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

piCture pOlish Atomic - by Samarium's Swatches!!!

Hey guys!! Today is one of the most exciting days for me!
I finally get to tell you a secret that has been super hard to keep to myself!!
Do you remember my piCture pOlish Blogfest post from July?
Well because of that I was chosen (with many others) to help make a nail polish with piCture pOlish!
I got to work with the wonderful ladies from piCture pOlish to help create a Limited Edition collaboration shade with them!



Unfortunately I missed the package today so I didn't take my swatches with bottle pictures.
I do have a bottle atm but it isn't labelled but I did use it for some pretty macros later in this post!
I love my collaboration polish so much! It is very difficult to photograph though!

A single coat of Atomic over various polishes

First lets talk inspiration. Of course my first thought was the element Samarium!
Which my blog is named after. Samarium is a silvery white metal, named from the mineral samarskite.
Samarium oxidizes in the air, forming a grayish-yellow powder. Which is the reasoning for the gold shimmer sparkle in it! It is more visible when layering. But enough chit chat!

Atomic

I wish I could even begin to describe this polish. I will c&p the Picture Polish description when it is posted.
But trust me that this polish is beautiful and very intricate, I hope dearly that some fellow amazing bloggers will get their hands on it and help show it off!
I used three thin coats for opacity. Two coats is great coverage but there was a tiny but of VNL.
I love that this polish is versatile, not only does it build up beautifully- it can also be layered!
Granted it;s a little thick for layering so be sure to apply a nice even coat when doing so!


Here is one coat vs three.

This picture have a single coat of Atomic over Illamasqua Poke, and Nails Inc Baker Street.

One coat over Gray, Black, Purple and on it's own.


Single coat over black!


Here are two macro bottle shots for you! Seriously click them! So pretty!
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Picture Polish is available for purchase on their website here!

Keep up with piCture pOlish on Facebook & Twitter!

It will also be available via the piCture pOlish Network!

This polish is Limited Edition if it does well it may be added to their line so if you like it please buy it sooner rather than later :D
It will launch shortly and I will include a link to it directly when I can!
Click HERE to purchase Atomic from piCture pOlish.com!

Also make sure to checkout my fellow bloggers shades!
Jen The Polishaholic's shade - Mallard
Sheila from Pointlesscafe - Focus
Sahrish from Sahrishadeel - Majesty

Cathy at More Nail Polish has swatches up now, go look here!

I have never once thought that one day my name could be on a nail polish! I can't even explain the excitement I have!!
Sorry for the amount of pictures!
Thank you so much for looking, and for following my blog!
This never would have happened if it weren't for each and every one of you!

Pure Ice Diamond Couture Glitters - Swatches & Review!

Hey guys! Super excited to show you these polishes today :D
I have five polishes from the Pure Ice Diamond Couture Collection!

Sea-Quin, Hot-Rocks, Party of Five, Tinsel Town, & Material Girl.


Sea-Quin
Chartreuse micro glitter with holographic diamond shard glitters in a clear base.

I layered one coat of Sea-Quin over Illamasqua Smash.
(Smash is a bit smudged, I didn't wait long enough before I applied topcoat but it wasn't due to Sea-Quin)

Hot-Rocks
Scattered silver shimmer with small silver hex glitters, Black micro glitters & silver holographic diamond shard glitters in a clear base.

I layered a single coat of Hot-Rocks over Nails Inc Baker Street.
This is probably my favorite polish of these five! I can never have too many black glitter polishes!

Party of Five
Teal micro glitter, hex, shimmer, & teal holographic diamond shard glitters in a clear base.

For Party of Five I used two coats instead of one, over Opi Kiss me on my Tulips.

Tinsel TownBright blue micro glitter, and micro hex with blue holographic diamond shard glitters in a clear base.

Tinsel Town was the thickest of the bunch, a little goopy but applied fairly easily.
I layered this over Illamasqua Prosperity. Am I awesome for what? Look at this combo!
I have a little A England Avalon on my middle, and ring fingers on the lips sponged on.
I think Prosperity is colored a bit off but it was a hard polish for me to capture!

Material Girl
Soft pink micro hex glitter & shimmer with pink holographic diamonds in a clear base.
I layered a coat of Material Girl over (a single coat!) of A England St. George.
I really like this combination..it's a little different but goes well I think!
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All with the exception of Tinsel Town being on the goopy side, these all has perfect formulas.
The micro glitter covers evenly very easy, but such as most polishes you may need to fish for the larger shard glitters if you wish to have more on your nails. I did 0% fishing for glitters so this is how it came out by applying it normally.

You can purchase Pure Ice Polishes from their website and Walmart Stores for $1.99 each.

Keep up  with their brand on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

I highly recommend their polishes! I mean $1.99? What the heck wouldn't you buy them!!
They are affordable and higher quality than a lot of brands that cost triple the price.

Here is a recap picture! Which of these do you have your eye on? Let me know!




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

Sea Lore Wintry Friends Collection - Swatches & Review

Hello lovelies, Today's post is the Sea Lore Wintry Friends Collection!

Arctic Otter, Beluga Blizzard, Glacial Grayling, Snowy Seal, & Wintry Whale.

Arctic Otter
"Dark brown shimmering base with beige squares and tiny champagne glitter."

I used two for opacity with Arctic Otter.

Beluga Blizzard
"Pearl white iridescent shimmering base with various shades of snow white glitter."

I layered two coats of Beluga Blizzard over Zoya Jacqueline.
It can also build up to be opaque on it's own, but I prefer it layered.

Glacial Grayling
"Blue grey shimmering base with iridescent rainbow squares and holographic micro glitter."

I used two coats of Glacial Graying, This polish is so pretty! Definitely my favorite of the bunch!

Snowy Seal
"Silver shimmering base with gunmetal and crystal hexes as well as silver and white glitter."
I used two coats for opacity.

Wintry Whale
"Dark blue shimmering base with several shades of blue glitter and baby blue squares."

Wintry Whale required three thin coats for opacity.

I added one thin coat of Beluga Blizzard over Glacial Grayling above.
Such a stunning combination!

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Jamie contacted me and told me that the Arctic Otter, Wintry Whale, and Glacial Grayling Blogger samples were a bit heavy on the fine glitter, she has changed the formulation on those three.

The only one that was a little difficult for me was Glacial Grayling.

I'm not very fond of a few in this collection due to my personal preferences only.

I don't like many metallic or heavy shimmer polishes, with glitter these polishes appear lumpy which I personally do not care for but I want to note that they applied very well.

You can purchase Sea Lore Polishes here.

 They cost $10.00 for fullsize (15 ml) polishes and $5.50 for minis. (7.5 ml)

Keep up Jamie and her polishes on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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