Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Vivid Lacquer: Fashionably Late


Vivid Lacquer's upcoming launch for the Fashionably Late set and two new Theoreticals is tomorrow and its huge and they're all gorgeous polishes! They all left me quite speechless so I took photos of the WHOLE release, plus a bonus sneak peek.
So.... you'll forgive me that this post isn't heavily wordy, is fashionably late, and that I'm theoretically running on less than fumes, right? right?!


They do say a picture is worth a thousand words...So..here are a bit over 50,000 of them! :)

Let's start with two new additions to the Theoretical line!
Theoretically Pleased - two coats over white



Matte top coat added:


Theoretical Sunshine - three coats alone



Matte top coat and stamped with Vivid Lacquer plate VL001 - I swatched these with grass like I did the spring line, but I chose black cause its time to start thinking about the holidays, amirite?


Cotton Candy Overdose - one coat over Sinful Colors Sweet Tooth, a perfect match! Yummy huge glitters!




Fairy Wasted - three coats alone
This one surprised me, it looks more purple in the bottle but quite brown on the nail and so much depth!




Make a Spot Check - two coats over Wicked Cheshire
Loving the big chunky dots!




Mega Slut - three coats alone
A super fantastic hot pink jam packed with micro glitters, love it!




Perversion of a Butterfly - one coat over Sinful Colors Candy Coated
One of my favorites from this collection, and rightly so. Who loves purple and butterflies? This gal!




S.L.U.G. Queen Sadie - four coats alone
Another surprising polish! It has a lot of depth and I'm really loving the teeny glitter and shimmers in this! There's blue in there!




Shattered Oasis - one coat over Sinful Colors Most Sinful
Super vibrant, royal blue - one of my new favorite polish colors and just look at that teeny shimmer and microglitter in it!




Dragon Fetish - four coats alone
This - this one is my favorite! Yup, I'm choosing a red this time, can you believe it? Its because it has the most gorgeous shimmer in it that shifts! I did my best to catch it and the last photo is a small side by side to help demonstrate the green to purple shimmer effect. I think I saw a subtle blue in it too!







Shattered Oasis over Dragon Fetish
Just when you thought Dragon Fetish was pretty awesome on its own, here I've topped it with Shattered Oasis and well, just LOOK at it! Pretty amazing!




Talking With My Hands - three coats alone
Coming over to the lighter more whimsical side of things, this super femme pink is full of pretty shimmer!




Royally Screwed - two coats over Talking With My Hands
Yummy turquoise and purple glitter bomb!




Welcome To Rapture - two coats over OPI Don't Pretzel My Buttons
I wanted to portray this polish as closely as I could to how it looks in the bottle, but it makes a really pretty one coat topper as well.




Wicked Cheshire - four coats alone
This is the sneak peek I promised and you've already seen it once waaaay up there covered in dots! Super pretty purple packed with holographic shimmer! I think I'm in love!
Launch date on this one is yet to be announced - so be sure to like and follow the Vivid Lacquer Facebook page for updates!




All the polishes you see here, except Wicked Cheshire, are launching tomorrow 2pm Pacific at the Vivid Lacquer Etsy Shop.

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Thursday, August 15, 2013

Guest Post at Girly Bits Blog

Hi there! I'm excited to be Pam's guest today at her blog!
My entry is a series of blue polishes. If you love blue, definitely click on over to the Girly Bits blog and check it out!

Sneak peek:

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Polish Addict


Laura from Polish Addict sent four polishes to me and even though she doesn't really do collections/sets, I noticed a theme among the polish she sent to me.
Summer! Surely everyone has at some point during a summer hit the beach, the pool, worn shades or lipstick or attended/had a wedding?
If you haven't, today's your day! We're going to do it all!
(shop descriptions in italics throughout this entry)

Let's start at the pool, shall we? Ah the crystal blue sparkling water, smell of chlorine, water splashing, diving board bouncing, slide..um sliding and kids sounding off with joy!
Pool Party is just that, a whole party in a bottle for your nails! Super sparkly holo goodness! I wore one coat over Sinful Colors Mint Apple for this look.
Pool Party is a glitter topper that has holo glitters in magenta, red, green, blue, teal, charcoal, lime green, silver and black



Rather have sand and surf? Ok! Beach Bound, we are! Coconut wafting through the air from the suntan lotion, teeny bikinis and big beach balls, sandcastles, colorful towels and the crash of the waves! We've arrived! I wore one coat over Lacquer Lust S-mauve-mente.
Beach Bound is a glitter topper with a mix of glitters in a variety of shapes and sizes. All kinds of "beach bound" colors you see at the beach!!



And now we'll gather 'round the beach for a White White Wedding, yes? Who's getting married!? I don't know, but I LOVE the colors they chose! I wore one coat over (index to pinky) China Glaze Pink Voltage, Nina Grin and Berry It, Sinful Colors Most Sinful, and Wet N Wild Glowstick.
White White Wedding is a mix of matte white glitter, mix of matte frost white glitter, micro holo silver glitter and micro rainbow iridescent glitter



And oh yes, we cannot forget our Lipstick & Shades for the drive home in the convertible 'vette! (a gal can dream right?!) This one is my very favorite of the four she sent, so I took extra photos of it! And a bonus macro shot! Loving those micro bar glitters in there! I wore one coat over Zoya Blu.
Lipstick & Shades is a glitter topper with matte white, black and gray glitters in a variety of shapes and sizes.



All the bottles she sent to me were jam packed with glitter and only needed one coat. All of them were easy to apply but since I wanted a few more of the big glitters than I was getting; I'd scoop the brush on the bottle neck to catch some. They were getting on the brush when I dipped it, but sometimes would slide off. Its the nature of the big glitter pieces and I don't mind it at all, I love chunky glitter!

You can find these four polishes and more at the Polish Addict shop and follow the brand on facebook.

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