Review: Pretty & Polished Elvis' Pink Cadillac and Power House

My quest to try as many indie polishes as possible is making my wallet sad :( What with the one day openings that people like Pam's Girly Bits and Dollish Polish keeping having and the general unavailability of Lacquistry and Nerd Lacquer polishes, anything that I can get my hands on means wallet pain. Polishes which are a little easier to get a hold of but no less awesome are Pretty & Polished...polishes. That was a lot of the same word in the one sentence, oh well. Anyway, I ordered a bunch a while back so let's take a look at two of them, Elvis' Pink Cadillac and Power House, two coloured glitters.

First up, Elvis' Pink Cadillac is a soft baby pink with a ton of black glitter and let me say, the combination is greay. Application was really nice with opacity in three coats. What I liked about this polish is not only the black glitter which is always welcome but how the layers of polish means that the glitter peaks through at different strengths. It's a really pretty polish, loooool. Cos that's the name! Hur hur.

Next up, Power House. I started with two coats of American Apparel L'Espirit, a nice pastel purple. I'm constantly surprised at how good the American Apparel polishes are. They always cover nicely and are opaque in two coats. Next, I added two coats of Power House. This once was a little trickier to work with as the glitter is very sparse. I had to fish around for the larger pieces of glitter. Once on though I really like the effect the glitter has. Huge pieces of glitter are always a winner with me. I'd wear full sequins if I could find a way to make them stay.

Holy giant glitter, Batman!

The Verdict: I like both these polishes although Elvis' Pink Cadillac just a little more. They're both unique, pretty and packed with glitter which are all winners in my book :)

Review: Nicole by OPI A Million Sparkles is Accurately Named

It's amazing what you can find when you wander around at night. My favourite time to go shopping is ridiculously late and I'm extra happy when it pays off. I've been looking for Nicole by OPI A Million Sparkles for a while now at that couldn't be more up my alley if it tried. I finally managed to find it in a Shoppers last night and it really does live up to its name. A Million Sparkles is a predominately blue glitter that has an amazing ability to look like a foil after a couple of coats. Combine that with gold, silver and pink bar glitter and you have a winner. It's seriously so sparkly I got distracted from what I was saying at lunch today. Application is decent but you really need four coats to get completely opaque coverage. That's ok, glitter dries fast. It's a little rough too but nothing Seche Vite can't fix. The Verdict: Yay glitter! If, like me, you like sparklies to the point where it's the biggest tag on y

I'm a Proper Mermaid This Time Beeeeaches

Ermerger guys, I don't have any glitter on me! Well, I do, just on my nails. I always have glitter on me. And cat fluff. It's funny how often my bf comes home with glitter in his beard. That means it's been there all day... Anyway, new nail vinyls mean something a bit different. I swear I'm not actually obsessed with mermaids, it just seems like it... Anyway, again, shall we?

Overlaid Red, Black and White Gradient Nails!

Ever since I did this mani recently I've been wanting to do a better version. The colours seemed like they would work together but it just didn't turn out how I wanted. I wanted to try again and decided to learn from my original mistakes. For example, make sure you use a super opaque creme polish on your top layer, don't bother with horizontal stripes and using thicker lines looks cool too.

Polish All the Nails

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