Julie G Miami Beach

Who is ready for spring? I'm not necessarily ready for spring itself. I know many of you up north are for sure. Florida has really beautiful weather in our version of winter. We have days in the low 70's sometimes upper 60's, and it is wonderful. I cherish these days because I will yearn for them in the oppressive swampy heat come summer. I do like Florida winter, but I'm craving spring colors. I really like this Julie G color.

Miami Beach

Miami Beach is a pink-toned coral creme.

Collection: Julie G Cruise Collection  Spring/Summer 2014

Color: I love corals. I love all the variations of coral out there. This is a beautifully bright pinky coral. This isn't neon at all, but it's not a puny color either. I love the vibrancy without it screaming summer neon. This would be beautiful as pedi color too.

Formula: Excellent formula. All my Julie G's have excellent formulas. I used 2 coats here.

Price: This is $3.99 on the Jesse's Girl site. I originally purchased this at Rite Aid this past summer while in California, but I don't know if this is still on display there.

Overall: Miami Beach is beauty! I love the creaminess of the color and formula. I love the coral shade. No complaints with this one.

My Rating: 5 out of 5 Paint Splatters

Happy Tuesday!

KBShimmer Spring 2015 (8 of 12)

*I received the following products in exchange for my honest review. 

I have some polishes from the KBShimmer Spring 2015 to share with you today. These are available for purchase today! I really like the variation in this spring collection. This collection is inspired by the spring Pantone 2015 colors. There are pale pastels glitters, pastel glitters, a creme, and a holo. There is something for everyone, which is what I always say when I review KBShimmer. Christy really makes polishes to suit everyone's tastes!

On to polish!

Meow or Never

Meow or Never is based on the Pantone spring color Glacier Gray, this polish is a very pale gray, almost white in color with pops of purple, gray, periwinkle and sky blue.

Funky Cold Patina

Funky Cold Patina is like a long forgotten ancient copper statue turned blue green in color, this polish features a cool turquoise green base, with pops of metallic copper, blue and purple.

Cool Hand Cuke

Cool Hand Cuke is a pale minty green polish is loaded with pastel glitters in circles, triangles, stars and hexes. A touch of holographic sparkle completes this pastel polish.

Wind Swarm

Wind Swarm is based on the Spring 2015 Pantone color, Aquamarine, Wind Swarm features a pale sky blue base, a mix of purple, gold, white and pink glitters, while a hint of micro glitter offers a bit of sparkle to enjoy in the sun.

I'm So Sweet Pea

I'm So Sweet Pea is the palest of purples bases set off an explosion of glitters in pink, mint, purple and turquoise.

Blue-d Lines

Blue-d Lines is pale blue in color, this cool toned polish shines with linear holographic sparkle.

Blush Money

Blush Money is based on the 2015 Pantone Color, Strawberry Ice, this peachy-rose colored polish shows off gold shimmer indoors and a linear holographic rainbow shines while outside.

Thistle Be The Day

Thistle Be The Day is a pale pinkish purple that shines in the sun with a linear holographic rainbow.

Colors: Beautiful colors, and I absolutely love that they are inspired by the Pantone 2015 spring colors. I love the variety of colors offered and in the various finishes. I also really liked how KBShimmer offered some very pale pastel shades along with just regular pastel shades. The holos are so bright and vibrant too. I was blown away.

Formulas: I thought all formulas except for Cool Hand Cuke were excellent. I used 3 coats in each swatch and outside Cool Hand Cuke they all applied evenly, smoothly, and beautifully. Personally, Cool Hand Cuke gave me a lot of trouble. The heavier glitters in there with the crelly base made the formula tricky to apply. I really struggled to get the larger glitters on the nail and the formula did not apply evenly for me.

Price: These all are $8.75 and available for purchase now on the KBShimmer website!

Overall: I'm a fan of this collection. I love the color, the inspiration, and the different finishes. It's so hard to pick favorites here. If you had me choose , Wind Swarm would be my favorite with almost everything else tying for an immediate second. I love so many of these! Cool Hand Cuke was my only troublesome polish of the bunch. I love how it looks, but formula wise it did not work well for me. Outside of that, I think this is a perfect spring collection!

Be sure to check out the KBShimmer website for the other spring polishes I did not include and the new spring nail vinyl sheets!

My Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Paint Splatters

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Way-Cool Mani Wednesday: Blue Sparkle

You know when you have a certain mani in mind, and then last minute you change it to something entirely different? That's how I was with this mani. In fact, I think that's how most of my planned manis go. I never end up doing what I thought I would. I was intending on doing a red creme and gold accent mani, but ended up going with blue shimmer and sparkle instead!

Polished Used: Zoya Remy and Essie On a Silver Platter

No complaints here! This is a beautiful combination I really love. I'm glad I changed my mind. Sometimes it's fun to be spontaneous and switch things up last minute. I think nail polish is the only thing I can be spontaneous and unplanned about! I'm such a planner on everything else.

Happy Wednesday!

L'Oreal Masked Affair

I had no idea this was some HTF coveted polish for awhile. I found this so easily either late December or early January at Bed Bath & Beyond. Apparently, while I easily found it, tons of other people were searching relentlessly for it! I have seen the L'Oreal displays in the past week at Walgreens, so I hope people are finding it more easily now? Anyways, I'll get on to my review!

Masked Affair

Masked Affair is a silvery-lavender holo.

Collection: L'Oreal Dark Shades of Grey 2015

Color: It's easy to see why this polish was an instant hit. It's a beautiful holo. It's not a pure silver holo either, which definitely makes it stand out. Masked Affair does a hint of purple to it. The holo effect  is bright and beautiful too.

Formula: This is where I've seen this polish become either a hit or a complete miss with people. I didn't find this formula great, but I didn't find it completely horrific either. I had some major bald spots and patchiness when applying the first coat. I did find the polish dragged too. The first coat was a hot mess. The second and third coat (I only applied 3 in this swatch) applied nicely for me though.

Price: I paid around $6 for this at Bed Bath & Beyond. I've seen it at Walgreens this past week too.

Overall: I think this is a beautiful holo, and it's an amazing drugstore find. The price is excellent, the holo effect is strong, and the color is beautiful. The formula was a wreck on the first coat, but did play nicely on the second and third coat. I can't say I'm disappointed at all, and I think Masked Affair is worth a try.

My Rating: 4 out of 5 Paint Splatters

Happy Tuesday!

Sally Hansen Tickled Pink

I have a new Sally Hansen Xteme Wear polish to share with you today. These really haven't caught my eye lately, but when I came across a new display a few weeks ago there were a few that sparked my interest! This was one of the ones I picked up.

Tickled Pink

 Tickled Pink is a pale pink creme.

Collection: Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear

Color: These paler shades of pink I always love, but I find it's difficult to find a good one. They are either sheer pinks that never build up to opacity or they have a horrific formula. I'm pleased to say this is a nice pale pink! It's a definite pigmented creme shade.

Formula: The formula on this is adequate. It's not great. It's not horrible either. It does have some typical funky pastel polish issues. The formula is a bit thick, it doesn't entirely self level, and it did want to flood my cuticles. I know that makes this sound horrible, but in comparison to other pale pink cremes I've tried, this was workable and tolerable to me. I used 3 coats above, and I think it looks nice in this photo.

Price: I paid around $2.99 for this at Walgreens.

Overall: I like Tickled Pink. No, it's not perfect formula wise, but it's definitely one of the better pale pink cremes I own. It may actually be the best one I own. The color is soft and pretty, and you can't beat the price.

My Rating: 4 out of 5 Paint Splatters

Happy Monday!