Category: Jindie Nails

Jindie Nails – Pink Stilettos (collaboration with Polishaholic RiaG)

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I’m very proud to present my collaboration polish with Jindie Nails!!

This is Pink Stilettos and here’s how it’s described on Jindie Nails website: “Pink Stilettos is a pastel pink cream/jelly with scatter and linear holographic glitters.  It also has a very pretty pink/gold shifting shimmer added to it.  This one can be worn alone, with no base coat and opaque in about 2 or 3 coats.  As always, 3-free, cruelty free & hand poured in southern USA!”


Jen did perfect with this polish and I couldn’t be happier! Pink Stilettos is gorgeous in sunlight with the scattered holo glitters and the shimmer makes it stunning even when there’s less light. This shade of pink also goes with a lot of different skin tones. I know I usually show a lot of those awesome glitter bombs that I love so much and this is not one of them. I wanted to do something that is suitable for a lot of people so this is perfect to wear on it’s own and it also makes a great, sparkling base for various glitter toppers.

Formula is also great. For this manicure I applied two easy coats of Pink Stilettos and HK Girl top coat. Dry time was very quick. Application was so smooth I didn’t even need to do clean up after. This is somewhat sheer on the first coat but the result is so even you can leave it at that if you want a more delicate looking result. Perfect polish in every way!

This will be available at jindienails.com in April 2014. You can also check out Jindie Nails social media sites on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for more swatches and latest news of amazing upcoming polishes and restocks!

Thank you Jen for this amazing polish! ♥

 

Photo taken in direct sunlight.

***This was sent for review. I don’t benefit from clicking any of the links on this post.

Jindie Nails – Purple Penguin Punch (Norway Nails custom)

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Today I have a very pretty Jindie Nails polish for you. This is Purple Penguin Punch and it’s only available at Norway Nails.

This is a sheer purple glitter polish that looks great layered on a base color. Purple Penguin Punch is packed with glitter of all kinds of shapes and sizes plus there’s a lot of tiny flakies. The shimmer on this one is amazing! I chose a black creme (Essie Licorice) as a base cos it really made the shimmer pop but you can layer this over any color you want. I think this would also look great over white or light pink.

Application was good and there was no need to fish for the glitter. Though I think it I should’ve applied another layer of top coat to smooth the surface a little more. This is a gorgeous polish and you can create a lot of different looks with is just by changing the base color.

For this manicure I used a coat of Essie Licorice, two coats of Purple Penguin Punch and HK Girl top coat.

Jindie Nails polishes are available at Norway Nails. You can use the code “POLISHAHOLIC” to get -10% off of any purchase. Norway Nails offers a wide range of gorgeous indies and other polish brands. You can also follow them on Facebook and Twitter.

 

 

***Purple Penguin Punch was sent for review, HK Girl was gifted to me me. I don’t benefit from clicking the link on this post or use of the discount code in any way.

New Year’s Eve Jindiefest!

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Hello everyone!! I want to celebrate New Year’s Eve by showing you some nail polish swatches of my favorite indie brand, Jindie Nails. These are all older polishes and I believe most, if not all are still available.

Application and formula on all of these was good. Swatching these reminded me once again why I love Jindies so much. All of these are different and still there is this Jindie look and feeling to them :) Jindie Nails polishes are available at jindienails.com and international customers can find the stockists by clicking here.

Usual indie glitter application instructions apply.

– Make sure polish is well mixed before the application
– To help getting the bigger glitter pieces out of the bottle it’s recommended to turn the bottle upside down for a bit
– Let each coat dry for a bit before applying the next to avoid dragging the bigger glitter pieces from the previous coat.
– You can use a dotting tool or an orangewood stick to place/separate the glitter if necessary.
– You might want to use a product like Glitter Food or two coats of top coat for a smoother result.

And remember that the application on these glitter bomb indies is not always as easy as your regular nail polish. To get smooth and beautiful result might sometimes take some practice. I know I didn’t always get it right for the first times I tried applying chunky glitter bombs :)

Top coat on all these manicures is of course HK Girl. So here we go!

