Different Dimension Fun In the Sun Collection Swatches & Review

Hi everyone! I have the awesome new Different Dimension Fun In the Sun collection to show you today, a six piece collection that just screams out SUMMER! I don't particularly love summer weather, I'm more of an autumnal girl, but I just love the nail polish colors we get to see during the season.

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Surf's Up is a white crelly polish with added shimmers and neon pink, neon yellow and neon blue glitters in hex, circle, and square shapes. This is very glitter dense so it takes a bit of care to apply without it getting chunky on the nail. I used three coats here or you could layer one coat over an opaque white crème for a similar look.

Starfish Wishes has a neon pink base filled with holographic silver microglitters. This was thick but not difficult to apply at all. Two coats here. You'll want a thick layer of top coat to cover the texture of the glitter, but it wasn't super gritty at all.

Mermaid Kisses has a neon blue base filled with holographic silver microglitters. This has a thinner consistency than Starfish but it was just as easy to put on. Two coats for full opacity.

Soak Up The Sun is a neon chartreuse version of the two above, it has the same holographic silver microglitters but this time in a crazy bright highlighter colored base. This has the same thick formula as Starfish, also opaque in two coats. I was expecting to need another due to the type of color, but I was glad to see there was no streaky-ness.

Hello From the Other Tide has a silver holographic base with tons of silver holographic glitter and added neon pink, neon yellow and neon blue glitters in squares and hex shapes. This applied pretty great considering how glitter dense it is, it spread really well on the nail with minimal effort. This is two coats. I also used two coats of top coat to cover the texture of the glitter completely.

Don't Be A Shady Beach has an almost neon magenta crelly base with matte black and silver holographic glitters. The black glitters come in circles, hexes, and squares and the silver glitters are thin shards. There also seems to be a very fine silver dust glitter in the polish as well. The large black glitters had a tendency to bunch up on each other, but other than that it applied easily. This is two coats. If you have whiter nail tips than I do, you might need a third coat.

These are available now on the Different Dimension website now. The full collection is on sale right now for $50 for all six. Individually Starfish Wishes, Mermaid Kisses, Soak Up The Sun, and Hello From The Other Tide are all listed at $10, Don't Be a Shady Beach is $8.75 and Surf's Up is listed at a special price of $5. What do you think of the Fun In the Sun collection? Are you a summer person or nah? Talk to you again soon!

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

Glam Polish No Lei-Overs! Limited Edition Collection Swatches & Review

Hey there! Today I have the No Lei-Overs! limited edition collection from Glam Polish to show you! "Hop on our direct flight to Paradise with six vibrant holo & glitter filled shades inspired by the beauty of Hawaii." These are amazing polishes and make me SO wish I was away at a tropical getaway, instead of dealing with storms and snow in flippen' April!

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Lei’d In Lahaina has a magenta holographic base filled with a mix of bright pink holographic, neon pink and white glitter and microglitter. I found this applied very easily despite the obscene amount of glitter and shimmer packed in. I have found about 99% of the Glam Polish shades that I've tried to have excellent formulas and this is right up there. Two coats for opacity, dries a tad bumpy due to the glitter but only one coat of Seche Vite worked to cover them.

Hawaii Kai has an aqua blue turquoisey holographic base filled with neon green and blue, white, and silver holographic glitter and microglitter. Another fabulous formula, same as the magenta shade. Two coats.

Waikiki Wahine is a fuchsia holographic with purple, turquoise & navy glass flecks. I couldn't quite capture the fire on this as well as I normally would be able to, as the sun has been a little shy lately, but it's definitely there. This applied great, as well. Opaque in one coat, but the color deepens up a bit on the second layer to the shade you see in the bottle.

Lanikai Dreaming is made up of neon pink and matte white glitter and microglitter swimming in a nudey gold holographic base. This is a unique shade and I am bowled over by it! Demure but still flashy! Same formula as the other glitter shades, two coats for opacity.

Hanalei Sunset has a deep indigo purple jelly base with shimmering glass flecks, neon pink, holographic violet, and bright pink holographic microglitter. This one was a tad thin, but covered in two coats. I was a little bummed that the pink glitter doesn't pop as much on the nail as it looks like it does in the bottle, the jelly base kind of covers it a little bit too much for my taste, but it's still a lovely polish.

Hibiscus Hideaway is a bright red linear holographic with a slight orange tone. This went on so easily, totally opaque in one coat. However, I used two layers as I always do, but it didn't change the look of the polish that much so you could definitely get away with one. This is another picture that doesn't do the holo justice, it's much more intense in real life.

This collection will be available for purchase on the Glam Polish website this Friday, April 29th at 2pm EST for $11.50 per bottle. This collection is labeled as "limited edition" which means it might not come back into stock once it's gone, so you definitely don't want to hesitate to get these if you want them. Let me know what you think about these! I am so in love!

