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Alchemy Lacquers Lab Report Part 1 – Arctic Alchemy

Provided for Honest Review

I’m alive!  My postings may be slightly more sporadic as I am entering my final semester before graduating with my Bachelor’s Degree!  I’m very excited but there is a lot of work to go into this semester so I may have to sacrifice some of the time I would have spent on my blog on that.  Never fear though I will always try to get posts out as much as possible.  I would miss this blog terribly so I won’t cut it out even for a semester.  If ya’ll have something special you’d like to see or some kind of feature idea feel free to contact me via the site and I will see what I can do.  Come summer ya’ll will be sick of me again as I will be back to my 2-3 time a week postings!

Today though I have an amazing collection to show you.  I have all but one of the collection but I think that you will get a great idea of what this collection is all about.  It’s no secret that Alchemy Lacquers is one of my all time favorite brands.  Rebecca consistently improves on every single collection she puts out.  She just keeps getting better and better and this current collection is so so beautiful and perfectly represents the theme!  These polishes are all currently available and I will include all the necessary links at the bottom!

Let’s start with Blizzard, fun fact Blizzard has actually been part of Rebecca’s core collection for a long time but it goes so naturally with this collection that it’s being included:

Alchemy Lacquers - Blizzard

Alchemy Lacquers – Blizzard

Blizzard is a perfect pale pale pale blue with a light shimmer and teensie tiny blue speckles.  It makes a great base for nail art and could even provide undies for some of the collection polishes if you didn’t want to build to opacity.

Alchemy Lacquers - Blizzard

Alchemy Lacquers – Blizzard

Application is lovely.  You can see there aren’t any streaks or drags and it applies very smoothly.  Two coats to opacity without any trouble.  Sometimes cremes are a bit difficult to work with in these lighter colors but the consistency is perfect.

Polishes used:  Glisten & Glow – Stuck on Blu; Alchemy Lacquers – Blizzard; Digital Nails – Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That Topcoat

 

Next up let’s take a look at Dawn of the North:

Alchemy Lacquers - Dawn of the North

Alchemy Lacquers – Dawn of the North

Just look at that!  I’ll give you a moment….

Awesome right?  I love love this polish so much.  This is a light blue jelly multichrome polish.  It’s so shifty!  It shifts from a sort of golden to pinkish purple and some slight green here and there in corners.  The shifty is so strong that you can see it here without a lot of contortion or heroic acts.  Love!

Alchemy Lacquers - Dawn of the North

Alchemy Lacquers – Dawn of the North

Isn’t it lovely?  It does go on sheer but it builds to opacity, I have a very defined nail line but me and VNL are copacetic so I don’t mind a little VNL now and then.  The sheerness in this and a couple others do not bother me in the least because to me it fits the theme quite well.  These pictures show three thin coats plus topcoat.  You could use undies but to me it would detract a little from the loveliness.

Polishes used:  Glisten & Glow – Stuck on Blu; Alchemy Lacquers – Dawn of the North; Digital Nails – Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That Topcoat.

Next up is one of my favorites from the collection, Permafrost:

Alchemy Lacquers - Permafrost

Alchemy Lacquers – Permafrost

Oh.Em.GEE!  It’s like Rebecca asked me what I wanted for Christmas and then made this.  Seriously everything about this polish makes me happy.  It’s a creamy grey crelly with a subtle linear holo and rainbow microflakies!!!  LOVE!

Alchemy Lacquers - Permafrost

Alchemy Lacquers – Permafrost

Application for Permafrost is the height of perfection.  Self-leveling smooth application.  The pictures show two coats plus topcoat!

Polishes used:   Glisten & Glow – Stuck on Blu; Alchemy Lacquers – Permafrost; Digital Nails – Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That Topcoat.

