Favorite Spring Nail Polishes

How are you all doing! Happy Spring! I hope you are all doing well! I want to say that Spring is one of my favorite times of year! I love the birds and the blooms. It's such a happy time when everything comes back to life, and probably one of my favorite Nail Polish Seasons! :D What's yours? 

I have been so busy with work that I haven't been able to make a post so.... 

Buckle up! It's been a long time since I have posted a blog post and it's going to be a rather long one!!!! Good news is that I will be posting more often and I have some awesome goodies coming to share with you all! As well as these polishes which you can probably find me wearing at any point in time this spring! 

First on the list is OPI's Burst My Bubble! This polish is the perfect sheer pale pink that actually leans to an off white! Beautiful formula, very chic and very elegant! Heads up ladies, this will have a VNL!

China Glaze Sweet Hook. This polish has a good formula, no streaks or bald spots. A pale lavender with a drop or two of pink, very complimentary and very spring appropriate! 

Sally Hansen Xtreme wear Lacey Lilac!!! This color is like Easter on your nails!!!! It's probably my favorite purple of all time!!! The formula is a bit thick, I usually add a few drops of thinner and I'm good! This is one of the new polishes I DO have a backup for!!! 

OPI's You're such a Budapest! This color is just perfect! 2-3 thin coats and you're good to go! It's almost a periwinkle purple (if there is such a thing!) It is going to be a great toe color this spring!

Zoya's Pixie Dust in Stevie! I just could not get my camera to capture the beauty! I must have taken 30 pictures of this one bottle of polish! It's so sparkly and so stunning on the nail! It's a purple with purple and silver glitters and it looks like me like there are slightly larger silver glitters mixed throughout! It's an absolute dream to apply! 2 thin coats and you're done! It's an amazing polish and is a must have for any spring collection!!!!

Another FAVE is Zoya's Perrie! This color is a purple  pink. It's such a beautiful color and would even work going into spring! It's super easy to apply, 2 coats with even application, no streaks, no bald spots. This color looks fabulous on your toes too!! 

This is probably going to be my go to color this spring! China Glaze Secret Peri-winkle! I cannot say enough good things about this color! It's smooth, creamy, and just makes me so happy. It's a perfect periwinkle color with a creme finish, perfect application again!

 The next polish Sinful Colors Cinderella. Ladies.... This color truly reminds me of being a little girl! The formula is not great! It's a very sheer polish so you must layer or put over white if you want it truly opaque. This color also makes other blue polishes look truly ethereal! It reminds me of all things pretty... Glass slippers, fairy wings, sparkling rhinestones... You get the point! :-) This polish is a showstopper and only around $2.00! 

OPI Can't find my Chzecbook is an amazing creamy dreamy teal color! The formula is somewhat thin, but for the color I can total deal! The color is amazing and reminds me of a Robin's egg blue! It would be stunning with a gold speckle polish over top or even a silver! This color is one that I am truly excited that I invested in! 

Zoya Kristen... A beautiful powder puff creme blue... It's perfect for the rainy spring days, and the beautiful spring nights! Perfect application, would look great on any skin tone!

 

Essie Mint Candy Apple has a cult following! This color has been seen on fingers and toes a plenty! Formula? Eh- Well... The formula leaves a lot to be desired. I can deal with the formula as the color is a mint that leans to a blue. It's almost like a mint blue white on your nails (I'm not the most descriptive). If you have tried mints with no success I would recommend picking this color up! 
***Another suggestion would be Sally Hansen Xtreme wear in Mint Sorbet (around 3.00 at the drugstore). 

OPI Garganuant Green Grape... This color is a true pastel green with a few drops of yellow thrown in. It's a little on the sheer side so probably 3-4 coats to be opaque (or you can make a jelly sammich).

OPI Liquid Sand in Pussy Galore (Named after the famous bond girl)... This color is one that I heard so much about last year and did not know what the all the hype was until I tried it! OMG! It sparkles in the sun like shimmers on your nails! It's a pale pink with a magenta glass fleck (I wish I could have captured!) It is stunning, simple, elegant, classic! In love! <3

Sinful Colors Soul Mate is a beautiful Coral color. It has a wonderful application, wonderful creme finish and perfect in 2 coats. You can find this color in drugstores for around $2.00!!

Orly Rage is the most perfect Rose gold polish to ever live in IMO. The color is very metallic, very true rose gold. Would go great with any other spring color as an accent nail, and you could honestly get away with one coat if you were in a hurry! I put 2 coats on the nail wheel and top top coat here. 

OPI you glitter be good to me. This color is perfect over pink or purple. I love to layer it in between OPI Don't Burst my Bubble as Jelly, or use it as an accent nail. If you wanted to be super sparkly and glam you could always make it opaque in 3 coats (2 shown above). 

Orly Shine on Crazy Diamond. I'm not going to lie... I bought this polish for the name (total Pink Floyd Fan), however, I am soooo happy that I did! I love this micro holo polish even more than I love China Glaze's Fairy Dust! This polish is an amazing top coat over any polish and adds that extra bit of sparkle to drab polishes or when you need a pick me up!