 

Candy Land Remix (three coats and two coats of top coat)
Zomboy (two coats and  top coat)
Swoon (three thin coats and top coat)
Pretty Penny (three coats, no undies and top coat)
Moon Walk LE (two coats and two coats of top coat)
Live Out Loud (three coats and top coat)
Water 4 Elephants (two coats with two coats of top coat)
Femme Fire (two coats with two coats of top coat)
I have now swatched all but one Jindie Nails polishes I own. I love all my Jindies and can’t wait to see what Jen has up her sleeve for 2014!
***Zomboy and Candy Land Remix were sent for review. Femme Fire and Water 4 Elephants were gifted to me. Live Out Loud, Pretty Penny, Swoon and Moon Walk LE were purchased by me. HK Girl top coat was gifted to me.

Year 2013 – The beginning of my indie polish addiction

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Year 2013 has really been mostly about indie polish for me and my blog. Last year around this time I placed my first orders for indies and received the bottles early Jan 2013. At that point I had no idea of how many indie polishes I’d end up swatching as the year went on. It’s been such exciting and fun nail polish year for me. I have met some awesome people online and tried many different brands. I started my year being an indie polish newbie and now I have about 170 bottles of indies and the count keeps going up.

So now as we are almost at the end of the year I think it’s a good time to look back on how my indie polish addiction started, what were my first bottles and the memories they bring to mind.

 

It all started with this, Different Dimension Soft Kitty, Warm Kitty.

 

Different Dimension Soft Kitty, Warm Kitty

 

This was the very first indie polish order for me ever. I got this polish along with Social Suicide from Different Dimension’s store. This was also the first indie polish I ever tried on my nails. I love Big Bang Theory so I mostly got this one for the name and I also ended up really liking the soft and smooth look of this polish. Trying it on now after so many other indies I have tried, it brings back nice memories and I actually like it just as much as I did the first time I tried it. It was a great pick for my first indie. Awesome name, good and easy application and great quality.

Another nice memory I have is from the New Year’s Eve night. I was just staying at home and relaxing. Got the kiddos to bed and opened a bottle of strawberry sparkling wine. I was babbling in Twitter with some other nail polish enthusiasts when The PolishAholic Jen posted a photo of an amazing combo of a creme and a glitter topper. The polishes were Elevation Polish Pic de Sotllo and Stay Behind, Catch a Wave. I was drooling at the photo and then quickly clicked myself to the Elevation Polish store (along with some other people) to buy those two polishes. I used both of the polishes but never actually did the combo I bought them for so I thought this would also be a good time to do that too.

 

Elevation Polish Pic de Sotllo with Elevation Polish Stay Behind, Catch a Wave

This is not the greatest photo. The amazing sparkle and glow this glitter has was quite hard to capture. Either way I’m still very happy I bought them and they also looked just as beautiful as I remembered. These two definitely hold a special place on my collection.

The straw that broke the camel’s back when it comes to indies and a point of no turning back was Jindie Nails Barney Blew Up. I saw the first photos of this cutie and I just had to have it. Such a cute polish with an adorable name. Irresistible!

So it was time to attend my first indie restock. I was sitting in front of my laptop at least 15 mins before the restock time staring at Jindie Nails Etsy store front page. As I said this was my first restock and I was a little uncertain of how it was going to happen. All I knew was that some Jindies can sell out and sell out FAST. So I was updating the page (bad me, I know) and anxiously waiting for Barney Blew Up to appear. It finally showed up and I clicked it to the cart and paid it superfast cos on Etsy you can get cartjacked. This was the first restock for Barney Blew Up and it sold out fast! I was so very proud that I was able to score such an awesome Jindie from my first restock. The stress and excitement was breath taking :D The memory of that still makes me smile :)

 

Jindie Nails Barney Blew Up

 

Jennifer saw my swatches of Barney Blew Up and we went on from there. I have now swatched countless (well 58 bottles to be exact) Jindies and I have loved each and every one of them ♥

Barney Blew Up will always be one of my favorite indie polishes  :)

I also bought some other indie polishes along with the ones mentioned here but when I look back to where it all started from, these are the first ones that come to mind. The ones that started this awesome adventure in indie polish land!

