Literary Lacquers: 2014 Community Collection & I Heard The Bells

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Amy of Literary Lacquers started a holiday tradition last year by joining with the community to create a collection of polishes and you may remember my series of posts about them: 1, 2, 3, 4. I was so excited to get to review that collection and thought how awesome it was of Amy to include her fans to make a holiday collection.

Well guess what!! Amy asked me to design a polish for this year's community collaboration!
At that moment my jaw dropped; stunned and speechless at the thought of being part of the collaboration among many other much more talented ladies. And when I first saw the polish Amy created from my idea, I was in tears because Amy went above and beyond what I had expected. It's gorgeous, ya'll.
I have always admired the passion that Amy puts into every bottle and to be a part of something this wonderful really touches my heart. I am honored and very excited! So here's the whole eight piece collection - each and every one of them is very special from inspiration to inception.



I wore two coats of each polish for all photos. These align with the Literary Lacquers formula we've come to expect - consistently smooth, almost buttery easy to control application. I've used the descriptions provided by Amy, but added a little more detail to Lurid Fog, the polish I helped design.

Lurid Fog – Designed by Jen of xoxo, Jen – A slate grey linear holo with a strong purple shimmer from two different sized pigments.
I, admittedly, am not much of a bookworm so I had some help from An She finding a book that fit the idea. The polish represents the choking fog that plagued London in the 19th century which was coal smoke mixed with mist. The following passage from the book, The New Grub Street by George Gissing, was perfect. (thank you An!)

Arrived in Hampstead Road he offered his hand for good-bye.
'I wanted to talk about all sorts of things. But perhaps I shall find you again some day.'
He jumped out, and waved his hat in the lurid fog.

Not only did the polish turn out better than expected but Amy sent an extra bottle to me to do a giveaway along with the LE gift with purchase, I Heard The Bells. The link to the giveaway form is at the bottom of this post.







Fallen Tributes – Designed by Jennifer of 4Boys1Mom Lacquer – Inspired by The Hunger Games, a deep blue linear holo with gold flakes and copper shimmer.






Grasshopper with Cotton Candy Hair – Designed by Cate of @allthegreenpolish – Inspired by The Dresden Files , a bright grasshopper green linear holo with pink and blue flecks






Porco Rosso – Designed by Schette of Schette EssaisBeauté – Inspired by Porco Rosso, a deep red linear holo with taupe and gold flakies






Attic Mice – Designed by Jess of @nailsinthecityy – Inspired by Flowers in the Attic, a medium grey creamy linear holo






Effie’s Trinket – Designed by Heather of Drowning In Polish – Inspired by The Hunger Games, a bright pinky-purple linear holo with pink shimmer






Always Winter Never Christmas – Designed by Kirby of The Mercurial Magpie – Inspired by The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, a silvery blue mega glitter linear holo.
Kirby has pusblished her entry for the collection, so be sure to read more about her inspiration at http://www.themercurialmagpie.com!






The Ruby Thief – Designed by Jenne of Polished Pathology – Inspired by Dinosaurs in the Attic , a ruby pink glass fleck shimmer






I Heard the Bells is a bonus Limited Edition Gift with Purchase. This polish was inspired by the poem I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day and is a bronzy-copper mega glitter holo.






Collection Launch:
1pm Central time, November 28.

Promo details:
I Heard the Bells LE Gift 11/28 - 12/7: With a $24 purchase you will get a mini size. With a $48 purchase you will get a full size. (excluding shipping)
Use coupon code for free US shipping BLACKFRIDAY2014 or INTERNATIONAL2014 for $5 international shipping for purchases over $80.


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