Renaissance Cosmetics: Porcelian Dream & Curio/Curiosity

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Happy hump day!! Today I have some lovely glittery goodness from Renaissance Cosmetics for your viewing pleasure! These two glitter toppers are from the new Wunderkammer Collection. They, in my opinion, would look good  over any color, any time of the year! Let's jump right into it!

Zoya Bubbly Collection Swatches & Review (Summer 2014)

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The Bubbly collection is one of 2 sets for this Summer. All 6 of these have a jelly like base packed full of golden shimmer and iridescent glitters. Zoya described them as holographic but I don't see these glitters that way, they are definitely more iridescent. 

They are each shown here as 3 coats topped with Nail Pattern Boldness Digital Flash. They all have great formulas, no flooding, pooling or dragging. They could easily give full coverage in 2 coats but I used 3 since my nails were rather long.

"May The Fourth Be With You" Trio by Freak Show Polish, Laquerlicious & Liquid Sky Lacquer

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Hey all, I hope everyone is having a great week so far! Today I have a really cool review to show you! Three awesome ladies that create some equally awesome indies collaborated to create this phenomenal Star Wars inspired trio!   

Rainbow Honey: "The Kraken" & "Summer Blossom" Swatches & Review

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Today I have the last couple of polishes from Rainbow Honey to show you all. I was extremely excited to get a surprise review package from RH, especially when I saw the first polish in this review. Now that I've swatched all of them I am in love with each and every one! RH has some pretty awesome polishes: colors, formulas and names! It's no surprise these were their top sellers last year! 

 The Kraken: described as “a marine jelly with a blue and green glow filled with glitters and shimmer” 

Shown as 3 coats topped with Nail Pattern Boldness Digital Flash. 

This is probably one of my all time favorite Rainbow Honey polishes of all time. The color is absolutely gorgeous and the glitters are a perfect match. The formula is excellent, it gave me no problems at all.

Summer Blossom:  described as “orange, yellow and white blossoms in a sea of iridescent and holographic glitters”

Shown as 1 coat over Zoya Livngston, topped with Nail Pattern Boldness Digital Flash.

I wasn't expecting to like this one so much, I’m not a big fan of shaped glitters let alone flowers, but I wound up really liking this, what can I say I'm a sucker for iridescent glitters. I especially enjoy my choice of undies for this cheerful glitter topper. Surprisingly I didn't need to do too much fishing for the flowers. I did need to place them on the nail as opposed to just polishing them on but with larger glitters I pretty much expect this. 

 These two polishes, as well as a ton of others, are available on Rainbow Honey's website www.rainbowhoney.com.. They retail for $10 each full size bottle and you can use the code ILOVENAILBLOGS from now until March 31, 2014 to receive $5 off your next Rainbow Honey order! 

Make sure to follow Rainbow Honey on these social media sites to get up to date release info:

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♥ Gini ♥

Glam Polish: "Sweet Pea", "Rosetta" & "Glimmer"

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Hello my polished pretties! I don’t usually post on Sundays but I have fallen behind a tiny bit due to some unforeseen circumstances. Since the holidays are rapidly approaching and I would really like to enjoy a couple of days with my family therefore I am trying to get as many posts ready and scheduled as possible. Today I have a few polishes from the Glam Polish Pixie Hollow collection to show you all., these are newly in stock at Color4Nails along with many many more lovely shades from Glam Polish!

Happy Birthday Polish TBH!

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Happy Friday loves! I have a very special post for you today. Almost a year ago I had the privilege of introducing you all to a brand new indie, Polish TBH. Over the past year I have seen Christian release some extremely beautiful, great quality and creative lacquers. Today I have 3 polishes that were made in celebration of Polish TBH's anniversary! 

Wing Dust Collections "Feel The Burn"

Gifted To Me

For today's Try It On Tuesday I am using an amazing polish from the Summer Collection by Stephanie of Wing Dust Collections that has not yet been released. As soon as I received the package of goodies and I saw this bad ass polish I had to wear it ASAP!!! This color is so intensely pink it looks like my fingertips have pink flames on them!! 

My Mint Mani For Talia Joy

Hello loves. I am so sorry I have been away, things have been busy. I  have been trying to keep up with what has been happening while I have been away and everyone knows that the beauty world lost one of it's most inspiring young stars, Talia Joy Castellano. She was only 13 years old yet she made a huge impact on so many lives by being a fighter. She was a bright, beautiful, wise and positive young woman who will be missed. 

Nicole from Nail Polish Wars had a great idea for anyone who was interested to create a mint manicure to show a little love and support to her family. I wanted to join in, even if I am a little late. Here is what I created. 

