Dreamland Lacquer: Aurora UP Remakes; A Wedding Dress That Isn't Bright Turquoise, The Search Is Over & You Saucy Minx

Good afternoon, happy Tuesday!  How is April halfway over? Can 2019 slow down just a bit?  I feel like I don't have time to do anything and the days are literally flying by!  And I am counting down the days until my house is completely done.  Looks like we are down to the last 2 weeks of contractors being here and things being worked on. Until then we have 1 bedroom for all of us (thankfully it's my new HUGE master bedroom) and there's room on the floor for mats for the kids to lay on.  They think it's fun, like camping, pshhht - kids.  Ok but that has nothing to do with today's post so let's get in to it.  

Dreamland Lacquer is having a launch with 3 gorgeous remakes!  Her popular shades A Wedding Dress That isn't Bright Turquoise, The Search is Over and You Saucy Minx.  These have been redone with Aurora UP shimmer and they are gorgeous, as well as more opaque.  I have pictures of the new ones compared to the old versions also because I know how fun comparisons are!  The new Aurora UP Remakes will be available 4/19 at 2pm Central.  They will be $10.50 each/$30 for all 3 during the 48 hour pre-order.  $11.50 after that.  Let's jump in and check them out!

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Dreamland Lacquer:Shop, Facebook, Fan Group, Instagram

ellagee Hella Holo Customs; July 2017, Heartstone, Aquatic & Nightspark

Good afternoon lovelies!  Hope your afternoon is going well.  I'm enjoying a fairly quiet afternoon.  My mom has been taking the kids one at a time to spend the day with them and it's wild how big a difference 3 to 2 kids is.  Gives me some time to work on the old blog.  Today's post features a few customs ellagee created for the Hella Holo Customs group.  You can only purchase this gorgeous trio if you're a member of the HHC group on Facebook.  I highly suggest you head over and join!  There are always fabulous customs in there.  Anywho, this trio will be available until August 5th and prices are $13 each.  There's a 10% discount to HHC members if you order all 3!  If you purchase an HHC product you can also receive a 10% discount on anything else you order (excluding customs).  Please see the HHC sales thread for that code!  Ok so are you ready to jump in?  Me too, let's go!
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ellagee: Shop, Girly Bits, Facebook, Instagram Hella Holo Customs: Facebook, Instagram 

KBShimmer Holo-Manics Group Custom #25 - Holo Can You Go

Evening y'all!  I meant to share this post a few hours ago but hello, mom of boys.  I ended up in the ER instead of getting to type.  But the good news is no broken bones and I can share the post now!  Ok, now that that's behind us, let's check out the KBShimmer custom for the Holo-Maniacs group!  This is Holo Can You Go, it's custom #25 for the group.  You can purchase this straight from KBShimmer but the link is only shared in the Holo-Maniacs Facebook group.  I'd highly suggest you go join if you are a fan of all things holo.  Holo Can You Go is $9.25.  I know there are 90 bottles available right away and once those are gone the sale becomes a pre-order.  I'm not sure where they're at currently but you'll get your pretties no matter what.  Ok, so let's jump in and check out the polish!

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KBShimmer: Shop, Harlow & Co, Live Love Polish, Color4Nails, Amazon, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest

Holo-Maniacs: Facebook

Perfect Holographic Nail Polish H5, H6 & H7

Pssssst!  You lookin' for holos?  I got some holos.  Let me show you *opens trench coat*.  Really, I do have some super holo-y holos to show you today.  These are called Perfect Holographic Nail Polish and they are from Bulgaria.  Isn't that cool?  I know I love trying out polish from different countries!  Thankfully you don't have to find swap partner from Bulgaria to get them because Color4Nails carries them and currently has them in stock!  These bottles, as you will see are smaller than what you are used to at 6.5 ml. But they are also priced accordingly at $4.75.   And for the amount of holo you get in that baby bottle it's a steal!  You can find out more information about the Perfect Holographics on the Color4Nails Facebook page or Instagram feed (color4nails).

Well let's jump into the review so I can tell you more!

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This is H5 (there are no names, just letter/number combos here).  H5 is described as a light magenta color.  I can see that but it also leans a bit lavender too.  First things first, I had to shake the bottle (all 3 bottles actually) a good amount to mix it up.  I then put on a layer of regular base coat.  My understanding is aqua base is the best to use when it comes to holos, but I don't have it so I worked with what I do have.  I then used 2 coats of H5.  This polish does not want to be overworked.  Be sure to get a good amount on your brush and don't go over the same spot too many times.  It could cause some balding.  Aside from that the polish gave me no problems.  And would you look at that holo payoff?!  I did not use topcoat.    

