Rainbow Honey Mare of the Moon

Hope every one is enjoying their weekend! Today I have for you another Rainbow Honey Equestria Collection polish, Mare of the Moon. This one was a mini secret polish that was free with another mini of Celestia with full collection preorders, I hadn't wanted to use this one because it a mini size, but then she restocked and I picked up both Mare of the Moon and Celestia full size bottles so I don't have to worry as much about running out! They haven't come in yet, but they should be here early this week. Luckily she restocked at the end of June so I was able to get these before my no buy started July 1st :).

This color is so pretty. Rainbow Honey describes this best herself:

Mare of the Moon was inspired by Princess Luna; A deep and mysterious indigo polish with a violet color shift and a sprinkling of silver moon crescents and holographic glitters.

The formula was  great. A little thick, but really easy to apply and I didn't have to fish around for any of the moons to come out. I used 3 coats, on the first coat I didn't get any moons, but on the second and third they came out easily, which is actually better so they don't get buried under the polish and can be seen. This picture was taken during a brief moment that the sun was shining, you can see the moons, and a bit of that color shift too!

Butter London giveaway!

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Nail art contest/giveaway

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Jessica Iridescent Eye

Hope everyone is having a good week! The weather has been horrible here, so I had a hard time trying to get pictures of my last 2 manis. I have one of those for you today, a polish I bought a while ago but haven't worn til now. I don't know what took me so long! Jessica Iridescent Eye is one of the few Chanel Peridot dupes that are out there, but was one of if not the very first one. Its a beautiful color shifting duochrome. The formula was wonderful to work with, it went on so easily that I didn't even do any clean up when I was done. I only have one picture, all the rest were so dark and blurry you couldn't see anything. I think this shows off a bit of the different colors the polish shifts too.

China Glaze Under the Boardwalk

Yay its the weekend! We are supposed to try and go see the Olympic torch as it goes by around here today, but the weather is supposed to be super crappy and rainy so I don't know if we will. The forecast is nothing but rain and cold for the next 5+ days. Oh the joys of living in England lol. I hope everyone else has a great weekend!

Today I have for you China Glaze Under the Boardwalk. I ordered the whole Summer Neons collection a while back, and they just came in on Thursday. I immediately had to use 2 of them, so I currently have Ride the Waves on my toes (such a pretty blue!) and Under the Boardwalk on my fingers. I have seen a little bit of controversy about this polish from other bloggers, it seems there are 2 versions of this polish out there, a pink and a purple. Since there are already 5 pink~ish colors in this collection, I am pleased to say I got the purple version. I'm kinda interested to see why there are 2 different colors though. Seems kind of strange for a big company like China Glaze for this to happen, but I guess accidents happen to anyone!

I am horrible at describing colors, but I would call this color almost a berry purple. While not actually being neon, its still very pretty and unique, to me at least. I don't have any purples in my stash that are similar to this that I can find. Formula was great, went on easily in 2 coats. I did have to do a little clean up this time, and I will say that it didn't want to come off quite as easily as other polishes usually do. This color was pretty hard to photograph and get an accurate color. Out of all the pictures I took, this one was the closest I could get. No matter the lighting or angle they all came out way to dark! This picture was taken outside, with the sun behind clouds. I love this polish, and can't wait to wear the rest of the collection.

My first nail art

Happy 4th of July to all my fellow Americans! Happy Wednesday to everyone else, the week is half over! Today I have my first attempt at any kind of nail art. I am the opposite of artistic so I have put off doing any kind of nail art but decided that what I wanted to do for today was fairly straight forward so I would give it a go. It didn't come out half bad, so I'm happy! No clue how long it will be before I attempt anything again though lol. I do have the 3 different Bundle Monster sets on my birthday list, but that isn't for another 2 months. Anyway, todays mani is actually mostly my daughters idea. I did her nails first, and she came up with the color combos. I liked it so much I copied her :). Being 6 she was thrilled when she say my nails in the morning, I'm sure in a few years her reaction would be completely different lol.

I will start out with pics of her nails, then mine, so click the cut to see!

Essie Jamaica Me Crazy

Today I have Essie Jamaica Me Crazy, a really pretty purple shimmer. The formula was a little thin, but it still went on fairly easy. I used 2 coats and was opaque. I have 6 Essie colors and this is the only one that isn't blue lol. The first picture was taken in the sun, the second in the shade.