Nail Hoot; Mistletoe Magic

Afternoon dears! I'm getting ready to head out the door to start my busy day but I was perusing the Polish Pickup sale and am totally loving so many of them!  One in particular that I'm planning to get is the new Nail Hoot, The First Noel.  It actually reminded me that I had this Nail Hoot from last Christmas that I never shared!  It was put to the fan group to name and yours truly came up with the winning name...Mistletoe Magic!  So I decided to share this one with you, even though it's not available anymore.  But there are plenty more in the shop and the Polish Pickup shade will be available until 12/4.  So let's jump in and look at last years lovely shade!

*this polish was a prize*

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Polish Pickup: The First Noel

Blush Lacquer: Girly Bits Exclusives Can't Buy Me Love & Aisle Be Waiting

Evening all.  Sorry for totally cutting out and disappearing for the last 2ish weeks.  Had quite a few hard times in the family and I was dealing with all that.  Still am, but I know reviews are running late and piling up so I'm shaking off the sad and trying to get myself going again.  Let's start with a couple Blush Lacquers beauties the are exclusive to the Girly Bits shop!  These went up for sale on 4/30.  The great news is they are currently in stock and you can place an order for them NOW!  They are $10.98 USD each.  There are also a ton of other gorgeous Blush Lacquers available in the shop too so make sure to browse around, you wouldn't want to miss anything!   Let's go ahead and jump in and check out the polish!

*press sample*

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Jessica Cosmetics; Polished in Pastels, Summer 2016

Happy Tuesday.  It's almost Fall, ALMOST!  But here in California we still have very Summer weather.  So I figured I'd share a final Summery collection with you.  Really though, this collection will be perfect for anyone planning a fairy/princess costume for Halloween and these will definitely work for your Spring manicures!   This is the Polished In Pastels collection from Jessica Cosmetics.  It's a 6-piece set, nice pastel cremes and purple shimmery shades.  You can get this kit now for $54.  Individual shades are $9.  So let's jump in and check these out.  

*press sample*

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ellagee Petal Pushers, Spring 2016

Good evening dears!  I told you I'd have a post to share tonight...and while it's up a bit later than I hoped for because other things got in the way I am getting it up now!  I am quite happy that I was able to get sunshine pics of these gorgeous crellies from ellagee today!  So let's jump in to the down low.  This is ellagee's Spring trio called petal Pushers.  They are pastel crellies with matching, shifty shimmer and contrasting ultra chrome flakies.  They are fantastic!  You will be able to pick up the Petal Pushers tomorrow (Friday 2/26) at 6pm Central in the ellagee shop.  You can pick up individual bottles for $10.50 each or the trio for $28.  Alright, let's see pictures!  

*press sample*

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Addicted to Holos Indie Box, February 2015 (partial review)

Good evening.  Sorry for the late post.  I am actually typing it up to help me unwind from some late exercise.  Sometimes it's calming to type and zone out to the sound of the tv in the background.  Tonight's post features the inaugural Addicted To Holos Indie Box that was released back in February.  I only have 4 of the 5 to share with you because a friend wanted 1 of them so we shared.  I love that this is a box full of great indies and their take on holos.  You'll see different types of holo; jelly, metallic, with holo glitter, linear holo, etc...I can't wait to see what fabulous holos the other boxes bring!  The pre-order for the April box just closed so you'll have to wait for the upcoming June box (I'm guessing there are going to be some amazing summer-brights and neons in there!)  Let's jump in and check out the February box!  

*nothing to disclose*

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I'm going in no particular order so up first is Philly Loves Lacquer Fortunate Rainbow, a metallic mint with a loose linear holo finish.  I thought this was a very pretty color and liked the metallic finish but I found the formula a little difficult to work with.  It was streaky and built up on itself in a few places.  I used 3 coats to reach full opacity.  No topcoat.  

Sweet Heart Polish contributed Candied Violets to the February Box.  It's a beautiful soft lilac linear holo full of holo microglitters.  The formula was really lovely and it applied easily.  I found the mixture of linear holo with the square holo microglitters a perfect combination.  The holo microglitters were added with a very light hand so they don't over power the polish, just give it a little something extra.  Candied Violets was one of my favorites from this box.  I used 3 coats to reach full opacity and no topcoat.  

Blue Eyed Girl Lacquer added Cuts In My Heart to the Box.  This is a absolutely gorgeous color, deep maroon with a "glowy" type holo.  The color was very opaque and I had full coverage in almost 1 coat, a heavy handed painter easily could use 1, but I ended up using 2.  The formula was nice, and it applied with ease.  But it dried to a dull and gritty finish that required more than 1 layer of topcoat to smooth out.  

And finally we have Literary Lacquers Laughs in Flowers.  This was my other favorite from the February Box.  How could it not be?  It's such a classic Literary Lacquer, gorgeous jelly holo full of glinting holo microglitters.  This is a linear petal pink holo with a mixture of square and hex microglitters.  The formula was really fantastic and it applied like a dream in 2 coats.  No topcoat used.    

Philly Loves Lacquer I Love You A Lime (April Dazzled Holo Grail Box)

Good morning all!  Long time no post.  I have actually been wearing polish for me lately and it's been nice to not hustle about taking pictures, watermarking, cropping and getting them on here.  I guess it was a mental break week.  Well I couldn't not share this with you because it's so gorgeous!  It's my first time trying Philly Loves Lacquer and paint me impressed!  I was lucky to pick this unique beauty up individually from someone selling it!  It's actually from the Dazzled April Holo Grail Box.  Let me just say that bottle pictures I've seen do this NO justice!  It is refreshing and unique and gorgeous!  So let's jump in and check out I Love You A Lime!

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Here it is!  I Love You A Lime!  It's a fabulous pastel sea foam green polish that is so much more!  It has a very soft scattered holo, holo shimmer, fine gold shimmer and tiny gold flakies that add so much interest and depth to the polish.  These three elements work together and create such a great effect in the polish, and against the base color it's like sea foamy, beachy awesomeness.  The formula and application were both lovely.  I used 3 coats of I Love You A Lime for full coverage and color payoff.  I then finished with 1 layer of topcoat - which didn't diminish any of the holo effect at all.  

So what do you think?  I think I am in love with a new brand and look forward to trying more!