Along with the No Lei-Overs! collection – Glam Polish also has an Elvis themed 12 piece collection called The King releasing the same day. My friend Lisa of Cosmetic Sanctuary has the review of that collection her blog now, be sure to check it out!

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

SuperChic Lacquer Winter/Holiday 2015 Collections Swatches & Review

Hi folks! I have another indie collection to show you today, in fact, I have two! SuperChic Lacquer has come out with two fun collections for the Winter/Holiday season. The first is their Once Upon a Diamond collection of seven sparkly texture glitters with genuine diamond crystals. The second is a trio of glitters called the Ugly Sweater Party.

Before we look at the polish, I would like to apologize for the weirdness of my hand pose in these swatches. The new SuperChic Lacquer bottle shape threw me off my game. (This isn't even how I imagined them being cropped. *le sigh*) I believe their old bottles were discontinued; the new bottles are round globes with tapered white caps with grooves. They are super retro and pretty cute, but I obviously didn't figure out how to hold them for photos yet haha. Here's hoping for a better job next time :P

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Captured Teardrop has a sky blue jelly base with a mix of shiny and holographic glitters. All the Once Upon a Diamond textures had the same formula (except one), they're easy to apply with a ton of glitter payoff and are opaque in two coats. Since they are textured, I did not apply a top coat. If you wanted them glossy, you'd need a layer or two of thick top coat.

Chronicles of the Dreamcatcher has a nudey gold base packed full of silver and gold glitters. There are a variety of metallic and holographic pieces, even some triangles and shards. Two coats here. This has a lighter base, so you may want to do three coats, or even layer it over a solid color, but I liked the way it looked with two.

Crown Jewels of Enchantment has a clear base with metallic and holographic silver glitters, along with the diamond crystals. This one is meant to be a topper, it can be layered over any color. I put one coat on top of a deep burgundy purple, FingerPaints Film Noir.

Embellishing Regina has an opaque black jelly base packed with silver and red glitters in various shapes and sizes. I spy lots of squares in this! Two coats for her as well.

Notions of Ariel has a mermaid-y teal jelly base with silver glitters and blue/purple microshimmer bits. Squares, triangles in this one as well! Two coats.

Swan of Adorned Darkness has an opaque black jelly base with silver and gold glitters. This has a gorgeous mix of the two metals, looking more gold or silver depending on the lighting. Two coats.

Wish Upon A Wisp has a dark blue that leans slightly purple jelly base with silver glitters and a bit of violet iridescence. This was also two coats.

That's all for the Once Upon a Diamond collection, so next we have the Ugly Sweater Party!

All Flocked Up has got a sheer milky white base packed with matte white, grey, metallic silver and holographic glitters in various shapes and sizes and some shimmer flakes. I layered one coat over a white crème, Pretty Serious Presence. You can build this up by itself, but I found it was a little thick by itself, so I preferred using it as a topper.

Bright Shiny Sweater Balls is a mix of matte white, grey, red, pink, pale yellow, orange, metallic and holographic silver glitters in squares and hexes in a various sizes in a clear base. I wore one coat over a dark green crème, OPI Christmas Gone Plaid.  Excellent glitter payoff. I had to do some manipulation to place the glitter where I wanted, but nothing out of the ordinary.

"Mr. Hankey" Every Party Needs A Pooper has a sheer brown jelly base packed with matte white, black, red, dark green, light green glitters in various shapes and sizes and metallic copper microglitter. I heard this was meant to be a stand alone polish, but it seemed too sheer to be opaque on its own, so I layered two coats over a dark brown crème, OPI Suzi Loves Cowboys. I didn't think I'd like this that much, but it is actually really pretty! And the name is hilarious.

I wanted to mention that I noticed all of these seemed to separate very easily so I need to shake them up pretty well before I applied them. You can see a really great live swatch and review video on YouTube by my friend Jess of all these shades to see them in action if you are interested.

All of these polishes will be released on Wednesday, Dec. 2nd at 4pm PST on the SuperChic Lacquer website and their Etsy store. The Diamond polishes are priced at $12 and I think the Ugly Sweater trio should be $10 each. Tell me what you think about these shades! Are you thinking of picking any of them up?

❤ 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

Nine Zero Lacquer Halloween 2015 Trio Swatches & Review

Hey there! Today I have the Halloween trio from Nine Zero Lacquer to show you! I am so happy they came out with Halloween polishes, I wasn't sure there would be another collection so soon from them since they are a very new brand. These shades are excellent and perfect for the upcoming holiday!

