Initial Lacquer Swatches & Review!

Hey guys! I have another new [to me] indie brand to show you today! Initial Lacquer!

Arctic Night, Dessert Time, Paradise Kiss, Santa Went Crazy!, & Snowy Owl.


Arctic Night
"a blue jelly base with holo silver,green and red micro fine glitters."
I used three thin coats of Arctic Night. The formula was really smooth and went on super easy and evenly!

Dessert Time
"a clear base mixed with matte glitters"

I layered Dessert Time over Elf Fab Fuchsia. Not really the best layering combination on my part, it makes it hard to see the bright colored glitters. Went on easily and evenly, I do wish there were more bright glitters but I also didn't fish for any.
 
Paradise Kiss
"a white shimmer base mixed with Iridescent and matte glitters."

The formula on Paradise Kiss wasn't that great, it's a bit thick but  bearable.

It can be opaque in three coats but it looks lumpy so I prefer it layered over white. 

The bottom two pictures are two thin coats layered over white. I think I may add a tiny bit of thinner to this though.

Santa Went Crazy!
"a sheer metallic silver base with glitters"

I wanted to pair this polish in a way where you guys could see that it's not just for the holidays!
I layered two thin coats over Opi German-icure. The second picture is matteified!
I really love this combo, it is so odd and neat! And I love the red circle glitters so much!
The formula was really good, spread evenly and not overly thick.

Snowy Owl
"a clear base with gold, white and holo silver glitters"

I decided to layer Snowy Owl over Arctic Night, I think I just used one coat..but it could have been 1.5.
I just love the itty bitty micro bar glitters! I know a lot of people hate bar glitter but not me!
Especially the little tiny ones. The formula was great, spread on very evenly with ease.
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You can purchase Initial Lacquer Polishes from Etsy.

 They cost $9.00 for fullsize polishes and $4.50 for minis.

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Have a Happy rest of the week guys!!
<3

*Products in this post were sent to me for the purpose of a 100% honest unbiased review.*

My Top 12 Polishes of 2012!

Hey guys! I'm a little late on this and have a few similar posts to come soon as well,
but here are my favorite 12 polishes I got in the year 2012! 

I'm just doing one instead of Indie vs Mainstream etc. These are polishes I felt blown away by, used the most or just fell in love with during the past year!

I separated them to have the more mainstream brands first then indies second!
I tried to not have too many indies included, but they really stole my heart this year!


Ozotic 532

Does much need to be said? Just look at it!
I used three coats here but it looks fantastic over black too.


Illamasqua Radium

I wanted this polish for almost a year before I finally broke down and bought it.
I wish I did sooner! This is the first time I have posted it on the blog. but it is easily one of my most worn polishes of the year. Three coats.

Zoya Aurora 

Three coats.This polish is so beautiful and applies very well. <3

SpaRitual Sacred Ground
Three coats. I love how simple this is but yet complex also, so pretty! Looks great matte too!

A England Dragon

It was a hard choice because I also really love Ascalon, and St George, but Dragon is one of my very favorite greens that I own and I had to include it!

A Rhyming Dictionary Crooked Magician

I love the flakies in this so much, it takes 4 coats to be opaque alone but it is so worth it!

Nail-venturous/Ninja Polish Floam

I used one coat over Zoya Neely (Lovely post will be up soon!)

Jindie Nails Battle Royale

This was a recent one but I knew right away that is was one of my favorites.
I love this so much and plan to get a backup when I can!

Laquerlicious Mixed Berries

Just like Battle Royale Mixed Berries is recent, but I own nothing like it.I love it SO much!

Naild'it Dragon Scales

I used one coatd over Zoya Julie (Lovely post will be up soon!)

Nerd Lacquer =/= c

This polish is one that Amanda included in a friends order for it taking longer to ship, so I messaged her asking if I could buy one because I loved it! So I feel even more lucky to own it since it was never for sale! This is three coats!



Dollish Polish Toxic Avenger

This is my favorite of the year for sure, one of my favorites in my entire collection!
I love "holochromes"! This is two coats. <3
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There it is! My favorites this year! There are MANY more I wanted to put in, but I really wanted to keep the list at 12!

I have a list of My Top 12 Indie Polish Brands of the Year that will be up in a few days, so keep an eye out!
Which of these do you love or have? What would be on your list?
Sorry for including some that are no longer available , but my favorites are my favorites! : /

Here are the links for where to buy these brands for those who are interested!

A England 
Llarowe, Mei Mei's Signatures, Ninja Polish
Dollish Polish
Bigcartel, Llarowe, Overall Beauty,
Illamasqua
Illamasqua, Sephora
Jindie Nails
Etsy, Llarowe, Mei Mei's Signatures, Shoppe Eclecticco
Laquerlicious
Etsy
Naild'it
Llarowe, Overall Beauty
Ninja Polish
Ninja Polish
OzoticHarlow & Co.,Llarowe, Mei Mei's Signatures,Ninja Polish, Overall Beauty, Picture Polish
Sparitual
Sephora, Sparitual
Zoya
Zoya


*Some Polishes in this post were sent to me for review*

Laquerlicious Disgruntled Elf, Melted Ice Cream & Mixed Berries - Swatches & Review!

Hello Lovelies! Today's post is of a relatively new indie polish brand called Laquerlicious!

Disgruntled Elf, Melted Ice Cream, & Mixed Berries.

Disgruntled Elf
"a sheer silver base with red, pink, green, light green and white large to tiny square, hex and slice matte glitter."
I layered Disgruntled Elf over China Glaze Running in Circles and Def Defying.
Such a cute holiday polish, I think the added pink makes it more versatile then a only red and green Christmas polish.

Melted Ice Cream
"a clear base with Black, White, Light Pink, Purple, and Hot Pink Shredded Matte Glitter. "

I layered two coats of Melted Ice Cream over China Glaze Sweet Hook.
I recommend doing a bit of dabbing with this, it doesn't spread effortlessly but not many shredded glitter polishes do from my experience! Definitely worth the effort!

Mixed Berries"a magenta with a blue shimmer jelly base. It has micro bar glitter and purple & silver shredded glitter."

First I built up Mixed Berries on it own with three coats.
The formula is a little goopy due to the amount of glitters but applied very evenly.
I prefer it layered like below though!

This is two coats of Mixed Berries over China Glaze Creative Fantasy.
Such a perfect match!! I love this polish so much, I have already ordered a spare! :D
This polish is so gorgeous, I did my best to capture it but it is even more amazing in person!

Here is Mixed Berries layered over China Glaze Hanging in the Balance, Cult Nails Time Traveler, Elf Fab Fuchsia, and China Glaze Creative Fantasy.

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Full size Laquerlicious polishes are available for purchase on Etsy  for $8.50
She also offers minis for $5.00.

BUT all three of these polishes are on sale right now!
They are available for $6.50 each, when they sell out they will be gone forever so if you want any of these jump on it ASAP! I highly recommend them, especially Mixed Berries!!
Michelle is making some truly gorgeous polishes, seriously go check her out!
(and look at Morning Fog! /drool!)



*Products in this post were sent to me for the purpose of a 100% honest unbiased review.*