Indigo Bananas Moonlight (Clair de Lune)

Purchased By Me

Hey guys! I have a quick, super sparkly post for you all today!
I picked up this stunning polish from Indigo Bananas called Moonlight/Clair de Lune.

I saw it on Lavish Layerings and bought it immediately! I layered one coat over Zoya Trixie,
but for optimum sparkle you can build it up on it's own with patience and four coats!
It's seriously so reflective and beautiful, if you love silver and sparkly then go get this!


Holy macro gorgeousness Batman!

I hope you are all doing well and have a great week!

Butter London Boho Rock Collection Swatches - Goss and Keen

Press Sample

Hi guys! Today I have two polishes from the recent Butter London Boho Rock Collection to show you.
These two shades are gorgeous and extremely wearable, I hope you guy enjoy the swatches!


Goss - Two coats.

Goss is an elegant rose gold metallic foil polish.

The formula on Goss wasn't bad, you have to apply slowly and smoothly in order to avoid brushstrokes.
I really love it and I can't wait to try it with stamping plates! I don't have another rose gold metallic in my collection.


Keen - Three coats.

Keen is a really pretty delicate peach creme polish.

Keen applied good, it was a little streaky but nothing difficult.
It's a really nice peachy nude polish and I really liked it on me!

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China Glaze Don't Make Me Wine, Gossip Over Gimlets & Public Relations - From the Autumn Nights Collection

Hi all! Today's post is featuring three polishes from the 2013 Fall China Glaze Autumn Nights Collection!
Enjoy! :)

Also I'm planning to write up another post tonight about why my posting has been more sparse recently.
It will be a more personal than most and non polish related so sorry if you aren't interested in that sort of thing!
I feel like I should talk about it on here though!

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Don't Make Me Wine - Two coats.Two coats.

Don't Make Me Wine has a much better formula than Public Relations, but you still have to (well, you should) apply slowly.
Since this polish is slightly brushstroke-y if you apply it too quickly it just won't look as neat or good.
*My picture makes it look slightly more purple than it does in person, it's a little bit more red than purple in person.*


Gossip Over Gimlets - Two coats.

This polish reminds me of Zoya Ziv, this is a silver and Ziv is a gold but they are similar types of polish!
I love this and I didn't expect to, I'm not a huge fan of metallics or foils, but this polish is beautiful.


Public Relations - Two coats.

The formula on Public Relations was pretty thick, could be used as a one coater.
I applied a second coat slower than the first so the brush strokes looked a bit better.

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I really love Don't Make Me Wine and Gossip Over Gimlets!
Don't Make Me Wine is a very pretty, rich shade and the formula is nice and smooth. Not too thick or too thin.
Gossip Over Gimlets goes on very smoothly also, and it's just so pretty and festive!
They all seemed to dry very fast for me!

I don't love Public Relations as much however, the formula is slightly problematic.
It is thicker than the others and you can really see the brushstrokes in it.
If you like it though the formula isn't horrible and it's definitely manageable if you apply carefully.
It dries quickly and it's pretty shiny on it's own. Just not my cup of tea personally though!


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What do you guys think of these or the other polishes in the Autumn Nights Collection?

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Zoya Irresistible Collection - Swatches & Review

Hi guys, today I have the Zoya Irresistible Collection to show you!

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Kerry - Two coats.

"Kerry can be best described as a full-coverage, yellow gold foil metallic."

Amy - Two coats.

"Amy can be best described as a full-coverage, red orange foil metallic."

Tinsley - Three coats.

"Tinsley can be best described as a full-coverage, rose gold foil metallic."

Bobbi - Two coats.

"Bobbi can be best described as a full-coverage, hot magenta pink foil metallic."

Hazel - Two coats.

"Hazel can be best described as a full-coverage, blue green foil metallic."

Rikki - Three coats.

Rikki can be best described as a full-coverage fern green foil metallic.

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This collection is very pretty, I'm not a big fan of metallic polishes normally but wow!
My surprise favorites are Amy and Kerry! Kerry is so gorgeous in person, it's like having molten gold on your finger nails! I love the little flakies and shimmer in them it really makes them stand out for me next to plain foil polishes.
The formulas were on par and basically identical, I used three coats on Rikki solely because I had a small nick on one nail.

Zoya nail polish is sold at http://www.zoya.com/ for $8.00 ea.

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What do you guys think of this collection? I'm not typically a fan of foils or metallic's but these are stunning! I wonder if they can be used for stamping!

Also how is everybody? anything new going on in your life?
We are currently house hunting and it's a pain! Also I started rewatching Buffy lol.

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Sparkles By Julie - Peachy Jelly Belly & Water Lily Swatches & Review

Hey guys! Finally have things back on track a bit, my laptop will be gone for a couple weeks getting repaired so I had to hook up my desktop, so I did and couldn't guess my password lol fail I know!
So we did a new re-install of windows and then I realized I didn't have a SD card reader! /facepalm
But I have one now and I can edit pictures I take etc! My SD card only had about 1200 D: A lot to do!

But on to the post! Today I'm posting about another indie brand called Sparkles by Julie!

Check out her cute labels! 

Peachy Jelly Belly

"A Peach colored Jelly Belly! This polish is pink/orange/peachy toned with a gold shimmer, packed with orange, gold and holographic glitters. If you're a girly girl and love Jelly Belly's, you need this in your collection!"

