Whimsical Nail Polish by Pam - Wicked

It's day two of Halloween month! Today I have Wicked, one of the Hallowhimsies that were designed to be able to be worn year round by Whimsical Nail Polish by Pam.






















Across the board all of Pam's polishes apply so well, have beautiful colors and have loads of glitter. You will never have to fish in these bottles and the manicures all look amazing glossy or with a matte finish. And the bows! Every bottle has a tiny little bow that Pam painstakingly ties. So much appreciation has to go out to Pam for having the most stress free buying environment of all the indie sellers. Check out her Facebook page and all the info is there. Thanks for all you do, Pam!

Anyway, this polish is gorgeous! A shimmery, light lime green jelly base filled with small red and black hex glitter, large white hex glitter and huge black circle glitter! I am a fan of large circle glitter. This was three coats, a coat of gelous and a coat of Sally Hansen Insta Dry.

I will have a review of one of the other Hallowhimsies, Once Upon A Time soon!

The Devil's Rejects Nails - Day 1 This Is Halloween Challenge

I am participating in my first nail blog challenge.  I love Halloween and while looking for an October challenge I found the "This is Halloween" Nail Art Challenge started by Bec @ Lacquer Dreams.

The challenge for Day 1 is Horror Movies and I chose one of favorite films The Devil's Rejects.

 

 

 

Captain Spaulding is on my thumb, next is the Tutti Fruttie ice cream cone from my favorite family bonding scene in the movie, then the logo over a yellow to orange ombre to replicate the poster art and colors. 

 

The colors used were OPI Alpine Snow matte, Julep Claire, NYC Sidewalkers, Nails Inc. Heathrow matte, OPI Hi, Pumpkin, and OPI Mourning Glory.

 

 



 

 

I have a lot of Halloween nail polishes, so I am going to try to post one a day for the days there is no challenge, but we'll see, since I also start beauty school for manicuring this week!

 



 

Dollish Polish Super Mario Bros. Part 3

It took me a little while to get the final part of these swatches out.  This Dollish Polish collection was all great formula wise and the glitter applied evenly.  Here are the last three of the set.

This was one coat of 1-UP over two coats of butter LONDON Yummy Mummy, which is an amazing nude.

Above was two coats of Go Luigi! over white.  I just had to fish a little bit to get one of the stars out.

 

 

Finally, two coats of Dino-mite Yoshi over two coats of a neon green, I'm pretty sure it was a Color Club green, but I can't find the notation now.

 

 

The whole collection was really fun and a perfect abstraction of all the Nintendo characters we know and love. 

 

 

Here are Part One and Part Two of my collection review.

September Birchbox

 

 

Birchbox time!  I have always loved miniature items, especially samples.  I remember trying to get the samples in the Sunday paper from my mom and I still take the mini toiletries from hotels.  When I found out about Birchbox I was really excited.  In case you don't know, for $10 a month you can join Birchbox (there is a waiting list) and get a monthly box with 4-5 deluxe size samples of luxe brand products to try out.  Each month is like unwrapping Christmas.  This is the September Issue of Birchbox, they've included their streamlined lookbook and have included items for off the runway looks.

 



 

First up is the Liquid Volumizing Shampoo, Conditioner and Spray.  These were nice products, my hair and scalp are very picky about products, shampoo and conditioner have to be sulfate free for the most part.  I'm sure these would be great at volumizing, but my hair is too thick and too long for them to have done anything for me.

 

 

Twistband is next, this particular one if a Birchbox exclusive that mimics all the lace that was on the runway for fall.  Twistbands are amazing!  These elastics are all in fun, vibrant colors, they do not dent your hair and they double as bracelets when not actually in your hair. Buy these if you use elastics, they give your hair a break and are great for using while you sleep. This is the second one I have received in a Birchbox and I love them.

