Nine Zero Lacquer Holiday Collection Swatches & Review

I'm back again to show off the new Holiday collection from indie brand Nine Zero Lacquer! This is a set of six holiday shades, with a special duo of holographic glitter toppers thrown in! These will all go on sale tomorrow, so let's take a look at them today! :)

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Twinkle Lights is a silver linear holographic with multisized semi-transparent multicolored glitters that pop against the bright base. This is a super unique polish, I don't think I've seen anything like this before. It was a little sheer on the first coat, but you might be able to get away with two as it build up nicely. I used three coats for full opacity on my nails. The holo was nice and strong on this, pictures don't do it justice.

Santa Suit is a lovely bright red jelly filled with teensy tiny holographic microglitters. Very seasonal and adorable! I had no trouble with this, great formula. It was opaque in two coats.

Cat In The Christmas Tree is a pine green jelly with holographic gold microglitter. The glitter in this is a little bigger than in Santa Suit, it's a little more in your face. I love greens in general, and when you add gold to it, you've got me head over heels! This was effortless to apply and was opaque in two coats.

Star On Top is a holographic gold microglitter in a clear base. This can be worn on its own or layered over another color. I used three coats to make it opaque by itself. It builds up well, making multiple coats easy. And it dries quickly which is nice. Gold has always been my preference over silver and this glitter is making me swoon!

A Peculiar Star has a deep blue jelly base with holographic navy blue microglitter. The glitters pop out in turquoise and green at certain angles, making it look very multidimensional. It's a little thicker than the other glitters, maybe due to the slightly larger glitters. This was opaque in two coats for me.

Stocking Stuffer has a clear base filled with different sizes and shapes of red, matte white, green, gold, silver and iridescent glitters. This is a perfect holiday glitter, all the traditional colors in one! I layered one coat over Santa Suit. There was tons of glitter pay off with this and it only required a little bit of manipulation to place the glitters where I wanted them.

Here is Sparkle All The Things (Gold) and Sparkle All The Things, their two new layering glitters. These are micro-mini holographic glitters in a clear base. The base is not super heavy so they are lovely to use. Sparkle All The Things (Gold) is gold...obvs, and Sparkle All The Things is silver.

I used two coats of each over a black crème. The silver is on my pointer and ring fingernails, so the gold is on the middle and pinky nails. They are both fabulous. If you are familiar with China Glaze Fairy Dust, these are very similar. They're super blingy in person!

All of these shades and the Thanksgiving Trio I showed the other day will be available tomorrow, November 13th on the Nine Zero Lacquer website at 11 am EST. The Sparkle toppers will be $8 each and the Holiday polishes are all $9.50, except for Stocking Stuffer which is $9. Sound off in the comments about this collection! Do you love it? How 'bout them holo glitters??

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

China Glaze Halloween 2015 Ghouls' Night Out Collection Swatches & Review

Ghouls' Night Out is the name of the China Glaze Halloween collection for this year. I had wanted to show this to you, ya know, before Halloween...but it didn't work out that way haha! I was waiting for a while before I purchased it in case I got it from their PR, but it got closer and closer to the end of the month, so I figured I better pick it up or risk missing out on it altogether. I ended up buying these from an e-tailer and they just barely got to me so I didn't have time to swatch them before the big day. :( Oh well, let's look at them anyway!

Image via ChinaGlaze.com

Lady and the Vamp is a neon orange jelly. I have a few polishes that are close to this, but I wanted to pick up the full collection. You never know what's going to knock your socks off after all. It had an ok formula, easy to apply and not too thick or thin, but I still had some streaking with two coats. I needed three to cover completely.

Something's Brewing is a glitter topper in a clear base, it has different sizes of matte hex glitters in black and honeydew green. I layered one coat over Lady and the Vamp. This has excellent glitter pay off and while I had to do some manipulation to get the glitters where I wanted them, it wasn't difficult at all. I also like that it wasn't base heavy, so it wasn't thick on the nail when it dried.

