My Ten Friends: In Space, No One Can Hear You Scre-

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In Space, No One Can Hear You Scre- is the new My Ten Friends (MTF) Halloween collection that is launching on the brand's birthday!
The set consists of three beautiful or should I say spooky glitter polishes: Galaxy of Terror, Vampire Planet and Alien Blood. MTF is also re-releasing 42, a polish that had been discontinued for some time. Good things come in threes, so in addition to these special launches, the first ten orders placed will get Astronaut ice cream added to their box and she's doing giveaways! (one of them is here at xoxojen!) Its a huge party and you're all invited!

Vampire Planet is a gorgeous vampy glitter polish. When I got it out of the bottle onto my nails I was in awe! Its stunning! Its got this beautiful raspberry jam base, packed with purple sparks, black matte glitter and lots of magic! It applied a little thick so some finessing was used to cover the nail; however, Mei Lynn is working to thin it slightly for easier application.




Galaxy of Terror is absolutely packed with glitter. This could be a one coater if applied heavy, but I used two thin coats. The bright red glitter simply pops among the silver holo glitters and charcoaly base.




Alien Blood is the one that caught my eye immediately when I opened the package of the set. I'm a sucker for square glitter and that bright green color is one of my favorites. It applied like a dream and in two coats was opaque. I could wear this polish for weeks and love every minute of it!




42. What is 42 anyway? Its the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything. The polish was one of the first polishes MTF launched back in October 2012. Due to glitter source changes, this one was discontinued and has now been reformulated! yay!

First, a comparison of the original and new 42 in the bottle and on the nail. The original is more of a periwinkle blue while the new version is a little more teal; however layering the new version over blue may get a very similar result to the original. I wore two coats of each on the nail for the side by side comparison. The new formula seems to be more sparkly and holo, which I absolutely love!



Because I'm nostalgic and a bit of a procrastinator, I'm sharing my photos of the original 42 from way back in November of 2012 that I had not blogged yet. (eep!) This is two coats alone.




And now the new formula which will be available tomorrow! 42 still has a similar look with gorgeous huge chunky hex glitters, the bright matte blue glitters and all the sparkly micro glitters. I love how the base color allows the glitter to show through, yet is opaque in two coats. The jelly base lends a certain flexibility to the polish, allowing it to be worn over many different colors for a completely different look!




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In Space, No One Can Hear You Scre- and 42 will be available October 15, at 10:10am PT (11:10am MT, 12:10pm CT, 1:10 ET) at the new Nail Polish to the Stars online shop. Join the My Ten Friends birthday bash giveaways over at facebook!

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Urban Lacquer: Island of the Dolls collection and Anniversary

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The Urban Lacquer Halloween 2013 collection consists of four polishes which were inspired by the Island of the Dolls (Isla de las Munecas). Located outside of Mexico City, the "island," a floating garden on a canal, is home to hundreds of decaying, mutilated dolls. Creepy right? I think its perfect for a creepy halloween set and the artisan, Brenda, has done a great job with her interpretation of it. I also received a special anniversary polish that Urban Lacquer created in celebration of the brand's one year anniversary!



Each order will come packaged with a creepy doll head, like the one I received. (if you don't want one, add comments to your order!) The polish is wrapped in the usual black tissue, as you may already have seen in a previous post of mine.



Appease Her was made with Don Julian's actions in mind. He would tie doll parts to tree trunks to appease the spirit of a dead girl he had found in the canal and to keep away evil spirits. He would state that he believed that the dolls were somehow still alive but forgotten.

In this polish you can see the ghost of those spirits, shifting and floating within the polish. I wore two coats with topcoat of Appease Her.





The dolls Don Julian fished from the canal and placed in trees is what inspired this polish, Canal Dolls.
It's filled with pinks, lavenders, blues, reds and an eye catching glow of green shimmer. I've worn one coat over Appease Her.





"Spiders and insects have taken up residence in the hollow parts of most of the dolls." - Delena, WebUrbanist review

Torso of Spiders' green base color reminded me of Slimer from the Ghostbusters movie and its packed with green, black, silver and burgundy glitters in small sizes. I wore two coats over OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls. Love the square shapes in this!




Finally, Don Julian, the legend who created the Island of the Dolls. He died in 2001, but the legend carrys on and many people still visit the island today.
Don Julian, the polish, is a blend of black, orange and yellow glitters sprinkled with gold holo stars. I love those yellow dot glitters, they look like moons! I wore two coats over Cover Girl Purple Freeze.




I'm Fun at Parties is a Limited Edition polish created for the one year anniversary of the Urban Lacquer brand. Since this is a special polish, there is only one way to score a bottle! The polish is confetti like and is packed with bright fun colors! I especially love the bright neon green pieces, and the huge pink and blue hexes.
I wore one coat over Urban Lacquer's Little Black Undies.




To find out how to get your Limited Edition bottle of I'm Fun at Parties, follow Urban Lacquer on Facebook. This collection launches at the Urban Lacquer shop on Monday October 14th, at 2pm CT which is Noon PT, 1pm MT, 3pm ET.


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Winnings from Things Lori Hearts

In September nail blogger Lori, from Things Lori Hearts, did several giveaways. I entered all of them and was lucky enough to have won one of them!
Thank you so much Lori for an awesome giveaway and the super yummy smelling extras!


*Lynnderella Bird Brain Blue was on my wishlist! (Its absent in the photo because its on my desk waiting to be worn!)

*My Ten Friends Pew, Pew, Pew - I have this one but I'm going to gift it to my mom! She will love it!

*Sinful Shine Skinny Dipping, Sinful Shine My Kryptonite - I want allllll the Sinful Shines! +2 !

*Elevation Polish Clean as Snow cuticle oil, Elevation Polish Clean as Snow cuticle balm - These are both awesome treatments!

*Elf Touchup brush, 3 pack nail files and manicure sticks - I totally needed all of these items. Mine were getting a bit ragged!

*Cocoa Pink items: sugar scrub in Coffee, whipped soap in Vanilla Rose, perfume vials of Hello Sugar, Triple Vanilla Dream and Blackberry Tea. All totally delicious smelling!

If you've not seen her blog yet, please do give her a visit and a follow on facebook or gfc. :)