This is the perfect collection for fall... beautiful, cosy, deep, dark shades balanced with a gorgeous neutral. We first about this collection here in early August and since then I have featured the namesake shade in my Top 5 Polish Choices for Fall 2014 and created a Half Moon + Leopard Print nail art look with some of the polishes from this collection. 

Overall Comments:
Like I mentioned... perfect collection for fall. I also love the split between warmer and cooler shades, ranging from light to dark. Every single shade had a perfectly creamy formula, pigmented and dried very glossy! Every shade only needed 2 coats for opacity except for one... it was a one coater!

Pink Nail Art for Breast Cancer Awareness

Although October is almost over, as I'm sure many of you know, it is still Breast Cancer Awareness month. I wanted to help spread awareness in my little corner of the internet by sporting some pink nail art. The most shocking statistic I have read is that 1 in 9 women in Canada is expected to develop breast cancer during her lifetime (by the age of 90). This is definitely a touch subject that affects people in different ways so I will keep this post short and sweet.

Almost every nail polish brand releases special pink polishes in support of Breast Cancer Awareness and donate money for research. Although I didn't pick up any polishes from the 2014 collections, I did pick some up last year and used those to create this simple look.

Nail Polish Review - KBShimmer Fall 2014 Collection (My Picks)

Earlier this week, when I posted my swatch, review and nail art using You Autumn Know from the KBShimmer Fall 2013 Collection, I mentioned that I had purchased a few from this year's fall collection.

I picked 4 shades from the KBShimmer Fall 2014 Collection and they all just happened to be cool colours. I am in love with their creme formula and just had to pick up all three creme shades and I have always been a fan of KBShimmer's glitter-crellies, so I had to get one of those as well.

Overall Comments:

These aren't your traditional fall colours but somehow they just feel so right... I just love the soft, dusty quality of these colours. Although creme formulas are fairly new for KBShimmer, they have maintained an amazing formula over the last 3 collections. Each and every single creme polish is buttery smooth, super pigmented and very glossy. The one glitter-crelly that I picked is also a beautiful pairing of a dusty blue with bright pops of glitter. As expected the crelly formula was amazing too.

Diwali Nail Art

As many of you may be aware, today is Diwali and I would like to wish all of you a Happy Diwali and a Prosperous New Year.

Diwali also known as the "festival of lights" is an ancient Hindu festival celebrated in autumn every year usually between mid-October and mid-November. The date changes every year because the Hindus follow a different calendar based on the lunar cycle. The festival spiritually signifies the victory of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, good over evil, and hope over despair. It is celebrated by lighting diyas (lamps and candles), prayers and enjoying mithai (sweets) with family and friends.

Nail Polish Review - Essie Luxeffects 2014 - Rock at the Top

Essie has been releasing a few luxeffects shades during the holiday season over the past few years.

The luxeffects line is a collection of glitter top coats that can be worn over any essie nail colour to add some sparkle and dazzle! This holiday season (2014), essie is releasing 2 new luxeffects shades (press release here)... 1 in yellow gold and 1 in bronze. Essie's PR firm sent me rock at the top, the yellow-gold glitter top coat.

rock at the top: a gold glitter top coat

Colour: Gold | Finish: Glitter | # of Coats: 1 | Topcoat: No | Rating: 10/10

Layered Over: tuck it in my tux (swatch and review) from the essie Winter 2014 Collection

Comments: I have always loved the luxeffects glitter topcoats and I am super excited to add this gold version to my collection. This beautiful yellow-gold glitter transforms the simple and plain marshmallow white crelly base into a pretty and sparkly holiday look! I only applied a single coat and you can see that the glitter payoff is great. I can see myself layering this over shades of red and pink for a simple but fun holiday manicure!

The glitter top coats in the luxeffects line have the same formula and glitter composition in terms of shapes and size and what I love most about these is that they usually just feature one glitter colour. I can't wait till the bronze version, summit of style, is available online... you can be sure I will be purchasing it right away!

What do you think of this beautiful gold glitter? Will you picking up a bottle of this beautiful gold glitter? I'd love to hear your thoughts and comments!

- Hetal

Nail Polish Review - Essie Winter 2014 Collection (Part 1) - Jiggle Hi, Jiggle Lo

PART 2: Click HERE for Part 2 of the essie Winter 2014 Collection.

Remember when I posted the press release for the essie Winter 2014 Collection? Essie's PR firm was kind enough to send me 3 of the 6 shades to swatch and review! And I just placed my order for the remaining 3 shades from nailpolishcanada.com so I will update this post once I receive my order. 

 

Overall Comments:

I don't immediately think of Winter when I look at this collection but once I swatched them, I fell in love! These shades look so chic and I couldn't stop staring at my nails! I can totally see myself wearing these during the holiday/winter season to parties and to get a break from the traditional reds and dark vampy colours. In terms of formula, the creme shades had a crelly type formula that looked so glossy and squishy and beautiful... but it did need a few coats for opacity.

