Takko Tuesday! - Buttercream

Happy Takko Tuesday!

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Let's take a look at another beautiful creme color from Takko Lacquer.  "Buttercream" is a cream colored creme shade with a creamy opaque formula.  Yes...that sentence was purposeful.  The color of this polish is a warm, off-white with just a hint of pinky beige.  You can see the contrast of it against the pure white of the Takko Lacquer bottle caps.  This is a nice addition to the Curiosities and Exquisites Collection for spring and fits well with the other muted colors recently released.

Masura - Mint and Bazil

Hello friends!

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Today, I have another mesmerizing magnetic manicure to share with you.  Masura is a Russian nail polish brand that creates some amazing magnetic polishes.  I just love how cool these polishes look.  The super strong neodymium magnet is key to achieving a strong magnetic effect.  I used the magnet from Masura for this mani.

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Takko Tuesday! - Guava

Happy Takko Tuesday!

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Were you able to snag all of the pretty Takkitos at the pre-order last week?  I think it was a huge hit and Takko Lacquer will likely do more of them.  If you were not able to take advantage of the pre-order, don't worry.  There will be a regular restock at the end of June as well as stock going out to the stockist.  Today, I am sharing with you another one of the awesome new cremes.  Takko has decided to make and ongoing collection of cremes and toppers that will be continuously be added to as time goes on.  It's called the Collection of Curiosities and Exquisites.  I have already shown you a few from this collection (here and here) but I realized that I didn't talk about the collection as a whole yet.  Hopefully, we will see an enormous selection of amazing creme colors from Takko over the year!

"Guava" is a peachy creme with a slight coral feel.  I really love the color of this polish.  It is soft but bright at the same time.  This was the least opaque of all of the cremes in this inaugural collection.  I did three thin coats topped with a glossy top coat.  It was a little streaky on the first two coats but evened out nicely on the third.

The black and white cremes in this collection stamped to beautifully so I wanted to see if Guava would, too.  And it did!  I created this soft, floral mani using Vice as a base (see my review here) and stamped over it with a rose design from the Pueen SE01A plate.  It is very subtle but I really liked how this turned out.  It reminds me of antique upholstery.  This light colored polish stamped well!

There has not been any specific dates and times for the next launch but I will keep you up to date once I find out.  You can follow Takko Lacquer on their social media outlets to get the latest news as it happens.

Takko Lacquer shop and restock info

Takko Lacquer Instagram and Twitter

Takko Lacquer stockists: Color4Nails, Mei Mei Signatures, Femme Fatale


Thanks for stopping by!
 - Amy McG aka McPolish

*products provided by the maker for honest review*

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#31DC2015 Recap: Day 1 thru Day 5

Hi loves!

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I have been keeping up with the 31 Day Nail Art Challenge but I haven't had time to post everything here.  So to make up for that, I am going to do 5 days recaps of the prompts to share with you here.  Don't forget, you can stay up to date each day on my Instagram account if you like.  Since I will be showing many different polishes and nail art supplies in this post, I will note which items I received for review in each mani description if indicated.  The first 10 days of the challenge are prompts based on colors and are the easiest to complete in my opinion.  Let me know which looks are your favorite!

Click through for a closer look at each mani!

Day 1: Red Nails of the #31DC2015

And we're off!

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Today, we start the 31 Day Nail Art Challenge.  Come along on my journey :)

My daily nail art posts will likely be short and sweet since doing the challenge is hard enough, writing about it is even harder.  But one good thing, is I will likely get through some untried polishes this month with the challenge.  Today's theme is red and I used an untried polish from Polish My Life called "My Red Room".  I stamped over this shimmery red with Konad black using the Pueen 54 plate.  I added a little extra sparkle with small dots of Pipe Dream Polish "Cha-ching".  Does this mani have a Christmas feel?  Possibly it makes me feel that way because of the red polish.  I generally only wear red polish around the holidays.  Hope you like them!

One day down...30 more to go :)

You can keep up to date with all of the 31 Day Nail Art Challenge fun by following the #31dc2015 tags on your favorite social media platform (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest).  I always end up finding great new nail artist  to stalk during this challenge.

Much love!
-Amy McG (McPolish)

*all products purchased by me*

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Cirque Colors - Arcane Fire

Hello all!

Press Sample Purchased by Me

As I am working on upcoming collections, I waned to take a quick break and share a recent mani that I loved.  I wore this gorgeous color from Cirque Colors around Christmas and just fell in love.  "Arcane Fire" is a deep ruby red with an amazing golden shimmer.  This polish had a lot of depth and was quite mesmerizing.   Check it out!

Then I used another Cirque Colors polish, "Harlow" to stamp a subtle design using Pueen SE02B plate.  "Harlow" is a great little linear holographic polish.  Very opaque and an interesting shade of dark/green gold.  Very pretty!

"Arcane Fire" is from Cirque's Alchemy collection and "Harlow" is from the Burlesque collection.  You can get Cirque Colors on their website  or from one of their many stockist!

Back to swatching!
Amy McG (McPolish)

*Arcane Fire was provide by the maker for honest review.*

31 Day Nail Art Challenge: Week 1 Roundup

Hey lovelies!

So the yearly nail art challenge is upon us.  If you are not familiar with the 31 Day Nail Art Challenge, stop by Chalkboard Nails for more info.  But basically, you push yourself to create new nail art to share every day for 31 day based on a list of prompts.   I have been posting my creations daily on my Instagram account but decided to do weekly recap blog posts.  So here are my manicure for the first week of the challenge!

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