Contrary Polish: Coloring Outside the Lines Collection - Swatches and Review

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Hi everyone! Today I have a new collection from Contrary Polish to show you called the Coloring Outside the Lines Collection! This seems very timely indeed with all the adult coloring that's catching on like wildfire for stress relief. Yes I do it, too.

Contrary Polish

Coloring Outside the Lines Collection

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Glam Polish: Heart of Darkness Collection - Swatches and Review

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Glam Polish

Heart of Darkness Collection

Tonight I have Glam Polish's newest collection to show you called the Heart of Darkness Collection! This is a 6 polish collection inspired by the bad girls of literature/cinema/TV and they are in the new screen-printed bottles - same great square shape.

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Darling Diva Polish: The Opal Collection - Swatches and Review

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DARLING DIVA POLISH

The opal COLLECTION

Tonight I have a wonderful new flaky collection from Darling Diva Polish called The Opal Collection.

The Opal Collection is made up of 7 new shades of jelly flakies that can be layered or worn alone. In order to suspend the flakes and iridescent glitters and holo shimmer goodness, they are a bit thicker than a regular topper, which is why they build to opacity in 2 to 3 coats (most in 2 coats) and I would recommend layering the lighter shades (Opal and Blue Opal). I had no issues with formula or application on any of them! You will need to excuse my ravaged cuticles though. When "winter weather" actually makes it to South Texas my cuticles are the first thing to revolt.

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Paint Box Polish: The Women of Harry Potter Collection 2013 - Swatches and Review

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Happy Thanksgiving to those celebrating in America! 

Paint Box Polish

The Women of Harry Potter Collection 2013

Today I have a special collection for you from Paint Box Polish called The Women of Harry Potter. I think all the Harry Potter fans' ears just perked up simultaneously the world over! There are 6 polishes in the collection and they launch tomorrow, BLACK FRIDAY! I have a special discount code for you at the end!

So we will get started after the jump...

Literary Lacquers: The Community Collection - Swatches and Review

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Literary Lacquers

The Community Collection

Last night I showed you my collaboration shade from this collection, 84 Charing Cross Road, but tonight I have all ten for you! When Amy asked me and other bloggers, fans and friends to create a shade with her I KNEW that this collection would be tremendously amazing. And, as usual, I was right!

So let's get started!

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Pahlish: Mountains Beyond Mountains - Swatches and Review

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Pahlish

Mountains Beyond Mountains

Mountains Beyond Mountains is one of the Fall Collection 2013 polishes from Pahlish. It's a medium grey crelly with gold flakes and violet and blue shimmer/sparkles.

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Dior Alexa #506 - Dillard's Exclusive (aka Dior Josephine #506 Selfridges Exclusive)

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Dior Alexa #506

Dillard's Exclusive

UPDATE: They've come out with a brand new "Selfridges Exclusive" called Josephine #506 - but thankfully, it's the same as Alexa. Dior, Stop That!!!

This year marks Dillard's 75 year in business and in honor of that, they've released an exclusive-to-Dillard's polish named Alexa after Mrs. Alexa Dillard.

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Colors by Llarowe - All Bidness

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Colors by Llarowe

All Bidness

from the Redneck Woman Collection

Colors by Llarowe All Bidness is a strong linear holographic black in the sun with loads of gold flakes that magically appear in the shade.

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Glitter Bunny - Part of That World and Little Pink Dress

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Happy Wednesday! This evening I have two more polishes from a brand new-to-me indie polish brand to show you all the way from Israel - and they're Cruelty-Free, of course! Glitter Bunny Cruelty Free Nail Polish. All polishes are vegan! (If you missed the first two I posted, click here.)

DISCOUNT CODE AT THE END FOR MY READERS!

So let's have a look at Little Pink Dress and Part of That World!

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Pahlish Inexhaustible Variety - Swatches and Review

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Pahlish

Inexhaustible Variety

Inexhaustible Variety is described by the maker as a raspberry pink jelly base with dense violet glass flecks and scattered blue and purple iridescent sparks with very sparse holographic micro-glitter. That's a perfect description but I call the "sparks" micro-flakes and I LOVE micro-flakes! 

