HARE Polish King of Carat Flowers

Hi everyone, hope y'all had a great weekend! Personally, I wouldn't mind having a few more days off... who wouldn't? :D

Today I have another quick-ish post... I've decided not to ramble too  much. I've also just had a look at my credit card statement so far for this month and it's not good. It wouldn't be too bad I guess if I hadn't taken my kitteh to the vet ($234 right there), but it's okay because I love my furbaby.

ANYHOW. Today's polish is the second HARE polish I snagged from the Fall 2012 collection! King of Carat Flowers is a gorgeous light grey creme-jelly with lots of really pretty gold glitter in different sizes and shapes, light purple square glitters and a spattering of bright blue iridescent glitters. In the pictures below I layered 2 coats of King of Carat Flowers over China Glaze's Elephant Walk. 

 

 

So, what do y'all think? Personally, I am loving this polish! I've been sucked pretty deep into glitters lately ever since I figured out the DIY peel off basecoat - I absolutely detested removing glitter in the traditional way before and it was one of the main reasons I didn't buy more indie polishes earlier.


That's all for now! Thank you so much for reading and I hope you have a great Monday!

Marisa

HARE polish Atolla

Hi everyone! Sorry for being away for so long! *waves*

I've been using a lap at work lately to take pictures of my polish... the only problem with this though is that I keep forgetting my camera at work! Thank goodness I remembered to bring it home for once... I can't wait to share these polishes with y'all! I'm pretty much at work for all daylight hours now, so I'm only able to take pictures at home using my lamp. It uses a daylight bulb, but for some reason I always feel like the pictures always turn out too blue. I'm going to try to get something set up where it isn't too blue (I'm thinking of trying another kind of bulb).

Anyhow, onto the polish! Atolla is absolutely, stunningly gorgeous. The blue iridescent-y glitter is so bright it freaks my camera out and so I've only managed to take some semi-decent shots. Sorry for the blur on the second one!

Gah. It's so amazing. The glitter is so bright that even if I stare at it, I can't make out the individual glitter particles. Love this polish. Formula wise, it is a magenta jelly - so it is a tad sheer. If you have nubbins with not very much visible nail line or if you look the semisheer-ish look, this polish definitely won't be a problem. For me, I have some very dark stains (ew) on my nails that stand out a bit more than normal VNL. I used 4 thin coats for the above, but still could kinda see my nail line.

So, what do you guys think? I absolutely love this polish and I'm in love with the Fall HARE polishes! :D

Thanks for reading!

Marisa

Pahlish Chemical Swirl

Hi everyone! I hope you're all having a great Sunday!

Today I have another indie polish that I purchased from llarowe! I'm eagerly awaiting another package (with my first HARE polishes!) that I'm expecting in about 2 weeks. Ever since I discovered the DIY peel off base coat (pretty much just nontoxic white school glue), I've definitely fallen hard over glitters. Before that base coat, I would always avoid glitters for fear of removal. I mean, I know the foil method is pretty easy, but I really hated how it made my fingers dry... and I didn't really have the patience for it. Nevermore!

Today I have Pahlish's Chemical Swirl. I have one coat layered over Cult Nails' Charming in the photos below. Since the weather sucks over here (overcast/rainy), the colour isn't quite accurate... it's a bit more red purple than blue (as it appears here). Check it out!

Chemical Swirl is a light purple jelly that is absolutely jam PACKED with all sorts of glitter and some awesome flecks. I won't even try to describe all of the glitters in here since I know I'll never get them all. Squares, hexagons, a few bars... it's amazing.

What do y'all think?

Thank you for reading, and I hope you all have a great week!

Marisa

Candeo Colors Zef

Hi everyone, I hope y'all had a good weekend!

Today I have an awesome polish for you from my latest indie polish buy from Llarowe! I'm not really on the indie polish wagon, but I can't help getting some of them! My next buy will probably be some of the HARE polish fall collection... from the preview bottle shots I want 4 of them for sure, but that might change once I see actual swatches. In this last order I got Candeo Jellybean, Zef, Pretty and Polished Rat-a-tat, and Pahlish Chemical Swirl.

This polish is definitely my hands down favourite from the 4 polishes that I purchased. I was a bit unsure about buying Zef since I wasn't all too sure that the mix of matte pink, light blue and black glitters would really be my style. I layered this over Sparitual Lucid (a pretty light lilac-lavender purple) and I absolutely LOVED this combination.

What do y'all think? I've found that most of the indie polishes that I've purchased so far are either hit or miss, but this one is definitely a hit for me!

Thanks for reading! I hope you all have a great week!

Marisa

OPI Every Month is Oktoberfest with Pam's Girly Bits Shift Happens

Hi everyone! I'm back!

Well, I should be back by now haha. I'm still scheduling this in advance, since I know that I'm probably going to be too pooped to type out a long post. Not sure if I'm going to buy any polish while I'm in the States, so we may or may not have a haul post coming along.

Besides, today's polish is gorgeous and deserves a post, instead of a long time in my archives folder lol.

First up, I have pictures of EMIO on its own...

And to make an awesome mani, I layered a coat of Girly Bits' Shift Happens on top, which really made this mani incredible.

I like EMIO, but with Shift happens overtop... it just makes it so much better!

Thanks for reading! Our (ir)regular live posting will return shortly!

Marisa

Pretty and Polished Party on my Yacht

Hi everyone!

I hope y'all are enjoying your weekend. Today I'm having a lazy Saturday, just hanging around at home. It's really hot outside today too, so I guess being at home is better than being outside... I already feel like I'm melting in here, so I'm sure it's much worse outside. :P

Contest update: the winner of my 1 year blog anniversary is Kristina! Congratulations again!

Anyhow, onto the polish! This was my first polish from P&P... I also have Sand Art and Bubble Tea now, but for some reason I haven't found any of my pictures of those, so I'll have to redo them. *sigh*. Party on my Yacht is gorgeous though, it reminds me of multicoloured sprinkle birthday cake!

That's all for today! I'm really craving something cold and sweet right now, like a mojito. Mmmm, mojito.

Thank you for reading! Have a great weekend!

Marisa