Eighty4 Valentine's Day Swatches

Hey all! It may be a little early to start thinking about Valentine's manicures, but.. oh well! I have some polishes from Eighty4 a coming out indie brand.

 There are three cremes, one holo, and two glitters. All swatches are finished with topcoat! Click the jump and let's dive in.

Tristam Roses

Okay I couldn't wait to share this! Pictures were a little hard because everything was so holographic!

I started with a base of A-England - Tristam and stamped over it with Color Club - Over the Moon. I can't get over how much I love the Color Club Halo Hues for nail stamping. So perfect because they are all surprisingly opaque! The plate was the large floral plate (04) from Winstonia. Their large plates are ideal because they cover my whole nail without a problem.

Had to get a matte shot in here as well so you could make out the roses more clearly. Which do you prefer? 

And the gorgeous Tristam by itself! A gorgeous blurple holographic color, which was amazing in two coats. A careful painter could get away with one though. This would also be a great stamping color too!

What do you think? I hope you love it as much as I do!

Thermal Flowers

 First post of the New Year! Woo!

I love thermals. They give such an effortless umph to your manicure. It's like a free gradient/french tip in a bottle for you!

I managed to snag a few polishes from Polished by KPT in her end of the year sale. This beauty was one I had my eyes on for a while, Kelvin Bleu. It's a gorgeous polish that is a translucent light grey/blue color when warm and a deep blue almost blurple color when cold. It's also got a scattered holo finish which my lightbox wasn't bright enough to capture. Trust me it's gorgeous though!

Tips are cold, nails are warm. Props to those who capture thermals so well!

Warm

Cold

I was really aiming to stamp white over a thermal after seeing Natalie's gorgeous post here, but sadly I don't have an opaque white to stamp with! So I settled for some water decals from the Born Pretty Store. I think they sufficed well enough.

I also love water decals because they can give a complicated look in less than a minute. That's my type of nail art. What do you think?

Welcome Back + Cosmic Forces

I'm back! Hopefully this time for good. Heller to whoever is reading. I got an awesome new camera for Christmas (Mom is the best) that will be a good incentive to keep me blogging. Bear with me as I get lightning situations figured out. The camera is such a higher quality than I am used to, so I am still playing around with things. But I feel these picture are good enough to share, and I'm all about progress so why not! 

I have a new to me polish to share today. The gorgeous Emily de Molly Cosmic Forces! Took me two attempts to catch this in a Llarowe restock. And it was definitely worth it!

It's a stunning deep purple berry color that leans red, and it's got these amazing small lilac round and hex glitters in it. Most notably are those large holographic circle glitters too! Mmmm those had me sold from day one.

I think what sets this polish apart is that while it's a jelly, it's buildable in 2-3 coats AND still lets all the glitters shine through the layers. Insta buy, right? The polish does remind me of something cosmic. I feel when the light hits certain large glitters it looks like Jupiter or Saturn. But that may be the NyQuil finally hitting in.

What do you think of the new photos? Yay or nay? I hope they look nice on whatever screen you are viewing from. Definite improvement in my eyes and I'm hoping to keep on! Especially with my blog layout. I am such a n00b on graphic design so I'm trying to keep this page eye catching but simple. Excuse all the changes you may see!

Noteworthy: my uncle calls this one Crystal Berry Elegance. Ha! Spot on.

A-England Fated Prince

I was tempted to just name this post "perfection," because that's seriously what this shade is. I don't know how Adina does it but her polishes are absolutely gorgeous AND they apply like a dream. Sorcery I tell you!

Fated Prince (Burne Jones Dream Collection) is the most stunning light charcoal grey color with a surprising holographic addition that flashes olive green. I swear I was staring at my hands all day when I was wearing this. How can a polish have so many different color elements in it yet still blend together so flawlessly!?

 *trumpets and fanfare* DAT HOLO. If I haven't convinced you to buy this... you should after seeing this photo. This is definitely one of my top favorites now. Oh A-England, I love you!

Also. My topcoat. TOO. SHINY. Thanks Glossy Glam!

