Category: Brands

Crazy Polish Lady – Summer Love

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Hello lovelies! It’s a lovely, sunny Saturday here in Finland and I’m going to try and get two posts up for you today. I’m a bit behind on my reviews and blogging at the moment. My year and a half old has decided that it’s a great idea to first fight going to sleep for a nap and then on night time she likes to run around till 11 pm. We put the kiddos to bed around 9 pm and she fools around till 11 *sigh*. I need to get up every two mins to take her back to bed. So it’s pretty much impossible to get anything done before she passes out and by that time I’m usually too exhausted to even think about nail polish. Oh boy, I hope this sleeptime craziness passes soon.

Either way, here’s the gorgeous Summer Love by Crazy Polish lady. This is also from the limited edition Summer Is Up collection. I have previously reviewed a couple of other shades. This one is a white crelly polish with light blue and light pink glitter.

This is three thin coats with, Glitter Food and G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

The formula was a bit trickier than the usual Crazy Polish Lady formula. This was a little streaky on the first coat but evened out nicely on the second and third coat. I quite love how this looks. This is a summer collection polish but to me it looks perfect for winter too. This goes great for that time when you’re tired of all the dark fall colors and colorful Holiday manicures. Sun is shining on a snowy day and suddenly you feel a need to get something fresh and bright on your nails. This is that polish. It’ll make you think of a sweet ice cream cone on a hot summer day ;)

Crazy Polish Lady lives in Portugal and she ships internationally. She doesn’t have her own store yet but you can message her on her Facebook page or email her carvalho.sophie(@)gmail.com and place an order. Some of her polishes are now also available at Mei Mei’s Signatures.

 

 

***Summer Love was sent for review, Glitter Food and HK Girl were purchased by me. I don’t benefit from clicking the links on this post.

Lynnderella – AquaMan Candy

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Here’s more Lynnderella for you from the new “Once Upon a Prince and More Man Candy” collection. This is AquaMan Candy, a stunning mix of glitter on a sheer base.

Here’s how Lynnderella describes this polish “AquaMan Candy is made with a cyan-shimmered cyan base saturated with cyan glitters with red, pink, white and green accents. Perfect for mermaids and mermen”.

This is two coats of Essie In The Cab-Ana, two coats of AquaMan Candy, a thin coat of Glitter Food and G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

AquaMan Candy applies perfectly. This is very packed with glitter so no fishing needed. There was also no need to place the glitter or even dab. I love the color combination on this one! Very unique and beautiful!

Lynnderella polishes are available to European customers 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.

 

 

***AquaMan Candy was sent for review, other products purchased by me. I do not benefit from clicking the links on this post or use of the discount code.

Try It On Tuesday: Essie – In The Cab-Ana

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Here’s my TIOT mani for this week. This is two coats of Essie In The Cab-Ana with G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

 

 

This applies nice and smooth and two coats is enough for opaque result. I really like this color and it’s such a shame I let it sit there unused for almost the whole summer.

 

 

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

 

Lynnderella – The Full Minty

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Today I have a real treat for you! Lynnderella recently released a new collection “Once Upon a Prince and More Man Candy” and I’ll be showing you the whole awesome collection one by one!

I’ll start with The Full Minty “satin mint and white glitters accented with several shades of green—all in an intensely sparkling mint-shimmered base“.

This is two coats of China Glaze Keep Calm, Paint On, two coats of The Full Minty, thin coat of Glitter Food and G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

The Full Minty applies perfectly. No need to fish or place the glitters. One coat was already even enough but my glitter addiction forced me to add another one ;) The mint shimmer on the base is absolutely gorgeous. Even though this collection is a summer release, The Full Minty is a perfect color for winter too!

Lynnderella polishes are available to European customers 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.

 

 

***The Full Minty was sent for review, other products purchased by me. I do not benefit from clicking the links on this post or use of the discount code.

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.


Polish Addict Nail Color – White, White Wedding

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Hello again :) For my second post of the day I have another Polish Addict Nail Color shade for you. This is White, White Wedding, a mix of white glitter, holographic silver microglitter and iridescent rainbow microglitter on a sheer base. This one is like snow on my nails. So beautiful!! This is just perfect for a winter day or a bridal manicure :)

On this mani I used Wet n Wild Megalast Break the Ice, two coats of White, White Wedding and G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

Formula and application was perfect. No need to fish for glitter or turn the bottle upside down. You can layer this over any color you can think of. I chose white cos I wanted to achieve a beautiful, icy look and I’m totally in love with how this turned out.

Polish Addict Nail Color is available at their own webstore and us international ladies can do our shopping at Mei Mei’s Signatures. You can also follow them at Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

 

 

***White, White Wedding 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.

Try It On Tuesday: Wet n Wild – Break the Ice

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Hello lovelies and happy Tuesday! It’s gonna be another two post day and I’m gonna start it off with my TIOT manicure, Wet n Wild Break the Ice. I’ve been on a search for the perfect shimmery white and I saw this in a local store a while ago. I think my search might be over :D This is just perfect!

This is three coats of Break the Ice with G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

 

The formula on this is thin and sheer. This runs down to your cuticles easily so apply thin coats. I did three coats and could’ve easily done a fourth one without the manicure looking too thick. I love the fact that the shimmer on this is white. This makes my nails look like they are covered with ice and fresh powder snow. Just beautiful! Hands down my favorite white polish now!

 

 

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

Rain City Lacquer – Market Bouquet

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There’s a new brand in indie town. Rain City Lacquer recently released their first collection of five polishes called “Sleepless”. Rainy city, sleepless, there’s enough hints of where this brand is based on ;) At the moment Rain City Lacquer only ships to US addresses with hopes to expand.

So today I’m showing you one of the polishes from this first collection. This is Market Bouquet, an interesting mix of shiny metallic glitter and neon glitter. I don’t have anything like this in my collection and I like it a lot.

This is one coat over Color Club Uptown Girl with G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

Formula was good and I had no issues with application. Even the bigger glitter pieces came out of the bottle very easily and there was no need for fishing. The bigger glitters might need some placing if they seem to pile up on each other. I didn’t have this problem since I only did one coat. This is another fun looking summer-y polish :)

Rain City Lacquer can be bought from their webstore (US customers only). You can also follow them on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

 

 

***Market Bouquet 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.

Color Club – Uptown Girl

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Here’s a quick swatch of Color Club Uptown Girl from the Spring 2010 Rebel Debutante collection.

This is three coats of Uptown Girl with G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

 

The formula was a little watery and it took three coats to be opaque. I can’t remember if this was originally this watery or is it just the fact that years haven’t been kind to this bottle of polish. Either way it’s still very much usable and I love this shade. Perfect for fall or layering glitters :)

 

 

***Uptown Girl was given to me. All other products used on this manicure were purchased by me. I don’t benefit from clicking  the links on this post.




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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.