Guest Post at A Girl And Her Chicken Named Betty

Hello darlings!

I have a quick post today but I wanted to let you know that I'm guest posting over at A Girl And Her Chicken Named Betty today! Make sure to check out her nail art while you're over there!

Click the photo to be taken to the post.

Thanks guys!

-Marisa! (:

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The Nail Art Guild: Light

Hello lovelies! 

I have another later than usual post for you all. Mondays and Thursdays are really long days and I kind of just end up falling asleep after my last class so whoops....

But onto the nails!

And The Nail Art Guild is back today with the theme of "lights!"

The Nail Challenge Collaborative: Tea Party - Week 4

Hello lovelies!

This is my last post for the Nail Challenge Collaborative this month and I'm kind of sad to this month's theme go. Everybody's tea party nails were so cute! 

But anyways, let's get to the nails!

Uhm, so maybe I couldn't decide one floral print so I put all of them on my nails....YEAH!

Ipsy Review: August - Beauty Schooled

Ello lovelies!

I have a second post for you guys today! This one is a bit different though because it's not nail polish related. Hey, Darling Polish is still a nail polish/nail art focused blog but I might start branching out into some other kinds of reviews. I'm a big fan of make-up and different beauty products and recently signed up for Ipsy, so I figured that I would review the bags here for you guys!

Let's get to the August bag!

FingerFood Theme Buffet: Music

Hello lovelies!

I have a quick post for you guys today because I have class at 7:45 this morning....yeah, you read that right. 7:45 and I'll still be in the same class when this post goes live. I'm not a morning person so this is going to take some getting used to...

But, onto the nails!

Brownie points to whoever guesses what album cover I painted here. And a lot of them because I feel like a lot of people don't know of this band which is sad because they're awesome!

Amazing Chic Nails: Nail Art

Hello lovelies!

I'm back again with another post for you all! Remember that I reviewed some polishes from Amazing Chic Nails yesterday. While today, I have some nail art for you that I did with the polishes!

Let's get to the nails!

Tri-Polish Challenge: Ikat

Hello lovelies!

Sorry about today's post being up later than normal but I fell asleep last night before I could write it. But good news, I don't have classes on Tuesdays! Woo!

But let's get to the nails!

New To Me Indie! - Amazing Chic Nails: Fall Collection (Partial) + Late Summer Extra

Hello lovelies!

Look who's back in action! My wifi is setup and all of my stuff is unpacked so we're back to business (: It's nice to be able to post again. Not posting this past weekend felt like way too long of a break for some reason....weird. Today is also my first day back to classes.....this is my last year which is scary....

But anyways, I have a new indie brand to show you guys today and it's Amazing Chic Nails! I have swatches of some of the polishes from her upcoming Autumn Collection which will be releasing on September 1st and one polish from her Late Summer Collection. Let's get to the polish!

*All swatches shown with 1 coat of Seche Vite

The Nail Challenge Collaborative: Tea Party - Week 3

Hello lovelies!

I have a post today and it's Friday! I'm going to try and go to a coffee shop today so I can read some blogs and do my homework. I normally can't get work done in public places though so we'll see how that works out haha.

Anyways, onto the nails!

These nails are so cute and I'm so happy that I can finally post them!

FingerFood Theme Buffet - Science/Technology

Hello lovelies!

Look a post! Sorry about that little break in posts the last couple of days. I'm finally all moved into my new apartment, everything is unpacked but I don't have wifi yet. So no wifi = no posts. I know, I'm sad too, it should be setup by Monday! Luckily one of my friends is letting me use her wifi to write up some posts for the rest of the week. 

So, let's get to the nails!

Today's nails are pretty so I think it completely makes up for the fact that I didn't post (;

Tri-Polish Challenge: Water Spotted Chevrons

Hello lovelies!

It's Tuesday! Which means I'm moving into my new apartment today! I don't know how much I'll be around the blog the next 2 days but once I'm settled in, I'll be right back here! But Tuesday also means that it's time for the Tri-Polish Challenge!

Onto the nails! 

I think I finally got away from the Elementary school vibe that I was getting from these colors, but now I see clowns....*le sigh*....clowns creep me out.....

1 Year Blogaversary Giveaway

Hello lovelies!

I have a really fun post for you guys today because I'm holding my first giveaway! I wanted to do something fun for my 1 year blogaversary to celebrate how awesome this past year has been and a giveaway seemed like the way to go. So, I've collected some of my favorite things from the polish world and one of you will get to try them out!

So, let's get to what you can win!

