Julie G Frosted Gum Drops Hot Cinnamon

Julie G Frosted Gum Drops Hot Cinnamon

I really like the textured trend going on in the polish world. I saw the Julie G Frosted Gum Drop collection and was kind of excited so I ordered it during the pre-sale that Jesse's Girl had online. They arrived and I was happy though I was amused that the special pre-order gift was some cheap toe separators. I gave them to Gus to play with and he acted like I gave him a brick of gold. 

I decided on Hot Cinnamon first since it looked amazing in the bottle and it translates just as well to the nail. It's a strawberry red with a matte texture finish but it also shimmers. The below is two coats and the application was good and it dried faster than I thought it would. 

Here it is in the shade and you can see the texture. Pardon the cuticles. 

Here it is a bit blurred so you can see the shimmer. It's so pretty!

Some normal shots. 

CrowsToes Heartshaped Box of Horse *!@#!

CrowsToes Heartshaped Box of Horse *!@#!

I love CrowsToes. I'm always excited when I see a new collection released. When the ValenCrows collection was available from llarowe I bought them right quick. She does glitter extremely well plus I enjoy her as a person. This is a glitter packed polish with brown, copper.gold and red glitter. The best part is that there are different shaped glitter which includes square. I love square glitter! I want more square glitter. I'm very happy with this polish. 

This is one coat of Heartshaped Box of Horse *!@#! over a pearly white that I made myself. One coat of topcoat over everything. 

Rainbow Polish Dark Side

Rainbow Polish Dark Side

Rainbow Polish Dark Side is part of the Star Wars inspired collection of polishes. My brother and I would speculate what Darth Vader looked like under that helmet and when he was finally revealed we were so disappointed. He looked like an egg. The hope was strong with us that he would look like a reptile of some sort but he looked like Humpty Dumpty. 

This is one coat over Zoya Trixie with one coat of topcoat. 

Extreme close up. 

Normal shots. 

HARE Polish Reverie in Rubellite

HARE Polish Reverie in Rubellite

HARE Polish can be found on Etsy and at llarowe.

Reverie in Rubellite is a polish that looks great in the below photos but in "normal" light and life it looks like an ordinary golden red glitter. The burgundy/berry base doesn't really show nor do the little violet sparks that I can see hints of on the nail. It also looks heavy as opposed to smooth and sleek even though it is smooth to the touch. The formula is a little gooey and I had to dab on each coat and wait a bit before applying the next to avoid dragging/pooling. This is what I call a show polish in that it looks best in bright light but I have found that most HARE polishes are best in bright light or layered over another polish. 

I'm a little sad to discover that I am not a huge fan of HARE Polish. After playing with a number of polishes from HARE they seem to fall short in some way or another for me. Sad because I have a number of them and they look amazing in the bottle and in photos but they just don't look that way in reality. Ah well. 

The below is three coats with one coat of topcoat. The first photo is in my everyday low light and how I see this polish 90% of the time. The rest are under direct artificial sunlight. 

CrowsToes Asterope

CrowsToes Asterope

I wasn't quite ready to remove Misa Bourbon on the Rocks so I layered one coat of CrowsToes Asterope over it. It's the perfect base for Asterope in my opinion. This polish flashes berry red, burgundy, brown/bronze and a golden yellow. It also has shimmer. There are lots of photos because I wanted to show all aspects of this polish. It's a beautiful polish. 

Here you can see the shimmer. 

Here is a good photo of the duochrome quality. 

Here are a few more!

Misa Bourbon on the Rocks

Misa Bourbon on the Rocks

This colors rocks my world. Bourbon on the Rocks is a pretty spot on dupe for OPI German-icure which works for me since I prefer Misa over OPI. It's a rich brown red with shimmer and life. Wonderful formula as well. This is two coats. 

Here you can see the shimmer. 

I love that it's darker or lighter depending on the angle. It's very lush.

LeChat Carnaval Collection

LeChat Carnaval Collection

Enter the giveaway!

I figured I would show the remaining three polishes from the Carnaval collection from LeChat. I showed Brazilian Muse, Queen of Drums and Trios Electricos. I think my pick of the group is Trios Electricos with 40 Days in Rio coming in second. 

40 Days in Rio is a vibrant magenta. This is a bit deeper and much more vivid in reality as opposed to these photos. I tried correcting it in PhotoShop but I couldn't get it right so imagine it better and brighter. The base is tinted so this could be worn alone at three coats. I am wearing one coat over a magenta shimmer/foil. 

Goddess of Samba is a red glitter in a slightly tinted base. It's the red version of 40 Days in Rio. This is one coat over a red creme. 

Electric Masquerade is a red, blue, green and gold/yellow glitter with some silver in there as well. This is one coat over a blue creme. 

Etude House If Story Nail Kit 3: If Snow of Love Falls on the Christmas Tree

Etude House If Story Nail Kit 3: If Snow of Love Falls on the Christmas Tree

Another duo set from Etude House. There is something about sets that seem to call to me. The fact that they are glitter is even better. The name reminds me of some code phrase that some spy would say which amuses me. I bought this from The Cutest Makeup and she sent a ton of samples and shipping was extremely quick. Very impressed. 

This is If Snow of Love over Butter London Abso-Bloody-Lutely. It has star shaped glitter and really does feel like a Christmas tree. I forgot topcoat, opps, so it's not as shiny as it could be. 

This is Falls on the Christmas Tree over Essie Butler Please. This has pink shimmer that was a bit hard to capture on film. It also has heart shaped glitter but for the life of me I could not get any of them out of the bottle.