Love, Angeline: Smoke & Mirrors Part Two: Trickster! collection

Good morning, all my ladies in polish addicts land!  I hope the new year is continuing to be a great one for you already.  I've had a few changes in my household with my kids getting involved in more activities so I'm juggling to balance the full-time working mom duties and making time for my love of polish but I'm making it happen! 

I recently received the opportunity to swatch for Love, Angeline polish, an indie brand that features different types of gorgeous polishes that always seem so perfectly ladylike.  I have never tried the brand before now, as it seems I'm on some sort of no-buy or trying to show restraint when she releases her gorgeous collections, but always drooled over other's swatches.  So to say the least, I'm absolutely thrilled to have these two beauties to share with you tonight. 

Aztec Lady and Trapped Doves are from the Smoke & Mirrors Part Two: Trickster! collection.  The collection is made up of three gray crellys and three white crellys.

Trapped Doves

Trapped Doves is a white crelly filled with gray, mint, and aqua matte glitters.  Since the base is a little sheer for my stained nails, I dabbed a layer over two coats of China Glaze Dandy Lion Around.  However, I've seen other beautiful swatches build this up to full opacity in 2-3 coats on its own.  I didn't have any issues with glitter dragging but since I did just use one coat of the polish, I used the dabbing method to make sure the glitter was placed pretty evenly over the base polish.  For the accent nail, I used my brand new NailVinyls from Linda Davis aka @teismom on Instagram.  These worked amazingly even though I did have an issue with my fast dry topcoat lifting at the top left corner.  The colors I used here were China Glaze Dandy Lion Around, China Glaze For Audrey, and OPI French Quarter For Your Thoughts.  

Aztec Lady

This beauty is Aztec Lady, a gray crelly with pink, yellow, white and gray glitters throughout.  I adore gray shades and Natosha has some of the prettiest I've ever seen.  The shade of gray in the base seems to be a universally flattering one so I'm sure there's a gray crelly for everyone at Love, Angeline. I only needed two thin coats for full opacity and one of topcoat.  For my accent nail, the base is again OPI French Quarter For Your Thoughts, OPI Suzy's Hungary Again, and Sinful Colors Unicorn.

You can purchase this beautiful collection here, and be sure to follow Love, Angeline on Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest.  

*Products in this post were provided to me for my review.

Sincerely Polish: Winter Mickey polishes

As I continue to play catch up on my past swatching, my blog post today features holiday Mickey Mouse polishes from Sincerely Polish.  These are the cutest Christmas glitter toppers that any Disney fan should own!   

Ms. Minnie Snow

First up is Ms. Minnie Snow, a glitter topper in a clear base with flakies, white hexes, pastel pink circles, and pink Minnie ears.  How cute is this?  This is one coat dabbed over Color Club Blushing Rose with topcoat.  I did need to fish for some of the mouse ears but this is pretty typical with large, heavy glitter. The flakies in MMS give this such a delicate look.  I can't wait to try this over different colored bases!

Magical Merry Christmas

This is Magical Merry Christmas, also in a clear base with green and red micro glitter, green and red circle glitter, and those famous red ears!   Such an absolute perfect Christmas polish for any Mickey fan.  I've layered this over Wet N Wild Stand the Test of Lime.  

Unfortunately, I'm not sure if these are still available.  The Sincerely Polish store is currently closed since owner Karen Jo is taking a break after the holidays, but will reopen later this month.  Be sure to follow Sincerely Polish on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter so you don't miss any updates and new releases!

*Products in this post were provided for review

eighty4: Fall collection

Happy New Year!  I hope everyone had a fun and safe New Year's Eve.  Since I am officially old, I haven't gone out in years and was asleep by about 10:30.  How did you guys celebrate?

Fall Collection from eighty4

I have some swatches from the Fall Collection from eighty4.  This is a new to me indie brand and this collection is made up of cremes that are fast drying and nice to work with.  

C.R.E.A.M.

 

First up is C.R.E.A.M., a perfect cream shade that's gorgeous on it's own or as a perfect base for glitter or nail art.  The first coat was slightly streaky but the second coat went on like a dream.  Shown with topcoat here.

Nakey

This is Nakey, a warm nude creme that goes on easily in two coats, here with topcoat.

Blank Slate

Next up is Blank Slate, a medium blue-toned gray, two coats with topcoat.  I absolitely love wearing gray polish, and felt so chic with this on.  

Concrete Truth

This is Concrete Truth, a darker shade of gray, two coats with topcoat.  Simply gorgeous!

Last Night

Last Night is a dark navy blue.  It dried matte and a bit uneven but is perfect with topcoat.

Bloodstone

Next is Bloodstone, a gorgeous oxblood shade perfect for the season.  Also dries matte and shown here with two coats of polish and topcoat.

Eggplant

Lastly is Eggplant, a deep shade of purple, almost black.  As you can see, it does dry a darker shade than the bottle, but this is due to the matte finish.  

This is such a lovely collection from eighty4, perfect for Fall and Winter seasons.  The shop has recently been updated and there's lots more gorgeous polishes to choose from!  You can find eighty4 on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

 *Products in this post were provided to me for review.