The prize includes:

- 1 set of Nail Art Brushes from Winstonia

- Sally Hansen's Pixel Perfect + White On

-Sinful Color's Black On Black + Why Not

-Lucky 13 Lacquer's Hold On To Your Butts + Hey, Darling! (customs)

I use this exact same set of brushes for most of my nail art and the little square brush is actually my current clean up brush. Sally Hansen and Sinful Colors are my 2 favorite drugstore brands. And finally I created 2 custom polishes with the creator of my favorite indie brand, Lucky 13 Lacquer! I *obviously* had to get myself my own bottles of the customs and I swatched them so you guys could see how awesome they are!

So first up is Hold On To Your Butts!

If you've been reading my blog from the beginning (or you just read my about me), then you know that I love dinosaurs and the Jurassic Park series is one of my favorites. I've never been able to find a Jurassic Park inspired nail polish so I came up with this one! The name came from probably the best line of the entire movie series!

This is 3 coats of Hold On To Your Butts on its own. The formula was easy to work with and the glitters are suspended really well. There are black and white shreds, small brown squares, and holo glitters all in the red base.

Next up is Hey, Darling!

Hey, Darling! was inspired by my past and current hair colors. Which for some reason seems to be a constant area of inspiration for me (nail polish + design wise) but I thought it would make a cool polish and I was right!

This is 3 coats of Hey, Darling! on its own. The teal base builds up nicely and most of the glitters came out of the bottle really easily. Kyoti did warn me that the blue triangle glitters sink so those take a little more effort but they're totally worth it. And fun fact, the blue and neon green glitters would be my current hair colors!

Here are some macros:

Now onto the rules and the part where you get to enter:

- Open to the US only (sorry international friends)

- You must be 18 years old (or have proof of parental consent)

- Closes September 19th at 12am

- Rafflecopter entries only, the winner will be chosen at random

- Email addresses will only be used to contact the winner

- The winner has 72 hours to respond to my email before a new winner is chosen

- I'm not responsible for a lost or stolen package

- ENJOY!

#happyoneyearheydarling

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Thanks for reading guys and again, thanks for making this year awesome! Hopefully this next one is just as great (:

-Marisa! (:

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Kitty Polish: The Cat's Meow Subscription - August Review

Hello lovelies!

Thank you everyone who left a nice comment yesterday, you guys are all so sweet! I'm back today with a review of a new-to-me subscription box! This one is from Kitty Polish, which I reviewed a few weeks ago here and here. This box includes 2 full-sized polishes that are exclusive to the box and some nail art goodies for you to play with! I'll get into the pricing and what not at the bottom of the post but let's get to the photos.

*All swatches shown with 1 coat of Lucky 13 Lacquer's Elemental Ward

Onto the review!

Check under the cut for the photos!

The Nail Art Guild: Music

Hello lovelies!

Do you guys know what today is? Do ya, do ya, do ya?!...

No guesses, okay, well....1 year ago today I wrote my first post here at Hey, Darling Polish! I can't believe that it's been a year since I started this blog. My main goal was to have a place to share my nail art but it's turned into so much more. I've met so many awesome nail polish addicts and I want to say thank you to everyone who had made this year a fun one!  I have something special planned but I can't post about it yet, but I promise it'll be good so keep your eyes open for that!<3

But I have some nail art for you today!

The Nail Art Guild is back today with music inspired nails!

Freehand Nail Art Challenge: Complementary Colors - Mosaic Floral

Ello!

I'm back again with another post! I recently joined a new nail art group called the "Freehand Nail Art" group that is, you guessed it, all about freehand nail art! The group started a weekly challenge and I decided that I would participate here and there for fun. 

So, onto the nails!

This week's theme is complementary colors!

The Nail Challenge Collaborative: Tea Party - Week 2

Hello lovelies!

I'm super excited for today's nails so I'm just going to get into the post!

Onto the nails,

And this is why I was so excited for this month's Nail Challenge Collaborative theme. Look at how cute these nails are!

FingerFood Theme Buffet: Holiday/Vacation

Hello lovelies!

Can you believe that we're already to the middle of week? I move back to Albany and into my new apartment, I'm finally living off campus this year, in exactly a week! And like every year, I haven't started packing yet....whoops...it'll get done...eventually...

Anywho, onto the nails!

Brownie points to whoever can guess what these nails are supposed to be? Haha!

Tri-Polish Challenge: Primary Rectangles

Hello lovelies!

It's time for another Tri-Polish Challenge post and I don't have an intro today so....

Let's get to the nails!

