Category: Glitter

OPI Gwen Stefani collection

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I was so excited when I first saw the news about Gwen doing a collection with OPI. I’m a huge Gwen fan and this collection just makes me so happy :) I think this ended up looking a lot like Gwen. It’s a solid and stylish collection. All the polishes go together really well and there’s a countless amount of combinations for nail art designs. Just Perfect!

 

 All these polishes applied perfectly and were opaque in two coats. All of the cremes and In True Stefani Fashion have a top coat on them.
 HEY BABY is a gorgeous bright pink with a hint of raspberry in it. It’s fresh and not too in your face color. Perfect for summer!
I SING IN COLOR is a very deep dark red polish with some chocolate shade in it. You can see the wine-ish red much better with just one coat but this requires two to be completely opaque. I have quite a few vampy shades in my collection but not one just like this. Very pretty!

 

 

 

OVER & OVER A-GWEN is a classic bright red. As many others have said Gwen collection has to have a bright red polish in it. This beauty comes in it’s own collectors box with some Swarovski studs and crystals, a nail glue plus instructions and tips for some nail art using the polishes on this collection.
I love red nails! I have a lot of red nail polish and this one is now the queen of those reds!
IN TRUE STEFANI FASHION has square and hex silver and holographic glitter on a clear base. This one is quite packed with glitter so only one coat is enough if you want the base to show through. On the photo I have one coat over I Sing In Color. Very pretty and sparkly!
4 IN THE MORNING is a black satin matte with subtle silver shimmer. I love the velvet-y look this has but if it isn’t for you no one is telling you not to add the top coat for shine.
LOVE.ANGEL.MUSIC.BABY. is a gold satin matte. I really like this one! The gold tone in this one is also so neutral that it’ll go well with a lot of different skin tones. Very beautiful!!
 PUSH AND SHOVE is a gorgeous silver chrome polish. Very shiny, almost mirror like finish. This one will only work with the Lay Down That Base base coat that comes in the package. Apply the base coat on clean nails and let dry for two mins. When applying Push And Shove you need to be quick and careful. Don’t go over the same spot twice since that might cause balding and dragging of the polish. Let the first coat dry well before applying the second. Don’t pay too much attention on the visible brush strokes or try to fix them by going over them again. Most of them will disappear on their own when the polish dries. You are not supposed to use a top coat with this polish.

In real life this looks awesome! So shiny! It worked great with my nails and UV-gel layover I have on them. On natural nails the shiny finish will make the tiniest flaws on your nails very visible so you might want to buff them a bit before using this polish. OPI says this is only meant for one night use.

I also have to mention that over the UV-gel this also worked without the basecoat. I didn’t see a noticeable difference between the nails with the base coat compared to the ones without. It also stayed looking perfect for the 24 hours that I tested it.

 

So how do you feel about this collection? Have you bought any of these polishes yet?

 

 

***This collection was sent for review.

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.

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.

Lynnderella – Once Upon a Prince

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Today I have the last polish from the Lynnderella “Once Upon a Prince and more Man Candy” collection for you. Here are the links to the reviews of the other eight shades in this collection:

Mr. Darcy
The One Who Got Away
Mr. Pink
Tidy Whities
It’s Raining Shaman
Oh Eric…!
AquaMan Candy
The Full Minty

This one is Once Upon a Prince and here’s how Lynnderella describes on her website“Once Upon a Prince has multiple purples accented with scattered multiglitter in a rich, translucent purple and blue shimmered purple base”. I usually layer these types of glitters with a purple, lavender or black base. This time I decided to do something different and since I had a pretty sandy gold shimmer polish sitting on my review pile I thought why not try that. I think the combination worked out great and this looked very pretty in real life.

For this mani I used Color Club Sugar Rays, two thin coats of Once Upon a Prince and G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

 

The formula on this was very good and the application was easy. This would probably be fully opaque on it’s own with three carefully applied coats. This applied so nice and thin that wearing this alone is a possibility 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.