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Zoya Satin Collection for Fall 2013 - Swatches and Review

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Are you ready for Fall? Well I live in South Texas so I'm PAST ready. Tonight I have the Zoya Satin Collection for FALL 2013 to show you and I'm loving the Fall colors. And if you like these just wait until you see the Cashmere Collection! I think I might have drooled a little. They're all cremes and I'm such a sucker for a great creme.

The Satin Collection consists of 5 metallic shades and a clear-based gold flake topper.

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Elevation Polish and Crows Toes Duo

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As promised, tonight I have the latest Elevation Polish Collaboration Duo to show you - this time they've collaborated with Crows Toes! And the names...OH the names!

Too F#%*ing Hot and Too F#%*ing Cold!

Here's what elevation Polish had to say about them...

Descriptions: 

Too F*%#ing Hot- is a deep red jelly-shimmer with both black and red medium/large flake shimmer.

Too F*%#ing Cold- is a blue tinted glitter topper with a complex blend of holographic & iridescent glitters.

Finish: Shimmer & Heavy glitter

Inspiration: I, myself love cold temperatures. My ideal temp would probably be about 15 degrees F outside. Crows Toes on the other hand would probably say “F- that business. That is too cold for this southern gal” She would likely say it much more colorfully, though. LOL The few things we do have in common are our love for polish, polish making, color composition and indeed a good challenge. The challenge being how to blend two different styles of nail polishes (shimmers and glitters) in both red and blue without it being too patriotic and not looking too purple. All while keeping within our theme of Hot vs Cold. Through trial, error, many photos swapped back and forth, long conversations about the color formula, intensity and depth, we found our perfect balance. The perfect temperature.

Well my perfect temperature is about 73°F so I just wore them together!

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Daring Digits - Speicher

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Today I have Daring Digits Speicher to show you - it's a Mei Mei's Signatures exclusive!

Speicher is "a delicate clear base polish with lots of thin gold and silver flakes in irregular sizes with blue iridescent flakes and blue/purple duo-chrome micro-shimmers."

I layered this one over a plain black creme so the iridescent flakes could really stand out. No issues at all with formula or application - one coat. One coat of Poshe top coat for the photos.

Daring Digits Speicher

Daring Digits Speicher

Daring Digits Speicher

Daring Digits Speicher

Daring Digits Speicher

Daring Digits Speicher

Daring Digits Speicher

What do you think of this one? Of course it can be layered over others colors, but I loved it over black because the color-shifts and irregular flakes really stand out.

Daring Digits Speicher is available exclusively at Mei Mei's Signatures. Be sure and "like" Mei Mei's Signatures on Facebook for more information and follow Mei Mei's Signatures on Twitter. You can also check out other Daring Digits products and information by liking Daring Digits on Facebook.

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Illamasqua Pink Raindrops - Swatches and Review

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It's FRIDAY!!! Today I have the latest polish from Illamasqua to show you. Pink Raindrops.

PINK, you say? Well, yes. If you recall the original Raindrops, it was very popular and discontinued and has recently been brought back, along with Pink Raindrops, which is being touted as the "pink version" of Raindrops. Well before you get your hopes up, it's NOT. The formula is much different. I don't have the "new" Raindrops to tell if they've changed the formula, but you can see my original post on Raindrops here - the old version. It was at the least a very crelly 3-coater, if not more. I layered it over Zoya Dove for that post actually, because it was so sheer. I wore it alone on shorter nails.

Pink Raindrops is very opaque - it might even be a one-coater for some but I used two light coats. The formula is quite a bit thicker and it's not self-leveling at all, so extra care has to be taken for application. It's not the same perfect formula I've grown so used to with Illamasqua polishes. It does have those lovely flakes though! It's more of a nude with pink shimmer rather than a pink in my opinion.  Most of the photos are without top coat so you could see the true finish of the polish. The last photo shows it with one coat of Poshe top coat.

