Nail polish brands owned by Women of color

So you know a girl has got to keep her nails did right (hence the purpose of me starting my blog)! Speaking from this podium is a woman who owns probably over 3,000 (last time I peeked) bottles of lacquer, I can tell you that variety is definitely the spice of my life. I always find myself getting caught up in conversations between me, myself and I which consists of "don't I have this color already", but hey who says having a back up (or a few) is against the law!!

Below what I've done is let my fingers do the walking about the WWW to put together a list of nail polish brands that are owned by women of color. You do know that nail polish does not discriminate right, lol!!

For you I've given you the links to their shops and the price ahead of time so check your account balances and go stupid!!

Check out who's nailing it in the industry.......

1. Polish & Co-Theresa Williamson- launched in 2011 ( www.polishandcompany.com). Retails for $12.

2. Cocorae-Courtney R Vines- launched in 2012 ( www.lovecocorae.com)

3. Studio 85- Tiffany Burriss, Tamika Myers & Tammi Allen-launched in 2011  (www.MyStudio85.com)

4. Bernadette Thompson (www.bernadettethompson.com). Retails for $7.00

5. Ka’oir Comsetics- Keyshia Ka’oir- launched in 2011 (www.kaoir.com). Retails for $9.99

6. M2M Damorejon- Myrdith Leon-McCormack and Monica Promsavanh- launched in 2009 during NY Fashion Week (www.m2mdamorejon.com).

7. Superstar Nail lacquer- Stacia and Ariana Pierce- (www.superstarnaillacquer.com). Retails for $12.

8. Ginger + Liz- H. Ginger Johnson and S. Liz Pickett. Launched in 2009. (www.gingerandliz.com) Polishes can now be found in Ulta stores, retails for $12-$15.

9. Lisa Lacquer- Lisa Wilson- (http://www.lisalacquer.com/).Retails for $7.

10.She Nail Polish- Rashetta Miller- (http://www.shenailpolish.com/). Retails for $6.00.

11.Glam Glam Nail Candy (@glamglampolish on IG, Twitter & FB). Send order inquires by email and they will send you an invoice.

OK people see how much I've helped you find your way to getting lacquered up, now all you have to do is pick a color and paint away!!!

Stay tuned for my next post featuring women of color own cosmetics brand :)

The Beauty Buffs: We Wear Pink On Wednesdays

Hi Beauties!!!

Today all us Beauty Buffs are rocking pink, not cause we are mean girls; but because we all look beautiful in PINK!!

I am wearing a polish called Miami Pink that I got from Forever 21 a few weeks ago!! In some views it has a redish tint to it but in person it's for sure for sure pink!!

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I Tag Me-Beauty Survey

Hey my peoples, sorry I don’t have a fab mani to share with you all today, but reading this post by Varnishingpoint, I liked her little polish beauty survey and thought it is a cute idea so consider it *STOLEN* lol and if it's any consolation, I added a few more to make it more funner (yes I said funner).

So here’s my job and this little beauty Q & A:

1.     What’s your favorite nail polish company? I’d have to say OPI or Bettina Cosmetics

2.     Glitter or no glitter? Yes, the removal process has gotten so much easier that it’s safe to wear glitter still lol.

3.     OPI, China Glaze or Essie? OPI because I like the wide brush and the fast drying time.

4.     When do you change your nail polish? I normally change it every night #don'tjudgeme, but it really depends on my mood.

5.     What’s your favorite color on your nails? Pink mostly, I don’t favor dark colors

6.     Darks or brights? Brights, I love colorful nails, I have to be in a real bad mood to wear dark colors—you won’t find too many in my collection.

7.     What are you wearing on your nails right this moment? Just 1 coat of Sinful Colors base coat.

8.     Matte nails… in or out? In!! In the beginning I didn’t care for the matte look but with certain shades it has won me completely over.

9.     Do you like French manicures? Uh, I mean…. I don’t hate it, but I haven’t worn it since high school; not really my forte’

10. What’s your favorite winter color? Reds

11. How many coats is too many for opacity? more than 3

12. What cheap in price brand polish have you found to be good quality? Wet N Wild polishes are .99 but they opaque in 2 coats for me!

13. Nail technique you're pretty good at doing? Water marble

14. How old is too old for nail art? It depends on the type of nail art

15. How many "no buys" have you successfully completed? NONE!! LOL

Well people, that concludes my quick little beauty Q & A, I don’t have anyone to tag so feel free to post this again with your own fun filled answers!!

