Lumina Lacquer - 1000 Julys

Today I have an amazing glitter bomb to show you, Lumnia Lacquer 1000 Julys. I can't get enough of polishes like this! In fact, I wore this baby for an entire week. I did not want to take it off but I have a lot of  swatching to do! 

Lumina Lacquer is an indie brand that makes gorgeous glitters. If you haven't checked them out, you are seriously missing out. Right now, she is making glitter bombs that have Mickey Mouse shaped glitters. You know, I've already snatched those up! 

1000 Julys is a blue based glitter polish with stars, circles, hexagons, micro glitters and more. They are different shades of blue and some are black. There are also holographic glitters in this beauty. The glitter pay off is killer, I used two coats on top of one coat of Zoya Ibiza (dark blue). Like any other glitter bomb, this needs a couple coats of a thick top coat. I used two thick coats of Seche Vite and could have used a third. I'm in love with this polish. Let's take a look! 

Lumina Lacquer 1000 Julys

Oh man, I can't get over how beautiful and sparkly this polish is. If I didn't have so much to swatch, I'd put this back on. I love it that much!!!!!

1000 Julys is currently sold out but Lumina Lacquer gets restocked fairly frequently. You can find them, here. To keep updated with Lumina Lacquer, I'd follow their Instagram account, here. 

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Smokey Mountain Lacquers Blue Jean Baby

I have another beautiful polish from Smokey Mountain Lacquers to show you today. Blue Jean Baby is  a limited edition polish that will be available in September. It is a lovely light blue scattered holographic polish. The holo effect is subtle indoors and more noticeable outside. The holo effect being scattered and subtle makes it look like denim to me. 

The formula is very easy to work with just like the other polishes I've tried from this brand. It applies smoothly and is opaque with two coats. Top coat doesn't effect the strength of the holo. I used two coats of Blue Jean Baby with one coat of Seche Vite for the following pictures.

Smokey Mountain Lacquers Blue Jean Baby

This is a close up of the bottle.

Isn't this polish beautiful? 

Blue Jean Baby will be available in September at the Smokey Mountain Lacquers' Etsy shop. I think the price will be $10.00 

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Wing Dust Blue Steel

Wing Dust Collections is an indie polish line that's available both on Etsy and Llarowe that was created by Stephanie. Located in Canada, they ship worldwide (from Etsy) and in the U.S. (via Llarowe). From what I read on the "About" page on Wing Dust's Etsy page, $1.00 from each bottle of polish sold goes to a fund for Stephanie's team mission fund to Zambia. 

The majority of the polishes from this line look like glitter toppers which is one of the many types of polish I'm obsessed with right now. The one I'm showing you today is a flakie polish named, Blue Steel. 

 Blue Steel has a sheer blue jelly base with blue and green iridescent flakes and a subtle iridescent shimmer. This polish is intended for layering; I used one coat on top of Ludurana Rock (black creme). I used one coat of Seche Vite for my top coat. 

 When applying, I didn't get a lot of flakies on my brush. I tried to remove the base without loosing too many flakes but it was a little tricky. The jelly base doesn't drip as fast as a clear base would and hold on tightly to the flakes.You can see that I don't have a ton of flakies on my nail (this is one coat). I did not apply a second coat so the effect was more subtle on my nails. In the sunlight, it is more noticeable and quite pretty. The more bling the better (in my world) so I'd recommend using more than one coat to make the flakie effect really pop.

 Here is a macro shot of the bottle. Doesn't this shade of blue remind you of the ocean?

I didn't notice Blue Steel in the Wing Dust Collection Etsy shop but it is currently available at Llarowe for $8.50. 

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KKCenterHK - Silver Star Nail Art Studs

I was recently contacted by an online store called, KKCenterHK to review a couple of products. I snooped around on their site and agreed. The first thing I chose was a bag of silver star studs (say that fast three times). I love using studs for nail art because they are so easy to use and take very little effort to apply. Yet they can add so much to a manicure. Works for me!