Femme Fatale Cosmetics "Mana Ruby"

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Good morning...erm..night...whatever! I have my third and final review for Femme Fatale Cosmetics to show you. I saved the best for last becuase this is my absolute favorite of the bunch. If you missed the other 2 reviews I did you can see them here. Now lets see this beauty, shall we? 

Rainbow Punk Nail Art

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Another late post tonight! Sorry! I just can't seem to get my rear in gear. I managed to get some nail art done the other night. I have to say that I am really happy with how this turned out. It isn't exactly what I had started off thinking I was going to create but I like it and I hope you do too! 

Wing Dust Collections "Prize Winning Petunia"

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Hey all! Today I FINALLY have this beauty from Wing Dust to show you! I have had it for a while, sorry Steph, but every time I would pull it out it would get cloudy and rainy. Especially lately, with all of the raining, tornadoes and flooding around here I was starting to wonder if there was a reason Mother Nature didn't want me to swatch this! I was dodging clouds all afternoon yesterday just to try and get these photos, but it was well worth the game and the wait because this is GORGEOUS!

Wingin' It Lacquer Review and Giveaway!

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Hi loves! HAPPY FRIDAY!! I have been having a hard time getting back into the swing of blogging since I've gotten back from vacation! I hope you all will forgive me though! I have a few Wingin' It Lacquers to show you and a little giveaway at the end of this post! Also so you aren't completely shocked, my stilettos are no more :( I had to make the chop! So I am starting all over and will be swatching on nubs for a while.

Wing Dust Collections "Hope"

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"HOPE: This is inspired by so many amazing people we met while in Mongu, by Hope Church, by the Hope Art program that employs and empowers women of the community. There were so many reasons to Hope, even in the midst of countless heart-breaking circumstances that we saw in our too short time there.

The good work being done by this organization was so encouraging in the midst of so much hardship. This polish can't even begin to capture the millions of emotions you feel in the moment, but it tries to convey a sense of what Hope might look like. It's bit hard to sum up in a few words... and definitely not a feeling you can capture in a bottle.. but this is my attempt. " -Stephanie of Wing Dust Collections

Wing Dust Collections "Sunset Glow" & "Bonfire Under the Stars"

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Hello loves! Today I have a couple of beautiful shifty top coats from one of my absolute favorite Indies! 

Wing Dust Collections has some of the most amazing polishes and these are no exception! Both of these are shown as 2 coats over Finger Paints Black Expressionism topped with Sally Hansen Diamond Flash. The formula for each was excellent, they flow on tho the nail smooth as silk with no pulling or dragging and dry quickly. They would both look excellent over any color but dark colors make the shift more apparent. 

Jindie Nails: "sTEALth" & "Hot Pink Floyd"

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Happy Friday! I have some more Jindie's to show you tonight! Are you ready for The Matte Velvet Duo? 

These 2 polishes are meant to be worn alone, however they can be worn with shiny top coat, they would  look beautiful either way. I used 3 coats for each color since I tend to have more VNL with the length of my nails but if you have shorter nails you can definitely get away with 2. Application of these were nice and smooth, no flooding or pooling. The glitters are suspended well so there is no need to fish. Dry time was excellent! I didn't have much of a chance to test the wear of them but I did wear Hot Pink Floyd for about 24 hours, I showered, washed dishes did some house work and I had no chipping or wear. Jen tested them longer and this is what she had to say about it  "This matte polish holds up much better than most and is the same great quality brand base as my other polishes. Tested this matte base for a week and held fine in normal wear and tear. Showed no signs of wear for a couple of days." 

Nail Pattern Boldness: Inner Beauty Is For Amateurs

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Good morning, how was everyone's weekend? Mine was boring and kinda cranky. I've really been in a sour mood...my poor, poor hubby. LOL Anyway, today I have an absolutely gorgeous polish from Nail Pattern Boldness to show you. 

Me.Lissa Nail Lacquer: Green Light On The Dock, Ain't No Party Like A Gatsby Party & Beautiful Little Fool

*Free product for review

Tonight I am going to show you some glitter polishes from a very new Indie brand that opened shop up in January. Here is a little background on Melissa, the creator of Me.Lissa Nail Lacquer...

"As a science major and pre-med student, there isn't much room for creativity during my day job. I love nail polish, and have always used it as my creative outlet. I started out doing some nail art and then moved on to some small frankening experiments. Now I decided to launch my own brand as a creative escape in between school and work. I named it Me.Lissa because I really want it to represent the color combinations I love and find fun to wear." 

The following polishes are from Me.Lissa's Gatsby collection and are LE so when they are gone they are gone for good! All Me.Lissa Lacquers are 3 Free.