Red Dog Designs Samples

Good afternoon everyone!  I have a couple gorgeous and unique Red Dog Designs polishes to share today and they are very swoon-worthy.  Gina, the mastermind behind Red Dog Designs excels at glitter bombs, but these solid based polishes are pretty darn fantastic!  So let's take a look at these and maybe you can help me in my plight to convince her to include polish like these in her core line.  

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Both of these are unnamed, one of a kind polishes that Red Dog Designs was testing out.  This one is a stunning spring green loaded with tiny green and gold flecks.  It's a gorgeous, glowy color that I can't get enough of.  Formula and application were both amazing, smooth flowing and creamy.  I used 3 coats for full coverage and maximum depth and no topcoat.  Look how shiny it is! 

*sunshine*

The other unnamed one of a kind (actually this one is a two of a kind), tester polish is a fabulous shade of purple with purple and blurple shifting shimmer.  I am deeply in lust with this one and am a happy girl that it's mine!  I used 2 coats for full coverage.  This one dries to a semi-matte finish and to show off the shimmer to it's fullest amazingness I used a layer of topcoat.  

*sunshine*

OPI Alcatraz...Rocks!

Good morning polish friends!  Oh, it's not morning for you?  Well then good afternoon!  Silly time difference.  I'm really excited about the polish I have to share with you today.  I know you've likely seen a few swatches of this polish (and collection) already but this was my favorite and I was beyond thrilled when it arrived at my beauty supply store.  I was a good girl and only left with this 1.  Ok fine, maybe all they had received were the textures so that's why I only bought 1. 

This is Alcatraz...Rocks from the OPI San Francisco collection Fall 2013 collection.  I love that it's inspired to a city local to me.  I just hope that doesn't mean I will buy them all.  But I couldn't resist this one.  Alcatraz...Rocks is a Sand, textured polish.  I love these.  They look and feel so cool!  This particular one is really fun - it's a dark purple base with green, gold, magenta and grape sparkles.  AR sparkles SO much in the sun, it's really fun to look at your fingers sparkle and shine as you wiggle them around (caution...don't stare at your nails while driving!).  I used 2 coats for full coverage.  The formula was texture perfection with no application problems to report.  I did not use topcoat.