For my mani, I used a new to me brand called Super Black Lacquer. The polish is called HBIC. I have no idea what that stands for but I love the polish! I will do a separate review on the polish soon. After that dried, I added a coat of Seche Vite and placed the studs on my nails. Then I applied another coat of top coat to make sure they stayed in place. I wore this mani for a few days and only lost one star on the last day. The stars don't lay down completely flat so I must have snagged it on something. The next time I use them, I will wear two coats of top coat over the stars to make sure they are completely sealed on my nail. 

The stars  I got are 4mm and come in a little bag like this (you get around 50). They cost $4.23 + shipping. You can find them, here.

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Born Pretty - Silver Nail Stickers

Hello! This week I have three items from Born Pretty Store to show you. Today, I have a mani I did using silver nail stickers and Zoya Ibiza.

Here is the mani, now let's check out the stickers. 

Please forgive this horrible picture. I spilled a few drops of Zoya Ibiza on the sticker sheet before taking photos. Note to self, take photos before the mani. There are better pictures of the stickers on Born Pretty's website, here. They come in one large clear sheet on top of a white piece of cardboard in a clear package. I tore off the top label in my excitement. I really failed on photographing the product here. ;)

Here is a section of the stickers up close. They are easy to peel off of the clear backing but they are on the fragile side. I would use tweezers to apply them, I ripped a few with my fingers. Several designs come in sets with different sizes for your nails. In the pictures, it is obvious I'm wearing stickers. You can see the border of the sticker in the pictures but in person, you can't really tell.

There is a texture to the sticker, they aren't flat which is nice. It gives the manicure extra dimension this way. I used two coats of Seche Vite top coat to smooth out the surface of my nails. 

I'm pretty sure the design I used is intended to be used for a half moon mani. I preferred them on my tips so that's what I did. I think they look elegant with Zoya Ibiza. 

What do you think? Would you wear nail stickers? I personally really love them and can't wait to use them again! If you would like to order these (or anything else) from Born Pretty Store, you can get 10% off with the following coupon code. You can find the stickers here. You can see all of the designs that come with this sheet on that link. 

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31 Day Challenge - Day 8 Metallic Nails

Gold is a metal so this counts, right? ;) I was more inspired to do this than put on a metallic nail polish. I hope you like it! I'll keep this short again. I used Zoya Song and then rhinestones from Cult Nails. I wasn't sure if I'd dig the bedazzled nail but I ended up really liking it. What I loved the most is that this picture was taken a day after I did this mani. Everything is still in tact and the color it was meant to be. Love it! 

 Let's talk about Zoya Song. You know I have a crush on Zoya but Song did not have the formula I'm used to from them. Song was a little goopy and tricky to apply. I still love you Zoya. One funky bottle out of 100 (that's right) isn't bad at all. ;) 

 Song is also hard to clean off of your cuticles. It is super pigmented. In their defense, I have found most blues to be like that. Apply carefully. 

Don't look at the funky top coat, look at the bling! Oh, the bling! 

I already have my rainbow nails on. I'm going to wait until tomorrow to take the pictures so it will be up late like this again. I kind of cheated on tomorrow's nails too. It's ok, they're awesome. 

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-Mira

OPI Flowers are Blue-ming

I am really behind with swatching right now. I stopped swatching Cult Nail's Untamed Collection right before I had surgery and I still haven't swatched the last two colors yet. I don't like posting other things in the middle of showing a collection but I'm going to make an acceptation this time. I'm feeling a lot better so I hope to get caught up soon. 

OPI put out a summer collection that was exclusive to Ulta and I was able to pick some up. I've read that they were re-releases from past collections. I don't know if this particular polish is a recycled shade, do you? All I know is that it's beautiful and needed to be apart of my stash. ;) 

 I love holographic polishes, linear or scattered. I LOVE this shade of blue and the scattered holo effect is pretty strong. *sigh*

This was three coats with a coat of Seche Vite on top. I used flash to show how gorgeous the holographic particles are in this. 

Formula was perfect, I had absolutely no problems with it. 

I don't think this is in Ulta anymore and I didn't see it on Amazon. If you find it anywhere, grab it. You'll love it. 

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-Mira