Hi everyone!! If you follow me on Facebook you may already know this, but I am super excited to tell you all that you can now find my blog at smashleysparkles.com!  I also have another exciting announcement coming soon, so keep an eye out for that...

Today I've got swatches of Milani Key West for you, as well as my first comparison post! I saw this polish on Let Them Have Polish, and fell in love.  I also like the name, since I lived in the Keys for several years and they hold a special place in my heart.  This color is a gorgeous glowy teal foil.  Once I got it home, I realized it was VERY similar to my Color Club Metamorphosis... and thus this comparison post was born! :)

First a few swatches of just Key West on its own.  (All swatches are 2 coats without top coat.)


Next the comparison photos!  I have the Color Club on my index and ring fingers, and Key West on my middle and pinky.  They are not EXACT dupes, but they are fairly close, especially in the sun.  Indoors and in the shade you can see the difference in finishes more (glass fleck vs foil).  Also, Metamorphosis has that hint of a pink duo-chrome to it.





Also, just for fun I added a comparison with China Glaze Turned Up Turquoise.  I knew this wasn't a dupe, but I just wanted to show you another teal next to these.  TUT is a neon, so it dries to a semi-matte finish.  Again, these swatches are 2 coats, with no top coat.


Thanks for looking, what do you think of these polishes?

Also, is there anything you would like to see more of on my blog?  Such as swatches, reviews, or comparisons?

Thank you all for participating in my 600 Follower Giveaway!  The winners were:

Elisabeth G. of A Few of My Favorite Things
Rebecca Z. from Australia

Their prizes were shipped out yesterday.  Congratulations, ladies!

I am planning a nail art contest next, so stay tuned for that, along with another surprise!

My thumb was my favorite finger, I think it really looks like a flame licking up towards the top of my nail!  (Please excuse the denting!)

I also took some photos of this beauty mattified for you!! I love how it looks matte... I think it looks like denim.  So cool!



Finally, I want to show you my nail wheel swatches over different bases.


1. 1 coat of Hurricane Season over 2 coat of China Glaze Concrete Catwalk
2. 1 coat of Hurricane Season over 2 coats of Zoya Dove
3. 1 coat of Hurricane Season over 2 coat of Essie Smooth Sailing (kind of an ironic pairing, huh?!)
4. 1 coat of Hurricane Season over 2 coats of China Glaze Sea Spray
5. 3 coats of Hurricane Season, no base

Amy did not offer this for sale in her Etsy shop, but is considering adding it... Is this something you all would like to see her carry?

Hi Guys!  Today I'm going to share some swatches of everyone's favorite Nail-Venturous Lacquer, the much sought-after FLOAM!!  I know you have all probably seen this polish already so I won't blab too much about it.  For these pictures I layered 3 coats of Floam over China Glaze Turned Up Turquoise.  The glitters in this are tiny, so I didn't realize until I edited my macro shots that there are actually and mix of square and hex pieces in this... cool!!  Thanks Amy for making these beautiful polishes and sharing with us!!




Amy's blog:
Amy has been selling her polishes on Etsy but does not have any available at the moment, I believe she is restocking in the next few weeks.  Be sure to check her blog and Facebook page for updates!

Any requests for future water marbles??

Color Club Fly With Me:  I LOVE THIS POLISH!!  What a great spring-y grassy green.  I don't have any glass fleck green polishes, and this is a great addition to my collection.  It has a bit of a gold shimmer in it as well.


Color Club Metamorphosis:  Another with some duo-chrome to it.  This one has a bit of pink/violet flash in it.  I also didn't have anything like this in my collection yet, but this reminds me a little of China Glaze Watermelon Rind.


Are you going to get any colors from this collection?  Also, keep a look out for tomorrow's water marble that I did with all these colors!

Hi everyone!  Here is a quick post of some Easter nails I did the other night.  I used a base color of 2 coats of China Glaze Gaga For Green, which I am sooo glad I got because I just love the way this applies.  It is so smooth and shiny and self leveling, it is one of the easiest polishes to work with out of my whole collection.

Then I stuck on a few of these sequins, which made me think of Easter eggs as soon as I bought them a few months ago.  On my ring finger I used 2 thick layers of top coat, which made the color bleed off the sequins a bit and bubbled, so I skipped it on my other nails.


This mani is not one of my favorites, but I hope you all like it anyway!

Hello!!  I am so excited to present my first post in a new weekly feature, Water Marble Wednesday.  While I was participating in the Girly-Girl Challenge, I was lucky enough to make a great new friend, Danielle from Polish. Glitter. Rock & Roll!  She lives in Houston as well and we got together last week for Bahn Mi sammies and some polish shopping at the nail supplies in Chinatown, which was so much fun!  I saw that she had this weekly feature on her blog and asked her if she would let me join in on the fun.

This week our theme is Spring/Easter colors!

I had some trouble with this because in my mind it was necessary to have a yellow in my design, and my only yellow creme polish is Zoya Pippa, which just did not cooperate too well with the water.  It didn't want to spread properly, and made this all very difficult!  I will have to add another yellow to my collection to use with my water marbles in the future.

The other colors I used were OPI Mermaid's Tears, and OPI Planks A Lot.


I wanted to do a swirl pattern, which is so difficult for me.  I feel like every time I attempt this the colors get too muddied together for my liking.  I guess I will have to go watch more videos from Colette at My Simple Little Pleasures.  I'm pretty sure she is everyone's water marbling idol, me included!!