Next up is a glitter topper that happens to look awesome over Permafrost:

Alchemy Lacquer - Graupel

Alchemy Lacquer – Graupel

Graupel is a perfect mix of white and ice blue satin glitters and white matte glitter in a clear base.  It would look amazing over a variety of undies and I chose to pair it with Permafrost because well they just seemed to go together naturally!

Alchemy Lacquers - Graupel

Alchemy Lacquers – Graupel

This glitter topper went on great without any issues at all.  This is one unmanipulated coat over undies and topped with topcoat.  Because the glitters are smaller gauged they don’t need a lot of help to smooth out.

Polishes used:   Glisten & Glow – Stuck on Blu; Alchemy Lacquers – Graupel; Digital Nails – Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That Topcoat.

This post is to be continued with the remaining four polishes that I have in my possession.  Trust me you will not be disappointed the gilded offering is coming up!  In the meantime, you should totally go check out the Alchemy Lacquers’ shop and snag up your own bottles of these amazing polishes.  You can also follow AL on Facebook and Instagram to see more amazing swatches and pictures!

Christmas Nail Art Roundup!

Some polishes may have been provided for previous review

I decided that this year I would save all my holiday manis of the year to share with you in one post.  I know that I do quite a lot of swatch posts but I do actual nail art as well and while I’m no genius at it I do like to have fun with different combinations and I’ve been practicing some freehand stuff as well!

I hope you enjoy and also be sure to check out the inlinkz at the bottom to see a lot of other awesome bloggers and their holiday manicures!

Digital Nails - Supernova with Gothic Gala Lacquers - Holiday Berries

Digital Nails – Supernova with Gothic Gala Lacquers – Holiday Berries

Gothic Gala Lacquers - Holiday Leaves with Alchemy Lacquers - Gilded Holly and Jindie Nails - Through the Eyes of a Child

Gothic Gala Lacquers – Holiday Leaves with Alchemy Lacquers – Gilded Holly and Jindie Nails – Through the Eyes of a Child

Literary Lacquers - One Thousand Christmas Trees with Zoya - Liberty, Chyna and Solange

Literary Lacquers – One Thousand Christmas Trees with Zoya – Liberty, Chyna and Solange

Alchemy Lacquers - Gilded Dreidel with Elevation Polish - Darkest Storm stamped with Cici & Sisi Christmas 2014

Alchemy Lacquers – Gilded Dreidel with Elevation Polish – Darkest Storm stamped with Cici & Sisi Christmas 2014

There you have the looks I’ve done for this holiday season!  I had hoped to do more and I think next year I’m going to increase my goal!  But I’m pretty happy with this group of nail art looks.

I want to wish everyone a very Happy Holidays and all the best in the New Year!

 

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Christmas Eve Post! Featuring Jindie Nails!

Provided for Honest Review

I have a gorgeous Christmas polish to show ya’ll!  It’s no secret I’m a Jindie Junkie but I wanted to have a Christmas polish to show you today and this Jindie is perfection for that!  Tomorrow I am going to have a Christmas Nail Art roundup post to show you some of the manis I’ve worn this Holiday Season!

But first the Jindie!  This is Through the Eyes of a Child

Jindie Nails - Through the Eyes of a Child

Jindie Nails – Through the Eyes of a Child

This is a fun and festive glitter topper that is chock full of all kinds of glittery goodness.  There are red, white, green, and blue matte, metallic, and holographic glitters of all shapes INCLUDING STARS!  I love stars particularly the little tiny ones!

Jindie Nails - Through the Eyes of a Child

Jindie Nails – Through the Eyes of a Child

This is a perfect glitter topper.  I didn’t have to fish around to get a good mix of glitters.  This is one coat (not dabbed) over undies.

Polishes used:  Tip Top – Toughen Up Base Coat; Sinful Colors – Snow White; Jindie Nails – Through the Eyes of a Child.

I love this polish and I always look forward to my next Jindie Nails delivery.  You can follow Jindie Nails on Facebook and Instagram to see other awesome polishes and swatches.  You can buy your own bottles of awesomeness at the Jindie Nails Website!

