Awesome Sauce Box: Are you a hero or a villain?

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Are you a hero or a villain? is the theme for the Awesome Sauce Box this round and I'm happy to be able to review it for you! The box comes with five polishes, a matte topcoat mini from Ever After, a cuticle oil from Anonymous Lacquer, heart shaped soap from Parrot Polish, and a Moyou London stamping plate and nail file from Beautometry.

Parrot Polish Magneto
Magneto throughout the years had many costumes. Most were black to purple pink. Always deep and rich colors to show his villainous evil side. (magnetic polish)

I used a China Glaze star magnet over this and while I can see the design in person, it did not translate on camera very well. The polish dries fairly quick, so take care to magnetize after each nail. Formula was smooth and easy to apply, though I think the brushes are slightly long for the bottle, mine was bowed a wee bit.

Takko Cruella
A gorgeous top coat loaded with gold flakes and white and black matte speckles inspired by Cruella DeVille

A fairly smooth glitter topper, I wore one coat over Magneto.

Anonymous Lacquer Ms. Ivy League
Inspired by Poison ivy this is a deep green scattered holo w/ red micro holo glitter. Also featuring a Jojoba Cuticle oil with cucucmber melon, jojoba oil, grapeseed oil, coconut oil and fragrance.

Such a beautiful deep murky green shade that glows kelly green when light hits it. I wore two easy coats.

Ever After Polish Raven
Inspired by Mystique this polish is a deep blue with multi color shifting flakes and loaded with sparkle it pairs well wit he included matter top coat.

Great formula and smooth flakies! I wore two coats for photos.




And with Matte Top Coat!

Lavish Polish Daddy's Little Monster
Inspired by the original Harley Quinn it has a black jelly base with red and gold small and micro holo glitters

A squishy jelly with subtle glitter showing through. Smooth easy formula, I wore two coats.




Nail Art! I received plate 03 and this is what I created with it.





I hope you've enjoyed my review! These boxes are available for pre-order right now at the Awesome Sauce Shop!

Chaos & Crocodiles: A special gift

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Sarey of Chaos & Crocodiles sent a special polish gift to me to brighten my day. It was a surprise, and I can see that she put a lot of thought and time into making it especially for me.



I love the lavender shade of purple and the holo / coppery flakie finish.



The labeling is a sweet sentiment, a single purple heart shaped sticker that sparkles.



The formula is fantastic, smooth, opaque in one coat. I love the bottle, cap and brush too.



If you haven't tried a C&C polish, you absolutely should on next restock.



Sarey,
Thank you again for your generosity and thoughtfulness to me, a complete stranger.
I will never forget how much you care, and that you helped lift my spirits during a difficult time.

Literary Lacquers: Duo and Long May She Reign

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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!





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.





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.





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.