Pahlish Fall Picks Swatches & Review

Hi friends, today I have two polishes from the newish-to-me indie brand Pahlish to show you. This is only the second time I've reviewed this brand on my blog, but I have a few lacquers from them in my collection. I've come to admire a lot from them lately, their stuff has been really catching my eye. I had to purchase some from their fall collections!

Pumpkin Patch is from one of their most recent collections, Ode to Fall. It's a warm espresso brown jelly with a mix of orange iridescent glitters and a scattered holographic finish. This was a bit sheer because of the jelly finish so I built it up in three coats. I love the deep look of the glitter suspended in the base. The scattered holo seems a bit flat in the photo, but it really pops in person.

Yellow Brick Road is from their early fall collection Out of Oz. It is a vibrant, sunshine yellow filled with metallic silver flakes with a strong scattered holographic finish. This applied easily, the blingy flakes lay nice and smooth. I used three coats but you might be able to get away with two.

You can find their products on the Pahlish website. Pumpkin Patch is available for $10, but unfortunately Yellow Brick Road is not in stock right now. I purchased it a while ago on clearance for $5. Have you tried this brand yet? I'm definitely going to be paying more attention to them now, I have fallen hard!

❤ Kellie

Different Dimension Wanderlust and Polish Con Collections Swatches & Review

I told y'all I had more Different Dimension comin 'atcha! Like I said last week, it's been insanely busy for me at work lately, but things are calming down thank goodness. Today I wanted to show you the new Wanderlust collection, a six piece fall collection that will be available for sale tonight! Along with those, I also have three polishes that debuted at the inaugural Polish Con event last Saturday, two of which will be available tonight during their big release. Onward!

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First the Wanderlust collection, inspired by brand maker Missi's desire to travel. All of the names are excellently uncommon words so she's graciously included the definitions for us! The formulas are all excellent, smooth and easy and all opaque in two coats.

Resfeber – the restless race of the traveler's heart before the journey begins – a lush scarlet holographic with contrasting added shimmers. Warm and hearty!

Peregrination – a course of travel; journey – a goldenrod yellow holographic with added contrasting shimmers. I swear I detect a pink flash in this as well, super cool.

Fernweh – literally "farsickness" or "longing for far-off places" – an army green linear holographic with added contrasting shimmers. I am pretty sure I'm obsessed with this.

Nefelibata – a cloud walker; one who lives in the cloud of their own imagination or dreams – a sky blue linear holographic with added contrasting shimmers. This looks slightly speckled, kinda like easter candy eggs!

Numinous – appealing to the higher emotions or to the aesthetic sense – a bright purple linear holographic with added contrasting shimmers. I'm not usually a purple type of gal, but this red-toned shade wins me over.

Novaturient – desiring change in one's life – warm, dark caramel brown holographic. The particles in this are a little tinier than the others, but there is some nice rainbow-ness regardless.

Now we have the polishes that Different Dimension debuted at Polish Con on 9/17, inspired by sites in Chicago, which is where the convention was held. Maybe I'll get to attend the event next year, it sounded like a blast!

Bean There, Done That is a silver holographic with silver holo microflakies with colorshifting shimmers. This is inspired by Cloudgate in Millennium Park. It went on easily and smoothly. Also surprisingly opaque, I only needed two coats.

Lincoln Park, Before Dark is a dark eggplant linear holographic with color shifting glitters and microflakies. This is named for the Chicago neighborhood, a few blocks away from where Polish Con was held. Amazing formula, effortless really. Two coats as well.

Whatchu Talkin' 'Bout Willis is a garnet linear holographic with color shifting glitz and copper glitters. This was a Polish Con exclusive that we were told was going to be unavailable outside the event. So you may be asking yourself, why would Kellie show us this gorgeous polish, just to tease us?? The answer is because I love it and I couldn't not show you. But also, because I just heard that Color4Nails will be stocking this shade soon! It will most likely be super limited edition though, so be sure and sign up for their newsletter to find out when it will be available.

All of these shades, with the exception of Whatchu Talkin' 'Bout Willis, and including their Halloween Poe. collection that I showed you yesterday, will be available tonight at 9pm EST on the Different Dimension website. They are priced at $12. Let me know what you think of these polishes! Are you down for holos for the fall? Later kiddos!

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

Guest Post by Brit Nails: Neon Gradient Nail Art

Good morning to you! I have another fun guest post from one of my blogger friends to share with you today! Allie hails from the UK and runs Brit Nails and she's amazing!

