Purple Manicures and Makeup for World Cancer Day 2014!

Good morning my fellow lacquered lovers!  Happy Tuesday to you all!  I hope you are all having a wonderful week so far.  Looks like it will be a snowy one here in NYC!  With NYFW fast approaching (2 days!) let's hope it clears up soon!  

But first, today I have a purple post for you all in honor of World Cancer Day.

World Cancer Day helps to raise awareness and money for the fight against cancer.  Most of us probably know people who have battled the disease and I've lost family members and had survivors surround me. According to their website:

"World Cancer Day takes place every year on 4 February and is the single initiative under which UICC, its members, partners and the entire world can unite together in the fight against the global cancer epidemic. World Cancer Day is an initiative of UICC, through which we aim to help save millions of preventable deaths each year by raising awareness and education about cancer, and pressing governments and individuals across the world to take action against the disease. "

Since Purple is the color of cancer awareness, I'm sharing some of my favorite makeup and nail looks that feature purple!  Now, without further ado, onto the polish (and makeup!)

 Above:  Dance Legend Cosmic Rainbow

 Above: Deborah Lippmann Harlem Silks From Bombay 

 Above:  Deborah Lippmann Stronger 

 Above:  Dior Poison and Perle

 Above:  Enchanted Polish Magical Mystery Tour

 Above:  Enchanted Polish Octopus's Garden

 Above:  Illamasqua Dotticure

 Above:  Jordana purple Eyemakeup

 Above: Lime Crime Lipstick in Poisonberry

 Above:  Milani Vivid Violet and Sugar Crush

 Above:  Nars TrainBlue Velvet Matte Lip Pencil

 Above: Nfu-Oh 51

 Above:  OPI I Vant To Bite Your Neck topped with 18k Gold Top Coat

 Above:  Polished by KPT Ophelia's Love and Nostalgia

 Above:  Pretty and Polisehd Anamagi

 Above:  Multiple Glitter Manicure

 Above:  Revlon Matte Lip Stain Balm in Shameless

 Above:  Stila Pigment Eyeshadow in Tie Dye

 Above:  Urban Decay Vice Palette Looks

 Above:  Zoya Savita

Above:  Urban Decay Glinda Palette

So there you have it!  Purple eyeshadow, nail polish and lipstick galore!  Be sure to check out the World Cancer Day Website to see what you can do to make a difference and proudly wear your purple today!

What did you think of these looks?  Would you try any?

Lacquered Lover Collaboration with Pretty and Polished: New York City Lights Swatches and Review!

Good morning my fellow lacquered lovers!  Happy Tuesday to you all!  I hope you are all doing well on this hot summer day!  Today, I have something really special to share with you all:

Above:  Picture by Pretty & Polished

I was given the amazing opportunity to work with the lovely Chelsea of the brand Pretty & Polished along with 4 other bloggers to help create a polish for the upcoming Blogger Collection!  Chelsea based my polish off of my love of purple and sparkles and blue and flakes!  Now, without further ado, on to the polish!

 Above:  2 coats of New York City Lights with no flash

Above:  2 coats of New York City Lights with Flash

New York City Lights (obviously named after my hometown of NYC) is a gorgeous semi sheer violet with blue iridescence.  This polish is sparkly, flaky and fairly duochrome all in one!  What I really love about it is that you can wear it on its own, OR you can layer it over a darker shade to get all sorts of fun colors!  And the best part is that even though it's a buildable shade, it's not thick and just 2 coats are needed for full opacity!

Above:  Macro shots of New York City Lights

I hope you all enjoy this polish because I had such a blast creating it with Pretty and Polished!  Be sure you are following the brand on Facebook and Twitter to find out when this and the rest of the Blogger Collection will be released and stay tuned for more swatches!

What did you think of this polish? Must have? Any dupes?

The products in this post were sent to me for my unbiased review. Please see my disclosure policy for more information.

Pretty and Polished How Do You Spell Chanukkah? Swatches and Review!

Good morning my fellow lacquered lovers!  Happy Friday!  I hope you have all had a nice week so far and are looking forward to the weekend!  Today, I have a really special nail polish to show you!  My friend Chelsea, the creator behind one of the best indie brands Pretty & Polished, has created a Hanukkah polish!  I was so excited when she asked me to review it since being a Jewish blogger, most of the holiday collections I see are Christmas themed so I loved this.  PLUS, I got to help name the polish which is after a hilarious song by the band The LeeVees who got together a few years ago after realizing there were no good Hanukkah songs and they released an album of all funny songs for the holiday season!  Now, without further ado, on to the polish!

 

Above:  2 coats of How Do You Spell Chanukkah?

 

How Do You Spell Chanukkah? is like the snowy winter sky and Hanukkah had a baby and this nail polish was the result!  The base of this is a light blue and it's full of small silver, gold, blue and white glitters and then has really large white hexagonal glitters as well!  It truly looks like the falling snow with the large white hexes and I love that it incorporates all the Hanukkah colors without just being a full on glitter.  Two coats made this polish opaque and the white glitters were surprisingly easy to get out of the bottle!

 

 

All in all, I love this polish!  It's super adorable for winter and I love the Chanukkah theme!  This polish is now available in the Pretty and Polished store for $9.00 a bottle and is perfect for you or a Jewish friend for the holidays!  Even if you're not Jewish you can enjoy the fun colors and wintery feel!  And, let's be honest, no one ever knows how to spell this holiday's name so I will leave you with the hilarious music video by The LeeVees for your viewing and listening pleasure for a new kind of holiday song!

 

 

What did you think of this polish?  Must have? Any Dupes?


The products in this post were sent to me for my unbiased review. Please see my disclosure policy for more information.

Green Swatch Spam for St. Patty's Day!

Good afternoon my fellow lacquered lovers!  As (sort of) promised, here is post number two of the day!  Since St. Patty's day is fast approaching, last night I decided to pull ALL my green polishes out of my collection.  I surprisingly had a lot!  So today, I have a bunch of swatch spam for you all!  Just lots of pictures of gorgeous greens!  Stay tuned throughout the week for more!  Now, without further ado, on to the polish!!!

 Above:  Barielle Green Opal

 Above:  Butter London Bossy Boots

 Above:  Butter London British Racing Green

 Above:  China Glaze Cha Cha Cha

 Above:  China Glaze Gaga For Green

Above:  Color Club Holiday Splendor

 Above:  Dior Water Lily

 Above:  Dr.'s REMEDY Essential EMERALD

 Above:  Essie Armed & Ready

 Above:  Essie Navigate Her

 Above:  Illamasqua Kink

Above:  Illamasqua MILF

 Above:  NARS Night Porter

 Above:  Here Today Aragon Tomorrow Suede

 Above:  Pretty and Polished Sphere

 Above:  Sinful Colors Call You Later

 Above:  Wet N Wild SaGreena The Teenage Witch

 Above:  Zoya Evvie

 Above:  Zoya Holly

 Above:  Zoya Ivanka

Above:  Zoya Rina

Whew, that is a LOT of green!  The good news is, I have so much more!  Who would have thought I had so much green in my collection?

What do you think of the greens?  Which are your favorites?  Which are your least favorites?