Lovely Layering: BIRTHDAY NAILS!!! featuring Ever After Polish

Lovely Layering: BIRTHDAY NAILS!!! featuring Ever After Polish

*Purchased by me AND sent for review*

Happy Sunday, polish peeps! Tomorrow is the 4th of July/Independence Day, and it is also my 24th birthday!! For my nails, I used a brand new color from Ever After Polish that was released for, and just in time for, the 4th of July! 

I layered this new polish over a neutral color which I had received for review from Ever After, back in December. Let's take a look at both colors, and my combo! 

Ever After Polish The Naughty List

Collection: Winter 2016 'Tis the Season to Sparkle Collection

Color/Finish: The Naughty List is a charcoal gray crelly.

Formula/Application: The Naughty List is nice and smooth to apply. Because of its crelly finish, it is a bit thin; I used two coats here, and still had several small bald spots. Three thin coats would give you full opacity! This dries semi-glossy; my pictures are shown without topcoat. 

Rating: ♥♥♥♥ 4 hearts! The Naughty List is a wonderful shade as a base for glitter and/or nail art. I do like the quick dry time, and don't mind that three coats are needed.

Availability: Ever After Polish The Naughty List is not currently available in their shop. 

Ever After Polish Spangled

Collection: No set collection; this was released in June 2016, for the 4th of July. 

Color/Finish: Spangled is a microglitter bomb full of red, blue, and silver holo glitters and larger red glitters dispersed throughout.

Formula/Application: I layered one thin coat of Spangled over two coats of The Naughty List, and it applied nice and smooth, with an even disbursement of glitter. The only thing that I had to fish for was the larger red glitter; however, they were easily discovered. My one coat dried quickly, and it dried smooth. I sealed everything in with one layer of glossy topcoat, for some extra shine!

Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥ 5 hearts! Spangled is the PERFECT 4th of July glitter bomb, with an amazing formula to boot! In person (and when I wiggle my fingers around like a fool), the sparkle is so intense!

Availability: Ever After Polish Spangled is currently available in Ever After's shop; it costs $9.00 for a 13.5 mL bottle, and the listing for it can be found right here. 

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Thank you so much for stopping by, and I'll see you next time! 

♥ Megan

4th of July Nail Art Blog Switch with Polished Pathology!

4th of July Nail Art Blog Switch with Mindfully Polished - Press Samples/Purchased by Me

I'm so excited to be doing a blog switch with Jenne from Polished Pathology! Read below to see her amazing 4th of July mani, then jump over to her blog to see what I created! 

Hey guys, Jenne here! Today I am switching with Megan from Mindfully Polished. I've been watching her swatching style grow over the past couple months and have been really impressed. Also, WE HAVE THE SAME BIRTHDAY! When I found that out, I asked if she wanted to do a blog switch with nail art that celebrated our birthday. She said yes! I can't wait to show you what I did, so let's get to the polishes!

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1. Sinful Colors GoGo Girl
2. Sinful Colors Endless Blue
3. Color Club Just My Luck
4. Salon Perfect Sugar Cube
5. Chaos & Crocodiles Black Ops
6. Zeva Triple Strength Nail Guard
7. Glisten & Glow HK Girl
8. Vibrant Vinyls Liquid Latex
9. Vibrant Vinyls 4th of July Sampler Pack
10. Vibrant Vinyls Skinny Rays stencil

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Do your watermarble! I did a marble of Sinful Colors GoGo Girl, Color Club Just My Luck, and Sinful Colors Endless Blue. I'm including a video tutorial at the end :) I realize this isn't truly a good 'step 1' but it's my birthday. I can do what I want.

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Add the vinyls! I used the 4th of July Sampler pack and the Skinny Rays stencil from Vibrant Vinyls. If you have a leg or two of the stars off your nail and onto the ski, the stars are easy to remove and you won't damage the design underneath. I was going for a firework look for my middle fingers. Paint over with your choice of color (I used Salon Perfect Sugar Cube and Chaos & Crocodiles Black Ops). For some, it might be easier to sponge the color on top, which helps with flooding. I didn't have any issues with the colors I chose.

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Remove the vinyls, top coat, and you're done! I used tweezers to help with removal, and that made things pretty easy. I LOVE how they turned out, what do you guys think?

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As promised, here is my YouTube video tutorial! Thank you so much for letting me be a part of your blog today, Megan! What do you guys think of our Fourth of July Nail Art?   -- Jenne Rempel Polished Pathology http://www.polishedpathology.com

AMAZING, isn't she?? Thank you so much for asking me to switch with you, Jenne!

Thanks for stopping by, and I'll see you next time!
♥ Megan