Hit Polish Nail Lacquer Review

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 Good morning!  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  Here in the Phoenix area we had a hot weekend.  On Sunday my ac couldn't even keep up.  All day long it was a few degrees warmer in the house than I had the thermostat set at.  Anyway today I have pictures of two new polishes from Hit Polish Nail Lacquer that will be coming out July 15th.  First up is Jammin Good Time.  This polish has a clear base with pink and blue glitters in a variety of shapes and sizes with small silver glitter.  This is only one coat layered over Zoya Carey.  I'm amazed at how much glitter is on my nails with just one coat.  This is exactly the kind of polish quality I've come to expect from Hit Polish.  All photos show one coat of Gelous and topcoat over each polish.

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The second polish I have for you today is Steampunk Revival.  This polish is a clear base with gold, copper and blue glitters in many different shapes and sizes.  It also has crescent moons and stars in it.  I layered one coat over China Glaze That's Shore Bright.  With one layer I got one moon out.  I did have to fish around a bit for the other moon and the star.  I love this color combo and can picture it layered over so many other colors.

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I've told you guys before that Hit Polish Nail Lacquer is formerly D&R Apothecary, so this is not a new brand but more of a rebranding.  I was sent these polishes for review but have spent plenty of my own money on polishes from Hit Polish before.  The quality of these polishes is really good.  The glitters lay flat and you get plenty of glitter with each coat.  Be sure to check out Hit Polish Nail Lacquer's etsy shop, click here, on July 15th for these and so many other pretty new polishes.  You can stay up to date on sales and new polishes by giving her a like on facebook, here.  Hit Polish's rebranding means that she had to start over on her facebook page.  Can you all do me a favor and help get her likes up?  Pretty please with a sparkly polish on top?

I hope you all have a fabulous day!

Sara

*These polishes were sent to me to review.  All opinions are 100% mine.*

Nicole by OPI Pick of the Glitter

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Hello!  How is everyone tonight (or early morning depending on where you are)?  A while back I was at Target and came across this cool glitter polish by NOPI.  So of course I whipped out my phone and proceeded to google NOPI Pick of the Glitter.  I got zero results.  Not a single picture.  So of course I bought it haha.  Pick of the Glitter is a super cool mix of large gold hexes, medium teal glitters and little copper glitters in a clear base.  It's pretty amazing.  I layered it over Essie She's Picture Perfect.  It was a match made in heaven.  The formula of the glitter was outstanding.

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This was a fun mani to wear.  I'll definitely be wearing this again.  I know that most people have a love/hate relationship with NOPI?  What do you think of them?

Have a great night!

Sara

*I bought this polish myself.  Glad I took a chance on a polish that I couldn't find a pic of in advance.*

China Glaze Immortal & Make a Spectacle

Hi everyone!  Quick post for you today.  Since I first saw the China Glaze Halloween collection photos I knew I needed to have Immortal and Make a Spectacle.  I suck at waiting though so my friend Janelle from Heartfully, Janelle was kind enough to hunt them down for me at a local supply store.  Immortal is a cool gray with some multi colored shimmer in it.  The colored shimmer is hard to see but it gives the polish some nice depth.  Make a Spectacle is a cool glitter kind of like Snowglobe but colored similarly to Luxe and Lush.  I put two layers of Make a Spectacle on two fingers.  MAS is a little thick and my topcoat shrunk it up a bit because I forgot to wrap my tips.  That's what happens when I try to carry on a conversation with Mr. MLiP while doing my nails and watching tv.

All the photos were taken in the shade or under overcast skies.  The sun pictures I took completely washed out MAS so you couldn't see it at all.  I can't wait to try out MAS with CG Riveting.  I think it's going to look really cool.  Have a happy Tuesday!

Sara

Sassy Lacquer Pick a Pumpkin

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Hi lovlies!  Today I have a polish that I am super excited about.  Sassy Lacquer is an indie brand created by Carrie from the blog Reflections, Sassy Nails and Silly Diversions.  Carrie released her first collection this past April and has been going strong ever since.  She has new collections out every few months or when the inspiration strikes her.  All the polishes are made by hand in Florida and are 3 free.

