Stella Chroma March Polish Pickup Exclusive: Butterbeer Emulsified Sugar Scrub

Good morning!  Happy Monday (grumble grumble, I know).  And I'm here with sad news, it's the last day to purchase your favorites from the March Book themed Polish Pickup.  If you haven't made your purchase yet get it done! And you might want to add this delicious emulsified sugar scrub created by Stella Chroma.  It's called Butterbeer and well, you can guess how difficult it is to not eat this by the spoonful. Butterbeer Emulsified Sugar Scrub is available until this evening and will be $5.50 for a 2.5oz tub.  Le't jump on in and check it out!

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September 2016 Destination Duo, King's Cross Station; Blue Eyed Girl Lacquer & Paint Box Polish

Good morning beauties!  I've got a new Destination Duo to share with you today.  The Destination Duo's are always fun because I like that they're inspired by a picture taken on vacation, and they make me want to visit those places!  September's duo is extra fun as it's inspired by King's Cross Station and naturally that lead to Harry Potter.  The September Duo, featuring Blue Eyed Girl Lacquer and Paint Box Polish, will be available in both shops from 9/28 at 3:30pm EST to 10/1 at 11:59pm EST.  The duo will be $20 shipped domestic, and prorated shipping for international.  This bow will also include a butter beer scented Mani Fizz from Paint Box Polish!  Now that you have the necessary details let's check out the polishes!!

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Blue Eyed Girl Lacquer: Shop, Facebook, Instagram

Paint Box Polish:  Shop, Facebook, Instagram 

Here's the inspiration picture of King's Cross Station, taken by Pam.

And here's what you'll get in the box!

Red Dog Designs Once You Go Black...

Hello again polish lovers!  I'm hunkered down and working on all my drafts to get these gorgeous polishes out for your viewing pleasure!  This post features another amazing Red Dog Designs polish that will be released soon.  By now I'm sure you know how much I love this indie brand - Gina is dedicated to making perfectly mixed and formulated polishes.  I love that she is putting out some solid colors to go along with her glitter bombs!  Buy all the Red Dogs!!  Here are the places you can find Gina and her Red Dog Designs creations: Facebook, Store, IG (reddogdesigns).

Here is Once You Go Black…  This polish is inspired by Sirius Black from the Harry Potter series.  In case you are unfamiliar with all things Harry Potter, here is a bio of Sirius Black.  He's pretty cool in my opinion!  OYGB is an absolutely gorgeous eggplant purple/deep inky blue polish base that is full of holo glitters that sparkle through the polish.  It looks like little stars twinkling in the night sky.  OYGB has an amazing formula that was perfection to work with.  I used 2 coats for full coverage.  I used 2 layers of topcoat to get smooth to the touch nails.  And before I leave you to the pictures I'd like to say that this polish jumped up the ranks by leaps and bounds to be one of my most favorite Red Dogs!  It's absolutely perfect!  Enjoy the pictures!

*this polish was provided for my honest opinion and review

Alanna Renee Horcrux

Hello polish friends.  I have one last Alanna Renee Magical World nail polish to show you and this one is dark and sinister!  If you missed my last couple posts you can see Patronus HERE and Golden Snitch HERE.  Alanna Renee is based in Australia and she opened up shop in January 2013.   The Magical World collection was inspired by Harry Potter and really, who doesn't love Harry Potter?!  Genius to combine the love for HP and nail polish.  This collection does a great job capturing all the polish namesakes.  For all the international buyers (non-Australian residents) Alanna Renee is available through Color4Nails.  You can contact Color4Nails on Facebook, IG (color4nails) or just send Sisi an email with your order inquiry: color4nails21@gmail.com.

Horcrux is a creepy polish.  Not itself but it's inspiration and meaning in the movies.  If you are unfamiliar Alanna explains that a Horcrux is "inspired by the fragment of soul that a dark wizard or witch hides inside a powerful object for the purpose of immortality. A Horcrux gives one the ability to resurrect oneself if the body is destroyed."  When I opened this polish I immediately thought of Harry and Dumbledore in the Horcrux Cave with the black lake - I will tell no more in fear of spoiling the movie fun for anyone who hasn't seen the movies.  Horcrux is a black base with color shifting flakes.  I see grey, green, blue, maybe purple even?  The flakes with the dark base make for a gorgeous effect.  I used 2 coats of Horcrux and the formula was great, easy to apply and no issues to report.  I finished this with 1 layer of topcoat.  

*this polish was provided for my honest opinion and review

Alanna Renee Patronus

Hullo polish friends!  Alanna Renee is a new Australian indie brand that already has a plethora of gorgeous polishes under her belt.  I have reviewed Alanna Renee before, if you want to view those post you can see Mardi and Black Cherry HERE.  But this post features the brand new Patronus from the Magical World collection.  The Magical World collection is inspired by the wonderful wizardry world of Harry Potter!  I'm a huge fan of Harry Potter so I was very excited to review polish from this collection.  And as you'll see from the pictures in this post and the next 2, Alanna NAILED it!!  

If you live in a country other than Australia you can purchase Alanna Renee polish from Color4Nails!  Sisi has a Facebook and IG (color4nails) account that she updates frequently with new stock and pre-orders for exciting new brands!  Just send her an email with your order: color4nails21@gmail.com

This lovely polish is Patronus!  Alanna has a great description of what a Patronus is and the polish on her website...here is what she says "Patronus is inspired by the form produced by the Patronus Charm.  A Patronus is a positive energy force which takes the shape of the animal with whom you share the deepest affinity.  A Patronus can be used for defence against Dementors.  Patronus has a mix of white and blue flakies in a shimmery white base. I used three coats in the swatch photo."  Application of Patronus was great and interesting!  It almost appeared that I was putting fibers on my nails.  Rest assured that all the flakies laid down flat (meaning they sure didn't feel like fibers) and were stunning on the nail.  I used 2 coats for full coverage and 1 layer of topcoat.  

(would you look at those gorgeous colors!!)

*this polish was provided for my honest opinion and review