Essie, Day 2

Ha, I did it!  Two days in a row!  Today I have two more Essie polishes for your viewing pleasure.  these are really great colors and I think you are going to like them!

Sexy Divide is a shimmering purple.  It's a little smokey and has a lit from with in feel to it. 

Dive Bar was a bit of a pain for me to really capture how amazing it really is in true life.  This is a blackened turquoise shimmer.  It is gorgeous and I highly recommend finding this bad boy for your collection!

Essie

Hello Nail'd & Polish'd readers!  I am not going to bore you with excuses or apologies, just blog about some beautiful Essie nail polishes :)

The three polishes I have today I swatched months and months ago.  They are Essie, so the application and wear was exceptional.  The creme colors are beautiful and if you can find them, they are the perfect shades to ease you back into to the amazing dark fall colors I am seeing for the Fall collections! 

School of Hard Rocks is a dark sage green creme.

Size Matters is a beautiful cranberry creme.



Bobbing for Baubles is a dark charcoal blue creme.

Thank for looking!

Update~June 2012

Hi all!  I thought I needed to send out a big 'hi' to everyone and let you all know that I am still alive!  It's been quite a year for me and my family and Nail'd & Polish'd has fallen through the cracks.  I'm not going to bore you with the boring details, but I want to thank you for all of the support you've given me and this blog.  I am hopeful that I can devote more time to Nail'd & Polish'd in the coming weeks, but it is summer and I need to keep these kid busy :)  Plus, we just got back from camping and my nails are thrashed!  But when they look pretty again, I hope to start swatching & blogging again!
xoxo
Cindy

Zoya~Fleck Effect

Don't adjust the device you are viewing this on... it is me, Cindy and I am actually posting!  Life has consumed me lately and I apologize for my lack if posts and all around involvment in the nail polish and blogging world. I thought this post was perfect, since I feel like a total flake lately,  Zoya's amazing Flakies!!!  Fleck Effect from Zoya is 3 seriously flaky, and I mean that in a very good way, amazing polishes!  The Fleck Effects collection can be worn alone or over your favorite polish to give it a different look. 

Chloe is a pretty pink base with iridescent green and gold mylar flecks.

Opal is a sea foam green with iridescent green mylar flecks.

Maisie is a bright blue with iridescent green mylar fleckes.

Shortly after I swatched these pretties, I cut my finger pretty good.  So I will spare you the nastiness of my poor cut finger and show you how amazing the Fleck Effects are layered over other polishes.  Behold, the polish wheel.

How are you all enjoying Zoya's beautiful Fleck Effect?

And the winner is...

Nicole from Nail Polish Wars!  You are winner of the Holo 2012 giveaway!  I have sent you an email.  Thank you to everyone who entered and welcome to all of the new followers. 
Thanks~Cindy

Zoya~True Part 2

Today I have they other half of Zoya's Spring 2012 collection, True.  Zoya polishes and lot of other great Zoya products can be found here.  Also, don't forget to enter my Holo 2012 giveaway!

If the first three polishes were a little tame for you, these three are little more spicy!

Skylar is a muted sky blue with silver micro glitter.

Tru is a grape purple with golden and magenta micro glitter.

Lotus is a dusty purple with pink micro glitter.

So, what do you think, is True as must have collection, must have a few, or a pass?  I love this collection and is a must have for me.  You never know when you need a good neutral and True has several.  Thanks for looking!

*These polishes were sent me for an honest review*

Zoya~True Part 1

True is Zoya's Spring 2012 collection of 6 beautiful and classic shades.  I always love the 'early' Spring collections.  They are usually light and pretty and a major contrast from all the glitz and glamour of the Holiday collections we have be wearing.  True is just that-a delicate mix of polishes that range from creamy beige to gorgeous purple.  This collection has a color (or 6) for everyone.  Today I have the first 3 of this collection.  These and a bazillion other gorgeous polishes can be found here for $8 each.  Make sure you follow Zoya on Twitter and Facebook too.  They have these fairies who are very good to their followers and you never know what mischief they are up to :)

Cho is a creamy pale yellow and I mean pale.  The coverage and finish on all of these was amazing.  Not streaky or chalky at all.

Farah is a creamy light beige or latte color.

And then there is Bevin.  What an amazing color!  Bevin is a light sage green creme.  Gorgeous!!!

True is a beautiful collection of polishes that would make your fingers very pretty and happy.

*These polishes were sent to me for an honest review*

OPI~Muppets

Happy Friday the 13th!  I had all these huge plans for posting all of the great holiday/winter collections I have and December came and went too fast for me.  So, I know these are late, but they are definitely worth a second (or 50th) look and if you haven't picked any of these up yet, maybe I will inspire you :)

Also, don't forget to enter my Holo 2012 Giveaway!

OPI's holiday collection, The Muppets is an amazing collection of glitter, red, and neutral polishes.  The Muppets have a special place in my heart, not only because I grew up with them, but my youngest told me a couple of years ago, that he wanted to be Kermit when he grows up.

Rainbow Connection is a amazing display of multi-colored and multi-shaped glitter.

Divine Swine is a magenta glitter with silver hex scattered throughout.

Fresh Frog of Bel Air is a Kermit green glitter that also has a silver hex scattered throughout.

Gettin' Miss Piggy With It is a great red glitter and it too has the large silver hex.

Pepe's Purple Passion is a gorgeous plum base with glitter.

