Monday, February 3, 2020

Blush Lacquer: Cady's Big Day (HHC)

Blush is releasing their HHC polish for pre-order on February 14th at 12:01am EST to February 21st at 11:59pm Hawaiian time at www.hellahandmadecreations.com

Cady's Big Day
A cool-toned camo green nail polish with red to orange to gold shifting multi-chrome flakes and holographic microflakes and pigment.
Inspired by Cady's first day of public school and her green jacket.
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xoxoJen's swatch of Blush Lacquer: Cady's Big Day
xoxoJen's swatch of Blush Lacquer: Cady's Big Day
xoxoJen's swatch of Blush Lacquer: Cady's Big Day


Victoria also sent her matte topcoat to me. It is called Matterial Girl and I tried it out on this polish and now it looks like a green quartz or granite of some kind!

xoxoJen's swatch of Blush Lacquer: Cady's Big Day
xoxoJen's swatch of Blush Lacquer: Cady's Big Day
xoxoJen's swatch of Blush Lacquer: Cady's Big Day


Shown in photos is two coats, perfect formula and I can't do a Blush review without mentioning their super soft fan brush! Blush was the very first and only indie brand to offer this brush for several years. I'm super happy that is becoming more widely available! If you haven't experienced their brush, there's no time like the present!

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Sunday, February 2, 2020

Ethereal: Fruity Juicy (3 of 6)

I received three of the six polishes in the Fruity Juicy collection to share with you. The whole collection will be available on Ethereallacquer.com February 4th 9pm eastern until February 11th at 9pm eastern for pre order!

xoxoJen's swatches of Ethereal Fruity Juicy collage


Dragon Fruit- A cool brightened pink with purpley undertones in a juicy jelly like formula.

Definitely the same shade as the Starbuck's Dragon Fruit drink that I love so much! Absolutely loving this polish. Shown is two coats with topcoat.

xoxoJen's swatch of Ethereal Dragonfruit
xoxoJen's swatch of Ethereal Dragonfruit
xoxoJen's swatch of Ethereal Dragonfruit


Blood Orange- A magenta almost red base full of red to orange multichrome shimmer.

The bright magenta base coupled with the shifting shimmer keeps me guessing at whether this is a warm or cool shade. Loving it! Shown in two coats with topcoat.

xoxoJen's swatch of Ethereal Blood Orange
xoxoJen's swatch of Ethereal Blood Orange
xoxoJen's swatch of Ethereal Blood Orange
xoxoJen's swatch of Ethereal Blood Orange


Guava- A bright cool pink with a sheer formula and an intense red to green shifting shimmer.

My favorite of the bunch for its flexibility. It can be worn alone like shown in three coats with topcoat, or over other shades. I love how shifty this is, it even looks like strawberry milk at some angles. Such a pretty shade!

xoxoJen's swatch of Ethereal Guava
xoxoJen's swatch of Ethereal Guava
xoxoJen's swatch of Ethereal Guava
xoxoJen's swatch of Ethereal Guava


These polishes pair up so well, that I had to show you Guava over the other two. So many different looks with just three polishes!

Guava over Dragon Fruit

xoxoJen's swatch of Ethereal Guava over Dragon Fruit


Guava over Blood Orange

xoxoJen's swatch of Ethereal Guava over Blood Orange


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Saturday, February 1, 2020

Tonic: Creams

Tonic has created some new creams in four rich shades as well as a white! These are all available at https://www.tonicpolish.com/

xoxoJen's swatch of Tonic Creams


Clover is a deep, cool toned green cream.
Fantastic shade for St. Patrick's Day coming up soon - imagine this with gold or multichrome flake on top!

xoxoJen's swatch of Tonic Clover
xoxoJen's swatch of Tonic Clover
xoxoJen's swatch of Tonic Clover


Crimson is a true cool toned red cream.
Beautiful shade, perfect for Valentine's and all of the patriotic holidays, as well as Christmas. I love a good blue-leaning red and this one fits the bill!

xoxoJen's swatch of Tonic Crimson
xoxoJen's swatch of Tonic Crimson
xoxoJen's swatch of Tonic Crimson


Ocean Eyes is a perfect cerulean blue cream.
Paired with the red and white would make for a patriotic look!

xoxoJen's swatch of Tonic Ocean Eyes
xoxoJen's swatch of Tonic Ocean Eyes
xoxoJen's swatch of Tonic Ocean Eyes


Optic is a pure, solid white cream.
A staple in most polish fanatics' stashes, great worn alone, as a base for a topper or nail art or paired up for a festive holiday look.

xoxoJen's swatch of Tonic Optic
xoxoJen's swatch of Tonic Optic
xoxoJen's swatch of Tonic Optic


Water Marble is done with all four shades, using Optic as the base and in the marble. I was able to get 10 rings in a small glass cup for the marble. I did two different patterns for this look, one was dragged a little more than the other so you can see how it can be done with a sort of blended effect and a more crisp effect.

xoxoJen's swatch of Tonic Water Marble
xoxoJen's swatch of Tonic Water Marble


The formula for all of these was good. The white is quite opaque however; I used three coats to get it smoothed out. For all the other shades I used two coats. I really enjoyed the rich tones of each of these and hope that Lindsey will continue to make creams, I think she has a knack for it!

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