Wednesday, March 30, 2016

H&M Cinnamon Spark, Dewy Rose, Green As Gold and Precious

H&M's new nail polish line is the shit.  I can't get enough of it and intend to purchase more once I get my butt over there.

H&M Cinnamon Spark
Cinnamon Spark is like the old Mac favorite Work Safe Blue.  It's a multichrome packed with blue, bronze, brown and red colors and blue shimmer.   

H&M Dewy Rose
Dewy Rose is an ethereal light and medium pink with some purple thrown in.  SO pretty.

H&M Green As Gold
Green As Gold is my favorite of the bunch.  An olive green with blue and gold thrown in for good measure.

H&M Precious
Precious is gold with gold shimmers and a light green shimmer throughout.  



One word to describe this collection: YES.


Saturday, March 26, 2016

Essence Turn The Lights On!, Don't Be Shy!, Let's Get Lost!, Amazed By You and Play With My Mint

The following Essence polishes are considered "gel" and do not need a curing lamp.  They take a little longer to come off so I soak them in my Rite Aid 100% Acetone jar.  They are all glossy with the exception of Turn The Lights On!, which was a satin finish due to the shimmer.  All swatches, except for Turn The Lights On! were swatched over white on my pointer and middle fingers.

Essence Turn The Lights On!
Turn The Lights On! is a silver shimmer with a blue or green hue.  I am really liking these almost white polishes lately.   This polish has a slightly thick formula.  The first coat is crazy, spreading out and making holes.  The second coat evens it all out.  A polish with multiple personalities.

Essence Don't Be Shy!, Butter London Wellies, China Glaze Trip Of A Lime Time
Don't Be Shy! is a hot lime green almost yellow.   This reminds me of China Glaze Trip Of A Lime Time and Butter London Wellies. 

Essence Let's Get Lost!
Let's Get Lost! is a really pretty blue.  I guess you could say it's a turquoise. Maybe?

Essence Amazed By You
Amazed By You is a pretty dark purple. Nothing special about it.
Essence Play With My Mint and Orly Gumdrop
Play With My Mint sounds dirty. I like this one.  It is a dupe for Orly's Gumdrop.

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Butter London Queen Vic, Pillar Box Red, No More Waity Katie and Airy Fairy (Part 4)

Happy Wednesday!

Today I have four more Butter London polishes for you.

Butter London Queen Vic
Queen Vic is a medium purple creme.  This was 2 coats but could use 3.  In the pics, you can see a little patchiness. Such a flattering shade of purple.

Butter London Pillar Box Red
Pillar Box Red is a medium red slightly sheer creme.  This is a classic red and I love it.

Butter London No More Waity Katie
No More Waity Katie is a greyish purple based sheer creme with light purple glitters throughout.  When built up with 3-4 coats, this is a really nice color.  Under 3 coats and it's sort of a random sheer mess.  Still like it though!

Butter London Airy Fairy
Air Fairy is my favorite of this bunch.  It's a blue shimmer with a slight purple duochrome.  It's so pretty.  The purple does not really show up on the nail but it sure is pretty to look at in the bottle!

Sunday, March 20, 2016

Butter London Snog, Teddy Girl, Fruit Machine, Primrose Hill Picnic and Disco Biscuit (Part 3)

Today I have 5 Butter London's for you.  My favorite pinks.
Butter London Snog
Snog is a bright medium pink.  I'm a sucker for a bright pink and this one is perfect.  This was 2 coats.
Butter London Teddy Girl

Teddy Girl is the sweetest baby pink.  Such a classic color. Like most light pinks, you have to watch out for patchiness.  2 thick coats or 3 thin will do it.
Butter London Fruit Machine

My perfect barbie pink.  This has to be one of my top ten favorite pinks.  I just can't get enough of it.  2 coats but it was a bit of a thicker formula.
Butter London Primrose Hill Picnic

Primrose Hill Picnic is a medium pink.  This one is a bit sheer but so gorgeous (when you don't have a door slammed nail to show off. So fancy!)
Disco Biscuit

Disco Biscuit is an awesome color.  Pink with the prettiest blue iridescent glitters/shimmers.  I feel like it doesn't really translate nicely in photos and it makes my fancy nail look much worse than it is.  Every swatch I've seen of Disco Biscuit is at least 4 coats and/or over another base color.  This was 3ish coats over bare nail.