The next 4 are from the Muppettes, the mini 4 pack.

Designer...de Better is a light gold metallic with gold glitter.

Excuse Moi! is my favorite of this collection.  I actually went out a bought a few for full size bottles, just in case.  It is a pretty pink mauve glitter with larger pink, silver & light blue glitter.

Warm & Fozzie is a brown-copper metallic with gold & copper glitter.

Wocka! Wocka! is a pretty red with a pink iridescent wash.

Holo 2012!

This Giveaway is now CLOSED!  Thanks for entering!

Happy 2012!  I hope everyone had a great December and are having a great new year!  I have decided to start Nail'd & Polish'd, 2012, out with a giveaway.  A holo giveaway!  I have 3 hard to find, brand new China Glaze holographic beauties to give away to one very lucky winner.  L8R G8R, FYI, and Wireless Holographic Top Coat.  I have been holding on to these for a few months after scoring them at a local beauty supply and it is time to pass them along to one of my fellow polish lovers.

There isn't a whole lot I can say to describe these polishes, except they are amazing!  China Glaze knows how to do holographic and with any luck, they will do it again someday.
L8R G8R is a lime green holo.

FYI is a taupe holo.

Wireless Holographic Top Coat is just that, a holo top coat with endless holographic possibilities.

I am going to make this giveaway nice and easy. 
Here are the rules:
1. You must be a follower! Please follow through Google Friend Connect-this is the only way I know how to see that you are following me.

2. Leave one comment on this post with your name and email address.
3. This giveaway is opened to all followers of Nail'd & Polish'd, even International followers!

4. The giveaway is open now (1/12/2012) and ends on Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 9pm, PST. The lucky winner will be posted Friday, January 20, 2012! The winner will be chosen through random.org. You will have 48 hours to respond to my email, otherwise I will select another winner.


Good luck!

And the Soulstice Winner Is...

I am sorry I didn't announce this yesterday, but my husband had surgery (finally) on his broken ankle today.  Between traveling 100 miles for the surgery last night and parent-teacher conferences at my kids school, it just didn't happen.  Anyways, we have a winner!

Sarah at Starlight Radiance you won the 5 piece, Fall 2011 Collection by Soulstice!  I have sent an email and if for some reason, I don't hear from Sarah, I will pick another winner.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to enter and welcome to the new followers!  You guys are the best!
~Cindy

Soulstice Nail Colour & Giveaway!

This contest is now closed!  Thank you to those who entered.

Today I have something exciting for you guys.  A new (to me) brand and a giveaway!  Soulstice is a vegan and cruelty free brand.  They offer spa quality products & toxin free nail colours.  They have 35 colors of polish to choose from that are 3-free, vegan and cruelty free.  I was sent 2 polishes to review and I really like them!  The colors are beautiful and the application was great.  You can find Soulstice Nail Colour on the Soulstice website for $8 each.

Provence is a nice lavender creme.  This went on smooth and easy, not chalky at all.

Monterey is a blue creme that is a little on the jelly finish side.  Love this one!

 ~sunlight~

~inside with a flash~

Giveaway Time!
Soulstice is giving one of my lucky followers their new 5 piece Fall 2011 collection! 

Here are all the rules & details:

*This giveaway starts now (11/9/11) and ends Wednesday, 11/16/11 at 11:59pm PST.
*You must be a Nail'd & Polish'd follower.  Please follow through GoogleFriend Connect. (one entry)
*Like the Soulstice Spa Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/soulsticespanailcolour (one entry)
*Sign up for the Soulstice Spa Newsletter here (one entry)
*Please leave one comment below with your email address, which entries you did, and names you did them under
*You must be 18 and older
*Open to US & Canadian residents

I will choose the winner using random.org and announce it on Thursday, November 17, 2011.  Good Luck!

OPI~Touring America

OPI's Fall Collection is called Touring America.  It is a 12 piece collection of a wide array of shimmers and cremes ranging from corals to greys to very dark shades.  I found that most of this collection had a 'dustyness' to it.  This collection isn't my favorite and overall, I was pretty disappointed in Touring America.  I did pick up 3 of them and here they are.
 
Honk If You Love OPI is my favorite.  It is dusty vamp creme!  What a gorgeous shade of polish!

I Break For Manicures is a dusty eggplant creme.  I really loved this one in the bottle, but when I applied it, it was too dusty or grey for me.   

Get In The Espresso Lane is a dark brown creme that has just a slight hint of green to it. 

I still would like to pick up Road House Blues from this collection, but it seems to go fast around here.  I know this collection has been out a little while, do you like, love, or pass on OPI~Touring America?

China Glaze~Metro Collection

The Fall 2011 collections have been out since summer and I figured it was about time I get these up!  The Metro Collection by China Glaze is a 12 piece collection ranging from shimmers, to glitters, to cremes.  I have 3 of the polishes from this collection, two glitters and a to die for creme!

Skyscraper is a blueberry base with silver glitter.  In the bottle, this color pulls more purple, so I was a little surprised when I applied and it was blue.

Midtown Magic, how do I describe this one?  Bare with me-It is a brown/burgundy base with gold, brown, & I think I see green micro glitter.  I can't tell if this has a duo chrome to it or if it has a slight holographic to it.  It is a really cool and trippy color.  And it is gorgeous! 

Concrete Catwalk is they grey creme I have been searching for!  It's more of a blue-ish grey, but I just love it!

What do you all think about this collection?  Is it a hit or a miss?