Showing posts with label Crème à la Mode. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Crème à la Mode. Show all posts

Thursday, March 24, 2016

Crème à la Mode: Spring Box

xoxoJen's swatch of Crème à la Mode: Spring Box

The Crème à la Mode box is a seasonal collection of cream finish polishes made by four different brands.
This is the third box, Fall and Winter being the first two.
The Spring box is packed with vibrant shades that are perfect for the season. All four polishes are opaque in two coats and have exceptional formulas. I've done some nail art at the end of the review - hope you enjoy!

Digital Nails Water You Waiting For - a bright ultra periwinkle shade, it definitely leans purple but my camera kept trying to capture it as a straight blue.

xoxoJen's swatch of Digital Nails Water You Waiting For

Indigo Bananas Smoke On The Otter is a beautifully done neutral, I'd call it a greyed up nude shade.

xoxoJen's swatch of Indigo Bananas Smoke On The Otter

Literary Lacquers Salmon Chanted Evening - a stunningly vibrant coral shade. My camera just does not shoot coral color accurate, like ever. I got it as close as I could - you can expect this one to be super bright, almost neon.

xoxoJen's swatch of Literary Lacquers Salmon Chanted Evening

Octopus Party The Algae-attic Sea - super fun neon lime shade.

xoxoJen's swatch of Octopus Party The Algae-attic Sea

I was curious whether and how these would all stamp so I did a test and thought I'd share that with you! I used white on the pinky nail to show the difference in the neutral shade and bright white. Stamping with these definitely works. They are fairly sheer when stamped, especially the OPNL, so a light color underneath is suggested.

xoxoJen's swatch of Crème à la Mode: Nail Art
xoxoJen's swatch of Crème à la Mode: Nail Art

The spring box will be available for pre-order on March 27 - April 3 at the Crème à la Mode shop. Which is your favorite shade?

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Nail Art: Dotticure

Is anyone still visiting my blog?

I ask, because I've been absent.
Life is happenng. Adulting is being done. Blog was neglected.
For that, I am sorry.
I expect the coming month to allow me to post more frequently.

With that, how about some delayed nail art from around Christmas time? Maybe I should pretend it's a Valentine's day look..Red for roses and green for leaves?
Either way, it's still cute and was very easy to create!

xoxoJen's swatch of Nail Art: Dotticure with Digital Nails, Indigo Bananas, and Literary Lacquers
xoxoJen's swatch of Nail Art: Dotticure with Digital Nails, Indigo Bananas, and Literary Lacquers

The base color is two coats of Literary Lacquers Stinky Litte Truck from the 2015 Community Collaboration Collection. The dots were created with polishes from the Crème à la Mode winter box - Digital Nails Arboreal, a glass like jade green and Indigo Bananas Scarlet Night, also glass like but red. I used a dotting tool to apply the dots and then topcoated to finish. Easy peasy and all the polishes played nicely together!

I hope you've enjoyed the mini review and will be back to visit me again!