Morgan Taylor Rocketman Collection for Summer 2019, Swatches and Review

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Hello All! Sorry for my unexpected absence. I've been very sick and even though I had my swatches done, I really couldn't bring myself to look at a computer. I wanted to get up the Summer collection from Morgan Taylor since it's in collaboration with the film Rocketman, which releases today! Are you planning on seeing the film? I feel like artist biopics are all the rage right now and this one is about Elton John. It includes seven shades inspired by his life and career. Let's check them out!

Alter Ego Island Hopping, Makers Dozen

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Hello All! I'm kicking off this Tuesday with a new series, Makers Dozen. Each month, 13 makers will contribute one color for the theme. Each maker is assigned a color, that way there is no crossover. Well, Makers Dozen will kick off with Vacation Destinations and Alter Ego is Island Hopping! More details below.

Alter Ego Island Hopping, Makers Dozen

Pusheen Calendar Series: Cool Cat

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Yesterday, I shared the What's the Scoop Collection from Jessica Cosmetics. When I saw the May Pusheen image, I noticed the purple backdrop to this cool cat and decided it was perfect to do some quick art with the collection. The formula is so great, you'll see that they really pop over each other!

Pusheen Calendar Series: Cool Cat

Jessica Phenom What's The Scoop, Summer 2019 Collection

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The minute I saw this Phenom trio, I was like YUP! Ice cream inspired cremes? Love that! I love me some neons in the summer, but I also like to mix it up! These three cremes are bright without being neon and I really love the color palette. These colors are part of the Phenom system, which I'll explain below and they are available now!

Jessica Phenom What's The Scoop, Summer 2019 Collection

Fault Line Mani with Beauty Big Bang Glow Glitter

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I follow some cake decorating Instagram pages. Although it's cake, I am always inspired by their decor for nail art! Well, the newest trend is fault line cakes! They are cake with literally a "fault line" which is so terrible to explain lol. Just google it. They are pretty fun though and I took the fault line of sprinkles and created that with glitters! DUH!

Fault Line Mani with Beauty Big Bang Glow Glitter

Beauty Big Bang White Stamping Polish

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This post is a long time coming! This package arrived in the US on February 20. It's still in the sorting center at JFK. THANKS! lol. So Beauty Big Bang graciously sent me another package with my items, but then I was so backlogged so now I'm finally tackling these items! It's been so long that I forgot what I even ordered haha. But I'm so glad it's stamping! I haven't gotten new plates in a while and frankly, I was in need of some new images and this plate is gorgeous!

Beauty Big Bang White Stamping Polish

Girly Bits Not Waterlilies

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Good evening! Today was a whopping 87 degrees and I am not happy! We went from winter to summer. Where's spring? Where's some 70 degree days?! Anyway, I'm coming from an excellent weekend! I finally saw Endgame, and I got to see Beetlejuice and King Kong on Broadway! I love living in NYC, as I wake up in the morning and go to the box office to buy cheap tickets! Lastly, I'm starting to get back into running and 6.5 miles (and got my first sunburn UGH!). So today, I decided to sit down and get some swatching done! The last three weeks I've been wearing one art a week, wow!

Girly Bits Not Waterlilies

Neon Dry Brush with Stella Chroma Basics Collection

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I really wanted to return to the Stella Chroma Basics Collection, which debuted with High Noon and New Moon (and wink wink, more to come). Black and white are just such versatile nail polish colors and I wanted to show how they work. I absolutely love the contrast of black and white with bright neon colors and I love this look! It sort of has 90s vibes, and I'm down with that!

Neon Dry Brush with Stella Chroma Basics Collection

Handpainted Magnolia Nail Art

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Another Irotoiro look today! I won't lie, I have a folder filled with looks from that Instagram. I posted a look last week of roses and some whimsical flowers and now I'm back with another look. This one I went pretty different and more stayed with the color story of the art. Something about the sage struck a chord with me. But in the end, I opted for way less detail but still loved these!

Handpainted Magnolia Nail Art

Alter Ego Roasted Eggplant, Holy Shift Thermal Custom

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Thermals are legit all the rage right now. I've been swatching so many of these and it's a reason I've been trying to keep my nails longer. So if you're into thermals, you'll want to join the Holy Shift Thermal group! They have monthly thermals from different makers and this month, Alter Ego did a custom!

