Polished Colors - Bloody Bones & Sacred Cat

Hello Everyone!

Today I am swatching two Halloween glitter toppers from Polished Colors! I know I'm late with the festivities but I just got these in the mail and I didn't want to wait any longer to swatch them! I will definitely be wearing them next year around Halloween and I may even be able to sneak them in around the year if I just do some glitter placement.

For these swatches I used two coats of the glitter and did some glitter placements.

Bloody Bones is a lovely glitter packed with white skulls, red hearts, black bar glitters and red and black hexes, and squares. In these photos I layered it on top of Tattle Tell by Spoiled. This glitter was easy to apply but it got thick toward the end of my application.

Polished Colors - Bloody Bones

Polished Colors - Bloody Bones

Sacred Cat is a very unique glitter filled with multicolored iridescent hexes, holographic moons, black cat heads and orange pumpkins. I layered Sacred Cat on top of Cutie Pie by Chick. This formula was pretty  much the same as Bloody Bones. I really loved how easy it was to get the glitters out of the bottle. I was expecting to have a hard time with this but I was proved wrong.

Polished Colors - Sacred Cat

Polished Colors - Sacred Cat

Polished Colors can be purchased online from their Storenvy shop. They have a lot of unique glitters so I am sure I will be swatching them again. :)

Until next time,
xo

Model City Polish Haul!

Hello Everyone!

Today I am swatching three polishes from an indie brand I recently found called Model City Polish. What is unique about this brand is that not only is it a store filled with beautiful hand made polishes, but they are also a nail blog!

Anywho, for these swatches, I used 2-3 coats to reach opacity and a clear top coat. Let the swatches begin! :)

First up is Here Lies... I have a weakness for gray nail polish and this one is just perfect! It's a nice cool gray with dark gray, light gray and white flakies. It also has black micro glitters. It didn't dawn on me until I had the swatch on my nails that this polish is meant to look like cement! I think that this polish may have come from a Halloween collection. I wanted to swatch this a long time ago but as soon as I finished painting, I started adding nail gems! Something that I noticed about this polish is that it is very sheer. I had to do 3 coats for it to become opaque.

Model City Polish - Here Lies...

Model City Polish - Here Lies...

Model City Polish - Here Lies... + Nail Art!!!

Next is Fairy Fight. This polish is a nice pastel purple with micro purple, blue and pink flakies. This polish is very springy and cute. I think that the flakies add more personality to the polish! Opaque in two coats.

Model City Polish - Fairy Fight

Model City Polish - Fairy Fight

Finally, we have Roll Tide which is a light gray crelly. I saw this polish and had to have it! I think this gray is very similar to Here Lies... but instead of the flakies, this polish has white hexes, red bar glitters and black micro glitters. Upon some research, I found that this polish is a homage to the Alabama Crimson Tide. I think Model City Polish did a great job of creating this tribute!

Model City Polish - Roll Tide

Model City Polish - Roll Tide

I really liked all of these polishes. They were easy to apply and opaque in 2-3 coats.

Model City Polish is available on the online shop and is not available in stores.

Until next time,
xo

Dance Legend - Top Sahara & Top Magnetic

Hello Everyone!

Long time, no blog! I know... I have been so busy! After Christmas, I was still dealing with the flu. Then I had friends visit from out of state. Then I had to deal with all of the things that come with buying a new (used) car!!! So I'm mobile now and it feels great!

But anyway, I am back and I am going to be posting some swatches from things that I meant to have on here from last year (terrible haha!). Please enjoy!

Today I am swatching two transformative top coats from Dance Legend: Top Sahara & Top Magnetic! For the following posts, I used one layer of base coat, two layers of regular nail varnish, and one layer of the Dance Legend top coats!

First up is Top Sahara. I layered this one on top of Baby I's Easiest Weight Loss: Buy Bigger Clothes. The formula for this top coat wasn't bad at all. The texture isn't as dramatic as I was hoping for, though. There are also silver micro glitters in this polish, which can be a positive or a negative. I will say that on top of darker colors, this top coat looks terrible. I tested it out on a plastic polish swatcher and it looked ashy. I think this top coat works best on lighter colors such as pastels. 

Dance Legend Top Sahara over Baby I  Best Weight Loss: Buy Bigger Clothes

Dance Legend Top Sahara over Baby I  Best Weight Loss: Buy Bigger Clothes

The second top coat from Dance Legend is Top Magnetic. I was really really excited about this because even though I feel like no one really cares about magnetic nail polish, I still like it! However... I wasn't ready to go out and buy more than one magnetic polish because I really wanted to just layer it on top of other colors that I already have. When I found this I nearly lost it with excitement! The formula was very simple and the magnetic particles are even more responsive than my Sally Hansen magnetic polish. This top coat works best over darker polishes. I layered this top coat over Ledi by Julep.

Dance Legend Top Magnetic over Ledi by Julep

Over all, I would buy the magnetic top coat over and over again! I do not feel the same for the textured polish. I wish I knew what makes polishes have texture because in this case, I would franken Top Sahara and make it more rocky.

I purchased both of these polishes from LLAROWE's online store for about 10$ each.

Until next time,
xo