Polish 'M: Rest & Relaxation Collection

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Hi all! Today I have a beautiful Polish 'M collection to show you. The Rest & Relaxation collection consists of 10 polishes: 8 "Cremelly" polishes (which basically means they are more of a creme base than a typical crelly) and 2 crelly-glitter polishes, all packed with gorgeous shimmer. All are shown as 2 coats unless otherwise noted, topped with Serum No.5 Need For Speed Top Coat. They all have the fabulous formula that I have come to expect and love when using Polish 'M lacquers; a nice formula that applies easily, no dragging, pooling, flooding of the cuticles or sides and no thickening during application. The crelly-glitters have a lovely opaqueness to them, the glitters distribute nice and even and they look so squishy once you top coat them! Let's get to the swatches...

KBShimmer: Winter 2015 Partial Collection Swatches

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Hi guys! I hope your week is going well so far. Last week I promised you a KBShimmer Winter 2015 post. I have 4 of the 14 polishes from the Winter Collection to show you. I love KBShimmer polishes, they always have fabulous formulas and you can always expect wonderful glitter combos.

Polish 'M: Winter/Christmas 2015 Collection Swatches

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Hi guys! So today I have the amazingly beautiful Polish 'M Winter/Christmas Collection! I am rushing to get this post up for you between work and prepping for Thanksgiving because this collection will be launching on Friday! So lets take a look and see at what you may want to add to your Black Friday wish lists!

Superchic Lacquer: Goosebumps Collection Swatches and Marvel-Star Top Coat Review (Picture Heavy)

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Hi guys! How about a late night post? Tonight I have the second of the two collections that Jen from Superchic Lacquer created for this Fall season. (If you happened to miss my post for the Dreamology collection check that out here!) The Goosebumps collection consists of 10 crelly bases packed with glitter and shimmer. Now these aren't just any old crelly glitter polishes, these bad boys are thermals and all but two glow under UV/black light! 

I have each shade shown as 3 coats, I did three because of the length of my nails two should be sufficient for most people though. All of them have a nice formula, not thick at all but not too thin that it will cause flooding. These are pretty glitter dense and can be a tad tricky to get some of the larger glitters out, so I recommend turning them upside down for about 5-10 minutes before applying. This will allow the glitters to travel to the top of the bottle so you won't have to fish for them. They all dry down to a matte finish and can be quite textured due to the amount and size of the glitters so I used a coat of Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter Food for all of them to smooth them out, then a coat of Marvel Top Coat for a high-shine finish (unless noted below). Dry time even without top coat was excellent and the thermal shift was crazy visible! I will warn you right now that some of these colors really freaked my phone out, I tried as hard as I could to get the most color accurate photos for you. Also, for a few of these I feel like I may have failed a little in showing how extreme the change in color really is, it's still disgustingly hot here and under my lights the cool state kept wanting to change really fast. I seriously almost froze my fingers off in ice water trying to get the full cold shots and I still had a hard time snapping them fast enough! Stupid Indian Summer! I'm ready for the cool down! 

Ok, I'm done with all the yapping. Let's look at photos. Oh, by the way, I did make collages of these since this is a large collection and so many looks to each polish. I hope you enjoy! 

Renaissance Cosmetics: Ennui, Melancholia & Rapture

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Hello my polishes friends! I hope this post finds you well. Today I have 3 polishes from Renaissance Cosmetics' Anniversary Collection. I'm so excited to show these to you, I've been honored to swatch and review for Meghan over the course of this last year. I have truly enjoyed using and showing you all her magnificent lacquers. She really does have some of the best to offer. The quality is always excellent and she has extremely fast shipping, especially since she is located in Canada!  If you haven't tried Renaissance I highly recommend you do! 

Polish TBH: "King's Cross", "Fainting Fancies" & "Floo Powder" from the Diagon Alley Pt. 2 Collection

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Today I have a pretty cool  post for you. I always get so excited to show off indie polishes that were created for something that I have a passion for!  Last year Polish TBH released a set of 6 Harry Potter themed lacquers; the Diagon Alley Collection. Well Christian has been busy whipping up even more HP themed beauties! I now present to you half of Part 2 of the Diagon Alley Collection! 

Laquerlicious: "Shooting Stars"

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Hello loves! Today is such a gorgeous day, finally! It looks and feels like spring and I have the perfect polish from Laquerlicious to celebrate how the weather is today!

Laquerlicious: Swing Into Spring Collection Swatches & Review (Picture Heavy)

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Hello loves! I have a glimpse of spring in today’s post! Michelle of Laquerlicious is releasing her Swing Into Spring collection this Friday and I have swatches for them right here! It’s been a while since I have shown you any Laquerlicious but these all have flawless formulas just as I remember them to have had in the past. No dragging, flooding, pooling or thickening during use. The glitters all lay flush against the nail and blend nicely with application so there is no need for a glitter smoothing top coat. 

All 7 of these polishes shown in this post are shown as 2 coats topped with Nail Pattern Boldness Digital Flash. 

Renaissance Custom Lacquer: Love...Everyday Collection

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Happy Friday loves! Valentine's Day is just one week away and I have some polishes from Renaissance Custom Lacquers to show you just for that occasion! The best thing about these? That even though they are for V-Day they aren't overly lovey dovey or too themed so they can be worn any day of the year! 

