RickyColor The Pastel Opal Collection Skittles Manicure!

Good morning my fellow lacquered lovers!  Happy Monday to you all!  I hope you're all having a lovely week so far!  The sun is shining, it's finally feeling like Spring, and that means bright nail polish is on the horizon!  The lovely people over at one of my favorite NYC stores, Ricky's, sent me over their newest collection of RickyColor nail polishes and they are FABULOUS!  Now, without further ado, onto the polish!

These shades are BRIGHT!  RickyColor calls them pastel but I think they are more of a pastel neon.  This collection consists of three cremes and an iridescent glitter topper which I will test out soon for you all.  The blue is called BBCS at Cyrils and is the most muted of the bunch.  It's an almost dusty blue that had a great formula and was opaque in 2 coats.  The green is called Hudson Valley Getaway and is an almost neon mint green.  I'm kind of obsessed with it and had a great formula of being opaque in 2 coats.  Last but most certainly not least is the the pink Night at the Stalkhouse which is an almost neon salmon shade.  The formula on this was also opaque in 2 coats.

All in all, I was really impressed by this collection!  Usually pastels can be streaky or hard to apply but I had no issues with any of these.  The color payoff was so bright, the formulas easy to use, and they even made my super pale hands look tan!  Just for fun, I added Butter London Anorak on top:

All of these shades are now available at Ricky's stores and online for $6.50 each!

What did you think of these colors?  Would you try it?  Any must haves?  Any dupes?

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

Ricky's Rockin' Beauty Awards!

Good afternoon my fellow lacquered lovers!  Just a quick post to let you guys know about an awesome contest!  The amazing beauty supply store Ricky's is hosting a contest for all your favorite beauty products!  Simply fill out your nominations (and all the other information) on the Rafflecopter form below for your chance to win a $100 gift card to Ricky's!


a Rafflecopter giveaway


Good luck!

LACQUERED LOVER AND RICKY'S MATTESE ELITE GIVEAWAY WINNER!!!

Good morning my fellow lacquered lovers!  I hope you all had a wonderful winter weekend!  Today I finally have the winners of the amazing Mattese Elite Giveaway hosted by Ricky's!

Congrats Maria!  She has been notified via email and has 48 hours to respond!  Everyone else who has won a giveaway from me recently, be advised that your packages will be going out this week!  Stay tuned later today for more swatches and reviews!

LACQUERED LOVER AND RICKY'S MATTESE ELITE GIVEAWAY!!!

Good morning my fellow lacquered lovers!  Do I have a treat for you today!  As you may remember, yesterday I reviewed the entire new Mattese Elite Seductive Winter Wonderland Collection found HERE.  Today, I give you a chance to win the ENTIRE collection!

All six of these gorgeous polishes can be yours!  Glitters, shimmers, holographic, iridescent, it's everything you could ever want from a nail polish collection!  To win this fabulous prize, just fill out the form below!  Don't forget to check out Ricky's for all your beauty needs!  A huge thank you to LeAnna and the amazing crew at Ricky's for hosting this awesome giveaway!  Be sure to read the rules and regulations below before entering and good luck!

Super Exclusive Sneak Peek for Mattese Elite!

Ok Lacquered Lovers, this is something I rarely do, but I was so so excited to get this picture of the new Mattese Elite Winter Wonderland Collection that I just had to share it with you all!

I can't wait for this collection to come out next week!  I know I for one will be stalking Ricky's to grab these glittery beauties up!  Mattesse Elite has had some great collections this year, and as soon as I can get these I'll swatch them for you!  In the meantime, Ricky's is having some great deals on their website for those of you who don't live in a city that has a store you can go to, so check out the site HERE for some awesome stuff!

NYC Fashion's Night Out

Good afternoon my fellow lacquered lovers! As promised, here is a post all about my adventures at Fashion's Night Out last night! FNO is an event that kicks off New York Fashion Week where stores, mobile trucks, pop up shops all have events that people can go to for Fashion Week! Since you can't get into a fashion show without a ticket, this is a great alternative! Clearly I had to do something awesome for my manicure so here is my first stab at a corset manicure!




This look was created using Butter London Knees Up, a Milani black nail art brush and my dotting tools! It took awhile and it wasn't perfect but it was good enough that people at FNO kept asking me who did my manicure and at which event it was done! Felt good to say I did it myself!

Now, onto the events! First I stopped off for a preview at the Sally Hansen event at Talbots on Madison Avenue. It was so cute! They had a bunch of their Insta-Dry polishes and Salon Effects on display and were doing manicures! They also had an eyebrow shaping booth. Here are some pictures of the displays and the manicure station:






So fun! Unfortunately I had to run to another event so I couldn't stick around once it started but I heard it was a ton of fun! Next, I was off to Ricky's newest location on 88th and Broadway:



It was so awesome! You walked in and got a giftbag full of goodies like Mattesse Elite makeup, tweezers, a gel eye mask, nail buffer, etc. They had free drinks from Hypnotiq, games to guess candle scents (I guessed all 3 wrong!) and raffles all night! Plus a DJ, mini makeovers from TooFaced and a manicure station! I took advantage of the $25 hair blowout which was amazing AND the deal is good through the end of September, so if you are in NY, definitely check out the Revolver Salon! Here is a picture of me post hair blowout and holding my goodie bag:


Special thanks to the wonderful boyfriend AJ for taking this picture and for accompanying me to FNO!

Unfortunately by the time we got home I was so exhausted I forgot to take pictures of the inside of my goodie bag but I'll try to post that up this weekend! Our last stop of the night was down in the Meatpacking District to check out the Color Club Mobile Truck that they set up for the night! However when we got down there, something happened and they had to close early, but here are a few quick pictures I got:




It was so cute! It was an old ice cream truck and they had pictures of polishes on it like ice cream! Even though it was closed, I spoke with a lovely woman who ended up giving me the special edition Fashion Night Out polish that Color Club created called FNO Red in a pack with their black crackle!




Those were all the events we checked out but here are a few more pictures of what we saw around the MeatPacking District! Tons of shops had outdoor areas set up, and well it's just not something you see every day on the streets of NYC!







Phew! So there you have it! My Fashion's Night Out experience in a nutshell! It was a ton of fun and I can't wait to go back in the spring!

Did any of you go to any FNO events this year? What did you think?