CAKE Nail Lacquer "Meet Us At the Bar" Collection swatches

Happy Monday!

Like I said in previous posts, recently I was given the opportunity to swatch for some awesome indie and mainstream brands and today I have another great indie brand for you! (probably the last of my swatches, at least for a bit)

This is another new brand to me, CAKE Nail Lacquer.

CAKE is pretty great in my opinion because they're cruelty free, 5-free and vegan friendly! 

This is their Fall 2015 collection. If you didn't catch it in the title of this post, this line is called the "Meet Us At the Bar" collection and CAKE describes it as a "night of drunken fun through color!"

Just wait until you see the names of these polishes! ;)

So first up is Caketini. 

CAKE describes this of course as a vibrant bubblegum pink inspired by the signature drink.

LVX Fall 2015 Collection Swatches

Hello hello!

If you remember from my last post I said I was going to be doing some swatches of indie brands as well as mainstream brand polishes. 

Today's post features a mainstream brand, LVX. 

This is my first time ever trying LVX polishes and I'm excited to share my thoughts with you. 

So this is their Fall 2015 collection which features 6 beautiful polishes.

I, A.M... Custom Color "The Switching Hour" Collection Swatches

Hello hello! If you follow me on Instagram (@celinedoesnails), you may know what today's post is about. If not, let me tell you! In the past few weeks I have been in contact with some awesome indie and mainstream polish brands. I don't really "swatch" often, but since I am back in school now, my time is limited and swatching is more feasible than spending hours on a single design. 

That said, today's post is swatches from an awesome indie brand called I, A.M... Custom Color.

This collection, named The Switching Hour is inspired by the ever-so-cool 90's show, AAAHH!!! Real Monsters. Although I will only be showing 6 polishes, the collection contains 7 halloween themed polishes total.

This collection is now available for purchase on her Storenvy site.

That said, let's just get into the swatches. This post will be pretty picture heavy!

The first polish is The Festival of the Festering Moon.

The owner of I, A.M... Custom Color, Ashlie, also provided links to the episode of the show each polish is named after so I'll share them with you guys as well, because why not? 

Here's the episode this polish is named after here.

Bonita Cosmetics "Gel-On!" Nail Polishes swatches/review

Hello! Happy Wednesday!

Today I swatched new polishes from Bonita Cosmetics. 

These polishes are a bit different from other polishes I've swatched from Bonita because these are their new gel polishes! I was excited to see these because I know wear time is a big issue with nail polish. 

Just a little more information about these polishes:

- They apply just like normal polish but "finish like gel"

- Supposed to last up to 7 days

- No UV light is needed

That said, there is 6 polishes in this introductory gel line and they're all super gorgeous. 

I'll start off the swatches with my favorite color, The Best Mint.

Bonita Cosmetics "Turq It!" Collection

Hello hello! 

Bit of a time since I last posted. I decided I would really only use this blog for when I needed to make longer posts, share more pictures, etc. I will still be posting each design on my Tumblr {link} and Instagram {link}

That said, if you couldn't tell by the title of this post I have swatches of a new collection from Bonita Cosmetics. This collection is called "Turq It!" and it has very summer-y colors in it, I loved them!

As per usual, I'm not 100% sure if this collection is in stores currently since I don't go to Rite Aid all that often but Bonita polishes are sold at MOST Rite Aid stores. 

So let's get into the polishes. There's six total in the collection and they are all creme polishes.

First up is Pretty in Pink!

Ciaté South Beach Socialite Collection

Hey everyone! Happy Monday!

For today's post I wanted to show you a set sent to me by Ciaté.

This is one of the sets they released in May of 2015 and it's perfect for summer.

Bonita Cosmetics Summer 2015 "Wanna Get Away" Collection

Happy Friday!

Today's post is a post I've been meaning to make for a long while now but I never found the time to type up the full post. Well finally I have!

This is the Summer 2015 collection from Bonita Cosmetics named the Wanna Get Away collection.

I'm not 100% sure if these are currently in stores but if so, Bonita nail polishes are sold at MOST Rite Aid stores.

Okay first up is Kyoto's Cherry Blossoms. 

Ciaté Monochrome Manicure

Hello everyone!

For today's post I wanted to show you a set I received from Ciaté.

This is their Monochrome Manicure set. 

Bonita "Sweet Ever After" Collection Swatches

Like I mentioned in my last post of swatches, I've been working with Bonita Cosmetics for a little over a year now. If you've been following me on Instagram/Tumblr, you probably know that I post sets of Bonita swatches decently often. 

This is another collection from them, the "Sweet Every After" Collection.

I'll start with Sweet Cheeks, a lovely coral polish.

Born Pretty Store- Black Rhinestones Review

Hello everyone! 

Today I have for you a review on some really awesome rhinestones from Born Pretty!

Live Love Polish - UNT Nail Lacquer Swatches

Happy Friday lovelies! 