China Glaze Don't Make a Spectacle. This polish, OMG,... This polish! It is so dainty and so perfect. It's a topper for sure with iridescent glitter. I love this polish over mint green and pink. It's simply beautiful!!!!

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I know this was a super long post, but you cannot say that I did not warn you! I hope that you enjoyed looking at the polishes as much as I enjoy wearing them! Let me know if you own any of the above mentioned polishes, love them, hate them, want them? 

Let us know down below what your favorite Spring polishes are!!!! 

XOXO- 
Christy from WTN

Comparison post: Purple Neons

Hello Nail lovers! It's been a wonderful Friday for myself! No big plans for the weekend, other than maybe laying around and watching some movies with the hubby! :-) Relaxing weekends are ALWAYS fun! :-) 

 

I decided this morning to do a comparison post between 3 of the neon purples that I have in my collection. These polishes are beautiful and I hope you enjoy them as much as I do and maybe find a new polish for your mani/pedi this summer! :-) 

 

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These next pictures are how I typically wear my polishes, even those with a matte finish, I use top coat on all of my polishes to give it a more "polished" look. Many people prefer polishes without a top coat and like the natural appearance of the polish, this is the reason I gave you swatches with and without a top coat. :-) 

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 With Flash- With top coat 

As you can see, there's no dupes here! These polishes are great enough to own each and every one of them! I love the pastel neon appearance of China Glaze's That's shore bright, the true purple quality of Essie's DJ play that song, and the bright magenta/fushia feel to Sinful Color's Dream on! These polishes are a great addition to your collection and I feel that they will be on trend for summer's to come! :D 

XOXO 

WTN's

My Top 10 Favorite Nail Polishes for Summer 2013!

Good Evening Nail lovers! :D I hope you all had a fantastic Tuesday! Today has been a great day for myself! I had some news that I've been waiting on for a few weeks and start a new Job in approx. 2 weeks! :-) 

Now that I've given the wonderful news, it's time to show you what else I've been working on today! As you can tell by the title, it's time for my top 10 nail polish picks for Summer 2013!

Some of these polishes are from this years collections, some are limited edition (which you can still find on amazon), and some are cult favorites of the nail community. All photos are taken indoors, the first image is without flash and the second is with flash.
All colors have top coat applied. Enjoy! :-) 

Essie: Watermelon

A beautiful pink based red, creamy and beautiful formulation. Opaque in 2 coats, perfect alternative to a plain red in the summer! Just Gorg!

 

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China Glaze: Pink Voltage (Neon)

Pink voltage is from the Wow Factor collection which is now part of CG's permanent line. I am in LOVE with this color! This pink is just as the name suggests, electrifying! This is a blue based pink with a slight iridescence with a blue sparkly undertone. This polish is perfect for toes or fingers!

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OPI: Be a Dahlia won't you

Be a Dahlia won't you is a polish I lusted after for a long time! It comes from the nice Stem's collection and can we just take a moment to take all of this glorious color in?! BEAUTIFUL! It's a sheerish pink with a pink and blue foil throughout! It's one of my favorite pedi colors of all time! Several drugstore brands have tried to recreate this color!

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China Glaze: Dance Baby 

Dance baby is a pure bubble gum pink color! Every time I look at it for some reason my mind goes to cotton candy, or ice cream from the ice cream truck! The formulation of this polish is a little thick and takes a little bit of working with to get an even finish, however I can deal with the formulation for the pure beauty of this color!

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Essie: Mint Candy Apple

A blue based mint that is a great alternative to a stark white polish. I am in love with this polish, there really is not much more to say. Perfect formulation, opaque in 2 even coats. Cult Favorite!

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China Glaze: Turned up Turquoise 

This color is summer in a bottle to me! It reminds me of looking at water, swimming at the beach, and the beautiful skies (though it's more green than blue). The formulation can tend to be a little streaky, but overall it's a wonderful color and polish! Cult Favorite!

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China Glaze: Bahamian Escape 

Bahamian Escape is a beautiful blue! It's dupe is OPI's what's with the Cattitude. This color has a great formulation, opaque in 2 coats, and is just wonderful for summer!

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Essie: DJ Play that Song

From Essie's 2013 summer neon collection. This is a neon purple which is almost a crelly formula. It took 3 coats to get rid of VNL, however I'd use 4-5 if I had to, just for this color! This color looks like nothing special when you're indoors, and when you go outside in the sun, BAM! It's a color I've not regretted buying!

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China Glaze: Flip Flop Fantasy

This color looks orange indoors, outdoors it's more of a coral neon. This color is like an instant tanner! I once put it on my tanned sister's toes, and it made her look that much darker, instantly! It's beautiful!!!! Cult Favorite!

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Essie: Cute as a Button

Cute as a button is part of Essie's permanent line. It's a orange based coral, it's the perfect summer color, and it was my very first Essie nail polish!

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Now that I've shared my favorite nail polishes for summer 2013, what's yours? Comment below to tell me your MUST have summer polish this summer! 

XOXO, 

WTN