Archive | April 2014

Wingdust Review!

Nothing to Disclose

Dear readers I’m sure you thought I fell off the face of the Earth. I assure you that this is not the case at all! As I mentioned before I am wrapping up the end of semester and I have quite a lot on my plate right now plus some other things I won’t bore you with because don’t you hate it when people go on and on with excuses? Regardless I am here now! Not only am I here now but I’m going to show you a new delightful polish and one that is a newish brand for me! This one was a gift from a friend.

Wingdust Imagine Me n’ You!

Imagine Me n’ You

This is a beautiful light blurple crelly packed with all kinds of glittery goodness. There are medium satin lavender and sky blue dots and some smaller satin sky blue dots, satin limegreen squares and hexes, small metallic purple hexes, small metallic raspberry dots, small metallic grass green dots, and some microglitter of various colors.

Imagine Me n’ You

The application on this was really lovely. This is one of the first Wingdusts I’ve tried and if they are all like the ones I’ve tried so far I can foresee that many more will make it onto my wish list! I didn’t really have to do any fishing or glitter placement to get a nice scattering of glitter. The layering of textures and colors among the glitters is really beautiful and I think this is such a soft pretty color for Spring! Photos show two coats with topcoats.

Polishes used: Glisten & Glow – Stuck on Blu; Wingdust Collections – Imagine Me n’ You; Carpe Noctem – Glitterslayer; Glisten & Glow – HK Girl Topcoat

You can get Wingdust from her Etsy Store. Not to mention you can follow Wingdust on Facebook and Instagram to keep up to date on all the latest news. Wingdust is also available at different stockists around the world so that anyone anywhere can get their own bottle of Wingdust.

Alchemy Lacquers Lab Report Part Two – Spring Collection

Apr13

Provided for Honest Review

Soooo remember how I told you that one post could not hold all the Epic that I had received to review from Alchemy Lacquers? Well this is part two of my “Lab Report!” Today I have three beautiful polishes that are just so pretty and perfect for Spring! Rebecca calls these her “Shimmer Crellies” which is a perfect description!

First up I have Crocus!

Crocus

Crocus is a lovely light pink-leaning purple crelly base filled with a pearly shimmer. It also has glitter! And lots of it! I see metallic dark purple squares, satin pale pale purple squares, tiny golden yellow hexes, and teensie metallic dark purple dots.

Crocus

These are crelly bases so they are a bit sheer but they build up beautifully or you can layer them over a base color. I much prefer to build them up because it creates a depth that you just don’t really get with them layered over a color. Pictures show three coats with topcoat!

Polishes used: Glisten & Glow – Stuck on Blu; Alchemy Lacquers – Crocus; Carpe Noctem – Glitterslayer; Glisten & Glow – HK Girl Topcoat.

Next up is the first of my two favorites. I totally could not decide which one I liked best! This one is Nasturtium!

Nasturtium

I really wasn’t sure how I was going to feel about this one because I tend to shy away from yellows and oranges but this one is just lovely! The crelly base is the precise color of an Orange Julius and it’s filled with red, orange, and yellow glitter in various finishes, shapes, and sizes.

Nasturtium

This one was very sheer in the first coat and I was worried slightly that I might have to do more than three coats or that I’d have to layer it but I was wrong! Just three coats and it was fully opaque!

Polishes used: Glisten & Glow – Stuck on Blu; Alchemy Lacquers – Nasturtium; Carpe Noctem – Glitterslayer; Glisten & Glow – HK Girl Topcoat.

Next up is one that I received a prototype lab sample of quite awhile ago…I have been pestering Rebecca ever since over these shimmer crellies because I knew then before it was even finalized that I loved them! This is Borage (the final version).

Borage

O.M.G. I love blue polishes, I love crelly based glitter polishes, I’m feeling the more subtle smaller glitter, and shimmer and sparkle? Why yes sign me up for more of these shimmer crellies!!! Borage is a sky blue shimmer crelly base filled with teeeensie tiny satin barely blue squares, tiny metallic purple squares, small satin barely blue dots, small matte blue hexes, and small holographic deep teal hexes.

Borage

I don’t know if it’s because this one I just love so much or what but I think that in this one the glitter went on even easier than the other two I reviewed. Either way the formula on all of them was really stellar!

Polishes used: Glisten & Glow – Stuck on Blu; Alchemy Lacquers – Borage; Carpe Noctem – Glitterslayer; Glisten & Glow – HK Girl Topcoat.

All of these and so many more are available RIGHT NOW over at Alchemy Lacquers. Trust me you want these and so much more!

You can keep up with all the news and happenings on Alchemy Lacquers’ Website and Facebook page. You can see sneak peaks, swatches, and other fun pictures on their Instagram. Most importantly you can BUY your very own piece of Spring from their Etsy Shop!