Jindie Nails – Fall Chic Collection

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Happy Sunday everyone! Today I have an awesome post for you,  the whole Fall Chic collection of five polishes for fall 2013 from Jindie Nails. Jindie Nails is my favorite indie brand and I absolutely love all these polishes too. Jen has really perfected her formula. Crelly bases are so easy and smooth to apply. Jelly bases are incredibly juicy and the shimmer ones have such awesome glow and depth. I love Jindie Nails ♥

Jindie Nails has also started using new 9 ml bottles for her medium size bottles. Brush is thin but easy to use and I had no issues with it. The bottle itself is tall and skinny. It was very easy to get the polish and the glitter out and at no point did I feel like the bottle was going to tip over. I quite like these new bottles!

 

 

So let’s start this with Breakfast at Tiffany’s Cousins “a teal crelly with matte maroon dots, lime green holo dots, matte blue dots and more”.

This is two coats with G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

Breakfast at Tiffany’s Cousins has that great Jindie Nails crelly formula. Excellent application, opaque with two coats but still creates an sandwich effect. Shiny on it’s own, super shiny with HK Girl. I love the glitter combination on this. Very Beautiful!

 

Next we have What Are You Smokin’ Mirrors “a medium gray crelly with gold and silver shimmer and dots in 3 sizes”.

This is two coats with Glitter Food and G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

What Are You Smokin’ Mirrors is perfect for the fall season. Good  and easy application. I love how the gold glitter pops from the grey base. This is very beautiful and unique.

 

 

Here’s Rhythm & Blue “a deep neon blue jelly with gold flakes and medium and small gold dots.  This dries to a satin matte finish”.

This is two coats alone and with HK Girl top coat.

 

Rhythm & Blue is a very vibrant blue with an excellent formula and application. First photo shows the satin matte finish and the second is with top coat. I probably should’ve applied a third coat but the nail line wasn’t as visible in real life as it appears to be on the photos here. This is very pretty with top coat but I actually prefer it more without. Satin matte finish is perfect for this one.

 

 

Then we have the amazing Midnight Rainbow “a black jelly with  a rainbow of small, medium and large holographic and metallic dots in an assortment of colors. The best part about this polish is the intense gold/violet shimmer!  It’s also loaded with iridescent purple/blue/green glitters throughout”.

This is a coat of Essie Licorice (black creme), two coats of Midnight Rainbow and HK Girl top coat.

 

O M G !! This is just too awesome! I’ve seen a lot of swatch photos of this alone and it’s totally drool worthy that way too. I just decided to try it with a black creme base and oh boy how that made the shimmer in this explode. This truly looks like a midnight rainbow. Photos don’t even do justice to how amazing this polish truly looks. It sparkles and glows! Application was good and this is very packed with glitter. I even let some of it drop back in the bottle. Just so awesome!

And I saved my favorite for last (is anyone surprised it’s a green one?) :D This is Shimmer Me Timbers “a deep emerald green jelly with intense gold shimmer, circles, squares and hex in golds, teal, magenta, copper and more”.

This is two coats of Illamasqua Rampage (green jelly), two coats of Shimmer Me Timbers and HK Girl top coat.

 

I said O M G !! about Midnight Rainbow but for this I don’t even have words! Green perfection in the bottle! Like Midnight Rainbow I’ve seen a lot of swatch photos of this alone and I figured I should try it with a green jelly base and I didn’t go wrong there. This looks amazing on it’s own but the green base takes it to another level. It almost looks radioactive. The depth and the glow! Wow, just WOW! Again the application was nice and smooth. Love, love LOVE this!!

Jindie Nails polishes are available at www.jindienails.com. International customers can also click here to find a distributor that works the best for you. Jindie Nails can be found from Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Go follow for latest news and swatches of awesome upcoming new shades!

G & G HK Girl top coat is my all time favorite top coat and it’s available at their store.

 

 

***Fall Chic Collection was sent for review. Glitter Food and HK Girl were purchased by me. I don’t benefit from clicking any of the links on this post.

Jindie Nails for Halloween

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It’s that spooky time of the year again! I have prepared with a lot of candy and some nail polish. Today I have two nail polishes created by Jindie Nails. Blood, Bath & Beyond is from the Halloween 2013 collection and Barbie’s Nightmare is Mei Mei’s Signatures exclusive for Halloween.

