Guest Post from Polished to Precision

Happy Halloween! I did my Halloween wine tour a couple weekends ago to celebrate, anyone else have any fun plans? I have one more guest post this month to celebrate my one year blogiversary. If you haven't entered my giveaway yet make sure you do for your chance to win some of my favorite indies. Tell a friend, too!

Today's post is from Tiffany at Polished to Precision. Her nails are my spirit animal. Flawless swatches and lots of indies, that's how she rolls. I always enjoy seeing what she does from plain old swatches to nail art. Let's see what she has for us today!

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Hi there Polished Babes! I am Tiffany from Polished to Precision. I am excited to be here sharing a post with you all today. Shelby is an absolute sweetheart and super talented lady! Aren't her nails always flawless? Whether she's doing a swatch and review post or some sophisticated nail art, Shelby certainly brings her 'A' game with each and every look. Thanks for much for inviting me to your blog dear!

I can be a bit of a rambler, so let's get right into the look I created for you all. I know Shelby really loves Pahlish, so I knew that would be my starting point for the manicure. I decided to pull out a pretty that has been sitting in my untried box since I received it. Pahlish Over the Rhone is described by the brand as "a dusky navy jelly with metallic silver flakes and very soft silver shimmer." This is one of the Bespoke Batch series that Pahlish releases weekly. It's one of the most coveted polishes they've released. I missed it when it was first release, but thankfully they launched it for a short preorder and I was able to snag one. #winning I used two coats and topcoat (KBShimmer Clearly on Top) on my thumb, pinky, and index fingers. I absolutely love the depth of this beauty!

Polished to Precision for Shelby Lou Nails
Pahlish Over The Rhone, KBShimmer PT Young Things, Zoya Ryan, Nail Vinyls

For the ring and middle fingers I used KBShimmer PT Young Thing, a silver holographic polish with a perfect formula. I used two coats and topcoat. For the design on these nails, I used the KBShimmer wavy nail vinyls. Zoya Ryan (a deep navy blue creme) was the perfect match to the base of the Pahlish, so I added one coat and immediately removed the vinyls. Topcoat was added to seal the deal.

Polished to Precision for Shelby Lou Nails
Pahlish Over The Rhone, KBShimmer PT Young Things, Zoya Ryan, Nail Vinyls

I really like how this came together! I am no nail artist my any stretch of the imagination, but I can almost always pull off a look using nail vinyls. LOL! Anyway, I hope you like the look I created. Thank you for taking the time to read along today. If you ever have a moment, please stop by and check out me out at Polished to Precision. 

Polished to Precision for Shelby Lou Nails
Pahlish Over The Rhone, KBShimmer PT Young Things, Zoya Ryan, Nail Vinyls

Smooches!!

Tiffany

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Wow, I love this look! Done with three of my favorite brands no less. Not gonna lie, I fainted a little when I saw these, especially because of Over The Rhone. I am so impatient with vinyls and end up mussing my mani, I really enjoy the look though. Thank you for all of the kind words, Tiffany, and for posting for me today!

Have you loved your cuticles today?

Guest Post from The Polish Playground

There is still time to enter my 1st Blogiversary Giveaway but it's winding down! 

I am busy obtaining my new car today, but I do have a guest post is from Lisa at The Polish Playground! There are a few things I love about her. The first is her nail shape. She proves you don't have to have long square nails to have pretty nails, let alone be a blogger! In my opinion she is always rockin' it with some pretty nail art, from the simple to more intricate. Lisa is also a huge supporter of the nail and blogging community. She always has a kind word for everyone and is so encouraging, and I am a fan of people who build others up. I am so pleased to have her here today, let's see what she has!

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Hello everyone! I'm Lisa from The Polish Playground and I'm so honored to be doing a guest post for Shelby Lou today. I've been a reader of hers for a while and was so excited when she asked me to guest post for her. To celebrate her blog anniversary, I decided to create a manicure with a fun accent nail to it. She is like the queen of accent nails so I wanted to do one to honor her.

The Polish Playground at Shelby Lou Nails
OPI I'm Suzi & I'm a Chocoholic, Nostalgic Nail Lacquer Sloth, China Glaze Prism
Bow from Born Pretty Store

I used OPI I'm Suzi & I'm a Chocoholic and Nostaglic Nail Lacquer Sloth on all the nails except the ring. For the ring, I used China Glaze Prism. I created the accent nail using striping tape. I applied OPI I'm Suzi & I'm a Chocoholic on top and then peeled the tape off when the polish was still wet. I also applied a bow stud from Born Pretty Store. Finished with Glisten & Glow HK Girl Top Coat.

