Polish My Life Gleams & Cremes Birthstone Collection for July, August, and September Swatches and Review

Press Sample

Hi everyone! I've got some new Polish My Life polishes to show you!  This is the 3rd installment of the Gleams & Cremes Birthstone collection (check out Gleams & Cremes Part I and Gleams & Cremes Part II) and has duos of polish for July, August, and September.  You can pick these up now from PolishMyLife.com!

Lemming Lacquer Damn It, I had Something for This, Part II Swatches and Review

Press Sample

Hi everyone!  I'm so excited to share with you Lemming Lacquer's second Archer inspired collection with you.  If you have checked out the first, check out Damn It, I had Something for This, Part I.  It was so much fun swatching and watching Archer.  Cassie of Lemming Lacquer nailed it again with these!

Lemming Lacquer is also running their Try Us Sale!  It's the perfect opportunity to pick these and other Lemming Lacquer polishes up.  Use code TRYUS2016 20% of orders $15 or more.  The sale lasts until August 31st!

Let's get to it!

Ever After Polish Releases for July 2016 Swatches and Review

Press Sample

Hi everyone!  Ever After Polish has released some new polishes and I'll be showing you four of them.  All of these are available now from EverAfterPolish.bigcartel.com!

Let's take a look!

Crème à la Mode Box for Summer 2016 Swatches and Review

Hi everyone! Today I have the Crème à la Mode Summer 2016 box to show you!  The Crème à la Mode box is a set of four creme polishes from Digital Nails, Indigo Bananas, Literary Lacquers, and Octopus Party Nail Lacquer, and is released every quarter.  These cremes are perfect to wear alone or do use for nail art!  

The Crème à la Mode box will be available for pre-order starting Friday, July 8th and will end Friday, July 15th from the Crème à la Mode website.  This quartet retails for $26 USD plus shipping!  Let's take a look!

Polish My Life April, May, and June Gleams & Cremes Birthstone Collection Swatches and Review

Press Sample

Hi everyone! I showed you some of Polish My Life's Gleams & Cremes a few months back here and now it's time for some new ones! There are 6 new polishes total and can be purchased from PolishMyLife.com!

Lemming Lacquer Damn It, I Had Something for This, Part I Collection Swatches and Review

Press Sample

Hi everyone! If you've been following me on Instagram, you've seen some of my swatches of Lemming Lacquer's Archer inspired collection: Damn It, I Had Something for This.  My best friend introduced me to Archer a few years ago and I've loved it ever since!  I was so excited when Cassie of Lemming Lacquer asked me to swatch and review these and when they came in the mail, it was obvious she nailed it with both the colors and name.  And to make things even better, there's also a part 2 coming in July!  Part I consists of 8 polishes and they're available from LemmingLacquer.com now!

Lemming Lacquer The Creme-nally Dynamic Collection Swatches and Review

Press Sample

Hi everyone!  Today I have Lemming Lacquer's Creme-nally Dynamic collection to show you.  This collection features 9 polishes; each one named with a favorite TV show, meme, or lyric in mind.  What I love about these is that it's a rainbow collection of primary and secondary colors in their most basic form and great for nail art.

All of these are available from LemmingLacquer.com and right now they're having a sale until May 7th.  Use the code SHOPINDIE for 15% off when you spend $15 or more!

Pahlish Patisserie de Pahlish Collection Swatches and Review

Press Sample

USPS. They've seriously been messing with me for the past few months.  They're normally pretty good, but when my normal mail deliverer goes on vacation and then gets sick, all hell breaks loose.  At least this package eventually go here.  So if you'll forgive me for being late, I present the Patisserie de Pahlish Collection.

Spread Indie Love Box April 2016

Press Sample

Hi everyone!  Today I'm excited to share with you the Spread Indie Love Box!  There are several goodies in here as well has 4 full sized bottles of polish from some amazing makers!  The box is available from Ever After Polish until this Friday, so hurry and get yours!

Crème à la Mode Box Spring 2016 Swatches and Review

Press Sample

Hi everyone! I hope you had a great Easter/weekend!  Today I have the new Spring 2016 Crème à la Mode Box.  As a recap, the Creme a la Mode box is collaborative effort between four brands: Digital Nails, Literary Lacquers, Indigo Bananas, and Octopus Party Nail Lacquers.  It contains four creme polishes, retails for $26 USD + s&h, and is released quarterly at CremeAlaMode.bigcartel.com.

Let's take a look!

