Marbelous Nails - That's Cray Kit

I was contacted by the cutest CEO ever. Veronica is only 13 and has already pursued her dreams. She's started this company with the assistance of her parents and it's just getting off the ground. She is selling water marble nail kits for girls her age -- to make the process as simple and convenient as possible. It includes everything you need to be able to water marble, with detailed instructions on how to do it.

"That's Cray" is the first kit, it can be purchased HERE for $22.50.

It came packaged so adorably!

 Everything was protected very well with bubble wrap and tissue around the polishes, and padding of pink paper filler.

Her instructions are very well written and laid out to make it understandable.

 

The kit includes a plastic water marble jar with a screw on top.

Some toothpicks and q-tips and a roll of tape.

My "bonus goodie" must be the yellow bouncy ball. (My cat has really enjoyed playing with it. Lol)

The base coat is from Nabi and the clear topcoat is from KleanColor.

The three color polishes are all from Nabi. 

(Ace, Baby Blue, & Velvet I )

The first 2 are creme finishes, the last is a metallic.

Here are my water marbling results. I'm not the most experienced with marbling, and to me the results aren't worth all the trouble it takes.

The kit itself is great in that it does have everything you need to get started with water marbling. The plastic jar is a great size. The tape works great for masking off the skin around your nails. The colored polishes spread easily in the water so they work well. I wouldn't necessarily have grouped these 3 colors together though. It's just not my personal tastes. I don't feel like they go that well together.

You can see some bubbles that affected the pattern. The topcoat applied easily enough and didn't drag the patterns. It didn't dry particularly fast though.

Close ups of each nail so you can see just how bad I am at water marbling.

Overall, I think the kit is a great idea. It includes everything you need. The packaging is ADORABLE. I feel like the price is a little steep. I would consider the overall value of everything to be more in the range between $15-$20. 

Thanks for sending this to me to review Veronica!

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Neon Studs

These studs were sent to me to review by Born Pretty.

Found HERE for $3.59. I believe these are #1, neon yellow. Although in one of their stock photos it looks like it could almost be #9, neon green.... Sorry but I'm not sure.

 

Here I used them in a fairly simple color block look.

The polishes I used are China Glaze Sunday Funday & That's Shore Bright.

They apply easily onto a layer of still-wet topcoat.

Nice and small so they don't catch and snag on things.



 

 

Don't forget the coupon code.

 

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Color Club - Poptastic Collection

I know this is an old collection, but I just recently added it to my stash. I found it at a Burke's Outlet for $8.99, so I figured it was about time to own it.

 

Almost Famous

Pictured is 3 coats. Bright medium yellow creme.

Wham! Pow!

Neon orange. Pictured is 2 coats.

Poptastic

A beautiful neon pink. Pictured is 2 coats. 

 Warhol

Pictured is 2 coats. A deeper pink, more of a hot pink than a neon pink.

 

Pucci-licious

Pictured is 2 coats. A bright purple that is incredibly hard to photograph.

 

Twiggie

Pictured is 2 coats. Similar to ChG Highlight of My Summer, but that one is still my favorite.

Chelsea Girl

Pictured is 3 coats. Vibrant blue, that also was hard to photograph.

 

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Tammy Taylor - Dazzle Rocks Nail Polish

These are her Dazzle Rocks Nail Polishes, various color glitters suspended in a clear polish base.

I can't find them on the painful Tammy Taylor Website, so I don't have a link or prices... Sorry.

They are each labeled with "Dazzle Me Up" red, blue, or black. The silver one is different, it's Dazzle Me Up Stardust and my gold bottle is missing a label, so I don't know if it's called gold, or something fancier.

 

For each of these swatches I used one coat over the colored nail polishes so you could see the opacity. The ring finger nail shows 3 coats of the Dazzle Rocks nail polish over my natural nail.

 

Stardust over China Glaze Laced Up

 

Mystery gold color over Sinful Colors Endless Blue

Blue over Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Green With Envy

Black over Sally Hansen CSM Lavender Cloud

(I really like how it's a mix of black and silver)

Red over theBalm Mellow Yellow

The glitter polishes were easy to apply and the glitter seems to disperse evenly without any extra effort. Each of them are pretty topcoat hungry in that it looked best with 2 coats of Seche Vite topcoat.



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Born Pretty Store Holographic Polish - #3 Pink, #8 Blue, & #11 Purple

Born Pretty Store has recently put up their own line of holographic polish.

#3 can be found here for $5.59. The bad part is that it's only for 6mL of polish.
You can tell my bottle is not as vibrant or hot pink as the site photos. I applied 3 coats. Coverage was easy, no trouble with patchiness or dragging like some holo polishes. Dry time was fast.

It's so mesmerizing. I could stare at my nails in the sun all day.

#8 can be found here for $5.59. 3 easy coats. No trouble at all!

#11 is a dark purple. Found here for $5.59

So do you love them? If you end up buying any, use my coupon code and get 10% off.

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Sinful Colors - Endless Blue

Are you looking for an "in-your-face" bright cobalt blue for a great price? Check out this beauty.

 I love how affordable this brand is, and they can have a great formula too. Pictured is just 2 coats of Endless Blue, and it is in fact that bright when on your nails.

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