Pretty Jelly Arctic Frost Flowers [June 2019 Polish Pickup Pack] swatches + review

Press Sample buttonPolishes used:
1 coat of base coat
Pretty Jelly Arctic Frost Flowers [June 2019 Polish Pickup Pack], 3 thin coats
1 coat of matte top coat
1 coat of QDTC

Hello all! I know it’s been quiet around here but due to familial issues, end of school, and business stuff, I’m wiped out! But as always, there is polish to make things better. Today I have swatches of the upcoming Arctic Frost Flowers from Pretty Jelly to show you. This polish will be available this coming weekend, June 7-10, for $12 and I believe no cap.

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KBShimmer That’s Smore Like It with Sally Hansen Insta Dri Matte Gold Rush scroll thermal manicure

Press Sample buttonPolishes used:
KBShimmer That’s Smore Like It, 3 thin coats
Sally Hansen Insta Dri Matte Gold Rush [previously swatched]
1 coat of QDTC

I recently bought the whole tri-thermal collection from KBShimmer and I’ve been obsessed with using them in fun ways. This was the first one I used because ever since I saw swatches, That’s Smore Like It was the one that jumped out first at me.

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Hypnotic Swirls Pedicure with Tonic Polish Glowy Joey and Passion Fruit

Purchased by Me buttonPolishes used:
Tonic Polish Glowy Joey, 2 coats as a base
Tonic Polish Passion Fruit

Hey everyone, it’s been a very stressful week. My external hard drive literally crashed – or rather, was crashed by one of my toddlers; I bought a new one but I don’t know how/can’t figure out to transfer information from the crashed one to the new one; next week is the last week of school; and a family member is missing. I haven’t been sleeping or eating. Oh, did I mention that because of the hard drive crash, all my files and pictures of nail swatches and nail art – are just gone? Yeah. I kind of want to cry.

At any rate, I’ve been changing my nails almost daily because it helps with the stress, even if I really like my nails. One thing that I haven’t done is re-do my pedicure. I’m hiding it after the jump if you don’t like feet.
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DRK Nails Gruum Gruum magnetic nail polish swatches + review

Gift buttonPolishes used:
1 coat of base coat
3 thin coats of DRK Nails Gruum Gruum [August 2018 HHC]
1 coat of QDTC

This is an insane magnetic polish. I know it doesn’t have a lot of bells and whistles (flakies, holo, etc) but the magnetic properties of this are just out of this world. I did have to shake it quite a bit to get the magnetic bits all mixed up, but once I did…ooohhhhweeeeee!

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Diagonal matte manicure with Tonic Polish Dragon Parade, Sinful Colors Black on Black

Purchased by Me buttonPolishes used:
Sinful Colors Black on Black, 1 coat as base
Tonic Polish Dragon Parade
1 coat of matte top coat

Funny story, I was trying to take pictures of this manicure in the sunlight and my cat would not move her butt out of the way – so yup, there’s a cat paw in the next picture. 😛 Also, this is back in March when Montana winter was wreaking havoc on my nails and I couldn’t grow them out worth s***!

New to Me: POP Polish Slicks

Purchased by Me buttonIt’s been a long time coming and I was able to finally buy myself more P.O.P Polish slicks. I thought I’d show off bottle shots of the new polishes I grabbed a few weeks ago. Don’t forget to check out manis with other POP Polishes by looking through my blog!

From left to right: Celery Slick, Dragon Slick, LipSlick, MatchSlick, Rebirth of Slick, Slick Like That Continue reading