Wednesday, December 5, 2012

A fun striping tape mani!

Hello All!

I have a pretty fun mani today for you. I saw this one on pintrest, and it was stunning, (I don't know who actually did it, but I did not create this look, just to be clear!)

But I couldn't do it until I got striping Tape, which I think is a necessity for every blogger to have in their nail arsenal! But I couldn't find it anywhere! Enter the Born Pretty Store, they e-mailed me and asked if I could review something for them and I jumped at the chance and picked out this lovely Striping tape!. It comes with 12 packs of striping tape, and it is perfect for all those striping tape mani's, like the one I am going to show you!



First off, I started out with Gosh Holographic as a base, and then I placed the striping tape on my nails, and painted Milani's Black Swift over it, and then while it was still wet, I peeled off the striping tape and voila!! 

So simple and so easy and yet such a stunning result! 

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So what do you all think??

And if you go to the Born Pretty Store you can put in my code AEL91 and get 10 percent off your order!


What do you think? Would you use striping tape? 
Love and Red Pandas,
Munchy

*The striping tape was sent for review, all opinions are my own personal feelings and thoughts.


Monday, December 3, 2012

Gosh Holographic Hero!

Hello All!

So, today I have a pretty special post for you. It's Gosh's Holographic Hero! Yes, I couldn't get the original  but I really like this one. And that is saying something for me.

Most of you know (or don't, but are going to find out soon) That I don't really like Holo's. Now before you grab your torch and pitchfork, hear me out! To see Holo's in their full glory you need sun. And I, as most of you know (Or don't, but soon will) live near Seattle, Washington, where, and I quote Sleepless in Seattle here "It rains nine months out of the year in Seattle." 

You see my problem? 

No sun, no amazing Holo's.. no glorious polishes! They all look rather bland in the shade which is sad!

However my outlook has been changing a bit, starting with the lovely butter London Holo's and now, I have this one, (And I just bought some of the Color Club Halo Hues, but it has been storming for the past week. boo)

And that brings us to this, Holographic Hero. 

It's an amazing silver linear Holo polish that goes on super well! I used two coats for the below pictures and no top coat! I tried to get as much of the Holo as I could! 

Enjoy! 

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Isn't it amazing?? Guh!! So beautiful! What do you all think??

I hope you all have a great day!

Love and Red Pandas
Munchy

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Fun with Striping tape!


Hello All!

First let me preface this by saying that I don't have some epic mani that I spent hours on, it's a simple striping tape mani that I did a few weeks ago, simply because I got inspired!

And who inspired me?

This post from the Manicurator! Amazing isn't it?? I love her nails, and her swatches and her nail art and the Lady herself, Victoria is amazing! 



So for this mani, I used a base coat of aEngland's Perceval, which I had been wearing for a few days, and then taped off small sections on my nails using striping tape that I got from the Born Pretty Store!


After my fingers were all taped off, (it looked pretty funny mind you!) I used Gosh Holographic Hero and painted in the bottom and second from the top Square, I used butter London Fishwife for the third square and Milani's Black swift for the top!

Pretty nifty ehh? Also, a great way to get rid of untrieds!

I took off all the tape, topcoated and Voila! 



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What do you all think? I liked it! :D I wore this for several days!

Let me know what you think!

Love and Red Pandas,
Munchy

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

aEngland Perceval

Hello All!

I apologize for the lack in posts lately, the holiday season is really busy at my work, and it is just starting to pick up, so I am going to be pretty busy with that. I already feel stressed and our big day hasn't even happened! So, I hope all of you have been doing well? I missed blogging and doing my nails, but I've been so busy lately, everything seems to go by the wayside!

Yay for real life.

Anyways, onto the polish!

As you will see I have made a bit of a change here at Munchy's Nails, my pictures will now have a black background! Woo! I think it makes things look much cleaner.





Okay, today we have aEngland's Perceval which is a bight red shimmer. It's so beautiful! I usually don't like red, but this polish is such a stunner, and it went on amazing as well. Two easy coats and I was done!

Also look how long my nails were! (I cut them down a few weeks ago.) This is pretty much as long as they have ever been! I was so excited, until my ring finger nail broke and I had to chop them all down.


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What do you all think of the black background?? And what do you think of this amazing polish? Breathtaking isn't it? Perfect for all those holiday parties! I hope you all have a great day! 

Love and Red Panda's

Munchy

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Smitten Polish!

Hello All!

Today I have some amazing Smitten Polishes for you! I love Smitten Polish and the creator of them is so sweet and nice! I seriously want to own all of her polishes they are so amazing!!

Today, I have two for you, You're turning Violet, Violet and Pure Imagnination! Don't you just love the names? I love Willy Wonka so much, especially the new one with Johnny Depp. And every time I see Pure Imagination, I start to sing the song in my head.. (Come with me, and you'll be.. in a world of pure imagination!)

Anyways, let me preface this, but saying, pictures cant not even come to to capturing how amazing these polished were! They are packed with Hologrpahic glitter, and so every time you turn your nail, you are nearly blinded by the rainbows on your fingers.. The pictures however do not show that :(

You're Turning Violet, Violet, is a purple jelly filled with holo glitters! It went on super well, and I had no trouble at all with application. It did take a few layers of top coat to get it smooth though, so be warned! And Pure Imagination is Holo Glitters in a Blue base!! Super amazing as well, and there was no application problems!

