Thursday, October 31, 2013

Legion Lacquer

I recently received the opportunity to swatch and review polishes from a new indie brand called Legion Lacquer.  Creators Angela (IG @pickacolorblog) and Shay (IG @shaycwells) have come up with a gorgeous first collection.  I am a total indie addict and have tried many brands.  I can tell you these are some of the best quality and the attention to detail is amazing.  The first three polishes below are already available in their shop, and the second three will be available tomorrow, November 1. 

First up is Sub-Zero Frost. This is a white crelly with gorgeous blue large circle holo glitters, gold hex glitters, and glue and gold micro glitters of different sizes. This only needed two coats to achieve full opacity. I did need to fish a little for the large circles but they came out easily enough. This definitely has a winter feel to it. 


 

Next up is Berry Perplexing, a clear base with iridescent shimmer throughout, and consisting of matte glitter in various shades of berry and blue colors and large white hex glitter. The large purple hexes are more of a fuchsia color instead of the purple like you see here but we know how difficult purple is to photograph. I did use the sponge method to apply the glitter, where you paint the polish onto a makeup wedge and then pat and dab the glitter onto the nail. I think this is the reason I didn't have much of the shimmer showing through. Gorgeous either way!




This next polish is my favorite of the group, Silly Witch!, another glitter topper perfect for Halloween. I could not keep my eyes off my nails while I was wearing this! It's completely made of holographic glitters in green, purple and orange in different shapes and sizes. I even uploaded a video to my Instagram account just to show off how much sparkle is in this one. This was one coat over black polish. I did have to fish for the green circle glitter but as you can see it was well worth the effort.



The next three polishes are available tomorrow, November 1 from Legion Lacquer

 
 
This one is called Not a Monarch.  As you can tell even from the bottle, this is packed with holo glitter that just dazzles, including butterfly shaped glitter.  This also includes iridescent shimmer in the base, which I absolutely love, tiny hex glitters in purple and black, and large black circles.  This is one coat over Essence Hello Marshmallow.
 

This one really surprised me, Clockwork Orange.  I'm not usually a fan of orange based colors because they don't always work with my skin tone.  But I think the base color combined with the blue glitters makes this pretty unique and a standout polish. 


Lastly, this is Fascination and I am completely in love!  I had a hard time choosing what color to go under this because I wanted to really show off the gorgeous color of this glitter topper.  Pink and fuchsia holo glitters in a clear base make this a very versatile polish and I know it would be stunning over most anything you use. 

Make sure you head over to IG @LegionLacquer to see many more beautiful swatches of these and more polishes from these very talented ladies.  They've certainly got a big fan in me! 

Till next time...


*Products in this post were provided for review

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