Hello, Holo!

Hello Lacquer Luvers! The sun came out to play today & so did this little bottle of holo awesomesauce known as NfuOh 61. NfuOh has a series of linear holographic nail polishes numbered 61-66. #61 is a silver based holo that I was lucky enough to win in a giveaway from Jessicav.Polish =)

For this mani, I began with my usual base of OPI Nail Envy. NfuOh recommends using their Aqua Base for their holographic polishes. I don't have the Aqua Base and remembered someone posting in a nail polish group on Facebook that L.A. Colors Hardener-Strengthener works well as a base and that it can be found in dollar stores. I was happy to find it at Family Dollar and put on one coat after my Nail Envy dried. I then did 3 thin coats of NfuOh 61. I was scared after the 1st coat because it was awfully streaky but I am loving the end result. I didn't put a top coat over this or any designs because I just couldn't bring myself to covering it up. Next time I might, though.

Just look at that rainbow! Wow!

Do any of you have NfuOh 61 or any of their other holos? I have #66 also, which is a green based holo that I can't wait to show you at another time. I hope you enjoyed today's post my lovely Lacquer Luvers and I look forward to sharing another one with you tomorrow, xo!

~Jessica

Posh For Polish Guest Post

Hello Lacquer Luvers! I did a guest post for Kelly over at Posh For Polish. If you would like to see more photos of my Bettina water marble please check out her blog here.

Don't forget to follow Kelly's blog Lacquer Luver's & I hope you all like my first Guest Post, xo!

~Jessica

Coastal Scents: Cosmic

Hello Lacquer Luvers! Today I have another flakie to share with you all. This one is called  Cosmic & it's one of 27 from Coastal Scents new COAT Collection. Cosmic is the only flakie in their line that also includes neutrals, creams, shimmers, & metallics.

For my mani, I started off with a base coat of OPI Nail Envy and two coats of Ebony Hates Chris from WetNWild, which is my go-to black cream for layering. Once that dried, I layered on one coat of Coastal Scents Cosmic followed by Seche Vite Fast Dry Top Coat.

As you can see here, they are small at 0.2oz but for a $3.95 flakie I think that's very reasonable. The bottles are petite and round and I found that the stem of the brush was a bit short but I didn't have a problem with application.

Cosmic is a black creme full iridescent flakies that are predominantly green once applied on the nail. The green shifts to a nice amber depending on the angle of light reaching it.

I hope you all enjoyed this post and I look forward to sharing more with you tomorrow, xo!

~Jessica

A Day to Celebrate!

Hello Lacquer Luvers, I hope you all had a lovely weekend & are off to a great start for the week! Today is my husband's birthday and today's mani is dedicated to him, Happy Birthday Ty! =)

Last week I went to Walgreens and picked up 6 new Bettina's, Aqua, Celebrate, Ocean, Peppermint, Secret Garden, & Sherbet. I had to go with Celebrate, not only for it's name but for it's festive color. It is such a beautiful gold foil polish. There are hints of green, teal, & rose shimmer in this also that makes it really special!

For this mani, I used two coats of OPI Nail Envy, and two coats of Bettina Celebrate. Like all my other Bettina's, the formula and application of this is amazing. I had no brushstrokes and it dried very quickly, love!

For the design, I used a plate from the first series of nail stamping plates from Bundle Monster. I liked the little hearts and lines design on image plate BM11, so I went with that  & stamped it with my Konad Special Stamping Polish in black. I topped it off with Seche Vite Fast Dry Top Coat =)

I hope you all have a very happy Monday, Lacquer Luvers, & thank you for reading as I celebrate my love's birthday, xo!

~Jessica

Sunday Spam: Bettina & Nail Art

Hello Lacquer Luvers! For today's post, I want to share some of my previous photos with you. Before I began this blog, I created my Facebook & Twitter pages where I would share my nail art with friends. I wanted to share these photos with all of you, too!

In May of 2011, I went to the Miami Beauty Show which was held at Miami Beach Convention Center. It was my first time ever going to something like this and I was so excited. At the show, there was a booth that immediately caught my eye!

I saw this pink, & all of these pretties and immediately made my way through the crowd! The only other place I have ever seen Bettina before this was on Cristina's blog, Let Them Have Polish. I was really, really excited to see that they were there and making their debut in South Florida at the show. Here's a pic of one of

the displays there:

At the show, I picked up a few of these & my only regret after coming home was not grabbing one of each one they had! I have been wanting more of them ever since I left and when I recently found out that they were being sold at a local drugstore chain, Navarro, I made my where there! Every time I go out I try to stop and get a few of these. I am happy to be seeing them more around here & hope to start seeing the newest collections in stores soon.

