Aly Loves Lacquer

Hi there! Sorry for the slow posts on my end. I have been busy! However, I have lots of blues planned for April, as it is Autism Awareness Month. Before that though, I am going to post some of the manicures I have in my nail folder.

This is 2 coats of OPI Don't Know...Beets Me! and 1 coat of Finger Paints Twisted. I mattefied the whole look with Orly Matte Top, but I had some serious drying problems and it dented like 3 hours later :(

I know everyone and their mother has a St. Patrick's Day manicure to show today, but here's mine!

I'm wearing 2 coats of China Glaze Starboard, followed by 1 coat of Sinful Colors Green Ocean. The Sinful Colors is a mix of blue-green glitters and flakies, all in a pretty green tinted base. Lovely! On my ring finger, I freehanded a four leaf clover with Finger Paints Black Expressionism. Nothing too fancy, but I still really like the outcome :)

Today I have a really pretty polish to start off the week. As you probably know, Finger Paints released a much-coveted flakie line called Special Effects recently. I rushed to the store the day they came out, and bought a set for myself and a set for my current giveaway.

This is Motley, a gorgeous flakie top coat made of of lots of blue and green particles. Sound familiar?  Flecked, which I wore the other day, is also green and blue. However, Flecked is much greener and Motley is bluer. Here I am wearing 2 coats of Finger Paints Motley over Essie Power Clutch.

First off, I want to say hi to the new followers I have gained this week! I finally passed 500 followers! That is absolutely amazing -- you guys are the best!

Happy Monday! It's another new week :) This is my first full week of class, so I have been very busy lately. Luckily I found this beautiful manicure in my photo vault. This week I will also be showing you a new Nicki Minaj polish and butter LONDON Slapper.

For now, take a look at the beautiful Finger Paints Flecked. This is one of the polishes I am giving away, and it is just lovely. It's a bright green flakie with a slight blue duochrome. Here, I've layered it over an unnamed Love & Beauty polish. The base polish is a very pretty dark blue polish with a good amount of shimmer to it. On top, I have 2 coats of Finger Paints Flecked.

I couldn't pick just one picture of this gorgeous manicure, so you get to see extra pictures! Yay for flakie spam! Click the pictures for a closer look :D

Today the Green Bay Packers are gearing up to play the Giants. Hopefully we will come out on top and continue on in the playoffs. I want a repeat of last year's Superbowl!

For this mani, I used Essie Going Incognito as the base. It applied easily in 2 coats. Then I added 1 coat of Essie As Gold as It Gets, a gold flakie that came out with the Essie Luxeffects Collection. Finally, I used Born Pretty plate m64 for the white stamping. My stamping polish was Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Whirlwind White.

Hey, all! I am having a giveaway to celebrate passing the 400 Follower mark! Thanks so much to each and every one of you. I love you guys :)

Fowl Play has been getting a ton of buzz, and it deserves it. Orly did an amazing job with this one -- it's incredibly complex. Fowl Play has a dark purple jelly base, and is jam packed with flakies and glitter. It's a lot of pretty in one polish. After putting this one on, I just wanted to stare at my nails and drool over them all day. It's truly gorgeous both indoors and out, but in the sun it really shines.

Take a look! These pictures are two coats of Orly Fowl Play and 1 coat of Seche Vite on top.

So pretty! Trust me when I say you'll want to click these pictures to see them full size. Up close, Fowl Play is incredibly beautiful.


I couldn't pick just one picture to show you. This baby is so photogenic! Every angle shows a little different side of Fowl Play. The flakies, the blue glitter, the tiny microglitters... So much to love.

I am back! I've been having an amazing time since moving back to college. Clearly, I've been pretty busy too, since I haven't posted in a while. But now I am here! I should be back to more regular posting now, and for today I'd like to show you my newest franken. Tempête d'Été, which means summer storm in French, is a bright purple with flakies and glitter.



I think this franken is so much fun! It wasn't too hard to mix up either. Here's what I used:

Orly Charged Up
China Glaze White on White
Revlon Sparkle
Wet N Wild Party of Five Glitters
Nubar 2010

So far, this is definitely one of my favorite frankens. That's why I picked it to show to you! I've also got a sage green Spectraflair franken and a teal green Spectraflair franken I'll be showing off soon :)

- Aly

I recently purchased the Cult Nails Inaugural Collection, which includes the first four polishes released by Cult Nails: Iconic, Quench, Living Water, and My Kind of Cool Aid. The first one I tried out is called Iconic, and it is a beautiful burgundy polish packed with golden shimmer and gold flakies. Iconic is completely unique to my collection, and I think it would be unique to anyone's really.

Application was great. It applied beautifully in two coats. I am seriously loving Iconic. Cult Nails has just jumped onto my top brands list. Here we have 2 coats Iconic and 1 coat Seche Vite.

After a day or two of wearing OPI Dating a Royal, I decided to add two layers of Nubar 2010. Nubar 2010 is a clear polish filled with awesome flakies. It's so pretty. Check out the difference it made with OPI Dating a Royal! It's like a whole new polish. Nubar 2010's flakies shine orange, green, gold, and blue depending on the angle. What a cool flakie :)

1 coat OPI Dating a Royal, 2 coats Nubar 2010.