November 2014 Favorites!

Better late than never, right? Once again, I had a difficult time narrowing down my favorites for this month but I think I picked some good ones! Here, in no particular order, are some of the products I just couldn't get enough of in the month of November. {Some products were purchased by me and others were sent for review; I will notate those as necessary}

NCLA Space Academy HOLO/Collection (Mani Monday)

Disclaimer: I am not a nail blogger or professional (so sometimes I color outside of the lines and my cuticles look a bit ragged). I am merely a girl who LOVES nail polish!

NCLA Space Academy HOLO Lacquer in Vacation on Mars

Meet NCLA's Space Academy HOLO Collection! Four gorgeously, glitteriffic, holographic polishes! There's Vacation on Mars - a beautiful, baby pink holo {pictured above}. {Product sent for review/feature}

An Attempt at Striping (Mani Monday)

Disclaimer: I am not a nail blogger or professional (so sometimes I color outside of the lines and my cuticles look a bit ragged). I am merely a girl who LOVES nail polish!

I'm going to keep it simple this Mani Monday {though my manicure sort of isn't}. I tried my hand {ha!} at nail striping but obviously, I need to brush up {ha!} on my skills a bit {the puns are really flowing this morning, huh?}

Nailing Hollywood + NCLA For Nailbox

The Nailing Hollywood/Nailbox collaboration is now live on the Nailbox site. These four unique kits {curated by the girls at Nailing Hollywood} are amazing - based on a selection of NCLA products. The kits will only be ready to ship on the 9th December, but they're taking pre-orders now. Y'all know I LOVE all things NCLA, so I KNOW these will make great gifts for the nail art lover in your life (or yourself)!

Mani Monday: Cookies & Gold from NCLA's Black Market Collection

Disclaimer: I am not a nail blogger or professional (so sometimes I color outside of the lines and my cuticles look a bit ragged). I am merely a girl who LOVES nail polish!

I'm so in love with this latest collection from NCLA, Black Market! As soon as I saw it I knew I had to get them all on to my fingers!  Last week I shared Bullion in a Bottle and this week it's Cookies and Gold... {Collection sent for review/feature}

Mani Monday: Buillion in a Bottle from NCLA's Black Market Collection

Disclaimer: I am not a nail blogger or professional (so sometimes I color outside of the lines and my cuticles look a bit ragged). I am merely a girl who LOVES nail polish!

I'm so in love with this latest collection from NCLA, Black Market! As soon as I saw it I knew I had to get them all on to my fingers!  Last week I shared Prized Possessions and this week it's Bullion in a Bottle... {Collection sent for review/feature}

Mani Monday: Prized Possessions from NCLA's Black Market Collection

Disclaimer: I am not a nail blogger or professional (so sometimes I color outside of the lines and my cuticles look a bit ragged). I am merely a girl who LOVES nail polish!

I'm so in love with this latest collection from NCLA, Black Market! As soon as I saw it I knew I had to get them all on to my fingers!  Last week I shared Emerald Bay and this week it's Prized Possessions...{Collection sent for review/feature}

Take a Trip to Emerald Bay with NCLA! (Black Market Collection)

Disclaimer: I am not a nail blogger or professional (so sometimes I color outside of the lines and my cuticles look a bit ragged). I am merely a girl who LOVES nail polish!

I'm so in love with this latest collection from NCLA, Black Market! As soon as I saw it I knew I had to get it on my fingers and I knew that Emerald Bay had to be the first one wore! It's like having a mermaid's tail on your fingers! {Collection sent for review/feature}

This Mani Monday, The Spa Comes to Me! (NCLA North of Sunset Collection)

Disclaimer: I am not a nail blogger or professional (so sometimes I color outside of the lines and my cuticles look a bit ragged). I am merely a girl who LOVES nail polish!

The Spa Comes To Me! shot in  direct sunlight

Meet the sexiest and savviest colors in the room with our four hottest shades. They know their way around town and they're always on the VIP list! That's how NCLA describes their latest collection, North of Sunset {sent for review}. The four shade collection is perfect for the fall and is a mix of glitters and cremes. The Spa Comes To Me! is the fourth shade from the collection and I have to admit, it's uniqueness has quickly won a spot in my heart!

A "Dead-End Gorgeous" Mani! (Fall Into Beauty with NCLA)

Disclaimer: I am not a nail blogger or professional (so sometimes I color outside of the lines and my cuticles look a bit ragged). I am merely a girl who LOVES nail polish!

Meet the sexiest and savviest colors in the room with our four hottest shades. They know their way around town and they're always on the VIP list! That's how NCLA describes their latest collection, North of Sunset. The four shade collection is perfect for the fall and is a mix of glitters and cremes. Dead-End Gorgeous is the third shade from the collection that I'm sharing {see My Dad Invented That and Laurel Canyon Lolita}, and I have to admit that it is pretty aptly named! {Sent for review}

Mani Monday: Laurel Canyon Lolita (North of Sunset Collection)

Disclaimer: I am not a nail blogger or professional (so sometimes I color outside of the lines and my cuticles look a bit ragged). I am merely a girl who LOVES nail polish!

Meet the sexiest and savviest colors in the room with our four hottest shades. They know their way around town and they're always on the VIP list! That's how NCLA describes their latest collection, North of Sunset {sent for review}. The four shade collection is perfect for the fall and is a mix of glitters and cremes. As I stated in my last Mani Monday post, I was immediately drawn to My Dad Invented That {because it's freakin' glitteriffic}, so it's the first shade that I picked to wear, BUT something about Laurel Canyon Lolita spoke to me too so...

