Friday, July 31, 2020

Alter Ego: As You Wish

Alter Ego is being featured in the Nails & Novels facebook group with a beautiful custom group polish!

As You Wish
Inspired by The Princess Bride book's cover art, this polish is packed with super micro blue, aqua and holo glitter suspended in a jelly-ish base. It can be used as a topper, or alone as shown here in three coats. It sparkles and sings and will surely make you feel like a princess while wearing it!

xoxoJen's swatch of Alter Ego: As You Wish
xoxoJen's swatch of Alter Ego: As You Wish
xoxoJen's swatch of Alter Ego: As You Wish

Available August 1 at the Alter Ego online shop! Will you be picking it up?!

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Sunday, July 26, 2020

Polish Pickup: August 2020

The theme this month for Polish Pickup is Weird Science, featuring polishes based on weird science-y things! The launch is August 7 at 10am Central through August 10, 11pm Central.

xoxoJen's swatch of Polish Pickup: August 2020


Alter Ego I've Been Slimed
An intentionally sheer jelly bright pink. Perfect to use in a glitter jelly sandwich, over a cream or all alone!
No Cap

What a fun polish! I enjoyed wearing it for several days. It is so shiny and squishy! It gives me that 'my nails but better' vibe because of its bright pink shade. Oh! This would also be great over a french mani for that pink and white look!
Shown is three coats with topcoat.

xoxoJen's swatch of Alter Ego I've Been Slimed
xoxoJen's swatch of Alter Ego I've Been Slimed
xoxoJen's swatch of Alter Ego I've Been Slimed


Alter Ego Bath Bomb (unscented)
Cynthia's signature Bath Bomb bubbling formula, which is unscented and uncolored made with super moisturizing ingredients such as: unrefined cocoa butter, unrefined shea butter, and castor oil. This giant bath bomb is hand shaped by Cynthia herself for that Artisanal quality we all love! It also has a commercially made slime ball embedded inside it. The amount of product is ~3oz, plus the weight of the slime ball. Plenty of product to break into portions for several baths!
Cap: 40 US, 5 Intl

While I didn't bathe with it, I think the bath bomb is really well made. I mean, just LOOK at that foam!! I love a good foam with a bomb and how the fizzing/melting lasted a while was really nice too.
The slime was fun to play with as well.
The slime balls came with 6-7 different colors, mine was a green and red swirl. After playing with it for a while the colors mixed into a chocolatey shade. Although these are shrink wrapped, Cynthia asked that I caution others to unwrap it over something that can catch the crumbs and pieces so none gets wasted.

xoxoJen's swatch of Alter Ego Bath Bomb
xoxoJen's swatch of Alter Ego Bath Bomb
xoxoJen's swatch of Alter Ego Bath Bomb
xoxoJen's swatch of Alter Ego Bath Bomb
xoxoJen's swatch of Alter Ego Bath Bomb


Blush Positronic Brain
Inspiration: Data from Star Trek The Next Generation
A buildable pea green jelly nail polish with golden tones and holographic microflakes. In 1 coat, this will look very yellow/golden, but builds to more green tones with each coat. Blush recommends using a good base coat as this polish has a heavy amount of yellow pigment that may cause staining.
No Cap

Shown is three coats with no topcoat. this polish is super glossy all on its own!

xoxoJen's swatch of Blush Positronic Brain
xoxoJen's swatch of Blush Positronic Brain
xoxoJen's swatch of Blush Positronic Brain


KBShimmer He Slimed Me
A slime-colored neon green polish inspired by that well known ghost from Ghostbusters. The polish is loaded with color-shifting flakes of gold and green and a hint of holographic micro flakes.
No cap

The green is such a vibrant shade and the flakes packed in there make it sparkle and shift like crazy! Shown in two coats with topcoat. I wore this shade for over a week with no chipping!

xoxoJen's swatch of KBShimmer He Slimed Me
xoxoJen's swatch of KBShimmer He Slimed Me
xoxoJen's swatch of KBShimmer He Slimed Me


KBShimmer Citrus Cooler Scrub
No Cap
Inspired by an ectoplasm juice box. Bright and fresh notes of orange with grapefruit, lemon and lime for a delicious citrus blended scent. Subtle hints of cucumber, jasmine, pineapple, blackberry, and champagne give the scrub a little something extra for the perfect juice-inspired scent!