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The last two pictures are blurred to give you just a taste of the amazing Holo-ness of these glitters! Amazing aren't they? You. NEED them! :D

What do you think?
Let me know!!

Love and Red Pandas
Munchy

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Mint Polish: Swatches and Review!

Hello All!

I am so sorry that posts have been so sporadic lately! Things are getting pretty hectic at work, it's starting our busy season, so right now posts might be a bit on and off, but I am trying to get them out for you! 

Now, today I have some fun polishes for you from Mint Polish! They are a fun new nail polish company that is committed to keeping our nail polish toxic free! And what is better than that? Who wants harsh chemicals on your nails? I know I don't!

Now enough of me blabbering on, let's get to the most important things!! The swatches!!

First up we have Original Mint, which is a Mint Green Creme. I love this color! It's so unusual, and it's super flattering on my skin tone. It was a little bit finicky as most light colors are, but I only needed three coats to even it out, and it has a natural shine too it!

Below is three coats of Original Mint, with no top coat.

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Next up we have, Lavender Macaroon which is a beautiful pale purple cream. Let me tell you, this polish went on amazingly! It was almost a one coater. Which is shocking for such a light color! But the application was flawless, it was smooth and easy and I had no trouble with it at all. Not to mention, look at that color? Isn't it amazing? It leans slightly more pink in real life..

The Below is two coats of Lavender Macaroon with no top coat. 
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And last but not least we have Ribbon Dancer! Ribbon Dancer has a magenta jelly base that is packed with silver glitter. This polish was so sparkly, the pictures do not do it justice at all.  The formula was good, it was a bit sheer, but it built up nicely, and was opaque in three coats. You don't want to miss out on this polish, it was seriously amazing, one of my favorites!

The below pictures are Three coats of Ribbon Dance and no top coat.

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So What did you all think? Which ones were your favorites?? I really liked all of them actually! Haha!

You can find Mint Polish Here, and follow them on Facebook here
Mint Polishes retail for $10 and are 15 ml! 

Go check them out!!


*These polishes were sent to me for review, all opinions are my own personal feelings and thoughts!

Monday, November 12, 2012

Cult Nails: Tulum

Hey all!

So, a few months ago The wonderful Cosmetic Sanctuary and Set in Lacquer had an epic Indie Giveaway, and I was lucky enough to win one of the Prizes, one of my very first Cult Nails!

This is Tulum, A nice brown/cafe latte color with gold shimmer! It's a perfect neutral! And the Gold shimmer in it gives it that extra little kick.

The application on this was.. perfect! I am not kidding, I have never had a polish go on so easily and smoothly, effortlessly.. I was fully stunned by it. It's sad that I don't much like the color. I'm not really a brown person.

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What do you all think of it?? Have you ever had a polish that went on amazingly? If this is how all Cult's are.. I might need some more!

Let me know!

Love and Red Pandas
Munchy

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Sally Hansen Swatch Time!!

Hello All,
I have some Sally Hansen Polishes here for you to enjoy! Sally Hansen actually started off my Obesssion with nail polish! My very first nail polish I picked up over a year ago, was Sally Hansen's Xtreme wear in Blue-it! Not surprising that I picked up a blue polish first eh??

I love all of Sally Hansen's polishes, and though they are cheap, they are super good quality. Them and Sinful's started out my polish obsession, and I will always have a special place in my heart for them!

Now then,

Onto the polishes shall we?

This is Sally Hansen Complete Manicure in Black Platinum! It is a black with a multicolored shimmer that runs throughout the polish, it is very pretty! However, for a black, it was super sheer. It needed four coats.. you, you heard the right.. 4 coats, and even then it still wasn't fully opaque. Thankfully the application was super smooth! I know the shimmer looks silver, but there were so many colors in there, just the silver turned up on camera :(

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Next up is Cherry Cherry Bang Bang, which despite the name is actually, a lovely magenta jelly! It leans more pink in real life.  I was pleasantly surprised when I put it on, as you all know how much I love jellies! The formula was good on this one, and it went on super smooth and easily!

Despite it's jelly like quality, it only needed three coats to become opaque! So maybe it's a crelly? Whatever it is, it's beautiful!

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Next we have, Back to the Fuchsia! Which is a lovely bright pink polish with a stunning blue shimmer! You can actually see the shimmer on my nails, it was super bright and wonderful and blue!! I know we all want those blue polishes with pink shimmer, but now here is the opposite, and I love it! I want more of them!

This polish was a bit sheer, and the below pictures are about 4 coats, but thankfully, it went on super smooth and easy!
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Now we have, Sally Hansen's Hidden Treasure, sadly, it is not the wonderful flakie top coat we all knew and loved and wanted, (I still don't have it!) This is the new one, a pinky-green shimmer that I doubt would ever be opaque on it's own. It would probably be best to layer this over a darker color. I used five coats in the below pictures and you can still see VNL. It's Model's Own, Indian ocean all over again!

Thankfully it went on pretty easily!

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And last, but certainly not least, is Sally Hansen's Xtreme wear in Mint Sorbet! This is a beautiful light mint/honeydew color and I loved it! It did have a bit of a tricky application though, as most light colors do! It was a bit streaky and thick, and I even had to redo a nail cause it wasn't working so well.

But it turned out in the end, and I loved this color! So it's all worth it! What do you think?

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So what do you all think? Which colors were your favorite?? 

Let me know! :D 

Love and Red Pandas,
Munchy


*The products in this post were sent to me for e review. All opinions are my own personal thoughts and feelings.