Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Bear Pawlish: Blast from the past!

I have a mixture of Bear Pawlish shades to share with you - the first was released in August and the other three polishes were once discontinued but brought back this month from the vault. All four are available in the shop right now!
I also have the fall collection that I'm reviewing in a future post, but the bottles are included in the collage below.

xoxoJen's bottle collage of Bear Pawlish

Bigger on the Inside is a dark denim style blue that looks lit from within where the holo flame bursts appear. Two easy coats that finish with a glossy shine make this polish outstanding.

xoxoJen's swatch of Bear Pawlish Bigger on the Inside
xoxoJen's swatch of Bear Pawlish Bigger on the Inside
xoxoJen's swatch of Bear Pawlish Bigger on the Inside

Untamed is a shifty lil wench! She is so hard to catch in my usual lighting set up. I took a few extra photos to try and catch every shift she has. This polish reminds me of the leaves changing color from green to yellow and red and finally to brown. Two coats with topcoat were worn. As with most shifters/multichromes, the formula was fluid but a little fussy. I found that it is best to get the first coat on in as few brush strokes as possible to avoid drag. This paves the way for the second coat which was very easy to apply. I also like the small flat brushes, they allow for easy control of the polish on the nail with very little clean up.

xoxoJen's swatch of Bear Pawlish Untamed
xoxoJen's swatch of Bear Pawlish Untamed
xoxoJen's swatch of Bear Pawlish Untamed
xoxoJen's swatch of Bear Pawlish Untamed
xoxoJen's swatch of Bear Pawlish Untamed

Is It Puce?
I didn't expect to love this one as much as I do. It totally reminds me of when leaves are turning from green to yellow and orange to kick off the fall season.
Two coats with topcoat, the formula for this one seemed less fussy when getting the first coat on with as few brush strokes as possible, the second coat was smooth and easy to apply.

xoxoJen's swatch of Bear Pawlish Is It Puce?
xoxoJen's swatch of Bear Pawlish Is It Puce?
xoxoJen's swatch of Bear Pawlish Is It Puce?

Those colors!! I can't even. Purple, blue and everything in between!
Gender Bender is a shifter that was very photogenic! Not camera shy at all. I used two coats with topcoat, similar formula to the other two shifters.

xoxoJen's swatch of Bear Pawlish Gender Bender
xoxoJen's swatch of Bear Pawlish Gender Bender
xoxoJen's swatch of Bear Pawlish Gender Bender
xoxoJen's swatch of Bear Pawlish Gender Bender

Find these and many more at the Bear Pawlish online shop and thank you for stopping by!

Saturday, September 5, 2015

Chanel: Taboo

Digging around in my "pending blog" photos I came across this oldie but goodie: Chanel Taboo. It's a vampy shade with heaps of shifty shimmer...in the bottle. On the nail, not so much. A lot of the shimmer is lost and covered up because the base is too opaque. Really disappointed in this one.

xoxoJen's swatch of Chanel Taboo
xoxoJen's swatch of Chanel Taboo
xoxoJen's swatch of Chanel Taboo

Chanel formula, for me, is hit and miss. This one was better than my bottle of Paradoxal which was super thick. I used two coats of Taboo and it dried matte, and then ate my topcoat so I used another layer of topcoat.
I have to say, I wasn't too impressed with this one - not worth its hefty price tag.
Thank you for visiting and I hope you have a wonderful holiday weekend!

Friday, September 4, 2015

Indie Sales and Launches


Loads of sales and restocks going on this weekend/holiday!
I've listed as many as I could find and think of - feel free to leave a comment if I've missed some!

Available now!
Vivid Lacquer - polishes marked down!
Ella Ann Cosmetics - Grace-full launch, Moonstone launch, Lilypad launch, sale items, $5 items
Bear Pawlish - Fall With Me launch
Octopus Party - mystery restock
Ever After - 20% off with Labor20
Darling Diva - Labor30 for 30% off
Indigo Bananas - 20% off with Labor20 (not on fall polishes)
ILNP - preorders for fall collex
Lynb - Clueless collex launch and sale
Glam polish - launch of 2 new collex and charity polish
Bella Luna - 40% off with solongsummer
Nail Hoot - 10% off with celebrate10
Lollipop Posse - free f/s mystery holo with a $10 purch.
Marbles for Polish - preorder sailor moon set at a discount (no code)
Polish Addict - preorders through 9/5, order 9/7, has various specials, check her fb page for details.
Sparkle Nail Lacquer - 50% off with backtoschool50off
Fangirl Polish - free shipping through 9/6
Bohemian polish - launch new collex
Grim and Glamorous - halloween launch
Dollish Polish - 20%off with DPLabor20

Saturday 9/5
Vapid - preorder 2pm central new collex
Nvr Enuff - new release and restock
My Indie Polish - Halloween launch at noon eastern

Monday 9/7
Elevation - 9/7 Labor20 for 20% off and on 9/13 half off all brown polishes
Turtle Tootsie Polish - sale 9/7


Upcoming:
9/11 - Virago - new collex launch
9/12 - Eat Sleep Polish - launch new collex
9/15 - KBShimmer - fall launch
9/18 - Dollish Polish - Halloween launch