Beachy Blue Gradient

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Morning!

Todays nail art was actually my fail for my entry to the Beauty and the Beach 2 contest. I like this look, but it inspired something else!

I started off with the freaking fantastic OPI My Vampire is Buff. I think this is the first time I'm sharing this on my blog, but holy cow it's amazingly fantastic and I want to wear it everyday of my life lol. I did the gradient with My Vampire is Buff and China Glaze Towel Boy Toy. I was going for the beachy feeling of the water washing up onto the shore.

Once the gradient was done I felt like it needed slightly more so I sponged on Aphrodite Lacquers Blue Lagoon onto the tip to darken them a little and add the awesome glitter. This is when inspiration struck! I wanted to add a little heart with an arrow to look like sand writing. I used a small brush and a mixture of My Vampire is Buff and China Glaze Desert Sun.

I love gradients and don't do nearly enough of them. I didn't actually wear this because I took it right off to create my actual Beauty and the Beach look, and wish I had time to really wear it!

Do you like such contrasted gradients?

Aphrodite Lacquers True Love and Heartbreak Collection

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Hello my friends!

Today I have some gorgeous polishes from Aphrodite Lacquers to share with you. A few weeks ago Rebecca came out with the True Love and Heartbreak Collection which includes jellies and glitters! Let's jump in with a jelly!

First up is Aphrodite Lacquers Love Is Lost. This is a gorgeous blueish violet jelly that is simply PACKED with glitter! As with almost all purples and my camera this is pulling a little more blue than it is in real life. So imagine this a touch more purple.

The glitter in this is various shapes and sizes of matte white glitter, silver holographic glitter and blueish purple iridescent glitter! The iridescent glitter gives it something just a little extra that I love. This was 3 coat of the polish and you couldn't see as much of my nail line in real life.

Now we have one of a glitters! Aphrodite Lacquers True Love Forever is a clear based glitter filled with pink and red shimmer, various holographic and metallic glitters in pink, fuchsia and red. I paired this with OPI Chic From Ears to Tail. For a more dramatic look you could easily pair this with a deeper colour.

This polish is suuuuuppeer packed with glitter. I dabbed this on and felt like it barely needed a full coat because the glitter ratio was so high. I'm loving this look though, its so fun!

The entire True Love and Heartbreak Collection includes: Broken Heart, Ever Unhappy, Forgotton Promises, Lonely Me, Lonely You, and Standing Here Waiting (jellies); and Romance Never Dies and Happily Ever After (glitters). Each polish is $9 for a full sized bottle and is available here in the Aphrodite Lacquers Etsy shop! Also follow Aphrodite Lacquers on Facebook!

What do you think of these beauties? Will you be picking any up?!

Aphrodite Lacquers Terre and La Pluie

I've got some absolutely gorgeous new lacquers to share with you today from Aphrodite Lacquers Printemps a Paris Collection. When I first saw this collection online I drooled over it. The whole collection is full of buildable pastel glitters that are so off season they are perfect. The fall is full of vampy collections and Rebecca did a great job of stepping outside that box and putting out a set of stunning pastels. I have two of the collection to share with you today.

First I want to share Terre with you. Terre means "Earth" in french, although the Earth vibe that I get from this polish is of a spring awakening. Terre has a sheer pastel green buildable base with emerald green and gold hex glitter. There is also a light green shimmer running through the whole base which really makes this come alive.

I really love that although this is quite sheer and I needed 3 coats to reach full opacity, it isn't a jelly! I love all my jellies, but because this is just sheer and not a jelly there really looks like there are so many dimensions to this polish. The glitters in the first few layers are still visible and look like they are specks in a distance. I mean check out the macro.

See that buried glitter? It's like a hidden treasure! Simply gorgeous!

The other polish from the collection I have to share is La Pluie. La Pluie means rain in french and I think Rebecca hit this one spot on the nose! La Pluie is a sister polish to Terre in that it has the same sheer but buildable formula filled with hex glitter. The base here is a sky blue with a royal blue shimmer running throughout. The hexes are royal blue, black and white, which evoke feelings of stormy clouds and raindrops falling.

