Saturday, November 22, 2014

Octopus Party Nail Lacquer Holo Daze duo with Literary Lacquers

Octopus Party Nail Lacquer (OPNL) is doing a huge collection of duos this winter. The Holo Daze Collection consists of eight duos with eight different brands, and I was allowed the opportunity to review the duo with Literary Lacquers brand.the duo is inspired by The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen. It's stunnin' ya'll. Let's have a look!

Octopus Party Nail Lacquer and Literary Lacquer Logos

Literary Lacquers (LitLacq) The Whole World and a Pair of New Skates is an absolutely stunning glitter filled linear holographic aqua that seems to shift in different lighting and angles. I'm pretty blown away by this polish - it's super sparkly and opaque in two coats. I had very little to no clean up since it was easy to control during application.

xoxoJen's swatch of Literary Lacquers The Whole World and a Pair of New Skates
xoxoJen's swatch of Literary Lacquers The Whole World and a Pair of New Skates
xoxoJen's swatch of Literary Lacquers The Whole World and a Pair of New Skates

Octopus Party Nail Lacquer (OPNL)Mirror of Understanding is an icy light blue linear holo that's jam packed with gold shimmer and tiny indigo glitter. It's pretty spectacular and was also easy to control during application and opaque in two coats.

xoxoJen's swatch of Octopus Party Nail Lacquer Mirror of Understanding
xoxoJen's swatch of Octopus Party Nail Lacquer Mirror of Understanding
xoxoJen's swatch of Octopus Party Nail Lacquer Mirror of Understanding

Guys, you need these. Especially if you love blue.
There will be 50 sets of this particular duo available for $25+sh on launch day with the potential for being restocked quickly if there's a fast sell out. (some of the duos with other brands won't be restocked)

Other brands in the Holo Daze Collection of duos include, Alchemy Lacquers, Baroness X, B.I.T.C.H. by Jacyln, Bliss Polish, Carpe Noctem Cosmetics, Gothic Gala Lacquer, and Lilypad Lacquer.

Preorders will begin November 26th, at 12 PM Central Time in the OPNL shop. Pre-orders will run for one week and the prices range from $23-$25 per duo. The duos have special shipping rates as follows:
(DOMESTIC) $1 for each duo and free shipping for orders with 4-8 duos
(INTERNATIONAL) $5 for the first duo and $2 for each additional duo

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Friday, November 21, 2014

Anne Kathleen: Giblet collection


Anne Kathleen is a new to me brand and when she asked if I'd review for her upcoming sale I was delighted! I always like to show packaging when it's awesome like this - how could I not? It's purple!!

xoxoJen's photo of Anne Kathleen packaging

The Giblet collection is launching on the day after Thanksgiving, November 28th and coincides with a big sale she's having! This set is made of browns and golds according to the descriptions from the Anne Kathleen brand. The browns are very warm toned more like a butterscotch and an almost copper to my eyes. The two holos (Oksana and Sana) were opaque in one coat with beautifully even coverage and no pulling or gooping - they're pretty awesome! The other two, Lauda and Thana were opaque in two coats with that same awesome formula.

Sana is a dark brown polish with a scattered holographic fine gold.

xoxoJen's swatch of Anne Kathleen Sana
xoxoJen's swatch of Anne Kathleen Sana
xoxoJen's swatch of Anne Kathleen Sana

Oksana is a medium brown polish with a scattered holographic fine gold.

xoxoJen's swatch of Anne Kathleen Oksana
xoxoJen's swatch of Anne Kathleen Oksana
xoxoJen's swatch of Anne Kathleen Oksana

Lauda is a medium tan-gold shimmery polish with a scattered holographic fine gold.

xoxoJen's swatch of Anne Kathleen Lauda
xoxoJen's swatch of Anne Kathleen Lauda
xoxoJen's swatch of Anne Kathleen Lauda

Thana is a glitter topper chock-full of extremely fine gold holographic pigments that mimic glitter.

xoxoJen's swatch of Anne Kathleen Thana
xoxoJen's swatch of Anne Kathleen Thana
xoxoJen's swatch of Anne Kathleen Thana

I also swatched Thana over black and took a macro shot from two angles so you can see how the coverage is with just one coat. (no topcoat)
xoxoJen's swatch of Anne Kathleen Thana

Leanne of Anne Kathleen has been awesome to work with! You can get your own AK experience by shopping at the Anne Kathleen online store.
The Giblet collection launches Nov 28 and the sale runs Nov 28 through Dec 1 - use code TURKEYTURKEY for 25% off all orders excluding shipping.
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Monday, November 17, 2014

Superficially Colorful: Utral Aymokriyä

For my birthday this year on September 19th, my mom surprised me with a polish I had been lemming for quite a long time! Utral Aymokriyä is one of the most beautiful shades of fuchsia I've come across and she's holographic to boot!

I enjoyed wearing this polish, the formula was like magic and it stayed on my nails for a week!
Lemming squashed ya'll!! Take a look!

xoxoJen's swatch of Superficially Colorful: Utral Aymokriyä
xoxoJen's swatch of Superficially Colorful: Utral Aymokriyä
xoxoJen's swatch of Superficially Colorful: Utral Aymokriyä

The polish comes in a cute box and was packed with pretty ephemera of crystal stones and tissue paper. My mom said the store owner was a delight to work with, and she shipped super fast! I hope you've enjoyed my review, I think I'll go gaze at this polish some more. ;)

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