Holo-ween is a holographic orange microglitter in an orange jelly base. The first coat is pretty sheer, so I was stoked to see how opaque it got on the second coat. Yup, this is only two coats and it's not overly thick which was really nice. Crazy blingy. Dries texture so I used two coats of top coat for a glassy surface.

Swamp Thing is a slime green jelly with tons of awesome gold shimmer flakes that meld into each other. This is an excellent polish, it has great coverage and was opaque in two coats. Dries slightly dull so use a top coat for maximum impact. This color really wowed me, it makes me think of amphibian skin or something and I love it.

Candy Pillowcase is a really opaque white crelly, with various sizes of orange, red, yellow, green and black matte glitters in hexes, dots, and bars. The name of this cracks me up, I always used a pillowcase for trick or treating when I was a kiddo. Two coats with this guy, pretty easy application with nice glitter payoff.

The pre-sale for this trio has already ended, but they will be available on the Nine Zero Lacquer website on Friday, 10/9 at 11am EST for $9 each or $24.50 for the set of three. Tell me what you think about these three Halloween babies! I am head over heels!

❤ Kellie

Pretty Serious Daphne's Party Polishes Swatches & Review

Hi there! I've got some new polishes from Australian brand indie Pretty Serious Cosmetics to show you today! These new glitters are some of the polishes from their mascot Daphne's party closet. She is the beautifully illustrated vixen who you see on the boxes and promos for the brand. One of Daphne's polishes was shown in the holiday collection last year; these two are being added to the two already offered and I'm assuming we'll see more shades released down the line.

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First is Daphne's Disco Party, a mix of matte hex glitters in pinks, yellow and red in a slightly tinted neon pink base with iridescent glass flecks. I layered one coat over KBShimmer Let's Not Coral. I did dab a bit of the glitter in place but not too much was required. This is very unique to my stash and so fun! The sparkly pops of iridescence really makes this special.

And this is Daphne's Garden Party, a mix of medium and small hex glitters in metallic pastel flowery colors. This has great glitter payoff; you could layer it but you get a pretty heavy layer even on the first coat unless you wipe your brush off a lot, so I decided to build it up to opacity by itself. This is two coats. So pretty and feminine!

These are available now on www.pretty-serious-com for $9.95 AUD. They ship from a warehouse in the US to US and Canada addresses so there is not a long wait to get your hands on their goodies, which is really nice. They also ship from Australia to Australia of course, and they have a list of international stockists for those of you in other countries. Tell me what you think of these two new party glitters!

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

Takko Lacquer New Releases Swatches & Review

Hello and happy Sunday Funday! It is definitely a fun day for me because I'm bringing you two new indie shades from Takko Lacquer! I was pleased as punch when Sheryl the owner of the company asked me if I'd like to review their latest colors and of course said yes please! Takkitos, the nickname for their polishes, are very popular in the nail community and I love being able to share in demand colors with you all!

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First is C.R.E.A.M. (Cake Rules Everything Around Me), the polish they made for the 3rd birthday of their brand! Yay for birthdays! This shade is a baby pink crelly with golden shimmer and multicolored matte teeny tiny hex glitters, inspired by pink funfetti cake! It was easy to work with and was opaque in two coats.

And next is Kitsch, a polish that Sheryl created for the Cosmoprof North America convention that just happened earlier this month in Las Vegas. I wish I could've gone again! (I went one year, it ruled!) This polish has various shades of pink glitters, holographic silver shimmer and holo flakies in a clear base. Once dried it has a pink sugar cotton candy scent, which is so perfect for me! I used one coat over another Takko Lacquer called Xocomil, which I'll be reviewing soon. Kitsch is super easy to apply with great glitter payoff! I love this combo!

It's important to note that all Takko Lacquer polishes are 5 free, mineral based, 100% cruelty free and are infused with Vitamin E, so they all dry satin or matte. Both of these dried satiny so I used a shiny top coat.

These will be available at TakkoLacquer.com on July 28th at 8 pm EST for $13 each. I'm really happy with these two shades, and am excited to also be bringing you swatches of their summer collection very soon! Let me know what you think about these two beauties!

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

OPI Brights 2015 Collection Swatches & Review

Happy Tuesday everyone! Today I wanted to show you the OPI Brights collection they put out for the end of spring going into the summer season. This is a collection of nine shades, three of which are repromotes from last year's neon collection.

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Can't Hear Myself Pink is a soft strawberry pink foil with metallic shimmer bits. This is semi-sheer, it needs three coats for opacity. The coats can gum up on each other so let it dry a few minutes longer than normal between coats to prevent that.

Down to the Core-al is one of the repromoted shades from last year. It's a stunning bright firey coral with red shimmer but it is a little difficult to apply. I had patchiness and needed a third coat to even it out fully.

Hotter Than You Pink is a cool toned pink with lots of flat shimmer and a blue-ish flash to it. It was a little streaky so it needed three coats. It dries satiny so a top coat is necessary for shine.