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Today's polish is from her new fall/Halloween collection.  This is Pick a Pumpkin.  Basically it is a pumpkin in a bottle.  This just screams fall to me, which living in Phoenix might be as close as I get.  Pick a Pumpkin is a clear base with micro brass and yellow glitters, small orange and green glitters, and small orange matte glitter.  Since it has a clear base I layered it over a darker color.  To give it more of a fall feel I used Color Club Rebel Spirit, a dark brown, on three fingers and Color Club With Abandon on my ring finger.  I used With Abandon to see if the sparkle in it made any difference in Pick a Pumpkin.  It really didn't, maybe just a touch more shimmer showing.  I used one and a half coats of Pick a Pumpkin.  I wanted just a hair more glitter than one coat gave but didn't want to over do it.

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I know it's a lot of pictures but I just couldn't pick my favorite.  You can purchase Sassy Lacquer here and find it on facebook here.  Carrie also does custom orders, so if you have something in mind drop her an email at sassylacquer@gmail.com.  I'll have a review of one of her winter polishes in just a few weeks.  It's amazing and I can't wait to share it with you.  Go check out Sassy Lacquer and tell her I said hi!

Sara

*Pick a Pumpkin was sent to me by Sassy Lacquer for review.  My review is my honest opinion of the product*

Orly Go Deeper

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Good morning!  How was your long weekend?  We had a great, relaxing weekend here.  That's my favorite kind.  Today I have a polish that I've been wanting since I first saw a swatch of it a while back.  Someone described it as a toned down teal version of Across the Universe (but I can't remember who).  I knew it had to be mine but I couldn't find it anywhere.  Even online it only came up on Orly's website and was over $10 with shipping.  I'm not sure that it's been released yet to regular retailers.  My friend, Heartfully, Janelle, offered to look while at one of our favorite nail supply stores and they had it.  So freakin excited and it was cheap.  So take a look.  This is two coats of Go Deeper over one coat of China Glaze Custom Kicks.  This polish really changes depending on what you put it over.  I tried it on a wheel over Zoya Ibiza and it looks like a completely different polish.

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Major swoon going on over here.  I love this polish so much.  What do you think of the Orly Glam FX that have been coming out?  I have a few but this is my favorite.  Have a great Tuesday!

Sara

KBShimmer Watercolor

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Hello!  Is everyone enjoying the long weekend?  We've just been hanging out, having some family time.  We did family movie night last night and the boys picked The Three Stooges for us to watch.  Not my favorite but they liked it.  Anyway on to the reason you're here.  Today I have KBShimmer Watercolor to show you.  Supposedly Watercolor can be worn on it's own in three or so coats but I really don't like wearing that much glitter so I layered two coats of Watercolor over China Glaze Splish Splash.  I really liked this mani.  The formula of Watercolor was great.  Plenty of glitter payoff and no super bald spots.

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I really enjoyed wearing this color.  Do you have a favorite KBShimmer polish?  I'm really wanting Elle right now.  Have a great Sunday!

Sara

Deborah Lippmann Let's Go Crazy

Hey all!  Happy Tuesday night!  I love Prince.  I remember my mom listening to Prince when I was a kid and I love listening to it now as an adult.  So I had to have Deborah Lippmann Let's Go Crazy.  I'm not usually a huge purple fan but this is such a cool color.  Let's Go Crazy is a deep, dark purple jelly with multi colored glitter in it.  This is two coats over one coat of Zoya Mira.  I know this can be worn alone but I like the look of it over a purple cream a bit better.  The formula was exactly what you'd expect from a Lippmann glitter, easy peasy.  I found this to be pretty smooth for a glitter but I did put a layer of Gelous over it before my quick dry topcoat because I knew it would help my mani last through two nights at work.

Removal was hard but definitely not the worst I've ever had to take off (cough, Floam, cough).  My favorite DL is Mermaid's Dream but this is a really close second.  What is your favorite Lippmann polish?  Have a great evening!  I'll talk with you soon.

Sara

Catrice London's Weather Forecast

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Hey lovelies!  I recently swapped with a lovely lady in the Netherlands.  We've swapped a few times now and every time has been great.  I love Catrice polishes but obviously can't get them here in the US.  I've got a few new Catrice polishes but I'm going to start with the gorgeous London's Weather Forecast.  Love the name so much.  I've always wanted to go to London.  Just seems like such a cool place.  Anyhow on to the gorgeous gray polish.  London's Weather Forecast is a medium gray with a subtle shimmer in it.  This is two coats.  It's almost a one coater but two was just perfect.  My accent nail is Jade Meteorite Showers, a really cool multi colored glitter, two coats.

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This is pretty much my perfect gray.  What is your ultimate, favorite gray polish?  Until next time have a great night.

