Painted Sabotage: Holiday Cheer and The Mermaid's Song

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Painted Sabotage makes beautiful polishes with excellent formula, but I don't see them on many blogs or talked about as much as other indies. All I can say about that is you guys are missing out! If you haven't tried PS, you definitely should!

Holiday Cheer is a colorful topper packed with various shapes and sizes of glitter. Here I've worn it over a periwinkle holo from Literary Lacquers called There is Your Treasure. I love how these pair with each other! The glitter on the nail that you see in the photos is what you get in two coats with no special effort. I haven't noticed any sinking in the bottle either. I topped with a coat of gelous and then my usual topcoat to smooth.





The Mermaid's Song is a beautifully done turquoise crelly with a sprinkling of dot and hex glitters. It's bright and summer-like hues remind me of pool-side fun and sunshine! The formula did not streak or clump up at all. Very fluid and easy to control on the nail. I wore two coats with topcoat for photos.





The Mermaid's Song is available now at the Painted Sabotage shop along with many other pretty polishes. Give them a try and/or join the facebook group, you'll be glad you did!

Ever After: Golden Afternoon

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Ever After's Golden Afternoon spring collection is a quad of varying finishes, so there is something for everyone! The collection launches April 8th, 4pm CDT at the Ever After shop. Rachel is also stocking earrings, water slide decals and heaps of crelly on the launch day.



As always the polish color descriptions are provided to me by the brand so that each polish is accurately described. My comments are underneath.

Bread & Butterflies - Peach Crelly base with scattered holo and ucc flakes
I wore two coats with topcoat. The polish has a smooth glossy finish on its own and it has a nice fluid formula.





Don't Wake Me in the Morning Glory - purple Crelly base with opal and iridescent glitters in various sizes with a navy blue microflake
I wore three coats and touched up a few spots where I had painted unevenly. The polish has a fairly smooth and crelly like finish with an easy to apply formula, no issues to report.




Month of June - seafoam green/blue with ucc flakes, scattered holo and blue to green shifting shimmer
I wore two coats with topcoat. The polish has a smooth glossy finish on its own and has a fluid formula.




Lazy Daisies - white Crelly base with gold and platinum flakes and scattered holo
I wore two coats with topcoat. The polish has a smooth glossy finish on its own and it has a nice fluid formula.




Do you have a favorite or love them all? Let me know in the comments below and be sure to visit me on other social media! (links in side menu)

Nouveau Geek Box: Mario

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The Nouveau Geek box is a brand new monthly box containing delightfully nerdy items handcrafted for anyone with a love of video games, sci-fi, and other assorted geekery. The very first box will be available for pre-order April 1 at 11am CDT and ends at 10:59pm CDT on April 7.

The very first box is Mario themed and includes five indie polishes, Super Mario 3D Gummies, a star-shaped mani bomb from Lemming Lacquer, two felt nail polish remover pads from le polish, a figurine (mine was Yoshi!), and a Mario coin.



Your Princess is in Another Castle - a buildable sheer peach shimmer with gold glitters. I wore four coats with topcoat for photos, but this can also be used as a topper. The formula was fine, though a bit brush-strokey, and I had no issues getting the glitter out of the bottle.




Bob-omb.com - an explosive black polish with hints of red, pink and gold shimmer. I was surprised how rich and dark this black polish is. It seems unusual to me to find one that is nearly one coater. I did experience some trouble with the formula and contacted Jennifer about it. She responded quickly and assured me that the issue would be addressed/corrected before launch. I wore two coats for the photos.




It’s A-Me! - inspired by the main man himself! a darkened candy apple red jelly with red and varying sizes of holo and iridescent glitter. I couldn't quite capture the richness of this shade without loosing detail, but I got as close as I could. I wore one coat - yep you read that right. I couldn't believe how well it covered in one coat, formula was smooth and easy to work with although I found the brush a bit coarse/thick which made it difficult to get super close to the cuticle line without needing a lot of clean up. That aside, this one is awesome!




Gimme A Boost and Call Me Invincible - a stunning medium violet (almost orchid) holographic polish inspired by the new purple boost stars from New Super Mario Bros. U. I love this shade, perfect for any season. I wore two coats on two nails and one coat on the other two - can you guess which?




He'll Eat Anyything - a neon green jelly packed with matte gold glitter and a sprinkle of holo pigment and glitter, inspired by everyone's favorite hungry dinosaur. What a bright fun polish! I wore two coats for the photos, and stamped it for Easter nails!





I'm excited to see what each month will be as the boxes roll out. The best part is, that you can choose each month whether or not to purchase the box. There is no automatic invoice or obligation.
Fantastic, yes?! I'd say so!

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