Fall Leaves Nail Art

Hi everyone! It is mid-October and we are right in the middle of cloudy skies, beautiful foilage, chilly weather, warm drinks and pumpkin-spiced everything. So I created some simple fall-inspired stamping nail art featuring the beautiful KBShimmer shade, You Autumn Know (swatch and review at the end of the post).

This shade was released as part of the KBShimmer Fall 2013 Collection and I have been admiring it ever since. I recently purchased a few shades from the KBShimmer Fall 2014 Collection (swatches coming soon) and added this shade to my order... luckily Harlow & Co had You Autumn Know in stock.

Top 5 Polish Choices - Fall 2014

Hi Everyone,

Today's post is a little different from what you usually see on My Life in Turquoise. With Fall in full swing, I decided to post about my five favourite polish choices for this chilly season.

You might be asking yourself... where can I purchase these polishes? Well, I recently discovered Raise.com, a great website where you can purchase discounted gift cards as well as sell your unwanted gift cards for cash! The Beauty Category features gift cards from several retailers that sell a variety of nail polish brands including Sephora, Ulta Beauty, CVS Pharmacy, Walgreens, Rite Aid, Sally Beauty Supply, Walmart and The Body Shop.

I wanted to show all of you a variety of brands and colours that are available in the stores featured on Raise.com so that you can grab up these products at a discounted price! My top 5 picks are also from recent releases (within the last 2 to 3 monthts) so if you love any of these shades in particular, you can pick it up in stores today!

Although I am showing you specific polishes that I love, you can definitely find similar shades in other brands for each of the 5 colours I have picked as my favourites for Fall 2014!

Polka Dots Nail Art

Hi Everyone,

I have a super simple nail art post for you today. My go-to nail art technique is polka dots because it looks amazing in any colour combination and it takes very little time to put together.

Nail Polish Review - Cirque Kontiki Collection

Hi Everyone!

I am a little late in posting this collection because of the 31 Day Challenge in September but better late than never right?! I had swatched these before I started the challenge, which is why I'm sporting nubs so bear with me and I will have longer nails in future posts!

The Kontiki Collection by Cirque is inspired by the endless summer days and comprises of 3 limited edition lacquers each with a special color-shifting shimmer in a vivid translucent base. Below is a collage of the entire... perfect for Instagram and Pinterest!

Overall Comments: Since the formula for all 3 shades is exactly the same... I'll comment about it here. All three have a brightly coloured jelly base that is translucent. Because of the jelly-like nature of these lacquers, they are sheer and require multiple coats. However, the good news is that they are all sel-levelling and dry very quickly to a semi-gloss finish and need some topcoat for gloss and shine. The final result is squishy goodness... just stunning!

31DC2014 - Round Up Post + Interesting Stats

Hello Everyone!

As you all know, September was a very busy month because of the 31 Day Challenge 2014 (#31DC2014). I just wanted to share all 31 manicures in a round up post to show all of you what I accomplished in the last month. It's really cool to see how I started with nubs on day 1 and how much my nails grew over the course of the month!

I have set it up such that you can click on the thumbnail for a link to the original blog post! So please clickety-click away and I would love to hear your thoughts and comments regarding my challenge posts.

I have also set up a separate page on the top with a round up... you can access that by clicking here.

Here are some intersting stats:

• Most Liked on Instagram: Day 05 - Blue Nails - Angular French Tips
• Most Commented on Instagram: Day 23 - Inspired by a Movie - Minions
• Most Viewed on the Blog: Day 01 - Red Nails - Louboutin Rouge
• Most Commented on the Blog: Day 10 - Gradient Nails - Seashore
• MY Favourite: Day 21 - Inspired by a Color - Turquoise Ombre

These are the worst post stats:

• Least Liked on Instagram: Day 28 - Inspired by a Flag - Brazil
• Least Viewed on the Blog: Day 28 - Inspired by a Flag - Brazil
• MY Least Favourite: Day 28 - Inspired by a Flag - Brazil

I'm really not surprised since I completely half-arsed the flag nails... clearly I was very uninspired!

Since I have created a lot of nail art with the challenge... I am going to spend the next week or so posting my swatches of reviews of several collections which I have already prepared.


- Hetal

31DC2014 - Day 31 - Honor Nails You Love - Violet Watercolor Wash

It's Day 30 of the 31 Day Challenge (31DC2014) and today's prompt is Honor Nails You Love! OMG! I actually completed the entire challenge!!!

I am sure most of you recognize today's nail art. Sarah from Chalkboard Nails organizes everyone into participating in this challenge and she comes up with some of the most creative nail art designs. I was specially wow-ed by this watercolour and splatter design mix from Chalkboard Nails Day 06 Violet Nails. Here's my copy-cat version: