Speckled Neon Gradient

I couldn't get enough of the adorable Specked Neon shades from InDecisive Lacquer that I showed you yesterday, so after swatching them, I decided to play around and create some nail art. Although these don't come in all the colors of a rainbow, I thought it might still be fun to put them in rainbow-y order and of course that meant some sort of gradient was in order...

Barielle Vibrants Collection Swatches and Review!

Hello All! :)

Today I would like to show you the Barielle Vibrants collection. This is the second half of the spring release and features six gorgeous bright cream shades. In case you missed the softer Velvets half of the collection yesterday, you can check it out here...

Barielle Velvets Collection Swatches and Review!

Hi! Today I have prepared for you swatches of the Barielle Velvets collection. The six Velvet shades make up the soft, romantic half of the Spring collection...

Barielle January Sweepstakes

Barielle is excited to hold another Sweepstakes in January.

The January Sweepstakes will start on January 8th and will end on January 22nd.

There will be 10 prizes given out and two Grand Prizes of Coach Wristlets, RSP of $100.00 each.

Barielle Sophisticated Lady Collection Swatches and Review

Today I would like to show you swatches of the Barielle Sophisticated Lady collection. This is the second of the Fall collections by Barielle. Although both of the collections contain the creamy brown named In Good Taste, that is where the similarities end. The first collection, Nude&Naughty, contains soft neutral shades while this one is darker and moodier....

Barielle Nude & Naughty Collection Swatches and Review

Today I would like to share with you the new Barielle Nude & Naughty collection released this Fall. The collection features five beautiful neutral shades...

Barielle's Welcome Fall Sweepstakes!

The September Sweepstakes will start on September 12th and end on September 26th. There will be 10 prizes given out and one Grand Prize of a Cole Haan Silver Satchel, RSP of $175.00. The ten prizes are the Barielle products only.

The Barielle kit will consist of:

• Two of the Fall Collections 5 Packs (Sophisticated Lady and Nude & Naughty) - $50
• One Nail Rebuilding Protein Base Coat - $17.50
• One No Chip Speed Dry Top Coat - $12.50
• One Nail Strengthener Cream - $17.00
• The value of the total Grand Prize is more than $200.00

The Grand Prize will include the fashion accessory plus the Barielle Kit.

Enter on Barielle's Facebook page...

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PCOS Awareness with Shimmer Strength!

September is PCOS Awareness Month and I could think of no better polish to create a manicure with than Shimmer Strength. Donations are made to support PCOS with the sale of each Shimmer Strength polish. The beautiful teal glitter coordinates perfectly with the ribbon supporting PCOS awareness. I just love the the motto of "Fight Like a Girl!"...

Sunday Stamping: Anything Goes...

I got lucky with this week's Sunday Stamping theme of no restrictuion, free for all, anything goes because I had no time to create a new mani. Instead I would like to show you one that I wore last week while swatching the Barielle Summer Fun Collection. Since it includes stamping, I will consider today's challenge as met...

Barielle Summer Fun Collection

Everyone is starting to show off the new Fall collections and I'm making a desperate attempt to hang on to Summer just a bit longer by showing you this beautiful Barielle Summer Fun collection from last year. It features soft creams that are perfect for the sunny weather that I'm hoping will be sticking around despite the rain we had yesterday...

Mint Mani for TaliaJoy

I'm a day late with posting this, but I really wanted to take part in Nail Polish Wars' wonderful idea to create a mint manicure in honor of Talia Castellano aka TaliaJoy18. If you have not heard of Talia, she was a beautiful 13 year old girl, a talented make-up and nail artist, honorary Cover Girl and an all around sweetheart who never stopped smiling. Sadly, she lost her battle with cancer last Tuesday. Her last Instagram pic was a mint manicure, so to honor her here this is my mint mani...

Going Dotty with Winstonia...

A little bit ago I received a wheel of nail studs and pointy tweezers from Winstonia for review. Today I would like to show you both of these items. I decided to incorporate the nail studs into my stamping as I usually like to do. Of course it goes without saying that I paired the studs up with a stamping pattern from a Winstonia plate. The plates I purchased and reviewed back in March. Being very impressed with the quality, I was excited to try more Winstonia products...

Happy 4th of July!!!

Water marble continues to be one of my biggest challenges so I rarely take the time to do it, although the outcome is often worth the frustration. I decided to take on the water marble for this Independence Day manicure since I'm heading out for a long weekend and wanted something special to celebrate...

Barielle Tulips...

I am always commenting on how well the thick Barielle creams work for stamping, so while swatching the beautiful shades of the Barielle Brilliant Colors collection, I got the urge to do some stamping. I was once again pleased with the stamp-ability of the creams and if it hadn't been for a little oops on my part, this would have been perfect...

Mermaid...

Today I would like to show you a show you a mermaid manicure which was inspired by the beautiful InDecisive Mermaid glitter. I love the beautiful teal shade over green and it really made me wish to create a manicure around it...

Crack and Burn...

I would like to show you some nail art that I created while swatching InDecisive Nal Lacquer last week. I was captivated by Antique for the name and the beautiful silver flakies. For some reason, it made me think of DIY distressed furniture so I really wanted to distress the tips of the manicure. The look was inspired by a Nailartitudesdeclaire manicure which I spotted on Pinterest a few days prior. In comparison with the delicate manicure of Nailartitudesdeclaire, I'm a fairly heavy handed when it comes to free hand nail art. As you can see, rather than a gentle distressing, I ended up with "burnt" tips, but I love it...

Barielle Brilliant Colors Swatches and Review...

Barielle has released their second collection for the summer called Brilliant Colors. The collection features five beautiful bright cream shades. Although the names of the lacquers in this collection drudge up thoughts of going back to school, the colors are perfect for the sunny days of summer...

Shimmer...

A little while ago Cindy, the creator of Shimmer Polish generously sent me some of her beautiful glitter bombs to play around with and show you. I have been showing them to you a little at a time along with the nail art I created, but today I would like to show you a few swatches. It should come as no surprise how much I like Shimmer Polish. Although photos never seem to do these beauties justice as they are so hard to capture in a single shot, I gave it my best effort...

Barielle June Sweepstakes

Barielle had such wonderful success with their May Sweepstakes that they decided to hold another sweepstakes for the month of June! Don't miss your opportunity to enter for a chance to win some amazing prizes...

The June Sweepstakes will start on June 10th and end on June 30th.

There will be 10 prizes given out and one Grand Prize of a DKNY Blue Leather Handbag, RSP of $175.00.

The Barielle kit will consist of:

• Two of the Summer Collections 5 Packs (Brilliant Colors and Summer Brights) - $50
• One Nail Rebuilding Protein Base Coat - $17.50
• One No Chip Speed Dry Top Coat - $12.50
• One Nail Strengthener Cream - $17.00

Total value of $97.00

The Grand Prize will include the fashion accessory plus the Barielle Kit.


Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)

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Barielle Summer Brights Collection Swatches & Review...

Today I have the fun Barielle Summer Brights collection to show you. Living in Seattle, it is sometimes hard to believe that Spring or much less Summer will ever come, but a colorful collection such as this makes me forget all of that. The Summer Brights collection contains five bright creams perfect for the warm days to come...