Glam Polish: Sunnydale Trio (Limited Edition)

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Glam Polish is bringing us three vampy shades inspired by the TV Series Buffy The Vampire Slayer. They release August 28th, 2pm EST USA, on the Glam Polish website.
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I Happen To Be Very Biteable, Pal. - Dark Purple jelly with shifting iridescent flakies and aurora shimmer.






I Hope Evil Takes Mastercard - Dark Blue jelly with shifting iridescent flakies and aurora shimmer.






You’re The One, Buffy - Plum jelly with shifting iridescent flakies and aurora shimmer.





Each polish is shown in two lovely coats with topcoat. The formula for each was smooth and easy to apply. The smallish brush allows precision for me, as I have small nails.

Will you be picking these up?!

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Wildflower: Autumn

I ordered this from Wildflower Lacquer and thought I'd share some swatches.

In person, Autumn is a super dark vampy jelly polish with what I would call hidden shimmer. Under my usual lighting the shimmer is difficult to see, but with a flash bulb or bright sunlight you can see a little bit of shimmer. I wasn't able to see any holo rainbows in the polish. To me, the bottle I got is different than the photos in the fan group.
Two coats. Topcoat. Formula was ok. It seemed to either dry fast or was sticky and the color was darker than I expected, in most lighting it looks like black polish. There were a few bumps of something in the polish which are visible in photos, I'm not sure what that is.





If you like vampy, dark shades, then this one is for you! I don't think I will be purchasing again from the brand.

Shimmer Me Box: Gold

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The theme for the next Shimmer Me Box is gold shimmer and its release is on 12/15 at Native War Paints. The special guest this month is Bluebird Lacquer, who has a made a bright teal polish with golden shimmer. Formulas for each of these was fluid and easy to apply.



Yule Get Through This is a bright glowing green with a copper/gold shimmer. The polish almost looks like a duochrome with how the gold blends with the base and is glowy where the light hits it.
Shown is two coats.





Flame Ascending is deep burgundy red with intense gold shimmer.
Opaque in just one coat, but I used two coats to ensure even coverage and depth of color.





Ever Glow is a dark evergreen with gold shimmer and sparkling holo throughout.
Almost opaque in one coat, two shown.





Golden Gummy Bears is a bright pink jelly with gold shimmer.
I wore three coats, as this applies a bit sheer but in the end it has a nice depth of shimmer and color.





I hope you've enjoyed the review and photos. Will you be picking up the Gold Shimmer Me Box?

The Color Box: Purple Edition

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Introducing the very first blogger collaboration box with a single color theme, The Color Box!
The first box's color theme is purple and will be available for pre-order opens at 2:30pm CDT April 15th for one week. The first 25 boxes ordered will come with a special coloring sheet of our mascat, the Craycorn!

After all pre-orders are shipped out, each brand has the option to stock their own shade in their own shop. Be sure to join the facebook group to vote on the next color and keep up on box related news.




Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer and Manna's Manis created Manna's Majestic Masterpiece, a light lilac crelly packed with blue/purple iridescent and silver holo microglitter. Inspired by this photo.
The polish has a clean and fresh look, perfect for any occasion. I wore two coats and topcoat, the formula was fluid and easy to apply, no streaking or clumping.




Ever After and Naked Without Polish created Vivid Violet Voyage, a violet jelly base filled with linear holo, purple holo and metallic glitter in multiple sizes, royal blue glitter, and silver shards.
The formula on this was fantastic and after drying was practically smooth on it's own, although I did add topcoat for a glassy shine. Three coats used for an opaque look, but could possibly be used as a topper in one coat.




Turtle Tootsie Polishes and Amanda Loves Polish created Amanda's Unicorn With A Donut Horn, a pastel purple holo with different size magenta, blue and pink flakies. I really love how this polish has everything going on, yet is subtle from a distance. It's like having secret bling on your nails that only you can see close up! I wore two coats with topcoat and this had an easy smooth formula.




Sweet Heart Polish and Addicted to Polish created Addicted to Purple, a purple jelly with green shimmer & glass flakes with micro holo glitters. Inspired by this photo. I absolutely a-FREAKING-dore this polish! My two favorite colors all in one! The shimmer was being camera shy but is very visible in person. I wore three coats to insure opacity because I tend to paint thin coats when the polish is slightly thicker in formula.




I collaborated with Literary Lacquers to create Soul Within Me Burning, a deep vampy purple holo with flaming copper sparkle and shift. My inspiration for the polish color came from this photo and a poem, The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe. The coppery sparks and name come from the section of the poem where he is flaming mad about the noise outside:

Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning,
Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before.
“Surely,” said I, “surely that is something at my window lattice;
Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore—
Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore;—
’Tis the wind and nothing more!”

I wore two coats with topcoat and the formula was fantastic, as we have come to expect with any LitLaq polish.






