Sunday, November 19, 2017

November Hella Holo Customs: Ever After and Anonymous Lacquer

Hella Holo Customs featured guests for November are Ever After and Anonymous Lacquer. They've made beautiful polishes which are available now through December 4th to HHC Members only.

xoxoJen's November Hella Holo Customs

I See The Light - a sky blue holo with pink, orange, and gold shifting flakes and gold sparkle.
The flakies in this are everything! Difficult to capture fully on camera but super flashy and amazing in person. Two coats with topcoat shown.

xoxoJen's swatch of Ever After I See The Light
xoxoJen's swatch of Ever After I See The Light
xoxoJen's swatch of Ever After I See The Light

Falling Reflections - antique wisteria with copper to green UCC, gold and rainbow chameleon flakes colors and leaves reflecting off the water in autumn
Such a beautifully done shade, perfect for any time of year and office appropriate. Two coats with topcoat shown.

xoxoJen's swatch of Ever After Falling Reflections
xoxoJen's swatch of Ever After Falling Reflections
xoxoJen's swatch of Ever After Falling Reflections

Tinman's Kiss - a bronze to copper multichrome holo with purple flakes and blue shimmer.
I'm still wearing this one and I keep wanting to do a dry brush over it with turquoise and maybe some stamping in another color. Such a pretty shade! Two coats with topcoat shown.

xoxoJen's swatch of Ever After Tinman's Kiss
xoxoJen's swatch of Ever After Tinman's Kiss
xoxoJen's swatch of Ever After Tinman's Kiss
xoxoJen's swatch of Ever After Tinman's Kiss

Deep Secret - deep burgundy leaning purple linear holo
One coater ya'll! Yup, just one coat with topcoat here, super stunningly rich and deep. Perfectly named!

xoxoJen's swatch of Anonymous Lacquer Deep Secret
xoxoJen's swatch of Anonymous Lacquer Deep Secret
xoxoJen's swatch of Anonymous Lacquer Deep Secret

Harley Daze - silver ultra linear holo. Mildred added purple shifting pigment to amp up the holo effect.
Loving the touch of purple in this, makes it more unique than other silver holo polishes. Two coats with topcoat shown.

xoxoJen's swatch of Anonymous Lacquer Harley Daze
xoxoJen's swatch of Anonymous Lacquer Harley Daze
xoxoJen's swatch of Anonymous Lacquer Harley Daze

Twilight's Dawn - blue with a red shift linear holo and added red shifting pigment to add some extra sparkle to the shift.
This one made me happy when I first saw the bottle. It reminded me of days past when I played with blue and bright orange playdoh. It was so hard to capture on camera but this totally has that neon-ish looking orange shift and shimmer in it. Blue lovers need this! Two coats with topcoat shown.

xoxoJen's swatch of Anonymous Lacquer Twilight's Dawn
xoxoJen's swatch of Anonymous Lacquer Twilight's Dawn
xoxoJen's swatch of Anonymous Lacquer Twilight's Dawn

All six HHC polishes are absolutely beautiful and it's good to see Anonymous and Ever After back again. My favorites in this collection are Deep Secret because of its deep rich shade that's still holo and a one coater and I See the Light for it's stunning flakes - I need all the colors in this finish. It's simply beautiful!

Monday, November 13, 2017

Blush: Not Your Average Seahorse

I purchased this limited edition Blush polish from Polish Pickup a while back and put it on tonight. It is absolutely stunning - and I didn't know it had shifting shimmer in it. I just saw and bought. Didn't even read the description.

Not Your Average Seahorse is described as a navy based polish with shifting orange-gold-green micro flake shimmer, shifting green-blue-purple-pink flakies and a touch of holo.

xoxoJen's swatch of Blush: Not Your Average Seahorse
xoxoJen's swatch of Blush: Not Your Average Seahorse

And Shift!

xoxoJen's swatch of Blush: Not Your Average Seahorse
xoxoJen's swatch of Blush: Not Your Average Seahorse

And Shift again!

xoxoJen's swatch of Blush: Not Your Average Seahorse

I wore two buttery smooth coats applied with the softest, best brush this side of Indie Polish. If you haven't tried Blush yet, what are you waiting for!?

Thursday, November 9, 2017

Bee's Knees: FU** Cancer

I have watched as Bee's Knees Lacquer launched and grew and more recently, the brand is taking off in popularity. My first order from them was in October and one of the polishes I bought was their October Cancer charity polish. I love that they do a charity each month, you should see the November polish!

xoxoJen's bottle shot of Bee's Knees Fuck Cancer

The name label has in caps FU (a pink sideways ribbon, that implies the other two letters really well) Cancer. And just look at the cute bee trail detail!

xoxoJen's Bee's Knees label Fuck Cancer

These first three photos are shown under my usual light set up, with my usual poses. Here, the polish looks like a beautiful coppery, mauve, brown shade with strong holo.

xoxoJen's swatch of Bee's Knees Fuck Cancer
xoxoJen's swatch of Bee's Knees Fuck Cancer
xoxoJen's swatch of Bee's Knees Fuck Cancer

However; when held at different angles and different distances from the light, it's super multichromatic! Just look at it shift! Golden, green, mauve, coppery, brown, pinkish!?

xoxoJen's swatch of Bee's Knees Fuck Cancer
xoxoJen's swatch of Bee's Knees Fuck Cancer
xoxoJen's swatch of Bee's Knees Fuck Cancer

It is a stunning one coat wonder, super holo, dream to apply. The brush - yes the brush is a big deal. It is super soft, and that's how I like them!

I really want to try stamping with it at some point, I think it will be perfect for that too.

Are you convinced to check out this brand yet?
No? Perhaps a few minutes in the fan group would help! There are beautiful swatches there and Owners Sarah and Tim are active and caring. Go now - you'll be glad you did!