Crème à la Mode: Spring Box

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The Crème à la Mode box is a seasonal collection of cream finish polishes made by four different brands.
This is the third box, Fall and Winter being the first two.
The Spring box is packed with vibrant shades that are perfect for the season. All four polishes are opaque in two coats and have exceptional formulas. I've done some nail art at the end of the review - hope you enjoy!

Digital Nails Water You Waiting For - a bright ultra periwinkle shade, it definitely leans purple but my camera kept trying to capture it as a straight blue.



Indigo Bananas Smoke On The Otter is a beautifully done neutral, I'd call it a greyed up nude shade.



Literary Lacquers Salmon Chanted Evening - a stunningly vibrant coral shade. My camera just does not shoot coral color accurate, like ever. I got it as close as I could - you can expect this one to be super bright, almost neon.



Octopus Party The Algae-attic Sea - super fun neon lime shade.



I was curious whether and how these would all stamp so I did a test and thought I'd share that with you! I used white on the pinky nail to show the difference in the neutral shade and bright white. Stamping with these definitely works. They are fairly sheer when stamped, especially the OPNL, so a light color underneath is suggested.




The spring box will be available for pre-order on March 27 - April 3 at the Crème à la Mode shop. Which is your favorite shade?

Awesome Sauce Box: Life in Plastic

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General Info : Life in plastic "barbie" box
Guest: Cupcake polish
Pre-Order: March 25th 3pm CDT - April 1st 10pm CDT
Shop: http://awesomesauceindies.bigcartel.com/

Comes in two sizes -
Full size: (pictured)
includes 5 full size polishes ranging 13.5 ml- 15ml, nail vinyls from lou it yourself, clay mash from ever after polish, balm from anonymous lacquer, charms from lavish, and vinyls from Lou It Yourself

Mini size:
includes 5 mini size polishes ranging 5ml- 7.5 ml, nail vinyls from lou it yourself, clay mash from ever after polish, balm from anonymous lacquer, charms from lavish, and vinyls from Lou It Yourself



I like to use the brand's descriptions to be sure I don't miss mentioning a pigment or something specific/important. So those are below, along with some comments from me.

Bridezilla - White crelly with a rainbow of shimmers!
I found this polish to be a bit challenging to apply, in that it was fairly thick and tended to dry quickly. Because I am not a pro at 'wrapping the tips' I didn't even think to try it so the free edge is not very smooth. I spoke to the box host who contacted the brand. The box host relayed back to me that the polish would be adjusted to be a bit thinner.




Barbie Girl - A hot pink linear holo with a slight lilac flash.
Slight is an understatement! I think the purpley flash was quite vibrant and almost pearlescent looking - what a beautiful finish!




Malibu Barbie - Blue aqua crelly with pink specks and holo shimmer.
I checked with Rachel and found that this polish is intentionally sheer to allow for light to reach the delicate flecks inside it. I wore four coats, which builds a very nice depth - akin to jadeite glass or looking into a clear ocean where you can see the coral and sand at the bottom.




Demolition Barbie - A black polish with color shifting glass based pigment in a blue to purple shift. As well, for an extra pop, micro holo flakies.
Woah sparkle girl! LOVE how sparkly this black polish is - there's magic in that bottle.




Let's Go Party - A lovely lavender crelly with gold shimmer, micro silver and gold holo glitter plus fine holo pink glitter and a splash of scattered holo.
From further away, the glitter blends well and is difficult to see; but when you get close you can see the hidden beauty and unusual glitter colors used.




All the polishes were opaque in two coats and had no formula issues unless otherwise noted.

Which are your favorite? What's that, can't decide? Me either!! They are all beautifully done and I love the theme and names of the polishes too. I hope you've enjoyed my review and will come over and follow me on facebook.

Literary Lacquers: Cactus Duo and Book Club exclusives

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These four new polishes from Literary Lacquers are stunning! A couple of them look very different on varying skin tones and lighting and I'm excited to share them!

The Cactus Duo is inspired by a book called The Cactus, by O. Henry.
It tells us the story of the pompous, arrogant, broken-hearted Trysdale. The story opens with him upset after watching the woman he loves marry another man. During their courtship, she had heard that he spoke fluent Spanish, he kept quiet and allowed her to assume that it was true. When he proposed to her, she sent her answer the next day. A cactus in a pot bearing a tag with a single word. Ventomarme. Not hearing anything else from her, he decided that the cactus was a refusal of his proposal and he turned cold toward her. Only after attending her wedding to another man, does he find out that ventomarme means come and take me.

Ventomarme – designed for Jennifer Sky Walker’s blogiversary, a dusty grey-green-blue with holographic microglitter, silver microflakes, and blue glass flecks. This is a morpher depending on lighting and skin tone. It looks more blue/grey on me, where it leans more green on others. This polish is a sheer crelly so I wore three coats for photos.

Ventomarme was designed for Jen at Musings of the Wife of a Jedi's blogiversary. Happy 4th blogiversary Jen!




Come and Take Me – Jelly fire opal orange packed with holographic microglitter and opalescent flakies. I wore three coats and just look at that squishy jelly-ness!

Amy dedicated this polish to Debbie Crumpet, she is often thought of even though she has retired from nail blogging. Debbie taught me several simple techniques that look amazing and inspired me to step outside my comfort zone with nail art. She's totally deserving of this dedication.




The Book Club custom polishes were designed as part of our book club discussions in the Literary & Lacquers facebook group.

Serious Nap Rays – designed with Jennifer Sky Walker inspired by Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. Moody grey-purple-taupe with orange shimmer, pink glass fleck, purple flakies and just a touch of linear holo. Looks different in every light.




My Whirlwind Other Half – designed with Jennifer Zakroff inspired by We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler.
It's a sheer shimmery crelly white, packed with holographic microglitter and rainbow opalescent flakies. I wore three coats for a delicate sparkling manicure. Because it is sheer, the natural nail color comes through and causes it to look a bit like my skin color. Wearing white under it, would keep it white. It's also beautiful in one coat over other shades too, but I wanted to keep it pure for my review.




All four polishes launch March 21-April 16 at the Literary Lacquers Esty shop.
The Book Club Customs are only available to members of Literary (&) Lacquers group, so please come join us!

I hope you've enjoyed my review!