Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Twinsie Tuesday - Summer Lovin'


I went more literal with this theme. For today's mani, I started with OPI Need Sunglasses? (perfect summer polish name, right?!), then did a semi glitter gradient kind of look on top with Polish Me Silly (previously Lush Lacquer) Summer Lovin.





Small side note/rant: I've discussed this privately with a fellow nail friend, but I've never addressed it publicly: I know some people are smitten with the brand, and to each their own, but I do not like Polish Me Silly (Lush Lacquer). I have many reasons. First and foremost, I experienced the absolute worst customer service that I ever have in my life when I ordered this polish and a few others from them last year. I won't go much into detail, but they never answered my messages, then didn't ship my polishes after they were marked as shipped, then refused to refund me when I was tired of waiting for my order, and it took over a month before my package arrived.

Issue #2, their quality is junk. Their suspension base doesn't suspend; the glitters all sink after only a couple of weeks, a lot of their glitters bleed (which happened with this particular polish, the white glitters in there all bled and turned white), they take forever to dry, and they are too thick. I could go on and on.

Overall quality of the brand ««««« (and that's only because I am feeling generous)

Anyway, with the glitters in this polish having bled, I just wasn't really loving this mani, so I decided to add a quick floral stamp on top to make it a little more summery! I used Born Pretty Store's black stamping polish and Bundle Monster plates BM313 and BM318.



After the stamping, I am pretty happy with out this manicure turned out!

Let's see what all the other Twinsies did for today!

Alaina at The Little Canvas
Amanda at Amandalandish
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Cordia at Seriously Swatched
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Kelly at Tuxarina
Lakeisha at Refined and Polished
Marisa at Polish Obsession
Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les
Stephanie at A Little Polish
Traci at DrinkCitra

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Your experience with this brand sounds awful! Bad customer service should not be happening not matter if the company is indie or mainstream. It would put me off of them too! Your manicure did turn out really cute though!
1 reply · active 564 weeks ago
Thank you! :) Yea I doubt I'll ever be buying from them again!

-NailsLikeLace
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PolishedtoPrecision · 564 weeks ago

Oh geesh....I have never had this issue with the brand. That truly sucks because they have some very nice polishes. Anyway, your manicure is stunning! Each step adds more and more to it's beauty! Great job!
1 reply · active 564 weeks ago
Thanks! :) I've actually never heard anything good about their customer service.

-NailsLikeLace
I just love it with the stamping! I was gifted two glitters from this brand and they both were sunken and bleeding before I even had a chance to use them. Smh.
1 reply · active 564 weeks ago
Thanks! I think they have some amazing concepts, but the product just doesn't cut it. :-/

-NailsLikeLace
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purple_rain · 564 weeks ago

Oooh, this is perfect! Love this colour combo for a gradient, and that image design just screams summer to me! I will definitely be dusting off my stamping kit for recreating something like thi.
btw, I just love this sort of stamping over glitter, it kinda looks like the image is just floating on top of it..
1 reply · active 564 weeks ago
Thanks! I do love all the color that glitters give under stamps! :)

-NailsLikeLace
Summer lovin' is the perfect name for this mani!!
1 reply · active 564 weeks ago
Thanks! ^.^

-NailsLikeLace
This is so cute and summery! That's unfortunate about the brand; I don't own any of it but maybe thats a good thing!
1 reply · active 564 weeks ago
Thanks! :) Yea I won't be owning anymore from them!

-NailsLikeLace
The color combo is perfection!
1 reply · active 563 weeks ago
Thanks!

-NailsLikeLace
this is the prefect summer mani, i love it!
1 reply · active 563 weeks ago
Thanks!! ^.^

-NailsLikeLace
too bad about the polish issues! otherwise, I think it looks great!
1 reply · active 563 weeks ago
Thanks! I do like that flower stamp!

-NailsLikeLace
Ooo!! I think this is super cute, with and without the stamp!
1 reply · active 563 weeks ago
Thanks!! :)

-NailsLikeLace
Yes, I def don't recommend them!

-NailsLikeLace
Thanks!! :) I actually have sinking issues with every single Lush Lacquer I own, and I have about maybe 10 of them!

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