Barielle Gentle Breeze Watercolor Water Marble

I haven't done a water marble in what seems like FOREVER, so I decided when I received the Barielle Gentle Breeze collection for spring 2015, I would have to give it a shot!

According to Barielle, the Spring collection "reflects the soft, gentle, eclectic hues of this most welcome and delightful season." It is definitely atypical of other brands' spring collections, but that's not really a bad thing.

Under the Sea - A rich, sea scuba blue shimmer

Champagne and Bubbles - A creamy tangerine

Pink Parasol - A creamy strawberry ice

Gray Sky - A rich, creamy glacier gray

Heaven Sent - A soft creamy aquamarine

Prior to starting the water marbling process, I painted on two coats of Under the Sea as the base.

I initially didn't intend for this to have a very soft, watercolor look, but a few of these shades (Champagne and Bubbles, Under the Sea, and Heaven Sent) are on the sheerer side.

I really loved how this came out, even though the colors bled together. It actually made a pretty watercolor effect!

I am TOTALLY in love with this water marble. I wore it for a full week before I managed to take it off!

The Gentle Breeze collection is available from Barielle as a set for $25 USD.

What do you think of this watercolor look?


Disclaimer: The product(s) in this post were provided to me by the manufacturer or their PR company for consideration. For more information please visit my Disclaimer page. 

Valentine's Day and Anti-Valentine's Day Nail Art

Happy Valentine's Day, everybody!

Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it), I'm still recovering from both my surgery and the flu, so I can't stomach any chocolate or other candy. However, that doesn't mean I can't celebrate the holiday with a little sparkle!

When I asked over on the Princess Polish Facebook page what you all wanted to see from my Valentine's Day manicure this year, it seemed lots of you wanted something non-traditional, possibly holographic. So I came up with something that could be both in celebration or opposition of the holiday, depending on how you look at it!

The base color is Colors by Llarowe Dirty Diana with Sinful Colors Black on Black on top.

I thought that the slash of magenta could be something sassy and fierce for a night out with a special someone, but also could be anti-Valentine's Day because it reminds me of a broken heart.

I was really happy to rock this look at least for a day around school and work. Unfortunately, being sick meant I basically was the only one who got to stare at it this week. But oh well! Now you all can see it too!

Would you wear this non-traditional mani?

Swatch and Review: Colors by Llarowe Dirty Diana

Here's some swatches of a lemming I squashed last week when I picked it up in a swap. This shade comes from the Michael Jackson Collection from Colors by Llarowe and it's absolutely stunning!

Dirty Diana is a magenta linear holo that is honestly one of the most vivid holo polishes I have ever seen!

Dirty Diana is currently in stock over at Llarowe for $12! Scoop it up while you can!

Milani Fierce Foil Nail Lacquer Snowflake Nail Art

While swatching the brand new Milani Fierce Foil collection, I found my snowflake nail vinyls and thought that the colors would lend themselves nicely to a little winter nail art.

For this look, I used Milani Venice and Rome:

Milani Venice is a cobalt blue metallic polish that I used for the snowflakes and Milani Rome is a metallic orchid that I used as the base.

I really liked how wintery these came out with the combination of colors, but also the metallic shimmer. It's still colorful, but icy in a way. I really loved it.

And even though these are metallic, I had no issues with staining or removal. These came off really easily.

Stay tuned for a full review of the entire Milani Fierce Foil Nail Lacquer collection later this week! In the meantime, you can find these two shades at your local CVS for $3.99. But act fast! These are limited edition!

Disclaimer: The product(s) in this post were provided to me by the manufacturer or their PR company for consideration. For more information please visit my Disclaimer page. 

Swatch and Review: L'Oreal Masked Affair

TGIF! And in honor of the weekend, I have a VERY exciting swatch to share with you today. It appears that there is now officially a linear holographic polish that is available at drug stores and other national retailers!

And it comes from a very surprising source: L'Oreal!

Masked Affair was released as part of the Dark Sides of Grey Colour Riche collection, which I assume is in honor of the novel "50 Shades of Gray." But whatever the reason, I am incredibly excited that they did!

L'Oreal 701 Masked Affair is a silver linear holo with pinkish undertones.  I used three coats to achieve full opacity, but this dried INCREDIBLY quickly. I honestly could have gone about my day after fifteen minutes and not even remotely dinged it up.

The above photo was taken indoors without a top coat. Please continue to scroll for more indoor photos, a photo with top coat, and an outdoor shot.

