Hey there folks, it’s been awhile! Today I have the new Morgan Taylor Champagne & Moonbeams Holiday/Winter 2019 Collection for ya.
This collection features twelve new shades in a variety of finishes. You don’t often see “nudes” in a holiday collection, but there are a few sparkly ones here. Also they have various gift sets including two different 4-pack minis and an 8-pack mini.
These ranged from two to three coats, depending on the shade. Most were just two coats though.
Tell Her She’s Stellar
Tell Her She’s Stellar is a very pale pink/tan with subtle silver shimmer. This was three coats.
Dancing & Romancing
Dancing & Romancing is a light pink creme with (very) hidden silver shimmer. This was two coats.
Let There Be Moonlight
Let There Be Moonlight is a soft light grey creme. This was two coats.
Happy Tuesday and say hello to The Zoya Twinkling Holiday 2019 Collection. This collection features twelve new colors in a variety of finishes and shades from light and natural to deep and vampy to mega-glittery. There’s definitely something for everyone featured here, I think.
Everything was swatched over a layer of clear gel polish (trying to keep my nails in better shape for swatching) so basically it’s like a smooth base coat. All of these only needed two coats for maximum coverage and I had zero problems.
Steph
Steph is a pale, warm-toned pink creme.
Enza
Enza is a “macadamia” creme (their words, but perfect!). I also like to think of this as a computer from 1984 shade. 🙂
What’s shakin people? Today I have a limited edition Deborah Lippmann Natural Mystic Collection for you.
This collection features six pretty shades in purples, blues and pinks, and most of them are cremes. These are also available separately in full-sized bottles.
You know how sometimes the smaller bottles of DL don’t seem as nice as the regular ones? These were kind of like that but I think it was the cheap brushes that were my issue, not the polish. Either way it’s kind of annoying but not a deal-breaker. All these covered with just two coats.
Skinny Dippin’
Skinny Dippin’ is a light lilac creme.
Bright Lights
Bright Lights is a bright magenta pink creme.
TGIF friends!
I figured it was time for me to do a new post about my favorite top & base coats since it’s been years since I’ve talked much about them. And things have definitely changed! Also many people have been asking this question of me recently, so here we are. 🙂
Base Coats:
I’m pretty much always using one particular base coat and that is Fillin’ Groovy by KBShimmer. It’s a ridge-filling base coat, which I most definitely need as my nail ridges are getting worse and worse with age. The weird thing is most of my ridges are only on my ring and pinky fingers on both hands! This base coat does a really good job of smoothing out my nails and it’s the best one I’ve found so far, so it’s my holy grail.
Another new (to me anyway) one I like is Deborah Lippmann Fast Girls, which is a fast-dry base coat for when you need to get your mani done ASAP. It really does dry super quick and while it doesn’t fill in ridges as much as a specific ridge-filling base coat, it is nice, though on the pricey side.
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