Road to Polish Con: Alter Ego, Native War Paints and Painted Polish

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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 central, will be available to pre-order for one week, and then the shop is refreshed with different polishes for the next launch.



Native War Paints Candied Apples
dark pink with lots of turquoise shimmer.





Painted Polish From The Pier, With Love
Ultramarine blue scattered holo with silver galaxy glitters and a pink/purple shimmer!





Alter Ego Does The Ducky Derby
a yellow holo. Cynthia from Alter Ego says, "Support the Windy City Rubber Ducky Derby and be someone who Does The Ducky Derby! It is one of the most popular fundrasiers in Chicago and it supports the Special Olympics"





Gradient stamping with MDU and Inifinity plate 106. Absolutely love how this came out!



Each of these polishes have good formulas and easy application with little clean up. Shown is two coats with topcoat for each polish pictured.

I hope you've enjoyed the review and photos - snag yours this Sunday morning after 8am Central over at http://polishconvention.bigcartel.com/products. They're available 8/13-8/19, and if you haven't already, join the Polish Con facebook group to stay informed.

Road to Polish Con: Scofflaw, Leesha's Lacquer, Supernatural

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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 central, will be available to pre-order for one week, and then the shop is refreshed with different polishes for the next launch.



Scofflaw Charlotte Spinning in the Stars
a nightsky-grey crelly base, packed with tons of silver shimmer and flecks, as well as silver, gunmetal, black, and matte navy glitters. It's finished off with blue sparkle highlights of several shades.





Leesha's Lacquer Pier Pressure
A black with a slight purple shimmer with orange/pink flakies and a scattered holo

I sponged on the second layer of this polish to show the flakies better for photos. I also sandwiched a coat of gelous between coats of quick dry topcoat to get a glassy smooth shine. The flakes weren't textured to the touch, but there were visible spots shown in the macro shot that looked sunken where the flakes were. Difficult to describe, but additional clear/top fixed that right up.





Supernatural Funhouse
S purple base with a purple/blue/red/gold shift and hot pink/orange/gold flakies






Each of these polishes have good formulas and easy application with little clean up. Shown is two coats for each polish pictured.

I hope you've enjoyed the review and photos - snag yours this Sunday morning after 8am Central over at http://polishconvention.bigcartel.com/products. They're available 8/6-8/12, and if you haven't already, join the Polish Con facebook group to stay informed.

Road to Polish Con: Week 2 Nail Art

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After swatching each of the RTPC polishes for Week 2, I wanted to see if the CBL would stamp.

Guess what, it does and it's so pretty!




I stamped with Vivid Lacquer plate 037 and I think the holo polish did a great job! These and the other RTPC polish launch tomorrow morning, Sunday 7/9!

Road To Polish Con: Week 1 Nail Art

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After swatching each of the RTPC polishes for Week 1, I thought they all went really well together. On a whim, I decided to try a gradient french with Tonic as the base.




I used a makeup sponge to dab on each of the Ever After and Great Lakes Lacquer polishes. The dabbing really brings out the holo sparkle in the EA and the GLL looks almost chrome-like in some areas.
I love how it turned out! What do you think of it?

Road to Polish Con: Great Lakes, Tonic, and Ever After

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The Road to Polish Con is back as a preview for the September 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 will share each polish with you first! We'll adventure together down the Road to Polish Con every Thursday for the next eleven weeks.
The releases begin this week on July 2, will be available to order for one week, and then the shop is refreshed with different polishes for the next launch.



Ever After - Razzle Dazzle Them
Gold holo glitter bomb with gold shimmer and pink sparkle and shimmer
Shown is two coats, formula was smooth and easy to apply.







Great Lakes Lacquer - Polish Your Crystal Ball
A silver holo micro flake filled with two kinds of iridescent flake. Can be used as a topper or alone in three to four coats.
Shown is three coats, formula was smooth and easy to apply.







Tonic - Vaudeville Venom
A medium warm leaning purple cream with green to fuchsia shifting multichrome shimmer
Shown is two coats, formula was quick to dry; few brush strokes on the first coat will prevent it from dragging.







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.