DAZZLED Holo Grail March 2014 - Aly's Dream Polish - Pinkberry

Hey friends!! I don't know if you bought DAZZLED's "Holo Grail" box, but Aly actually contributed a color to the first box ever! This BEAUTIFUL shade came from the March box.

Pinkberry is a gorgeous shimmery bright Barbie pink shade with violet, turquoise, and teal flashes and sparks! In the pictures below, you can see the turquoise, but you have to take my word for the rest, since they're kind of shy ;)

Indoor blue-tint light:

 Outdoor sunlight:

 Opacity: 3
Number of coats: 2

I know I say this with quite a few Aly's shades, but this is definitely one of my favorites!!
I will post swatches of the others from this box as soon as I receive them.
P.S.- Be on the lookout for a new line from another great brand- swatches are coming later this week!

Colors by Llarowe [NEW COLORS] "Good Fortune" and "This Girl is on Fire...HELP!" Review [PIC HEAVY]

Llarowe recently released two new colors that I wanted to share with everyone. I know that my swatches may not look to be the same colors as the one on her site. For "Good Fortune", I feel that my pictures are an accurate representation of the color and shade of the actual polish. As for "This Girl is on Fire...HELP!", I think my pictures are a bit off, and that it's a bit more on the purple side.

I bought these here for $12 (15mL)

Good Fortune is a stunning teal polish with an extreme linear holographic. These pictures do NOT show off the holo well. This is two coats, no base or top.

Opacity: 2.5
Application: 5
Wear: 4.5
Removal: 5

As for "This Girl is on Fire...HELP!", this is the most understated polish. Think LynB's "So Changeable" (review to come). Not only is this polish a blue violet holographic when viewed from farther away, up close you can see the blue and purple microflecks that make it a color shift polish. It is STUNNING.
The first picture is one coat to show opacity, and how it dries to a satin finish.
The rest of the pictures are two coats with Glisten & Glow's HK Girl top coat.
The last picture is an attempt to show the color shift.

Opacity: 5

Application: 4
(my bottle happened to be a bit thick and sticky, but overall it was decent to apply)
Wear: 4.5
Removal: 5

I HIGHLY recommend both of these colors!! Go pick up your bottles in her next restock!!

piCture pOlish "Peacock" Review (PIC HEAVY)

A few friends of mine recently hooked me on a new polish brand called "piCture pOlish". Yes, that's how they label their name! I promise I know how to capitalize properly! They are an Australian brand, so if you don't live in Australia, shipping might be hefty unless you shop at a website that carries indie polishes like (insert plug here) Llarowe. Be aware that restocks don't happen often, so it's a madhouse on the indie carrier sites when they do! You will most likely have to stalk and refresh the site to get what you want.
I recently won half a dozen of their polishes in their contest, so I will have more to review at a later date, but for today, I am reviewing a color called "Peacock".

I had to get this polish for a few reasons: I love dark blues, I love emerald tones, and I love peacocks. Enough said. However, when it arrived and I swatched it, I noticed what I thought was navy turned out to be more of a dark blue violet. It is gorgeous nonetheless, plus from far away it still looks navy enough for me!

The polish is a jelly dark blue-violet base with tiny rectangular emerald and silver glitter. I liked the opacity I found at two coats. As I have heard, this brand has a fantastic formula when it comes to cremes, and it didn't disappoint me when I used this glitter! I felt like it laid on relatively even, and it wasn't thick and goopy at all!

Here are some pictures in the sunlight...oooh, ahhh...

And here is a close up of my mani after two days. Base coat, no top coat.

I have since removed this polish, and I found it one of the easier glitters to remove. I didn't use anything special to do so as I have gotten jaded with using foil. I just held a soaked cotton ball in place for a few seconds, wiped, repeated, and then lightly scrubbed off the few remaining glitters. Compared to other glitter polishes, this glitter was relatively painless to remove.

I do have piCture pOlish's "Revolution" coming, so I will have to review that when it arrives.

Anyway, this polish is lovely and I highly recommend piCture pOlish based on their formulas. Let me know if you decide to pick up some of their beauties!

*As always, I am not affiliated with the "piCture pOlish brand. The contest I won had no connection to, or biased influence on, my review(s) and blog.

Jindie Nails "JINDIE-Pendendence" Review

So tomorrow is the first of June, which means there's just over a month to one of my favorite holidays- Independence Day (a.k.a. the Fourth of July). I think I have so many childhood memories that have stuck with me that make this holiday such an awesome one. I remember every year our city park (it has a lake in the middle) would fill with vendors selling their wares. There would be booths lined up around the lake with all the best summer foods- hot dogs, burgers, teriyaki sticks, elephant ears, ice cream and popsicles. I can almost smell the scent of those soft, sweet elephant ears drifting through the air. 

The night of the Fourth, the grassy areas would be packed with people from my town, and even those from miles and miles away. Everyone would lay out their picnic blankets (and some people would even pitch a tent and camp to get a good spot) to make their territory and make a day of enjoying the activities of the lake while waiting for the firework show to start. When dusk came and everyone settled, you could feel the excitement buzzing heavy in the air.

Not soon after the day dimmed, the show began. Patriotic tunes would play proudly as the stunning firework display lit up the night. The grandeur of the pyrotechnics never disappointed, and we were left ooh-ing and ahh-ing long after the show was over. Oh, how I miss home.

What were we talking about? Ah yes, nail polish. Ahem.

The beauty I have for you today is from Jindie Nails. It is a limited-edition item, and I know this particular polish was very popular. I am not sure if she sold out of this all-in-one formula, but I believe she has a similar topper (top coat) in the works.
This color is cleverly named "JINDIE-Pendence," and boy, is it a looker.

Here are a few other pictures to give you an idea of all the different types of glitter in this baby:

As you can see, everything is suspended in a milky white crelly base. You do have to fish just a tiny bit to get some of the larger glitters from the bottle to your nail, but I didn't find it too difficult to get what I wanted. Here is a swatch of just one coat so you can see how build-able this polish is:

I would say you could have a decent opacity at three coats, but it might be wiser to do white base coat at the start. Also, as I mentioned above, if you want to use these glitters with a different color, I believe she will be making a top coat with this glitter set. You can check out her Facebook page for more information.

Have a happy Fourth everyone! I would love to hear your holiday traditions and this year's plans in the comment section below!

*Nope, not affiliated with Jindie Nails either. She makes some great glitter polishes though.