Jindie Nails: Seahawks Duo - Swatches and Review

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Jindie Nails

Seahawks Duo

Today is RESTOCK DAY over at Jindie Nails and along with some of your favorites, this Duo launched today. (These can be purchased as a duo or separately.)

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Colors by Llarowe: Spring 2014 - In Another Dimension

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In Another Dimension

In Another Dimension is a gorgeous deepened aqua blue with a tightly scattered holo and a green flash - it's my favorite sort of holo.

These new polishes, including this one, are launching (for pre-order) Friday, February 28, 2014. Over the coming days, I'll have more from this collection to show you.

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Colors by Llarowe: Yo, Cupid! Take a Hike!

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Yo, Cupid! Take a Hike!

Tonight I have a really exclusive polish from Colors by Llarowe to show you. Yo Cupid! Take a Hike is an exclusive shade only available in the A Box Indied subscription.

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Scofflaw Nail Varnish Winter 2014 Collection: Dingoes Ate My Baby

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Tonight continues swatches of the new Scofflaw Winter 2014 Collection set to launch January 5th, 2013. Tonight is Dingoes Ate My Baby!

Here's what the creator had to say about this collection and her inspiration: Now, you may have noticed I don't really do 'collections', per se. Only in the most vague way. If the winter collection had a theme, it would be the idea of 'comfort'. My go-to colors. Colors that make me feel cozy. Polish names that give me a warm fuzzy - you get the idea!

SCOFFLAW NAIL VARNISH WINTER 2014 COLLECTION

I've decided to give each one of these beauties its own post so I could show you both in artificial lighting and indirect natural lighting without trying to keep it short. Then I will do a round-up post so they'll all be in one place for future reference.

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Girly Bits: Get Weaponized - Swatches and Review

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Girly Bits

Get Weaponized

Get Weaponized was created by Pam as a special custom shade to celebrate the 2 year Anniversary of Nicole's blog Nail Polish Wars!

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Colors by Llarowe - Gizzards and Lizards

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Gizzards and Lizards

Gizzards and Lizards, from the Redneck Woman Collection, is a linear holographic teal polish with green flash.

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Pahlish - Greenery and Humid Air

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Greenery and Humid Air

Greenery and Humid Air is described by the maker as a deep teal jelly polish with an assortment of purple, aqua, and pink shimmers accented by sparse holographic shimmer and green microglitters. All true, but the micro-flakes! The micro-flakes are my favorite part!

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Pound of Glitter - Nassau and Atlantis

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Today I have a new-to-me indie polish brand to show you: Pound of Glitter! I have a polish duo from the Staycation Collection, inspired by the beautiful waters of the Bahamas: Nassau and Atlantis.

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Dollish Polish Space, The Final Frontier - Hyperdrive - Swatches and Review

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Today's polish is one of those "Yes, I think you NEED this one" polishes. I mean there are several of those, but this one really surprised me! It's Dollish Polish Space, The Final Frontier - Hyperdrive. And for all you trekkies, I need not explain!

Dollish Polish Space, The Final Frontier - Hyperdrive is a blackened teal scattered holographic with a perfect, creamy, self-leveling formula. To be honest, I've worn this with one coat when I've had to be out of the house in a hurry. But for the swatches below, I'm showing you two coats and no top coat. No issues to report at all.

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Emily de Molly - Oceanic Forces

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Happy Monday! Hope the weekend treated you well. My guy took me gambling this past weekend for my birthday and while I didn't "clean their clocks" I did come back with a little more than I left with, so it was okay! So...I have a happy polish to show you this morning. I'm not sure why, but circle glitters make me happy.

Emily de Molly Oceanic Forces is the teal version of Cosmic Forces and it's just full of happy circles in varying sizes - in a teal jelly base.

Here's what the creator had to say about Oceanic Forces:

BASE - Dark teal jelly. 

GLITTER - Turquoise holo dots and hex. 

Fishing WILL be required as the large glitters have a tendency to sink and slide off the brush. A gentle shake before use will help distribute the glitter. 

OPAQUE - in 2-3 coats depending on application. 

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I actually didn't have much of an issue at all getting the glitters out and on the nail. As is my habit with all glitter polishes, I use a toothpick and scrape down the side and across the bottom of the bottle when I first open them...gets the glitters "all mixed up and floaty." I wore it alone with 2 medium coats and one generous coat of Poshe top coat.

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Nails Inc. Denim

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Happy Sunday! Today I have a polish from one of my favorite brands - Nails Inc. It's called Denim and it's a great denim blue/deep blue-leaning teal creme. Not to be confused with their new Denim Effect polish, which is textured.

Denim is a one-coat creme with a perfect formula. Creamy smooth, perfect application. Even with one-coaters I usually do two but this time I didn't, just to show you. No top coat for the photos.