Alter Ego Roasted Eggplant, Holy Shift Thermal Custom

Girly Bits Springles Collection, Swatches & Review

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Cheers to a new week. This is my last week of classes and for the first time in a long time, I'm looking forward to it. Something about this semester just dragged me down! I also felt I lost my mojo a bit with my nails too but I've been happy these last few weeks ONLY doing art! But I did swatch the new Springles collection and wanted to share it with you! The moment this collection landed in my possession, I immediately did a gradient, which I shared HERE. I knew swatches of this collection were floating around, so I'm finally getting around to it!

Girly Bits Springles Collection, Swatches & Review

Jessica Metallic Duo with Stamping

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I shared the Jessica Cosmetics metallic duo last month and now I'm back with some simple art! They do stamp lightly but I decided to use the metallics as my base and stamp over them. I feel like I've been seeing more and more metallics lately, so they must be having a moment in nail polish trends. I love these classic colors, so why not?!

Jessica Metallic Duo with Stamping

Handpainted Floral Spring Nail Art

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I am absolutely in love with Irotoiro Nail art on Instagram. The designs are sort of vintage and Nordic-inspired. When I saw the design I just linked, I was like YUP, I'm all over that and decided to re-create the look! The looks on that page are so whimsical and just make me smile. I loved this manicure so much that I wore it for nine days and I have a wear test for you!

Handpainted Floral Spring Nail Art

Alter Ego May CotM: Cheers for 7 Years

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Alter Ego celebrated 7 years in business in April, and although she's a little late, she's still celebrating! I can't remember when I started working with Cynthia, the creator behind Alter Ego, but it definitely had to be within 1 year of her opening (my blog will also be 7 in June!). It's been fun to see her bottles change, logo, formula, and more! So for 7 years, she is cheer-sing all of us with this polish!

Alter Ego May CotM: Cheers for 7 Years

Girly Bits X Und8ables: Girl, It's Not You & it's definitely him

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Girly Bits has partnered with Megan Edwards and Janet Reynolds, The Und8ables,  to create a custom polish duo inspired by their book called Girl, it’s not you, it’s definitely him. This is so awesome! If you head to their Facebook, you can check out their book and what they are about. They have gorgeous dresses in the promo and it explains the colors behind this duo!

Girly Bits X Und8ables: Girl, It's Not You & it's definitely him

Floral Holo Nail Art with Girly Bits Spring Holos

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I'm just chilling here, wondering when it will stop raining so I can go outside and enjoy walks and look at pretty flowers. The east coast has just been pummeled with rain and it seems to always be on the weekend. Thanks, nature. So instead of waiting for spring, I figured I would pull out Girly Bits Spring Holo collection and create some springy art!

Floral Holo Nail Art with Girly Bits Spring Holos

Born Pretty Dip Powder with Yellow Stamping

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Hey all! Hope you had a great weekend! I'm just catching up with the blog after taking a few days off. I'm in the middle of grading final essays and I'm behind. It happens. Ten more days and I'm all done! Woo hoo! Anyway, I have two packages from Born Pretty, so I wanted to finish up this first one before I started the second. I have two different products, so let's look at them.

Born Pretty Dip Powder with Yellow Stamping

Stella Chroma Basics: High Noon and New Moon

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In addition to the Americana Collection, which I shared HERE, Stella Chroma is coming out with a black and white creme. Any nail polish lover knows the importance of having these two colors in their collection. I use black and white for art, bases for flakes and powders, bases for smoosh manis and other art that might include neons, or if I just want something classic and clean to wear. So, with that, let's check these out.

Stella Chroma Basics: High Noon and New Moon

Aurora Lacquer Senior Prom Collection

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Aurora Lacquer has a new 10 piece collection coming out and it is filled with awesome microglitters. If there's anytime to go all out with sparkle, it's during the sunnier days. Of course, New York City has been legit April showers, and sun was like NOPE. But even with indoor OTT lighting, these babies are SPARKLY! So get ready for some super fun polishes!

Aurora Lacquer Senior Prom Collection