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Hi! I'm Allie from Brit Nails and I'm honoured to be guesting on Kellie's blog today. Kellie was one of the first blogs I ever started reading, before I even started my own, and I never imagined one day I'd be guest posting on here, so it's pretty exciting for me! I've got a super bright Summer look for you today, guaranteed to make your nails stand out. I recently received the new 2016 Vice collection from Cirque Colors and I just had to try out some of the colours for this design.

I started with a plain base using OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, and set it with quick dry top coat. I then stuck down some heart shaped vinyls from NailMail.co.uk, and sponged on a vertical gradient over the top using Sin City (coral) and Electric Daisy (yellow) from the Cirque Colors Vice collection. It was pretty fiddly to remove the vinyls after, but it's manageable if you're very careful with tweezers! I finished with some glossy top coat and that's really all there is to it. I'm loving the Cirque shades, especially Electric Daisy, which is probably the brightest yellow I've ever come across!

Let me know what you think of my design - would you wear this or is it just too bright? Personally, my nails can never be too bright! ;) thanks so much Kellie for having me today!

- Allie x

The Cirque Colors products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

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Allie's links: BLOG | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER | FACEBOOK

I absolutely love the nail art that Allie did, super adorable and perfect for the hot summer season! Thanks so much for the beautiful post and photos!

❤ Kellie

Guest Post by Cured by Chris: Summer Blobblicure

Good morning! I would like to present another guest post from one of my awesome blogger friends, this time from Christine over in Australia!

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Hi guys! I am super honoured to be here on Kellie's blog while she has a little break. I have followed Kellie for a long time now and spent many hours drooling over her beautiful swatches that make me want to buy all the things! I hope you enjoy the look I've created for you today. I run my own nail blog, Cured by Chris (formerly Serenity Nails), out of Australia where I casually share some of the gorgeous polish creations you're used to seeing here.

Today I have a colourful, summery nail art look for you that was surprisingly easy to achieve!

Firstly I painted my nails with a white base. I used Dance Legend Binary Polina which is a two coat white. There is a reason I chose a two coater!
While the second coat was still wet I sort of 'blobbed' on the following shades to create this semi-marble/blobbicure look.
Polishes used are;
Picture Polish Tingle
Picture Polish Fairy Floss
Polish My Life Soho Slippers
Ulta3 Frangipani

While I really loved how that looked, I felt it needed something more and some black stamping was just the ticket! I used Uber Chic Beauty plate 7-01 and Joss Black Stamping Polish to finish my look!

I really love how this manicure looks both before and after the stamping. What do you think?

Thanks for having a look at my post here and a huge thank you to Kellie for having me here!

Chris xx

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Chris's links: BLOG | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER | FACEBOOK

I love this lady, she's so amazingly sweet and kind and one of the coolest women I've come to know in the blogging world. And her nails! Can you handle it! So gorgeous! Thanks so much Chris, I'm so happy to have you on my blog!

❤ Kellie

OPI Fall/Winter 2016 Washington D.C. Collection Swatches & Review

Happy Mani Monday everyone! I'm excited to bring to you the next great collection from OPI, the Washington D.C. collection for Fall/Winter 2016! Actress and fashion icon Kerry Washington has joined the OPI family as a Creative Ambassador recently and co-designed this collection with Cofounder and Creative Director Suzi Weiss-Fischmann. There are 12 regular shades and three limited edition colors, all crèmes save one that has a slight pearl shimmer, in dramatic and sophisticated tones. Let's jump in!

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CIA = Color Is Awesome is a dusky blue teal crème. This applied evenly and was really pigmented. This is two coats. I didn't have any staining with this shade when I wore it as well, which is great.

Freedom of Peach is a soft, warm peachy orange crème. The formula was great and I got full coverage in two coats.

Inside The ISABELLEtway is one of the limited edition "bonus" colors, a caramel malt brown crème. This formula is epicly good, basically a one coater! I used two as usual though.

Kerry Blossom is another limited edition shade, a dark plummy purple crème. Dries darker than it appears in the bottle, but not too dark. This is two coats, but you may need three if you're a stickler for very thin coats.

"Liv" in the Gray is the last limited edition polish, a dark grey crème with a tinge of green. This is an amazing one coat wonder! I used two coats like I always do though.

Madam President is a vivid magenta pinky red crème. Another fabulous formula, not too thick or thin. Almost a one coater, but two layers covered 100%.

Never A Dulles Moment is an interesting yellow crème, kind of sunshiney mustardy. OPI describes it as a "curry yellow". This was a tiny bit streaky on two coats, so I used three. It was better than I expected though for a yellow!

OPI By Popular Vote is a rich magenta berry-ish red crème. This one also had a great formula, opaque in two even coats.

