Delush Polish Nautical by Nature Collection Swatches and Review

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Hi everyone!  It's officially summer and all the neon polishes are out in full force!  Today I have Delush Polish's Nautical by Nature collection to show you!  The collection consists of 7 neons and brights and is available from DelushPolish.com now!

Let's take a look!

Ever After Polish Releases for July 2016 Swatches and Review

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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!

Girly Bits Sweet Nothings Collection Swatches and Review

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Hi everyone!  Today I have the Girly Bits Sweet Nothings collection for Spring 2016 to show you.  The collection is inspired by those tasty french macaroons that often come in pretty pastel colors.  Sweet Nothings is made up of 7 polishes and is available now from the Girly Bits website.

KBShimmer Spring 2016 and Mega Flame Collections Swatches and Review

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Hi everyone!  Today I have KBShimmer's offerings for this spring!  They've released a total of  14 polishes.  Spring 2016 has 7 polishes, with a variety of colors and finishes and the Mega Flames are a set of 7 ranging in color all filled to the brim with blingy holo micro glitter.  All of these are available now from KBShimmer.com!

We're in for a picture heavy post, so let's get started!

Anchor & Heart Lacquer Home Collection Swatches and Review

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Hi everyone! Tonight I have a special collection to show you: Anchor & Heart Lacquer's debut collection "Home!"  Home was originally to be released last spring, but with a baby coming the collection was put on the back burner.  While preparing for her precious baby boy, she worked on her brand, and fine tuned her debut collection, and now here we are with an amazing entry into the indie polish world!

Home is a collection of 8 polishes all inspired by Taryn's home state of Maine, family, and love.  Let's take a look!

Pahlish January Duo - Test Shaft 09

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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.

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

Crème à la Mode Box Winter 2015

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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!

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

Elevation Polish Yeti is a Scaredy Cat and Yeti's Huangshan for the 4th Annual Charity Event!

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Hi everyone! Today I have a couple of very special Elevation Polishes to show you!  For the past three years, Lulu from Elevation Polish has been orchestrating an amazing charity event.  During the event she both auctions and sells polish and a few other things with all proceeds going to charity.  This year is no different!  She has created some amazing polish as well as enlisted some fellow indie polish creators to create something special as well.

The following 2 polishes are to be apart of the selling part of the event and will be available October 12th at 9am and 9pm central along with others.  The auction portion will last from October 12th - October 17th.  Check out Lulu's blog here and here for more info on the where, sneak peaks and more!

Elevation Polish Yeti is a Scaredy Cat.  This polish definitely invokes the Halloween spirit with it's black glitter in various shapes and sizes (including hearts and mini stars), as well as a sprinkling of purple and orange glitter all in a clear base.  I decided to layer this over a green, LOOK Nail Colors Pistachio.

Elevation Polish Yeti's Huangshan. Another awesome glitter topper, this time with varying sizes and shapes of neon yellow glitter and hints of flakes that shift from orange to green all in a clear base. I layered this over a black creme.











All proceeds from the sale of these polishes and auction polishes will go to Chrestomathy, Inc. Again, for more details, please be sure to check out Lulu's blog and also, don't forget to connect with Elevation Polish at the following spots!

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**Products in this post were provided by Elevation Polish and LOOK Nail Color for an honest review.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.

LOOK Nail Color Fall 2015

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Hi everyone!  If you're following me on Instagram you may have seen these already last week, but today I have LOOK Nail Color's Fall 2015 collection.  It consists of 4 cremes and already available for purchase from their website!

Essie First Timer and China Glaze Point Me to the Party

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Hi everyone, just a quick post of my NOTD (nails of the day).

I used Essie First Timer which is from the 2013 Resort Collection.  It's a gorgeous light, but bright, green creme.  The formula on this was perfect.  It wasn't thick or streaky and went on perfectly!

This is 2 coats.

Then I layered China Glaze Point Me to the Party on top which is a neon multi colored glitter in a clear base.  Check out my review of this and the rest of the Electric Nights Collection.

**China Glaze Point Me to the Party was sent for an honest review.

Twinsie Tuesday - Neon

Hi everyone!  Today's Twinsie Tuesday is all about neon so I'm wearing this China Glaze untried Sun of a Peach.

