Great Lakes Lacquer Polish Con NYC 2017 Limited Editions Swatches and Review

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Hi everyone!  We're less than a week away from Polish Con NYC 2017 and I've got some special Limited Editions from Great Lakes Lacquer to show you!  These 4 polishes will be debuting at Polish Con 2017 on April 29th, but if you can't make it to Polish Con, you'll be able to pick these up from GreatLakesLacqer.com.  They'll be available from GreatLakesLacquer.com starting May 5th, 2pm EST until May 12th 9pm EST.  Be sure to mark your calendars because once these are gone, they're gone!

Let's take a look!

Great Lakes Lacquer My Winter Survival Kit Collection Swatches and Review

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Hi everyone!  Today I have swatches of Great Lakes Lacquer's newest creation My Winter Survival Kit Collection.  It consists of 4 polishes and each one is filled with gorgeous silver holo flake.  You can pick these up over at GreatLakesLacquer.com!

Let's take a look!

Pahlish Venetian Carnival Collection Swatches and Review

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Hi everyone!  If you're following me on instagram, you've seen Pahlish's new Venetian Carnival collection.  It's a 6 piece collection; each one a bright linear holo with similarly colored "sparks" to make these even more sparkly.  This collection is available now from Pahlish.com with a restock happening June 5th at 7pm CST!

Ever After Polish and Literary Lacquers Peter Rabbit Quartet

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Happy Saturday!  I hope you're enjoying your weekend so far!  Today  I have a quartet from two amazing indie brands: Ever After Polish and Literary Lacquers, and the theme is Peter Rabbit.  This quartet brought back memories of The Tale of Peter Rabbit and all the other stories written by Beatrix Potter.  My grandma used to read them to me and even bought me my own set that I still have!

These 4 polishes are all filled with shimmer and glass fleck and scream all things spring.  They will be available Sunday, March 20th at 3pm EST from EverAfterPolish.com and will retail for $40.

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

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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!

Pahlish The Cake is a Lie Swatches and Review

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This month has been Portal month over at Pahlish!  The Cake is a Lie collection consists of 5 polishes, all jellies with various mixtures of holo, flakes, and some glitter.  These are currently available at Pahlish.com as well as their Portal inspired January Duo.

Selections from Ella Ann Cosmetics

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Hi everyone!  Today I have some Australian indie polishes to show you all of which can be found at stockist Ella Ann Cosmetics!  Ella Ann Cosmetics has a nice selection of international brands such as Glam Polish, Grace-full, Pretty Serious and others.

Let's check out some swatches!

Cirque Colors Metropolis Collection for April 2015

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Hi everyone! Hope your week started off well! Today I have the April additions to Cirque Colors' Metropolis Collection.  Every month Cirque Colors releases one or two creme polishes that have been inspired by the city of New York.  This month's colors are Vigo and Sunset Park.

Vigo is described as an "orchid pink creme."  It's the perfect Radiant Orchid color that was last year's color of the year.  I had no application issues with this one.  This is 2 coats.

Sunset Park is a beautiful bright coral creme.  This will definitely be going on my toes this summer!  I love corals like this!  Again, nice application.  This is 2 coats.

Both of these are lovely, but Sunset Park has my heart! It's the perfect spring/summer color! Vigo and Sunset Park will be available from CirqueColors.com starting April 1st and will retail for $13 USD each.  Make sure to follow Cirque Colors for the latest updates on upcoming collections!

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What do you think of these colors?  Will you be getting any?

**Products in this post were sent by PR for consideration.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Elevation Polish Spam Pt. 2

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Hey everyone!  Hope you had a good weekend!  Today I have a few more polishes to show you from Elevation Polish

Pic de Sotllo is beautiful crelly blue that's both bright and dark all at once.  Though it is a little thick, it applies easily and smoothly.  Also don't forget the top coat since this dries with a satin finish.  This is 2 coats.

Pata Puffer II is glitter in a clear base.  The glitters are of varying shapes and sizes and are all pink, purple and magenta.  It's glitter heavy and needs a thick top coat to make things nice and smooth.  I layered 1 coat over Elevation Polish Limestone.

Next is Sunset among the Palms.  This one is a magenta color with a bit of holo and some dark colored flakies.  I've been wearing this all weekend.  It's gorgeous!  Application was lovely, no complaints.  This is 2 coats.

And last but not least is Uluru, a reddish orange coral jelly with gold and pink micro fleck shimmer.  It's a jelly so it's a little on the sheerer side, but it's so squishy and bright.  Definitely a go to summer color!  This is 3 coats. (2 is perfectly fine, but my camera seems to have x-ray vision lol)

All of these are core and available on the website!  Be sure to check Elevation Polish out at the following places for more info and updates!

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

Throw Back Thursday: Zoya Astra

Hope everyone is having a great week!

