Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Glam Polish: Epic Journey


Glam Polish has created The Epic Journey collection for summer and it's now available for pre-order. The collection is a limited edition and consists of nine magical shades inspired by the Fellowship's Journey Through Middle-earth. Glam Polish ships within Australia and to the USA, and the collection will be available at other international stockists in July.

xoxoJen's collage of Glam Polish The Epic Journey collection

I took photos of the bottles at various angles to show differences, since some of these polishes may appear similar in my photos but they are all different from each other. I have also posted the swatches in the same order in the above collage.

xoxoJen's collage of Glam Polish The Epic Journey collection


Fangorn Forest is made up of oversized blue and green mica particles, which I sometimes call "flecks," in a smokey teal base. Because the particles are larger, settling may occur but a little shaking will blend them up nicely. I didn't notice settling in my bottles, but I haven't had them for very long yet.

xoxoJen's swatch of Glam Polish Fangorn Forest
xoxoJen's swatch of Glam Polish Fangorn Forest
xoxoJen's swatch of Glam Polish Fangorn Forest

Rivendell is made up of blue, green and purple flecks in a smokey green base and appears more blue on the nail due to the purple mica.

xoxoJen's swatch of Glam Polish Rivendell
xoxoJen's swatch of Glam Polish Rivendell
xoxoJen's swatch of Glam Polish Rivendell

Anduin River has a bright cornflower blue to orchid shifting shimmer and holographic particles in a purple leaning grey base. The shift is subtle and only apparent in certain lighting situations. It's my second favorite from this collection.

xoxoJen's swatch of Glam Polish Anduin River
xoxoJen's swatch of Glam Polish Anduin River
xoxoJen's swatch of Glam Polish Anduin River

Helm's Deep is the stand out and is my very favorite of this collection. It has the larger flecks that shift from blue to purple to orchid and holographic particles packed into a purple leaning grey base. It's super sparkly and caught my eye as I was unboxing all of them.

xoxoJen's swatch of Glam Polish Helm's Deep
xoxoJen's swatch of Glam Polish Helm's Deep
xoxoJen's swatch of Glam Polish Helm's Deep


Isengard is a beautiful violet shimmer polish with holographic particles which kind of gives it the illusion of shifting color in its grey base.

xoxoJen's swatch of Glam Polish Isengard
xoxoJen's swatch of Glam Polish Isengard
xoxoJen's swatch of Glam Polish Isengard


Mount Doom has a base of grey with orchid shimmers and holographic particles. These colors together make it appear as a shifty polish! You can see where areas on the nail look navy blue, which is actually a blue leaning purple (camera fail), and other areas of the nail look more orchid.

xoxoJen's swatch of Glam Polish Mount Doom
xoxoJen's swatch of Glam Polish Mount Doom
xoxoJen's swatch of Glam Polish Mount Doom

Mines of Moria has a blackberry colored base with purple, blue and coppery flecks and holographic particles. I really like this one and it'd be my third pick from this set.

xoxoJen's swatch of Glam Polish Mines of Moria
xoxoJen's swatch of Glam Polish Mines of Moria
xoxoJen's swatch of Glam Polish Mines of Moria


Fires of Mordor
has mostly rose leaning pink flecks, a few scattered purple and gold flecks and a lot of holographic particles in a charcoal colored base which really darkens the overall look on the nail.

xoxoJen's swatch of Glam Polish Fires of Mordor
xoxoJen's swatch of Glam Polish Fires of Mordor
xoxoJen's swatch of Glam Polish Fires of Mordor


Eye of Sauron
has the same rose leaning pink flecks, more of the purple and gold flecks than FoM(above) and a pinked up lightish grey base color which allows this polish to be quite bright.

xoxoJen's swatch of Glam Polish Eye Of Sauron
xoxoJen's swatch of Glam Polish Eye Of Sauron
xoxoJen's swatch of Glam Polish Eye Of Sauron

I really enjoyed having the opportunity to review Glam Polish for Rachel, this is my first experience with the brand. All of these polishes are beautiful, have a wonderfully smooth formula and most were opaque in one coat but I used two coats in all the photos. If you can't get the whole collection, you won't want to miss Helm's Deep, Anduin River, and Mount Doom.

Be sure to visit the Glam Polish web store to pre-order these polishes and see all the other beautiful polishes available. As mentioned above, Rachel does ship to the USA which is $7.95 for one bottle of polish and $1.00 for each additional bottle. The official release date is June 26th.

And if you're not able to pre-order, show us both some lovin on facebook - Glam Polish and xoxo, Jen and keep an eye out for the international stockists to sell the set in July.

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10 comments

  1. These are all so gorgeous! Great swatches.

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  2. Oh my gosh I love all of these and their based off LOTR!

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    1. :D Thanks for the comment! I'm a fan of LOTR too, and was excited to get to try them out!

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  3. These are all gorgeous! I don't own any Glam Polish, but there's a few of these I'd love to have.

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    1. Aren't they though? These are my first and I would definitely give you a nudge to pull the trigger on these!

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  4. Jen, is this brand based in Australia? I'm wondering because it is a "summer" collection, but all the colors are dark ones we in the US generally associate with "fall" or "winter." As always, your swatches are just lovely and inspiring.

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    1. Yes, this brand is based in Australia! Thank you for the kind compliments! :D

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  5. Fantastic post ☼ You are GOOD!

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