Yesterday's nail art was mostly triangles and today's is mostly rectangles....shapes are cool, I guess?

Galaxy Fractal Nail Art

Hello lovelies!

I hope you all had a good weekend! Mine was spent working but I did get the chance to go for a little road trip with some family on Saturday, so that was nice.

Anyways, onto the nails!

Those triangles though!

Luxe Lacquers: August Box Nail Art

Hello lovelies!

Yesterday, I had my review of the August Box from Luxe Lacquers. Today, I have the nail art that I did with the polishes for you guys! Check under the cut for more photos:

Luxe Lacquers: August Box Review

Hello lovelies!

I have another Luxe Lacquers's box to review for you all today! I reviewed the July box last month and was really impressed with the polishes, so I was super excited to be given the chance to show you guys the August box!

Remember that Luxe Lacquers is an indie subscription box where the polishes are 5-free, cruelty free, and on trend with the latest colors at an affordable price. So, click on the "Read More" and let's get to the swatches!

*All swatches shown with 1 layer of HK Girl Fast Drying Topcoat

The Nail Challenge Collaborative: Tea Party - Week 1

Hello lovelies!

This month's theme for The Nail Challenge Collaborative is a "Tea Party" and I'm super excited about this! There is so much that you can do with this theme. There are tea cups and lace and tea pots and flowers and cute things that are almost always covered in patterns and I might be a little excited and am ignoring all grammatical errors because grammar is for squares, which is something not normally seen at a tea party.....and that got long....and weird....

Andddd, onto the nails!

There's a good chance that you're going to see a lot of flowers this month, I know I'm excited!

FingerFood Theme Buffet: Retro

Hello lovelies!

I have my FingerFood Theme Buffet post for you all today! I decided to move these posts to Wednesdays so I won't have to post on the weekends. 

Let's get to the nails!

I know we're only halfway through the week but I'm really happy with the nail art I did this week!

Tri-Polish Challenge: Primary Watermarble

Hello lovelies!

I can't believe that summer is almost over! Someone from school just posted a countdown till school starts and there's only like 20 days till classes.....and I still need to start my summer homework...I think I know what I'm doing on my day off this week...whoops!

Blah, anyways, onto the nails!

Yep, another watermarble!! I love them, I can't help it!

Vintage Floral

Hello lovelies!

Hopefully you all had a lovely weekend! I decided because Mondays normally suck that Monday will be a free day for me to do whatever nail art that I want, no challenge manicures. I haven't written a non-challenge nail art post in forever, let's see how this goes haha.

Onto the nails!

There is a 99.9% chance that all of these posts will be based on patterns haha!

Guest Posts at The Bubbly Brunette & Amandalandish

Hey guys!

I have a super quick update for you all. I've written two guest posts recently that were posted over the past 2 days. The first post was written for Christina over at The Bubbly Brunette and the other one for Amanda at Amandalandish. You should definitely go check out both of their blogs! 

Here are some teasers! Click the photos to be taken to the post!

The Bubbly Brunette:

Amandalandish:

Thanks guys!

-Marisa! (:

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International Nail Art Day 2014

Hello lovelies!

Look at me already not following my new blogging schedule and posting on a Saturday. It's with good reason though because today is International Nail Art Day! I just found out about this but I had to do something, I mean, really, my blog is kind of about nail art, I think. ;D

Onto the nails!

I decided to celebrate the day by challenging myself to do something detailed!

Indie Fridays!: Fandom Cosmetics - Just And Loyal + Cunning And Resourceful

Ello!

About that whole cutting back on posting thing.....not relevant during the week! Here's my Indie Fridays post! I'm back to posting about my Fandom Cosmetics collection. Remember that I wrapped up the Doctor Who collection 2 weeks ago and now I'm showing you guys the Harry Potter polishes!

*All swatches shown with 1 coat of HK Girl Fast Drying Topcoat 

Onto the nails!

First up is Just And Loyal!

The Nail Art Guild: Time And Space

Hello lovelies!

Now, that the OMD2 challenge is over it's back to my normal posting schedule. Except I decided that I will no longer be posting on the weekends. I think this will be easier for me to keep up with during the school year and I can use the weekends to get photos and posts prepared for the week. If I have something exciting that I can't wait to share than I'll post it whenever but it won't be a regular thing, like there might be something up tomorrow.....and there might be something secret in the works that will require posts every other Sunday, but that's a secret so shhhhh! Who knows, you'll see (;

And I haven't written an intro that long in a while.....whoops, onto the nails!

The Nail Art Guild is back today and the theme is Time & Space! Or just space in my case....