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Hello my lovelies!  I’m so sorry for my absence  yet again!  I have been extremely busy settling into my new place (all my nail polish isn’t even organized yet!!!) and getting used to my new schedule and things of that nature.   That said, I have missed you all so terribly and I’m delighted to be back to sharing some gorgeous polishes with you.  I’m super excited about these so without further ado, let’s get to it!

Today I have three Valentine-themed polishes from Alchemy Lacquers to show you!  A Gilded, a Moon Shard, and  a Potion polish!  These all refer to various collections of similar type of finishes.  I’m a HUGE fan of the Gilded and Moon Shard collections especially, though if we’re being honest I love them all.

Let’s start with the Potion!  Alchemy Lacquers’ Potion collection is a series of quasi-limited run polishes and are very special!  It’s usually best to grab these as soon as you see them, this particular one is only available for February!!  First up today is Love Potion No. 9:

Alchemy Lacquers – Love Potion No. 9

Do ya’ll remember the Infinity Collection?  This is basically a special dark pink version of those!  This is a dark magenta base with Magenta to Red to Gold multichrome shifting flakies.  I love these flakies and the gorgeous things that happens to them in Alchemy Lacquers polishes.

Alchemy Lacquers – Love Potion No. 9

Hello, gorgeous!  The formula on this one is what I have come to expect from Alchemy Lacquers.  It’s workable, the flakies don’t clump up or leave a grit to the finish.  Even though there are a ton of flakies I didn’t find it difficult to work with.  Pictures show two coats plus topcoat.

Next up is a new Moonshard Collection polish, Cupid:

Alchemy Lacquers – Cupid

Hubba hubba.  This one makes me so happy.  In fact when I got done swatching these I did a whole manicure with this polish and stamped it with a fun Valentine-themed design.  I’ll be sure to share that on Instagram and I am planning a round-up of any Valentine nail art I do before the day!  This is a white/gray color-shifting holographic base filled with Purple to Magenta to Pink to Gold multichrome shifting flakies.  Not only that, this is a versatile polish, while I love it on its own it could also be layered over another color to add some amazing to your manicure!

Alchemy Lacquers – Cupid

The color shift in the base of the polish goes from a pink to gold and is just stunning!  Now, because this polish could be used as a topcoat it is a little bit sheer, however, it builds to opacity easily in three coats.  The application was very good and the flakies spread out evenly.  As you can see there are a LOT of flakies!  Pictures show three thin coats with topcoat.

Alchemy Lacquers – Cupid

I did mention the pink to gold shift right?  Oh yeah, my lovely readers.  Shift happens!

Last but certainly not least is a new Gilded for us all to crave.  Gilded Orchid:

Alchemy Lacquers – Gilded Orchid

Yes!  I feel like this one was needed in the Gilded collection for awhile now.  I love this one!  This Gilded has a magenta-leaning purple base with red and purple holographic glitter and that oh so special gold to silver shiftiness that the Gilded collection is known for.  I cannot get enough Gilded polishes.  I feel like every single one that has been released has been fantastic!

Alchemy Lacquers – Gilded Orchid

This super sparkly masterpiece is a joy to apply.  Also, because there are smaller gauge glitters in this polish it’s very easy to remove.  Takes just two coats to reach opacity.  The sparkle is almost blinding…prepare for distractions when driving on a sunny day!  Pictures show two coats plus topcoat.

Because I couldn’t resist a close up shot:

Alchemy Lacquers – Gilded Orchid

I was very definitely doing a happy dance when these arrived in the mail!  To answer your question my dearest readers, yes, it was probably very awkward and disturbing, and no, I won’t video my Alchemy Lacquers happy dance now or in the future!  I’ll leave that to your vivid imaginations!

These lovelies will be available on Tuesday February 2, 2016.  You definitely should come and join us at the Alchemy Lacquers Facebook Fan Group for sneaky peeks and announcements of upcoming releases!  I’ll leave all the pertinent links below.  Until next time dear readers may your days be filled with Glitter and Flakies!

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Hello my lovelies.  Fall is officially on its way.  I woke up this morning and there was a nip in the air and the temperature stayed mild all day.  While I love it right now because I can cruise with my windows down and my stereo blasting Queen as I’m on the highway, I’m just not ready for Fall yet!  I still want summer colors and that lackadaisical summer feeling to continue on for just a bit longer.

I’m sure you’re eager to see these so I am not going to ramble forever.  Let’s just say that I’m going to show you some fantastic eye-popping neon goodies from Alchemy Lacquers, and the best part?  She just restocked them yesterday so they are available RIGHT NOW.

This is Alchemy Lacquers’ Fire Bright Collection:

Imagine my delight when I opened up my most recent package from Alchemy Lacquers and saw this adorable round tin staring up at me.  I couldn’t wait to get that thing open because I already knew what was in it!