Polish My Life Gleams & Cremes Collection for January, February, and March of 2016 Swatches and Review

Press Sample

Hi everyone!  I'm really excited to show you a brand new series from Polish My Life called the Gleams & Cremes.  Each month will be represented by two polishes; one a creme and the other a "gleam" or holo.  Today I have months January, February, and March to show you!  These will be available from PolishMyLife.com Friday, March 11th!

Let's take a look!

Twinsie Tuesday - Coffee

Hi everyone! Time for Twinsie Tuesday!  Today's theme is coffee.  I was stumped for a while about what I could do besides plain brown.  None of my stamping plates have anything coffee related and my free hand skills need some work.  Then I thought about latte/cappuccino art!

So I brought out my Uber Mat and did some dry marble decals because I couldn't find my latex lol. These aren't quite as uniform as latte art and ended up looking more like stirring cream into coffee.  I kind of like how they came out, but the brown feels like it clashes with my skin.  I'd definitely do it again with different colors.

For this look you need:

• Dark brown polish. I used Nubar Milk Chocolate Creme
• Light tan/cream polish. I used OPI You're So Vain-illa
• Toothpick
• Plastic ziploc bag or Uber Mat.  I've even seen some people use those silicon baking sheets.
• Quick dry top coat.  I used KBShimmer Clearly On Top.
• Nail File
• Scissors
• Acetone and clean up brush

How I did it:

1. Paint a square the size of your nail with the dark brown polish on your plastic bag or Uber Mat.  Make sure it's a thick coat and opaque.  Dab it on if you have to.
2. Drop a few drops of the tan polish on the the wet dark brown.
3. Using your tooth pick swirl and make any design you want while everything is completely wet.
4. Let sit for a while and then paint your quick dry on top.  Don't be neat, get it all outside the "lines" to make it easy to peel off.
5. After everything is dry peel off your decals.  Paint a nail with top coat and place the decal on top.
6. Press down and using your nail or a cuticle stick, press down around the cuticle and file the edge of your nail to get the excess decal off.
7. Clean up around the edges with your acetone and clean up brush
8. Top it all off with top coat!

Be sure to check out what the other Twinsies did!

Alaina at The Little Canvas

Alice at Nail Art in Wonderland

Amanda at Amandalandish

Amanda at Fashion Footing

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Claire at Kerruticles

​Lisa at The Polish Playground

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Marisa at Polish Those Nails

Megan at A Beauty in the Business

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Sara at The Call of Beauty

Sarah at Partly Cloudy with a Chance of Lacquer

Savannah at Addicted to Polish

Sharon at Behind Green Eyes 

Steph at Lovestruck Lacquer

Zoya Whispers Collection

Press Sample
Hi everyone! Today I have Zoya's Whispers collection to show you.  This is a collection of 6 cremes that are intended to be kind of an interlude between winter and spring.  These colors are subdued and four out of six can be worn in a conservative work environment.

The formula on these was pretty nice and pretty easy to work with.  The first coat did tend to be streaky, but the second evened everything out.  All photos show 2 coats with top coat.

Zoya Lake.

Zoya April.

Zoya Eastyn.

Zoya Cala.

Zoya Ireland.

Zoya Misty.

These are available now from Zoya.com!

**Products in this post were provided by Zoya for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Pahlish January Duo - Test Shaft 09

Press Sample

Hi everyone!  Today I'm showing you Pahlish's January Duo collectively called Test Shaft 09!  This portal themed duo has a creme polish as well as a gorgeous topper that I've come to know Pahlish for.

Pahlish Zulu Bunsen is a squishy neon coral creme that leans heavily orange/red and changes it's leanings depending on the lighting and skin tone.  The formula on this is a little thick, but it still applies easily.

This is 2 coats.

Pahlish Moon Rock Dust.  This is a topper with a clear base and lots of holo, silver and gold flakes as well as iridescent glitter and violet shimmer.  Formula is perfect.

This is 1 coat over Zulu Bunsen.

This duo will be available through the month of January, so be sure to get yours before they're gone and maybe even pick up some other goodies from the shop while you're there!  And as always be sure to check out Pahlish at the following spots.

Shop | Facebook | Instagram

**Products in this post were sent by Pahlish for an honest review.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Cirque Colors Icon Duos for Nordstrom x OC Pop-In

Press Sample

Hi everyone! Hope you've had a great week so far.  Today I'm showing you some limited edition polishes from Cirque Colors created exclusively for Nordstrom's Pop-In that highlights NYC based fashion company Opening Ceremony.  The Pop-In show cases OC's unique style for both men and women.  The Icon Duos were created with OC's pre-spring color pallete in mind.  There are a total of 3 gift sets.  Each one containing a holo and a creme.  Lets take a look!