Nails Inc. Denim

Nails Inc. Denim

Nails Inc. Denim

Nails Inc. Denim

Nails Inc. Denim

Nails Inc. Denim

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What do you think of this one?

A limited selection of Nails Inc polishes are available through Amazon.com or Sephora.com for around $9.50 in the US and the entire line is available through Nails Inc's own site nailsinc.com for around £11.00. Nails Inc. doesn't ship to the US so I'm ever thankful to my UK buddies for keeping me supplied.




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Comparison Request: Zoya Charla vs Hard Candy Crush on Caribbean

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Well THAT was fast! I've already had a few people ask for a comparison between Hard Candy Crush on Caribbean that I just posted and Zoya Charla.

Well, I can see why - they do look quite similar, especially when they're not seen side-by-side!

So here ya go!

Hard Candy Crush on Caribbean vs Zoya Charla

Hard Candy Crush on Caribbean vs Zoya Charla

Hard Candy Crush on Caribbean vs Zoya Charla

Hard Candy Crush on Caribbean vs Zoya Charla

So as you can see, they're not dupes. I've used two coats for each color and Charla really needed 3. Charla leans more toward the green side of teal while Crush on Caribbean leans to the blue side of teal. Charla has more gold than Crush on Caribbean. The finishes are basically the same though. Charla is just a bit thinner. They're both cruelty-free. Hard Candy is $4 and Zoya is $8.

What do you think? Do you need both?

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Thrifty Thursday! Starring Hard Candy Crush on Caribbean

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Continuing with my lil Hard Candy series I seem to have going for Thrifty Thursday, I have Crush on Caribbean to show you this evening.

Crush on Caribbean is part of their Crushed Chromes collection and it's a foily, metallicy, shimmery blue-leaning teal with gold shimmer. Very shimmery and sparkly in person. No issues at all with formula or application and I used two coats and no top coat for the photos. The base is actually a crelly base (you can see in the cuticle area where the flecks aren't prominent but it builds in only 2 coats!)

Hard Candy Crush on Caribbean

Hard Candy Crush on Caribbean

Hard Candy Crush on Caribbean

Hard Candy Crush on Caribbean

What do you think? Have you tried any of this line of Hard Candy polishes yet?

Hard Candy polishes are available at Walmart Stores nation-wide and retail for $4.00 each.

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Ruby White Tips - Happy Hour Collection Part 1

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Tonight I have 3 polishes from the latest collection from Ruby White Tips - The Happy Hour Collection! I have the whole collection to show you over the next day or two also!

Ruby White Tips Happy Hour Collection

The three I"ll be showing you tonight are Pina Colada, Pink Sangria and Bay Breeze.

Here's what the maker had to say about these:

Pina Colada - The first tropical drink I ever had was a Pina Colada. I think it was the brain freeze that mad me get such a headache from them! Never again. I still can't even drink Slurpee's because of it. The smell though....OMG It's heavenly! Pick a fruit, there's a bunch of the neon's in the white creamy base. It's a great color. No lumps totally smooth too! There's some purple, green, pink and blue squares in there. With some micro blue making the base look light blue, but it's not, it's white. 

Sangria - First time I ever had sangria.....What the hell is this fruit for? Then I took a sip and fell in love! If you've never had Sangria it's a red wine, with all sorts of fruit in it. It's got a ton of pure cane sugar in it too! It turns from a deep purple red wine color to a pinkish purple color. Kind of similar to this polish. Polish is red based, but turned hot magenta with purple foiled flakes! It's an amazing color! 

Bay Breeze - Vodka, Cranberry and Pineapple! (Malibu Baybreeze is a close, just swap the vodka for it). My past life (before kids) I bartended. For a LONGgggggg time. Maybe that's why I like mixing polishes so much? I think I owe those reading this money for therapy...This color is really smooth. It's a teal base color with a hue of yellow, but not yellow. It's a really hard thing to explain.


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piCture pOlish Sea Jewel

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This is one busy Saturday! Right now I have another gorgeous polish to show you - one of the newest piCture pOlish Blogger Collaboration Shades - Sea Jewel, created with the lovely Anutka over at Wacki Laki and it's stunning. Go check out her post for her inspiration and swatches here!

piCture pOlish Sea Jewel

Sea Jewel is a "mesh" shade and it's a green-leaning teal jelly base full of silver glitter. The formula and application on this one is fantastic and I had no issues at all. I used 2 light coats and no top coat for the photos. I also wanted to see what it looked like layered over black, so I did that on the thumb with one coat over a black creme. I'll be wearing this baby alone.


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Emily de Molly Amazonia - Swatches and Review

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Happy Sunday! I'm back today with another stunner from Emily de Molly - Amazonia.

