Saturday, January 21, 2017

Road to Polish Con: Week 7

xoxoJen - Official Polish Con Blogger
Unable to attend Polish Con NYC 2017?
Never fear! The creators and vendors of the event got together and are creating polishes available for sale to everyone before the Con! How cool is that? The releases are done weekly on Sundays at 8am Central.

This week's launch will feature week 7 polishes from KBShimmer and Flirtin.

Big Apple Of My Eye. This polish is a squishy jelly red polish filled with holo and red micro metallic glitter. Formula was easy to apply and dries with a slight texture, I wore two coats with topcoat to smooth and just look at that squishiness!
I failed to use a base coat with this swatch and noticed an ever so slight, almost negligable pinkness upon removal of the polish, so be sure to wear a base coat if you care about that.

xoxoJen's swatch of KBShimmer Big Apple of My Eye
xoxoJen's swatch of KBShimmer Big Apple of My Eye
xoxoJen's swatch of KBShimmer Big Apple of My Eye

Pinking of You is is a soft pink with an almost opalescent type sheen to it. It contains red microglitters as well as small silver holographic glitters. This one is just in time for Valentine's Day! Formula was smooth and easy to apply, I wore two coats with topcoat.

xoxoJen's swatch of Flirtin Pinking of You
xoxoJen's swatch of Flirtin Pinking of You
xoxoJen's swatch of Flirtin Pinking of You

I hope you've enjoyed the review and photos - grab yours Sunday morning after 8am Central over at http://polishconvention.bigcartel.com/products

Recap of previous weeks:
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Guess the polish! (reveal)

I thought it might be fun to see whether polish aficionados can guess what polish is on my nails, so I posted the following two images on my facebook page with a promise of revealing it in my review.
Can you guess before you scroll down to see?

xoxoJen's swatch of LA Colors Treasure Chest
xoxoJen's swatch of LA Colors Treasure Chest

If you guessed LA Colors Treasure Chest (#800) you're correct!
I purchased this myself at Dollar Tree. Who knew there was a hidden treasure for such a low cost? I've been wearing it for a few days now and so far the wear is great. I used two coats of polish and then put my base coat on top of it and then Clearly On Top from KBShimmer to help smooth the slightly textured surface. Just look how the gold shimmer sparkles and the small glitter kind of hides and then pops out from behind the shimmer! And that base, purple can never go wrong!

xoxoJen's swatch of LA Colors Treasure Chest
xoxoJen's swatch of LA Colors Treasure Chest
xoxoJen's swatch of LA Colors Treasure Chest

And Nail art!! Stamping with VL043 my custom plate, a clear stamper from Aliexpress, and MDU Gold stamping polish. My stamping job is not perfect, but I'm happy with it.

xoxoJen's swatch of LA Colors Treasure Chest
xoxoJen's swatch of LA Colors Treasure Chest

I hope you enjoyed the fun game - did you guess correctly?

Friday, January 13, 2017

Road to Polish Con: Week 6

xoxoJen - Official Polish Con Blogger
Unable to attend Polish Con NYC 2017?
Never fear! The creators and vendors of the event got together and are creating polishes available for sale to everyone before the Con! How cool is that? The releases are done weekly on Sundays at 8am Central.

This week's launch will feature week 6 polishes from Great Lakes Lacquer and Different Dimension.

Heaven From Hell
Baby blue holographic base loaded with iridescent red to green color shifting glitters and a smattering of red flakies. Could not stop looking at my nails, wore it for a week, didn't want to take it off! So much more sparkly and iridescent than my images show. You need to see this one in pereson!

xoxoJen's swatch of Different Dimension Heaven From Hell
xoxoJen's swatch of Different Dimension Heaven From Hell
xoxoJen's swatch of Different Dimension Heaven From Hell

Blue Skies From Pain
A dark slate blue linear holographic with multichrome shifts of purple, blue, red, and gold. Such a changer, shifter, mysterious one! It was difficult catching the shift with my camera, but this polish looked a different color in varied lighting and angles - like magic!

xoxoJen's swatch of Great Lakes Lacquer Blue Skies From Pain
xoxoJen's swatch of Great Lakes Lacquer Blue Skies From Pain
xoxoJen's swatch of Great Lakes Lacquer Blue Skies From Pain

The formula for both was smooth and easy to apply, both opaque in two coats. I used a coat of base over the glitter to help smooth it up. I hope you've enjoyed the review and photos - grab yours Sunday morning after 8am Central over at http://polishconvention.bigcartel.com/products

Recap of previous weeks:
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5