Mani Monday: NCLA My Dad Invented That (North of Sunset Collection)

Disclaimer: I am not a nail blogger or professional (so sometimes I color outside of the lines and my cuticles look a bit ragged). I am merely a girl who LOVES nail polish!

Meet the sexiest and savviest colors in the room with our four hottest shades. They know their way around town and they're always on the VIP list! That's how NCLA describes their latest collection, North of Sunset. The four shade collection is perfect for the fall and is a mix of glitters and cremes. I was immediately drawn to the veritable glitterbomb that is My Dad Invented That, so it's the first shade that I picked to wear and share! {Sent for review}

Mani Monday: Anatomy of a Mani with NCLA and Julep!

Disclaimer: I am not a nail blogger or professional (so sometimes I color outside of the lines and my cuticles look a bit ragged). I am merely a girl who LOVES nail polish!

Don't hate/judge me for my raggedy cuticles! I've strayed away from doing nail polish related posts because my hands are a MESS but, I had to share this one...

NCLA Sweet Revenge Collection: Mostly Cloudy With a Chance of Sprinkles

Disclaimer: I am not a nail blogger or professional (so sometimes I color outside of the lines and my cuticles look a bit ragged). I am merely a girl who LOVES nail polish!

NCLA Mostly Cloudy With a Chance of Sprinkles

NCLA's latest collection, Sweet Revenge, is inspired by a day at the carnival. This lacquer is called Mostly Cloudy With a Chance of Sprinkles {sent for review}and is truly unlike anything I have in my collection.

NCLA Sweet Revenge Collection: Sugar Fix

Disclaimer: I am not a nail blogger or professional (so sometimes I color outside of the lines and my cuticles look a bit ragged). I am merely a girl who LOVES nail polish!

Sorry for the flash; this was the only way I could capture the polish on my nails true to life...

NCLA's latest collection, Sweet Revenge, is inspired by a day at the carnival. This lacquer is called Sugar Fix {sent for review}and is truly unlike anything I have in my collection.

Glitter Riot! NCLA's All That Glitters Isn't Gold (A Late Mani Monday)

Disclaimer: I am not a nail blogger or professional (so sometimes I color outside of the lines and my cuticles look a bit ragged). I am merely a girl who LOVES nail polish!

Glitter Riot from NCLA's All That Glitters Isn't Gold Collection

Mani Monday: Black Diamond from NCLA's All That Glitters Isn't Gold Collection

Disclaimer: I am not a nail blogger or professional (so sometimes I color outside of the lines and my cuticles look a bit ragged). I am merely a girl who LOVES nail polish!

Black Diamond from NCLA's All That Glitters Isn't Gold Collection

If you follow me on Instagram, then you saw my disclosure regarding my lack of nail polish posts lately: basically I've been slacking off because our dishwasher is broken which means that my hands are now the dishwashers and are thus in an almost constant state of not cute. {To compensate, I've been going a bit overboard with my pedis- I recently used 7 different bottles of polish on my toes, though you will never see that, because I will NOT be supplying photographic evidence of my feet. Like ever. Cause IMO, the only cute feet are baby feet. So...} I've been trying to get swatches of NCLA's latest collection, All That Glitters Isn't Gold for well over a month now {pretty much from the moment I received them to review}, but the universe has been throwing numerous obstacles in my path {severe breaks on my swatching hand, my failure to save the original, true to color photos of the swatches {instead of just the edited/filtered copies}, and the aforementioned dishwasher situation-just to name a few}. So I've decided to do three different dedicated posts to the lovely polishes in this stellar collection; here is the second, featuring Black Diamond!

Mani Monday: Rough Around the Edges from NCLA's All That Glitters Isn't Gold Collection

Disclaimer: I am not a nail blogger or professional (so sometimes I color outside of the lines and my cuticles look a bit ragged). I am merely a girl who LOVES nail polish!

If you follow me on Instagram, then you saw my disclosure regarding my lack of nail polish posts lately: basically I've been slacking off because our dishwasher is broken which means that my hands are now the dishwashers and are thus in an almost constant state of not cute. {To compensate, I've been going a bit overboard with my pedis- I recently used 7 different bottles of polish on my toes, though you will never see that, because I will NOT be supplying photographic evidence of my feet. Like ever. Cause IMO, the only cute feet are baby feet. So...} I've been trying to get swatches of NCLA's latest collection, All That Glitters Isn't Gold for well over a month now {pretty much from the moment I received them to review}, but the universe has been throwing numerous obstacles in my path {severe breaks on my swatching hand, my failure to save the original, true to color photos of the swatches {instead of just the edited/filtered copies}, and the aforementioned dishwasher situation-just to name a few}. So I've decided to do three different dedicated posts to the lovely polishes in this stellar collection, starting with Rough Around the Edges!

Life's A Beach with NCLA's Spring 2013 Collection! AKA: Mani Monday

Disclaimer: I am not a nail blogger or professional (so sometimes I color outside of the lines and my cuticles look a bit ragged). I am merely a girl who LOVES nail polish!

NCLA "Life's A Beach" Spring 2013 Collection, clockwise from top left corner (No Flash): Don't Call Me Peachy, Tennis Anyone?, AM: Beauty Sleep, PM: Shopping Spree, and As If!

 NCLA's Spring 2013 Life's A Beach! Collection is "a playful twist on the idea that Los Angeles living is all sunshine and shopping." The 4 new exclusive lacquers come in beautiful pastel creme shades, with the catchy names that are synonymous with the nail innovators.

Gifts for the Tips! AKA: A Gift Guide feat. NCLA, Julep, and Sally Hansen

Once again, no preamble, just the goods! Here are a few awesome gifts for the nail polish addict in your life...