Saturday, July 23, 2016

Literary Lacquers: Duo and Long May She Reign

This Literary Lovers duo, Lestat and Louis, was designed with Nichole Costa of Bedlam Beauty after she and Amy geeked out over both having cruised by Anne Rice’s house in the Garden District in New Orleans.

Lestat: A saturated lilac metallic linear holo. Icy and cool as the vampire himself. I wore two coats with topcoat. It's super metallic/chromey looking. I love it!

xoxoJen's swatch of Literary Lacquers Lestat
xoxoJen's swatch of Literary Lacquers Lestat
xoxoJen's swatch of Literary Lacquers Lestat

Louis: Black and green glitter topper. Black hair, green eyes, the vampire with a guilty conscience. I wore one coat over Long May She Reign. No digging or fussy application, what you see on the nail in the photos is exactly how it landed when painting in a regular way.

xoxoJen's swatch of Literary Lacquers Louis
xoxoJen's swatch of Literary Lacquers Louis
xoxoJen's swatch of Literary Lacquers Louis

Long May She Reign was inspired by Cate Cropp's obsessive love for green nail polish and her ability to keep tempting Amy with screencaps of wildfire explosions from Game of Thrones. Amy finally gave in and made this polish. It’s named for events that do not yet occur in the world of the books.

Long May She Reign: Screaming chartreuse microglitter crelly. Inspired by Cersei's revenge. I wore two coats with topcoat. It's super vibrant and sparkly and dries quite smooth for a microglitter polish.

xoxoJen's swatch of Literary Lacquers Long May She Reign
xoxoJen's swatch of Literary Lacquers Long May She Reign
xoxoJen's swatch of Literary Lacquers Long May She Reign

The formulas on all of these was fantastically smooth and easy to apply. You can get these starting July 25th at the Literary Lacquers shop.

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Literary Lacquers: Cream Duo

The Othello duo is A crème duo named by Trish Cowart Krulin in a Literary (&) Lacquers contest. I absolutely love the two shades, their formula is buttery smooth and opaque in two coats. These will both be available on July 25th at the Literary Lacquers Shop.

If Thou Hast Eyes To See: A sea-green crème polish

xoxoJen's swatch of Literary Lacquers If Thou Hast Eyes To See
xoxoJen's swatch of Literary Lacquers If Thou Hast Eyes To See
xoxoJen's swatch of Literary Lacquers If Thou Hast Eyes To See

Desdemona’s Handkerchief: An aqua crème polish.

xoxoJen's swatch of Literary Lacquers Desdemona’s Handkerchief
xoxoJen's swatch of Literary Lacquers Desdemona’s Handkerchief
xoxoJen's swatch of Literary Lacquers Desdemona’s Handkerchief

While I love a beautiful cream polish on it's own, I couldn't stop the urge to stamp over them. They were both screaming for designs from my Vivid Lacquer custom plate!

xoxoJen's swatch of Literary Lacquers Vivid Lacquer Plate 043
xoxoJen's swatch of Literary Lacquers Vivid Lacquer Plate 043

xoxoJen's swatch of Literary Lacquers Vivid Lacquer Plate 043
xoxoJen's swatch of Literary Lacquers Vivid Lacquer Plate 043

I hope you've enjoyed the photos and quick review - will you be picking these up on July 25th?

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Literary Lacquers: Book Club Polishes

The book club customs this round are both linear holographic polishes. Their inspirations are from the books We Were Liars and Big Little Lies. I enjoyed wearing them both, formula was excellent on each - buttery and smooth as usual.

Sugar, Curiosity, and Rain
– Deep blue linear holo with light blue shimmer inspired by We Were Liars by E. Lockhart and designed with Christy Eileen Brown. I wore two coats with topcoat to shine and seal.

xoxoJen's swatch of Literary Lacquers Sugar, Curiosity, and Rain
xoxoJen's swatch of Literary Lacquers Sugar, Curiosity, and Rain
xoxoJen's swatch of Literary Lacquers Sugar, Curiosity, and Rain

Oh Calamity!
– Aqua linear holo with gold flash and a smattering of deep blue microglitter inspired by Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty and designed with Samantha Terris Parks. I wore three coats for opacity under bright lighting, you may get away with two though! Smooth to the touch even with the microglitter.

xoxoJen's swatch of Literary Lacquers Oh Calamity!
xoxoJen's swatch of Literary Lacquers Oh Calamity!
xoxoJen's swatch of Literary Lacquers Oh Calamity!

These polishes are limited edition, only available in the Facebook Fan Group for Literary Lacquers and will be available from July 25-August 31.