China Glaze Sun of a Peach is a bleached orange neon and it's a beautiful color.  That said, the application was horrendous!  It streaked, had bald spots and needed way too many coats.  Let's just say I wasn't quite saying sun of a peach while applying this.  It has the kind of formula that makes you feel like you've never painted your nails in your life (and we all know I've done a lot of that).

Anyways, this is 4 coats.  It's so pretty.  To bad the formula left so much to be desired.

Don't forget to check out the other Twinsies and their neons!

Alaina at The Little Canvas

Amanda at Amandalandish

Amanda at Fashion Footing

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Bridget at A Painted Nail

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Jessica at Blue Velvet Lacquer

Lakeisha at Refined and Polished

​Lisa at The Polish Playground

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Tiffany at Polished To Precision

Pahlish Jungle Book and Tropical Trios Swatches and Review

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Hi everyone! Tonight I'm showing you not one but TWO gorgeous trios from Pahlish tonight: the Jungle Book Trio and the Tropical Trio.  These really speak for themselves so let's take a look!


Jungle Book Trio

Pahlish The Dawn Patrol is a stunning bright teal holo with lots of gold shimmer.  I am OBSESSED.  I was trying to swatch and had to stop and wear this baby for a full manicure.  This one dries to a matte finish so make sure to put some top coat on .

This is 2 coats.

Pahlish The Word of Bagheera.  This one is a gorgeous blackened indigo holo with bits of purple flecks that flash at different angles.  My camera wasn't able to pick them up, but they're there.  Either way, this is another stunning polish.

This is 2 coats.

Pahlish Man's Red Flower.  This is a bright pink leaning coral holo.  Like The Dawn Patrol, this also dries to a matte finish, so don't forget the top coat if you like it shiny.

This is 2 coats.

Tropical Trio

Pahlish Watermelon Punch.  This is a bright, break your camera, jelly neon pink with a violet, blue, and these pearly white flakes.  The white flakes are like someone chipped off a piece of a pearl.  It's such a gorgeous look!

This is 2 coats.

Japanese Neon Melon.  This has the same finish as Watermelon Punch, but it a deep bright blue.  Those pearl flakes look amazing sitting in this blue jelly!

This is 2 coats.

Pahlish Melon Baller.  This one has an orange leaning neon coral jelly base with more of those gorgeous flakes.  This is another eye searingly bright color and absolutely gorgeous!

This is 2 coats.

And there you have it!  Two absolutely stunning trios.  You can't go wrong with any of these and it's also awesome that you can purchase them individually.  You don't have to buy the whole set.  My personal favorites from both trios are The Dawn Patrol, The Word of Bagheena, and Japanese Neon Melon.

These will be available from Pahlish.com July 5th at 7pm CST for pre-order for 24 hours.  Check out these places for updates and more from Pahlish!

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

Elevation Polish and Girly Bits Collaborative Duo: Bamboozled

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I've got lots to show you this holiday weekend!  This morning I'm showing you a special duo by the makers of Elevation Polish and Girly Bits called Bamboozled.  This duo is inspired by none other than bamboo and each polish represents it in it's dry or fresh state.

Elevation Polish Arashiyama.  It's a sandy brown nude with charcoal flakes and holographic pigment and represents bamboo in it's dry state.  It's gorgeous in the bottle and I wish it played better with my skin tone.  It looks gorgeous on other bloggers I've seen!  Application on this was perfect; no complaints at all.  (Don't forget to click the name to see google images of the bamboo forest this polish was named for!)

This is 2 coats.

Girly Bits BamBoom!  BamBoom! is a light bright green holo with holo green micro glitters to give it even more sparkle.  It represents bamboo in it's fresh state.  This polish applied perfectly!  Because of the micro glitter, this dries a little bumpy so consider giving it an extra layer of top coat.

This is two coats.

The Bamboozled Duo is limited edition and will only be offered through ElevationPolish.com.  The duo will retail for $22 USD plus shipping and will be available July 7th 9pm CST with a restock happening July 22nd 9am CST.

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Gunpowder Lacquer Sunshine and Whiskey Swatches and Review

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Hi everyone! It's been a little while because my camera crapped out on me, but I'm back with the debut collection from Gunpowder Lacquer called Sunshine and Whiskey!  Gunpowder Lacquer has a country edge and is all about celebrating a woman's power and femininity.

Guest Post on Beyond Beauty Lounge

Hi everyone! Today I have a guest post on Beyond Beauty Lounge with a review of the China Glaze Electric Nights Collection!  Check it out here!