Drink Up Witches is a neon green jelly. Again, I have similar polishes to this, but I love the name so much that I had to get this one too. It has the same formula as the orange, but I used thicker coats on this so I got it opaque in two coats. You may need three depending on your application style, because there was still a hint of streaking.

Cackle If You Want To is a glitter topper like Something's Brewing, except it's in an indigo purple. The purple glitters are striped, not sure if that was intentional or not (as I've had this happen with indie glitters before and it wasn't intentional haha). Either way I like the effect because it makes them look like striped witch stockings! One coat over Drink Up Witches, same great formula as the other glitter.

Looking Bootiful is a bright purple jelly. Another non-unique color, and I kinda wish I hadn't gotten this one. It was very sheer and runny. I put on three coats and you can still kind of see through it, but I didn't want to do four coats. Boo!

Ghostess With the Mostess is a mix of the other glitter colors with the addition of pale orange hexes. I love these colors and how they've got a bleached look, unexpected! I layered one coat over Looking Bootiful. Excellent formula, very glitter dense. And unique as hell!

I am so glad I picked up the glitters in this collection, but if I had to do it again I would definitely pass on the solid colors. I can pick out a few dupes from my own stash for each of them and their formulas leave a lot to be desired. You can probably still find these in Sally Beauty Supply stores and definitely still online. I bought mine on Transdesign.com. Did you get any of these polishes? How was your Halloween??

❤ Kellie

My Picks from the Delush Polish Life's A Beach Collection Swatches & Review

Hi friends! Today I'm checking in with some new polishes I purchased from indie brand Delush Polish. I've wanted to try their goodies for a while now, but for some reason never found the time to pick them up. Well I am a fan now, there's no turning back! These are my three picks from their summer Life's A Beach collection that is out now.

First is Babe Watch, a crazy bright neon pink crelly with blue metallic glitters in different hex sizes and large circles. I love pinks, but I ended up falling for this hard, way more than I expected. Great formula, no fishing for glitter. Two coats, dries matte so use a top coat for shine. (Neons are hard to photograph accurately, this is a little lighter in person.)

Next is Dazed & Enthused, a neon purple crelly with light blue metallic hex glitters in various sizes. It is a little bit more on the jelly side than the pink one, you may need three coats depending on your application but two worked for me. Also dries slightly matte.

And last is the blue neon, Turn Over A New Reef. This is a crelly as well with neon green glitters in multisized hexes and medium squares. I really like this color combo and the square glitter just pushes it over the limit for me. Two coats, dries satiny matte like the others.

I bought these from the Delush Polish website for $8.95 each. The rest of the collection includes four more crellys with glitter, an orange, a white, a yellow and a green. I might have to get a few more, these were such winners for me. And we all know my addiction to neon is strong! Let me know what you think of these and if you've ever tried Delush Polish before.

❤ Kellie

Summer Fest 2015 Collaboration Trio - Cirque Colors, Serum No. 5 and Lacquer Lust

There is a really cool collaboration box being released today with polishes from Serum No. 5, Cirque Colors and Lacquer Lust for summer inspired by lights, dancing and rave culture. This is a limited edition gift box set and it's perfect for summer. My birthday is today and it feels like a sweet little present to share with you all!

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First is Kandi Flip from Cirque Colors, a neon pink coral flamingo holographic. I love this brand as you know, and I am stoked to have this color. I am a pink coral kinda girl and this just rocks! It's so bright and warm and perfect for summer. This is two easy coats.

Next is Untz Untz Untzing Unicorn from Lacquer Lust. This is my first Lacquer Lust polish so I was excited to try it. It's a sparkling silver holographic micro-glitter with neon matte hex glitters in pink, yellow, and orange. I used one coat over Kandi Flip. I love this combination, but I have seen a few other gals use by itself and it can be built up to be opaque in three coats.