I also wanted to see if Soul Within Me Burning would stamp, since it is so opaque. I used Amanda's polish as the base color and then stamped stars from VL002 and a unicorn from VL019 with my clear stamper. Then I topped the accent nail with a coat of Vapid Hollow for an extra sparkly unicorn.




I absolutely love all the polishes offered in this box, and I am certain that you will too!

Be sure to enter the giveaway if you haven't already, there's only a couple of days left!
Best of luck on the giveaway - and if you aren't the winner, rest assured, you can still get these beautiful polishes at the pre-order launch!

Miss Ashleigh: In the Navy

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Do you prefer dark, vampy and mysterious?
In the Navy from Miss Ashleigh is absolutely that! This is the second of the polishes by Miss Ashleigh, sent to me from Ella Ann Cosmetics and I'm quite pleased with it.

In the Navy is a deep blackened blue and where the light hits the nail is so glowy!
The formula is fluid and fairly easy to control. As with some shimmers, use care on the second coat as not to disturb the first coat. This was opaque in one coat but I always use two to insure even coverage for photos.





I hope you'll give the Miss Ashleigh line a try. I think you'll be glad you did! In The Navy and many other beautiful shades are available at Ella Ann Cosmetics.
I've had a good experience working with Ella Ann Cosmetics who has sent quite a few (17) polishes to me for review, so you'll be seeing more of those here at xoxojen.com

Thank you for stopping by today!

b.i.t.c.h. by Jaclyn: Halloween Collection

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I have the honor of being allowed to help announce a re-brand and the Halloween Collection at the same time! :D
Please meet - b.i.t.c.h by Jaclyn - Bold, Intelligent, Trendsetting, Chic, Haute
(formerly Pretty Bitch Polish)
Isn't that a creative name and abbreviation!? I love it and I adore her new logo so much I've superimposed it over the original logo on the bottle. I'm really excited to see how the new bottles will actually look!




The Halloween collection is gorgeous and I have a favorite of the bunch! Believe it or not, it's not either of the purple shades (although they are rather gorgeous). Read on if you want to know!
Sweet Spot is a pretty shade of violet purple packed with purple micro flakies and holographic sparkle throughout. I wore two coats and topcoat for the photos. The formula was nice and easy to apply.






Here it is! This is my favorite of the collection! It's called Sucker which is the perfect name for such a juicy vampy color! Wouldn't you agree? It has a deliciously darkened linear holo effect which adds such depth and character. Can you believe this is only one coat?! I wouldn't either if I hadn't applied it myself! Total fave, the "must have, if you can only have one" color.






Candy Man is a soft lime green shade with subtle holo and heaps of green micro flakies. I wore three coats of this stunner and added topcoat for extra shine!






In the Sack is a dotty little b.i.t.c.h. glitter topper! It has tiny purple and orange dot glitters, purple and orange hex glitter, black triangles, squares, and silver holo hexes all in a clear base. I wore one coat over Sweet Spot.






Bitch and Moan features teeeeeeny tiny stars, hearts, moons and who knows what other shapes you might find! It's a different glitter combo with every dip of the brush! One of the tiny stars shows up really well in the macro shot. Aren't they cute? There are some ginormous dark purple square glitters which have curved a little, but it's so worth having them in the bottle! I wore one coat over Sucker and topped with Gelous then top coat. I did need to dip the brush a few times to get the shaped glitter, but I don't mind that cause I love shapes!






How Many Licks is something I've always wondered about after seeing the Tootsie Roll Tootsie Pop commercials and I smile every time I read that name on the bottle! This glitter topper is made of orange, yellow, black and holo silver glitters. Hidden among these is big raspberry colored dot glitters! I think those might represent the centers of a Tootsie pop in this polish. How fun is that? I wore two coats with Gelous and Top Coat. I did some fishing to get more of the shaped glitters for this mani since I love the shapes so much.





Witch Bitch has a spooky cauldron colored base with magical shifting purple to green pigment and holographic pigment sprinkled throughout. The purple shift is more prominent whereas the green is a little subtle but shows when viewing the nail from an angle. I wore two coats of this magical nail potion for the photos below.





A Cheap Trick might be played on a witch and so I was compelled to wear this combo! It goes really well together especially where the full moons meet the witch! This polish has dark moons too and colorful triangle candies sprinkled among other orange wrapped candies. I wore two coats of Cheap Trick and added a few extra dabs here and there for the photos below.






Skeleton In The Closet isn't just a silver holo. This bone chilling polish is packed with iridescent and silver metallic flecks too! It's quite unique in the realm of silvers, definitely one to consider having! I wore two coats and topcoat for this look and the formula was perfection.
The holographic effect proved difficult to capture on camera because this polish is very light reflective. The holo is there, I promise!





Treat Me is the last polish, but certainly not the least! It's a spicy pumpkin color doused with pink shifting flakies! How deliciously Halloween is this?! I wore three coats with topcoat for these photos.






This spooky Halloween collection will launch on October 6, at 8pm Central at the brand new b.i.t.c.h. online webstore.

Which new b.i.t.c.h. is your favorite?