Swatch and Review: Milani Color Statement Skittle Nails

Good evening to you all and a very happy weekend!

Over the course of the past few months, I've been doing a lot of nail art with my new Milani Color Statement polishes. I've used blues and reds and greens and sheers... but there are so many more shades in the collection. So to keep this post relatively short and sweet, while having all the colors in a single post, I decided to skittle swatch the polishes. However, I kept them in color groups for easy viewing.

All polish names are listed from index to pinky finger and have two coats applied.

Zoya Bruised and Bloody Nail Art

Happy Halloween, my lovelies! May your day be filled with lots of treats and not only a moderately acceptable amount of screaming, sugared-up children!

My NOTD in honor of this holiday uses the classic blood drip look, but with a little something extra.

 

By sponging a little Zoya Cynthia around the border of my nail, over a coat of Zoya Audrey, and topping it off with Zoya Rekha for the blood, I created something a bit spookier than usual. Perhaps, Zombie-like?

What do you think of my subtle twist on a Halloween classic manicure?

Zoya Antique Daisies Nail Art

Happy Monday, everybody!

Here's a quick nail art post to kick off the week, featuring some bright and happy shades from Zoya.

This look was fairly easy to achieve with the use of a dotting tool. The base color is Zoya Jacqueline, while the flowers were made using Zoya Breezi for the petals and Zoya Pippa for the centers.

I liked how Jacqueline as a base color gave this look a very antique-y, but delicate feel.

The flowers maybe took me about fifteen minutes in total and most of that time was spent dipping and cleaning the dotting tool so that there wasn't a build up of thick, gooey polish.

What do you think of this look? Is this something you'd be willing to try yourself?

Swatch and Review: Zoya Tickled Polka Dots

After featuring nail art for the Zoya Bubbly collection, I felt it was only appropriate to feature nail art using the Zoya Tickled collection today!

Again, I wanted to go for a fun and funky feel and with these shades from the collection, it was not a problem!

All polka dots were made using Zoya Kitridge. From thumb to pinky finger, the shades in order are Wendy, Ling, Tilda, Rooney, and Rocha.

Zoya Kitridge is a summer bubblegum cream.

Zoya Ling is a vibrant royal blue cream polish.

Zoya Tilda is a warm mantis green cream.

Zoya Wendy is a juicy summer melon polish.

Zoya Rooney is a mid-range magenta pink cream.

Zoya Rocha is a folly red cream polish.

All of these polishes were opaque with two coats, while Kitridge was fairly opaque with one coat for the dots, so I imagine it would be opaque for full coverage in two, as well.

The entire Tickled collection is available at Zoya.com for $9 per bottle. You can also find Zoya at your local Ulta store.

Are you going to be picking up any of the Bubbly shades? And do you love these as much as I do?

Disclaimer: The product(s) in this post were provided to me by the manufacturer or their PR company for consideration. For more information please visit my Disclaimer page.  

Swatch and Review: Zoya Magical Pixie Dust for Summer 2014

Happy Friday! Yay, it's the weekend! To celebrate, I'm reviewing the three new Zoya Magical Pixies for Summer 2014!

Swatch and Review: Zoya Bubbly Candy Stripes

Hi everyone! Today I have for you nail art that's bright and summery, featuring the Zoya Bubbly Collection for Summer 2014!

The shades from this collection feature juicy, jelly glitter polishes with holographic hexagonal and fine glitter particles.

Milani Swatch and Review Part 3: Gold Label Glitters

Today is Milani Monday here at Princess Polish! So in honor of that, I'm bringing you four glitters from the Milani Gold Label Collection for 2014.

And they're all named after sugar!

First up is Sugar Burst, a mix of tiny and small particles of pale pink and holographic glitter. The above is one coat over Periwinkle Power!

Next is Sugar Cane, pink and purple and blue bar glitter, over Coastal Coral. This is with two thin coats.

Next up is Sugar Coated over Blue Zoom. I love how the small particles of lime and holographic glitter popped over the royal blue shade. This is a sister glitter topper of Sugar Burst.

Here is Sugar Rush over Aqua Crush. Sugar Rush consists of pastel pink, orange, green, and silver hexagonal glitter. I liked this chunkier look over the bright Aqua Crush. This is with two coats of glitter.

 

But my favorite combination of ALL has to be both Sugar Coated and Sugar Rush over Aqua Crush. This has to just be Spring in a bottle, but totally wearable for summer!

