Category: Nail Polish

Jindie Nails – Barney Blew Up

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Surprise, surprise it’s indie glitter polish time again! Lately I’ve gone head over heels crazy over indie brands and especially glitter polishes. I hope you like to see these as much as I do :)

This amazing glitter overdose polish is Jindie Nails Barney Blew Up. Just the name was so cute and appropriate that I just had to have this and it is unlike anything else in my collection. Very pale lilac crelly base has a ton of different kinds of glitter pieces. There’s squares, hex glitter, bigger hex glitter, hearts and what not. It’s a wonderful, cute and spring-y glitter explosion on your nails. It might be the green hex glitter that makes me think of spring.

This is your typical indie glitter, a bit on the thick side but not impossible at all to apply. I started by applying one normal coat of Barney Blew Up on top of my base coat and let it dry for a bit. I turned the bottle upside down while waiting so it would be easier to fish out the bigger glitter pieces. After the first coat had dried for a bit I went hunting for the bigger hex pieces and the hearts. I placed those on my nails and added a coat of Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter Food and Inm Out The Door top coat.

Jindie nails is quite a popular brand and you can purchase their polishes from their Etsy-store (which is sometimes closed) as well as Llarowe, Mei Mei’s Signatures and Ninja Polish. You can find the latest restock and other info from their Facebook page.

 

 

BG Cosmetics – Chocolate Treasure

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BG Cosmetics aka Bitch Glitz is a new indie brand that makes nail polish among other things. I saw swatch photos of Chocolate Treasure in several blogs and it looked so delicious that I just had to order it myself too. Chocolate Treasure is one of the three polishes from their Valentine’s collection. This one did not disappoint me IRL either. The shade is amazing chocolate brown and it makes me feel like I want to taste it :D The different color, size and shape glitters look great in this one and I especially like the bigger turquoise ones. The formula is a bit on the thick side but still very easy to apply. Two coats was enough for opaque result. The glitter came out of the bottle very easily and there was no need for fishing for it or keeping the bottle up side down first. This dries a little rough cos of all the glitter but just a coat of top coat helps a lot. I also used a coat of Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter Food with this. Dry time was normal with Inm Out The Door.

You can buy BG Cosmetics products from their store. BG Cosmetics also gives out this info about their nail polishes “All polishes are 3 Free and 15 ml bottles. They are all made with diamond dust for added chip resistance and longevity”. So click on the link and go check out their store!

 

 

ABC Challenge – E is for Editorial

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It’s time for letter E this week and for that I chose Color Club Editorial. I didn’t have anything cool for E so I just took the easy way out ;) I actually bought something but it didn’t make it here in time :( Editorial is one of the eight thousand Chanel Peridot dupes out there. I can actually still find Peridot from the local stores here but I can’t justify paying almost 30 euros for the shade I kinda already have. So I’m sticking with Color Club’s much more affordable version instead.

Editorial is gold and green duochrome. For this I only applied one coat. The first time I tried it I got a lot of bubbles. It could’ve been the base coat though. This time I used one coat of Essie Nourish Me and had no issues. As you can see it looks a bit brushstroke-y on the photos but not so much IRL. This one is definitely worth getting if you’ve been thinking about getting Chanel Peridot but the price gets in the way and you don’t already own one of the dupes.

So this was my entry for the letter E.

 

 

Nail Pattern Boldness – Is Someone Loving You?

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I got this stunning glitter polish from Nail Pattern Boldness indie brand. Is Someone Loving You? is one of the four polishes from their brand new Valentine’s collection called Hello?. This polish has a lot of pink and holographic microglitter, bigger pink circle glitter, smaller square glitter and holographic butterflies (OMG!!!) on a clear base. This polish is STUNNING! So delicate and beautiful! I’m bummed out about my nails being so short at the moment. How gorgeous would this look on longer nails *deep sigh*

I also got their highly praised top coat Glitter Food. Many bloggers are totally in love with this top coat and for a good reason. I’m going to test this out with few more glitter polishes and then write my review of it with some example photos. I can already tell you it really works though. I tried it with this polish and only used it on my left hand nails with a coat of Inm Out The Door on top of everything. On the right hand I only used Inm Out The Door and the difference is noticeable. Left hand Glitter Food nails have much more depth in them, glitter is shinier and the surface is smooth. Right hand nails look flat, duller and you can feel the glitter through Inm alone. Using Glitter Food also didn’t make the dry time for the manicure any longer.

In this mani I used Essie Nourish Me x1, Essie Beam Me (whitening base coat) x1, Color Club Sugar Rush (sheer pink with a cold toned pink flash), Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter Food x1 and Inm Out The Door super fast dry top coat.

You can buy Nail Pattern Boldness polishes from their Etsy store. You should also “Like” their Facebook page to get the latest news and restock info. At the moment the Hello? collection is sold out but I believe there is going to be a restock next week. I’m sure the dates and time will be announced on their FB page.


***This was sent for a review.

Hare Polish – Midsummer’s Midnight

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It’s time to continue my adventures in the wonderland that is indie polish. This time I have HARE Polish Midsummer’s Midnight for you. This is a glitter polish with multicolored, shaped and sized glitter on a dark sheer-ish base. This is totally awesome!! I especially fell in love with the square glitter in it. Yet another beautiful and unique addition to my polish collection.

