Monday, October 12, 2015

Sweet Heart Polish: Wonderous Collection

The Wonderous Collection from Sweet Heart polish is inspired by Alice in Wonderland. I knew this immediately upon opening the package - take a look!

xoxoJen's swatch of Sweet Heart Polish Wonderous Collection

How fun is that? It brought a smile to my face to see such thoughtful gifts and packaging for review polishes. I unwrapped the polishes and was even more happy because SPARKLES! Heaps of them beaming out of each bottle. What to wear first!?

xoxoJen's swatch of Sweet Heart Polish Wonderous bottle shots

I chose the brightest and most sparkly of the bunch to wear first, I'm late! I'm late! I'm late!
It's a vibrant juicy holo jelly packed full of shimmer and copper glitter. The color is not quite orange and definitely not yellow. It's namesake immediately reminded me of the white rabbit's pocket watch and how precious it was to him. This is, by far, my favorite fall polish and what a perfect name for it! I wore two coats and it was glossy on it's own but I added topcoat for quick drying.

xoxoJen's swatch of Sweet Heart Polish I'm late! I'm late! I'm late!
xoxoJen's swatch of Sweet Heart Polish I'm late! I'm late! I'm late!
xoxoJen's swatch of Sweet Heart Polish I'm late! I'm late! I'm late!

Off With Her Head!
Named after the Queen of Hearts most famous line. In the Disney animated feature Alice in Wonderland, the Queen of Hearts is the main antagonist. She's described as a foul-tempered monarch, that Carroll himself pictured as "a blind fury", and who is quick to decree death sentences at the slightest offense.
Perhaps this polish would brighten her day and attitude? It's such a pretty corally shade packed with holo, shimmer and glitter. I wore two coats with topcoat, the formula was very easy to apply and control on the nail which resulted in very little clean up.

xoxoJen's swatch of Sweet Heart Polish Off With Her Head!
xoxoJen's swatch of Sweet Heart Polish Off With Her Head!
xoxoJen's swatch of Sweet Heart Polish Off With Her Head!

She Must Be a Weed is the third holo, shimmery, glittery jelly polish in this set. A pretty shade of green with a light bit of blue makes this one kind of sea foamy. Thinking about this and the other two shades above, I realized they all represent the changing colors of leaves as we approach the fall season. Quite a clever mini collection within a collection, eh? I wore three coats of this one with top coat.

xoxoJen's swatch of Sweet Heart Polish She Must Be a Weed
xoxoJen's swatch of Sweet Heart Polish She Must Be a Weed
xoxoJen's swatch of Sweet Heart Polish She Must Be a Weed

"One Lump or Two?," the Dormouse offered. The line from this scene at the mad tea party really suits this polish in that the micro flakes look like sparkling sugar crystals. I wore three coats with topcoat for the photos. The formula was smooth and easy to control, this one is best applied in as few brush strokes as possible as it tends to start drying fairly quick.

xoxoJen's swatch of Sweet Heart Polish One Lump or Two?
xoxoJen's swatch of Sweet Heart Polish One Lump or Two?
xoxoJen's swatch of Sweet Heart Polish One Lump or Two?

The large blue Caterpillar raised his head from his hookah and peered at her. "Who R U?" he asked through a cloud of smoke. In the Disney cartoon the puffs of smoke are all different colors and shaped like letters or symbols. Who R U? is such a fun representation of this scene with it's colorful flakies and violet jelly finish. I layered this on top of One Lump or Two? on my thumbnail and love the depth that it adds! If you get these, definitely try that. I wore three coats with topcoat. The formula was smooth and easy to use.

xoxoJen's swatch of Sweet Heart Polish Who R U?
xoxoJen's swatch of Sweet Heart Polish Who R U?
xoxoJen's swatch of Sweet Heart Polish Who R U?