Lab Report – Alchemy Lacquers’ Spring Release – Part One!

Apr11

Provided for Honest Review

Oh My Heck! The EPIC cannot be contained in one post so I am going to break it into two posts. Rebecca over at Alchemy Lacquers has outdone herself this time! The amount of awesome polishes that she is releasing tomorrow is enough to send anyone into a Spring related frenzy of happiness. Trust me there is something (or lots of somethings) for everyone!

First up is a beautiful speckled cream polish. It’s not like the different freckled and speckled polishes we’ve seen before though.

Wisteria

This is Wisteria. Wisteria is a pale pale lavender cream with a silver microshimmer and the TINIEST metallic purple microglitter I have ever seen. This polish is awesome on it’s own, or it would pair nicely as an undie or with other polishes from the Spring Collection as an accent. Very versatile!

Wisteria

Picture shows two coats. First coat was sheer and the tiniest bit streaky but the second coat leveled everything out and I could not be more happy about this polish.

Polishes used: Glisten & Glow – Stuck on Blu; Alchemy Lacquers – Wisteria; Glisten & Glow – HK Girl Topcoat

Next up I have the first of two new additions to the overall Alchemy Lacquers lineup. When Rebecca does a “special” polish that has some neat effect but may not figure in a permanent core line she calls it an Elixir. The following glitter toppers are also special but don’t have the special color shiftiness of the Elixirs and are thus called Potions! This is Potion #1.

Potion #1 (over Alchemy Lacquers – Wisteria)

Now ya’ll know me…I adore glitter, I adore glitter toppers. This one is no exception. I adore this polish. Potion #1 is an amazing small-gauge glitter topper filled with tiny metallic raspberry hexes, matte goldenrod dots, satin goldenrod squares, satin baby pink dots, and teensie tiny satin white dots and hexes. I’m pretty sure that’s it but I could be wrong! I absolutely could not resist adding the bow because it is the perfect color to go with the little goldenrod glitters!

Potion #1 (over Alchemy Lacquers – Wisteria)

Oh yeah that’s one amazeballs glitter topper! The pictures show one coat over Alchemy Lacquers – Wisteria. No formula issues whatsoever. It was literally swipe and go!

Polishes used: Glisten & Glow – Stuck on Blu; Alchemy Lacquers – Wisteria; Alchemy Lacquers – Potion #1; Carpe Noctem – Glitterslayer; Glisten & Glow – HK Girl Topcoat

So what should follow Potion #1? Why Potion #2 OF COURSE!

Potion #2 (Over Butter London – Yummy Mummy)

Potion #2 is just lovely and springy! You want sparkle? Well you’ll get it with this! This glitter topper is filled to the brim with metallic silver and pastel glitters in various shapes, colors, and sizes!

Potion #2 (Over Butter London – Yummy Mummy) – Intentionally Blurred to show colors.

Potion #2 (Over Butter London – Yummy Mummy)

Now, my bottle was a mini bottle and I think I *might* have exposed it to too much air but mine was a little bit thick. I thinned it easily though with a couple of drops of polish thinner (I use Beauty Secret). Once I did that it was just perfect. Pictures show one coat over undies!

Polishes used: Glisten & Glow – Stuck on Blu; Butter London – Yummy Mummy; Alchemy Lacquers – Potion #2; Glisten & Glow – HK Girl Topcoat

Last up on the docket today is my absolute favorite. If you’ve been following Alchemy Lacquers for awhile you might have noticed the specialty polishes she has. They started in February with Gilded Rose Hips, then in March there was Gilded Clover, and now for this month we have Gilded Hyacinth!

Gilded Hyacinth

Oh.My.Heck. My pictures cannot even begin to capture the sparkle factor on this baby. Gilded Hyacinth is a periwinkle polish with a gold-silver switch and as if that wasn’t enough she added holographic and metallic glitters in a variety of spring colors, I see teal, blue, rose pink, and a light copper. The periwinkle plays hide and seek with you because the gold-silver switch is SO sparkly! When you’re looking at your nails right on it has a sort of platinum look to it but when you shift your fingers that periwinkle comes out to play!

Gilded Hyacinth

This is not a glitter topper. It is most definitely a standalone polish though I’m interested in putting over some different undies to see what kind of looks I can come up with. Formula was good on this, it also runs a touch on the thick side, but I think that it’s because it’s just so packed with goodness. A drop or two of thinner worked that out! Pictures show TWO COATS that’s it. I probably could have gotten away with one but I wanted to make sure I didn’t have any bare spots at all! I did smooth it out with topcoat but in all actuality it would be a uber-cool texture polish too!

Polishes used: Glisten & Glow – Stuck on Blu; Alchemy Lacquers – Gilded Hyacinth; Carpe Noctem – Glitterslayer; Glisten & Glow – HK Girl Topcoat.