Sara

Sonnetarium Snowfall

Hi everyone!  I have a super cool glitter to show you tonight.  This is Sonnetarium Snowfall.  Snowfall is made up of several sizes of white hex glitters and small iridescent glitters, basically gorgeousness in a bottle.  Michelle, the owner of Sonnetarium, said she wanted this to be like floating snow.  She nailed (haha) it.  This is one coat of Snowfall over two coats of China Glaze Aquadelic.  Aquadelic was great.  No formula issues, opaque in two coats.  Take a look.

All the pictures were taken outside and it was slightly overcast.  If you'd like to check out Sonnetarium on etsy click here and click here for her fb page.  The bottles are minis but they are good size minis, 9ml.  I love this bottle size.  I believe the etsy shop is in vacation mode right now but like her on fb to be updated when the shop opens up.

Birthday Nails

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Happy Thursday!  Yesterday was my birthday.  It was a good day.  I had lunch with my boys and dinner at my mom's with the whole family.  Mr. MLiP even made it back into town early enough to have dinner with us all.

Since I now have so many new Julep polishes I thought I'd try out a few for my birthday nails.  This is two coats of Julep Daphne with Julep Kate on my accent nail.  The formula on Kate was pretty good.  I used two coats but if I wasn't putting glitter on top I would probably have done three.  Then I put one coat of Julep Mila over the whole thing.  I really enjoyed this fun sparkly manicure.

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I know Daphne has some dupish (yep I'm making up works again) tendencies.  However this is my favorite type of color right now and the formula on this one is great.  So I can forgive it.  What is your favorite aqua/teal/turquoise polish right now?

Sara

Julep Charlotte & Sation Shyest Shade

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Hello!  So tomorrow is my birthday and I wanted to show you my birthday nails but I didn't get to take pictures today.  Instead I'm going to show you some equally sparkly nails I wore the other day.  Julep Charlotte is a one coat medium purple.  If I hadn't been putting glitter over it I may have needed two coats on a few nails.  Sation Shyest Shade is a glitter topcoat.  I'm not sure you could ever get it opaque on it's own.  That said, it's a really cool polish.  Hex glitters and smaller iridescent glitters.  It did very slightly mute the purple color.  I think this would look really cool over a shimmery white or really pale blue.

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I know the sun picture isn't all that great but I really wanted to show you how sparkly Shyest Shade is.  I hope you guys like this and I will be back in a day or two to show you my birthday nails.  I used a few colors from my Julep Maven golden box.

Sara

Orly Preamp & Icing After Party

Hey everyone!  I'm not normally a pink polish person but Orly Preamp is so cool.  Preamp is from the new Electronic collection.  It's a blue leaning pink with a super awesome shimmer in it.  The formula was a little thick but really easy to control.  I decided to layer Icing After Party on top because, well I just bought it and wanted to use it.  This is one layer of After Party.

I think the color is a little more accurate in the shade picture on top.  So most of you know that Icing After Party is a dupe of Cult Nails Happy Ending.  I love Cult Nails so much but I just couldn't pay $10 for a polish I really won't wear that much.  I kind of feel like I cheated on the Cult.  Either way it's a pretty cool glitter.  I hope you all have a great day!

Sara

Julep Robin & Portia

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Hello everyone!  I hope you're all having a great week so far.  It's been so hot here.  Like 113 type of hot.  My son has soccer camp in the evenings and I just don't know how he's doing it.  Any how, today I have Julep Robin and Portia to show you.  Robin is a turquoise creme with a really good formula.  This is two coats plus topcoat.  I love colors like this, you all know that.  Amazingly I don't have anything that is a dupe.  I have some I'm sure Mr. MLIP would say are the same, but I assure you they are not.  I put Julep Portia on two fingers just because they seemed to match so well.  Portia is a sheer light blue with tons of glitter packed in.

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Don't forget I'm having a small giveaway over on my Zoya Annie post.  Do you have a favorite turquoise polish?  Let me know.  I'd love to check it out.  Have a great day!

Sara

Zoya Annie & Cult Nails Captivated

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Hello!  Todays manicure was picked out by my 9 year old son.  He selected Zoya Annie with an accent nail of Cult Nails Captivated.  He also insisted that the accent be on my pointer finger.  I love, love these polishes together.  This is two coats of Zoya Annie, a gorgeous orange red.  Perfect formula like usual.  They I put on coat of Captivated on my accent nail.  These just compliment each other so well.  I should let my son pick my colors more often.