The last polish in the trio is PLUR from Serum No. 5, another new brand to me! I have heard great things about them from my blogging friends so I knew this would be good. It's a glow in the dark base with a slight beige color with multicolored matte glitters and flecks. This is described as a topper, but I used it by itself because I guess I can't read, but it worked out ok. This is two coats. I would recommend wearing it over a white though.

I haven't mastered glow in the dark photos yet, but here's the best I could do. I think it looks pretty dope!

This set will be available on June 20, 2015 at SerumNo5.com, CirqueColors.com and Lacquer-Lust.com for $32. What do you think of this trio? I really enjoyed them, especially the fun holo! P.S. the box comes packaged with some yummy candy, I opened it before thinking to take a picture, but my friends Emily & Deborah have pics of it on their reviews :)

Cheers to my 29th year on Earth!

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

Nerd Lacquer All of Time and Space Swatch & Review

Hey hey hey there! How are you doing this fine Friday? I'm looking forward to a nice weekend spent relaxing :) Today I wanted to show you a newly acquired indie polish that I scored on a blog sale. It's a Nerd Lacquer! This brand was seriously amazingly popular from conception, but then things got weird and it was impossible to get them, then the maker disappeared, then reappeared and probably other stuff I don't know happened. Bottom line is, I've always wanted one of these polishes and didn't think I'd ever get one for a decent price.

All of Time and Space has a minty turquoisey green sheer base with lots of silver shimmer, small and medium pinky purple hex glitters and lots of small, medium and large silver hex glitters. I think I expected it to be more opaque, but I like it. I used three coats here and it's still a little see through. Next time I'll probably layer it.

In the shade you can really see the silver shimmer particles, which look pretty cool.

The website www.nerdlacquer.com seems to be up and running as of right now, but I haven't used that site so I can't really recommend it or not. I like to check out Storenvy and Ebay and especially blog sales for polishes like this. Do you have any Nerd Lacquers? Do you have a particular brand or polish you've been on the lookout for but don't know if you'll ever get?

Have a great weekend!

❤ Kellie

Secret Cupid Swap: KBShimmer Belle of the Mall Swatch & Review

Hi my friends! Happy Singles Awareness Day, or as it's more conventionally known, Valentine's Day! I am not a big Valentine's person, it's mostly just kinda cute and silly to me. This year it's a little more special though because a group of polish lovin' sistas invited me to join in on a little "Secret Cupid" gift swap and today is our unveiling! Most of the other ladies have YouTube channels I will link to them at the end, make sure you stop by and check out what they received!

Received as Gift

My Secret Cupid turned out to be Danielle Kelley from YouTube :) She mainly makes videos about nail polish, she does hauls and shows swatches, etc. I've recently come to get to know her a little and she's such a sweetheart! She has beautiful nails, make sure you check out her instagram too.

She sent me one of my lemmings that I hadn't gotten around to buying yet, KBShimmer Belle of the Mall. It's from their 2014 Spring collection so it's very appropos for this season. It has a coral toned almost neon pink jelly base with holographic silver glitters of varying size. This is so my kinda polish and I love it! Thanks so much Danielle! I used two coats here for full opacity.

Also included in my package was a little baggie of heart glitters, a KBShimmer nail file, a KBShimmer soap sample, some yummy candy and a sweet Valentine's Day card. I seriously loved everything :)

You can purchase this polish from KBShimmer on their website. I adore it and know I will get lots of use out of it. Please take a minute to visit each of the gals that participated in this swap, they are posting about their packages today too. Also, so you can see who I was a Secret Cupid for!

Phoebe Moon

Jessika the Polished Queen

Hannah Eve Nails It

Stacey - Polished Ways

Joann - NV Nail Person

Ashley - Nails A Love Affair

Danielle Kelley

Thanks for coming by today and have a great one!

❤ Kellie

The product mentioned was received as a gift.

Live Love Polish - UNT Nail Lacquer Swatches & Review

Hey folks! I hope you are having a great week so far! Today I have a new-to-me brand to share with you courtesy of Live Love Polish, UNT Nail Lacquer. I had never heard of this brand and was excited to try them out! They are a popular brand in other countries but they're pretty new to the US. Let's see the polishes I got to try!

