Continuing with the alphabet series, I have Essie’s Coat Couture from the Cashmere Matte collection which will always be a favourite of mine. It is a grey-purple matte with blue shimmer that looks amazing matte or with a shiny top coat. I love the dusty look of the purple because it makes Coat Couture so […]
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The ABCs of Zoya Nail Polish
When I started the Alphabet of Nails, a few people mentioned that some letters would be hard to find. Now, not all of us will have every polish from a company – I certainly don’t but I was interested to see if it was possible within a single brand. So today, I have the ABCs […]
Essie Silk Watercolor Water Marble Nail Art
I hate watermarbling, hate it. I love the look but the time it takes, the polishes that do not spread, the unknown look you will get if you dunk your finger at a slightly different angle. But I was inspired by Simply Nailogical’s video. She knows that watermarbles are a pain and often don’t work […]
Steel City Reflections – Bits of Tim Swatches
Time for week two of the alphabet of nail polish and this week I have Steel City Reflections Bits of Tim. This polish is inspired by Hamilton’s own Tim Horton’s! It is a coffee brown jelly with square, red matte glitters. Personally, I find the jelly in it a little hard to work with since […]
Steel City Reflections – Sarah Sanderson Swatches
As I mentioned recently, I still had Sarah Sanderson to share with you from the Steel City Reflections Hocus Pocus collection. While Winifred Sanderson became an instant favourite in the warmer weather when I bought these, this vampy purple holo with red medium and larger glitter was a winter fave. Like Mary Sanderson, it did not […]
China Glaze Avalanche Swatches + Nail Art
I recently read a blog post by Light Your Nails where she is working her way through the alphabet swatching polishes and loved the idea. I have so many polishes that go unused, I don’t think to use or I wear a lot but for some reason never show on the blog. So the alphabet […]
Steel City Reflections – Mary Sanderson Swatches
I reviewed Winifred Sanderson, one of the sister polishes to Mary Sanderson a while back. It is part of a trio by Steel City Reflections, a local Hamilton based indie nail polish company. Now I have Mary Sanderson for you. It is described as a blood red holo polish with larger burnt orange holo glitter. Against […]
China Glaze Elfin Around Gradient Nails
We are moving in a little over six weeks and have been sorting all of our belongings so that we are not moving stuff we don’t move. It happened when we moved here and some stuff is still in a box in the closet “to do something with”. My nails, however, are suffering from all […]
Maybelline Color Show Nail Tattoos – Brooklyn Collection
I love browsing Dollarama for items that I have wanted to try but didn’t want to pay full price in case I didn’t like them or discontinued products that are hard to find. I recently picked up a pack of the Brooklyn collection of Maybelline Color Show Nail Tattoos. I thought it would be worth […]