Emily de Molly - Amazonia

Amazonia is a deep teal linear holographic polish. The color saturation is amazing and the formula and application were great. No issues to report at all. I used no base coat, two coats of color and no top coat for the photos. As a side note, Poshe did not diminish the holographic properties.

These photos are after day 3 - you can see minimal tip wear. Actually you can't see the tip wear except in close photos, like here...but I didn't wrap the tips because I thought I was just going to swatch it, but then I couldn't bring myself to take it off. I've done dishes and all sorts of housework and no chips.

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Colors by Llarowe - Her Eyes Shined - Limited Edition benefiting the National Kidney Association

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I have another polish from the new Colors By Llarowe brand to show you! This one is a glitter jelly from the Missing You Collection called Her Eyes Shined and the proceeds from the sale of this one benefit the National Kidney Association. This is a Limited Edition polish.

Her Eyes Shined is a turquoise green jelly polish with turquoise and blue micro-glitter. This polish can be worn alone in 3 to 4 coats or layered. I have some photos of it alone and layered over black. I didn't have any issues with this one, but it does apply like a jelly, so if you wear it alone, you will need several coats. One coat of Poshe top coat for the photos.

Alone...

Colors by Llarowe Her Eyes Shined

Colors by Llarowe Her Eyes Shined

Colors by Llarowe Her Eyes Shined

Over black...

Colors by Llarowe Her Eyes Shined

Colors by Llarowe Her Eyes Shined

What do you think of this one? If you like jellies, this one's for you - and proceeds benefit the National Kidney Association!

Colors by Llarowe polishes, including this one, begin launching at Llarowe on June 5, 2013. You can like Llarowe on Facebook and follow Llarowe on Twitter for more information and launch times. Holos retail for $12.00, glitters retail for $10.00 and jellies retail for $6.00.

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Above the Curve Cecelia - Swatches and Review

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Good afternoon! It's been a while since I showed you a new Above the Curve polish so IT'S TIME! Today I have Cecelia for you.

Above the Curve Cecelia

Cecelia is described as "a beautiful creamy teal/turquoise with linear holo! If you like Kahuna you'll love Cecilia! $1.00 from each bottle sold will be donated to Shriners Hospitals for Children."

The formula and application were perfect! Very creamy and I used two light coats for opacity and no top coat for the photos.

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Chanel Azure 657 - Swatches and Review

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Good afternoon! Right now I have one of the newer Chanel releases to show you - 657 Azure (not to be confused with 465 Azur).

Chanel 657 Azure

Azure 657 is part of their L'été Papillon De Chanel Summer 2013 Collection and is described by Chanel as a “metallic blue green” and that's a pretty good description. It's a DUOCHROME! It shifts from a paler, green-leaning teal to a deep but bright blue. Application and formula were good on this one. It's self-leveling and actually almost completely streak-free. I used two easy coats for full opacity and no top coat for the photos.

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Literary Lacquers - Bionic Mmmm Detector

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Good evening! Tonight I have another Literary Lacquer polish to show you from The Good Parts Collection: Bionic Mmmm Detector!

Here's what the creator had to say about Bionic Mmmm Detector:


Bionic Mmmm-Detector Full Size Nail Lacquer : The Good Parts Collection - Erotic fiction from Fanny Hill to 50 Shades

This polish was inspired by Vox by Nicholson Baker, published in 1990. This entire book is one long anonymous phone sex conversation over a 1-900 number. This book, published in the midst of the AIDS crisis represents the ultimate safe sex in a pre-Internet era. This book gained even more notoriety as the book famously given to President Bill Clinton by the young intern Monica Lewinsky. 

Bionic Mmmm-Detector is a black jelly polish packed with aqua, teal, blue and green microglitter.


I used 3 coats of Bionic Mmmm Detector and had no issues with formula or application at all. One generous coat of Poshe for the photos.

Literary Lacquers Bionic Mmmm Detector

Literary Lacquers Bionic Mmmm Detector

Literary Lacquers Bionic Mmmm Detector

Literary Lacquers Bionic Mmmm Detector

Literary Lacquers Bionic Mmmm Detector

What do you think of this one? I love that the blue and green glitters make it appear as a gorgeous teal.

Here are all of the links for my swatches of this collection in case you missed one:


Bionic Mmmm Detector
If It Pleases You
John Thomas/Lady Jane
Laters, Baby
More Like Fire Than Light
Roissey
Woman of Pleasure
Zipless


This is part of their new Good Parts Collection and is available at her Etsy shop here. You can also follow on Facebook here to stay up-to-date on the goings-on over at Literary Lacquers. I have one more from the collection that I hope to show you tomorrow, so stay tuned!

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