Ever After Polish 'Tis the Season to Sparkle Swatches and Review

Press Sample

Hi everyone!  Today I have Ever After Polish's new winter collection 'Tis the Season to Sparkle to share with you!  These will be available November 27th (Black Friday) at 12am EST from the Ever After website.  Also, be sure to use code TGIF20 for 20%  off from 11/27-11/30!

KBShimmer Winter Collection 2015 Swatches and Review

Press Sample

Hi everyone! Today I have some of the KBShimmer winter collection to show you!  It consists of 14 polishes in a variety of finishes and colors and they're all currently available from KBShimmer.com!

Crème à la Mode Box Winter 2015

Press Sample

Hi everyone!  Today I have the Winter Crème à la Mode box to show you.  The box is released quarterly and includes four creme polishes from the indie brands Digital Nails, Literary Lacquers, Indigo Bananas, and Octopus Party Nail Lacquer.

Indigo Bananas Scarlet Night.  This is a deep, kind of a brick red color.  It has a slightly sheer formula giving more of a jelly/creme look.  It does go on sheer, but eventually builds up and has an easy formula.

This is 4 coats.

Digital Nails Arboreal.  This is such a pretty aqua.  I love how it's darker than your average aqua polish!  The formula on this is perfect!

This is 2 coats.

Literary Lacquers Breathing Dreams Like Air.  This is a dusty grayed purple creme.  This one is on the thick side and I had a bit of a hard time with the formula.  I seem to be the only one, so maybe it was just user error.

This is 2 coats.

Octopus Party Nail Lacquer Malibu Stacy's Mom.  This is a beautiful bright nearly neon barbie pink.  And I love it because it's so squishy.  No formula complaints about this one!

This is 3 coats.

This fall's box is available for pre-order from November 15th - November 21st from CremealaMode.bigcartel.com and retails for $26 USD.  And if you happen to miss the box, each polish will eventually come to each individual makers shop!

Crème à la Mode

Shop | Facebook

Digital Nails

Shop | Facebook | Instagram

Indigo Bananas

Shop | Facebook | Instagram

Literary Lacquers

Shop | Facebook | Instagram

Octopus Party Nail Lacquer

Shop | Facebook | Instagram

**Products in this post were provided for review.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Cirque Colors Metropolis Collection for November 2015

Press Sample

Hi everyone!

It's time for Cirque Colors Metropolis Collection additions for November 2015.  Every month Cirque Colors comes out with one or two creme polishes inspired by New York.  They can be purchased at CirqueColors.com as well as from their stockists listed here.  This month there are two polishes.

Cirque Colors Topless in Times Square.  This is a beige nude with some slightly pink undertones.  I really liked this one with my skin tone.  No application problems!

This is 2 coats.

Cirque Colors Glitterati.  This is a brown taupe creme.  You can't go wrong with taupe.  Easy application.

This is 2 coats.

These as long as previous Metropolis Collection colors are available at CirqueColors.com!  Be sure to connect with Cirque at the following spots!

Shop | Facebook | Instagram

**Products in this post were provided by Cirque Colors for an honest review.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Pahlish November 2015 Duo - Forbidden Forest

Press Sample

Hi everyone!  It's time for another Pahlish duo!  This one is inspired by Harry Potter and includes a creme and a glitter topper.  So all you Harry Potter fans get your wallets ready!  These will be available from Pahlish.com starting November 8th @ 7pm CST.

Pahlish Whomping Willow.  This is a classic dusty navvy blue creme.  It's perfect as a base or to just wear alone.  Application on this is lovely.  It's creamy and pigmented.

This is 2 coats, but depending on how you polish, could go on opaque in 1 coat.

Pahlish Expecto Patronum.  Shannon has a way with glitter toppers.  They're always so pretty and this one is no exception.  This one is extra blingy with holo dot glitters, silver flakes, holo shimmer and that violet/purple shimmer that I've come to associate with Pahlish.

This is 1 coat over Whomping Willow.

This duo plus the new collection will be available from Pahlish.com November 8th at 7pm CST.  Be sure to connect with Pahlish at the following spots for more!

Shop | Facebook | Instagram

**Products in this post were sent by Pahlish for an honest review.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.