You've Got A Friend In Me!

Happy Saturday! I have two swatches to share with yall today. They are both by the indie brand Different Dimension (one of my favorites) and they are based off of Buzz Lightyear and Woody from Toy Story! So they were an insta buy for me! Check out the link above to buy them as a duo (not sold separately because I'm pretty sure that'd be a sin somewhere to separate Buzz and Woody!)

First is Reach for the Sky! a yellow based polish with red small and medium round glitters, medium hex square yellow glitters, and my eyes may be deceiving me but I definitely see some iridescent pieces in the bottle! And literally one lonely bar glitter. Haha! I don't know what's up with that.

Woody looks a little creepy here, sorry. But how spot on are these colors?! Ugh. So in love. This is three coats with Out the Door top coat. I still have really visible nail line, but I am 100% positive that's just me. I always have a lot of free edge even with short nails. You could definitely layer this though!

Ahhh, and second is To Infinity and Beyond! an awesome clear based polish with all sorts of assorted glitter goodies in there. I spy white rectangles, small and large NEON green hexes as well as neon round glitters, and small purple round and hex glitters. *whew* that's a generous amount. Shown is one coat over China Glaze - Tart-y For the Party (probably the most perfect lilac around). You can see the glitter payout is pretty good also. I had to do a little fishing for the rectangle and larger green hexes but seriously just turn it upside down before applying and you're good to go! You'll have so much glitter you won't know what to do.

As another option I layered it over China Glaze - Pelican Gray and I am having a tough time deciding
what I like better.

 Anddd of COURSE Missi is a genius for making it GLOW!!!! Photo below is about a minute under a lamp.

Do I make you want these?! I hope so! I love her polishes so much and these are no exceptions. If I could have every glitter I own be like these formulas it would be perfection. They were thick but the kinda thick you want for glitter. Easily spread and good glitter amount. 

Do you like To Infinity and Beyond over Pelican Gray or Tart-y For the Party? Thanks for reading! I think I'll go find my Toy Story movies somewhere right now..

Reptar Indie!

Today's swatch is from an indie brand from Australia! I love Alanna Renee's polishes! It just blows that I have to order from another supplier because Australia has some strict custom laws on polish I believe.

Reptar is an awesome green based polish with lilac and orange hex glitters and black and white small round glitters sprinkled throughout the base.

Swatches below are three thin coats. You could probably get away with two thick coats but I find this polish gets kind of gummy like if you pile it on. So thin coats work the best. For some reason the orange glitters were a little difficult to get out. So store the bottle upside down before applying or shake before applying!

I love this! The colors are soo spot on with Reptar. I also just have a very thin layer of top coat on. I don't know if this polish was made to be texture like, or it's just a top coat eater. Either way I am fine with one coat but if you are one to like a smooth finish, be ready to pile on the top coat!

Doesn't it make you want to go and watch Rugrats? 

I picked up my bottle from Color 4 Nails a while ago. There is the link for their website and here's their Facebook page if the site is down for restock! Thanks for reading!

Really quick. I wore this to the dentist's office for my operation and they told me I might need to take my polish off so they can get my pulse on the litttle finger clip. (Why I didn't think to take this off before the appointment.. who knows!) but man. They could not stop RAVING over this. Seriously. The assistant AND the male surgeon! Haha. They kept saying how much skill I have and how surprised they could get the pulse through it. Wow! If only they saw half the people I follow on Instagram!

*drools*

These came in the mail today and I tore this thing open so fast! It was my order from Ninja Polish (possibly my new favorite supplier) with my first A-England polishes and my first BARRY M.

Words can't express how excited I am to finally get my hands on these! Especially Barry M! Since my UK nail buddy can't send me any (darn those strict UK customs) I've been searching for other ways to get them. Andddd I found one!

So excited. I have heard so many good things about both of these brands. My picks for now were Barry M Greenberry, A-England Dragon, and A-England St. George.

What are you favorite Barry M or A-England polishes? I'd love to put them on my wishlist as well!