Lacquer Lust Pearl with a Leopard Accent Nail (Models Own Grape Juice and Essie Licorice)

We purchased Lacquer Lust Pearl from Harlow and Co. after falling in love with Sapphire from their birthstone collection, and had to top off top it of with some Leopard print! Let us know what you think of the look - this polish was definitely a great purchase... If you haven't checked out Lacquer Lust thus far, we definitely recommend it. We also picked up Diamond (a great pair!) which may pop up in some later posts.

The holographic sparkle of this polish is out of control in the sunlight... polish perfection!

Photo courtesy of The New Black

We're excited to have received some kits for review from The New Black - and to be starting a long line of blog posts using each of these kits to create a variety of different looks! The first kit we received (pictured left) was designed by celebrity manicure guru Madeline Poole (of MP Nails). It comes with three creme shades (a peachy cream, pink, and baby blue) as well as the gold glitter and a black striping brush. Let us begin by saying that we have never had much luck with striping brushes - and that we have truly found our holy grail polish striping brush! Our trouble with other stripers has been the lack of a blunt end to create a nice stripe, rather than a tapered end which makes your stripe less perfect (is our OCD showing?). Regardless, this one takes the cake! Check out our 3 nail looks below, and watch the video tutorial for our fradient (fake gradient!) technique and leopard print nail art!