This scrub is consistently on par with other scrubs I've tried and reviewed from KBShimmer and the scent is so yummy! It's one of that may tempt you to take a bite, but don't!

xoxoJen's swatch of KBShimmer Citrus Cooler Scrub
xoxoJen's swatch of KBShimmer Citrus Cooler Scrub
xoxoJen's swatch of KBShimmer Citrus Cooler Scrub


Lollipop You Are Stellar
Inspired by an infrared photo of the M16 Eagle Nebula.
A teal leaning green with pink iridescent color shift flakes, pink aurora shimmer, and holographic microflakes.
No cap

Lovely formula and application, just packed with flakie goodness! Shown in 2 coats.

xoxoJen's swatch of Lollipop You Are Stellar
xoxoJen's swatch of Lollipop You Are Stellar
xoxoJen's swatch of Lollipop You Are Stellar


Nevermind Porphyria's Slumber
Inspired by Porphyria and a belief of many that Porphyria is related to legends about vampires.
A purple jelly based polish packed with shimmer, holo microglitter and iridescent multi-color flakes and holo flakes.
Cap: 100 US, 12 UK

One of those kitchen sink type polishes - it has everything in it! Plus, it's purple so you all know that I love it! Shown in two coats with topcoat.

xoxoJen's swatch of Nevermind Porphyria's Slumber
xoxoJen's swatch of Nevermind Porphyria's Slumber
xoxoJen's swatch of Nevermind Porphyria's Slumber

What are you picking up this month from PPU and IPU?

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Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Glam Polish: Mean Girls Trio (Limited Edition)

Glam Polish is releasing a new trio inpsired by the movie Mean Girls.

Coming to you July 31st, 2pm EST USA at https://www.glampolish.com.au/
Promo: For the first 72 hours Save 5% off all individual shades in store with code TOTALLY5 or 10% off all full collections in store with code TOTALLY10

xoxoJen's swatch of Glam Mean Girls Trio (Limited Edition)


Get In Loser, We’re Going Shopping. - Bright Fuchsia crelly with aurora shimmer and ultra holo glitter.
Shown in three coats with topcoat. Formula was smooth and easy to apply. The image is a little more blue leaning than in person where it is a slightly warmer neon pink, think Barbie.

xoxoJen's swatch of Glam Get In Loser, We’re Going Shopping.
xoxoJen's swatch of Glam Get In Loser, We’re Going Shopping.
xoxoJen's swatch of Glam Get In Loser, We’re Going Shopping.


You Can’t Sit with Us! - Pastel Lavender crelly with aurora shimmer and neon pink glitter mix.
Shown in two coats with topcoat. Formula was smooth and easy to apply.

xoxoJen's swatch of Glam You Can’t Sit with Us!
xoxoJen's swatch of Glam You Can’t Sit with Us!
xoxoJen's swatch of Glam You Can’t Sit with Us!


You Go, Glenn Coco! - Pink holo jelly with iridescent flakies and ultra holo glitter.
Shown in two coats with topcoat. From a distance, one thick coat will just about do it since the finish is so reflective, it is difficult to make out the nail line. Formula was smooth and easy to apply.

xoxoJen's swatch of Glam You Go, Glenn Coco!
xoxoJen's swatch of Glam You Go, Glenn Coco!
xoxoJen's swatch of Glam You Go, Glenn Coco!


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Monday, July 6, 2020

Alter Ego: Rain

The Polished Gamers box is inspired by the Mortal Kombat game and launches July 15th, 2020 at 12pm MT at https://polishedgamersbox.com/.

I have one of the polishes to share with you today from Alter Ego!

Rain
I would describe this polish as an antiqued gold metallic with purple flake. The formula was easy to apply, and I noticed that it is heavily pigmented allowing some flakes to peek out like a metallic shimmery jelly! I mentioned this to Cynthia and she said it is the nature of the colorant and that she would see if she could tweak it slightly to allow more flake to peek out.

I think it is edgy and pretty as is, what do ya'll think?

xoxoJen's swatch of Alter Ego: Rain
xoxoJen's swatch of Alter Ego: Rain
xoxoJen's swatch of Alter Ego: Rain


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Friday, July 3, 2020

Rogue Lacquer: Cruel Summer Trio

The Rogue Cruel Summer trio is available now at their shop!
The trio consists of three crelly flake polishes in vibrant summery shades.

xoxoJen's swatch of Rogue Lacquer Cruel Summer collage


Girls Just Wanna Have Sun
A lavender crelly with sunny red flames (flake) throughout.

xoxoJen's swatch of Rogue Lacquer Girls Just Wanna Have Sun
xoxoJen's swatch of Rogue Lacquer Girls Just Wanna Have Sun
xoxoJen's swatch of Rogue Lacquer Girls Just Wanna Have Sun


One In A Melon
A honeydew colored crelly with red micro ucc flakes

xoxoJen's swatch of Rogue Lacquer One In A Melon
xoxoJen's swatch of Rogue Lacquer One In A Melon
xoxoJen's swatch of Rogue Lacquer One In A Melon


Tropic Like It's Hot
A tropical pink crelly with oceanic aqua flakes

xoxoJen's swatch of Rogue Lacquer Tropic Like It's Hot
xoxoJen's swatch of Rogue Lacquer Tropic Like It's Hot
xoxoJen's swatch of Rogue Lacquer Tropic Like It's Hot

Each polish above is shown in two coats with topcoat. The formula was very nice, easy to apply and smooth - no dragging or pulling.

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