Jindie Nails Blue and Green's Love Child: Exclusive for April's A Box, Indied

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Today I have a special Jindie Nails polish to show you - created exclusively for Llarowe's April A Box, Indied: Blue and Green's Love Child.

Jindie Nails

Blue and Green's Love Child

April: A Box, Indied

Blue and Green's Love Child is a greenish blue holographic. The holo is a tightly scattered holo with a bit of a green flash and the formula is smooth and creamy. I've used ONE coat of this with no top coat and it went on like a dream. The formula is just the right consistency to allow for one-coat if you're in a hurry like I always seem to be or two coats and a top coat if you're in it for the long haul. No issues at all to report. No top coat for the photos.


More photos after the jump...

a-England Dorian Gray - Swatches and Review

a-England has recently released five new polishes called the Gothic Beauties Collection. a-England is one of my all-time favorite brands so I knew I had to have them even if swatches were indicating that they would all read black on me. So I pre-ordered them directly from Adina as soon as I could. The formula is absolutely amazing, as always - on all five of them. The Gothic Beauties Collection was inspired by and named for characters in well-known gothic literature. Literature, especially of this genre, is a passion of mine, so I was thrilled to see them!

Today I have Dorian Gray to show you. I'd thought about a polish named Dorian Gray for a long time and always pictured it as a duochrome - you know because of the two distinct "Dorian Grays?" For those of you who don't remember the story, there was a painting in the attic that aged and showed all the evil that was Dorian's character in IT rather than in Dorian, who never seemed to age or have any consequences for his actions. This one is my favorite of this collection, though, so I think Adina did a great job. Dorian Gray is a gunmetal grey and is so highly pigmented and has such a perfect formula that I only used ONE COAT for the photos. No top coat. I usually add that later because I like to show you the actual finish.

a-England Dorian Gray

a-England Dorian Gray

a-England Dorian Gray

a-England Dorian Gray

a-England Dorian Gray

a-England Dorian Gray

a-England Dorian Gray

And as I am doing with the whole collection, the last photo(s) will show what it looks like 99% of the time. As you can see, Dorian Gray doesn't loose much - it's still gorgeous and not reading black on me at all.

a-England Dorian Gray

What do you think? This one and Tess d'Urbervilles are my favorites of the collection. To see my Tess d'Urbervilles swatch, click here.

A-England hasn't yet put the Gothic Beauties Collection on their website, but you can place your order through email directly with Adina and they offer free international delivery. You can also order through Ninja Polish, MeiMei's Signatures,  Overall Beauty and Llarowe. And of course, you can always stay up to date on their latest release by following a-England on Facebook and Twitter!  Also follow Ninja Polish on Facebook, Overall Beauty on Facebook and Llarowe on Facebook and MeiMei's Signatures on Facebook for more updates, availability and re-stock information.





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My Thanksgiving Mani

You guys pretty much know I'm kind of tame (NO, I did NOT say lame!) and don't typically do nail art or glitter. And this will be no exception. But I did want to do a little something.

So I'm wearing Revlon Ignite, which is a shimmery, rusty orange that just appeared at my local Walgreen. Now, "just appeared" could mean that it's brand spanking new, or it could mean that they found an old box in the back. Walgreen stores in Po-Dunk operate a little differently than most. =) It was in a new display right next to the remnants of the collection that featured Mistletoe, though.

The application was actually fantastic and took only one medium coat!

First, Revlon Ignite on its own...

Revlon Ignite

Revlon Ignite

Revlon Ignite

See how it shimmers???

Then I layered on Barielle Elle's Spell, which is a great multi-chrome flaky that flashes green, red, gold and orange. Everything's better with Barielle Elle's Spell.

A close-up showing the flaky goodness...

Revlon Ignite with Barielle Elle's Spell

In the sunlight, it's STUNNING, but the sun's not cooperating right now.

And indoors, it's pretty inocuous, but still gorgeous.

Revlon Ignite with Barielle Elle's Spell

Revlon Ignite with Barielle Elle's Spell

I've been really impressed lately with the "drug store" polishes. Revlon and L'Oreal have both stepped up their games in the nail polish arena tremendously, as has Nicole by OPI. Either that or I'm just lucking out with the ones I'm choosing.

Nicole by OPI - Khloe Had a Little Lam Lam

Okay, so the Kardashian Collection popped up in my local Walmart and in spite of the names and inspiration behind them, I did buy a few. *shrugs* They were pretty colors! As I figured, most of the ones I got were "inspired" or "created by" Kris Jenner. Figures since I'm not into glitter and I am closer to HER age than I am the girls'.

But Khloe Had a Little Lam Lam really stood out. It's a beautiful, deep teal creme. And a one-coater!

Photos shown are with a base, one coat of color and a coat of Seche Vite.

Nicole by OPI Khloe Had a Little Lam Lam

Nicole by OPI Khloe Had a Little Lam Lam

Nicole by OPI Khloe Had a Little Lam Lam

What do you think? Will you be getting any of the Kardashian Collection?
If so is it because of or in spite of? =)