Fifty-Two Weeks

No Tricks, Just Treats Check out this great deal from Zoya! Totally worth it I'd say!! Click the image to grab your bottles of Zoya! Be Radiant! Amanda #fiftytwoweeksofnails @theradiantamanda

Sink Your Teeth into this Polish It's almost Halloween and if you are still looking for a fun color to wear tomorrow, try one with a great title! You don't have to have fancy nails with little images painted all over them to have conversation piece nails. Sometimes just a fun color title works! This is my friend Kim's pedi job I did a while back, but the color and the title are perfect for the Halloween holiday. This deep purple will go with most dark costumes like witches, vampires, or zombies. But it could also go with fun lighter costumes like pumpkins, cats, or fairies.  And of course when your friends ask you about your nails, you get to tell them all about its fun title! For example, this polish is an OPI color called Want to Bite My Neck? How perfect is that for Halloween? This is a great dark purple color that dried quick and lasted a long time. Ya gotta love OPI :) You can purchase this color (hopefully) at your local OPI dealer or at your ...

BlackHeart Radiance Happy Halloween Week!! I have been waiting ALL YEAR to finally be able to post about this polish for Halloween. I literally got this polish back in December and am now able to finally share it with you! This is Spooktacular! BlackHeart Beauty is the brand for this week's color Magenta  and I thought it would be perfect for a Halloween post due to the great Skeleton skull shaped bottle its in! This color went on OK...it was very streaky on the first coat (which is also alright) but it made me worry that the second coat would look the same. It didn't! The second coat smoothed on out and gave my nails a nice finished look.  I was also pleasantly surprised at how fast this polish dried! The first coat dried almost as quick as my basecoat did. For those of you who have been keeping up with the blog, you know I love some fast drying nail polish! A++ on drying time! If you want to get some of this drop dead polish, head over to your ...

Radiant Days of Wine and Roses Hi Everyone! Happy October! Fall is my favorite time of year, the colors are so beautiful and the fashion choices are plentiful! This week's color fits great into the Fall season, fits great into our "Radiant Orchid" theme, and fits great into this season fashion.  This week's color is modeled by my friend Beverley and is a beautiful SpaRitual color described as a "dark purple shimmer", called Days on Wine and Roses. What a lovely title for a polish!  Like most SpaRitual colors, this color is a hit in all departments! I myself even need to get a bottle to keep on hand! If you are interested in grabbing a bottle of SpaRitual's Days of Wine and Roses  polish for you collection, check out your local Ulta store, your local SpaRitual dealer or SpaRitual.com .  Really, really, really like this color? Then check out it's matching lip gloss!! How great is that?! Matching colors for your lips and your nail...

A Radiant Bride This week my Best Fran ("Friend" for those of you who aren't her and me) is getting married!! I couldn't be more happy for her. Unfortunately as much as I wish, I can't be there for her special day. But she still totally made me feel like the maid of honor. So, check this out!  I have my very own personalized nail polish! AND it goes along with the color of the year. How lucky am I?!  Meg used a feature by Nails Inc. to specially order a bottle of nail polish that is named after me "Amanda - Maid of Honor". And this polish couldn't be more perfect!  Not only is this polish the perfe ct color, it goes on like butter! So smooth and so slick! The brush is also as soft as a baby's butt and it dried in no time flat! Another win for Nails Inc. But enough about my nails! Check out Meg's nails for her wedding. When you get married and you're thinking about your "something blue" try it out ...

Jazz Standards Hi Everyone! Check out this great polish deal! Here's another great duo that would be great to showcase this fall and winter!! What a cute dazzling little clutch too!! “Dazzling. Dynamic. Harmonious. This show-stopping collection is music at your fingertips. A harmonious duet of classic red and glittering ruby, the glitzy glam shades don’t miss a beat. The sparkling red clutch is the ultimate encore-full of razzle with a dazzle.”  Click the picture to head to the Deborah Lippmann website! Be Radiant! Amanda #fiftytwoweeksofnails @theradiantamanda

The Steampunk Ball Collection Check out this new collection by ButterLONDON!  There are a couple of different sets available, but with descriptions like " High-Fashion classics never go out of style, so rock your brilliant creme lacquer with a touch of sparkle" and " Channel your inner alchemist and transform your lacquer with layering shades that add depth and dimension" how could you possible go wrong?! Click the image to visit the ButterLONDON site and get your new vintage nail  inspiration  sets! Be Radiant! Amanda #fiftytwoweeksofnails @theradiantamanda

Lips and Tips Check this out! Zoya has a great deal available on their Matte effects polish and Lipstick.  What a great color for this upcoming winter season!!! "With the re-release of our best-selling Matte Velvet formula, we've created a special red Matte Velvet lipstick just for you.   The signature matte red was inspired by Zoya Posh and is everything you could ever want in a matte lipstick - creamy, long-wearing,   and pigmented with a flawless finish. PLUS it smells delicious! We've paired the matte-chy matchy duo to create a Matte Lips & Tips   Exclusive Gift Set that is only available while supplies last. Now you can get the look of the season FREE* with a $30 purchase!   Gift set includes a full-size (0.5 oz) Zoya Matte Velvet in Posh and a full-sized Zoya Signature Red MatteVelvet lipstick. How it works: 1.    Add at least $30 of Zoya or Qtica product to your cart. 2.    Enter Code MATTE into the coup...

Illume Radiance I am desperately trying to catch up with myself this week! So a back-to-back post it is! This week's color is great; it is the exact definition of the color purple. This week's color is a SpaRitual color called Illume and it really is lovely. This creme polish is the perfect shade of just perfect purple. However, it needed two coats of color to get there, and even then I wanted to add just a smidgen more. Illume was a bit more watery than I was prepared for and it left horrible streaking on the first coat. But that's ok, most of the second coats made the nails look finished. Only a few nails needed some extra polish. To top it all off I used the SpaRitual Multitasker Base and Top coat. This not only sealed the deal, it also added extra shine to the finished look of my polished nails. Overall I love this color of purple that is Illume, but the polish application could have gone a bit smoother if the lacquer wasn't as watery. But as ...

Some Radiant Vintage Violet with a dash of Tink-Her-Bell Better late than never right?! Sorry this past week's post is a bit late - such a hectic week for me! But here it is: This week's color of the week is a lovely combination of Two Ulta brand Salon Formula Nail Lacquer polishes.  The base coat color I chose to go along with our Radiant Orchid theme of the year is Vintage Violet . This polish color is so lovely! Vintage Violet is a pale pink creme polish that went on smooth as butter. It also dried really fast too!!! I give this polish an A++ on the fast drying time!  As well, as I look down upon my nails (almost a week later) I notice that I only have ONE chip in my polish! Holy Cow, isn't that great?! Fast drying and Long lasting.  As you can also see, this past week I was in the mood for a bit of sparkle on my nails. So I paired Vintage Violet with a great pink glitter polish called Tink-Her-Bell . I love glitter polishes and this one is making...