rough on my hands, but no more than any normal person, doing dishes, laundry, taking care of my home, etc. I wasn't doing anything completely crazy. It was actually really hard to keep each one on for three days because the chips were driving me nuts. Now, normally, I only wear a polish for about 1-2 days, so if you don't intend to wear them very long, you have nothing to worry about. Also, there is always the possibility that the base coat I used was the issue. Sometimes certain basecoats don't play well with certain polishes, so we can't rule that out, since I did not receive the daniPro basecoat to try. Looking beyond the chips, this polish formula was decent. It painted on super smooth, but a little uneven. They all felt like the needed at least two coats, and the red and darker pink, had a better formula than the light pink.  The other thing I wanted to address was nail health. I did not notice any difference, however, I take very good care of my nails as a result of this blog, and I have never had any issues with nail fungus, so I don't think this polish being infused with Undecyclenic acid really does anything for me. That being said, you always hear horror stories about nail fungus from salons, so I think this is a super cool idea for salons where there is much more coming and going, and the risk of getting nail fungus is much higher.

So, here we go with the polish. :D The first one I swatched is Forever Girl Perfect Pink. This is a very pale baby pink that looks great as a summer color for toes or fingers. I got a lot of compliments on this one even though it is quite plain. It is just a really great shade - one of those that instantly makes you look sunkissed even though you are most certainly not. :P The formula was nice on this one, but it did require multiple coats to even out. I did three coats here, and one coat of the daniPro Peace Clear Topcover. I should mention here, too, that this topcoat is fast drying. It isn't labeled that way, but it was nearly dry within about 5 minutes, and totally ding proof within about 10. So, it dries about as fast as Seche Vite or Out The Door.

Next, we have My Girl Pure Pink. This is a darker, brighter magenta shade. It's a very classic shade, and had the same great formula. This is two coats with one coat of daniPro topcoat.

And last, but not least is First Kiss Red. This one is another classic color. The formula is super nice on this one, but I had really bad staining (which is super common with reds) despite the fact that I wore my go-to basecoat that usually shields me from anything. This is two coats plus one coat of the daniPro topcoat.

If you'd like to purchase these polishes, you can find them here for $18 a piece. The top coat is $20. I feel like this price is a bit on the high side considering they are just cream polishes. I imagine that it is due to the Undecyclenic acid, but I'm not sure. There are plenty of other 5 free polishes out there for less than half this price, so I feel like the only real need for this would be in a salon setting where fungus is a concern. Thank you so much for stopping by - have a great day!

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Barielle ProSina Signature Collection Review & Swatches

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I am back from my long absence. I have had a whirlwind of events happening in my life recently, but I am trying to get myself back to some kind of normalcy. So, today I have for you two new polishes from Barielle's new ProSina Signature Collection. I had to read up on this to understand what it does, and basically ProSina is a patented type of keratin that can strengthen, condition, and protect your nails. I had to take it off after only a couple days, and I use so many other methods to do all of the same things, so I can't really say whether it works or not, but I'm always willing to give these things a try.The colors were certainly very nice, and the formula was excellent, so they are great polishes in my book.


This first polish is called Ready To Party. It is a dark pink polish that went on in two smooth coats. It dried so shiny, I didn't even need topcoat, so I loved that. I feel like so many of these 5 Free polishes have such a fabulous formulas, I don't know why every company doesn't just go 5 Free! I'm sure it's because of money or something, haha, but either way, I love these polishes. They are perfect.

The other polish I received is called Princess Pink. It contains small and medium metallic hex shaped glitter. I painted it right over Ready To Party in a gradient style. I did the first coat just about 3/4 of the way down the nail, and then added a second coat over just the top 1/3 or so. These two colors look great together. The formula was the same on this one. Perfect.

Here is what the whole thing looks like with matte topcoat. I always love using matte topcoat over top of metallic glitters. Shiny topcoat always reflects back too much light when combined with the metallic glitter. With matte topcoat, you can see the color better. The polishes have actually already released and you can find them here if you are interested.

