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Wednesdays We Wear Pink – Featuring a Fleeting Fancy from NerdLacquer

Mar22

Nothing to Disclose

Helloooo, Readers!  It’s been so long since I’ve done a Wednesdays We Wear Pink so I think we’re ready for a new one!  Today I’m going to show you one of my NerdLacquer polishes from my collection, Resolutionary!

NerdLacquer – Resolutionary

Resolutionary is a salmon pink crelly filled with all kinds of glittery goodness!  Floating in the crelly base there are tiny metallic gold hexes in a couple of small sizes, a smattering medium-sized metallic magenta hexes, and itsy bitsy teensie metallic magenta dots.

NerdLacquer – Resolutionary

NerdLacquer – Resolutionary

The application on this is lovely.  Pictures show two coats.  No coaxing or fishing for this application.  The larger magenta hexes are sparse this way but I prefer that, I think too many of them would overwhelm everything else.  Honestly, I have gotten really excellent applications from NerdLacquer.  There are just some brands that have nailed the carefully-crafted crelly glitter and NerdLacquer is one of them.

NerdLacquer – Resolutionary

Sadly, I have also included this post in the Fleeting Fancy series since Resolutionary is no longer available.  However, NerdLacquer is still cranking out amazing glitter-bomb polishes.  Make sure to check out the stalker links below:

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Wednesdays We Wear Pink – Featuring Digital Nails!

Mar9

Nothing to Disclose

Hello my dearest readers!  I hope that today finds you moving closer and closer to Spring.  Are you waiting with bated breath for the cold to end like I am?  I feel more certain than ever that it’s just around the corner.  Already temps are rising here in the South.  There are some interesting things a-brewing here at Boom Shaka Lacquer, including a unique blog collaboration with some of the other amazing bloggers out there.  I can’t wait to share!

Today I’m bringing you a gorgeous polish for our Wednesdays We Wear Pink post.  You ready for pretty polish?  Ok great, this should definitely fit the bill!

I’m telling you right now this is a must have polish!  This is Double Helix:

Digital Nails - Double Helix

Digital Nails – Double Helix

Isn’t it gorgeous?  I’m in love with this one.  I’ll be honest I’ve had this one awhile, but, the holidays and the move got in the way of me posting about it!  Double Helix is a deep rose color linear holographic polish with rose microflakies.  It’s deep and complex and absolutely beautiful.  I don’t often wear “just” a single color, but I wore this one alone for a week and I got so many compliments!  This is part of her Scientist Pun collection and is based on Rosalind Franklin whose work was hijacked by other scientists who are credited with discovering the double helix shape of DNA.  Definitely not cool!  But this polish recognizes her accomplishments and honors her for her instrumental discoveries!

Digital Nails - Double Helix

Digital Nails – Double Helix

The formula for this polish was absolutely fantastic.  It went on like butter as they say.  Streaks, drags, balding?  Not here I say!  I did use two coats, but honestly I probably could have gotten away with one.  The only thing I will caution against is that as with ALL highly-pigmented polishes (particularly deep pinks, reds, and blues) careful application paired with well-moisturized cuticles will help you with clean up.  These kinds of polishes do like to glom onto cuticles and can be a little trying to clean up if you have any dryness at all.   Pictures show two coats plus my tried and true Digital Nails – Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That quick drying topcoat (I love this stuff!).

This polish is not only gorgeous but it’s available in the Digital Nails shop right now!  If you don’t have this one yet, you definitely need it!  Pertinent links below!  So did ya miss me, wonderful readers?  Because I have missed you.  Stay tuned for more Boom Shaka Lacquer and that blogger collaboration series that I teased about earlier!

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Wednesdays We Wear Pink featuring Alchemy Lacquers – Swatches and Review

Sep30

Provided for Honest Review

Well it’s been awhile since I had a Wednesday We Wear Pink post.  However, thanks to Alchemy Lacquers and some end of summer clinging on my part I have some perfect polishes to showcase today!  No suspense…just pretty polish.  And, GO!

First up Pink Peppercorn:

Alchemy Lacquers - Pink Peppercorn

Alchemy Lacquers – Pink Peppercorn

Yes yes yes yes!  I am a huge fan of AL shimmer crelly polishes.  So when I saw this delightful bright pink one I was almost beside myself with happiness.  This is a baby pink shimmer crelly with neon orange, purple, and pink glitters interspersed throughout.  Love everything about it!  I love the small gauge glitters, I love the shimmer, I love crelly-based glitter.  I swear it’s like Rebecca makes these just for me, at least I like to pretend she does, but probably not…just stop why do you have to burst my bubble??!!