Silly Bees Chickadees – Gift of Melly 2014 Collection

Discount Provided for Honest Review

I have a fantabulous collection to show you.  I’m so sorry that this is coming to you with just a few more days to get them however the USPS doesn’t conform to any kind of good standards these days so I have been working to get them out to you as quick as I could once I received them!

I love that the owner of Silly Bee’s Chickadees is so passionate about giving back.  Last year she created a blogger collaboration collection for the Holidays and each blogger chose a charity that 20% of the purchase price from each of “their” polishes sold would go to.  This has been brought back this year with a whole new set of Holiday Movie inspired polishes.  You can really feel good about picking up your favorites.  Also, I like that while these are inspired by the Holidays most of them are definitely versatile enough to use all year.  This is a pic heavy post so get prepared for a glittery visual assault of epic proportions!

Without further ado first up we have:

Visit The Polish Monster Here

Visit The Polish Monster Here

Diana from the Polish Monster chose The Alzheimer’s Association as the charity that she wanted proceeds from her polish to benefit.

Silly Bees Chickadees - Diana's Merry Little Christmas

Silly Bees Chickadees – Diana’s Merry Little Christmas

Diana’s Merry Little Christmas is a beautiful glitter topper filled with silver holographic triangles, hexes, and microsparkles along with fine silver mini bar glitter.  It’ll look good over all kinds of undies, I choose a bright blue here and it made it just feel so wintery!

Silly Bees Chickadees - Diana's Merry Little Christmas

Silly Bees Chickadees – Diana’s Merry Little Christmas

This is one coat of the topper over undies.  I didn’t find that there were any issues with application.  The glitter came out easily and applied evenly.

Polishes used:  Glisten & Glow – Stuck on Blu; Butter London – Blagger; Silly Bees Chickadees – Diana’s Merry Little Christmas; Digital Nails – Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That.

Next up we have:

Visit The Polish Monster Here

Visit The Polish Monster Here

Sydney is Diana’s daughter and she helps her mom out on the blog sometimes.  Sydney is learning early how to be a great citizen and has chosen Bikes or Bust a local Toys for Tots gift drive that provides new bikes for kids as her charity.

Silly Bees Chickadees - Sydney's Hot Chocolate

Silly Bees Chickadees – Sydney’s Hot Chocolate

Sydney’s Hot Chocolate is the palest milk chocolate creme with gold and red shimmers.

Silly Bees Chickadees - Sydney's Hot Chocolate

Silly Bees Chickadees – Sydney’s Hot Chocolate

Application on this was beautiful.  It was self leveling, opaque in two coats and is a perfect creamy nude.  It would work perfectly as undies for ANY of the glitter toppers in this collection or as a nude for any nail art.

Polishes used:  Glisten & Glow – Stuck on Blu; Silly Bees Chickadees – Sydney’s Hot Chocolate; Digital Nails – Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That.

Now we have:

Visit The Lacquerologist Here

Visit The Lacquerologist Here

Emily chose Second Chance for Animals in Canton, OH as her Charity of choice.

Silly Bees Chickadees - Emily's Dreaming of a White Christmas

Silly Bees Chickadees – Emily’s Dreaming of a White Christmas

I think of the whole collection this is the only one that I don’t feel like I could wear all year.  I love it though!  This is a glitter topper with red metallic bar and microglitters and white matte dots and snowflakes.

Silly Bees Chickadees - Emily's Dreaming of a White Christmas

Silly Bees Chickadees – Emily’s Dreaming of a White Christmas

This had a great application.  I did have to fish slightly for the snowflakes but I think that’s pretty standard with a shaped glitter like this.  It spread out nicely though and I had no problem getting plenty of dots.

Polishes used:  Polishes used:  Glisten & Glow – Stuck on Blu; Butter London – Yummy Mummy; Silly Bees Chickadees – Emily’s Dreaming of a White Christmas; Digital Nails – Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That.

