Bear Pawlish: Bringing it back and new topcoat!

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Bear Pawlish is bringing back some much requested shades and I had the chance to swatch and share them all with you! In addition to these, she is also launching her quick dry top coat, Oso Quick! She'll be sending a bottle of that to me to try soon as well!

Jabberwocky is a multichrome shifter and she's a little camera shy sometimes, so I took a fourth image which captured all the colors in one image - blue, purple, and a coppery reddish shade. I wore three coats with topcoat for the images. The formula was good - it seemed to dry a little quickly for me so Tennessee is going to do a little tweaking so that the launch bottles will be perfect!






Luscious is also a multichrome shifter with blue, grapey purple and violet purple! I fell hard and fast for this one! The formula on this one is similar to Jabberwocky, but I only needed two coats for opacity and may have gotten away with just one. It's quite pigmented!





Luscious...in holo! Yep this is the same polish as above, but with holographic pigment added and is a new addition to Bear Pawlish's line up. The holo pigment lightens the shade of the polish a hare, beautiful isn't it?





May Flowers is a frosted salmon pearlescent shade that sometimes looks pink and sometimes peach. The close up images do show brushstrokes, but in person this looks like satin on the nail! I wore three coats with topcoat for the photos. The formula on this one was a little challenging in that it wanted to pull up when I ran the brush over the same spot twice. Once I got the first coat on the nail it was more forgiving and easier to apply. I think that perhaps my base coat (yellow stopper) just didn't get along well with it - which happens sometimes. :)





And I've saved my favorite for last, this is Poor Unfortunate Soul, a rich dark teal leaning green with a holographic effect. When I look at this polish it's like looking into something infinitely deep. I am totally wowed by this one and quite smitten by it! The formula is perfect, it practically applied itself. The only clean up I did, was to straighten out the curve near the cuticle just a tad on a couple of nails.





All five of these polishes plus the new topcoat will launch May 1 at 11am Central time in the Bear Pawlish shop!

Please comment and let me know if you've enjoyed the review and photos!

b.i.t.c.h. by jaclyn: Garden Hoe with stamping nail art

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I'm doing this a little bit backward, posting nail art before the collection review; but I just had to share this right away! I'm quite pleased with how it turned out and let's just call this a sneak peek of me wearing Garden Hoe, shall we?



I used hehe stamping plate 4 and MDU stamping polish 24 for the butterfly, SH Extreme Wear White On for the vines, stamped with a brand new stamper from Chelle Lee which is available to order online, and then I placed a few glitters from the May Flowers glitter topper to finish the look.



What do you think? I think I'm in love!

Black Dahlia: Holo Petals collection

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The Holo Petals collection from Black Dahlia consists of six polishes; three scattered holos and three linear holos. These launched earlier in April for spring and are available now!
Every single one of these polish's formula is phenomenal. A smooth easy to apply formula goes a long way with me, especially when they're nearly opaque in one coat! If I were a bit more heavy handed, I could have gotten away with one, but I wore two coats for all the photos. The glitters and glass flecks in these really add dimension and make them unique. I hope you enjoy the photos!

Magical Moss: Silvered celery green linear holo with silver and aqua micro glitter and blue glass flecks





Gold Rush: Gold linear holo packed with holographic gold micro glitter and gold shimmer





Turquoise Hibiscus: Turquoise scattered holo with glass flecks that shift from violet to blue to green, and blue and green micro to small hex glitter





Mountain Laurel: Orchid pink linear holo with blue and purple glass flecks, and loaded with violet and aqua shimmer





Moonlight Daisy: Royal blue scattered holo with blue, turquoise and silver micro glitter, red glass flecks and sapphire shimmer





Lilacs in Lava: Lavender scattered holo with neon purple flakies and glass flecks that shift from red to orange to gold





All of these pretty polishes and more are available on http://www.blackdahlialacquer.com/.
My favorites of the collection would have to be Lilacs in Lava and Moonlight Daisy. Which ones are your favorites?