I was sorting through my Zoya collection the other day and came across Astra.  It came out for Winter 2009 as a part of their Ultra Glitter collection.  I did a post about Luna from the same collection almost 4 years ago!  I believe Zoya discontinued these, but you can find them on Amazon and ebay for a pretty decent price.

Astra is a bright magenta pink glitter in a jelly magenta pink base which was pretty unique back then.  I'm really enjoying this on my nails.  It's been a while since I put this on.  The formula on this is nice.  It's actually pretty thin, but builds up really well.

This is 3 coats.

Gabriel Cosmetics Color BLOCKade Collection Swatches and Review

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Hi everyone!  Hope you had a great weekend!  I've been playing a bit of catch up with swatching and I've got lots to show you this week.

Today I'll be showing you the Color BLOCKade Collection from Gabriel Cosmetics.  This collection consists of 5 polishes.  Two shimmers and 3 cremes.

First up is Cashmere.  This is a nice nude taupe shade.  Definitely work appropriate with a little edge.  The first coat was a little streaky, but the second coat made it all go away.  Other than that, no real application issues.  This is 2 coats.

Petrol is my favorite of the bunch!  This is a gorgeous dusty blue.  A bit dustier than my photos show.  No application issues.  Perfect in 2 coats.

Golden Yellow is just that.  Bright yellow with golden shimmer.  It's so pretty.  Yellow and my skin tone just love each other.  The shimmer just slightly peeks out on the nail, but isn't always visible.  Application on this was a little be trickier than the rest, but it's a yellow so that's to be expected.  It wasn't anything too daunting.  The first 2 coats were streaky, but the third evened everything out.  This is 3 coats.

Raspberry is a magenta creme.  It actually borders on being more of a crelly and has more of a gel like finish.  Application on this was absolutely perfect.  This is 2 coats.

And last but not least is Holiday Red.  This is a perfect Christmas party red with golden shimmer warming it up.  This has a nice application.  No complaints.  This is 2 coats.

Overall, this is a nice collection with very nice application and a little something for everyone.  Petrol is my personal favorite of the collection.

These polishes and others can be purchased from GabrielCosmeticsInc.com and retail for $8.50 USD.

**The products in this post were sent for an honest review from the pr company.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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KBShimmer Winter 2014 Collection Selections

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Collection selections.  I swear I didn't do that on purpose.  Maybe...

Today I have some of KBShimmer's Winter collection to show you.  I can't believe it's that time again.  It feels like 2014 just started!

On to the swatches!

First up is Let's Sleigh Together.  This polish has a pale/light gray crelly base that borders on being white with blue, mint, and green glitter as well as some smaller holo glitter pieces.  This applied easily.  No complaints.  This is 3 coats.

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I Love Nail Polish Molly

A couple of weeks ago ILNP had a sale on everything that was being discontinued and of course I had to get in on it.  I'm currently kicking myself for not buying more, but such is life.

Yesterday I knew I'd be stuck in traffic because President Obama was in town and I had to be in the same area, there was just no avoiding it.  I wanted to wear something I could stare at and out came Molly!

Molly is a lovely magenta pink holo.  I will admit I thought it woulld be a bit more holo, but I've been spoiled by Laylas, Color Clubs, etc.  Application was flawless.  No need for a special base, no streaking.

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Hard Candy Fabuluxe

Just a quick post with Hard Candy Fabuluxe.  A gorgeous magenta glitter in a clear magenta tinted base.  Of course it's so bright and sparkly my camera kind of spazzed and wouldn't focus properly.  Also, I used 3 coats of topcoat and it's STILL gritty.


This is 2 coats (and of course 3 coats of topcoat)

Sally Hansen Rock Star Pink

Glitter!!  I love me some glittah!  This is a magenta glitter in a clear base with some gold, blue and red glitter sprinkled in. It was opaque in 3 coats and wasn't too gloopy.  It dries gritty so a thick coat of top coat is a definite must.

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Savina Purple Confetti

This is one amazing glitter!  Of course the pictures do it no justice.  This is polish is filled to capacity with holo glitter inside of a dark magenta (bordering on red) jelly base.  What's not to love?

I found this gorgeous polish at Nordstrom's rack along with a ton of other Savina brand polishes.  They were reasonably priced and had quite a few interesting colors.

Purple Confetti is very similar to Massini's Slamming Red.  The main difference is that Massini is just a shade more red and the holo glitter in it is smaller and more flat.  Purple Confetti only needed 2 thick coats of top coat to get rid of the bumpy feel while Slamming Red seems to need an infinite amount.  When it comes down to it, if you're not able to find the Massini, Purple Confetti can definitely quench your thirst.

Here's a blurry picture so you can get an idea of how blingtastic this polish is:

This is a comparison of Savina Purple Confetti and Massini Slamming Red.  (Pinky and middle fingers are the Savina, index and ring fingers are the Massini.