The Polish Playground at Shelby Lou Nails
OPI I'm Suzi & I'm a Chocoholic, Nostalgic Nail Lacquer Sloth, China Glaze Prism
Bow from Born Pretty Store

Thank you again to Shelby Lou for having me guest post today on your blog! Happy blog anniversary to you and I hope everyone has a great day. If you want to follow me on my other social media sites, check me out on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

The Polish Playground at Shelby Lou Nails
OPI I'm Suzi & I'm a Chocoholic, Nostalgic Nail Lacquer Sloth, China Glaze Prism
Bow from Born Pretty Store

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Queen of accent nails? I'll take it! Thank you so much for posting for me today,Lisa, this is such a great fall mani and the accent is amazing. Make sure you follow The Polish Playground for more beautiful manis and inspiration for your own nail art, you'll be glad you did!

Have you loved your cuticles today?

Guest Post from @JoyRSerio

October has been nutty for me, what is the deal? Last week I'm all minding my own business, planning on blog stuffs and training for the Red Cross... then my husband informs me I have to go test drive a couple cars he found. Since my lease is up in January I figured I wasn't allowed to whine about it. I know I'm lucky because he knows a lot of local people in the car business from working in it himself. His negotiation skills are so impressive he has legit been offered a job after talking down one of my past leases. It looks like I am going to be getting a 2007 Lincoln MKX in the deal of a lifetime. We need a larger vehicle with all the home improvement stuff we do and it's AWD for the snow. I'm not sure how I feel about it though. I've always driven cute little cars (okay except for that one time I had an Oldsmobile) and now I am going to be that obnoxious SUV driver taking up the whole road. I am also terrified of breaking it since I will be paying on it approximately forever. And does it look like a pimp-mobile to anyone else? 

Make sure you enter my 1st Blogiversary Celebration Giveaway while you're here!

Today I have a guest post from my real-life nail polish bestie, Joy. We actually met because she works with my mother-in-law and it ends up we actually enjoy each others' company. And hey, we can talk about nail polish for hours! I met her around the same time I was thinking about starting a blog, and she encouraged me to just go for it. So I did! She has been a great source of support and a wonderful friend. I'm so excited to see her nails in blog format.

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So, first of all, I want to congratulate my girl Shelby on her one year Blogiversary!  I was lucky enough to meet my nail obsessed friend through a co-worker and am so proud of what she has done in the first year of her blog!

I am not a blogger, but am thoroughly nail obsessed. I prefer the Instagram thing (feel free to follow me @JoyRSerio) as I just love posing pictures. For those of you that don't know me, I am an indie whore. I became obsessed a little over two years ago and ever since rarely buy mainstream. I'm also a Disney geek and Halloween is one of my favorite holidays of the year. So when I was shown the "Halloween at the Park" duo by Sweet Heart Polish and Polish TBH, I knew I had to have it and bought it right away!

Both of these indies are new to me. I happened to have one of each brand in my untrieds and I'm going to have to get those on my nails after trying these out!  I bought the duo through Sweet Heart Polish and I had these in my hot little hands three days after ordering (even though they shipped from California to NYS). Quick shipping is huge to me, once I need a polish, I NEED THAT POLISH! I'm sure every single one of you can relate.

I absolutely loved everything about these polishes. Mickey's Sweet Treat is a clear base packed with white Mickey heads and an assortment of white, yellow and various orange glitter stars, hexes, squares and circles. My husband said it is the perfect candy corn polish. It looks amazing both with shiny top coat and matte, but. I prefer the matte.

Sweet Heart Polish - Mickey's Sweet Treat
"Halloween at the Park" duo with Polish TBH

Sweet Heart Polish - Mickey's Sweet Treatwith Butter London Matte topcoat
"Halloween at the Park" duo with Polish TBH

Not So Scary Halloween had me sold on the name! Halloween at Magic Kingdom is one of our favorite events! Polish TBH nailed it here! From the black jelly to those orange glitters to the. Mickey heads and everything in between, it represents the party perfectly!

Polish TBH - Halloween at Magic Kingdom
"Halloween at the Park"duo with Sweet Heart Polish

Polish TBH - Halloween at Magic Kingdomwith Butter London Matte topcoat
"Halloween at the Park"duo with Sweet Heart Polish

Both polishes were easy to apply, turning the bottles upside down for ten minutes prior to painting helped me avoid "fishing" for Mickey glitter. The only drawback to this duo is I now wish I was going to Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party this year! It's really not so scary!

This duo is priced at $20 plus shipping and can be found at:
www.sweetheartpolish.com
www.polishtbh.bigcartel.com

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Thank you, Joy, for taking the time to do a guest post for me! I love these Halloween polishes and that I got to see a new-to-me brand on my blog...maybe she will let me borrow them next October. Joy microblogs on instagram, make sure you check her out. She mostly posts indie polish (macros and matte!) as well as some cats, selfies on good-make-up-and-hair days, sports, and food pics sprinkled in. I am so glad to have met this girl and I hope you enjoyed her nails as much as I do!

Bonus mani pic!
Niagara Hallowine Trail 2014

Have you loved your cuticles today?