Julie G Frosted Gumdrops collection review!!

Hey guys! Today I have a full review of four polishes from the Julie G Frosted Gumdrops collection which was released for the Spring. Julie G nail polishes are sold in drugstores like Rite Aid and they are a part of Jessie's Girl cosmetics. This collection is part of the textured nail polish trend that has taken over the nail polish world! I picked up these polishes at IMATS last month where I met the actual Julie G! There are six in the collection but I was only able to find four. I used seche clear for the base coat. I love these!

First I have Rock Candy which is a gorgeous sparkly light blue. This is two coats:

 

Next I have Hot Cinnamon which is a gorgeous bright red! This is two coats:

 

Next is Tangerine Dream which is an ultra bright orange. This one was a little sheer but this is two coats:

 

And last but not least is Crushed Candy which is a gorgeous purplish pink! This is two coats:

 

I love this collection! I'm planning on picking up the remaining two colors in the collection. These applied easily and were not hard to remove at all! They each lasted four days on my nails without chipping and probably would have lasted longer but I change my polish every 3-4 days. These are meant to be worn without top coat. I love the whole textured polish craze! These are great and they are so pretty and sparkly! I was able to meet Julie G herself at IMATS and she was so pleasant! We spoke about nail polish, blogging, and The Walking Dead which we are both huge fans of. So I highly recommend you guys check this collection out which can be found at Rite Aid and online.

 

Julie G herself and I. She loved the Walking Dead pins on my jacket!

Thanks so much for reading and checking out my blog!

 

 

 

 

 

April Autism Awareness NOTD's!!

Hi everyone! So today's post is very special to me. April is Autism Awareness month. My younger brother is autistic and he's had his struggles, but he's amazing! He's 17 now going on 18 and about to graduate high school and I'm so proud of him! He's very smart and he surprises me with something almost every day! So since blue is the color for Autism Awareness month, I decided to only wear blue nail polishes this month. So here are my NOTD's for Autism Awareness month.


NOTD #1                                                           

This is Revlon Midnight Sparkle (2 coats). This is a sheer navy blue base with small glitter and large hex glitter. Decent formula.

NOTD #2

This is Essie Butler Please (2 coats) with China Glaze Lorelei's Tiara on the accent. Butler Please is such a gorgeous bright cobalt blue. It's almost neon! Great formula too! This was almost a one coater!!

 

NOTD #3

This is Julie G Rock Candy (2 coats) from the Julie G frosted Gumdrops collection. This is a pretty, sparkly, textured crystal blue polish. I can't wait to wear the other colors from this collection! I will review and post about them too!

NOTD #4

This is China Glaze Sci Fly By (2 coats) from the new holographic collection. I wasn't too happy with this one. The formula was dragging all over the place and it was difficult to get a pic with decent holo.

 

NOTD #5

This is Zoya Song (2 coats) and my very first try at a fishtail design using Zoya Trixie, Song, and Kristen. Song is gorgeous! Such a beautiful, bright shimmery blue. I liked trying out the fishtail design!

 

NOTD #6

This is Zoya Tallulah (2 coats) with Zoya Twila on the accent nails. Tallulah is one of my favorite blue nail polishes ever! It's so beautiful and unique! It has an almost iridescent sheen to it while being opaque!

 

NOTD #7

This is China Glaze Hanging in the Balance (2 coats) from the Cirque de Solei collection. This is a gorgeous blue that looks teal in the picture but it's a bright creamy blue! Great formula too! I also took my dotting tool and added a little bit of China Glaze Liquid Crystal for fun! I loved this mani!! 

 

NOTD #8

This is China Glaze Mosaic Madness over 3 coats of China Glaze Towel Boy Toy. This was such a fun mani! It's like a blue party exploded on my nails! I love this glitter collection!

 

NOTD #9

This is Orly Lunar Eclipse (2 coats) from the Cosmic FX collection that came out a couple of years ago. I looooooove this polish! It has almost a duo chrome rainbow effect to it. It's just so beautiful!

 

NOTD #10

This is China Glaze Strap on your Moonboots from their recent holographic collection. I liked this color so much more than Sci Fly By. The formula did not drag as much and it was more holo. In person this polish looks like a steel blue with a hint of grey until you hit the sunlight and you see all of it's blue holo prettiness! I'm interested in trying out the other holo's in this collection that I picked up.

 

So anyway, these were all my mani's for Autism Awareness month! I hope you enjoyed! Thank you all so much for watching and checking out my blog! I appreciate it more than you know!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Illamasqua speckled polishes! Pics and review of Scarce and Speckle!

Hey everyone! This post is way overdue but today I wanted to post a review of two of the Illamasqua limited edition speckled nail polishes. I was able to get two of these from Sephora last month and I'm so bummed I didn't get the whole collection. These were from Illamasqua's Spring  "I'm Perfection" collection. There were 5 total polishes and I was only able to get 2. The rest of the colors are available on the Illamasqua website. Up first is Scarce which is a pastel pink crème with small black glitter and large black hex glitter. This is two coats:

 

 

The next color is Speckle which is pretty lavender crème with small black glitter and large black glitter. This is also two coats:

 

 

I really like these and I have to get the remaining colors! The formula on these are great and easy to apply. They are also opaque in just two coats! The wear time was pretty good on these as well. My nails lasted about 4 days with each color before they chipped and that was while I was on vacation and outdoors a lot! What do you think about these? Thanks so much for reading and commenting!

