Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Colors By Llarowe: Love You Forever, Like You For Always

Colors By Llarowe's contribution to the upcoming Polish Pick up is inspired by the book "Love You Forever"
It releases for pre-order on March 2-5 at polishpickup.com

Love You Forever, Like You For Always: a denim blue linear holographic with a green to blue shift and strong pink shimmer.
The formula is fantastic as we've come to expect from CBL. If you paint thin, you'll find the polish to be sheer. I tend to paint thick, so two coats were opaque as shown in the photos.

xoxoJen's swatch of Colors By Llarowe: Love You Forever, Like You For Always
xoxoJen's swatch of Colors By Llarowe: Love You Forever, Like You For Always
xoxoJen's swatch of Colors By Llarowe: Love You Forever, Like You For Always

You can read more about the inspiration in the Polish Pickup Group. Will you be 'picking up' this polish?


Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Lollipop Posse: The Music of My Name

Lollipop Posse Lacquer's contribution to the Polish Pickup for March is inspired by "The Red Tent" and will be available for pre-order March 2-5 at https://www.polishpickup.com/.

The Music of My Name
a rusty-leaning red crelly that is packed with blue/violet/red/orange chameleon pigment, large particle gold shimmer, red/gold Aurora shimmer, gold flakes, and red/orange chameleon chrome flakes.
Even though this is a jelly style polish, it builds up really well in just two coats. Shown without topcoat. Formula was smooth and easy to apply, and is quite smooth to the touch for how full of particles it is.

xoxoJen's swatch of Lollipop Posse: The Music of My Name
xoxoJen's swatch of Lollipop Posse: The Music of My Name
xoxoJen's swatch of Lollipop Posse: The Music of My Name

Karen's inspiration is the book "The Red Tent", by Anita Diamant. You can read more about the inspiration in the Polish Pickup Group. Will you be 'picking up' this polish?

Saturday, February 10, 2018

Wildflower: Autumn

I ordered this from Wildflower Lacquer and thought I'd share some swatches.

In person, Autumn is a super dark vampy jelly polish with what I would call hidden shimmer. Under my usual lighting the shimmer is difficult to see, but with a flash bulb or bright sunlight you can see a little bit of shimmer. I wasn't able to see any holo rainbows in the polish. To me, the bottle I got is different than the photos in the fan group.
Two coats. Topcoat. Formula was ok. It seemed to either dry fast or was sticky and the color was darker than I expected, in most lighting it looks like black polish. There were a few bumps of something in the polish which are visible in photos, I'm not sure what that is.

xoxoJen's swatch of Wildflower: Autumn
xoxoJen's swatch of Wildflower: Autumn
xoxoJen's swatch of Wildflower: Autumn

If you like vampy, dark shades, then this one is for you! I don't think I will be purchasing again from the brand.