Today's post is pretty cool because I got the opportunity to swatch polishes from UNT- a brand that is popular internationally, particularly in France and Japan. 

That said, Live Love Polish, a brand new website that sells a wide variety of nail polishes, is the first store in the USA to carry this brand! If that's not exciting, I don't know what is!

In today's post, I swatched two gorgeous polishes from UNT, so let's get started!

The Little Lacquer Bean "Welcome To The Country Fair" Collection

Hello everyone! 

Today's post (in my opinion) is pretty exciting because I have swatches of seven beautiful swatches of an just-about-to-open Indie polish line!

Not too long ago, Kristine of Pink & Polished announced that she was launching her own line of indie polishes called The Little Lacquer Bean.

Super excited by her sneak peek shots, I told her I would swatch for her in a heartbeat!

Twinkled T Glitter!

Hello all! Today's post is pretty exciting because... what could be more exciting than glitter!?

Not too long ago, Twinkled T asked me about trying some of their glitter and nail supplies. 

Obviously I accepted because I don't think it's possible to turn down glitter!

I'll try not to blab too much and get right into this gorgeousness.

This is just two of the glitters- there will be more in blog posts to come!

First up is an amazing silver holographic glitter called Forgot About Gray.

Bonita Cosmetics "You Mint A Lot To Me" Collection

Good Afternoon! Today I have another set of swatches of polishes from Bonita Cosmetics!

This is their Summer "You Mint A Lot To Me" Collection.

Born Pretty Store Rhinestone Wheel Review

Good Afternoon lovely people!

Today I have a Born Pretty review for you. (finally!)

This time I received these gorgeous "colorful" rhinestones. I use the word colorful because I'm not quite sure how else to describe them. You'll just have to take a look for yourself!

Bonita Cosmetics "Blooming Colors" Collection

Hello hello! I apologize for being so inconsistent with my posts. 

If you care enough to want to see all of my posts, please follow me on Tumblr - I post every one of my designs on there. and always link it to my blog on here if I do write up a whole post!

ANYWAY, today I swatched the beautiful polishes from Bonita Cosmetics from their Blooming Colors Collection.

Swatch Comparison Sunday - Neon Pink

Happy Sunday! I am aware that I have seriously abandoned my Swatch Comparison Sunday posts for a while now, so I was sure to get this ready for today. My intention is to do them every other week now. Trying my best to keep up! 

Anyway, today I have a showdown between two beautiful neon pink/coral polishes. 

China Glaze's Flip Flop Fantasy has been a long time favorite of nail polish junkies everywhere. So it's no wonder that people were very upset when China Glaze changed the formula on this polish. The new version is pretty much an orange polish as opposed to a pink. Thankfully, I have the original formula, so that's what you're seeing here.

The other polish is from Island Girl- a brand mainly only sold in Las Vegas and Hawaii. When I was in Las Vegas last year, I bought a bunch of their polishes and this was among that haul. 

Here's what these polishes look like on my nails:

As you can see, Flip Flop Fantasy is on my index and ring fingers and Diamond Head Breeze is on my middle and pinky.

Let's talk formulas first, as with most neons, both polishes dried matte so what you see here is topped with top coat. I used just two coats of FFF, although my bottle has gotten kind of thick so maybe with a new bottle you'd need three. DHB was pretty thin, so shown here is three coats. I have to say I preferred DHB's formula.

and color: As you can see, these polishes are actually pretty close in color. It's kind of hard to tell though, because neons are so difficult to accurately photograph. What I can say is that FFF is just a touch more orange than DHB. DHB is a true neon pink. Oh yeah! DHB has a bit of shimmer in it, but it's not really visible on the nail. Some people might be disappointed by this, but I actually much prefer creme polishes, so this is fine with me! 

Overall, I have to say that although FFF has been a long time favorite of mine, I actually prefer DHB. Too bad this brand is only sold in select places! If you're ever in Las Vegas or Hawaii, be sure to stop by an ABC Store to check out these polishes!

Hope this might have been helpful! I'd say this polish is a good alternative to the ever so sought after original formula Flip Flop Fantasy.

Until next time,

Born Pretty - 4 pc Nail Art Brush Kit Review

Good Afternoon!

I think today's review will be very helpful because I know how often I am asked about the brushes I use. So yes, todays review is on a great 4 piece nail art brush kit from Born Pretty!

Starting with the basics, it is this kit : here and it includes four different sized brushes.

Shimmer Polish - Swatches Part IV

Hello! 

So a while back I promised more Shimmer Polish swatches and now I finally have them for you!
Without further ado, 6 gorgeous polishes from Shimmer.

I'll waste no time, so here's Wendy.

Swatch Comparison Sunday

Two posts in one day?! 

Yup you're not seeing things - this is the real deal.

Anyway, yes it's that time of the week again, Swatch Comparison Sunday!

I failed pretty badly last week but I'm trying my best y'all. 

Maybe I'll make it every other week so I can stay organized. 

So today I have 3 Minty type colors.