 

 

 



My day at IMATS in NYC April 6, 2013!!

Hey everyone! So sorry I didn't blog in the month of March, it was a crazy month for me but I did constantly post on my Facebook: Nails Never Fails and twitter page @Nailsneverfail Anyway, today's post is different and special! This past weekend I attended the IMATS (International Makeup Art Trade Show) in NYC. For those of you that don't know, this is a huge convention where many cosmetic makeup, special effects makeup, brush, and makeup accessory companies come together under one huge roof. Many companies you might know that were at IMATS were Stila, OCC cosmetics, Inglot, Eye Kandy, and more. You can buy lots of stuff at discounted prices. They also have seminars, makeup tutorials, and contests there too. I went on Saturday which focused more on fantasy makeup and special effects. The place was packed and there were some long lines to shop at certain brands but I had a blast! There were also many beauty bloggers and YouTube guru's there. I met Julie G who is a very famous on YouTube and now has her own nail polish line. She was great! I will make a YouTube video of my haul but for now here are pics of my day at IMATS! I will definitely be going again next year!

Welcome to IMATS NYC!

The first station I hit!! Julie G cosmetics!! I picked up this collection!

Makeup artist at work!

Fantasy makeup competition!

Awesome makeup from one of the company reps!

Great brushes at great prices!

Eye Kandy Cosmetics!! I love these glitters!

More fantsy art at work!

Me having some face painting fun!!

Awesome models at the show!!

The famous Julie G! She was so nice!

She loved my horror pins on my jacket especially The Walking Dead pins! She's a huge Walking Dead fan!

Some Stila models! :o)

My nail polish haul from IMATS! I'll post a detailed video and swatches!

Jessie's Girl Glow Stix lip gloss! They have an awesome iridescent shimmer!

I can't wait to try these!

I picked up some Eye Kandy glitters with glue and a brush!

I picked up 6 Inglot lipsticks and some brush cleaner!!

I picked up a bunch of cleaners and makeup disinfectants from BeautySoClean.

 I had a great time at IMATS and if any of you went, please let me know what you hauled!! Thank you all for reading!!

OPI Liquid Sand Mariah Carey Collection review

Hey everyone! First of all I just wanted to thank all of you who entered my 900 facebook follower giveaway! I will have more giveaways soon! Today I finally have put together my review for the OPI Spring 2013 Mariah Carey collection Liquid Sand nail polishes. This liquid sand collection consists of four shades. They apply like regular nail polish but they dry to a matte, textured finish. I received a lot of compliments when I wore these at my job.

OPI Can't Let Go

First up is the shade Can't Let Go. This is a purple jelly base with purple glitter with small and large hex purple glitter. This is two coats.

OPI Get Your Number

Next is OPI Get Your Number. This is a blue jelly base with large and small blue glitter with some holo glitter mixed in. This is two coats. I was a little disappointed with this one. In the bottle, this looks so stunning and deep blue but on the nail it was lighter and I didn't get too much of the holo glitter on the nail. I might need more coats.



OPI Stay the Night

Next is OPI Stay the Night which is a black jelly base with small glitter mixed with larger red glitter. This is three coats. This was really pretty the first two days, then the red color from the glitter started rubbing off and just looked like silver glitter. I had to use three coats because two coats just looked grayish on my nails.

OPI The Impossible

Last but not least is OPI The Impossible. This was a pinkish jelly base with small, hex and star shaped pink glitter. As pretty as this looked on the nail, this one was a little annoying. This is two coats, it was very difficult to get the star glitter out the bottle and onto the nail. Then the star glitter dried but the ends were sticking up. The very next day one of the stars came off my thumb. Bummer. Next time I will try this with a gel topcoat to seal down the glitter.

All of these shades were surprisingly not that difficult to remove like other glitter polishes. Most of these lasted three to four whole days before they started chipping with is pretty good considering that you don't wear a topcoat with these. Some don't like the texture but I don't mind. Textured polishes look like a trend this year. I can't wait to check out the new Zoya textured polishes and compare them to these. Anyway, I think they are worth checking out if you haven't yet. I just thought they all looked prettier in the bottle than on the nail. What do you guys think of the textured polish trend? Thanks for reading!

 

Facebook 900 follower giveaway!!!

Hello beauties!!! I'm so excited to reach 900 followers on Facebook and as a thank you, I'm having a little giveaway!! Here are the prizes:

It's not much, just a little thank you to all who support my page and blog! I love communicating with you guys and I feel very grateful that there are cool peeps out there who actually care about me talking and posting pics about nail polish, nails, and nail designs! Here's the prize in detail:

Sally Hansen polish in Loves Me Not, an awesome purple green duo chrome

China Glaze Holiday Charms 2012 set

Julep glitter polish in America, Sephora polish in Reflecting Pond, and Sephora by OPI Who Let the Dorks Out? from the Glee collection

And also included is a brand new, full size Grapefruit Surprise Sugar scrub from Qtica. This giveaway is open to U.S residents 18 and over. Feel free to ask any questions. The giveaway ends Feb. 15 2012. Just fill out the rafflecopter below, I will choose a winner randomly and email the winner, so good luck and thanks again for following!!

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