Thank you so much for reading today. I'll try to get caught up with all of the posts missed during my absence, and I'm super glad that you came back to read even after I've been gone for so long (I know it's only 3 weeks, but that's a lot for me). :) I appreciate you!

LadyQueen Nail Charms Review

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Hi everyone! I received some nail art supplies from LadyQueen to review and did some sweet mermaid nails for you using two of the items!

I used a mermaid nail charm on my middle nail, and placed some starfish studs on the top of each nail, near the cuticle. I just used nail glue to attach them to the nail. The starfish studs lasted several days before I picked them all off (I couldn't help it!), but the mermaid didn't even make it 20 minutes past the picture taking because they did not fit my nail well. My nails curve, and the charms are very flat, so they were barely attached for the photos. I really like them though, and I wish they had fit better. Girls with flat nails, you are in luck with these cute charms!

So here are the polishes I used to create this. This is Potion Polish Cerulean Skies. It is a thin holo blue jelly. I used three coats here.

After that, I created a gradient using a england Spirit of the Moors. These two looked great together, and I'll show this polish off in a separate post.

After my gradient, I stamped using Konad Special white and Mo You Sailor Collection plate 05. Once that was done, I just glued on the charms and studs and this mani was complete! Make sure you check out the other things that you can purchase from LadyQueen, and if you go, use my discount code! It's WEBS15. Thanks so much for looking. Have a great day!

Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer Swatches and Review

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Good morning! I have three lovely polishes from Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer for your viewing pleasure today.

These three polishes came to me from Julie at Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer a few weeks ago, and are all still available on her site if you are interested in any of them. The first one I swatched is called Chasing the Skyline and has a formula very similar to Siren's Lament. It is full of flakies and went on in two smooth coats. You could get away with one coat on this one if you paint it thick.

Next, I painted the glitter topper over Chasing The Skyline. This lovely mix is called Blue Ridge Silhouette, and comes from one of her Destination Polish Collaboration duos, North Georgia Sunset. The other polish in this duo is a lovely blue holo from Alter Ego. I totally love this mix of different size, shapes, and colors of glitters. It is meant to have all of the colors of a sunset, so it has pink, coral, orange, red, purple, and blue glitters in all different shapes and sizes. I LOVE it. I did two coats here, and no topcoat. The formula was fine. The glitter came out very evenly, and there were no dragging issues.

And last, we have Irrlicht. This is a bright blue scatter holo and comes from another one of her collaborations called Properties of Light. This one features another pretty polish from Digital Nails, so go check it out! I used two coats for this one as well. The first image is no topcoat. It dries to a satiny finish. The second picture is with topcoat and in full sun. It is even more sparkly in person, but my camera was freaking out at the brightness haha.

Thank you so much Julie for sending me these polishes to review. And thank you to my lovely readers for stopping by today to check them out. Have a great day!

Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer Mermaid Tails and Drunken Sails Swatches and Review

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Good morning! I have a new polish to show off from Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer which she created recently for the Hella Holo Customs group. It's a private facebook group, but if you would like to join so that you can get your hands on this beauty, just follow the instructions at the end of this post! Mermaid Tails and Drunken sails is a gorgeous shimmer-filled linear holo with shifting iridecent glitters and red to gold shifting sparks. It seriously looks exactly like what Ariel's tail would look like in real life. Squuueeee! Now you all know I have a thing for mermaids and particular The Little Mermaid. Love that movie so so so much, so this polish with hold a special place in my heart for that simple fact alone!

This is only available for preorder through 7pm today, so hurry hurry hurry if you want to get it!

I did two coats here, with no topcoat. It dried to a satiny finish, and is pretty thick. Julie created this polish so that it could be a one to two coater, so be mindful that you will need to wait for the first coat to fully dry before you go for that second coat to prevent dragging!

I took so many pictures of this because it seriously looks different from every angle! Check out these bottle shots to see what I mean. Ooooooohhhh ahhhhhhhh! Oh I just love all the sparkle!