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Cult Nails Captivated has a dupe that is made by Icing.  I have one brand new bottle of Icing Tiger's Blood that I would like to give away to one of my readers.  Just drop me a comment on this post and let me know what your favorite Cult Nails polish is.  If you have a favorite Icing polish I'd love to hear that too.  Be sure to leave me your email so I can contact you if you win.  If you aren't comfortable leaving your email in the comments go ahead and email me your info.  Giveaway will run for one week.  Good luck and I'll talk with you soon.

Sara

Pretty & Polished Sand Art

Today I have an indie polish for you.  I'm sure you've all heard of Pretty & Polished.  I started by using Zoya Dove and OPI No Room for the Blues as my base colors.  My accent nail is on my pointer finger per the request of my 9 year old.  He has decided that all my accents should be on my pointer.  Silly boy :)  Next I layered one coat of Pretty & Polished Sand Art on all my nails.  Sand Art is so cool!  Sand Art is stuffed full of pink, purple, green and blue glitter.

Both pictures are in the sun because the shade shots just didn't do anything for me.  I really love Sand Art and spent lots of time layering it over different things before deciding on this.  It also looked really cool over China Glaze Concrete Catwalk.  I just didn't feel like having my nails that dark today.  I hope you all have a great weekend.  Thanks for stopping by!

Sara

Zoya Areetha & China Glaze Liquid Crystal

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Good morning!  Is everyone enjoying their Monday so far?  I am but I'm still in my pjs so that might be why.  Today's mani is a bit of a fail.  I had to leave for work in an hour so I did this pretty quick.  This is two coats of Zoya Areetha, a pretty purple metallic.  The problem is Areetha is frosty, brush strokes galore.  The formula was a tad weird as well but I think that's because I recieved Areetha in a swap and the mailman put it in the wrong box.  It spent the month of April in the neighbors box.  It was really hot here in Phoenix in April.  I think she cooked some.  So to cover up the streaks I sponged on some China Glaze Liquid Crystal using an eyeshadow applicator.  I've done this before and it looked good.  Not so much this time.  So off to work I went with my less than stellar nails that would not dry.  I always use a quick dry topcoat but hours later this mani was still denting.  What a mess!

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I don't think I'll be wearing Areetha again but I am going to keep her because I think she'll work well for stamping.  I hope you all have a great day!

Sara

Once Upon a Polish King Triton

Hello my fellow lacquer lovers!  Today I have a really cool glitter to show you.  This is Once Upon a Polish King Triton.  I decided to layer King Triton over China Glaze Wagon Trail and Fast Track.  I wanted to be able to see it over a dark color and a light color.  All fingers except my middle one, have two coats of King Triton.  My middle finger has one coat.  King Triton has gold hex glitter, holographic gold bar glitter and fine gold and teal glitter.  It covers really well.  My favorite is the one layer over Wagon Trail.  You can find King Triton and a whole bunch of other cool polishes at the Once Upon a Polish Etsy store.  You can follow Once Upon a Polish on fb here, to make sure you know when the Etsy store opens.  I believe the store should be opening tomorrow but not 100% sure on that.

So what are you still doing here?  Go check out Once Upon a Polish right now.  Take care!

Sara


*polish was provided for review in exchange for my honest opinion*

Inglot 990 and Cover Band Sticks n Stones

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Good morning and happy Friday!  Does anyone have any cool plans for this weekend?  I'm not doing much.  The boys have baseball on Saturday morning then we get to clean the house.  Woohoo!  Just kidding :)  So today I have one of the new Inglot polishes to show you.  Recently Mr. MyLifeinPolish went to Las Vegas for a conference.  He hit up the Inglot store for me and brought back three new polishes.  He's a keeper!  990 is really similar in color to Zoya Breezi but it looks a tad squishier.  I really like it a lot.  This is two coats.  If I hadn't been covering it with glitter it would have needed either a third coat or for me to be more careful with the second.  It was opaque in two but I had a bald spot or two.

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I have never really wanted Sticks 'n Stones but when I had to opportunity to swap for it I said why not.  I'm not usually a fan of bar glitter at all.  However I was totally surprised when I put this on and fell in love.  This polish is so cool!  It's super thick but you get plenty of glitter in just one coat.  As you can see I need some practice to keep it from clumping up at the end of my nail (see my middle finger).  So cool though!  Everyone needs this in their life.  You can buy SnS from Ninja Polish.  Take a look.

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I hope you like this as much as I do.  Have a great weekend!
Sara