Paint Box Polish The Knight Bus Collection, Fall 2015

Good evening dears!  It's been a looooong week, I'm so happy it's Friday!  Of course this is going to be a looooong weekend so no rest for the weary.  I'll be packing the family up to head off to a nearby (and middle of no-where) city for my oldest son's soccer tournament.  It'll be fun, but I have a lot to do tonight.  While I have 5 minutes to breathe before my middle's basketball practice I thought we could talk polish!  Paint Box Polish is know for awesome Harry Potter inspired polishes and Pam has a new collection coming out, and yes it's another fabulous set inspired by Harry Potter!  The 4-piece set is called The Knight Bus and it takes scenes from the Prisoner of Azkaban.  This fun and versatile collection will release on Saturday 11/7 at noon EST.  And guess what?  I have a discount code of you to use - MNPO for 15% off your entire order, YAY!  So let's jump in and check things out!     

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I just wanted to show you Pam's adorable packaging.  I love the wrapping and the little string that ties it up into a neat little parcel.

And here's your first peek at the new The Knight Bus Collection!  Oooh lala, look at those lovely colors!

I also got some mani fizzles and cuticle oils from her recent sale so I thought I'd share those too.  I got Pumpkin Latte and Pumpkin Juice (releasing with The Knight Bus set) cuticle oils as well as S'mores,  Harvest Apple and Pumpkin Spice Mani Fizzies.  They all smell so amazing!  I just have to say that I have tried a few different mani bombs and the ones from Paint Box Polish are hands down my favorite!  They are wonderfully scented and super moisturizing.  

Ok, what you were waiting for...POLISH!  Up first is What 'Choo Fell Over For?.  This is a dark grey creme made with white, blue and purple flecks.  What 'Choo Fell Over For? is very unique to my collection - probably to any collection!  I love how the colorful flecks really show through the base.  This one had an awesome formula that applied easily.  I reached full coverage in 2 coats and a layer of topcoat.  

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The Leaky Cauldron is a dusty, warm, dirty orange linear holo and fiery copper flecks. So I'm probably biased because I love orange but HELLO LOVER!  I love this polish!  Beautiful color, fan-flipping-tastic formula!  This baby applied like butter.  I had full coverage with 2 coats of The Leaky Cauldron and finished with a layer of topcoat.  

This is my other favorite in the collection...Won't The Muggles See Us?.  It's a pale blue with grey and violet flakies and white and blue flecks.  This is another totally unique and awesome polish!  Formula and application were both stellar.  I used 2 easy coats of Won't The Muggles See Us? for full coverage.  I finished with a layer of topcoat.   

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And finally we have The Knight Bus.  This is a buttery blue-leaning purple creme.  It's gorgeous!  This is totally my kind of purple!  The formula was great and very creamy.  I reached full opacity in 2 coats but slapped on a 3rd because I took pictures in the direct sun.  I didn't need topcoat for The Knight Bus - look how shiny and lovely it is!  

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Hope you enjoyed the post!  Which ones will you be picking up from The Knight Bus?  I really enjoyed them all but if you re going for unique you definitely want to get Won't The Muggles See Us? or What 'Choo Fell Over For?.  And don't forget to use my code - MNPO for 15% off your order!  Be sure to throw some cuticle oil and Mani Fizzies in your cart too, you won't regret it!  

Emerald & Ash Your Face

Good evening!  Making the most of my "sittingin the car at the field waiting for my son to finish soccer practice" time.  Thank goodness for DVD players in cars (my other littles are watching a movie while I blog!).  I HAD to share this with you NOW (sorry for yelling) because in a couple hours you too can own this fabulous shimmery-shifty matte topper!  Ok, ok so here's the details about this polish.  Your Face was an exclusive polish for the Las Vegas Cocktail & Colors event but Ashely and Nate decided to let everyone else get in on the fun too!  And tonight is their grand re-opening with lots of new cuticle oil scents (YAS), Period Poops is making a full time comeback and Your Face will be released.  The shop opens at 7pm MST so get your wallet ready!  Your Face will be available in 2 sizes; 10ml for $7.00 and 15ml for $9.00.  So let's jump in and check this beauty out!

