Sinful Colors Alfresco & Pure Ice Never Satisfied

Hello Lacquer Lovers! 

Today I have a very cute pairing to show you!

I used two coats of Sinful Colors Alfresco. Alfresco is the perfect light blue. The formula was awesome and dried very quickly. 

This polish is a part of Sinful Colors' Sinful Shine with Gel Tech line. I would say that for $1.99USD, this polish is a steal! The deal gets even sweeter if you pick it up during one of Walgreens $0.99USD sales!

I topped it off with one coat of Pure Ice Never Satisfied. Never Satisfied is a glitter topper with medium yellow hex, medium pink hex, and micro teal hex glitters. The formula was great! I didn't have to fish for the glitter; it came right out! 

For $1.97USD, you can't go wrong if you pick up this polish! 

I absolutely loved this pairing! This was one of the rare times that I wore a manicure that I swatched for more than a day and I must say that I was very impressed! It wore for a solid three days without any chips! It probably could have gone longer, but I had other nail polish to swatch! ;)

New Year Nail Art with kkcenterhk

 * The following nail art brushes and studs were sent to me for my honest review. For more information, please visit my disclosure policy.*

Hello Lacquer Lovers!

I hope y'all had a great Christmas! Now that Christmas is over, we can focus on the new year! New year =  new nail art!

Today I have two different nail art looks, made with products from kkcenterhk! 

The first nail art look is very simple, yet edgy and perfect for the new year!

I used N.NAIL Studs Square Matte Silver 5mm Nail Art Decorations [NNAIL-DRN648] from kkcenterhk. They retail for $4.75USD and each package has approximately fifty pieces. 

 I liked these studs and I will definitely use them again.

 My base color was Rimmel London Black Satin.

For my second nail art look I chose to do a freehand skittle with the N.NAIL 15 Pieces Pink Handle Nail Art Nail Art Brush [JR1131] from kkcenterhk. I absolutely love this look, and plan to wear it to ring in the new year!

  I love these nail art brushes! This is the first set that I have ever owned and I plan to use them forever! They retail for $13.50USD, which is a decent price for fifteen synthetic fiber nail art brushes!

This is the package they came in. It houses them in a nice, compact way, so that is how I will keep them stored. They also have a plastic safeguard to keep the bristles in shape (all brushes but the fan brushes have these). They also seemed very durable.
I named these brushes for tutorial purposes. kkcenterhk did not label or name each individual brush.

 Brushes 1-6 are liner and detailing brushes.

Brushes 7-8 are fan brushes and 9 is a dotting tool.

Brushes 10-15 are stroke brushes.

 I used three polishes for this look- Wet n Wild French White Creme, Rimmel London Black Satin, and an unlabeled Pure Ice silver.

Index- I used brushes 3 and 9.

Middle- I used brush 5.

Ring- I used brushes 9 and 14.

Pinkie- I used brush 8.

You can shop at kkcenterhk, here.

Make sure to use the coupon code SouthernSparkle for 10% off your entire order until January 31, 2015!

Snowflakes

Hello Lacquer Lovers!

Today I have a super cute snowflake mani to show you! 

I'm not completely sure where I first saw this mani, as I've seen it quite a few times by different bloggers. If you know who came up with this idea, please let me know and I will happily credit them. :)
[Edited on 12.29.13 to add that thanks to one of my readers, the source has been found! I first saw this look from Fox Claws.]

I started off with two coats of Rimmel London Black Satin. Then I applied one coat of JessieGeeWhiz Tidepool. I used Winstonia plate W120 and an unlabeled Pure Ice silver for the snowflakes. I topped it off with Essie Matte About You and some colorful rhinestones.

Let me know what you think in the comments! <3