First we have Blood, Bath & Beyond “Blood red jelly with intense violet/gold shimmer, lavender and violet metallic and holographic dots, gold metallic and holographic large, small and medium dots, red large, small and medium metallic dots and purple iridescent sparks throughout”.

This is two coats of Blood Bath & Beyond with G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

Blood, Bath & Beyond is a great quality blood red jelly. This is so juicy and squishy! Application was smooth and easy. I didn’t even turn the bottle upside down before application but that is the thing to do if you have trouble getting the glitter out of the bottle. You should allow some time for the first layer to dry before applying second or the bigger glitter pieces might start dragging.

 

The second polish of the day is Mei Mei’s Signatures exclusive for Halloween 2013. This is how Barbie’s Nightmare is described: “White crelly with black irregular glitters, moon, dot, star, square, silver dot, neon pink square, grey moon, grey dot and red star”.

On the photos there’s three thin coats of Barbie’s Nightmare with G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

Barbie’s Nightmare has a perfect white crelly base. Milky and sheer enough to create a great sandwich effect but still opaque on three coats. A little streaky on the first coat but evened out nicely on second and third coat. This was actually quite easy to apply and just perfection compared to some white polishes. I did turn the bottle upside down before the application.
Jindie Nails polishes are available at www.jindienails.com. International customers can also click here to find a distributor that works the best for you. Jindie Nails can be found from Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Please go follow for latest news and swatches of awesome upcoming new shades!
Barbie’s Nightmare is available only at Mei Mei’s Signatures. They offer worldwide shipping and great customer service! You can also find Mei Mei’s from Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

***Blood, Bath & Beyond was sent for review. Barbie’s Nightmare and HK Girl were purchased by me. I don’t benefit from clicking any of the links on this post.

Jindie Nails – Sexy Barbie (Mei Mei’s Signatures exclusive)

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Hello lovelies! I’m still alive, just adjusting to my new routine and schedule. I have no plans on stopping blogging so just have a little more patience with me while I figure it all out :)

And now on to this gorgeous polish that is a new Mei Mei’s Signatures exclusive Sexy Barbie by Jindie Nails. This is a stunning pink jelly with circle glitter in different colors and sizes. On this manicure I used three coats of Sexy Barbie, a thin coat of Glitter Food and G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

The application on this was amazing. Absolutely no issues at all! The jelly base applies so smooth and even. No dragging, balding or streaks. Just amazing! And the color… can I say it again? Amazing! So juicy and perfect pink. I just totally love this one. I love circle glitter and I’m crazy about jelly polishes so this one is right down my alley.

Sexy Barbie is available only at Mei Mei’s Signatures. They offer worldwide shipping and great customer service! You can also find Mei Mei’s from Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

 

 

***All the products used for this manicure were purchased by me. I don’t benefit from clicking any of the links on this post.

Jindie Nails – Monster’s Ink

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Yay! Regardless of the sleepy time madness that I mention on my last post I managed to write a second review of the day :D

This is a brand new Jindie Nails shade, Monster’s Ink. It’s so new it has only been available for pre-order for now. Jindie restock is coming up soon though so keep your eyes peeled for that!

Here’s how it’s described on Jindie Nails website “It has a bright yellow/green base similar to the color of Mike from Monsters Inc.:).  It has several fun glitters in it including matte light purple dots, matte dark purple diamonds, metallic violet medium dots, lilac holo large & medium dots, teal large dots, teal hex, squares and dots, light green metallic dots, magenta large & small squares, silver dots, mauve small squares, pastel pink matte dots, white dots and diamonds, lime green holo dots and hex, matte kelly green dots and diamonds and satin matte teal hex, micro slices and just a few satin matte teal stars”.

The formula was great and application was nice and smooth. There was no need for fishing or placing the glitters. The result was so smooth that I thought about not using Glitter Food at all. The base color is quite interesting too. It’s a very yellow-ish green, almost radioactive looking. This looks like it could glow in the dark, but it doesn’t, I checked  LOLVery unique and fun looking polish! I just love Jindie Nails ♥
This will be available soon at jindienails.com! Follow the news on FB and Jindie Nails blog.

