Sinful Colors Silver Belle

Hey everybody!  My name is Melissa, and I run a humble blog called Lacquer Reverie.  When the lovely Dani asked me to do a guest post for her while her nails are in rehab, I was only too happy to oblige!  Dani is a sweet girl with two terribly cute little boys, and she is forever posting on Facebook delicious photos of some gourmet dish she's whipped up.  Maybe one day she'll post some food pics on here! ;)

Today I have decided to appeal to the cheap in all of us nail polish collectors.  Nail polish is great.  We already know this.  But when a nail polish is pretty AND inexpensive, well, that's even better.  Sinful Colors is a line that I have had very good experiences with as far as wear, application, and interesting color choices...and the whoppin' $1.99 price tag just can't be beat.  This year Sinful Colors introduced quite a few new polishes for Christmas, including a frothy little delight called Silver Belle.

Silver Belle is a simple polish.  It's a muted metallic, not shiny, and not quite what you would call frosty.  It looks like pearly fabric.  It's got a medium amount of small silver hexes. 
 

Silver Belle is quite sheer, so I layered two coats over a light grey creme.  The polish applied effortlessly with no glitter issues or patchiness.

Isn't this pretty?  It's a Christmas party.  It's a winter's night.  It's a magical snowdrift.  It's $1.99!  Sorry...my enthusiasm got the better of me. :)

How could you NOT be the belle of the ball whilst wearing this lovely holiday polish?  I found my Sinful Colors Christmas polishes at Walgreens on a very large end cap display titled "Glitz and Glittered."

Thanks so much for reading, and many thanks to Dani for having me here today! 

My Something Blue: Revlon Not So Blueberry (and a little bit about me)

Hey everybody!  Tuesday is my wedding anniversary.  Two years ago, I got married to my sweetheart and bestest bud Brian.  I also became a stepmother to two fantastic children, Hannah and Hunter.  I was older when I got married (this is my only marriage), so I wasn't really loving the idea of a wedding.  But Brian insisted that we have a wedding ...and I'm glad that he did, because our wedding was AWESOME in every way imaginable. :D

I know I probably won't surprise any of you with this admission, but I'm not your typical girl. :)  I did not want a standard wedding.  I wanted something with my unique stamp on it...and this meant something involving costuming and a bit of show...HAHAHA!!  We had a 1750's-themed Scottish wedding to reflect my heritage.  And my brother's day job just happens to be a bagpiper at a beachfront resort here. :)

How many teenagers do you know who would do this for their REAL mother, let alone their stepmother?? <3

I wanted everything to look very rustic, almost poor, like somebody in a Scottish village announced that somebody was getting married, and they all just got up and picked some heather on the moors and went to the wedding.  Our location was a gorgeous farmhouse in an unbelievably beautiful setting.  We said our vows in front of an old barn and used mismatched dishes for the reception.  My cake topper came from Edinburgh, and my guests were served scones from a wooden feeding trough.  The only thing missing was Gene Kelly dancing through the hills, a la Brigadoon.  It was beyond fabulous!!

Brian and Hunter's kilts were purple, but the plaid in my dress was more of a blurple, so I wanted to try to bring out the blue and wear my "something blue" on my nails.  I didn't really want to go that dark on my wedding day, so I decided on something tonal but lighter...Revlon Not So Blueberry.

Not So Blueberry is one of the scented Revlon polishes that came out way before the Parfumerie line.  It is a medium toned blurple that is really lovely and happened to be the same color as the Scottish heather garland I used. :)  It has a blue/pink/silver shimmer, and when dry, it smells fruity/fresh.