Alchemy Lacquers - Pink Peppercorn

Alchemy Lacquers – Pink Peppercorn

All the love.  The formula on this is fantastic.  Opaque in two coats, maintains the squishy feel of a crelly polish, and the glitter is interspersed perfectly.  I did not have to fish, swish, or dab a bit for this polish.  How you see it is how it applied through normal polish application steps.

Alchemy Lacquers - Pink Peppercorn

Alchemy Lacquers – Pink Peppercorn

You can see the shimmer here!  Loving it!  Pictures show two coats plus topcoat.

Next up is Gilded Hibiscus:

Alchemy Lacquers - Gilded Hibiscus

Alchemy Lacquers – Gilded Hibiscus

Another perfect addition to the Gilded line of polishes.  This is a gilded neon pink with neon pink and orange glitters.  SO.MUCH.SPARKLE!  Seriously this is like a beacon of sparklacity (not a word, totally don’t care).

Alchemy Lacquers - Gilded Hibiscus

Alchemy Lacquers – Gilded Hibiscus

The Gilded polishes have a lot going on in them…glitter and sparkle and flakies and all the good wonderful stuff that we love in polish.  That does mean that at times it may be a bit thicker than some other polishes.  This doesn’t affect their ease of use in my opinion.  I still find them highly manageable and easy to work with.  I never have to fish for goodies either.  This polish was opaque in two coats.

Alchemy Lacquers - Gilded Hibiscus

Alchemy Lacquers – Gilded Hibiscus

Pictures show two coats plus topcoat.

There you have it a quick and breezy pink post for Wednesday!  As usual I will include all the necessary links below!  I’m just gonna put this out there…Alchemy Lacquers’ Two Year Anniversary is coming up and she is planning something EPIC so you will definitely want to follow her.  Go do it!  Go do it now!

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Wednesday We Wear Pink – Featuring Crows Toes

Jun10

Nothing to Disclose

So it’s been awhile since I did a Wednesday We Wear Pink post but I thought that I have a couple of Crows Toes Polishes that fit the bill and who doesn’t love Crows Toes?  I know that they are definitely one of my top ten favorite indies so I love sharing them with you!

First up is Tequila Sunrise:

Crows Toes - Tequila Sunrise (over China Glaze - You Drive Me Coconuts)

Crows Toes – Tequila Sunrise (over China Glaze – You Drive Me Coconuts)

Tequila Sunrise is a stunning hot pink to golden duochrome topper that transforms ordinary polishes to EXTRAORDINARY!  I paired this with a mainstream (*gasp* I know I know!) hot pink jelly at someone’s suggestion (I’m so sorry I can’t remember who suggested it!) and it just worked so well.  Totally loved this one it was so much fun to wear!

Crows Toes - Tequila Sunrise (over China Glaze - You Drive Me Coconuts)

Crows Toes – Tequila Sunrise (over China Glaze – You Drive Me Coconuts)

This is definitely an effect topper and could not be worn on its own.  However that’s ok with me I plan to try it over a couple more things to see what kind of effects I can get with different colors.  But this bright pink with the golden shift just really makes me feel like summertime and tropical drinks.  The formulation for an effect topper is perfect.  It didn’t streak or look patchy over the base color.  Photos show one coat over undies.

Polishes Used:  Glisten & Glow – Stuck on Blu; China Glaze – You Drive Me Coconuts; Crows Toes – Tequila Sunrise; Digital Nails – Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That Topcoat

Next up is the hottest hot pink I’ve ever seen and the name was suggested by my bestie, The Glamour Granny.  Without further introduction here is Hooker at Heart:

Crows Toes - Hooker at Heart

Crows Toes – Hooker at Heart

Oh yeah.  This is the perfect hot hot hot pink for summer.  It was actually part of her Valencrows collection from this year but I’ve been saving it for summer!  It’s an utterly gorgeous highlighter pink textured polish!  There are some additional little holographic microglitter sparklies in there as well!

Crows Toes - Hooker at Heart

Crows Toes – Hooker at Heart

The texture is not overwhelming and the application was fantastic.  I didn’t even find it hard to clean up even though it is crazy pigmented.  Pictures show two coats sans topcoat!

I do have a couple of topcoat shots so that you can see that it can be smoothed out to make a gorgeous shiny polish:

Crows Toes - Hooker at Heart (with topcoat)

Crows Toes – Hooker at Heart (with topcoat)

Crows Toes - Hooker at Heart (with topcoat)

Crows Toes – Hooker at Heart (with topcoat)

To be honest I think I prefer it textured but I know that some folks are not a fan of texture but still want that amazing color!

Polishes used:  Glisten & Glow – Stuck on Blu; Crows Toes – Hooker at Heart; Digital Nails – Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That Topcoat.

You can follow Crows Toes on Facebook and Instagram.  They are offered for sale at various stockists such as Llarowe in the US and Internationally.