Pale To The Chief is a "nearly nude" light beige with a very soft pearl finish. The first and second coats kinda pulled up the polish if I went over my strokes too much, so I recommend using a good amount of polish on your brush and doing the three stroke method. The third coat evened everything out for full coverage.

Shh...It's Top Secret! is a deep, dark espresso brown crème. This had an ok formula, I think you might need three coats if you do thinner layers than I do, but I used two.

Squeaker of The House is a cool, chocolate mousse brown crème. This almost has a slight purple tinge to it which is neat. This went on smooth and easy, almost a one coater but again I used two.

Stay Off The Lawn!! is a lush rainforest green crème. Excellent pigmentation and formula, a one coater! I used two here.

Suzi - The First Lady of Nails is a gorgeous olive green crème. Another awesome one, two coats. I love that there are two greens in this collection!

We The Female is a dark garnet red crème. I feel like a broken record, but this one is great too! Two easy, pigmented coats.

Yank My Doodle is a warm "tawny copper" crème. Another super great formula, only two coats. Dat name tho!

This collection will be available in August wherever OPI is sold, such as Ulta stores, Sally Beauty Supply, and professional salons. They retail for around $10 each. What do you think of this collection? If you're a crème fan, these are sure to be a dream come true for you! The formulas are seriously almost all amazing, the viscosity is excellent, neither thick or thin, and flowed on the nail like butter. I'm super impressed with this collection, even though the colors might not be groundbreaking in terms of uniqueness, they're all welcome to my stash! **EDIT: If you're looking for swatches of the two Ulta exclusives for this collection, see my review HERE!

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

Pretty Serious Cosmetics Pastel Pet Names Collection Swatches & Review

Oh my, it's Monday again. I thought I'd try to brighten your day by sharing some fun, happy polishes with you! Australian indie brand Pretty Serious Cosmetics has a new installment in their Well Meaning But Ultimately Quite Awkward Pet Names collection, this time a set of six pastel crèmes.

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Little Duckling is a sweet yellow pastel crème. This formula was a tiny bit streaky, but that is to be expected with a pale yellow. I used three coats here. It did apply better than I thought it would, pastels are notoriously difficult to work with but this was pretty average.

Fluffykins is a bubblegum pink pastel crème. I found this to be very thick and a little streaky. I needed three coats for this gal. I love this color, I wish the formula worked better for me.

Bunny-Foo-Foo is a minty blue pastel crème. This one was much better, had a thinner consistency and covered perfectly in two coats. And that name is seriously adorable!

Peachie Poo is a soft peachy orange pastel crème. This one was pretty thick, but I only needed two coats here and it wasn't as streaky as the pink shade.

Doodle Bug is a sky blue crème. This guy was thinner like the mint shade, it went on nice and easy. Two coats here. This color is so good! Sure to be a fan favorite.

Cutie Patootie is a pastel lavender purple crème. The formula was thick but easy to apply. This was almost opaque in one coat, but I used two for complete coverage.

These are sold at the moment, but they will be back in stock very soon on the Pretty Serious Cosmetics website. They all cost $9.95 AUD each. What do you think of this round of the Pet Names? I like all the colors, very classic pastels! Hope your week is excellent and we'll see ya again soon!

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.

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.

OPI Retro Summer 2016 Collection Swatches & Review

OPI has brought us a small six piece collection for early summer this year called the Retro Summer collection! There are six polishes in muted tones that channel vintage summer fashion. Let's take a look!

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Towel Me About It is a soft, pale yellow. These are all on the "crelly" side of the crème spectrum, thinner and less pigmented. I found this to be relatively easy to apply considering yellow shades tend to be difficult. Three coats. These all dry nice and shiny.

Flip Flops & Crop Tops is a medium strawberry milk pink crelly. This was one of the easiest polishes to apply in the collection, only two coats here.

Sailing & Nailing is a pale blue crelly. Another pretty good one, only two coats here as well. I get what they meant from the name of this, but it's pretty damn cheeky eh?

I'm Getting A Tan-gerine is a dusty peach-orange crelly. This one I found to be thin and streaky, needing at least three coats for full coverage.

What's the Double Scoop? is a baby pink crelly. Another thin and streaky gal, three coats here. I wish this applied better, because I love this color.

SPF XXX is an orangey coral crelly. This formula was the best in the bunch, more pigmented and very easy to put on. Opaque in two coats.

This collection is available now for around $10 per bottle at stores like Ulta, Sally Beauty Supply, and professional salons. What do you think of this mid-season selection? I like how the colors look together, but I'm not head over heels. My favorite has to be SPF XXX and I also enjoyed Towel Me About It.

❤ Kellie

The products mentioned were provided for an honest review.