Polish TBH: "Tekhnê","Hera" & "Elysium" from the Meraki Collection

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Hello my loves! I hope everyone is staying nice and warm! Today I have 3 of the 6 new polishes from Polish TBH's new Meraki collection to show you. If you haven't tried Polish TBH out yet, I'm tellin' you now, you should and this collection is a great way to start! If you have, you already know how excellent all of Chrissy's lacquers are so don't hesitate to get these babies! 

Esmaltes Da Kelly "Sweet Desire" & "Salvatore"

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It's Hump Day!! But more importantly it's the second day of Color4Nails week! Today I have another Brazilian indie brand, one that I have been eyeing for a while. 

Glam Polish "Bee Do! Bee Do! Bee Do!' and "Angry Birds In Space"

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Hey all, happy Wednesday! Today I have some Glam Polish to show you! I was thrilled when Sisi from Color4Nails told me she was going to be stocking Glam Polish. I have wanted to try GP for a while and Color4Nails was the first US stockist that would be carrying this brand!  Woohoo! 

PC: Glam Polish

Jindie Nails "Hex On the Beach", "She Blinded Me With Science" & " Betty's Fetti Milkshake"

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Hi loves, tonight I have a post featuring the latest Summer Jindie's. Two of these are from the Summer Chic Collection and one is a Summer Limited Edition polish. I'm still not feeling 100% so this is going to be short and sweet and I'm just going to jump right into it.

Jindie Nails "Don't Get It Citrus Twisted" & "That Purple Ish"

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Good morning and happy Monday my polished pretties! I hope everyone had an awesome weekend! Today I have a couple of polishes from the Summer Chic Collection by Jindie Nails. As most of you know I am a big Jindie fan! Jen always has some of the best polishes around! It's no wonder she has exploded on to the Indie scene the way she has. If you don't own any polishes by Jindie Nails you really should, there is a little something for everyone! Now lets drool over some lacquers, shall we? 

Love, Angeline "Light Show", "I ♥ USA" & "Fire Cracker"

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Hello loves!! How was your weekend? Mine was ok, it was rainy and kinda icky here most of the weekend. For today's post I have some 4th of July polishes to show you, the Independence collection from Love, Angeline.  

Live Life Polished "Cards 4Ever" "#12 In 13" & "Rally Squirrel"

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Today's post combines two of my greatest loves: polish and the St. Louis Cardinals! If you have been following me for any amount of time you know that I love baseball season. Some of the best times spent with my dad were at Cards games. It was one of the only ways we really bonded, and it's something he and I enjoy still today! I just love the energy of the fans, the yells from the beer vendors, the smell of the stadium, St Louis is the best city for baseball! So when Tammy, creator of Live Life Polished and fellow Cards fan, said she had been thinking of making some Cardinals polishes I was super excited! These are those creations!  

Femme Fatale Cosmetics "Tricky Treats" & "Sparkleshell"

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I am so excited about today's post! I have recently dipped my fingers into the world of Aussie Indies and I am hooked! One of the names I had been dying to try for a long time has been Femme Fatale Cosmetics. Every single swatch I have seen has been pure awesomeness, so when I was given the opportunity to review for FFC I was ecstatic! Today I have 2 very beautiful polishes to show you.

Polish TBH "Chrissy's Always Late" & "Brandy's Mermaid Mixer"

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Hi all! How was everyone's week? Any good plans for the weekend? I am going to be getting ready for vacation! Hubby and I are going to Louisiana next week, and I hope I will get to meet some of the guys from Duck Dynasty! I'd love that! :) I've been trying to get all of my review polishes done before I leave so I can finally get the renovations finished here at my house when I get back. Polish TBH has been in my "need to swatch" box for a couple weeks now and I have been dying to get to them!! I looooooove all of Christian's beauties and these 2 are no exception! 

Wingin' It Lacquer "Butterfly Fields" "Pearl Dreams" & "Spring Fling"

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Happy Hump Day! I hope everyone is having a great week so far! First I want to appologize that I am super behind on the ABC Challenge, I just have  had so much  going on and I really wanted to get caught up on my review posts. I still have a few to do but hopefully I will be mostly finished before my trip to Louisiana next week. We were planning on leaving on Tuesday but hubby has to work Tuesday night AND my little man (my nephew) is "graduating" from preschool , I can't miss that! So if I don't have them all caught up sometime this weekend I'm going to hope for a big post to catch up, Q through T, on the next challenge day. So to move on to the review, I have 3 more Wingin' It Lacquers to show you all today! All photos are shown as 3 coats over NPB Glitter-A-Peel topped with NPB GlitterFood and SH Diamond Flash.

Nail Pattern Boldness "Elle La Vend Aire" & "Un Peu Delicate"

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Hi everyone! Tonight I have a couple of new polishes from Nail Pattern Boldness to show you. These beauties are Allison's first solid colors, no glitter here! Both of them would be excellent worn on their own (as I am going to show you in this review) or as undies for glitters or a base color for nail art! I really hope to see more solid colors from NPB  because I love these!