DERMELECT - Luxurious, Provocative & Head Turner

Hello Everyone!

Today I am swatching three high end polishes from the brand DERMELECT. Typically, these polishes are about $13.00 at Ulta, but I was able to get them on sale for $0.49! FOURTY-NINE CENTS!!! I wasn't sure if they were even good because of the mark down, but I consulted a few people and was told that they are a really good brand! And they are! I have been wearing Provocative on my toes for 3 weeks now with absolutely no chipping or lifting!

Luxurious is a soft lavender creme. The formula was very easy to apply and super shiny without top coat. I used two layers on each nail and only put top coat on the ring and pinky fingers.

Dermelect - Luxurious

Provocative is a "barbie" pink creme. Believe it or not, I do not have many pinks, so I found this shade to be essential. The formula was smooth but a little thick when applying. I used two layers and no top coat. The pictures do no justice to how shiny these polishes are!!! I took the second one in natural day light since my light box has a habit of mattifying the way polishes look.

Dermelect - Provocative

Dermelect - Provocative

Head Turner is a bright orange creme. I really really like this color. It doesn't look the same as in the bottle but there are not worries. The color on the nail is richer. The formula was easy to apply as all the others were. I used two coats with no top coat.

Dermelect - Head Turner

Over all, if I found more of these DERMELECT polishes on sale, I would pick them up immediately. They are very pigmented, shiny and are also 3-Free ( DPB, formaldehyde & toulene)! I definitely got these for a steal! They are all also going to be amazing shades for spring and summer! Once again, I picked them up from Ulta on one of the sale racks. This are easily the best high-end nail polish value I have been able to find!

Until next time,
xo

LilypadLacquer - Lemon Sundae & Lime Sundae

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Today I am swatching some neon goodness from Australia! I have been searching high and low for completely opaque neon yellow and green polishes for a long, long time now. Thankfully, Llarowe lead me to these two colors from LilypadLacquer!

Swatches below!

Lemon Sundae is a toxic neon yellow creme polish. My camera had a really hard time capturing the color, so the colors here are not accurate. The formula was very smooth and consistent. I DID however have to use three coats as it was quite streaky.

LilypadLacquer - Lemon Sundae

LilypadLacquer - Lemon Sundae

Lime Sundae is a neon green creme. I used one and a half coats to gain opacity. This formula is the same as Lemon Sundae.

LilypadLacquer - Lime Sundae

LilypadLacquer - Lime Sundae

I definitely am happy I was able to find these two polishes. They will be AMAZING during the summer time! They are also staple neon colors. I have been trying so hard to find a yellow and green like this that are completely opaque. Totally worth the money! :)

You can purchase LilpadLacquer on the Llarowe website if you are in the United States.

Until next time,

xo

Wet N Wild - Yo Soy and Matte Top Coat

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Today I have swatches of two polishes that I picked up from my local CVS a few weeks ago. They are Wet N Wild polishes from the new staple line (the polishes that they will have in stock for the next few months or years). I wasn't a fan of all of them, so I just chose something that I knew I have been wanting and could use often.

Swatches below!

Yo Soy is a nude color that I liked right off the bat. Typically, I love Wet N Wild's nudes because they come in so many different colors and opacities. Although this one was opaque with one layer, it did show the imperfections and ridges in my nails, so I had to do two coats. This is a really nice basic nude and looks very clean. For this swatch I used two layers of varnish and one layer of top coat.

Wet N Wild - Yo Soy

Wet N Wild - Yo Soy

Because the shine wasn't showing in my light box photographs, I took pictures of this polish in natural daylight. I did the same for the matte so that you can see how different it looks with the different finishes.

I also picked up their Matte Top Coat. I love love love matte polish but I really don't see the point in just buying matte ones when I could buy a top coat and transform all of my polishes. :) (Cheaper!!!) These two polishes were only $ 0.99, so I didn't see the harm in picking up this one. I think I have about 5 matte top coats and I will most likely do a comparison post because they all look very different. Either way, this top coat paired with Yo Soy was a hit. I fell in love with Yo Soy even more than I already was before! I would say that it was a good investment for only 99 cents. There was only one thing that I didn't like about it which was that the top coat tends to be a little bit thick, so it's easy to glob on too much which will add on dry time.

Wet N Wild - Yo Soy

Wet N Wild - Yo Soy in natural day light

Wet N Wild - Yo Soy

Wet N Wild - Yo Soy

I was loving this color with the matte top coat, so I decided to take some pictures from different angles. :) 

Both of these polishes are available at CVS for sure and most likely at any other drug store.

Until next time,

xo

Valentine's Day Nails - Black and Gold

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In spirit of today's holiday, I created a Valentine's Day look! I am going out tonight, so I wanted to create something that would translate into night time. I hope you like!

Valentine's Day Nails

I created this look by putting two layers of OPI's Nail Envy. Then I painted my pinky and middle fingers black with two coats of Visually Slimming by Spoiled. I added Twilight Twinkles by Sinful Colors on my pinky. Then I used a heart shape nail decal from Wrap Artist nails on my middle finger. To create the glitter fade, I used a gold glitter liner by Le Chat. As for the cut out nails, I used nail vinyls and nail tape and painted over them in black.

Let me know what you think and Happy Valentine's day to you all!

Until next time,

xo

Dance Legend - Termo Trio 1

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Today I have swatched a polish that has been on my wishlist for a LONG time! Dance Legend's Termo Trio 1! Color changing polishes are amazing, but this one bumps it up a notch by changing THREE colors! I do not know of any other polish brand that has a polish like this one.

For the below swatches, I used two coats and Out the Door as a top coat. I noticed that without the top coat, this polish dries on the matte side. This polish also has a great dry time.

Dance Legend Termo Trio 1

 One thing that was fun about this polish was that it changed colors fairly quickly. I watched the polish change from pink to purple on my nail beds as I went along.

Dance Legend Termo Trio 1

Dance Legend Termo Trio 1

I had to take this last picture while my hands were still wet. As I stated before, the color shifts quickly. Purple is cold, pink is lukewarm, and blue is hot. 

I adore this polish and can't wait until I get my stamping plates so I can create a masterpiece! (More on this later!) Dance Legend also has two other Termo Trio's, but I can't seem to find them anywhere.

Dance Legend is a Russian nail polish brand and is not available in stores in the United States.  However, you can purchase it online from the Dance Legend website or from Llarowe. Keep in mind that if you order from their website, the shipment may take long based on your location, as they are based in Russia. I have bought polish from Llarowe without issue and my packages usually arrive within 2 weeks.

Until next time,
xo

First Post!

Hello All!

My name is Jolie and this is my blog on all things nails! I will mostly post swatches and nail art. Please stay tuned as I have just received a Julep shipment today!

-Jolie