Lacquered Lover's Instagram NOTD Swatch Spam!

Good morning my fellow lacquered lovers!  Happy Tuesday to you all!  Today, I decided to do something a bit different than my normal swatches and review.  Usually on the blog I will try to do full collections or a few polishes at a time but in my every day life, I change up my nail polish virtually every day!  Now, if you follow my social media you've probably stumbled into a bunch of these from Instagram but I wanted to share with you guys some (and by that I mean over 30) of my nails of the day!

I'm pretty sure this is my most favorite collage ever.  This is most of the NOTD I have done over the last couple of months!  It also includes a fun nail polish art from a friend of mine.  Now, without further ado, on to the polish!

 Above:  Sally Hansen Salon Effects in Sound Check

 Above:  Various Nfu Oh Flakies

 Above:  ManGlaze Santorum and ILF Saran Wrap Manicure

 Above:  OPI Russian Navy and Midnight in Moscow

 Above:  Sally Hansen Gradient with All Aglow and Tender Teal

 Above:  These are my Zoolander inspired nails!  Can you guess all the references?

Above:  Estee Lauder Explosif and Smashed

 Above:  Sephora X Cocky and Cold Hearted

 Above:  Saran Wrap Manicure with Dior Ultra Violet and Tuxedo

 Above:  I Love Nail Polish Fully Turqued over various greys

 Above:  ManGlaze Santorum

 Above:  Deborah Lippmann Cleopatra in New York and Sugar Daddy

 Above:  Chanel Malice

 Above:  Deborah Lippmann Through the Fire and Cleopatra in New York

 Above:  Zoya Raven and Gilty

 Above:  Zoya Veruschka

 Above:  Illamasqua Creator and Cameo

 Above:  Zoya Loredana and Trixie Gradient

Above:  China Glaze It's a Trap-Eze

 Above:  OPI Sapphire in the Snow topped with Nfu Oh 49 and Ninja Polish Color Changing Garnet

 Above:  Hits Phenomena Afterglow and Moonbow

 Above:  KBShimmer Hex Appeal

 Above:  ManGlaze Nawsome Sauce and Hot Mess

 Above:  Deborah Lippmann Money Now Sleep Later

 Above:  Glitzology My Viking Boyfriend and Diamonds & Pearls

 Above:  Tom Ford Bordeaux Lust

 Above:  Essie Butler Please with an accent of Where's My Chauffeur topped with Ninja Polish Melted Snowman

 Above:  Ninja Polish Sapphire Dreams topped with Hannukah Floam and an accent of First Snow

 Above:  Saran Wrap Manicure with OPI Goldeneye and Unfor-Greta-Bly Blue

 Above:  Jade Magia Negra

 Above:  OPI Liquid Sand in Get Your Number and Can't Let Me Go

 Above:  Butter London Scuppered and Gobsmacked

 Above:  Nails Inc Leather Effect in NoHo

 Above:  Color Club Angel Kiss and Blue Heaven

Above:  MAC for Gareth Pugh Hyper

Whew!  That's a lot of gorgeous polishes all in one place!  And here's a fun little extra that my good friend Bari made using nail polish at one of our girls nights in December:

I hope you all enjoyed my crazy NOTD post!  Did you like seeing these all in one place?  Make sure you follow me in Instagram (lacqueredlover) and feel free to leave me your Instagram name so I can follow you back!

What'd you think of these manicures?  Which are your favorites?

Lacquered Lover's Divine Caroline Snowflake Tutorial!

Good morning my fellow lacquered lovers!  Happy Tuesday!  I hope you're all having a lovely week so far!  This morning, I just wanted to share with you a simple snow flake tutorial I did for Divine Caroline last week!  Now, without further ado, on to the polish!

I used the gorgeous KB Shimmer Snow Way! that I showed you all this weekend as a background for falling snow and just love how this came out!  To read the full tutorial, check it out HERE and be sure to check Divine Caroline later for a Hanukkah tutorial!

What did you think of this manicure?  Will you try it?

KBShimmer: A Selection of Winter 2012 Swatches and Review!

Good morning my fellow lacquered lovers!  Happy Sunday to you all and Happy Hanukkah to my fellow readers who began to celebrate last night!  Today, I have a wonderful indie collection to share with you!

KB Shimmer released their Winter collection last month and I have five of these glitter beauties to share with you today!  Now, without further ado, on to the polish!

Above:  1 coat of KBShimmer Candy Cane Crush over 2 coats LCN Tokyo Expression

First up is Candy Cane Crush.  Since this is a glitter topper, I put it over a dark grey.  Candy Cane Crush is multiple sized glitter from tiny to large in a bright red and pure white in a clear base.  It's adorable and really does look like a crushed Candy Cane!  Also, it's scented like peppermint!  This polish was pretty easy to use, some of the really large glitters required a bit of fishing out but they went on smooth and evened out with top coat!

Above:  2 coats of Cocoa Nut

Cocoa Nut is a gorgeous milk brown chocolate base full of multi colored pink glitter in different sizes and shapes, including irregular flakes.  It's also full of a gold micro shimmer that really adds a lot of depth.  It reminds me of truffles or hot cocoa with raspberries!  I love how rich this color looks on the nails.  The formula was great, opaque in two coats and evened out with one coat of top coat!

Above:  3 coats of Hex Appeal

I think Hex Appeal is my new favorite glitter nail polish!  Hex Appeal is a navy almost jelly like base full of magenta, blue and silver hex glitter in different sizes with tiny bar glitters as well.  I LOVE it!  I used three thin coats since the base is fairly sheer but with three coats, I had full opacity.  The glitters came out really easily and evened out with one coat of top coat!

Above:  3 coats of Snow Way!

Snow Way! is an adorable polish that actually looks like falling snow to me!  The base is a light milky blue full of multi sized hexagonal white matte glitters.  I love it!  The formula was a bit thick so I found that 3 thin coats worked best for full coverage.

Above:  2 coats of Sugar Plum Faerie

Sugar Plum Faerie is a pink toned plum milky jelly base full of purple, bright green an pink glitters in different sizes and shapes.  I really love how the green is so contrasting!  This polish is really rich and fun for winter time!  This polish was really easy to use, no fishing for glitter is necessary and it was opaque in 2 coats!

All in all, I LOVED this collection!  Really great showing from KBShimmer for Winter!  The glitters are fun and different and all of the formulas were really easy to use.  All of these polishes and the rest of the Winter collection are available now at the KBShimmer Website for $8.75 each!

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.