There is also a pink (Holomelon) and purple (Atalanta) with the same finish in the collection that you can find swatched all over the internet. They are gorgeous. Get them while you can ladies!

We got some sun after I took most of my photos, so I have a few phone pics for you of this one, too, so you can see the lovely linear holo a bit better!

I will be back in a couple days with another mani for you, and hopefully some nail art!

Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer Siren's Lament

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Good evening. I received a bunch of polishes to review for you lovelies, so, I have a review of one of the newest polishes from Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer for you today! This is Siren's Lament and it is a very deep teal polish with shifting pink to blue to gold glass flecks. It dries to a satiny finish, and I did two coats here. Take a look at this beauty!

This polish is going to release 2/25 in her shop, and will run for $12, so be sure to hop in there early if you want to snag it! Here are a few macro shots so you can see the flecks better, too!

The consistency of this polish was a bit on the thick side, but she will be adding thinner, so it should be better for all of you. I really had very little problem with the application other than the consistency, but it went on very evenly and the glass flecks distributed well, too. Oh, I will also have you know that despite the color, I escaped with no stains. I always get nervous with the blue pigments, but I was fine using my normal base coat. \(><)/



Here is what this baby looks like with topcoat and in full sun. I took these quick shots as I was walking into work because of course the sun popped out during my drive and I didn't know how long it would last! Please pardon the poorer quality as I snapped them on my smartphone. :D

I really do love this polish (I'm such a sucker for teal and purple!!!), AND I will have a bunch more to show off for you too over the coming days/weeks. I hope the sun comes out again for the holos!

Thank you so much for looking, and make sure to stop by again so you can see the other lovelies I received from Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer!

Stamping Plate Review - hehe 060 - Christmas Nailart

Good morning! Today, I have a review post for product I received from LadyQueen to review. They sent me several items, including 2 stamping plates and new nail art brushes. I am reviewing one of those plates today since it has a Christmas theme! This is hehe 060. It's filled with lots of Christmas sweater-type patterns and other cute Christmasy shapes.

I stamped with it over top of Different Dimension Static Vision using Mundo de Unas Reddish and Konad Special White. I had a hard time getting the white to transfer well, but since the red was fine, I think it's the polish and not the plate.

Here is what Different Dimension Static Vision looks like on it's own. It's totally gorgeous, and if the sun had cooperated, you could have seen that it is also a linear holo. I did two coats here. It's a green jelly filled with scattered holographic glitters as well.

If you like this plate, you can purchase it here. LadyQueen has also generously provided a coupon code for my followers, so feel free to use this code to receive 15% off your order: WEBS15. Thank you so much for stopping by to read my blog today! I hope you enjoyed this Christmas nailart! I'll be back after the holiday with some New Year's nails!

Designs by Zazzles Bracelet Review

I know my blog is always about nailpolish, but today I want to show off a lovely piece of jewelry I received from the talented Designs by Zazzles. I won this bracelet in a giveaway, and it is so pretty I just had to show it off here.

 

It is a chainmaille bracelet, and was custom made to fit my wrist. It has the prettiest clasp I have ever seen and a cute clover charm - the cool thing about the charm is that it is removable, so I can switch it out for another if I want to. I have gotten sooo many complements on this. I've worn it four times so far, and every time, I had at least 2 people ask me about it. I know several girls who can't wait for this Etsy shop to open. :) Here is that lovely clasp and cute clover charm I was talking about.

 

Well thanks as always for stopping by to read my blog, and a big thank you for the bracelet. It is beautiful! Please make sure you check out Designs by Zazzles' Etsy shop - she is a talented girl and I can tell that she puts a lot of hard work and care into her jewelry.

Golden Oldie Thursday - Indie

Hi! For my Golden Oldie post today, you are getting a WAAAAYYY overdue review of some polishes I bought from LynBDesigns on Etsy, which I absolutely adore. I actually was in the midst of swatching these last year when I received the news that my grandmother did not have long to live and had to pick up and go to Connecticut to say goodbye. I was wearing Let's Get Mawwied when she passed away. It's a silly thing to remember, but I don't think I'll ever forget. Anyway, this girl has a fabulous collection of handmade polishes. I picked up four of them at the time, and I love them ALL!