I used two coats for full opacity above.

Water Lily

"A beautiful gold shimmering white nail polish, kinda inspired by my pet mouse Lilly, and a bit inspired by the beautiful Water Lily's that magically float around on the murky waters of the world. This polish is packed with gorgeous glitters in gold, holographic, black and a little bit of blue for good measure, do I hear Wedding Bells?"

I wore this alone as well as two thin coats over white (swatches are over white!)

I really prefer this over white, but it builds up easily alone in two coats.

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The formulas on both polishes were very good, smooth and a great consistency. 

Metallic and heavy shimmer shades with glitter in them seem to appear lumpy in photos but these weren't whatsoever.

I'm not a very big fan of polishes like this (shimmers with glitter) considering though these are nice.

Just not my thing, but great quality polishes!

Make sure to keep up to date with Sparkles by Julie via Facebook and Twitter.

Julie's polishes are priced at $8.00 ea. in her Etsy shop!

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Lancome Chocolate Mordaore, Bubbly Gold & Rose Plumeti Vernis in Love Swatches and Review

Happy Wednesday all! Today's post is three Lancome Vernis in Love polishes!

Chocolat Mordore, Bubbly Gold, and Rose Plumeti.

Chocolat Mordore

This polish is delicious! It makes me think of chocolate fondue and going to the melting pot!
Then right after that thought I think of Mordor, even though it is a different spelling. haha
And then the foodie and nerd in me collide and I picture the Eye of Sauron with chocolate fondue instead of fire. /facepalm I know..I'm weird!
Anyway! Chocolat Mordore had a perfect formula, and required two coats for opacity.


Bubbly Gold

Bubbly Gold in theory is a polish that I would absolutely hate.
I dislike most golds, I dislike brushstrokes and most metallic polishes in general.
So in my opinion Lancome has seriously worked magic with this polish, because I love it!
Some how against all odds, I really love this I was pretty shocked! I think it has a lot to do with all those gorgeous micro flakies! It required two flawless coats for opacity.

Rose Plumeti

I used three coats of Rose Plumeti. This was my least favorite out of the bunch.
A very pretty girly pink with micro shimmer, but despite the thickness it was a tiny bit sheer.
It isn't too thick to use or goopy by any means but a little too thick for my liking for a three coater. 

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This was my first experience trying Lancome nail polishes, I was quite impressed with their brushes!
I'm not actually very picky with brushes.. in fact I've only had two that actually bothered me.

But these are amazing! I was able to paint my nails much neater and closer to my cuticle than with a lot of other polish brands. I wish that all polishes had the same brush tip!

Lancome nail polishes are available to purchase from their website, and also from Macys, Nordstrom, and Dillards stores. Vernis in Love polishes retail for $15.00 for 6ml/2oz.


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China Glaze Holiday Joy Collection Swatches & Review Part 2

Hey guys! Here is Part two of the China Glaze 2012 Holiday Joy Winter Collection.
A few of the pictures I showed how the micro glitters in this collection build up for you guys!
I used one coat on my index finger, two coats on my middle finger and three on my ring and pinky fingers.

Angel Wings, Glistening Snow, Blue Bells Ring, Pizzazz, Glitter All the Way, & Winter Holly.


Angel Wings
a fine gold holographic glitter

Angel Wings requires three coats for full opacity.
It is still thin enough to layer and two coats still provides a lot of coverage.
It's a little thick but easy to apply.



Glistening Snow
a silver holographic micro glitter

Just like Angel Wings, Glistening Snow requires three coats for full opacity.
A tad thick, but still applied easy and evenly. But the wear time on me wasn't great. It chipped easily.

Blue Bells Ring
a icy blue metallic foil

This is one of the best foils that I personally have tried.
The formula was great, it applied evenly and it didn't get brushstroke-y!

Pizzazz
a clear base with multi-colored glitters

I layered two coats over Cranberry Splash here, I think it would have looked better with just one.
Pizzazz is a very pretty polish, but nothing that unique.
The formula was easy to work with and the glitter spread evenly.

Glitter All the Way
a glitter topper with green, gold, red and purple glitters

I layered one coat of  Glitter All the Way over Blue Bells Ring.
I think that BBR took away from the beauty of this polish, I want to wear it again paired with a lighter color.
It spread pretty evenly, but I went back over a few spots to dab on more glitter.


Winter Holly
a green and gold micro glitters

I wore this alone with three coats for good coverage.
Winter Holly was thinner than the similar glitter polishes in this collection, I will use it mostly for layering.
The formula was very easy to use,it spread a little less evenly than the similar glitter shades.

I revisited Pizzazz but layered one coat over Red Satin instead.

Because Red Satin seemed like a crelly and not a pure creme polish
 I decided to try a jelly sandwich with it! SUCCESS!

This was just a very, very quick mani I did with With Love, Champagne Kisses, Glitter All the Way, Glistening Snow  and Winter Holly from this collection.

As far as big brands go (non-indies) this is my favorite Holiday Collection so far,
I mean the Zoya one is great as well but I love the variety in this collection.
My favorites of these six are Winter Holly, Blue Bells Ring,  and Glistening Snow!

Which are you loving or thinking of getting?
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