Aly Loves Lacquer

So, it's Pink Wednesday. How about a muted rosy red instead?

Zoya Garbo is a super shiny rosy red jelly. The color has that lovely squishy look that makes jellies so special. I also like the muted look Garbo has. Despite being a red, it isn't garish. Instead, it is very classy looking and with lots of squishy depth.

On top of 3 coats of Zoya Garbo, I added some glitter by Love & Beauty. Now the name of the glitter is something dumb like Silver Glitter. How original :) Luckily, the beautiful glitter itself makes up for the stupid name. On my ring finger, I did 2 coats. On the others, I fished out glitter and placed it in a line down the nail's center.

Sorry for the delay in posts. I was finishing up midterms and getting all settled in back home for Spring Break. The weather here in Wisconsin is looking pretty good these next few days, though it is rainy today. I guess that rain is technically Spring weather too, though! Hopefully I can get some good pictures despite the clouds :)

Anyway, here is another China Glaze magnetic polish for you. Again I used the magnet that China Glaze is selling in the Magnetix display. Instant Attraction is a blackened purple burgundy color. The magnetic designs are very cool, but once again I do wish that the magnet were stronger. But I still like the color and the effect. Take a look.

I really like the dramatic look that this polish has. The deep color is very vampy, but the magnetic effect adds some fun to the look.

I purchased a Nabi magnetic polish the other day; I can't wait to try it. I am hoping that the magnet that came with the Nabi is stronger than that which came with the China Glaze. Fingers crossed!

- Aly

First off, I just want to say thank you all so much for entering my giveaway. Your comments and suggestions are so helpful! The jokes I got were pretty cute too :) Thanks for being such lovely followers!

Altogether, I had 274 people enter and 466 total entries. I used a random number generator to pick a number, and got 137.

Magnetic polish is a new trend that has been all over the blogosphere lately, and China Glaze recently released their take on the trend. I was pretty excited to try this out, but I am not entirely sure that I think it lives up to the hype.

As you may know, Ozotic Pro makes some beautiful glitters in their Elytra line. I have long dreamed of having one of those glitters, but frankly it just is not in the college girl's budget. Luckily, I found a 99¢ Sally Girl glitter that reminds me a lot of the Elytra line!

This glitter polish is called Way 2 Disco, and it has beautiful duochrome glitters that shift from green to blueish purple. Here I am wearing 1 coats of Sally Girl Way 2 Disco over 2 coats of China Glaze Urban-Night.

I am also super happy with the application of Urban-Night.  It was so easy to apply, and I did not even need to do any clean-up. That makes me a happy camper!



I am very happy with this look. The glitter was gorgeous, and I totally failed at capturing it's true beauty. It's amazing the lovely polishes you can find, even for only 99¢!

- Aly

Today's look is a super bright, in-your-face, blingy manicure. I did this a couple days ago for a sorority event, because I wanted something fun on my nails to brighten up my black dress. This is definitely the kind of manicure that commands attention!

I am wearing 2 coats of Mattése Elite Rei Momo, which I recently reviewed. After that was dry, I put a line of Seche Vite down the center of my nails, one at a time. Then I placed clear rhinestones from Born Pretty in a straight line. Of course, I topped it all off with a nice even coat of Seche Vite.

Mattése Elite Rei Momo is actually blindingly bright in real life! I think my camera had trouble capturing it, so it pulls a bit red in these shots. Imagine it closer to bottle color and searing your eyeballs! 



This look is pretty loud and crazy, but I think the rhinestones are so gorgeous. As far as gaudy nails go, these are pretty classy IMO. I really enjoyed wearing rhinestones like this! I used a lot of rhinestones for this mani, but luckily they are very cheap! I think I paid about $3.50 for a whole wheel full of them.

What do you think of this look?

- Aly