Saturday, December 28, 2013

Polish Addict Nail Color Review

  Hello loves, I hope everyone is having a great weekend so far. How was everyones Christmas? Mine was great :) Today I have a review of 3 gorgeous polishes from the Winter/Holiday Collection by Polish Addict Nail Color




First up we have "Naughty or Nice"- Laura describes this polish as: A charcoal shimmer gray crelly with a mix of purple, silver and blue glitters in a mix of various shapes
I layered this over Sinful Colors Cool Gray but it's opaque in just 3 thin coats when worn alone.

I love everything about this one. The mix of glitter make my nails look different from all angles. I purposely took these blurry pictures so you could see the amazing sparkle.




Next up we have Snow Angels. This one is described as: A white crelly with a mix of micro glitters in pastel pink, hot pink, pastel blue, white and pastel green. It also has silver hex glitters, gold glitters and pink and white snowflakes. The web site also states that each order will contain an extra baggie of snow flakes due to the possibility of sinking but I didn't have that problem at all

This polish is a bit textured but topcoat will smooth it out nicely if your not a fan of the finish. (I used a macro of this one as the wallpaper on my tablet)
I personally love texture so I used China Glaze Unrefined and 2 snowflakes from the polish to do an accent nail



And finally we have my favorite from the 3. November Rain is described as: A blue crelly with a mix of micro glitters in purple, holo teal, and matte white.

I used 2 coats + topcoat for this mani
Not only is this an amazing polish it has an awesome back story. This one was inspired by Laura the creators birthday. Direct quote from her "My mom said when I was born it was a rainy night...funny thing is every year on my birthday it still rains...lol also my favorite colors are blue and purple"



Not only does Polish Addict Nail Color have amazing polishes and great customer service, the prices are good and Laura being the sweet heart that she is frequently has sales and deals going on. Right now you can get Snow Angels, Naughty or Nice and a ton of other fs polishes for $5  HERE

All mani's are topped with Hk Girl Topcoat from Glisten and Glow, you can get your own bottle HERE

♥ The polishes in this post were provided to me for my honest review ♥

Monday, December 16, 2013

CJ Lacquer "hello, 2014" collection review



Hello everyone, I hope you all had a great weekend. Thanks to all of you who have entered my giveaway so far, I really appreciate it. I'd been having some issues with people being able to sign up to follow my blog, but hopefully I've got that resolved and everyone is able to follow me now ;)

Today I have a review of the gorgeous "hello, 2014" collection from CJ Lacquer


First up we have "baby it's gold outside"- The creator describes this as a luxurious black jelly with metallic gold hex glitter. Idk abt all of you but I love a good squishy jelly. The word luxurious describes this polish perfectly. Not only will I be wearing this polish to bring in the New Year, I will definitely be wearing it year round.

Here I used 2 coats over Sinful Colors Dark Room and all mani's are topped with my holy grail Hkgirl Topcoat from Glisten&Glow which you can purchase at www.glistenandglow.com



Next up we have "life's a cocktail party"- This is described as a classic glitter topcoat featuring a mix of black and white glitter in various shapes and sizes. Everyone definitely needs this in their stash. There's an endless amount of layering possibilities.

I chose to put 2 thin coats over Sinful Colors Endless Blue. I added caviar beads for my accent nail ( A 1st for me)



Lastly we have "Penny for your thoughts"- This one is described as a Magnificent shimmery brown polish with a copper glitter mix. I fell in love with this one instantly and it has became one of my favorite polishes of all time.

I did 3 thin coats alone




These polishes will be released as a very limited edition collection Tuesday, Dec.17th @12:30 p.m. CST. You'll have the option to buy these as full size individual bottles or a mini set for only $14.99 (perfect stocking stuffer for you or any polishaholic in your life). Remember to save the date because once their gone, their gone.

You can purchase these and many other lovely polishes on their etsy shop here
To stay up to date on this and future collections make sure to follow CJ Lacquer on IG here




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

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Welcome to my blog and my 1st giveaway

 It's been brought to my attention that no one is able to sign on to follow my blog. As you all know I'm very new to this and still learning how to work things. If your on a mobile you can click on the link at the bottom of the page to take you to the desktop version. From there you can sign up on the left margin. If you have any trouble pls comment and let me know. Thx in advance. Welcome to my little part of this big blogging world. Some of you may know me and some of you may not. My Name is Tolanda and I'm a polishaholic. I'm known to most as thelacqueredowl on all social media sites. For me nail polish is a hobby, a stress reliever, and a way to connect with new and interesting people all over the world. I started doing my nails around this time in 2012 and since then it has turned into a full blown obsession, lol.   As much joy and positivity as the nail community brings me, it like anything else comes with it's fair amount of drama. So I'd just like to state right now that this is my blog and I will do with it what I please. I can promise you that if you choose to follow me it will be 90% nail related and 10% of a number of other things like owls, non nail product reviews and sometimes just chit chat about life. In this crazy world I'd like this blog to be a source of joy not stress. If you don't mind all that's stated above I'd love to have you. Now enough chitchat. To celebrate reaching 1,100+ IG followers, the start of my FB page and now my blog I'd like to get My 1st Giveaway started.     - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I'd like to start by thanking all of the wonderful ladies who signed on to sponsor this very special event. The support and encouragement they have shown me has meant so much. The 2 winners will each receive 2 different prize packs. 1 will contain polish, etc donated by my lovely sponsors and the other will contain some of my favorite nail items (purchased by me). Depending on the amt of entries I have prepared a 3rd prize pack that's a combination of the 2 stated above. Feel free to share this giveaway and goodluck to you all. a Rafflecopter giveaway