In this manicure I used one coat of black Color Club Where’s The Soiree? and two coats of HARE Midsummer’s Midnight plus a coat of Inm Out The Door. I think you can get away with just three coats of Midsummer’s Midnight alone but I wanted to use black base to really make the glitter pop. This was easy and even to apply and glitter went on the nail nice and smooth without extra work. I was very happy with the quality of this one. This was my first HARE Polish but I can already tell it won’t be the last ;)

I bought this from Shoppe Eclecticco. This was my first experience with this store and it was a very positive first experience. I got answer to my question about restock for other brands within minutes via email (this of course must depend on the time of the day when you send your question). The order itself was deliver to Finland in a week. Great service in my opinion! Thanks!

 

 

OPI – French Quarter For Your Thoughts

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Today it’s just a basic creme manicure. Every now and then the bright colors and sparkling glitters can feel like a little too much and for those times it’s good to have these toned down basic colors in your stash. A little while ago I noticed that I don’t really have any grey cremes in my polish drawer and I’ve been keeping my eyes open for them ever since. I found this one from a discount bin earlier this week and since I’ve already considered buying it, I decided to give it a new loving home.

OPI French Quarter For Your Thoughts is a smoke/cement grey creme polish from the Fall 2011 Touring America collection. Formula is ok, maybe a bit on the thin side. This was quite streaky on the first coat but evened out very nicely with the second coat and I didn’t need to apply a third one. Dry time was normal with Inm Super Fast Drying top coat. I like this shade a lot. It goes well with my skin tone and gives a sophisticated look. Neutral shade that still has that something in it to make it special. Good buy :)

 

 

 

ABC Challenge – C is for China Glaze Caribbean Blue and circle glitter

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Yay!! It’s time for our weekly ABC Challenge again and this week’s letter is C. For that I chose China Glaze Caribbean Blue with circle glitter. Enough C’s there for y’all? LOL Circle glitter awesomeness polish is Stay Behind, Catch a Wave from Elevation polish.

I applied two coats of Caribbean Blue and one coat of Stay Behind, Catch a Wave. The circle glitter lays so flat that I only needed to use Inm Out The Door Super Fast Dry top coat to smooth it out. I’m totally in love with this circle glitter. Such a nice change from all the hex glitter I’ve had on my nails lately. So sparkly and looks like raindrops on your nails. Stunning! Can’t wait to layer this with other colors too.

Stay Behind, Catch a Wave can be bought from Elevation Polish store but it’s sold out at the moment.

 

 

 

a england – She Walks In Beauty

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And so has the first a england polish now found it’s way to my polish drawer. I saw two absolutely stunning manicures done with She Walks In Beauty and I couldn’t resist buying it anymore. These awesome glitter tips manicures can be found from The Swatchaholic and The Polished Perfectionist blogs. As soon as I realized I had already bought the green manicure’s Grace Green polish (surprisingly found it from a discount bin ;) ) I gave in and clicked She Walks In Beauty on my shopping cart. Now I also have the gorgeous purple Essence polish seen on The Swatchaholic’s photos on it’s way to me along with the three other Snow Jam polishes. (Thanks J ♥ ).

I decided to layer She Walks In Beauty with OPI Did You ‘ear About Van Gogh and instead of the tips I applied the glitter on the nail bed. I loved how subtle and beautiful this combination was. I think you can really see the true beauty and details of this polish better when it’s not applied on the whole nail. This polish has excellent formula and it’s just truly stunning. It’s definitely worth getting if you’re thinking about buying a england polishes :)

 

 

 

Different Dimension – Social Suicide

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At the end of December I ordered two polishes from Different Dimension indie brand. I already showed you the first one Soft Kitty, Warm Kitty and here’s the other one, Social Suicide. This is a clear base polish with a lot of different size and shape black and white glitter in it. Formula is excellent and this applies thin and smooth. You also don’t have to waste time and energy trying to fish the glitter out of the bottle.

I decided to try this on top of yesterday’s China Glaze Def Defying manicure. The clear base makes this a perfect polish for layering. Black and white glitter also go well together with almost any color and it’s easy to control the amount of glitter by how many coats you apply. I really liked the effect this brought on my nails and next I’ll try layering it with pink polish.

On this mani I used one coat of Social Suicide over China Glaze Def Defying and a coat of Inm Out The Door on top of everything.

You can buy Different Dimension polishes from their Etsy store. It only took a bit over a week for my polishes to arrive counting from the date of ordering and I think it’s pretty darn fast since I live in Finland, not US.

 

Bubbles on this photo are caused by my top coat that is on it’s last leg and I have to twist and turn
the bottle to get something out.

 

China Glaze – Def Defying

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I bought two polishes from China Glaze Cirque du Soleil Worlds Away collection and here’s the first of those two, Def Defying. This is lovely yellow-ish lime green creme polish. Two coats was enough for a smooth opaque result and dry time was normal. With Inm Out The Door top coat the finish was just super shiny and perfect. I LOVE THIS!