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Here is Your Face!  First off I love that this is one of Ashley & Nate's inside jokes and they turned it into a polish.  If you've met them in person you know how adorable they are together and I can totally picture them saying this to each other.  Your Face is a "versatile topcoat filled with color shifting shimmer and flakes that can be applied over another polish to create a beautiful shimmering matte look."  This is so lovely and it's matte!  I'm super into matte right now so huge bonus points!  The formula and application were both fabulous.  1 easy coat over the base colors I chose and I have full coverage.  Your Face dries quickly too!  The first pictures are of Your Face over a deep emerald green creme.  

Here's what Your Face looks like with a shiny topcoat.  The green and purple flakes really pop and the shifting colors are more noticeable this way.   

Finally, I grabbed a few macros of Your Face over different base colors.  I tried Your Face over a red creme, a purple jelly and a blue creme.  Different elements of Your Face are more prominent over different base colors so if you pick up a bottle make sure you try it over a few bases to find the one you love the most!  In my opinion they are all equally gorgeous!  

Sweet Heart Polish Oct 21 2015, Limited Edition Polish

Good morning!  I am so happy that we are finally getting some Fall weather over here in NorCal.  We got a nice dose of rain yesterday - which was awesome except that I forgot about my clothes hanging out to dry so those got a second rinse cycle.  And hopefully there'll be a break in the heat now too!  Well I wanted to share a beautiful, limited edition polish from Sweet Heart Polish that I picked up last month.  Cassandra created this beauty in limited supply and as a nod to Back to the Future.  Oct 21 2015 is $11 USD and there are still a few bottles available!  So read my post and look at my pictures real quick like and go get yours ASAP!  

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Oct 21 2015 is a "frosty lilac ultra linear holographic polish with blue to violet to gold shifting UCC flakes."  This is quite possibly one of my favorite Sweet Heart Polishes to date!  Cassandra really pulled out all the stops and I am huge on adding extras to a holo so the flakes really make my day.  In fact I do believe she was going for that Delorean look with these colors.  Oct 21 2015 had a great formula that applied easily.  I was pleased with the amount of flakes I got on each nail and the different sizes of the flakes added a lot of interest.  I used 3 coats of Oct 21 2015 and finished with a layer of topcoat.  

Smitten Polish Hella Holo Customs; Bengal Tiger, Kenyan Sunset & Cecil the Lion

Hey Hey!  Happy Monday.  A couple months back I picked up a few beautiful custom polishes from one of my favorite brands...Smitten Polish.  Noelie created these for the Hella Holo Customs group on Facebook and she really knocked them out of the park!  I've mentioned this group before but if you want to get in on these beautiful custom holos that aren't available to the public request to join!  So back to the Smittens, they are inspired colors and also extremely perfect for the Fall season.  You ready to jump in and check out this stunning trio?  Then let's go!

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Up first I have Bengal Tiger.  This is a rusty orange linear holo.  And when I say holo I mean super holo.  It's gorgeous!  The formula and application were both purrrrrfect.  Smooth and creamy, so very buttery.  I used 2 coats of Bengal Tiger and a layer of topcoat.  

Next is Kenyan Sunset.  Hot damn this is a gorgeous polish!  Such a perfect magenta holo.  This baby had fabulous formula that applied like a dream.  Kenyan Sunset could easily be a one coater, but I used 2 (because I have weird OCD like that).  I finished with a layer of topcoat.  

I'm sure you all know the tragic story of Cecil the Lion by now.  Noelie created this polish in his memory and the tawny light brown holo micro glitter shade is amazing.  A potion of the proceeds from the sales of this polish were donated to the Big Cat Initiative.  Cecil the Lion had a great formula, just like all the other micro glitters I've tried from Smitten before.  I used 3 coats for full coverage.  1 layer of topcoat left me with a smooth to the touch finish.