Holo Hookup: The Thankful Box 2019

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The Holo Hookup brings us the Thankful Box with guest maker Turtle Tootsie! The box launches for pre-order October 21 at 8pm Central at The Holo Hookup and ends October 28 at 8pm Central.




Cupcake Thankful for Love
rich berry red linear holographic with a sprinkle of red and blue holo micro glitters. Two coats shown with topcoat.







Stamped with a whimsical heart design in copper metallic stamping polish.




Different Dimension Thankful for My Children
deep violet linear holographic with added UCC flakes, holo microglitter and holo mimcroflakies. Two coats shown with topcoat, although this one is quite opaque in one coat.







Stamped with a black holo and a light purple cream in a plaid design.




Glisten & Glow Thankful for Health
darkened midnight blue linear holo with added holo flakes, blue/teal, purple to pink, orange to red UCC flakes.
Shown in two coats with topcoat







Stamped with a gradient of fall creams in a leaf and acorn design.




Turtle Tootsie Thankful for Friends
deep emerald green holo with electric blue micro flakies and aqua shimmer
Shown in two coats with topcoat







Stamped with a gold metallic filigree design



The formulas for each of these is good and I enjoyed creating all the nail art looks. What will you create with your box?

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Road to Polish Con: Cupcake Polish, Different Dimension, and Glisten & Glow

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The Road to Polish Con is back as a preview for the September 23 Polish Con event in Chicago. I am delighted to be involved again as both Director of the event and Official RTPC Blogger! If you missed the NYC Road to Polish Con, you can find photos and links here.

I and five other “official” Polish Con Bloggers and Swatchers are sharing each polish with you first! We'll adventure together down the Road to Polish Con every Thursday for a full eleven weeks.
The polishes release Sunday morning at 8am eastern, will be available to pre-order for one week, and then the shop is refreshed with different polishes for the next launch.



Glisten & Glow Spirit of Chicago
Indigo Purple linear holographic polish with violet and blue shimmers and silver microflakes.





Cupcake Mystic Blue
Azure blue super linear holo with heavy green to blue shifting shimmers.





Different Dimension Odyssey II
a bright magenta pink linear holographic polish with hints of copper shimmers





Each of these polishes have good formulas and easy application with little clean up. They're opaque in one coat except for the Cupcake which has more of a jellyish base. I used two coats of each of these for photos.

I hope you've enjoyed the review and photos - snag yours this Sunday morning after 8am Central over at http://polishconvention.bigcartel.com/products and if you haven't already, join the Polish Con facebook group to stay informed.

Road to Polish Con: Week 5

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Unable to attend Polish Con NYC 2017?
Never fear! The creators and vendors of the event got together and are creating polishes available for sale to everyone before the Con! How cool is that? The releases are done weekly on Sundays at 8am Central.

This week's launch will feature week 5 polishes from Cupcake and Glisten & Glow.
Both polishes are inspired by east coast hip hop and will be sold separately but they compliment each other quite well.

Where Brooklyn At?

Bright Pink with purple undertones linear holographic with a dusting of red galaxy microglitters and flashes of purple shimmers. The formula applied evenly; I wore two coats and topcoat.

Hello Brooklyn

Black linear holographic loaded with pink shimmers. The formula applied smoothly; I wore two coats and topcoat.

These two polishes are limited and may sell out during the pre-order, which means they may not be available at Polish Con NYC. If that's not enough of a reason to grab yours quick, the first 80 are available to ship immediately, the rest will be pre-order and ship after the 15th of January.

Links here to my reviews of Week 3 and Week 4 polishes in case you missed those.

I hope you've enjoyed the review and photos - grab yours Sunday morning after 8am Central over at http://polishconvention.bigcartel.com/products

UN-Valentine Collaboration Box

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The box contains five full size bottles of Indie brand polishes one each from Turtle Tootsie, 77 Nail Lacquer, Cupcake, Bear Pawlish and Glisten & Glow.
You'll notice the box is meant to be satirical, especially with the clever names they've come up with! There is a surprise in the box but I've been sworn to secrecy! Ok ok - it's a special chocolate but I can't say more than that!

The box will be available for pre-sale beginning at 9am Central on January 3rd and goes through the 17th at Turtle Tootsie Polishes.

It's Not Me, It's YOU! is a berry pink linear holo with teeeeeny iridescent flakes inside. It's quite unique in my collection and this is the first time I've tried Turtle Tootsie polishes. Color me impressed! I wore two coats and topcoat, formula was smooth and easy to control.





I Love You, Not! is a super squishy red jelly that deepens a bit with the second coat. It's packed full of iridescent and holographic microglitter. Red polishes typically freak my camera out and this is the case here - it needs to be seen in person to see its full beauty. I wore two coats, formula is thick but manageable if the first coat is allowed to dry before the second.





I Bought It Myself is a coppery colored jelly packed full of golden holo microglitters. The end result is a coppery super sparkly nail polish!
I wore two coats and topcoat, formula was easy to apply and fairly smooth for a microglitter.





Single and Ready to Mingle is a denim-like shade of blue with a vibrant linear holo rainbow. I found the formula to be great and wore 2 coats with topcoat.





Table For One is a charcoal jelly filled with tiny holo glitters. The jelly darkens to black as it's layered in two coats. As with other Bears I've tried, the formula is smooth and easy to apply.





Do you have a favorite? Do you want #ALLTHEPOLISH ?

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