Jindie Nails polishes are available at www.jindienails.com. International customers can also click here to find a distributor that works the best for you. Jindie Nails can be found from Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Please go follow for latest news and swatches of awesome upcoming new shades!

 

 

***Monster’s Ink was sent for review, all other products used on this manicure were purchased by me. I don’t benefit from clicking  the links on this post.

Jindie Nails – Eclectric

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Happy hump day ladies and gentlemen! On this cloudy and rainy Finnish morning I’ll show a colorful glitter explosion that is made to brighten up your day, Jindie Nails Eclectric. This is part of the Mod Quad Glitter Topper collection.

Here’s what Jen has to say about this one: “There are over 100 different shapes and bright colors in translucent neon and bright, opaque (non-transparent), pastel, matte glitters.  There are neon pink stars, hex, hearts, squares, neon green stars, squares, hex and dots, neon blue stars, short bars (sparse), squares, hex, neon orange short bars (very few) and hex, neon hot orange stars, short bars, hex and dots, white hearts, stars, hex, squares and short bars (just a few). opaque matte green dots and hex, opaque pastel pink dots and hex, opaque matte light purple dots, watermelon pink dots and hex,  opaque matte pastel yellow dots and hex, opaque matte canary yellow dots and hex, dark purple hearts, stars, hex and micro fibers (tiny bars and just a few), neon purple hex,  matte opaque peach dots and hex all in a clear base with neon blue and hot pink shimmer.  Polish is meant to be layered but looks great on a bare nail, since it’s packed full of glitter.  All bar glitters in this mix are the short bars that are not as pesky as the longer bar glitters.  I did not put a lot of bar glitters, just a few, so that it wouldn’t be a problem for anyone.  The bar glitters in this one are all short fibers, not the long, pesky ones”. Insane, right? :D

For this manicure I used two coats of Essie Licorice, two coats of Eclectric, a thin coat of Glitter Food and G & G HK Girl topcoat.

 

Eclectric is crazy packed with glitter but the application is still surprisingly good. All the glitter came out of the bottle easily. There wasn’t much need for dabbing or placing the glitters. This applied pretty evenly. I’m actually a bit tempted to try this alone and build it opaque on its own. You can layer this over any color possible. I chose the good old black cos it really makes the glitter colors pop.

This will be available soon at jindienails.com! Follow the news on FB and Jindie Nails blog.

Jindie Nails polishes are available at www.jindienails.com. International customers can also click here to find a distributor that works the best for you. Jindie Nails can be found from Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Please go follow for latest news and swatches of awesome upcoming new shades!

 

 

***All products used on this manicure were purchased by me. I don’t benefit from clicking  the links on this post.


Jindie Nails Holo Duo – Olive You and Polo

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Today I have two new Jindie Nails pretties for you. This is a duo of holographic polishes Olive You and Polo. It’s pretty easy to guess which is which looking at the colors ;) This is a very pretty couple, holo effect is nice and subtle. So even if you don’t like intense holo effect you might still love these two. The base colors are just gorgeous and they look stunning even without sunlight and holo showing.

Let’s start with the purple holo, Polo (love that name btw ;) ). This is three coats with G & G HK Girl top coat. Application was great. There was no dragging or balding. This took three coats to be opaque on my long nails but shorter nails can get away with just two coats. Such a lovely color!

 

Photo taken with daylight bulbs.
Photo taken with daylight bulbs.
Photo taken in sunlight.

Then there’s the gorgeous Olive You, a pale green holo and I can see some gold glitter too. This is two coats with G & G HK Girl top coat. Perfect formula, smooth application. Opaque with two coats. This one is so beautiful too! Just stunning in sunlight!

 

Photo taken with daylight bulbs.
Photo taken with daylight bulbs.
Photo taken in sunlight.

These will be available soon at jindienails.com! Follow the news on FB and Jindie Nails blog.

Jindie Nails polishes are available at www.jindienails.com. International customers can also click here to find a distributor that works the best for you. Jindie Nails can be found from Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Please go follow for latest news and swatches of awesome upcoming new shades!

 

 

***Olive You and Polo were sent for review, other products used on this manicure were purchased by me. I don’t benefit from clicking  the links on this post.