Contrary Polish Feel The Spark (May 2017 PPU)

Hello everyone! A quick post for you guys today. 

The best thing about the Polish Pickup each month is that you get to try out new indie brands without having to worry about crazy fast restocks and shipping costs. I have a number of new brands that I've been able to get to know this way and today's is one of them. This is Contrary Polish Feel The Spark from the May 2017 PPU. The theme was science. I've mentioned I love fuschia shades once or twice before. This definitely falls into that category and I love the touch of holo and shimmer this polish has. 

I stamped with China Glaze Emotion and an image from my PUEEN Encore set of plates a couple of days later.

I am loving each month's Polish Pickup so much! This current month is themed the 90's and it's going on right now. So many great polishes available! To be informed of the polishes available each month and to be made aware of when the preorder window is each month, join the Polish Pickup facebook group. 

ShleeePolish Super Blue Blood Moon 1.0

Hello guys! I'm excited to share a new indie polish maker on the blog today! Well, she's not new in the indie world but she is new to me. She is a smaller brand with once a week smaller restocks. Her colors are amazing though. I am especially in love with her shimmers and this is one of the best! This color was so popular that she had revived it five times before putting an end to it. I nabbed a second bottle at the last iteration because it is just fantastic.

I will show it to you here with the disclaimer that I should have probably applied three coats instead of the two you see here. The opacity is the best at three coats. The slight sheerness of the polish does lend itself beautifully to showing off all that amazing shimmer. 

Those last two pics above were taken in the shade. Again, thank you to the five of you that are reading this and until next time, take care!

Polished For Days Glacier

Hi guys!!
I don't know how many of you are aware of a box called For The Love Of Polish but I have been getting it for a few months now and it is awesome!! There are two regular makers and the third is always a guest. Polished for Days has been a regular maker for a while and the other one used to be Illyrian Polish but she just handed over the reins to Pahlish. I have always been seriously impressed with the polishes and I am super excited every month to see what they come up with.

The polish I am going to show you today is by Polished For Days called Glacier and it's from the FTLOP box from January 2018.

I've realized I'm not a huge fan of pale holographic polishes as previously seen in this post. I was apprehensive getting this polish in the box but I ended up loving it!

Glacier is described as an icy blue linear holographic polish with micro holographic flakes and copper to red to green shifting shimmer. Perhaps it's the blue base color or perhaps it's the shifting shimmer but I thought this really worked for me. I loved wearing this in all lights but especially in sunlight.

I could post so many more pictures of this but I'm going to stop here. That's it for now! Check out For the Love of Polish on Facebook. They sell the beginning of each month and it's a preorder for a few days. I have many more beautiful polishes coming up in the future so thanks for looking and see you again, I hope!

Tonic Polish Lula

Hello everyone!

So, I have fallen hard into the indie polish rabbit hole lately. I've been into indie polish for a while but I recently joined a bunch of Facebook polish groups and a whole new world of indie polish has opened up! My latest obsession is Tonic Polish. For some reason, this woman's polishes speak to my soul. Well, mine and a lot of other people's as well since this brand seems to be extremely popular. I guess it really emerged in the last year or so and gained popularity quickly. When I finally came out from under my rock, I tried to catch up quickly.

One of the polishes I got in my recent haul is Lula. This is from the first Interlude collection and it's described as follows: "Lula is a purple polish with strong red shimmer and a sprinkling of silver holographic micro glitters."  That is a pretty accurate description, I'd say. The purple is a true purple, doesn't lean too much in the blue or red direction. Holographic micro glitters really make this polish special. They are scattered enough that you can pick them out individually and they twinkle like little lights in the polish!

Okay, here are some pictures.

This polish truly looked different in different lighting. I took a bunch of pictures from my phone in different spots because I was fascinated.

All the same polish! I cannot wait to get into more of my haul. It looks like every single one is going to be a winner. You can purchase this and other polishes from Color 4 Nails website or from the Tonic Polish website itself.

Thanks for looking!

Barielle Glammed out Garnet

A quick Barielle swatch for you today. This is Glammed Out Garnet. This is three coats but I can live with that because it give it a lovely squishy look. 

This is a perfect shimmery red for me. The shimmer particles are small so they are not that prominent in real life. It is just the right amount of berry for me. There are subtle pink flashes in certain lights.

Short and sweet today. Thanks for looking!!

Barielle Blackened Blue and a frankened holo overlay

My post for today will feature another wonderful Barielle blue polish called Barielle Blackened Blue. I think it's more of a blackened teal colored polish myself. It's got wonderful sparkly teal shimmer in a dark, almost black base. Here it is in three coats. 

I then wanted to try something to make it look a little different. I always have an urge to do something to my manicures. With the lack of time I have these days, I can't do any art so I try to change the finish by doing little polish mixes and create a different look. I think it's better than just layering. So, for this mix I used Barielle Blackened Blue, Nicole by OPI Make a Comet-ment and NOPI Imagine If. 

I mixed up tiny drops of the two silvery holographic polishes with a larger drop of Blackened Blue on a piece of foil and placed one coat on my nails. 

Isn't that just lovely? They look cosmic to me. Here's another look at just Blackened Blue again.

Again, thanks for visiting! Comment if you like and come back again!