Illamasqua Pink Raindrops - natural light

Illamasqua Pink Raindrops - natural light

Illamasqua Pink Raindrops - natural light

Illamasqua Pink Raindrops - natural light

Illamasqua Pink Raindrops - natural light

Illamasqua Pink Raindrops - artificial light

Illamasqua Pink Raindrops - artificial light

With top coat...

Illamasqua Pink Raindrops - natural light (with top coat)

What do you think? Will you be getting it? Or do you have it already?

Illamasqua polishes can be purchased at the Illamasqua website here and some select shades are available in the US at Sephora stores. Pink Raindrops wasn't to come to Sephora however I have heard news that it probably will be now, so keep checking with them.

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Dandy Nails - Paranoia is in Bloom

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Good morning, it's FRIDAY!!!!!!!!

This morning I have a great polish from one of my favorite indie brands to show you - Dandy Nails Paranoia is in Bloom.

Paranoia is in Bloom is a forest green base with tons of multi-colored flakes. Application and formula were terrific and I had no issues at all. Two coats for full opacity. Shown with one light coat of Poshe top coat.

First in artificial light...

Dandy Nails Paranoia is in Bloom

Dandy Nails Paranoia is in Bloom

Dandy Nails Paranoia is in Bloom

And in indirect natural light...

Dandy Nails Paranoia is in Bloom

Dandy Nails Paranoia is in Bloom

Dandy Nails Paranoia is in Bloom

Dandy Nails Paranoia is in Bloom

What do you think of this one? Just LOOK at those flakes!


These, along with her other polishes can be purchased at Dandy Nails Etsy Shop and at Ninja Polish on their site here. Also, go "like" the Dandy Nails Facebook page see swatches, reviews, updates and to stay up-to-date with other information. You can also "like" Ninja Polish on Facebook for more updates and re-stock information. Polishes are 15ml and retail for $8.00.





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Dandy Nails - Bound to Fall and Just Hugs

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Good morning! I have other posts scheduled for today but I just had to stop and show you my current manicure because I LOVE IT!

I started out with Dandy Nails Bound to Fall and what do you need when you fall? Just Hugs, of course. The perfect combo.

Bound to Fall is a light-to-medium grey with slight blue undertones and has black specks and color-shifting flakes. I used two coats. Perfect formula and application. I chose this because it's the color of the sky today - finally getting some rain! Unfortunately, because of that, there isn't any sun to show you the true color-shift in the flakes as well as I wanted, but if you look closely at the photos, you can see the shift to bright blue in some of them. NO issues at all. One coat of Poshe top coat.

Dandy Nails Bound to Fall

Dandy Nails Bound to Fall

Dandy Nails Bound to Fall

Dandy Nails Bound to Fall

Dandy Nails Bound to Fall

Dandy Nails Bound to Fall

As much as I love Bound to Fall, I couldn't resist seeing what it looked like with Just Hugs on top. Just Hugs is an über sparkly red circle glitter polish with medium red dots and red micro-glitter with just a smattering of holo micro-glitter in a clear base. You can layer on 2 or 3 coats of this and be nearly opaque but I used one coat over Bound to Fall. One coat of Poshe top coat for the photos. Glitters came out easily and laid perfectly flat on the nail. No issues at all. Again, with no sun, it's hard to capture just HOW sparkly this one is.

Dandy Nails Just Hugs

Dandy Nails Just Hugs

Dandy Nails Just Hugs

Dandy Nails Just Hugs

Dandy Nails Just Hugs

Dandy Nails Just Hugs

Dandy Nails Just Hugs

So what do you think of these? I really loved both of them and they make a perfect pair as well.

These, along with her other polishes can be purchased at Dandy Nails Etsy Shop and at Ninja Polish on their site here. Also, go "like" the Dandy Nails Facebook page see swatches, reviews, updates and to stay up-to-date with other information. You can also "like" Ninja Polish on Facebook for more updates and re-stock information. Polishes are 15ml and retail for $8.00.





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