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First is my favorite, Rocking Maniac. This is a greenish blue greyed out shade with smooth silver microglitter. It's a total "me" color and I love how it looks with my skin tone. It was pretty sheer on the first coat but it built up to full opacity on the second. I do not like the UNT brush however, it's flat and wide and slightly rounded at the edges. Think Sally Hansen Complete Manicure with a little more volume.

Next is Fearless, which I layered over Rocking Maniac. This is definitely not a "me" shade, unfortunately haha. It has medium cobalt blue hex glitters, smaller coppery orange hex glitters, smaller reflective hex glitters and silver string glitters in a clear base. This could work for you, but it's just a little too busy for my taste. This one also had a distinct odor that reminds me of Kleancolor polish (if you don't know what those smell like, very chemically and unpleasant). This is one coat dabbed.

And last is Velvety Fins, seen here over a white crème. This is a mix of yellowy gold, light blue and silver hex glitters and microglitters in a clear base. It looks like there's green in there but it's the gold and blue reflecting off each other. This is pretty but it's not really my cup of tea. This was quite thick as it's really glitter dense. I use two coats here.

UNT nail polishes can be purchased from Live Love Polish for $8 each. This seems to be a fun brand but the brushes are too big of a turn off for me unfortunately. Also, they don't print the names of the polish on the bottle anywhere, which is annoying. If you're interested, check out this and the other brands that the website features, you might find something new and exciting! What did you think of these colors from UNT? Have you ever tried anything from them?

Byeeee!

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

OPI Holiday 2014 Gwen Stefani Collection Swatches & Review

Hi there! I am happy to be showing you the holiday collection for 2014 from OPI, their second collaboration with Gwen Stefani. I tried to get these done before the actual holidays, but it's a huuuge collection and it just wasn't in the cards. I hope you still would like to see them though, because they are fab! This collection has a set of six reds, four unique and fun glitters, and eight rich festive shades. Let's see how they look!

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This is a long post, so click below to see the individual swatches!

My Picks from the Dollish Polish Ultimate Fandom Collections Swatches & Review

Hello there! I have some awesome indie polishes to show you today from Dollish Polish. They put out two "fandom" collections earlier this year where each polish is inspired by a popular movie or TV show. Here are my picks from the collections, I bought four of the mini sized bottles.

First is I Am the One Who Knocks, inspired by Breaking Bad. I was obsessed with that show, but I only started watching it when they put all the episodes on Netflix. I must've watched all five seasons in like two weeks! This polish is a light blue crelly with tiny bright blue glitters and small medium blue hex glitters. I used three coats here. You could layer it over a blue for a more opaque look, but I love this squishy look on its own.

Next is Look At the Flowers Lizzie, inspired by The Walking Dead. I actually don't watch this show yet, but I am planning on it one of these days. I mostly needed to get this because of my friend MissHollyBerries, she has talked about this a million times on her YouTube channel. It has a zombified pale olive green crelly base with varying matte glitters in black, green, white, pink, coral and yellow. From photos I've seen of this I expected the base color to be a brighter green, but I still really like it. It's not going to be everyone's favorite, but as you know I love offbeat shades! Two coats here. It was easier to apply than I expected but you might have to place some of the glitters a little.

Here is So Long and Thanks for All the Fish, inspired by the book & movie The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I've never read the book but my siblings were obsessed with it when we were kids. I do like the movie, it's silly and odd and fun. This polish has a soft aqua base with a blue shimmer flash and gallons of matte and shiny glitters of varying sizes and shades of ocean blue and green. I used two coats here. The glitter in this one is very dense so you might have trouble with applying the second coat. Next time I wear it I will probably layer one coat over a base color.

And last is These are Not the Droids You are Looking For, inspired by Star Wars, more specifically C-3PO and R2D2. I wouldn't say I'm a huge Star Wars fan, but I liked the older movies. This polish has a clear base full of gold and silver glitters and flakes accented with blue hex glitters. This one is probably more suited for layering, but this is three coats by itself. In the sun it looks kinda sparse, but it appears to have more coverage in lower light. Next time I wear this I will be layering it though.