Again the base of this polish is what really makes it beautiful. The sheer but buildable formula is a true winner because even with such simple one sized hex glitter you get this incredibly complex look after 3 coats. Let's take a look at a macro of this baby.

Overall I am a huge fan of these polishes. Rebecca has become one of my favourite indie polish makers for her creativity and willingness to push the boundaries of the seasons. While most other indie makers are putting out Halloween shades, she's putting out pastel beauties that are a nice refresher for your palette!

Both of these polishes are available in Rebecca's Etsy Shop (at time of publication) for $8 USD for a full 15mL bottle. Keep up with Aphrodite Lacquers on Facebook and Twitter to stay up to date with all the latest news!

Aphrodite Lacquers Friday Night Glitterbombs

Hey guys! This afternoon I have some wicked new layering glitters from Aphrodite Lacquers Friday Night Glitterbombs Collection to share with you. If you like square glitter, then this is the collection for you. Let’s jump right in shall we!

First up we have VIP Room. This is a really soft glitter in a clear base packed with large iridescent square glitter and micro blue shimmer. I’ve layered it over 2 coats of Essie Bikini So Teeny, however I think the iridescent glitter would stand out over any dark shade. This one is really versatile and I think is my favourite of the bunch!

Next up is Velvet Rope. This glitter is packed with various sizes of square glitter. There is small and large black and white square glitter, large dark purple squares, small lilac purple square glitters, black micro glitter and blue shimmer. There is a lot going on in this polish, but it is all pulled together really nicely. This one took a little more of the dabbing method to properly apply and get even glitter coverage. I ended up placing a lot of the larger glitter so that I had more of a distribution of colour. It is layered over Nail The B.Y.T.C.H Fruity Cutie Butte.

Lastly we have Doorman. Again this baby is packed with square glitter. There is large and small black, white and metallic blue squares in a clear base with that subtle blue shimmer running through. This is another of my favorites, because well you all know I like me some blue glitter! Again this one has to be applied in more of a dabbing method to get the various colours of glitter spread out on your nail. This is layered over Wet n Wild I Need a Refresh-Mint.

Overall these polishes are really nice for layering and since they all have a clear base, there are endless possibilities to what they can be layered over. My favourite is VIP Room, I love how subtle it is and it will be so versatile is being layered over a variety of colours. As soon as I opened the package my sister wanted to wear it, and she layered it over a really deep blue, which looked fantastic.

Which one of these is your favourite?

You can the find Aphrodite Lacquers Friday Night Glitterbomb collection on sale in Rebecca’s Etsy Shop for $8.50 for a full 15mL bottle. Also keep up with her on Facebook and Twitter to see what else she comes up with!

The products in this post were provided to me for my honest review.

Aphrodite Lacquers Evil Indie Polish Queen Collection

Good Afternoon dears!

Double posting? That's right! I need to be a good blogger and fufill my blogging duties in addition to the challenge, and this one is behind as it is! Awhile back I contacted Rebecca of Aphrodite Lacquers for something awesome, which hopefully I can share with you all soon, and she offered to send me some polish to review!

She sent me three of her polishes from the Evil Indie Polish Queen collection. There might have been some drama surrounding this collection, however I quite like these! So let's get right to it!

First up is Supply and Demand. This is a white jelly shimmer base filled with emerald green square glitter and small black hex glitter. The white shimmer base is really nice! Some the glitter appears to be curling in my pictures, but this is more reflective curling than actual curling. I had very few pieces in all of these that were actually curled. This was 2 coats.

Next we have Temper Tantrum. This is the same base as Supply and Demand, a white jelly shimmer with purple square glitter and black hex glitter. I did a little glitter placement here just to make sure that I was getting glitter all over the nail. When I was doing my second coat normally the glitter was dragging to the tip of my nail. More than likely you just need to be patient when letting coats dry. This was 2 coats again.

Last up we have God's Gift to Glitter this is my favourite one of the bunch! There is just something about black, white and red that is kind of awesome. Plus I get a legit Cruella DeVil vibe from this, and now I've got that song stuck in my head! This was 2 coats as well with some glitter placement.