So, on to the photos! Some of you may have seen these, some of you may have not. Either way, I hope you all are enjoying this post =)

Bettina Green Apple from the Candy Collection

Bettina Green Apple & Konad M63

Bettina Purple & Konad M64

Bettina French 3 from the French Collection, KleanColor White for the tips

Bettina Mojito from the Resort Collection

Bettina Mojito Feather Mani

Bettina Orion from the Stars Collection

Bettina Orion & BornPrettyStore M72, french tips with Wet N Wild's Ebony Hates Chris

Bettina Over Dyed from the Jeans Collection

Bettina Over Dyed & BM03 + BM06



Bettina Sand Blast from the Jeans Collection

Bettina Sand Blast & BM224

Bettina Purple from the Art Deco Collection

I will try to reformat my pics later so that the Bettina Purple photos are together, I am still new to this and trying to figure everything out =) I hope you all enjoyed this post Lacquer Luvers & I look forward to sharing tomorrow's post with you, xo!

~Jessica

These are a few of my favorite things!

Hello Lacquer Luvers! I sure hope that you all made your good luck wishes yesterday at 11:11 & that they come true because mine certainly has! I was so happy to see all of the lovely comments you all left me and I couldn't believe that I gained so many followers in one day. Thank you all for joining me on this journey!

For today's post, I wanted to let you guys know a little bit more about me and so I've decided to do a mani using some of my favorite things. I began using 2 coats of OPI Nail Envy for my base. Nail Envy is one of my favorite base coats because it has strengthened my nails and helped me with breakage. I have only been using it for a little while and I love how much stronger my nails are already! In yesterday's post I mentioned that one of my favorite colors is green. My other favorite is purple, I just can't get enough of it!

One of my most favorite people, my Hubby, got me this polish last week. Bettina is one of my favorite brands & this pretty is called Secret Garden (which happens to be one of my hubby's favorite songs!). This is purple cream perfection! Secret Garden can be described as a warm berry toned purple. This is 2 coats and the application and formula of Bettina polishes are so flawless. Love, love!

For my design, I've used..you guessed it, my all-time favorite stamp! This plate comes in a series from BornPrettyStore & it has become my signature! I love flowers and I love that this plate (M72) comes with 3 different sizes of the same image. Consider yourself warned, you will see alot of this design!

I used my favorite white stamping polish for this design, Konad Special Stamping Polish in white. And topped it all off with my favorite top coat, Seche Vite Fast Dry Top Coat. I love how fast Seche sets the polish underneath and the fact that it doesn't smear my stamped images. It's also oh so shiny!

I hope that you Lacquer Luvers enjoyed this post and I look forward to sharing tomorrow's post with you, xo!

~Jessica

My 1st Blog Post

Hello everyone! I have been wanting to create my nail blog for so long and I figured why not start it today =) 11/11/11 is being celebrated by many as a day of good luck & it is my deepest wish to have the best of it with my blog. I know that green is the color of many things, besides one of my favorite colors, it has been known to symbolize nature, envy, calm & good luck. And, so I've decided to use the most amazing green in my collection, Nfu-oh 56, to help me debut my blog & spread some good luck cheer with you all, my fellow Lacquer Luvers!

Nfu-Oh 56 is the most amazing green flakie, I just can't stop staring at it! And look at how cute the bottle is, I really like their corset shape, it's so unique & feminine! I would describe this flakie as a green sheer polish full of emerald green micro glitter and green flakes. Depending on the angle, this has a flash of blue in it and it is so pretty!

For this mani, I started with a base of Milani Smoothe Base Coat followed by one coat of WetNWild's Ebony Hates Chris because I thought a black base would just make it all pop. I layered one coat of Nfu-Oh 56 over that & topped it off with top coat from Color Club.

I loved this polish so much that I thought I would make a ring using it, and I absolutely adore this! It's so pretty and sparkly! All of the green in this shot is amazing =)

Here you can see a flash of the blue in the ring, it's gorgeous!

So there you have it Lacquer Luvers, I hope you all enjoyed my 1st post & I look forward to sharing more with you! Don't forget to make your good luck wishes at 11:11 today <3

~Jessica