Colors by Llarowe: The Show Me Collection

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LAUNCHING JULY 18, 2014

Colors by Llarowe

The Show Me Collection

There are four brand new multi-chromes in this collection...

Show Me Again, Show Me the Money, Show Off and Show Me the Love

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Crows Toes: The 9 Realms Collection - Swatches and Review

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LAUNCHING MAY 10, 2014

Crows Toes

9 Realms Collection

Today I have 12 new polishes to show you from Crows Toes called the 9 Realms Collection. Shifters and holos and glitters, oh my!

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Color Club Safari Garden Collection for Spring 2014

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Color Club 

Safari Garden Collection

Spring 2014

Well I asked on Facebook and Instagram if you preferred to see polishes on my new shorties since my break or if you wanted me to wait until they grew out a little and 100% of you who answered said NUBS! So here they are! Today I'll be showing you Color Club's new Safari Garden Collection for Spring 2014!

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Girly Bits Cosmetics: Hiss and Lear

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Girly Bits

Hiss and Lear

Listen here! Get it? Hiss and Lear? I love spoonerisms!

I couldn't even do a proper preview collage for this one because it has SO MANY personalities! Hiss and Lear is a multi-chrome and it has more color shifts than I thought were possible in one polish!

It just looks like a gorgeous green polish at first...

Although you can see on the index nail that it just might not be that straightforward!

As always, NONE of the photos you are going to see have been color-altered in any way.

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Girly Bits Cosmetics - Lack of Pies

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Girly Bits

Lack of Pies

Lack of Pies. Again, no one does spoonerisms better than Girly Bits. Pack of Lies...get it? All I can say is it's a sad, sorry shame that I didn't get to this one before the end of the year or I would have had it plastered all over my Best Of posts. I thought I was going to need the smelling salts.

Lack of Pies is part of Girly Bits' Core Collection and it's a multi-chrome linear holographic with a base of chartreuse with shifts to medium green to blue to purple and the holo is stunning! Words can't do this one justice so we'll get started with photos after the jump...

Girly Bits Cosmetics: I Hit My Bunny Phone

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Girly Bits Cosmetics

I Hit My Bunny Phone

I Hit My Bunny Phone is an insane multi-chrome polish with shifts from deep royal purple to violet, red, gold, and green. This can be worn alone in 2-3 coats or layered over black with one coat. I Hit My Bunny Phone is part of the core line. (I hit my funny bone - hehehe!)

Girly Bits Go and Shake a Tower - Swatches and Review

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Girly Bits Cosmetics

Go And Shake A Tower

Go And Shake a Tower is a holographic multi-chrome polish with color shifts from deep navy blue, purple, violet, red, turquiose, gold, copper and I think I see green in there too! The formula and application were perfect so I have no issues to report at all. Maker suggests 3 coats or one coat over black for best results, but I found 2 coats of this one to be perfect. Two coats and no top coat for the photos. Core Collection.

No one does spoonerisms better than Girly Bits and this one actually took me a few seconds! Go and take a shower. LOL!

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Jindie Nails Holiday/Winter 2013 Collection - Part 2 - Holos and Multi-Chromes

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JINDIE NAILS

HOLIDAY/WINTER 2013

Multi-Chromes and Holos

Tonight I have Part Two of Jindie Nails' Holiday/Winter 2013 Collection for you - the Holos and Multi-Chromes!

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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!

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KBShimmer Winter 2013 Collection: Maybe Navy, Myth You Lots and Pigment of My Imagination

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KBShimmer Winter 2013 Collection

Maybe Navy, Myth You Lots and Pigment of My Imagination

There are 11 polishes in KBShimmer's Winter 2013 Collection. I've shown you the charity polish (Toys for Tots) Kringle All the Way here and When Doves Sigh, Snow Flaking Way and All Elfed Up here.

Tonight I have Maybe Navy, Myth You Lots and Pigment of My Imagination for you. The other four will be ready tomorrow!

