Saturday, September 6, 2014

Cupcake Polish: Falling Back In Time Collection

Cupcake's newest polish collection is called Falling Back In Time and will be available on Sunday September 7th. The collection consists of five holographic polishes and one microglitter. The color palette for this set makes me feel warm and happy.

xoxoJen's swatch of Cupcake Polish Next Taupe Model

Too Haute To Handle is the color of a golden orange flame with a super strong linear holographic effect. It's vibrancy is very eye catching! I wore two coats, the formula was smooth, no issues to report.

xoxoJen's swatch of Cupcake Polish Too Haute To Handle
xoxoJen's swatch of Cupcake Polish Too Haute To Handle
xoxoJen's swatch of Cupcake Polish Too Haute To Handle

Next Taupe Model is a beautiful smokey purple holo with flashes of rose shimmer which give it a very unique effect. The shimmer was very difficult to capture on the nail with my camera so I also took a bottle shot to show it better. I wore two easy coats, great formula.

xoxoJen's swatch of Cupcake Polish Next Taupe Model
xoxoJen's swatch of Cupcake Polish Next Taupe Model
xoxoJen's swatch of Cupcake Polish Next Taupe Model
xoxoJen's swatch of Cupcake Polish Next Taupe Model

As Good As Rose Gold
is the microglitter of the set. Most of the glitters are a rose color however; it is packed with golden glitter and holo glitter as well. You'll see a lot of purple flashes from the holo glitter in my photos. I wore two coats and top coat to smooth it out, perfect formula.

xoxoJen's swatch of Cupcake Polish As Good As Rose Gold
xoxoJen's swatch of Cupcake Polish As Good As Rose Gold
xoxoJen's swatch of Cupcake Polish As Good As Rose Gold

Neither Here Noir There
is a smokey charcoal packed with purpley shimmer and is a vibrant linear holo as well. A favorite of mine because it is so different from other holo polishes in my stash. Perfect formula and opaque in two coats.

xoxoJen's swatch of Cupcake Polish Neither Here Noir There
xoxoJen's swatch of Cupcake Polish Neither Here Noir There
xoxoJen's swatch of Cupcake Polish Neither Here Noir There

Rusting Over A Boy
is the same shade that my Autumn Blaze tree turns mid September or early October. Very rich and vibrant, even more so than a brand new copper penny! Two easy coats and an awesome formula to boot!

xoxoJen's swatch of Cupcake Polish Rusting Over A Boy
xoxoJen's swatch of Cupcake Polish Rusting Over A Boy
xoxoJen's swatch of Cupcake Polish Rusting Over A Boy

Remembering Blue
might remind you of the bright blue sky of summer's past. This linear holo is laced with gold dust for a super shimmery and holo effect. Two coats and good to go!

xoxoJen's swatch of Cupcake Polish Remembering Blue
xoxoJen's swatch of Cupcake Polish Remembering Blue
xoxoJen's swatch of Cupcake Polish Remembering Blue

I really enjoyed trying out this collection from Cupcake Polish. Falling Back In Time launches on Sunday, September 7th at 11am Central at the Cupcake Polish store.

Which ones are your favorites?

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Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Tailgate Party!

I'm part of the Culture Committee group at work that plans events and fun activities for our organization. Last week, I was in charge of the tailgate party pot luck where I advertise, promote, plan, set up, and tear down the event. I had just gotten my order from Llarowe which included a silky brown Color Club polish called Fondue For Two and this was the perfect opportunity to use it - Football Nails!

As I was brainstorming how I would make this nail art a reality, I remembered the big box of flocking powders in all different colors that my Uncle Mark had given me for Christmas last year. I hadn't gotten to use them yet and thought they'd be perfect to top a couple of nails with for a realistic turf effect!

Color Club Fondue For Two Football nail art

Color Club Fondue For Two Football nail art

I absolutely LOVE the Color Club polish. It's the most perfect shade of chocolate in two coats and the formula is so silky and smooth. I just don't see how it could get any better than this!
The nail art was super easy to do - a couple stripes and lines with a striping brush and just a couple of dips into the flocking powder with wet nails for the others.
I love how they turned out!
What do you think?

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Monday, August 25, 2014

Sweet Heart Polish: Disney Duo inspired by POTC

Ahoy Mateys! Avast!

Sweet Heart polish collaborated with Ellagee for the next Disney ride inspired duo. It launches on August 31st and is inspired by the Pirates of the Caribbean themed ride. I was so excited to have the opportunity to review this duo because Disney theme parks are near and dear to me. The box consists of two polishes, a Doubloon keychain and some candies all packed up in pretty red organza bags!

xoxoJen's Sweet Heart Duo unboxed

Ellagee's polish is called Drink Up Me Hearties Yo Ho! and is a beautiful golden Doubloon shade that sparkles a heap because it's packed with shimmery micro flakies! I used three coats for opacity yet I think that a single coat would be sheer enough to wear over your favorite dark creams to give them a kiss of gold! The formula was smooth and easy to apply.

xoxoJen's swatch of Ellagee Drink Up Me Hearties Yo Ho!
xoxoJen's swatch of Ellagee Drink Up Me Hearties Yo Ho!
xoxoJen's swatch of Ellagee Drink Up Me Hearties Yo Ho!

Sweet Heart's polish is Inflame & Ignite, inspired by the burning room. A fantastic room inside the ride, filled with the scent of burning wood, raging flames and chaos - even a teetering table and chair that just might come crashing down! This micro glitter is packed with reds, golds, and silvers, plus holographic microglitters. It's opaque in three coats on it's own as shown here or you can use it as a topper over another polish.

xoxoJen's swatch of Sweet Heart Polish's Inflame & Ignite
xoxoJen's swatch of Sweet Heart Polish's Inflame & Ignite
xoxoJen's swatch of Sweet Heart Polish's Inflame & Ignite

The box comes with a cool Doubloon keychain as shown here, and I've done up some proper pirate nail art! I used the Ellagee polish in this set as my base color, stamped it with a Vivid Lacquer stamper and plate VL023 with Konad black, and then topped it all off with the Sweet Heart Polish from this set. These polishes go great together when layered!

xoxoJen's swatch of VL023 Stamping Nail art and Disney Duo

I nearly always learn something when I'm researching to write my reviews and this time I learned that Talk Like a Pirate day falls on my birthday every year. I also found this handy webpage, complete with a pirate translator and name generator!

Savvy?
The set launches on August 31st at 2pm Central at both the Sweet Heart Polish shop and the Ellagee shop for $22 plus shipping.


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