 

 

 

***Once Upon a Prince and Sugar Rays were sent for review, HK Girl was purchased by me. I don’t benefit from clicking any of the links on this post or use of the discount code in any way.

Lynnderella – Mr. Darcy

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Here’s a polish from Lynnderella Once upon a Prince and other Man Candy collection. This is Mr. Darcy. I LOVE the name! I’ve seen the Pride and Prejudice (TV miniseries) so many times and I never get tired of it.

Here’s how Lynnderella describes this polish “Mr. Darcy was inspired by devotion to and deep love for chivalrous gentlemen who have good manners and behave courteously. It has multiple shades of grey, as well as lavender, gunmetal, periwinkle, and navy as well as a kiss of red in a clear base”.

I decided to layer this over the dark navy blue Color Club Williamsburg manicure. Dark base made the black glitter in this pretty much disappear but brought out the other colors quite nicely. This would look great over a lavender or a light pink polish too but in my world Mr. Darcy can not be associated with a girly base color ;)

This is one generous coat of Mr. Darcy over Color Club Williamsburg with G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

The formula on this was very good and easy to apply. I had no issues, none what so ever.

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.

 

 

 

***Mr. Darcy and Williamsburg were sent for review, HK Girl was purchased by me. I don’t benefit from clicking any of the links on this post or use of the discount code in any way.

Lynnderella – The One Who Got Away

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Yay me! For getting another blog post up today LOL

This is Lynnderella The One Who Got Away from the Summer 2013 “Once upon a Prince and other ManCandy” collection. Here’s how it’s described on the Lynnderella website “The One Who Got Away is full of assorted black and bright coloured glitter in matte and satin finishes. Microglitter accents in a clear base”.

This is one generous coat of The One Who Got Away over Color Club Wicker Park and finished with G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

This one has a very good formula too. The glitter comes out of the bottle just fine without extra tricks. Application is even and smooth. No need to place the glitters too much. I only slightly moved the biggest ones if they landed on the edge of the nail. I just love the colorful micro-glitter this has. It gives this polish a certain cuteness factor and some sparkle :)

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 One Who Got Away and Wicker Park were 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 – 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.

Crazy Polish Lady – Another Mojito, Please!

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It’s Monday again! I hope everyone is off to a great start with their week :) Today I have Crazy Polish Lady Another Mojito, please! for you. This is from the limited edition Summer Is Up collection. Even though this is a summer polish the colors go great for fall and winter too. This crelly polish has quite a unique and lovely color combination!

For this mani I used two coats of Another Mojito, please! with G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

Formula was good and the application was nice and smooth which is usually the case with Crazy Polish Lady polishes. This was opaque on two coats but with my long nails it would’ve not done any harm to add a third coat. With two coats the result was smooth enough so I didn’t need Glitter Food before the top coat.

Crazy Polish Lady has recently opened her own webstore. This polish is still available along with previous collections and a very stunning looking new fall collection. So go check it out! You can also follow her on Facebook.

 

 

***Another Mojito, please! was sent for review, other products purchased by me. I do not benefit from clicking the links on this post.

Lynnderella – Mr. Pink

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Greetings from the house of coughing and snotty noses. My kids have been sick for a few days now and there doesn’t seem to be an end to this right now. Hubby is also getting sick and I myself will probably catch this sooner or later.

Anyways I’m getting this post up for you even if it’s the last thing I do LOL this is Lynnderella Mr. Pink from the  “Once Upon a Prince and More Man Candy” collection. Here’s how it’s described on the Lynnderella website “Mr. Pink contains assorted pinks of all sizes, shapes, finishes and attitudes. Multiglitter accents in a warm pink shimmered clear base”.

This is two coats of A England Rose Bower, one generous coat of  Mr. Pink and G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

Application was once again perfect and very smooth. I love how this polish has a few colorful glitter pieces here and there. Not too many but just enough to make it look alive and have a little color pop details.

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.

 

 

***Mr. Pink 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.