I Sea You Wear OPI has the same formula as Can't Hear Myself Pink, it's on the sheer side and opaque in three coats. It's alright, but not my favorite shade.

I STOP for Red is a red pepper colored jelly crème. It has some orangey-ness to it but it's subtle. This had a pretty good formula, not hard to control and opaque in two coats.

Life Gave Me Lemons is the last shade that was repromoted from last year. It's a lemon lime pale neon crème. It is on the chalky side which isn't surprising for this type of color. Three coats. You could get away with two over a white base, but that's still three coats of color so it seems unnecessary because it doesn't really brighten or intensify this shade. I like this color a lot.

My Car Has Navy-gation is a navy jelly crème. It was kinda thick and I had to mix up my bottle before the first use, it seemed very separated on my brush but I couldn't tell in the bottle. I used two coats and had some bubbling, most likely due to having to mix it right before application. I'd advise to do your mixing a good amount of time before you apply it.

On Pinks & Needles is a matte medium pink hexagonal glitter topper in varying sizes in a clear base. I put one coat over Life Gave Me Lemons. (The pink threw off the color with the neon base so it looks like a lighter yellow.) I really liked this glitter, it's unique to my collection and it has great glitter payoff without being too base heavy. You can really get creative pairing this with different base colors; I have seen it layered over Navy-gation with beautiful results.

Last is The Berry Thought of You, a nice berry purpley magenta jelly crème. This has a very shiny and juicy finish without top coat. It has a very nice application and is opaque in two coats.

You can purchase these for $9.50 each. They are available at Ulta, Sally Beauty Supply, and professional salons. There is also a mini set available with six of the shades: Hotter Than You Pink, Can't Hear Myself Pink!, Down To The Core-al, Life Gave Me Lemons, I Sea You Wear OPI, and My Car Has Navy-gation for about $22 depending on where you purchase from.

Let me know what you think of this year's Brights selection! I have to admit, my favorites are the repromoted ones from last year but the best formula goes to the berry shade. The pink glitter is a nice change of pace too so that is a win. Tell me your favorite out of this collection! Talk to you again soon :)

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

OPI Soft Shades 2015 Collection Swatches & Review

Hey babes! Are you into nudes?? The colors I mean ;) Neutrals? Bridal shades? Then this collection is for you! The OPI Soft Shades 2015 collection brings us six new light and soft lacquers for the tail-end of Spring/beginning of Summer. Let's see how these stack up shall we?

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Act Your Beige! is a milky pale slightly beige cream color. This was pretty streaky for me on the first two coats. This is three, and while you can still see my nail line I'd call this pretty opaque. I like this, even after having to kinda finesse it. I never think that I like the demure nail look until I am wearing it, then I don't want to take it off.

Next is Make Light of the Situation, one coat over Act Your Beige!. It's a stunning crystal-like shimmer and glitter topper, it's iridescent nirvana! This would be such a great bridal manicure, it's a very dainty and delicate look but with that somethin' somethin'. You could build this up on it's own if you wanted to, it's got great glitter payoff.

This gal is called Chiffon My Mind, a shimmery white. The shimmer is sorta duochromey from silver to blue and purple in certain lights but it doesn't really translate to the nail as well as I had hoped. This was quite streaky for me, I used three coats and it still didn't self-level very well. It's kind of a fail for me.

Put It In Neutral is next, another sheer milky shade, but this one is a pinky nude. I love this color, it reminds me a little of some shades in the Color Club Shift Into Neutral collection I showed you not too long ago, maybe a little more feminine. This was a little streaky, better than Act Your Beige! but I still had to use three coats to even it out.

Here we have Petal Soft, a clear based topper with matte pale pink and white hex glitters in different sizes and large matte white flower shaped pieces. I got a good amount of the hexes out upon swiping my nail, but I had to fish to get any flowers. This is two coats over Put It In Neutral. This got a little thick for my taste because of all the coats. I might layer this over something different if I wear it again.

Last is This Silver's Mine, a silver leaning pewter frost metallic. In my notes for this color I have in capital letters "BRUSHSTROKES!" haha. I don't necessarily think brushstrokes are the final word in a polish being crap, at all. This however just doesn't work for me. I like the idea of it, but if only it were smooth! You have to paint your last coat on super perfectly and straight or else it's going to look bad, no buts about it. Two coats.

This collection should be out in stores like Sally Beauty, Ulta and professional salons now, retail price is $9.50 each. I usually end up liking the Soft Shades a bit more than the ones in this collection, but I would say Make Light of the Situation is an absolute MUST have. Seriously, you need it. Let me know what you think of these and if you are into collections like this or if you crave bold colors more.

Love ya!

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.