Here we have H6.  H6 is called a beige/nude holo.  Well you KNOW how I feel about nude holos.  I love them!  This was my favorite of the bunch because I am such a sucker for nude holo.  Alas the holo effect was the least strong in this one.  But I still enjoyed it immensely.  It's a perfect color to compliment a Summer tan or as a Fall neutral.  I used 2 layers over base coat and no topcoat.  This one seemed a little less temperamental and I didn't have to be nearly as careful with the balding.  

And lastly we have H7.  Isn't this a gorgeous color?  H7 is a called a purple holo.  Plain and simple.  But I think it's more blurple because I definitely see some blue in there.  The holo effect on H7 was quite amazing.  I caught myself in a full on stare several times when I wore H7.  I found the formula on H7 to be closer to H6 in that it was easier to work with and didn't want to bald so much as H5 did.  But I would still suggest that you don't over manipulate the polish and use as few brushstrokes as possible.  I used base coat, 2 layers of H7 and no topcoat.  

*These polishes were provided for my honest opinion and review

Super Black Lacquers Summer 2013!

HI HI lovely readers!  I haven't posted since the day prior to returning to the mainland.  So sad, I miss paradise.  Alas reality has me by the arms now and I'm sucked back into the mundane daily routines.  Well not so much since it's all rushing around getting things for the first day of school.  And I also am leaping back into reviews!  YAY!  This post is full of awesome polish from Super Black Lacquers.  Natalie recently released her Summer 2013 collection and it has a little something for everyone!  Crelly, shimmer, glitter, speckled.  They are each gorgeous in their own right and fabulous as a collection together.  I've reviewed a couple Super Black Lacquers in the past...if you want to see them here are the links: The Whale, Purdy and Drunk Dial.  You can follow Super Black Lacquers on Facebook and can purchase directly from superblacklacquers.com!  Now on to the polish!

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I went lightest to darkest so up first is Weird Girl.  The name makes me giggle.  I'm sure I was the weird girl, especially when I think about my middle school years and all the "styles" and "trends" I went through.  Natalie describes Weird Girl as a "flattering neutral polish.  Light concrete grey with gold/red/purple opalescence."  I loved this one!  Love the grey base and I saw tons of pink-magenta shimmer!  In some lighting the polish actually looks pink.  The formula on Weird Girl was great!  Easy flowing and spread smoothly on my nails.  I got full coverage in 2 coats.  I used 1 layer of topcoat.  

Plip turned out to be a surprising favorite for me!  I haven't really jumped on board the speckled train and Plip made me realize why.  All the speckled polish is pastel based.  Blah.  This vibrant deep turquoise is a gorgeous color and the black glitters "speckled" inside are so complimentary and pretty!  I  also like that this is a great transitional color...it works for Summer and will also be perfect for the Fall!  The base on Plip was nice and creamy, with a great formula that was easy to apply.  The glitters came out in abundance and created a lovely speckled effect.  I used 3 coats (2 would have been fine) and 1 layer of topcoat.

Holy moly this is a gorgeous red!  Cannibal is a stunning crelly polish but dang this baby was hard to capture on camera.  It was red overload!  Now I am calling this a crelly because like a jelly it is amazingly shiny on it's own.  But it applies like a creme!  Because it's not a full on creme the formula was a little thinner than the others in this collection so be sure to wipe the extra polish off your brush so you don't get flooding.  I used 2 coats and no topcoat.  Just look at that shine!  

This blurple sensation is Dusted.  I have to say this was my favorite of the Summer 2013 set.  How could it not be?  Just look at this color - it's blue, it's purple, it's green shimmer!  Natalie describes Dusted as "a sheer, grape purple polish totally crammed with sea green shimmer."  It has a slight "mermaid" feel to it and I want to wear it to the pool (not the ocean because with Shark Week running I'm terrified).  I will admit that I immediately put this on my toes after I tried all 5 polishes out.  I found Dusted to be a tad sheer.  The first coat went on very light.  I ended up using 3 coats and the final polish/color pay off is amazing.  I used 1 layer of topcoat to shine things up because Dusted dries to a matte finish.  

And finally, we have reached the end of the collection!  Blitz is the essential black sparkly polish that every polish lover needs in their stash.  This was the other polish that made my camera go crazy!  It tried to dull the black and didn't want to pick up the sparkle.  So believe me when I say this is a sparkling beauty.  Natalie built this up from a creme black base and loaded it with holo silver hexs in multiple sizes.  The formula was lovely and the application was perfect.  I had great coverage in 3 coats.  Plenty of holo glitters came out easily and the dispersed on my nails evenly.  I see so many possibilities for this polish...galaxy nails, Halloween themed nails, NYE or just plain going out for night with friends or a special someone.  I finished it with 1 layer of topcoat but I will admit, it was pretty dang shiny on its own without it!