Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer: Side A Dad’s Mixtape Collection

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Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer has created an unexpected palette of colors for her upcoming collection. Each polish in the Side A Dad’s Mixtape Collection was created with a classic rock song in mind. Julie's love of classic rock music began as a youngster, and she has been a huge fan ever since. Side B will be coming in December!

Julie warns that Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquers are designed to be opaque in one to two coats, so they may need to be thinned to your desired consistency. I didn't find any of them overly thick or difficult to apply, the lightest color being the thicker of them.

Best Selling Show
Bright coral with blue shimmer and blue microflakies.
Two coats / topcoat





A Love Such as This
Strawberry hot pink with copper shimmer.
Two coats / topcoat





Deep Blue Dream
Sapphire blue jelly packed with green shimmer, silver ultra-holo glitter, and silver holo flakes.
Two coats / topcoat - I absolutely love the finish on this polish. Smoothish to the touch and SUPER sparkly! My fave of the set. :)





Thrill Me to the Marrow
Lavender leaning taupe creme.
Two coats / topcoat - formula on this one was a little thicker than than the others so I took care to insure each coat applied evenly.




The collection release is set up as a preorder that will be held from 9/28 at 2:30 pm central to 10/1 at 10:59 pm central at the Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer online shop.

Ever After: Wicked Collection

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Ever After's Wicked Collection is packed with six stunning polishes that vary in finish, complexity and color. Read on to see which one will be your favorite!



Dancing Through Life is a creamy gray holo with intense copper shimmer and multi color holo glitters. It is absolutely stunning as it flashes goldish/coppery against the gray base and rainbow of holo glitters. It's my favorite in this collection. I wore two coats for opacity and topped with a glossy topcoat. Formula was smooth especially for a glitter bomb!





Emerald City is a deep emerald green holo with silver shimmer. It has such depth of color it's easy to get lost in it daydreaming of forests and moss. I wore two coats with topcoat for shine, formula was smooth and easy to apply.





Fly My Pretties Fly is a deep chocolate leaning plum with blue to purple crystal flakes and blue and purple shimmers. Such an unusual combination of colors in this polish adds to its complexity. It's one of those that keep you guessing every time you look at it you see a new aspect. I wore two coats with topcoat, formula was buttery and nice.





Popular is a bright pink holo with purple and blue flashes and shimmer. What a fun shade and a shout back to summer as it exits and fall sets in. I wore two coats with topcoat and it had a smooth easy formula.





Unadulterated Loathing is a dusty, nearly blue, purple with glitters shimmer and multi color chrome flakes. It has a lot going on and such a fun polish to wear! Two coats and topcoat for this look and it has a smooth easy formula.





Defying Gravity is a black jelly with green and purple shimmers and flecks with scattered holo sparkle. Dark and mysterious in low light and super sparkly in sunlight. I wore three thin coats with topcoat.





The Wicked Collection is available as both a set and individually right now at Ever After's online shop. Ever After Polishes are 5-free and cruelty free unless otherwise specified. All their polishes are mixed in small batches and they do our best to maintain consistency in color, texture and durability. Due to these variables there may be some variations from batch to batch but they strive to keep them minimal.

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Great Lakes Lacquer: A Nude Awakening

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A Nude Awakening is the name of this brand new collection by Great Lakes Lacquer, which will debut at Polish Con and be launched shortly thereafter in the online store, on September 21.
Mariah's (GLL creator) inspiration for this collection was her love of coffee and neutral type colors as well as her utter loathing for mornings. She says, "They are rude." and I wholeheartedly agree!




Coffee Is Necessary
A toffee tan nude reminiscent of my caramel latte in the morning, this neutral is emboldened with gold to bronze multi chrome flake and a gracious amount of deep gold shimmer. I wore two coats and topcoat for the photos, the formula was like silk in its application.





Make Mine A Grande
My favorite of the bunch, a light blushing mocha with bronze shimmer, holo micro flakes, and a linear holographic effect. The holo is quite subtle, but I was able to catch it in the bottle for the photos. I wore two coats with topcoat, again a buttery smooth formula that looks quite appetizing during application - don't lick it! Reach for your coffee instead.





Don't Forget The Whip
A vanilla cream color filled with gold to bronze multi chrome and teal to violet multi chrome and pink to gold shimmer. Again, fantastic formula, especially for such a light colored crelly style polish. I wore two coats with topcoat for opacity.





Sleeve Me
At first sight I surely thought this would be my favorite, it came in second to Make Mine a Grande. This light purple leaning gray has a subtle red to bronze sheen and pink shimmer. I wore two coats, but it was quite opaque in one. A bit thick, you'll want to take care in using as few brush strokes as possible for smoothest application.





I hope you've enjoyed the review and I hope to see you at Polish Con Saturday!

edit: bonus nailart!
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