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Darling Diva Polish - Queen Inspired Collection

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I'm starting this Monday off with a brand-spanking new collection from Darling Diva Polish - linear holographic multi-chromes! I have 3 of the 6 (or maybe 7?) new Queen Inspired polishes to show you. No, not Queen Elizabeth - think Freddie Mercury! As a child of the 60s and 70s I remember them well!

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Indigo Bananas - Fiery the Angels Fell

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Tonight I have my last Indigo Bananas polish to show you - this one is from the Fiery the Angels Fell Collection and is the namesake polish of the set - Fiery the Angels Fell. It's also my favorite!

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Darling Diva Polish - Bad Girl and Sakura

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Tonight I have a couple of Darling Diva polishes to show you: Bad Girl and Sakura! I picked these to show you tonight because I've been rather stuck on Autumn for a while now and it is, after all, still summer. The first one, Sakura is perfect for summer! Bad Girl is an all-season polish.

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Enchanted Polish Future Reflections - Swatches and Review

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Happy Sunday! Today I have another Enchanted Polish to show you - Future Reflections.

Enchanted Polish Future Reflections

Future Reflections is from the Time To Pretend Collection and it's described as a prismatic polish with navy blue/purple/pink shifts. So basically it's a holographic multi-chrome polish. Not only did I see navy blue, purple and pink shifts, I also got intense copper and gold ones too! Application and formula were great, as usual, and I used two coats and no top coat for the photos. I did use Poshe later and it didn't dull the holo effect. Check out all the shifts in the photos! 


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Ruby White Tips Capricorn

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Tonight I have another pretty polish from Ruby White Tips to show you: Capricorn.

Capricorn is a multi-chrome foil fleck polish that shifts from blue to purple to pink. The formula was good and I didn't have any issues with it or with application. I used two coats and no top coat for the photos. All but one are in indirect natural lighting - the one in artificial lighting is obvious, but I've pointed it out in the captions anyway.

Ruby White Tips polishes are all at least 3-free and most are 5-free, and vegan. They test their polishes for several months before releasing. Stay with me until the end of the post for a 20% off code!

Ruby White Tips Capricorn

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Thrifty Thursday! Starring Hard Candy Crush on Lava with Comprehensive Review

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It's Thrifty Thursday again! Tonight I'm bringing you one of the new Hard Candy polishes that retail for $4 at Walmart Stores...Crush on Lava!

Crush on Lava is a color-shifting multi-chrome foil-like polish. I have heard that it is their old Beetle. It is NOT. Beetle was more of a top coat color-shifter and this is opaque in two coats. I've also heard it's a dupe for MAC Bad Fairy. Again, NO. This one doesn't have the orange color-shift like Bad Fairy. I've also heard Nails Inc. New Burlington Place. Nope. Doesn't have the orange. BUT it's definitely that type of polish and in my opinion, they're different enough to own all of them and if you can't get the Nails Inc. one or Bad Fairy, which is VHTF and spendy now, it might be close enough to satisfy that want. I LOVED Hard Candy Beetle and the amazing color shifts when worn as a topper over a dark color for close to the same look. But this one is two-coats-and-go, which Beetle isn't. Depends on what you want out of it.

The brush is medium wide and flat, making it apply perfectly. The bottle is taller and skinnier and I was afraid it 1) would be easy to tip over and 2) would have a wand that was so long it would have too much on it to "wipe off," but I had no issues with either one. The formula is great and I had zero issues. Two easy coats for full opacity and no top coat for the photos. It was perfectly smooth to the touch. Wear on it was good - I had minimal tip wear and no chips. (I didn't use a base coat.)

Removal was easy, but sort of like a foil polish only not as difficult.