Next up is:

Visit Ida Nails It Here

Visit Ida Nails It Here

Ida chose Hospice of Austin as her charity.

Silly Bees Chickadees - Ida's Electric Snow

Silly Bees Chickadees – Ida’s Electric Snow

This is a gorgeous glitter topper that I will reach for again and again. It’s festive without conforming to seasonal standards.  It’s a mix of matte white glitters and multi colored holographic hexes and some gold dots as if the others weren’t enough!

Silly Bees Chickadees - Ida's Electric Snow

Silly Bees Chickadees – Ida’s Electric Snow

Application was as delightful as all the others thus far.  The spread and mix of glitters is perfect and pictures show one coat over undies.

Polishes used:  Polishes used:  Glisten & Glow – Stuck on Blu; Superchic Lacquer – Faerie Frost; Silly Bees Chickadees – Ida’s Electric Snow; Digital Nails – Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That.

Now I’m going to show you:

Visit Adventures in Acetone Here

Visit Adventures in Acetone Here

Jacki chose the amazing Polished Girlz as her charity.

Silly Bees Chickadees - Jacki's Whoville Christmas

Silly Bees Chickadees – Jacki’s Whoville Christmas

This awesome glitter topper has a shimmery base and is packed to the brim with metallic and holographic gold glitter and has a healthy dose of matte lime green, red, and pink glitters that would make it a great transition topper going into Spring as well.

Silly Bees Chickadees - Jacki's Whoville Christmas

Silly Bees Chickadees – Jacki’s Whoville Christmas

This one is dashingly delightful.  Good even spread and also very plentiful as well.  This is one coat over undies.

Polishes used:  Glisten & Glow – Stuck on Blu; Silly Bees Chickadees – Sydney’s Hot Chocolate; Silly Bees Chickadees – Jacki’s Whoville Christmas; Digital Nails – Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That.

Next up I’m going to show you:

Visit Accio Lacquer Here

Visit Accio Lacquer Here

Mishka chose the Cancer Research Institute as her charity for this collaboration.

Silly Bees Chickadees - Mishka's Rare Exports

Silly Bees Chickadees – Mishka’s Rare Exports

Here’s another festive polish.  This has metallic red shreds and glitter with matte yellow stars throughout.

Silly Bees Chickadees - Mishka's Rare Exports

Silly Bees Chickadees – Mishka’s Rare Exports

This one was slightly more of a challenge than the others.  The stars really wanted to stay in the bottle but I upended it for a few minutes and I was able to coax them out a lot easier.  This is one coat over undies!

Polishes used:  Polishes used:  Glisten & Glow – Stuck on Blu; Butter London – Yummy Mummy; Silly Bees Chickadees – Mishka’s Rare Exports; Digital Nails – Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That.

Last but not least we have:

Visit Imperfectly Polished Here

Visit Imperfectly Painted Here

Steph has chosen to support Pet Alliance Orlando with her polish.

Silly Bees Chickadees - Steph's Silver White WInters

Silly Bees Chickadees – Steph’s Silver White Winters

This glitter topper has a healthy dose of scattered holographic pigment satin blue hexes and squares, matte white hexes, and holographic silver squares.

Silly Bees Chickadees - Steph's Silver White WInters

Silly Bees Chickadees – Steph’s Silver White Winters

This is a perfect wintery polishand I’m sure that there tons of polishes that this would look AH-mazing over.  Pictures show one coat over undies.

Polishes used:  Polishes used:  Glisten & Glow – Stuck on Blu; Butter London – Prince’s Plums; Silly Bees Chickadees – Steph’s Silver White Winters; Digital Nails – Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That.

You can get this collection and a bunch of other great polishes over at Silly Bees Chickadees’ Etsy Store.  You can keep up with all the news and see some amazing pictures at Silly Bees’ WebsiteFacebook, and Instagram!