Oh so you saw that I mentioned that these PLUS a BUNCH more polishes are going to be released at Alchemy Lacquers TOMORROW! Seriously plan to be there or be square because these are some of the most amazing polishes I’ve seen this spring. I cannot wait to show you what I have for you tomorrow!

Aly’s Dream Polish Mania!

Apr10

Provided for Honest Review

Hello my lovely readers! I’m so sorry that I have been so quiet lately, I promise that once I am done with this semester you will be all like “man I wish that Relly over at Boom Shaka Lacquer would shut up about nail polish already,” well hopefully not really but I definitely will be much better about keeping up to date here!

So let me tell you, at one time, Tiffanytea by Aly’s Dream Polishes was one of my top lemmings. I acquired that polish in November and I was just delighted with it. So imagine my surprise and delight when I received a lovely package in the mail with some Aly’s polishes to review! There was definitely some jumping around excitedly and perhaps a squeal or two. Or five, or ten. Whatever, don’t judge me! I have three gorgeous polishes to show you today and I hope you love them as much as me!

First up is Garnet Dreams which is part of her Birthstone collection and it is limited edition, it is still available for order but it’s very limited so you better hurry if you want it!

Garnet Dreams

Now, I bet you’re looking at this and thinking, gosh, garnets are red. You would be right! I tried four zillion poses and I absolutely FAILED to capture the burgundy/red-purple interference in this polish. What Garnet Dreams is a deep charcoal gray (black? Might be just because of the holo that it appeared gray to me) polish with a burgundy/red-purple interference that is simply mesmerizing.

Garnet Dreams

You can *kinda* see the interference up near the cuticle of my ring finger, but not really like I wanted to share with you folks! Trust me it’s there and it’s beautiful! Formula on this was simply amazing. Two coats to perfection. Seriously nothing to complain about here!

Polishes used: Glisten & Glow – Stuck on Blu; Aly’s Dream Polish – Garnet Dreams; Glisten & Glow – HK Girl Topcoat

Next up we have Ocean! Anyone who knows me knows that this polish is right up my alley and I’m already planning what I want to do with it next!

Ocean

Oh yes it’s a stunner alright. This beautiful perfect teal blue/green is just so lovely and perfect for me. Further I didn’t have a holo polish of this particular shade in my collection. The holo is definitely present in the polish but it’s more of a scattered holo than linear and it gives the polish a sort of rich and deep look instead of popping off a bunch of rainbows. It just seems to glow from within. I am totally in love with this one.

Ocean

This beauty, like Garnet Dreams, gave me no problem whatsoever. Two coats to perfection just like before! Actually this one and the next one that I’m going to show you were sooo pigmented that I could have gotten away with one coat but I did two out of habit.

Polishes used: Glisten & Glow – Stuck on Blu; Aly’s Dream Polish – Ocean; Glisten & Glow – HK Girl Topcoat

Last but certainly not least is a polish that is not one I would have likely purchased on my own but now that I have it I am so excited that it is part of my collection! Allow me to introduce you to Spicy Sriracha!

Spicy Sriracha

Oh hubba hubba. This polish is sexy. It’s a beautiful slightly orange-red with a neon pink interference plus a golden holo shimmer. Oh yeah, it’s simply lovely. I like the color red, but it is a color that is significantly absent from my collection. This is mainly because I have a tendency to be both intimidated and also feel that they don’t look that amazing on me. While I was intitially intimidated by this one I bit the bullet and put it on and nearly fell out of my chair from being blinded by the awesome. Plus I think it suited me quite well too!

Spicy Sriracha

Do you see the slight neon pink over the orange-red? Oh yeah baby. So, the formula on this is amazing as the others. Like I mentioned earlier it is SUPER pigmented. That being said, I noticed that while I was cleaning up the mani that my cuticles were a bit dry and the color really wanted to cling a bit and it took some time. I highly recommend that you fully moisturize your cuticles prior to using this polish. You should anyway but you just want to make sure that you do before this one just to make your clean up a little easier! Two coats out of habit and stunning perfection!

Polishes used: Glisten & Glow – Stuck on Blu; Aly’s Dream Polish – Spicy Sriracha; Glisten & Glow – HK Girl Topcoat

Well that concludes my raving over Aly’s Dream Polish. I have tried four total polishes from them so far and the formulas on all of them are amazing. They are easy to apply, super pigmented, and lovely!

What’s that you say? You want to know more about Aly’s Dream Polish…well of course you knew I was going to include stalker links for you! You can keep up to date with all the news and happenings over on their Facebook page, follow them on Instagram, and you can see all kinds of pictures of Aly’s Dream Polishes on their Pinterest page! You want to buy some Aly’s? Well you should definitely get on over to their Shop and get you some!