Hard Candy Crush on Lava

Hard Candy Crush on Lava

Hard Candy Crush on Lava

Hard Candy Crush on Lava

Hard Candy Crush on Lava

Hard Candy Crush on Lava

Hard Candy Crush on Lava

Hard Candy Crush on Lava - natural light

Hard Candy Crush on Lava - natural light

Hard Candy Crush on Lava

So what do you think of this one? Not bad for $4 and a 2-coater! I give it a polished thumbs up.

Available at Walmart Stores nation-wide for $4.00.

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Indigo Bananas Wednesday - Swatches and Review

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It's Wednesday and I have a polish from Indigo Bananas to show you called Wednesday!!! See what I did there? <grin>

Indigo Bananas Wednesday

First, here's what the Andrea, the genius behind Indigo Bananas, had to say about Wednesday:

"I'm called Glad-of-War, Grim, Raider, and Third. I am One-Eyed. I am called Highest, and True-Guesser. I am Grimnir, and I am the Hooded One. I am All-Father, and I am Gondlir Wand-Bearer. I have as many names as there are winds, as many titles as there are ways to die." - American Gods


Base color: plum / pink leaning purple
Shifts: plum / pink-purple / orange / gold
Finish: glass fleck
Roughness: smooth
# coats: three solo (swatch), or one as top coat
Top Coat: not required, but recommended
Size: 15ml 
Vegan & cruelty free and 3-Free (formaldehyde, toluene, DBP free)



This one is so stunning I'm not even going to attempt my own description. I used 3 light coats (if you have short nails I'm sure 2 will suffice) and no top coat for the photos.

Indigo Bananas Wednesday

Indigo Bananas Wednesday

Indigo Bananas Wednesday

Indigo Bananas Wednesday

Indigo Bananas Wednesday

Indigo Bananas Wednesday

Indigo Bananas Wednesday

Indigo Bananas Wednesday

Indigo Bananas Wednesday

Indigo Bananas Wednesday

Indigo Bananas Wednesday

Indigo Bananas Wednesday

Indigo Bananas Wednesday

Indigo Bananas Wednesday

What do you think of this one? It's got such a big personality!

Indigo Bananas polishes are available at their Etsy shop here and be sure and "like" their Facebook page and visit the website here to stay up-to-date on news and announcements! Full-sized bottles retail for $10 and minis for $4.50.

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Indigo Bananas Anansi - Swatches and Review

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I have a treat for both of us today! It's my first time trying Indigo Bananas! Today I have Anansi to show you!

First, here's what the Andrea, the genius behind Indigo Bananas, had to say about Anansi:

Base color: emerald green
Shifts: green / silver-green / purple
Finish: glass fleck
Roughness: smooth
# coats: three solo (swatch), or one as top coat
Top Coat: not required, but recommended
Vegan & cruelty free, 3-Free (formaldehyde, toluene, DBP free)

And I think there are even a few more color-shifts than she listed! I used 3 light coats of this one alone, but it can certainly be layered over black and other colors, which I intend to try. I had ZERO issues - perfect formula and application. I did not use a top coat for the photos but I did wear this for my full mani and I used one light coat of Poshe top coat to protect it and had very minimal tip wear. More photos than normal just trying to show all of its personalities...

Indigo Bananas Anansi

Indigo Bananas Anansi

Indigo Bananas Anansi

Indigo Bananas Anansi

Indigo Bananas Anansi

Indigo Bananas Anansi

Indigo Bananas Anansi

Indigo Bananas Anansi

Indigo Bananas Anansi

Indigo Bananas Anansi

Indigo Bananas Anansi

Indigo Bananas Anansi

Indigo Bananas Anansi

Indigo Bananas Anansi

Indigo Bananas Anansi

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What do you think of this one? I loved it enough to stop swatching for the day and wear it for my full mani!

Indigo Bananas polishes are available at their Etsy shop here and be sure and "like" their Facebook page and visit the website here to stay up-to-date on news and announcements! Full-sized bottles retail for $10 and minis for $4.50.

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