Lacquered Lover "The Carly" Manicure Swatch Spam! Pic Heavy!

Good afternoon my fellow lacquered lovers!  Happy Monday!  I hope you all had a lovely weekend!  I've finally kicked this cold but I'm a bit behind on my swatching so I figured since you all liked my last Swatch Spam, I'd do another one with the infamous "Carly Manicure!"

Now if you follow me on Instagram (@lacqueredlover) then odds are, you've seen many of these.  I'm a big fan of doing a "swap" manicure of sorts or just show off my nail art by doing my signature "Carly Manicure" pose by lining up the bottles!  I haven't had any in a bit since my left hand had some breakage but today, I brought it back!  I love my recognizable nail pics so for your viewing pleasure, here are a TON of my favorites!  Now, without further ado, on to the polish!

 Above:  The first ever "Carly" manicure that was clearly before I knew how to line bottles up!  Zoya Zuza, Wednesday, Kimber and Arizona

 Above:  The Color Club Take Wing Collection

 Above:  Nostalgic Lacquer Blane and Duckie

 Above:  Two Sparitual Polishes I can't remember and Lynderella Connect the Dots

 Above:  Pure Ice Vinyl Remix

 Above:  A Milani glitter jelly sandwich!

 Above:  Spotty Dottie Light and Spotty Dottie Dark swap manicure!

 Above:  A NARS Gradient manicure using the Thakoon Collection

 Above:  A very bright Lush Lacquer manicure!

 Above:  China Glaze OMG, LOL and DV8 Gradient!

 Above:  Milani Half Moon Manicures!

 Above:  Nfu Oh Jelly Syrup and Essence Twins jelly sandwich!

 Above:  China Glaze Summer 2012 Neons with Lush Lacquer Salt N Peppa

 Above:  Zoya Laser Stripes Nail Art

 Above:  Deborah Lippmann Butterfly Nail Art

 Above:  China Glaze Spring 2012 with gLORIous Gold Flake Top coat!

 Above:  NCLA Swap Manicure

 

Above:  Whimsical Ideas by Pam Seuss and Saturday Morning Cartoons

 Above:  The blues from the NARS Thakoon Collection topped with Dollish Polish Random Dancing

 Above:  Illamasqua and Deborah Lippmann Jelly Sandwich

 Above:  A Sprite inspired manicure!

 Above:  China Glaze Summer 2012 Neons topped with OPI Standing Room Only

 Above:  Lush Lacquer Minty Chip and Chubby Checker

 Above:  China Glaze Neons topped with Lush Lacquer Salt N Peppa

 Above:  Dior Acapulco and Lagoon

 Above:  American Apparel Sheer Jelly Sandwich

 Above:  Milani Dot Gradient

 Above:  Daring Digits Square Glitter July 4th

 Above:  KBShimmer Broken Hearted and Radioactive

 Above:  Chanel Nouvelle Vague and Coco Blue

 Above:  Dior Summer 2012 Purples

 Above:  Cult Nails Unicorn Puke

 Above:  Ginger + Liz Double Swap

 Above:  OPI Lady Bug Nail Art

Above:  LE Butter London polishes topped with black and white glitter

 Above:  Layla Hologram Effects

 Above:  Illamasqua Rubber Brights

 Above:  KBShimmer

 Above:  Butter London Swinger and Scouse

 Above:  OPI Germany Collection Gradient

 Above:  China Glaze On Safari Collection Ruffle Manicure

 Above:  Layla Softouch

 Above:  NCLA Nail Strips

 Above:  The Zoya Zuza and Carly Gradient I wore at NYFW

 Above:  Zoya Julie and Gei Gei

 Above:  ManGlaze Fuggen Ugly and Hot Mess Gradient

 Above:  Lush Lacquer Sea Breeze over OCC Chalkboard and black

 Above:  Nails Inc Cupcake Nail art

 Above:  NCLA Saran Wrap Nail Art

 Above:  Zoya Christmas Nail Art

 Above:  Deborah Lippmann Forget You and Ruby Red Slippers

 Above:  OPI Gradient

 Above:  American Apparel Neon Gradient

 Above:  Sally Hansen Nail Strips topped with Nfu Oh Jelly Syrup

 Above:  ManGlaze Saran Wrap Manicure

Above:  Zoya Cherry Nail Art


Whew!  That was a LOT of "Carly" manicures!  I'm so happy to be able to do them again, I forgot how much I enjoy doing my pictures this way!

What do you think of my picture style?  Which was your favorite manicure?

Tom Ford Bordeaux Lust Swatches and Review!

Good afternoon my fellow lacquered lovers!  Happy Friday!  I apologize for the lack of posts this week but I've had a cold that really knocked me on my butt!  Today, I have a very special nail polish to show you!  If you saw my New Years Eve manicure you saw part of it but I had to give it its own post.  During Hanukkah, my lovely boyfriend surprised me one night with a Tom Ford nail polish.  He knew I'd been dying to try the brand but couldn't quite come to terms with the price so he walked into Saks Fifth Avenue in NYC and asked the woman at the counter what the best shade was!  Now, without further ado, on to the polish!

 

Above:  2 coats of Bordeaux Lust

I had to show you how this polish looks in all different lights because it's gorgeous!  Bordeaux Lust is a beautiful oxblood creme.  In direct lighting it almost looks like a bright blood red and in the shade, it's a super dark red.  I love how it changes!  The formula was absolutely divine, it applied like butter (or like a CHANEL) and the pigment in the polish is beautiful.

All in all, I LOVE this polish!  Yes, the $30 price tag is a bit steep but if you're looking for a quality polish in a color you won't get tired of, this one is great.  I definitely see more Tom Ford in my future!  Fingers crossed it somehow goes on sale somewhere!


What did you think of this polish?  Must Have?  Have you tried any Tom Ford?

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?