These new Milani shades for 2014 are currently available for $3.99 at CVS and MilaniCosmetics.com.

Overall, I found that this collection was all hits and no misses, including in the application, the department in which glitter toppers are notoriously difficult.

I think Sugar Coated was my favorite!

What were your hits and misses?

Disclaimer: The product(s) in this post were provided to me by the manufacturer or their PR company for consideration. For more information please visit my Disclaimer page.

Swatch & Review: Zoya Magical Pixie Dust Collection for Spring 2014

Hello, everyone! Today, as part of my catching up on swatches, I have the trio of Zoya Spring Pixie Dusts for you to see!

Normally, I'm not a fan of these, but I really think they've won me over!

Zoya Cosmo is a silver crystal texture polish with fine and hex holographic glitter particles. The above is with two coats. I have to sy that I definitely have the non-textured version of this polish as sold by a ton of different other brands, but the textured Pixie Dust version just has so much more pop!

Zoya Lux is a rose quartz texture polish with with fine and hex holographic glitter particles. The above is with two coats. I'm not usually a fan of pink glitters because they just scream super duper girly girl. But this was delicate and eye-catching at the same time.

Zoya Vega is an opal blue texture polish with fine and hex holographic glitter particles. The above is with two coats. And I think she's a beauty that reminds me of the ocean in the tropics!

Overall, I was bowled over by this collection. The shades had such depth and sparkle to them and I loved them so much more than the original line of pixies!

All Magical Pixie Dust shades are available at Zoya.com for $10, as well as local beauty suppliers such as Ulta.

Disclaimer: The product(s) in this post were provided to me by the manufacturer or their PR company for consideration. For more information please visit my Disclaimer page.  

Swatch and Review: Zoya Awaken

Hello, everybody! Long time no see!

Sorry for the lack of regular posting lately... I'm smack in the middle of law school finals and my time is at a minimum. The good thing is that I'm nearly done, so I'll be returning to my regular posting schedule shortly.

Today I have for you the Zoya Awaken Collection for Spring 2014.

Zoya Earth Day Exchange Swatch Spam

Hey everyone! With the Zoya Earth Day Promo here, I thought it might be a good idea to compile a list of some of my favorite Zoyas to recommend for this amazing offer!

These are just a bit of a hodge podge from a ton of different collections!

 

Gei Gei

  

Aurora

 

Storm

Blazr

 

Suri

 

Tomoko

 

Ray

 

Sarah

 

Song

Peyton

 

Pepper

 

Anja

 

Belinda

 

Breezi

 

Chyna

 

Dream

 

Josie

 

Liberty

 

Mira

Check out the Zoya Earth Day Promo by clicking HERE and use the code ZDay2014!

Let me know what shades you picked out or if you agree on any of my personal picks!

Swatch and Review: Milani Nail Lacquer for 2014 Part 1

Happy Friday, everybody! Phew! I thought this week would never end, but alas, it's here!

Today I have for you the first of four parts of Milani's 2014 collection!

Get the NYFW Look: Essie for Herve Ledger

Runway Inspiration:

Inspired by a mixture of fantasy and reality, Herve Leger’s Fall/Winter ’14 collection included a range of bandage dresses, arctic furs and exotic feathers. To complement the playful pieces, Julie Kandalec for essie created a matte, mauve nail. The key polish, lady like, was chosen for its pink undertones that are complementary to every skin tone. 

Essie Nail Products Used:

• Lady Like
• Matte About You Top Coat
• Good to Go Top Coat

Get the look:

1. Apply Lady Like to clean, filed nails.
2. Once dry, apply Good to Go Top Coat to prevent streaking.
3. Finish with Matte About You Top Coat.

Get the NYFW Look: Essie for Monique Lhullier

Runway Inspiration:

Taking inspiration from the feminine pieces in Monique Lhullier's Fall/Winter '14 collection, Julie Kandalec for essie created a sheer, pastel pink nail reminiscent of cherry blossoms. The nail color pops against the lightest pink found throughout the designer's collection.

Essie Nail Products Used:

• Ridge Filling Base Coat
• Muchi-Muchi
• Good to Go Top Coat

Get the look:

1. Apply Ridge Filling Base Coat to clean, filed nails.
2. Once the base coat dries, apply one coat of Muchi-Muchi.
3. Finish with Good to Go top Coat.