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You can purchase Dollish Polish products from their website. These mini size bottles were $5 each and the full sizes sell for $10. I have mixed feelings on mini bottles of polish, on one hand I love that I won't be "wasting" as much as a full bottle because let's face it, I'll never go through a bottle haha, but on the other hand, they can sometimes be challenging to paint with the short brushes and can be difficult to hold for photographs. These were easy to use, as they aren't too terribly small, and I had no trouble holding them for pictures. I would prefer if the square caps came off though, I can't seem to make it work if they are supposed to haha, but I guess you can't have everything!

What do you think of these polishes? There are a lot more polishes in the collections, and I probably will end up purchasing a few more, but I really like the ones I got so far! What fandoms do you go crazy for? Have you ever bought a nail polish just for the name?

Catch ya next time!

❤ Kellie

Pretty Serious Cosmetics Holiday 2014 Rooftop Soiree Collection Swatches & Review

Hi everyone! Today I have an awesome holiday polish collection from Pretty Serious Cosmetics to show you! The collection is called Rooftop Soiree and it has six awesome glittery shades that will light up your holiday season. This Australian brand has really impressed me in the past with their products and this is no exception, they are fabulous!

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First is my favorite, Red Carpet Treatment. It's a red jelly base filled with multisized red hex glitters, silver and purple/blue iridescent mini hex glitter and bits of holographic glitter. It's freaking amazing. It's very deep and mesmerizing, I could look at this polish all day! It reminds me of Lynnderella Undead Red but without the chunky large glitters. I think I like this one more! Great formula, two coats.

Next is Glitz & Glamour, it has blingy silvery flake glitters and champagne gold flakes in a clear base. This one reminds me a bit of those super metallic glitters that you've seen from a few indie brands lately, but this is more delicate and layerable in my opinion. I used three coats here to show it on its own.

Cocktail Bar is a freaking beautiful teal green jelly with a mix of green and blue glitters. This one was a little chunkier than Red Carpet Treatment, but not difficult to apply. You need this, it's amazing. This is two coats.

Here is Daphne After Dark which has multicolored blingy glitters in an inky charcoal almost-black base. This one is super hot, it is a chic more sophisticated version of those "happy birthday" glitter polishes. This is a little thick, I had to take care on the second coat to layer it evenly; I would recommend waiting for the first layer to dry pretty well before the second coat. I used two coats here and two coats of top coat for a glassy finish.

This one is called Moments Til Midnight. It is a deep but bright blue jelly packed full of golden glitters in varying sizes. I really like the idea of this, but it was thick and a little difficult to apply. The large glitters sink in the bottle, but I didn't have trouble getting them out on my brush. I used two coats here with two layers of top coat.

Last is Invitation Only, an awesomely complex shade. It's a metallic grey with color shifting pink and green particles as well as micro holographic shimmer. I love this and it's SO beautiful! I could see myself wearing this all winter long. It's got a thick but not too thick formula, you could get it opaque in one coat but I used two here. It dries shiny, if you wanted to skip top coat on this one you could.

The collection comes in their decorative boxes of course, and they are all jazzed up for the holidays! I love their artwork, it's always so fun!

This collection is available now on the Pretty Serious Cosmetics website for $9.95 per bottle, or you can buy the whole collection for $53.75, for a 10% discount. They ship internationally from their website and they also have various stockists. What do you think of this collection? Does it tickle your holiday spirit?

See ya later!

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

KBShimmer Snow Flaking Way! Swatch & Review

Hey hey hey there! I've had this polish in my possession since last winter but that I haven't tried it yet (honestly, not that shocking for me but might be to others haha!). It's KBShimmer Snow Flaking Way!, and I think I bought it mostly for the name. I remember when I went to buy it I didn't have a lot of their polishes yet and I wanted to get some more right then. The name pushed me over the edge.