The Beauty Buffs: Radiant Orchid

Good morning everyone! Happy Hump Day to you all. I hope your week has been fun and free from stress so far (as easy as that might sound, it can happen). My week has been pretty mundane so I won't complain (Ha that rhymes--go me :). 

So today I present to you another edition from the girls and me over at The Beauty Buffs, this edition we are presented with the challenge of posting in regards to the color Radiant Orchid. It is a beautiful that people don't normally pay attention to and it's also Pantone's color of the year this year. I consider it to be a member the color purple's family.

For my choice, I chose to use an untried polish from Essie's 2013 Neon collection. This is "DJ Play That Song". This is 3 coats of it, in the first pic you'll see it dries with a matte finish which I have no problem with. In the second picture I added a top coat after I designed a few white and orchid polka dots. 

Have a wonderful day and please do a little sight seeing while checking out the other Radiant Orchid posts by the other beauty buffs :)).

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Street Pussy

No it's not what you're thinking... geesh! Yes I could have picked a different name but if you get to know me you'll find out that I'm straight no chaser, raw as meat! So anyway I have this mani I forgot to post and it's by the wacky Betsey Johnson X Sephora by OPI collab. This polish is called "ALLEY CAT" (hence the post name--get it)! I am gonna tell you like this, I've found that whatever has OPI on it I am bound to like it. This is my first Sephora by OPI polish, I got it a few weeks ago in the store on clearance for cinco deniro $5. The formula seems a little watery just playing with the brush in the bottle but the application defines each brush stroke; I had no problem applying this polish. You can witness opaque in just two coats, it dries just a tad matte but just a kiss of some top coat and your on your way to the finish line. On my accent finger I've applied a few spots of glitter using the American Apparel glitter polish (the polish reminds me of a disco ball), the brush doesn't pick up the colored metallic circles as much as I'd liked it to so I used a orange stick and placed them on my finger; top coat as I said earlier and your done.

By the way, don't feed stray cats....... :)

2 X's Swagg

“No one on the corner has swagga like us”….,

MIA said it first,then Deborah Lippmann seconed the notion….. Uhh apparently someone does Deborah..... Looking through my stash yesterday filled with indecisiveness about my mani I spotted both of the above near each other (laughing to myself, this is a set up), in the first pic on the left is “Gold Rush” by TheGap and “Swagga like us” by Deborah Lippmann; they had to have been seperated at birth. I’d claim them to be fraternal twins because their formula has 99% similarity, there is a distinct difference between the two and I plan to elaborate. Giving u a little known fact about myself, I am also a fraternal twin; my brother is 15 minutes older. We are extremely close but have different formulas to our biological makeup! I’ve painted my ring finger and pinky with TheGap polish. The Gap’s gold/bronze formula is lighter in texture and bears more green reflection in light, while DL’s polish is darker and keeps a gold/bronze appearance with less green reflection in light. The Gap polish costs $6 (it was on sale so I paid even less for that) while DL polish stands firm at msrp of $16. I must say that you don’t stand to lose if you choose theGap, sometimes the name just isn’t enough for product satisfaction. I won't be naive to think I stand alone with my dupe experience, link me with dupes you’ve compared if you like, i'd like to see it.

 Gap (L), DL (R)

Gettin Lacquered Up

Another name I claim for myself is that i'm a "lacquer lush", yes I abuse the lacquer, I get under the infleunce and fall under a deep "coated" spell... So every time I go on a shopping spree for polishes I call it "getting lacquered up"... From time to time I will be posting the bottles I've purchased to "get lacquered up". Below I've chosen to take full advantage of my Ulta pick ups. If you're not a Ulta member you should become one if you're a LACQUER LADY such as myself. The $3.50 coupons are usually enclosed in their newsletter they send to your home every 3months or so or it may even be earlier than that. Also, their frequent emails for promos normally include a $3.50 off coupon.
Now, I have always stared at the Essence polishes but I felt like they were marketed moreso for the little lacquer girls, but I said what they hey let me give it a lay; for .29 you couldn't beat that with a bat!! I am no stranger to the Sally Hansen nail salon effects (and you will find out sooner than later). They were $4.99 each by the way, the polka & checkered ones are from the Avril Lavigne collection. The Tiger "rock & roar" design is the regualr $8.99. So when you see me write #gettinlacqueredup, you awready know what time it tis!!! Stay tuned for the showcases coming soon.