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Showing posts with label Indies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indies. Show all posts

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Indie Polish: Lacquerhead Polish Slumber Party

I am finally caught up!  I have swatched all my new polishes which is good since I have two more in the mail!  I came across Lacquerhead Polish from Oh Three Oh Four's blog and I am thrilled with this polish.  
"Slumber Party" is small holo and purple hex glitter.  The colors in sunlight show gold, blue, peach, and purple it is so pretty.  Formula is great!  There was no dragging of the glitter one coat leaves a beautiful coat of glitter, I did two coats for a little more intense glitter finish! 
I layered "Slumber Party" over Julep "Helen" which is a pastel lavender creme.  



I took A LOT of pictures to try and show the colors and sparkle of "Slumber Party" but sometimes pictures just don't do polishes any justice. 








I also used Juelp's Freedom Polymer Top coat.  This is the official description from Julep: "Extend the life of your manicure in minutes with Julep’s Freedom Polymer Top Coat. Activated by natural light, this innovative formula creates a unique polymer force field that prevents chipping for days longer than regular top coat, leaving your nails with a gel-like shine (but without gel-removal hassle). Any nail polish remover does the job—you’ll never pay for painful gel removal or soak your hands in nail-weakening acetone again. Freedom will give your nail color a whole new lease on life. Who knew technology could be so gorgeous?"
It's fabulous five minutes and my nail color was completely dry and sealed.  My biggest mistake is usually not giving my nails enough time to dry completely and I usually ding my nails.  Within a half hour of using the Freedom Top Coat I did laundry and no dings!!! 







Check out Lacquerhead Polishes Etsy shop and her Facebook page.



Saturday, February 23, 2013

Indie Polish: Elevation Polish Toubkal

I finally got some downtime this weekend to try out my newest beauty to arrive at my doorstep.  This beauty is Elevation Polish called Toubkal which is a part of the Morocco collection.  The inspiration for this polish comes from the summits of Toubkal National Park in Morocco according to the company's website "Part of the Morocco Collection. Toubkal has one of the most amazing summits. The view from the top is nothing short of spectacular. You can see for miles and miles but I got fixated on the valleys below and how all that green short grasses mixed with shadowing looks like it was glowing and shining purple."

Since I have a bad case of wanderlust I had to google search Toubkal


OK now to the polish
The official description of Toubkal from Elevation Polish:  "Description: Darkened Red Purple with Gold, Red, Pink large irregularly shaped shimmer.  Finish: Jelly-Creme "Crelly" Hybrid/Shimmer"

The color practically glows in the bottle 


The formula is great it goes on beautifully.  I had a little trouble with bald spots and wound up using 4 coats but it just made the color more intense and these pictures are not going to do the color justice






(little blurring to show the gold glimmer)

(Under flash)

Definitely check out her blog I Dig Brown Nail Polish and Elevation Polish's store you won't be disappointed  and the polishes are $8.00 same price as O.P.I and Essie.  I really need to add more to my collection.




Thursday, February 21, 2013

Indie Polish: Laquerlicious Night Watch

I just received a beauty in the mail today!!! I ordered from the wonderful Laquerlicious a color called Night Watch and it is SOOO pretty! 
From the LaquerliciousUnity store on Night Watch "This polish is in a black jelly base. It has blue and green small hex iridescent glitter as well as micro blue and green micro glitters." There are small pieces of bar glitter and the fine shimmer in the color almost shifts to purple in the sunlight : )
I really wish the pictures I took did this color justice and believe I tried to get a great picture of everything that is going on in this polish and almost 100 pictures and two different cameras later I'm not happy with the pictures : ( 



(Blurred to show color)






There was no need for a color underneath it reaches full opacity in 2 coats. 

I love this polish!  The shipping was fast too! I ordered it a week ago and made it cross country very quickly 
I am definitely a fan. 
Go check out Laquerlicious's Etsy page & her Facebook page.