Ida Nails It: B Squared Lacquer

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Gradient All The Nails!

Purchased by Me
Provided for Review

Hi everyone! I have something different for you guys today. I am part of a small group of nail bloggers on Facebook. We support each other's blogs and on monthly occasion, will do a themed group challenge. I wasn't able to participate in last month's theme of floral nail art as I was just returning from Las Vegas and then prepping to go to Canada but I am very excited to be able to participate in this month's theme of gradient nail art! The caliber of these other awesome nail bloggers is just outstanding so make sure to visit each of their blogs in the Link Up widget at the end of my post.

Ahhh, gradients. It's a relatively simple form of nail art that can be very eye-catching. And with the popularity of the many latex barrier applicators out there, it's much less messy to apply a gradient then it used to be. I received a bottle of Glisten & Glow Ctrl-Alt-Del when I was at Cosmo Prof and have been using this latex barrier for a few weeks now so if you are looking for a one to try, I can recommend that one.

As for what colors to pick, you can do a two to three to four color gradient depending on how complex you want to go. I decided to a two tone gradient of turquoise to white using Polish My Life Stripped and B Squared Lacquer Plur. Then I applied a layer matte topcoat (Polish My Life Mat(t)erialistic) and after that was dry, I applied a splatter of gold acrylic paint. Acrylic paint is awesome for splatter nail art because any stray splatter on my skin will wash off with water.

Under Direct Sunlight:

I love how this turned out! There is a slight textured feel of the splatter against the matte base. And the turquoise/white gradient is complimented by the gold splatter.

Thanks for reading and please check out my fellow bloggers' gradient nail art below:

An InLinkz Link-up

Thursday, July 16, 2015

B Squared Lacquer EDM Collection: Swatches and Review

Purchased by Me

HELLLLLO! Goodness, I think my last few days have been crazy, amazing, hectic, and wonderful. As I mentioned in my previous post, I was in Las Vegas attending Cosmo Prof or CPNA 2015. I had full intentions of doing some spam posts but I didn't even have time for those. As for post CPNA, I have some photos from my weekend/week that I will be sharing throughout the next few weeks. But I also have many reviews in draft mode and I want to make sure and get those posted as well. To start off a bit slowly (I am still recovering lol), I have for you today, B Squared Lacquer's EDM Collection.

This collection consists of six neon colored creme polishes. I actually purchased my set months ago, way back in March. I was impressed by the formula quality, application is easy with two coats, even the yellow. They are not the brightest neon colors but they are saturated and compliment each other well. I have used these a number of times for nail art looks, here and here though this one was my favorite.

B Squared Lacquer closed her shop for a month or so, which is why I held off on this review. I know it's hard to see a blog post and then you can't actually buy the polishes that were reviewed. She has now re-opened her shop and has a discount code as well, if you use the code HAPPY25 you will get 25% off your order, excluding stamper items, until July 19th. As for the EDM Collection, you can buy the whole set or individually in her shop here.

B Squared Lacquer Down Tempo
Two coats
Blue leaning mid tone purple creme