First up, I am going to share the two Dr. Who themed polishes that I purchased. I love them so much - both for the names, and the colors and quality. This first one, is called Time And Relative Dimension In Space. It is a pretty blue jelly with shimmery flecks, silver glitter, and some silver shard glitter as well. It applied very nicely and dried to a satin finish. I decided I wanted it shiny, so I added topcoat. This polish required 3 coats to cover my (unfortunately stained) nails, but I'm sure someone with unstained nails could get away with 2. It was easy to apply, even with all that glitter, too! This one did me no favors and stained my nails even worse, but ah well. I liked it too much to really mind. :) My original swatches for this were awful, so I redid them...hence the difference in nail lengths/lighting.

Next, we have The Girl Who Waited. I wore this to my grandmother's funeral, managed to take the pictures, but then just lost the desire to blog for a little while afterward. This polish is a very sheer purple tinted jelly with iridescent shimmer, purple glitters, and large pink flower glitter. I'm in love with the flower glitter. This Amy Pond polish suited me very nicely, too. This one also was a breeze to apply and could be built up with 4-5 coats if desired. I opted to wear two coats of it over two coats of Maybelline WC135. I had to fish for the flower glitters and place them individually on my nails, but they were not difficult to get out of the bottle.

Next, is a polish from her Land Before Time Collection. This is Spike, and fits that cute little dinosaur to a T! It has tiny black glitters, medium bluish iridescent square glitter, and large gold flower glitter! I love it. I'm especially in love with the square iridescent glitters. From some angles, you can't even see them and then you turn your hand a certain way, and suddenly there is a gorgeous pop of bright blue! You can see it on my pinky - love!

And last, (but not least!) is a Princess Bride Reference - Let's Get Mawwied. The name alone cracked me up and could have easily been the only reason I bought it. BUT, it is also a white crelly with multiple pastel colored glitters that is just to DIE for. I love it. It looks like frosting with sprinkles, so that is probably why I love it so much. :)

I totally love these polishes from LynBDesigns and can't wait to get more from her. I keep hoping for more Dr. Who themed polishes, so hopefully she will make some....or any other of my favorite TV shows/movies for that matter - The Little Mermaid, Mulan, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Psych, Merlin....haha. Be sure to check back in for my next post. I have some more fun nail art to share for Tripolish Tuesday! Thanks for looking!

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Golden Oldie Thursday - Something Tropical + Born Pretty Store Water Decals Review

Hey everyone! Well I had an awesome birthday + time off of work, but it is time to get back to real life. Waaahhhhhh! haha

Anyway, today's theme for the Golden Oldie Challenge is tropical. I am actually really starting to burn through my pile of untrieds, so I pulled the only color I had left that was somewhat tropical (and I wasn't planning to use in another challenge day down the line): Sally Hansen Byte. I really love this color and had worn it on my toes a bunch of times a couple of summers ago, but I had never put it on my fingers. I'm not sure why, I just didn't. I have had this polish for about 3 years now, so it was about time!

I added some water decals I received from the Born Pretty Store to review. This is from a pack I received about a year ago, so it doesn't look like they still sell it, but you can find tons of similar ones here. They even have a set of Plants vs. Zombies decals that I basically need to own, which you can find here for just $2.69!

Water decals are such a great way to add detailed designs to your manicure without spending a lot of time on freehand nail art. You just need a dish of cold water and some tweezers to help with application. I started off with three rather thick coats of Sally Hansen Byte because it is very thin, then added these perfectly tropical hibiscus decals. They were easy to apply just like the last ones I did, and held up well against the topcoat.

If you are interested in purchasing something from Born Pretty Store, use my discount code - it is on the sidebar to the left of this text. Make sure you check out what the other girls did for their tropical day!

*Products in this post were sent for review in return for my honest opinion.

 

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