This collection is available on Aphrodite Lacquer's Etsy shop for $8.00 for a full 15mL bottle. All of these are in stock (at time of publication) so I'd go over and grab one if you like them :D

What do you think of this collection? Are you a fan of white jelly shimmer polishes?

Make sure to keep up with Aphrodite Lacquers on Facebook!

Products in this post were provided to me for review.

Aphrodite Lacquers SandBar Collection

Good Morning! Today I've got my picks from Aphrodite Lacquers SandBar Collection. I originally saw swatches of these on Chalkboard Nails and almost immediately rushed to get a few for myself. I wore these beauties, but just haven't posted them yet! Silly Me! So let's get onto the jelly goodness!

First up we have Ambrosia. Which might be my favourite in the collection.This is a delicate light pink jelly base with darker purple and gold hex glitter and smaller gold microglitter. I think the contrast of the pink jelly and purple glitter makes this one really unique. I used 3 coats here, and it applied really evenly. It builds to a beautiful, squishy opacity that I love.

Next up we have the beautiful Blue Lagoon. This is a super sparkly blue jelly with three different kinds of blue glitter. I think some of the small micro glitter is holographic which gives this an absolutely beautiful sparkle. This was the sheerest polish of the bunch, needing 4 coats for this swatch. There is still a little bit of visible nail line. However because it is so sheer, the depth of the polish is amazing and the glitter really shows up even when it is buried. I would probably layer this over a similar blue next time I wear it so there is not at much visible nail line.

Finally we have Rum Runner. This is a deep berry jelly with multiple kinds of pink glitter. I love how rich and luscious this looks. It reminds me of a berry fruit. Combine that with the jellyness and this polish looks good enough to eat. (I'm kidding here, please don't eat your polish.) I used 2 coats here and I had no issues with dragging or glitter application.

I love all three of these and think that the names are just perfect for summer. I really like how they correspond to yummy drinks. I can see myself wearing these sitting by the pool, or more preferably on a gorgeous beach somewhere!

These can be purchased on Rebecca's Etsy shop for $8.00 USD for full size 15mL bottles. When I checked all three of these were in stock! I would head over and get some as well as like her on Facebook to keep up with news of shop openings and new colours.

Do you love jellies like these? Do you own any of these gorgeous polishes? Are you heading over there now to purchase some? I don't blame you. ;)

Hope you are all having a very relaxing Sunday! We're down to the final few days to enter my Jamberry Nail Shield Giveaway! Get those entries in!

My First Successful WATERMARBLE!

Today is the last day in the SNAAARKM challenge! And today is a dozie. It's a watermarble. Now if you have been with me for awhile you know that watermarbles tend to be the bane of my existence. I know you all said that you loved the one I did in the Black and White Challenge, but I wanted to be able to get some of those clean and crisp lines that everyone manages to get! And guys, I think I did it! 

I used China Glaze White on White for my base and marbled with China Glaze Gothic Lolita,  China Glaze Don't Touch My Tiara and White on White. Look how pretty it is! I think what helped this time was that I used filtered water from my Brita Filter. I took it out of the fridge the night before and let it have plenty of time to come to room temp. I then made my design with a toothpick instead of an orange stick. Both seemed to help! I know I for sure need lots of practice making better designs, but I am very pleased with this outcome! 

My thumb is my favourite I think. 


Since I have been on a huge accent nail kick I used Aphrodite Lacquers Ambrosia as an accent on my index nail. This is from their Sandbar Collection and is a pink jelly base, with purple and gold medium sized glitters and gold micro glitter. I totally love this polish and will probably have to wear it again sometime soon. 

You can purchase Aphrodite Lacquers from their etsy shop and each 15mL bottle will run you $8.00. They are currently in stock so head over and get yourself one! 


I had a lot of fun doing this! And I was ridiculously stoked that I was able to actually make it work! I will be trying more water marbles again to practice my drawing skills. 


Do you like my watermarble? 


Check out the other girls participating in this challenge! Alaina of The Little Canvas, Ryan of Dream A Little Dream of Polish, Ave of Polish Pixelle, Megan of Let there Be Lacquer, Nicole of My Nails. My Polish, Kristen of In the Name of Polish and Amanda of Fashion Footing.