Alchemy Lacquers – Fire Bright (mini collection tin)

Alchemy Lacquers – Fire Bright (mini collection tin)

All the squees.  Seriously, so much neon glitter goodness I almost passed right out.  Then I had to figure out what the best way to show these would be without making you stay with me for half a year (not that you’d mind, right?  RIGHT?).  Anyway you shall see what I’m talking about below.  First I want to show you two glitter toppers so versatile that I’m fairly certain I’ll need backups of them:

Fireworks:

Alchemy Lacquers – Fireworks

Fireworks is a glitter topper with a mix of various sizes of black glitter with a mix of neon glitters thrown into the mix.  The glitters are all fairly small but the variety of sizes adds interest and depth!

Alchemy Lacquers – Fireworks

Alchemy Lacquers – Fireworks (Macro)

Awesome right?  Wait, you want to know about application, formula, etc?  Ok well I’m relegating that information to the end of the post because each and every polish I show you today applied exactly the same way.  Talk about consistency!  Honestly quality is one of those things that I just take for granted with Alchemy Lacquers.

Next up is Pyrotechnics:

Alchemy Lacquers – Pyrotechnics

Pyrotechnics is the sister to Fireworks!  Instead of a glitter topper with black and neon glitter, it’s white and neon.  Yes, I know you can see it but I still wanted to say it!  Same idea as Fireworks, multi-sized white glitter and a burst of mixed neon glitters.

Alchemy Lacquers – Pyrotechnics

Alchemy Lacquers – Pyrotechnics

Can you pick a favorite from these?  No neither could I.  I even donned white and black nail polish to show you these toppers (oh the horrors of plain black and white polish it’s so hard to get right!).  They would look good over several different colors though so experiment away!

Ok next up are LiCl, CuSO4, CaCl,  and KCl, and no I promise that isn’t just a random amalgamation of characters that I typed to throw you off…that is their names.  These are the chemical abbreviations of chemical compounds:

Alchemy Lacquers – (pointer to pinky) LiCl, CuSO4, CaCl, KCl

Alchemy Lacquers – (pointer to pinky) LiCl, CuSO4, CaCl, KCl

Each of the glitter toppers in the rest of the collection is named after a chemical compound that is used in…you guessed it FIREWORKS and PYROTECHNICS.  How very cool is that??  This is another thing that I love and adore about Alchemy Lacquers the themes are always well thought and exceptionally well executed.  Each of this is a multi-sized neon glitter topper in one color in a clear base.  LiCl is neon pink, CuSO4 is neon green, CaCl is neon orange, KCl is purple.  Also there are matte and satin glitters so it gives it even more dimension!

Alchemy Lacquers – (pointer to pinky) LiCl, CuSO4, CaCl, KCl

Alchemy Lacquers – (pointer to pinky) LiCl, CuSO4, CaCl, KCl

I love that depending on the base you put them on you can get different looks.  The possibilities for this collection are really endless when it comes to nail art as well!

Last but not least we have NaNO3, CuCl2, SrCl2, and NaCl

Alchemy Lacquers – (pointer to pinky) NaNO3, CuCl2, SrCl2, NaCl

Alchemy Lacquers – (pointer to pinky) NaNO3, CuCl2, SrCl2, NaCl

So much love for these glitter toppers.  I’m totally doing a mega neon skittle mani (there are ten, count ’em ten, toppers in this collection) in the near future to try to grasp onto as much Summer as I can!  NaNO3 is neon marigold, CuCl2 is neon blue, SrCl2 is neon coral, and last but not least is NaCl which is neon highlighter yellow!

Alchemy Lacquers – (pointer to pinky) NaNO3, CuCl2, SrCl2, NaCl

Alchemy Lacquers – (pointer to pinky) NaNO3, CuCl2, SrCl2, NaCl

Now of course some do show up better on black or white depending on the color but I wanted to show you both because I could.  I think that SrCl2 is my favorite one although to be honest I love them all!  So many things that you can do with these, you can pair these with neon polishes of a similar color to create a neon monochrome effect or with contrasting colors to really rock out your 80s throwback tendencies.  Whatever you decide to do with this collection would be bright and fun.

The application of all the glitter toppers was exactly the same.  I did not have to fish for the glitter at all.  It’s suspended well and spread nicely.  I preferred a bit of a heavier coat so I did lightly dab the polish instead of brushing which will give a subtler effect.  All pics show one lightly dabbed coat over two coats of white or black with topcoat.

There you have it I’m clinging to summer like crazy.  I love Autumn but when it starts to get too cold I am not a happy Relly!  Per usual you should definitely check out the links below to follow, drool over, and get your own Alchemy Lacquers.  I have some more stuff to show you soon but that’s for another day!  Also go grab the Fire Bright Collection NOW it was just restocked yesterday!

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