I didn't think it was a blurple, I thought it was more blue, so when I got it and saw it was blurpley I didn't want to wear it. :( I used to be blurple-phobic! But I've come around, there's been some awesome ones I've tried lately that I've liked a lot, so I decided now was the time to put this guy on. This has an indigo-purpley jelly base with holographic hex glitters, circles and short bar glitter. There are also large holographic snowflake glitter pieces, though I think mine have been stained purple and aren't silver anymore, which is interesting. This is three coats of polish and a thick top coat.

I bought this from the KBShimmer website for $8.75. It's still available so you can pick it up for this winter! What do you think of this glittery jelly? How do you feel about blurple polishes?

Talk to you again soon!

❤ Kellie

KBShimmer Holly Back Girl Swatch & Review

Hey folks! Today I wanted to show you another KBShimmer polish meant to be a bonus to their winter collection. Holly Back Girl is a white crelly polish with metallic red and green hex glitters in different sizes. Totally holiday and totally cute. I love the name too! This is three coats on my super shorty nails. 

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You can purchase this on it's own for $8.75, but you can get it free if you spend $70+ on KBShimmer.com using code HBGFREE from now until 12/31. It's also available on Harlow & Co. for international folks. What do you think of this polish? It reminds me of christmas sugar cookies with sprinkles :)

Talk to you again soon!

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

KBShimmer Fall 2014 Collection Swatches & Review

What's up chickadees? How is your day going? Mine is going pretty well because I have the 9 new shades from KBShimmer for Fall 2014 to show you! Plus a previously released polish is back for a limited time! Let's check them all out :)

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This is Up & Cunning, a dark/medium teal linear holographic. Excellent coverage and beautiful rainbowy holo payoff. Super beautiful. I used two coats here.

Next is How You Dune?, which reminds me of Joey from Friends and makes me laugh every time. This is a light putty grey crème. I really like this one, great neutral. Awesome formula, two coats.

And this guy is Kiss & Spell, a glitter topper with stars, circles, and hexes in acid green, purple, yellow, black and orange. The base isn't completely clear, there's a bit of a yellowish green tinge to it. I used my favorite method of applying chunky glitters and put one coat over How You Dune?.

Here is A Raisin to Live, a deep eggplant violet jelly with tons of holo glitter. Looks a little lighter and brighter purple in real life. Delightfully vampy and perfect for fall. Very smooth, not chunky at all. Great coverage in two coats.

Flannel Surfing is a faded blue crelly with grey undertones filled with white, orange, and aqua hex glitters. I love this shade of blue, they describe it as well-loved pair of pajama pants and that totally captures it! Two coats.

This guy is called Leaf of Faith, a wine red jelly filled with hex glitters in red, orange and gold with a sprinkling of holographic bits. I got awesome coverage in two coats. I want to layer this over a black for a more vampy look, like Makeup Withdrawal did!

Next is Hugs & Wishes, a blue toned pastel lavender crème that brightens the deep fall color palette a bit. I love lavenders so this is perfection to me! Wonderful creamy formula, two coats.

Rust No One, another excellently named shade, is an appley orange rust linear holographic. I don't think I'm in love with this, but it is perfectly autumnal. This is two coats.

Another fabulous crème, Stonewashed, is a medium/deep blue denim teal. One coat wonder! I used two coats here because I always do but it was truly completely opaque in one. Really lovely shade.

And last is Jack, a classic KBShimmer shade that is back for a limited release. It's a black jelly with orange hexes, shreds, micro bars, and even some black hexes. Really a perfect Halloween shade. I used three coats here; you could get a similar look with less coats if you layer it over a black crème.

These will be released on September 15, 2014 on the KBShimmer website and if you're not in the US, Harlow & Co ships from Canada worldwide. The crème shades will be $7.50 and the glitters are $8.75 each. Jack is limited edition, so get your mitts on him quick before he disappears again! What do you think of KBShimmer's fall offerings this year? I'm a fan :)

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.