Looking at the bottle, you might think that Not So Blueberry would be frosty on the nail, but actually it's the silvery shimmer that gives it the almost metallic sheen.  It's quite beautiful and a very unusual color.  And it looks great with Scottish heather. <3

I know they wouldn't have worn blurple nail polish in 1750 Aberdeen, but hey, I did. :D


And because I'm feeling all mushy, here's my wedding processional! :)  Please enjoy the music, the outfits, my Mom struggling to keep it together, and me practically running to the altar!!  And be sure to notice the look I give Brian when I see his legs in a kilt. :P

Thanks for stopping by!  I will be on vacation with aforementioned sweetheart/best bud/hubby next week, so take care, and I'll see you in December! <3

Happy Howlidays from Tawdry Terrier! (Pic Heavy)

Hey everybody!  Well, as you know, the holiday season is in full swing everywhere, including the world of nail polish. :)  My first Christmas polish post today is three lovelies by one of my favorite indie designers, Tawdry Terrier.  These are from the new Happy Howlidays collection...so grab a cup of cocoa for yourself and a liver treat for Fido and enjoy the show!

I always like to show a photo of my beautiful package: 

First up I have the last one...chronologically speaking, that is...New Year's Barkin' Eve, graciously gifted to me by the Tawdry Terrier ladies. :)

New Year's Barkin' Eve is fireworks against a night sky conveniently captured in a bottle for you to wear whenever you feel like having a party.  Or exploding...if you've been overeating during the holidays, that is. :D

Tawdry Terrier describes New Year's Barkin' Eve this way:  "a black holographic jelly polish with a mix of black, red, gold, silver, orange, pink, purple, blue, and turquoise glitter. This polish was inspired by the explosion of fireworks on New Year's Eve."  The glitters in this are very reflective, and application is easy.  It's a perfect mix of colors, and the amount of glitter is just the right amount and doesn't simply look like a glitter bomb.  You know how some glitter polishes just look like they have tons of glitter just for the sake of having glitter?  Yeah, you know. :)

Another thing I want to add about New Year's Barkin' Eve is that the black jelly base is very pigmented.  I've found that black jelly bases sometimes look a little brownish and have to be layered over a black creme, but this was an opaque, rich black in two coats. 

Next up is an absolutely beautiful green glass fleck called Yappy Hollydays Ya'll.

Yappy Hollydays Ya'll is such an unusual green.  It's not yellow enough to be grass and not blue enough to be mint...it's just a true medium emerald green.  It's got a lovely holographic shimmer.  There is also red, silver, and gold shimmer if you can get past the holographic goings-on. :)

Ahhhh!!  It's so pretty.  And the application was fabulous...two coats and no cleanup.  This color makes me think of holo and mistletoe.  What's that?  OH!!  I meant HOLLY and mistletoe!!  See, I told you it's hard to get beyond that holo shimmer! :P

And finally, I have my very favorite polish from the Happy Howlidays collection, Bark! Harold the Angel Sings.

Heh heh...it turns out that Tawdry Terrier co-owner Kimberley, as a little girl, thought the words of "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" were "Hark! Harold the angel sings." :)  I don't know about Harold, but I'm sure loving this beautiful silver with all that lovely Christmas red and green glitter!  I used three coats for the photos, and the application was great.

Bark! Harold the Angel Sings is such a festive polish.  The inspiration behind it was silver tinsel decorations, but it makes me think of caroling in the snow under glittering lights.  At least I think it does...I've never seen that much snow in person.  Let's just say that in the Currier and Ives world in my head that it reminds me of all that.  So there! :P

You can purchase the Happy Howlidays collection on Etsy.  And today is Kim's birthday, so be sure to check out the special birthday promotion going on just for today!  Happy birthday, Kim! <3

Tawdry Terrier is also having a great Black Friday promotion starting on Thanksgiving (11/28) and going through Monday (12/2) which will include free shipping on orders over $35, previously exclusive polishes for sale, and a free bonus polish with all orders of two or more polishes.  Uh...did you catch that "previously exclusive" part?  Four words:  Harvest Moon Possum Hunt.  It has the distinction of being my favorite polish of the entire YEAR.

I hope you have a lovely evening and a wonderful Thanksgiving!  I am thankful for so many things in my life, including you all! <3