Lastly is a special collection exclusive that is included only if you purchase the full collection. She's Stark Raving Matte is an edgy gunmetal grey shimmer with purple flecks throughout. I wore two coats alone in the first three images and then added topcoat in the last three.

xoxoJen's swatch of Sweet Heart Polish She's Stark Raving Matte
xoxoJen's swatch of Sweet Heart Polish She's Stark Raving Matte
xoxoJen's swatch of Sweet Heart Polish She's Stark Raving Matte

With Topcoat:

xoxoJen's swatch of Sweet Heart Polish She's Stark Raving Matte
xoxoJen's swatch of Sweet Heart Polish She's Stark Raving Matte
xoxoJen's swatch of Sweet Heart Polish She's Stark Raving Matte

And just in case you're not yet convinced, I've created a gradient with I'm late! I'm late! I'm late! and Off With Her Head! I think it turned out beautifully and it was quite easy to do. I used I'm late! I'm late! I'm late! as the base color and when it was dried well, I sponged two coats of Off With Her Head on the tips, moving the sponge around a little bit to give the illusion of blending with I'm late! I'm late! I'm late! It took very little time to do and had a nice result.

xoxoJen's swatch of Sweet Heart Polish Gradient
xoxoJen's swatch of Sweet Heart Polish Gradient

The full Wonderous collection will be available Friday October 16, at 11am Central time at the Sweet Heart Polish online store.

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Sunday, October 11, 2015

Grace-Full: Inklings Collection

The Inklings collection from Grace-Full nail polish was sent to me for review by Ella Ann Cosmetics. The inspiration is from the works of JRR Tolkien. Like all the other Grace-Full polishes I've reviewed, the formula is smooth and very easy to control on the nail with very little clean up. All photos below are two coats with topcoat; descriptions are from Grace-Full Nail Polish.

Mount Fang is a dark grey linear holo with red and gold flecks. The red represents the evil within the tower from Saruman’s secret relationship with Sauron. The gold sparks represent the power of The One Ring. Mount Fang is no longer being made due to a supplier discontinuation of an ingredient. I spoke with Theresa and I believe she is still searching to replace that ingredient.

xoxoJen's swatch of Grace-Full Mount Fang
xoxoJen's swatch of Grace-Full Mount Fang
xoxoJen's swatch of Grace-Full Mount Fang

The Lights in the Party Tree is a bright green microglitter full of holographic glitters with a green jelly base. There are pink, purple, blue, microglitters throughout to represent the hobbit hole doors and the flowers covering the hills.

xoxoJen's swatch of Grace-Full The Lights in the Party Tree
xoxoJen's swatch of Grace-Full The Lights in the Party Tree
xoxoJen's swatch of Grace-Full The Lights in the Party Tree

Where the Gods Dwell is based on the place in the story called Valinor. Behold, Valinor is built, and the Gods dwell in peace.
It is a subtle linear holo that shifts from a periwinkle blue to violet and has sparks of pink and blue throughout.

xoxoJen's swatch of Grace-Full Where the Gods Dwell
xoxoJen's swatch of Grace-Full Where the Gods Dwell
xoxoJen's swatch of Grace-Full Where the Gods Dwell

Based on the Elven kingdom Lothlorien, Sunlight and Starlight is a subtle linear holo that shifts between blue and green.

xoxoJen's swatch of Grace-Full Sunlight and Starlight
xoxoJen's swatch of Grace-Full Sunlight and Starlight
xoxoJen's swatch of Grace-Full Sunlight and Starlight

I hope you've enjoyed the review! Check for these polishes (except Mount Fang) at Ella Ann Cosmetics or Grace-Full Nail Polish online.

Saturday, October 10, 2015

Addicted to Holos: Stamping Nail Art

I had a little fun with stamping over a few of the Addicted to Holos polishes I recently reviewed. The box is available for preorder now until Monday at the ATH shop.

For this look I used Literary Lacquers Phoenix in Her Blood and stamped with MDU silver, Finger Angel plate V05 and a candy head stamper. I wanted a brick pattern for such a long time and was finally able to find one. I love how this turned out!

xoxoJen's swatch of Literary Lacquers Phoenix in Her Blood Nail Art
xoxoJen's swatch of Literary Lacquers Phoenix in Her Blood Nail Art

I enjoyed doing some fall nails with Sweet Heart Polish Sugar and Spice. I used the wood grain pattern from Vivid Lacquer plate VL19. The leaves, branches and owl are from XIUYA 26 and 29. MDU polishes were used to stamp with my candy head stamper.

xoxoJen's swatch of xoxoJen's swatch of Sweet Heart Sugar and Spice Nail Art
xoxoJen's swatch of xoxoJen's swatch of Sweet Heart Sugar and Spice Nail Art