 

 

 

The Bvlgari Jasmine Noir Eau de Parfum sample has notes of jasmine, licorice, almond, along with other woody and floral scents.  I usually dislike floral fragrances, but there is a good balance with this one and it smells better the longer it stays on your skin. 

 

 

 

 

Now for the best item in the box!  Color Club Insta This! Birchbox exclusive mini nail lacquer.  This is a cobalt blue is on trend for this fall.  I swatched this color, unimpressed, on a color wheel and by the time I put the second coat on, I was in love.  It is so bright it almost looks neon.  I've worn this two times since I got the box and that is major because I change colors every day.

 

 

 

 

And, finally Dr. Jart BB Cream.  This was really good, slightly dark for my skin tone.  I already use the Clinique BB Cream, and I love that product, if I wasn't already using that this would have been amazing. 

 

 

 

 

 

That's it for this month's box!

 



 

Enchanted Polish Greetings Earthlings

Today I have Enchanted Polish's Greetings Earthlings from the Tooney Lune collection.  Each of the shades from this collection were limited to 50 bottles each through Llarowe.

This is two coats of Greetings Earthlings over one coat of Man Glaze The Death Tar.  This is my first Enchanted Polish and the polish looks so amazing just shining around in the bottle when you roll it in your hands.  This applied smoothly with a truly perfect distribution of glitter.

 

This is a multi colored (blue, red, yellow), multi shaped (bar, micro, small hex, medium hex) and holographic glitter top coat.

 

Greetings Earthlings is stunning and my gateway bottle to an Enchanted Polish collection.

Misfits Manicure with Black Cat Lacquer's Static Age

This is my favorite manicure I've ever done! I was checking out Black Cat Lacquer's Etsy page and I saw a nail polish named after a Misfits song and I started geeking out. Static Age has various sizes and shapes of holographic, black and white glitter in a clear base.

I had been looking for an alternative to all the black and white indie glitters I see and this one is beautiful and applies with ease. I have two coats of Static Age over three coats of Butter London Disco Biscuit.

I decided I needed a little Crimson Ghost on my thumb. The nail is painted white first then I drew the design with a black nail art pen.

This was sad to take off! I highly recommend trying Static Age.  You can follow Black Cat Lacquer on facebook.  A new Clubbing Collection just came out and I will be posting a blog on a great Tetris polish soon.

Dollish Polish Super Mario Bros Part Two

Here are the next three colors I've swatched from the Dollish Polish Super Mario Bros collection: Toad-ally Awesome, A Peachy Princess and It's A Me, Mario!.

Two coats of Toad-ally Awesome over one coat of Nails Inc Heathrow and theBalm Hot Ticket That's Red-iculous tips 

Toad-ally Awesome has a clear base with matte white glitter in different shapes and sizes combined with yellow, blue and red glitters.  The formula was great and I was able to get a variety of glitters without having to hunt for them.  I wanted to mimic Toad's fleshtone and some of the red spots in his cap with the undercoats here.

Two coats of A Peachy Princess over two coats of China Glaze Sun-Kissed (As you can see my bottle reads "Preachy", but the Dollish Polish site does show "Peachy")

Above is with a matte topcoat

A Peachy Princess has a sheer pink base filled with tons of matte, holographic and metallic pink glitters in lots of different sizes and hues.  I put it over the yellow to reflect Peach's hair.  I love pink glitters and this is one of my favorites in the collection.

 Two coats of It's A Me, Mario! over two coats of Sally Hansen White On

It's A Me Mario has red and blue glitters in different shapes and sizes and holographic stars.  I generally am not a fan of glitter combinations that have stars, hearts or flowers in them, but I wish there were more stars in this polish!  So far that is my only complaint with the collection.  I only fished out one for this manicure.  It's so Nintendo to have the stars so they work great with this and the Luigi polish that you will see soon in the final installment of my Super Mario Bros swatches.

Here is Part One of the Super Mario Bros review with more Dollish Polish information for following and purchasing.