Awesome Sauce Box: Life in Plastic

Press Sample

General Info : Life in plastic "barbie" box
Guest: Cupcake polish
Pre-Order: March 25th 3pm CDT - April 1st 10pm CDT
Shop: http://awesomesauceindies.bigcartel.com/

Comes in two sizes -
Full size: (pictured)
includes 5 full size polishes ranging 13.5 ml- 15ml, nail vinyls from lou it yourself, clay mash from ever after polish, balm from anonymous lacquer, charms from lavish, and vinyls from Lou It Yourself

Mini size:
includes 5 mini size polishes ranging 5ml- 7.5 ml, nail vinyls from lou it yourself, clay mash from ever after polish, balm from anonymous lacquer, charms from lavish, and vinyls from Lou It Yourself



I like to use the brand's descriptions to be sure I don't miss mentioning a pigment or something specific/important. So those are below, along with some comments from me.

Bridezilla - White crelly with a rainbow of shimmers!
I found this polish to be a bit challenging to apply, in that it was fairly thick and tended to dry quickly. Because I am not a pro at 'wrapping the tips' I didn't even think to try it so the free edge is not very smooth. I spoke to the box host who contacted the brand. The box host relayed back to me that the polish would be adjusted to be a bit thinner.




Barbie Girl - A hot pink linear holo with a slight lilac flash.
Slight is an understatement! I think the purpley flash was quite vibrant and almost pearlescent looking - what a beautiful finish!




Malibu Barbie - Blue aqua crelly with pink specks and holo shimmer.
I checked with Rachel and found that this polish is intentionally sheer to allow for light to reach the delicate flecks inside it. I wore four coats, which builds a very nice depth - akin to jadeite glass or looking into a clear ocean where you can see the coral and sand at the bottom.




Demolition Barbie - A black polish with color shifting glass based pigment in a blue to purple shift. As well, for an extra pop, micro holo flakies.
Woah sparkle girl! LOVE how sparkly this black polish is - there's magic in that bottle.




Let's Go Party - A lovely lavender crelly with gold shimmer, micro silver and gold holo glitter plus fine holo pink glitter and a splash of scattered holo.
From further away, the glitter blends well and is difficult to see; but when you get close you can see the hidden beauty and unusual glitter colors used.




All the polishes were opaque in two coats and had no formula issues unless otherwise noted.

Which are your favorite? What's that, can't decide? Me either!! They are all beautifully done and I love the theme and names of the polishes too. I hope you've enjoyed my review and will come over and follow me on facebook.

Awesome Sauce Indie Box: Feat Literary Lacquers

Press Sample

The Awesome Sauce Indie box this month features guest Literary Lacquers. It contains a total of five polishes, nail vinyls from Lou It Yourself, cuticle Crelli sample from Ever After polish, cuticle oil and jelly stones from Anonymous Lacquer, and nail charms from Lavish Polish. The box is available with full sized or mini sized items!

What a box! Especially nice for team mermaid, eh?

Pre-order runs from Jan 29th 8pm Central - Feb 5th 10pm Central at the Awesome Sauce Shop.




Literary Lacquers Each to Each - Sparkling aqua linear holo with the slightest touch of murk from the unknown depths, inspired by The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot.

Two coats and topcoat. I created a gradient with Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster and Thermofish over the mermaid scales vinyls for the accent nail. Formula was perfect, as I have come to expect from LitLaq




Lavish Polish Golden Mermaid - A beautiful golden holo with a mix of different multichrome flakies and micro gold holo glitter.

Two coats of this sparkly polish applied itself, no clean up.




Ever After Scaling the Open Seas - Silver metallic shimner with green, purple and gold ultra chrome flakes with strong scattered holo.

Super reflective and shiny, I wore two coats and the formula was great!




Anonymous Lacquer Mermaid Magic - A majestic purple holo with micro flakes.

I wore two coats, although I think one may have been sufficient. The polish is quite opaque and has a creamy formula.




Vapid Lacquer No Clam Shell Needed - A green to blue oceanic thermal shimmering with iridescent rainbow flakies. Glitter in all the colors of a mermaids scales, blues and purples clear holographic and all glitters in mattes Mettalics and holos.

A cool thermal glitter that I think is on point for a mermaid style polish. I wore three coats with slight VNL, no top coat.




I enjoyed the polishes, all the fun nail art goodies as well as the moisturizing oil and cream - they saved my skin while swatching and both smell delicious!
Which polish is your favorite? What kind of nail art would you create with this?

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