Kawaii Nail Lacquers: Starlight Starbright and A-England Guinevere

Here is a gorgeous finished product using a-england Guinevere and Kawaii Nail Lacquer Starlight Starbright. 

And here is how I got there. I started off with two coats of Guenevere, which is a dusty purple creme.

Next, I added one coat of Kawaii Nail Lacquer Starlight Starbright, an incredibly fun topcoat with matte and holographic glitters -- even some sassy red stars!

And ta-da! Here is the finished manicure. LOVE THIS.

 As you can see, I have a lil orange peeking through to remind the universe that I want it to be hoody season right this minute. Fall is by far my favorite time of year and I love nothing more than being cozy in a hoodie and taking a walk with some coffee and my Punk. We tried doing that this weekend, but my stubbornness resulted in me having pitstains because I refused to take my hoodie off in the hot sun. Oh well.

Both polishes were great. No complaints here! I love the versatility of Starlight Starbright and think it has a lot of layering potentials.

a-England lacquers can be purchased here (shipping from England) or here (shipping from the US, but to many countries). Make sure to like the a-England Facebook page, too! 

Kawaii Nail Lacquer can be purchased on Etsy. And make sure to like the Kawaii Nail Lacquer Facebook page so that you are current on updates and new releases!

Note: Starlight Starbright was provided for my honest review. 

Lush Lacquer: Hottie Tottie

Lush Lacquer's Hottie Tottie is one that I purchased awhile ago but haven't gotten around to using for one reason or another. But after the recent arrival of A England Elaine, a beautiful purple creme, I decided it was time to break out Hottie Tottie as a topcoat.

Hottie Tottie has blue holographic hexes and small blue and fuchsia hexes in a purple-hued base.

 And here is one coat of Hottie Tottie layered over one coat of Elaine:

Click "Read more" for additional photos and information on where to purchase Lush Lacquers!

Blue Mondays with a-England Order of the Garter & Pretty & Polished: Forgery

First, some Official Business: I am so close to 100 followers on the Tough As Nails Lacquer Facebook page and once I hit that mark, there is going to be an amazing Indie Polish giveaway happening on the blog! The giveaway will feature Tough As Nails Lacquer, Pretty & Polished, All That Glitters, Dollish Polish, Lynnderella, and more! So if you haven't liked the page on Facebook, do so ASAP.

Okay. Now that that's out of the way -- Happy Blue Monday, everyone! Today I have another great combo, this time from a-England and Pretty & Polished.

Check out a-England Order of the Garter, an amazing blue shimmer:

 Here are two coats of Order of the Garter, no topcoat:

And here is Pretty & Polished Forgery, an amazing glitter holo matte topcoat. So genius. Chelsea makes some of my all time favorite polishes.

Click "Read more" for additional swatches and the finished look of Forgery over Order of the Garter!

So  + =s . . .

 Swoon. Love this manicure. This is one coat of Forgery over two coats of Order of the Garter.

 Closeups to show off the holo:

I truly love both of these brands and highly recommend both of them. Application was great on both.

 

a-England lacquers can be purchased here (shipping from England) or here (shipping from the US, but to many countries). Make sure to like the a-England Facebook page, too! 

Pretty & Polished lacquers can be purchased here from Chelsea's Etsy shop (and coming soon here). Check out Pretty & Polished's website here or check out Chelsea's Facebook page to stay updated on her polish line and get notices on when polishes will go up for sale.