Rica Polish: Marie Antoinette Collection

Hello everyone!

I haven't written a blog post in a very long time. As I was posting some swatches on instagram I figured I would quickly review them and share more pictures here.

Today I will be sharing with you the most recent collection by Rica Polish. This is the Marie Antoinette Collection. This collection includes 5 unique polishes. Links will be provided throughout the post. The swatches are in no specific order. :D 

First up is Versailles, a gold microglitter polish. This polish does dry textured and I used 2 coats of Seche Vite topcoat for a smooth finish. Application was so easy! I did not struggle at all while applying it. 

Next is Marie Antoinette, a lilac crelly with ultra chrome flakies! Application was super smooth. It was opaque in 2-3 coats. The macro shot shows a more accurate look of the flakies. It's perfect!!

 Let Them Eat Cake, is a soft white crelly with gold flakes, tiny holo gold glitters and bronze shimmer. This took a bit more coats to reach opacity 3-4 depending on how you apply the polish. I swear if I ever get married this is the polish I will probably wear. It's so beautiful and makes my nails feel fancy!.

 Madame Deficit, a black holographic polish packed with various ultra chrome flakies. The flakies stand out more in person. This is definitely a different polish than your usual black holo. I like that the flakies add a different look to it! 

 Last but not least, Viva La Revolution, a medium blue holographic polish with ultra chrome flakies, tiny metallic red/silver holo glitters and red shimmer. This polish dries semi-textured. The texture does not bother me at all. With an extra layer of topcoat you won't even notice that it is a bit textured. 

Overall, I am definitely loving this collection! Which one is your favorite?! Make sure to check out other polishes at Rica's shop. She has two amazing stamping polishes that I literally have been using like crazy (whiteout and blackout) :D

Until next time, 

Karen (Minipolishh)

Nails Redesigned Vinyls

I have quite a few nail art manis to you today. Sara from Nails Redesigned was kind enough to send me some of her nail vinyls to play around with. I will be showing a lot of pictures today and i'll try to have links for all the products i've used, including the nail polishes. I'm a nail vinyl lover! I think they are super easy to use and also super easy to do different designs with!

Hope you enjoy! :)

First off I have the base for my first mani.

For this mani I used:

• KBShimmer Radiant Orchid
• Cirque Colors Xochitl

The color in the pictures may very, that's just my lighting.

• Nails Redesigned Swirls
• These come in a set of 50. 25 swirls to the right and 25 swirls to the left. 
• Prior to using them I applied Cirque Colors Liquid Laminate Top coat 
• Make sure you let the top coat completely dry before placing the swirls on your base color
• Once you place the swirls, apply your polish of choice (different color from your base) and remove the swirls immediately after applying the nail polish
• Wait to dry and apply a fast drying top coat of your choice
• I highly recommend Cirque Colors top coat!

Next I have another mani with the same swirl design but with different colors

For this mani I used: 

• KBShimmer Let's Not Coral
• KBShimmer Life Rose On
• I did a watermarble for this mani. You can find many videos on Instagram and Youtube on how to watermarble :)

I added the same swirls listed above. You can't really see it but it was still fun to do :)

Next on the list are Nail Redesigned Quatrefoil Nail Vinyls. I looooveeee these! These are so fun to use and play with! I went with a more simple look but there is so much you can do with these.

For this mani I used:

• OPI Miss You-Niverse
• OPI Love.Angel.Music.Baby
• The set for these vinyls include 20 stencils
• They are super easy to use
• All you do is place them over your desired base coat, paint over them and remove immediately. 

I decided to add another mani using the same vinyls. 

For this mani I used:

• L'Oreal Masked Affair (apparently impossible to find online and in stores)
• Azature Light Lilac Diamond

Last but not least are the Wide Chevron Vinyls. Not gonna lie, i've never used large chevrons before so they were definitely something new for me but I ended up really like them! These come in a set of 100. 

For this mani I used:

•  Stardust Polish Apple Blossom
• Stardust Polish Blue Skies
• Stardust Polish Ocean Waves
• Stardust Polish Read My Tulips
• Stardust Polish Dawn 2.0
• Rica Blackout

I really liked this mani. I like the multiple colors and how the black makes it stand out!

 Lastly, this is a mani that didn't really like. It's fun but ehh it's not that great. I did post it because i really like the colors.

For this mani I used:

• Orly MirorrBall
• PolisHaus Bella

Make sure to check out Nails Redesigned and look through all of her other nail vinyls! They are great and as you can see...easy to use for nail art!! :D 

Until next time, bye bye :D