Alanna Renee It's A Surprise & Lenny

Good morning friends!  I am happy to share more international brands with you in the next few posts.  I'm going to start with Alanna Renee from Australia!  I have reviewed AR polish before and can say that the brand has done a good job putting out lovely and interesting polish.  You can see some of my favorite AR posts HERE and HERE.  I always used to feel so deflated when I saw a pretty polish only to find out it was international, meaning I would never get it.  But we are so lucky now to have stockists for these amazing brands!  Alanna Renee and so many other great polish brands are currently available at Color4Nails!  You can purchase directly from the Color4Nails website, follow the Facebook page for listings of upcoming product lines and promotions and Instagram (color4nails) for tons of pictures  There are $11 a bottle but I see that several are on sale for $7.  You can also visit the Alanna Renee website for a complete list of polish available.    

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Here we have a nifty little polish called Lenny.  I wish I could give you a story background on Lenny but the AR website doesn't provide one.  So I will leave it up to you to create a fun story that led to the making of Lenny.  What I can do it tell you about the polish from my own observations.  Lenny is a sheer white milky based polish full of small red and blue hexs with large black circles.  Lenny had a good formula and plenty of glitter came out.  I got at least 1 large circle with each brush dip.  The glitter spread evenly and flat on my nails.  I used 3 coats of Lenny and 1 layer of topcoat.  

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This is It's A Surprise.  It comes from the new Bundle of Joy collection, which is inspired by new babies!  Cute collection, cute names, pretty polish colors!  It's A Surprise is an off white creme with hidden shimmer!  Very soft and delicate...just like a baby blanket!  I found IAS to be a touch streaky.  Even after 2-3 coats you can still see a few uneven spots.  It also applied a bit thick so I'd suggest wiping excess polish off your brush before applying it to your nails.  I finished this with 1 layer of topcoat.  

*these polishes were provided for my honest opinion and review

Lacquistry Vegas Baby!

Hello polish friends!  I have a pretty little glitter bomb to share today!  I am quite a sucker for glitter bombs and rainbow glitter so this was just up my alley!  Also - it REALLY makes me want to go to Vegas.  Although I always have a couple issues with going to Vegas.  1. I have to take my kids because I have separation issues.  2. Even if I wanted to leave them no one wants to watch 3 little monsters over any period of time.  3. If I went I wouldn't get to have any adult fun because the kids are there.  4. I don't even like to gamble.  So until my kids are older and I don't freak out leaving them behind I will just have to enjoy Vegas on my nails.  

This is Lacquistry Vegas Baby!  One day a couple weeks ago I was browsing Facebook and came across a post by Lacquistry!  She just announced a restock!  I rushed over to see what fun glitter polishes Jenna had in store and BAM - Vegas Baby! landed in my cart and was on it's way to me almost immediately!  Do you want to know something?  My very first indie brands were Lacquistry and Nerd Lacquer!  I was lost down the rabbit hole after that.  But I digress.  Vegas Baby! is a gorgeous blend of multi colored glitter in a clear base with magenta micro glitters to round it out!  I especially love the silver and gold holo glitters!  So blingy, I just love everything about it.  Application was wonderful, loads of glitter came out very easily and spread on my nails well.  The formula was also great with perfect glitter suspension.  I used 2 coats of Vegas Baby! over 2 coats of Bettina Marshmallow.  Marshmallow is an off white creme polish that is very pretty and different.  It's less stark that regular white polish.  It was a tad streaky but it wasn't difficult to work with.  I won the Bettina from a nice little giveaway hosted by Confessions Of A Polishaholic!  I finished this mani with 1 layer of topcoat.

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